Football NSW set the benchmark for league coverage against rival states

Liam Watson

Football NSW have committed to providing the best coverage for their state as National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s competitions get underway this weekend.

Football NSW will be on hand to deliver up-to-date media information as Round 1 kicks off, catering for all fans and players alike.

Passionate NPL journalists will completing previews and reviews each week, alongside quality photographers who be around the grounds getting the best action shots. All of this will be shared on the offical NPL NSW Men’s website, as well as social media channels Facebook and Twitter.

To complete the vast coverage, Football NSW will broadcast every match live and compatible on all devices. Throughout the 2020 NPL NSW Men’s season including the Under 20’s, a huge 288 matches will be covered. Commentators will also be there to call all the highs, lows and exciting moments that will shape who takes home silverware.

Football NSW CEO Stuart Hodge praised the contributions of the Football NSW Media team and their consistency in producing content on a yearly basis.

“Football NSW has always led the way with our coverage of the National Premier Leagues,” he said.

“Our team of reporters provide fans with the most in-depth coverage of any NPL competition in the country and it’s fantastic to see an expanded team onboard for 2020.

“Similarly, we are now into our fourth season of live broadcasts of NPL NSW fixtures.

“We set the benchmark in this area and are proud to have also assisted our colleagues in other states – creating a smorgasbord of live NPL broadcasts across the country.

“We are continually looking to improve our offering and 2020 will be a landmark year for NPL broadcasts.

Football NSW Media Manager Mark Stavroulakis spoke about how he expects the 2020 NPL NSW Men’s season to be one of the best and most competitive years to date, meaning more people will want to watch.

“What a year it will be in the NPL NSW Men’s competition as each of our clubs have recruited very well and will no doubt put their best efforts forward in playing a great brand of football for their passionate fans showcasing how good this league really is,” he said.

“It is a unique competition that we here at Football NSW take very seriously and that is reflected by the professionalism shown by our hardworking and dedicated media personnel flying the flag for Football NSW at each of the matches week in week out.

“The quality promotion about our elite Men’s competition such as our recent collaboration with Chad Gibson’s Local FC amongst a number of other initiatives has been the talk of the town with so much interest centered around the first whistle set to blow this Saturday evening at Lambert Park.

“We take pride in what we do at Football NSW and promoting leagues such as the Men’s as well as the Women’s elite NPL competitions continues to improve and develop year upon year.”

NPL NSW matches and highlights can found on their official Facebook page and Youtube channel.

You can also sign up to the NPL NSW newsletter that gives you all the match day programs, previews and reviews for each weekend of the season.

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Victory unites with Roasting Warehouse in culture-led partnership

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The Melbourne-based anf family-owned business will join the Victory family, uniting two institutions which represent the city’s culture and identity.

A partnership with local roots

As the newest partner of Melbourne Victory, Roasting Warehouse joins forces with a vital part of the city’s sporting landscape.

The club’s Managing Director, Caroline Carnegie, outlined why the partnership bears so much value to both parties.

“We are excited to collaborate with Roasting Warehouse, a community-oriented destination for high-quality coffee, proud of its foundations in Melbourne,” said Carnegie via official media release.

“Football and coffee sit at the epicentre of Melbourne’s culture. The two go hand-in-hand, consistently at the centre of the conversation that stirs Melburnians, which is no different to the conversation sport and Melbourne Victory stir in the State.”

Indeed, this is a partnership which combines the identity, passions and culture of an entire city, therefore giving it the foundations required for long-term, mutual success.

Representing the best of Melbourne

Both Victory and Roasting Warehouse are hugely successful in their respective industries. They are institutions with community-oriented philosphies, who pride themselves on craft and quality.

“We’re incredibly proud to partner with Melbourne Victory, a club that represents the heart, passion, and ambition of Melbourne,” revealed Roasting Warehouse Head of Brand, Alexander Paraskevopoulos.

“As a Melbourne-founded, family-run business, supporting a team that means so much to the local community feels very natural for us.”

Furthermore, through their high-quality blends, Roasting Warehouse will look to prepare Victory’s players and staff for high performances on the pitch as the seasons nears completion.

But this is about far more than just fueling athletes.

This is a partnership which embodies and unites two of Melbourne’s greatest strengths and cultural markers – a connection forged from the city’s very own DNA.

 

For more information about Roasting Warehouse, click here.

Football NSW supports Female Coaches CPD as Women’s Football Surges

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Football NSW has used the platform of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup to deliver a targeted professional development workshop for female coaches, bringing together scholarship recipients for an evening of structured learning and direct engagement with elite women’s football.

Held at ACPE last month, the session was open to female coaches who received C or B Diploma scholarships through Football NSW in 2025. Coaching accreditation carries a financial cost that disproportionately affects women, who are less likely to have their development subsidised by clubs or associations operating in underfunded community football environments. Scholarship access changes that equation at the point where many women exit the pathway.

Facilitated by Football NSW Coach Development Coordinator Bronwyn Kiceec, the workshop focused on goal scoring trends from the tournament’s group stage, with coaches analysing attacking patterns and exploring how those insights could translate into their own environments. The group then attended the quarter-final between South Korea and Uzbekistan at Stadium Australia.

The structure of the evening mattered as much as its content. Female coaches in community football rarely have access to elite competition environments as a professional resource. The gap between the level at which most women coach and the level at which the game is analysed and discussed tends to reinforce itself. Placing scholarship recipients inside a major tournament, as participants rather than spectators, closes that gap in a way that a classroom session cannot.

Female coaches remain significantly underrepresented across all levels of the game in Australia. The pipeline that will change that depends not only on accreditation access but on the professional networks, peer relationships and exposure to elite environments that male coaches have historically taken for granted.

The workshop forms part of Football NSW’s ongoing commitment to developing female coaches through scholarships and structured learning opportunities.

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