Mt Isa football community receives new goals from PILA

Avatar
Image credit: Trafalgar Victory FC website

The Mt Isa Football Park has seen a huge upgrade to the facility with the installation of new goals as part of a partnership between PILA and Football Queensland.

PILA is a family-owned business that has grown into one of Australia’s largest companies specialising in sports equipment and streetscape solutions, with a focus on flagpoles and goal posts.

The Australian manufacturing business has provided goal posts to Australia’s major stadiums such as the MCG, the SCG and The Home of the Matildas.

PILA is also the official Goal Post Partner of the AFL and many football associations around Australia.

Confirmed back in March, PILA teamed up with Football Queensland to be its Official Goal Posts Partner and preferred supplier for clubs and communities in the Queensland region.

Football Queensland General Manager – Northern Region, Craig Ramage, said about the new and improved goal posts at Mt Isa Football Park:

“These new PILA goals will bring numerous benefits to the game and the region, including improved safety, enhanced playability and aesthetics to better accommodate the continued increases in participation seen across all age groups,” he said in a media release on Football Queensland’s website.

“The need for an upgrade was clear, as the previous goals had served the community well but were showing significant signs of wear and tear.

“The installation of these new PILA goals represents a significant leap forward in field hardware quality and design and will help take the game to the next level for all participants at the Mt Isa Football Park,” he said.

“This investment is a testament to the growing popularity of football in the region and demonstrates both Football Queensland and PILA’s commitment to providing top-notch facilities for players of all ages and skill levels across Mt Isa and Queensland.” 

PILA and Football Queensland also launched the PILA Goal Post Subsidy Program between May 1 to June 30 2024, where all clubs across Queensland can access discounted pricing and exclusive grants to help upgrade their goal posts.

Successful applicants of the program were announced in July 2024 and will receive a $500 subsidy towards new PILA goal posts for their respective clubs.

For more information about PILA and their goal posts, visit their catalogue here.

Previous ArticleNext Article

Victory unites with Roasting Warehouse in culture-led partnership

Avatar
Image credit: Melbourne Victory

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

Avatar
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.

Most Popular Topics

Editor Picks

Send this to a friend