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Brett Taylor

@behindthegoals

Head of Research & Policy at Professional Footballers Australia. Hoping BSky can make sokkah twitter fun again

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12.03.2026 02:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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PFA representatives were present across the board at the 2026 FIFPRO Asia/Oceania General Assembly in Sydney this week! ๐Ÿ‘

Find out more about the General Assembly: www.fifpro.org/en/articles/...

11.03.2026 03:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niรฑo

A potential point of discussion for political/media/industry/diplomatic/kitchen table/whatever debate here. Likely to be relevant to most things. Evidence is pretty compelling. But whoโ€™s to say really. Carry on.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

07.03.2026 22:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 32 ๐Ÿ” 16 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The triple sub is fine to expedite because it leaves two subs and two sub windows, so thereโ€™s no disadvantage in not waiting until HT to use the free window.

06.03.2026 05:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
How Melbourne City Can Win Millions For Their Rivals
How Melbourne City Can Win Millions For Their Rivals YouTube video by Round Ball Australia

Great explainer by @roundballaus.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-m4...

05.03.2026 05:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Australia's best athletes meet its top climate scientists at
at the SURF N TURF THE GAME SHOW โ€” hosted by me ๐ŸŽค +
Tom Carroll, Sam Fricker, Tarni Evans, Cyrus Monk, Pat Cummins & more.
The future of sport is worth fighting for. ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿˆ๐ŸŒ
luma.com/a5jjyh4f

05.03.2026 01:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Several FIFPRO and FIFPRO Asia/Oceania events are coming to New South Wales next week!

The state will become a hub for player advocacy, staff development and women's football leadership, coinciding with the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup.

04.03.2026 03:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very impressive. Iโ€™d also say they deserve to be paid something for this performance/tournament, but will probably be in the 8 teams that miss out on prize money.

03.03.2026 09:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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50k fans turn up for the Matildas, but only a couple of thousand for the A-League Women? ๐Ÿค”

Halfway to our target of 1,000 responses in the Australian leg of the FSAA Global Fan Survey.

Jump on it here: ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐Ÿ”— tinyurl.com/437kjtzb

#FSAA #Socceroos #Matildas #ALeagues

03.03.2026 06:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

the courage and spirit of the Iranian players to do anything at all tonight, with so much chaos and uncertainty unfolding back home, is just remarkable. they should be so, so proud. #KORvIRN #AFCWAC

02.03.2026 11:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 54 ๐Ÿ” 17 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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25.02.2026 21:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1212 ๐Ÿ” 309 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36 ๐Ÿ“Œ 75
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The internet's most comprehensive Asian Cup preview incl North Korea's epic aim & the stories we must address Women's football writer SAMANTHA LEWIS presents a comprehensive preview of the tournament with every angle on and off the field.

there are heaps of Matildas-focused #AFCWAC previews out there, but few of them dive into the other huge stories & sub-plots threaded throughout the tournament.

so, with Australia covered everywhere else, here are five other storylines to keep an eye on.

football360.com.au/womens-asian...

26.02.2026 02:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This survey could be a game changer in finding the crossover between the Socceroos, Matilda's, Aleague fans and how to connect the masses...

Help us spread the word!

19.02.2026 08:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gee whiz there are some good ideas in here

17.02.2026 09:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'The A-League is stuck between two worlds' - this is a model the players want, to fix what's broken PFA CEO Beau Busch pens a column for football360.com.au to provide the players' perspective in debate about the A-League's future.

football360.com.au/a-league-new...

17.02.2026 04:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐€๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ, ๐๐…๐€ ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ ๐“๐จ๐›๐ข๐ง ๐Ž๐€๐Œ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ…

Congratulations to Lydia Williams who will join a list of Australian football greats to be awarded the PFA's highest honour on Monday 16 March.

pfa.net.au/announcement...

17.02.2026 04:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ABC was doing vox pops with voters in Goldstein this morning. One man said she โ€œjust doesnโ€™t look like a leaderโ€, but Angus Taylor โ€œlooks like a leaderโ€.

