Celtic extends partnership with Eleven Sports Media

Nick Scialpi02/02/2022 5:55 am01/02/2022

Celtic FC and Eleven Sports Media have announced the extension of their long-running partnership.

Eleven will not only sponsor the Celtic FC Women’s team, but also the logo will now appear on the sleeves of the Celtic B team.

Eleven’s community partner programme connects the club with regional brands as part of the club’s record of working within its local community.

Eleven and Celtic work hand-in-hand to set businesses up with the tools they need to secure new opportunities and achieve meaningful growth.

As part of the agreement in the long-term collaboration, Eleven delivers highly engaging data-driven and stat-led content throughout Celtic Park via StadiumTV and StatTV, and across the globe via the club’s official social media platforms, with bespoke StatZone content.

Eleven Sports Media Chief Executive Officer Matt Cairns:

“It was a really proud moment when we first partnered with Celtic. Although we’ve worked with a number of top Premier League clubs, Celtic has legendary status among football’s elite. They’ve certainly got true global support, and we’re proud to engage and speak to those fans on the club’s behalf,” he said.

“To be given the responsibility and trust to deliver on Celtic’s fan engagement objectives was a tremendous moment in our growth as a business and we cannot wait to continue our partnership with the club into a new era that sees Eleven proudly adorn both the and B-team’s shirts and Women’s training wear.”

Celtic Commercial Director, Adrian Filby:

“Celtic FC and Eleven’s partnership began in 2019 and has gone from strength to strength. Beginning with the introduction of Celtic FC Community partnerships and Eleven’s significant role supporting the professionalisation of our women’s team as their training wear partner, this will now extend to include front of shirt sponsorship of Celtic FC’s B team,” he said.

“We are delighted to work ever-more closely with Eleven in the years to come as it is a brand who very much shares our own ethos.”

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Victory unites with Roasting Warehouse in culture-led partnership

Patrick Irving16/04/2026 8:55 am16/04/2026

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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.

Marie-Louise Eta makes history as new Union Berlin head coach

Patrick Irving15/04/2026 6:05 am14/04/2026

Image credit: FC Union Berlin

In an historic appointment, Eta will take over as head coach of Union Berlin until the end of the season.

History in the making

Previously the first female assistant coach in Bundesliga history with Union Berlin, Eta will now take the reigns of the men’s first team on an interim basis.

Currently, the club sit in 11th place in the Bundesliga table, but with only two wins so far in 2026, relegation appears an all-too-real prospect, and one which the club is desperate to avoid.

“Given the points gap in the lower half of the table, our place in the Bundesliga is not yet secure,” said Eta via official media release.

‘I am delighted that the club has entrusted me with this challenging task. One of Union’s strengths has always been, and remains, the ability to pull together in such situations.”

Eta will begin as Union’s new head coach with immediate effect, and will be in the dugout for the club’s matchup against Wolfsburg this weekend.

A step into an equal future

Eta’s appointment signals a major step towards a more level playing field in the football landscape.

Furthermore, Eta joins other coaches including Sabrinna Wittmann, Hannah Dingley and Corinne Diacre who, in recent years, have blazed a trail for female coaches to step into the men’s game.

Wittmann currently manages FC Ingolstadt in Germany’s third division, and was the first female head coach in Germany’s top three divisions.

In 2023, Dingley became caretaker manager of Forest Green Rovers, and thus the first woman to lead a men’s professional team in England.

Diacre, now head coach of France’s women’s national team, managed Ligue 2’s Clerment Foot between 2014 and 2017.

Final thoughts

The impact therefore, is that Eta’s appointment will show future generations of aspiring female coaches that men’s football is an equally viable and possible pathway as the women’s game.

The time is now to level the playing field.

And while it may be a short-term role, its effect on attitudes towards equality and fair opportunities in the game will hopefully resonate long after the season ends.