Adelaide United secures TML Transport for 24/25 season

Jullian Sardana22/08/2024 6:05 am21/08/2024

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Adelaide United has agreed to continue its collaboration with major South Australian line haul provider, TML Transport, for the upcoming season.

Based in Two Wells, North of Adelaide, TML Transport has worked with clients all across Australia providing a wide range of trucking linehaul services, with a focus on making freight easy and efficient.

The linehaul specialist offers various combinations, from single trailers to B-triple and road train configurations.

With this renewed agreement, TML Transport’s logo will once again be featured on the front of the shorts by Adelaide United in all A-League matches throughout the season.

Fabrizio Petrone, Head of Commercial at Adelaide United, was excited about continuing the partnership with TML Transport:

“We’re thrilled to continue our partnership with TML as we embark on an exciting new season,” he said in a media release on Adelaide United’s website.

“Their commitment to excellence and shared values make them an ideal partner for us and we are delighted to have them on board again.”

Lewis Magro, Owner of TML Transport, spoke about how proud he was to continue working with the Reds:

“We’re really excited to carry on our association with Adelaide United for the 2024/25 season,” he said in a media release on Adelaide United’s website.

“As a proudly South Australian-owned and operated company with a national reach, TML Transport is a perfect match for the club. We’re eager to continue working together and supporting Adelaide United’s ongoing success.”

The Reds debuted their new kit in a friendly against West Adelaide which pays homage to Adelaide’s iconic title as the ‘City of Churches.’

The new shirt features a sublimated design inspired by one of Adelaide’s famous landmarks, St. Peter’s Cathedral.

It also shows the Champions Star over the badge reminding fans of the club’s first championship they won in 2016, as well as a nod to the state’s nickname “City of Churches” placed on the bottom left of the shirt.

After this agreement, the club are truly embracing the City of Adelaide by supporting local businesses in the area, as well as through the design of their new kit for the upcoming A-League season.

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South Canberra FC Breaks the Mold: Equity-Driven Model Earns ‘Club Changer’ Honour

Declan Chan30/04/2026 6:15 am29/04/2026

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South Canberra Football Club has been named Club Changer of the Month for April, in a recognition that reflects a broader shift across Australian football toward rewarding clubs that are actively dismantling the structural barriers limiting women’s access to the game.

The AFC Women’s Asian Cup has just delivered record crowds and unprecedented visibility for women’s football in Australia, and the Club Changer program is now asking what comes next. Its decision to name South Canberra Football Club as Club Changer of the Month for April signals a clear shift in how the program defines contribution: away from participation numbers alone, and toward the equity frameworks that determine whether women stay in the game once they arrive.

South Canberra FC built that framework from the ground up. Established in 2021, the club set out to give women and female-identifying players a safe, inclusive environment to play football at any level. It runs entirely on volunteers, operates as a not-for-profit, and is governed by an all-female committee with 13 of its 14 coaches identifying as female.

Building the infrastructure of inclusion

In 2026, the club secured grant funding and put it to work immediately. Two coaches are completing their C Licence qualification, and ten coaches, players and community members have undertaken the Foundations of Football course, which directly tackles the cost and accessibility barriers that exclude women out of coaching pathways.

The club also commissioned a female-specific strength and conditioning program with sports physiotherapists ahead of the 2026 season, targeting injury prevention and explicitly supporting players returning after childbirth.

SCFC’s leadership team draws from LGBTIQ+ individuals, First Nations people and veterans, strengthening the club’s connection to the communities it was built to represent.

The Club Changer program is backing clubs that do this work- clubs that treat equity as infrastructure rather than aspiration. At a moment when Australian football is under pressure to turn its biggest-ever surge of women’s interest into something lasting, SCFC’s model offers a clear answer to the question of how.

Football NSW announces 2026 First Nations Scholarships as pathway access program enters new phase

Declan Chan29/04/2026 2:22 pm29/04/2026

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Football NSW has announced the recipients of its 2026 First Nations Scholarships, with ten emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players from metropolitan and regional NSW receiving support designed to reduce the financial and structural barriers that have historically limited First Nations participation across the football pathway.

The scholarship program, developed and assessed in collaboration with the Football NSW Indigenous Advisory Group, targets players across both elite and development environments – recognising that talent identification alone is insufficient without the resources to support progression once players are identified.

Co-Chair of the Indigenous Advisory Group Bianca Dufty said the calibre of this year’s recipients reflected the depth of First Nations football talent across the state, and the importance of structured support in converting that talent into long-term participation.

“Their dedication to football and the desire to be role models for younger Aboriginal footballers in their communities is to be celebrated,” Dufty said. “I’m confident we will see some of these talented footballers in the A-League and national teams in the future.”

Beyond the pitch and into the pipeline

The 2026 cohort spans both metropolitan clubs and regional associations, an intentional distribution that acknowledges the particular barriers facing First Nations players outside major population centres, where access to development programs, qualified coaching and pathway competitions is more limited and the cost of participation more prohibitive.

The next phase of the program will introduce First Nations coaching scholarships, extending the initiative’s reach beyond playing pathways and into the coaching and administration pipeline – areas where Indigenous representation remains among the lowest in the game.

The structural logic is clear. Scholarships that reduce financial barriers at the entry point of elite pathways matter most when they are part of a sustained ecosystem of support rather than isolated gestures. Football NSW’s collaboration with the Indigenous Advisory Group provides that continuity, ensuring the program is shaped by the communities it is designed to serve.