Melbourne Victory joins forces with Sidelink Transport

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Melbourne Victory is excited to have confirmed Sidelink Transport is joining the Club as a Premier Partner for the 2025/26 season.

For the first time, Sidelink Transport is coming on board with Melbourne Victory as the exclusive logistics partner and the official partner of the A-League Men’s Coaches, with their logo proudly featured on the Club’s media polo.

Sidelink Transport is a family-run business based in Melbourne, proudly serving Victoria since 2007. Starting with just one sideloader, they’ve grown into a fleet of over 60 vehicles, including standard trailers, sideloaders, drop deck skels, A-Doubles, and Quad-quad B-Doubles.

Their goal is simple: deliver dependable service at a competitive price. With more than a decade of experience, they’ve built strong relationships and earned the trust of their customers.

Operating from a custom-built depot, Sidelink has easy access to all empty container parks, internal wharves, and rail terminals, ensuring smooth and efficient logistics every step of the way.

Melbourne Victory Managing Director, Caroline Carnegie, shared her enthusiasm about Sidelink Transport coming on board.

“With pre-season preparation underway, we are thrilled to have Sidelink Transport joining us for the upcoming season,” she said via Club Statement.

“For 2025/26, we are aiming to go one step further and hope to secure silverware at the end of the season. Support from quality partners like Sidelink Transport is an important part of the journey for us as a Club, and we look forward to sharing experiences with them heading into a new A-Leagues campaign. Our shared values and operating ethos promises to bring an exciting partnership into 2026.”

Sidelink Transport General Manager, Robert Verdino, shared Carnegie’s enthusiasm about team up with Victory for the upcoming season.

“Sidelink is thrilled to align with a club that not only competes at the highest level but also invests in building the next generation of football talent. Melbourne Victory’s strong values, community reach, and development pathway mirror our own commitment to excellence and supporting growth across our industry,” he said via press release.

“The partnership reflects Sidelink’s ongoing investment in community and culture, connecting our brand with the passion and professionalism of one of the most respected football clubs in the country.”

Sidelink Transport is committed to delivering reliable service at a competitive price. Their hard work and dedication have grown the business into one of Melbourne’s largest sideloader fleets, built on strong relationships with their customers.

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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.

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

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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.

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