Packer resigns, McShane for Buds
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FAMILY reasons have forced Stan Packer to step down as head coach of Somerville Eagles while Rosebud is expected to announce Tommy McShane as its new head coach this week.
Packer will remain with the Eagles as director of coaching and will serve on the committee.
The hunt is now on for his replacement.
“We are interviewing for both the senior men’s and senior women’s roles and should have an announcement in coming weeks,” president Luke Mulder said.
It’s believed that discussions have taken place with former coach Scott Morrison and former club leading scorer Mark Pagliarulo now with Rosebud.
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Fatherly inspiration continues in Australian football with at least 17 father-son – and father-daughter – combinations set to feature in this season’s A-League and Westfield W-League competitions.
Melbourne City captain Scott Jamieson’s connections trace right back to 1977, when the National Soccer League kicked off and dad Alex lined up for Sydney Olympic before joining Parramatta Eagles, playing 83 games in five seasons, including a return to Scotland in between.
In total, 50 such combinations have taken the field and at least 17 (14 male and three female) whose dads played NSL and even A-League are set to feature this season.
That number will almost certainly expand with famous names such as Costanzo, Cassio, Markovski and Kim to reappear in the top tier of Australian football.
Sydney FC signs latest sponsor ahead of season launch
December 29, 2020 9:57
2019-2020 A-League champions Sydney FC has signed a major partnership agreement with property services provider the Glad Group.
As part of the sponsorship, Glad Group will be on the shirt sleeve of the Sky Blues’ A-League jerseys throughout season 2020-21, which kicks off for Sydney FC on Saturday 2 January at WIN Stadium in Wollongong against Wellington Phoenix. The Sydney FC W-League match kicks off tomorrow, 30 December at Bankwest Stadium.
Glad Group will also become Sydney FC’s technical partner for the up-coming season meaning their logo will embellish all of the club’s A-League and W-League coaching and performance staff’s match day kit.
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Fireworks are guaranteed in the final A-League match of 2020 as the Newcastle Jets make the short trip to face to face bitter F3 Derby rivals, the Central Coast Mariners, on New Year s Eve.
The arrival of Costa Rica FIFA World Cup star Marco Ureña and the return of former Mariners junior Oliver Bozanic will have boosted the Yellow and Navy faithful s hopes of seeing Alen Stajcic s side climb out of the A-League doldrums and avoid a fourth straight wooden spoon in 2020/21.
The embattled Jets have suffered a turbulent off-season while searching for new ownership and, following the sudden departure of head coach Carl Robinson to Western Sydney, former Westfield W-League coach Craig Deans has stepped into interim duties with a threadbare squad.