Megan Borg

Comment: How can the A-Leagues improve LGBTQI+ inclusion? Women's Football Writer Samantha Lewis examines the current approach to Pride games in the A-Leagues, speaking to Central Coast's Taren King.

LGBTIQ+ inclusion still has such a long way to go in sport, and especially in football. while the #ALeagues Pride Celebrations are a good start, there’s a lot more care & coordination that needs to go into it.

here are some ideas for how they can do it: football360.com.au/how-can-the-...

“A bit of an optical illusion.”

No, it’s called you not being at the actual venue to actually see and call what’s actually happening.

#alw #CCMvMCY

So cool to have seen Emma Dundas play so close to the suburb of her namesake.

#WSWvNEW #alw

WSW would’ve won if the match was at Commbank.

#WSWvADL #alw

Someone near the microphone started singing “Here comes the sub” with that last substitution.

😂😂

#alw #WSWvADL

Are any players even wearing any rainbow ribbons / tape / painted nails?

Or is it just the bare minimum of the Sydney uNiTy jerseys, and both captains wearing pride armbands?

#SYDvCBR #alw

So damn silly to have it so each club just does their Pride match - if they have one - whenever they want.

It should be both clubs involved.

#SYDvCBR #alw

Not the sprinklers coming on during the match.

This fucking league.

#SYDvCBR #alw

Not the tiny little progress pride flags vs the larger Sydney FC flags.

💀

#SYDvCBR #alw

I also have ✨ thoughts ✨ about the advertising of one of Sydney FC’s sponsors, that appears when clicking to the “Pride Celebration” gameday guide - showing only heteronormative couples.

So curious to see Sydney FC post a “Harry Potter starting 11” during the week of their Pride celebrations.

And during the week that it’s been confirmed J.K. Rowling had connections to Epstein.

That’s certainly a decision. 🥴🥴🥴

And of course we’ve missed a goal.

Well done P+.

🙄🙄🙄

#alw #SYDvBRI

So it let me select it, but it’s just the pending music. 😬 #SYDvBRI

😄😄

The planet or the stadium?

Good to know it’s not just me. 😤😤

Breaking News: Commentators calling match from not-at-the-venue, struggle to explain incidents and infringements that occur off the camera.

#NEWvWEL #alw

Wow, the commentator has gone from Canberra to Newcastle!!

Unless you mean to say they don’t call from the venues.

Say it isn’t so! 😮

#alw

I’d like to lodge a complaint, about players from the postcodes 215x scoring against the Wanderers in yesterday’s Sydney Derby x 2.

🫠

#SydneyDerby

Love that.

Also, ahhh, is that what jersey you got..!

(😄😄)

This works for both Wanderers and Sydney, about both Wanderers and Sydney. ☺️☺️

Eastern Sydney are chaotic evil for doing the lineups, substitutes first.

#SydneyDerby #alw #aleague

We were robbed of the Sony Derby too. 🥲🥲

#SydneyDerby #alw

It could’ve been the Carlingford Redbacks Derby. 🥲🥲

#SydneyDerby #alw #iykyk

Sydney FC has now named its eighth keeper to a match-day squad since the beginning of last season, with Sofia Fante coming into the side. If she plays, she will be the seventh keeper to have played a game for Sydney in the last two seasons #ALW #woso #SYDvWSW

Fold the club! 🙊🙊

(Once again, clarifying this is a dig at the damn league, not any specific commentators.)

So great listening to commentary when something happens offscreen and they’re not at the venue.

This has been resolved!
Thank you to the person who contacted the club, and to the club for being very quick to rectify this.

A player getting misgendered in their NPLW signing announcement. Hmmm.