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“In all fairness, with West Australia, South Australia, and Victoria, we are the fourth footballing state of Australia,” said Robert Shaw, after coaching the 1990 Tasmanian State of Origin Team to a tantalising win over Victoria.
This was their first in 30 years, and only their second in over a century. Since that game, talks of a Tasmanian AFL team have increasingly grown, with multiple proposals that are continually knocked back by the AFL.
Ipswich Town Women have been elevated to the FA Women s National League Southern Premier Division, the third tier of women’s football following a successful application.
Sunderland AFC Ladies has applied to join the FA Womenâs Championship for the 2021-22 season.
Following Aprilâs announcement regarding upward movement for clubs participating in tiers 3-6 of the Womenâs Football Pyramid, SAFC Ladies prepared a detailed, innovative and evidence-based application to support its request to return to the second tier.
This was submitted to the Football Association earlier this week and it will now be considered by the Womenâs Football Board, with a decision expected to be made by the end of May/beginning of June.
Sporting Director Kristjaan Speakman said: âOur strategy is to develop a womenâs programme that fully integrates with our wider football operation and model. It will therefore receive the appropriate support from all of our respective performance domains to ensure it follows the same philosophy and processes as the other teams operating at the Academy of Light. SAFC Ladies are an important part of the clubâs