Women’s leagues added to Football NSW Congress

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Women’s football leagues will have a greater voice in the running of the game following the creation and admission of a new standing committee to the Congress of Football NSW.

The new committee was confirmed by a vote of the Members at the Football NSW Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Friday, 25 March 2022 and will take effect from 1 January 2023.

In addition, the AGM also saw changes to the membership of Football NSW’s two Inter-Club Zone Councils.

Due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19 across the state in early 2022, the AGM was held 100% virtually for the very first time in Football NSW’s history. 

While the AGM had no Director elections, Members voted overwhelmingly to pass amendments to the Football NSW Constitution which will see the introduction of a standing committee for the NPL Women’s and League One Women’s competitions. 

Under those amendments, the League Three Men’s Standing Committee (currently described in article 3.7 of the Constitution as the “Conference league Standing Committee”) will be replaced with the NPL Women’s and League One Women’s Standing Committee. 

The new standing committee will be in addition to the existing Women’s Standing Committee. 

Amendments to the Football NSW By-laws will  be made ahead of the implementation of the new competition structure for 2023. The League Three Men’s competition will cease to exist, and the three remaining tiers of Men’s Competitions will expand from 12 to 16 teams each. 

Those amendments will include changes to the membership of Football NSW’s two Inter-Club Zone Councils which will see the women’s football leagues gain even greater representation on the Congress of Football NSW. 

A copy of the amended Football NSW Constitution can be found 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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