Football NSW offers facilities for use as vaccination hubs

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In a show of solidarity from the community during these unprecedented times, Football NSW has announced the news that a number of clubs across the state have offered their facilities up as mass and pop-up vaccination hubs to assist with the current situation.

With 31 associations, over 700 clubs and well over 250,000 registered participants, the resources are available to reach entire communities through sheer size, reach and networks within the community.

In addition, many of the officials and volunteers at association and club level are leaders in key community organisations including business, commerce, religious and community services.

With the current crisis forcing an extended lockdown since the end of June, Football NSW received a massive amount of support from its members to approach Health Services and offer its assistance in key tasks.

This included making several facilities available for mass and pop-up vaccination hubs which could include Football NSW headquarters, Valentine Sports Park.

The Mounties Group have also confirmed its offer for various facilities and venues to assist with this fight against Covid-19.

In addition, Football NSW is set to roll out a campaign by various football representatives urging the community to vaccinate via a special video message.

Featured in the video are former NSW Premier and now Football NSW director Morris Iemma, Mayor of Bankstown City Khal Asfour, former Socceroos coach Les Scheinflug, football presenter Mariana Rudan, Football NSW director Stephanie Brantz and prominent NSW born footballers and coaches Peter Tsekenis, Jean Paul de Marigny and Alen Stajcic to name a few.

Football NSW has an enormous and culturally diverse playing and volunteer base. Media reports and commentary suggest that language, culture, and misinformation have been significant challenges in dealing with the current crisis and increasing the take up of vaccines.

The vast player and volunteer base of football in CALD communities puts football in a unique position to disseminate accurate and timely information on the need to vaccinate.

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With the support and help of everyone in the NSW football family, it’s a step in the right direction to halt Covid-19, whilst providing a pathway towards getting back to doing the things we love, such as playing the world game.

The video featuring the Football NSW family can be viewed here.

 

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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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