๐Ÿค”

12.02.2026 22:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

QLD's 2018 stadium review said that Suncorp had more unused capacity and should get another team squeezed in there ๐Ÿ˜‘

12.02.2026 11:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Big new FIFPRO Asia report out today ahead of the Women's Asian Cup.

WAC26 will see the same great scenes as Women's World Cup 2023, but unless AFC acts, two thirds of players will play for free.

The total prize pool for WAC26 is less than what the bottom team at the Women's World Cup received.

10.02.2026 05:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Players call for AFC partnership as FIFPRO Asia/Oceania research indicates 2026 Womenโ€™s Asian Cup will be biggest ever FIFPRO Asia/Oceania research projects the 2026 AFC Womenโ€™s Asian Cup (WAC) has the potential to be the most commercially successful Womenโ€™s Asian Cup ever

www.fifpro.org/en/articles/...

10.02.2026 05:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, ๐Ÿ“ธ by @ScottStrazzante

09.02.2026 02:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 11999 ๐Ÿ” 2659 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58 ๐Ÿ“Œ 63
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No increase in Womenโ€™s Asian Cup prize money despite player pleas for โ€˜respectโ€™ Exclusive: Prize money at the upcoming tournament in Australia will not increase from what was offered by the AFC at the last edition four years ago

exclusive: the AFC won't increase prize money for this year's Women's Asian Cup despite repeated pleas from players. a public campaign is being planned calling attention to what is now the lowest-paying major women's tournament in the world.

www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

30.01.2026 02:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 32 ๐Ÿ” 22 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Did you meme because you wrote it, or did you write it to set up the meme?

29.01.2026 06:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In Ready for Takeoff, the PFA observed that the global pie was more or less doubling each year. Itโ€™s happened again.

Failing to make the ALW fully professional is preventing it from increasing its share of this growing pie. Already, 5% of the total is around $2m AUD - a realistic share for ALW.

29.01.2026 04:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man with glasses says boy do i hate being right all the time ALT: a man with glasses says boy do i hate being right all the time

inside.fifa.com/transfer-sys...

FIFA transfer data are out for 2025 and some notable takeaways on the womenโ€™s side: global growth of 83% over 2024 and Australia again got 1% of the global pie.

29.01.2026 04:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
My encounter with a mysterious man in a fleece coat and its lessons about women's football investment What needs to change so that women's club football in Australia can fly, asks SAMANTHA LEWIS.

last year, I was introduced to a mysterious American man who wanted to know more about the #ALeagueWomen and women's football in Australia.

as it turns out, he represented an overseas consortium looking to expand their portfolio here.

so what happened next?

football360.com.au/my-encounter...

19.01.2026 23:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 30 ๐Ÿ” 16 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

It was done intentionally back of the envelope for the doc because specifics need to be worked through in collective bargaining.

16.01.2026 10:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The $1m in the doc was required additional spend over and above current average investment per club for full pro, including players (+$600k) and assumed for staff and ops (+$400k).

To calculate total player payments we just said $60k per player as a simple indicative figure.

16.01.2026 10:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Dubcast is back to tackle @thepfaaus.bsky.social Ready for Takeoff report, looking at the players vision for the #ALW. Poletti and Burke give their thoughts, as well as interviews with Beau Busch, Melissa Barbieri and Rhianna Pollicina.
๐Ÿ“บ: youtu.be/RLNJ_EujRGM
๐ŸŽง: open.spotify.com/episode/0LXl...

16.01.2026 03:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐–๐ž'๐ซ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ. ๐Ÿš€

The PFA have officially launched 'Ready for Takeoff', a landmark new vision to seize Australian sportโ€™s biggest opportunity and secure the future of the A-League Women.

Read the full report here: pfa.net.au/news/players...

#SupportingThePlayers #BuildingTheGame

16.01.2026 00:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1