Football NSW present strategic plan for 2023-2026

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Football NSW Strategic Plan
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In creating a smooth experience for all, Football NSW has set in motion its strategic plan for 2023-2026, with its mission being to lead and support the growth of football across all cultures and communities.

The plan provides a structure to meet the required objectives and key pillars, in pursuit of ambitious goals that include remaining the largest participation sport in the state, evolving the largest team sport for women, as well as attaining 50/50 gender participation for which the co-hosting of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023 that will help to galvanise the sport like nothing before.

The five key pillars, which had community consultation in mind, is growing female football by co-hosting the world next year, supporting community football in achieving 75% retention rate for the members to deliver a positive football experience for all, delivering quality competitions for all participants and supporters, averaging 45% selection for national teams by providing development opportunities and being collaborative, transparent and ambitious in governance and operations of the game.

Football NSW make it their daily priority to stay true to their beliefs of integrity, tenacity, inclusivity and resilience.

Football NSW will implement these strategies through volunteers, LGAs, coaches, players and sponsors and commercial partners to name a few.

Football NSW Chairman, Gilbert Lorquet, said via press release:

“There is a lot to be excited about over the coming years, headlined by next year’s co-hosting of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023, as we move forward with Football NSW’s Strategic Plan, we remain committed to working alongside Football Australia towards our shared goals for football within the nation’s largest Member Federation.”

The next steps for Football NSW will be to annually prepare operational plans, performance targets and budgets within this framework for Board review and approval – as well as reporting to members at every AGM and provide regular updates on the progression in executing these policies.

You can view the Strategic Plan 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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