Melbourne Victory is excited to unveil its strategic infrastructure plan, designed to support and foster the growth of all Youth and Women’s programs into the future.
The strategic project will focus on providing the community with access to elite player pathways across the State and long sought after infrastructure facilities.
Acknowledging the Club’s role as a custodian of the global game, the project is focussed on providing accessible campuses to both Victory’s elite Women’s program and its six Academy teams, with a firm eye on maximising the development of the next generation of A-League Women’s and Men’s players, as well as national team members.
With state of the art facilities to be constructed across a number of Victorian locations, the plan is centred around ensuring the Club maximises the ability to foster elite talent for every Victorian, and provide accessibility to both our Club, and football more broadly, to as many local communities as possible.
Taking a multi-campus approach, Melbourne Victory Chairman, John Dovaston said the ambitious plan was the result of nearly a decades work, and an intense three year period of stakeholder consultation.
“The announcement of this project, and the direction taken, is aimed at ensuring we are best placed to attract and retain football talent across the State,” Dovaston said.
“Our innovative approach will allow us to have a number of campuses with not only an elite focus, but also, an eye on building our community to ensure that all Victorians have an opportunity to participate and engage in our game.
“It is well understood that sport and football can influence social cohesion, and it’s our responsibility as a Club to establish infrastructure and programs that can positively impact members of the community, regardless of gender, background or location, whether that be through training the next generation of football stars, or using football as a vehicle to lead, unite, connect and inspire the community more broadly,” Melbourne Victory Managing Director Caroline Carnegie said.
“By enabling Victory to connect with communities across the North, South, East, and West of AAMI Park, our spiritual home, we can truly grow the Victory family and set new standards for elite facilities in our Pathway and community programs.”
With the first location to be announced shortly, the strategy also confirms that all Melbourne Victory campuses will be positioned less than an hour’s travel time from the Club’s administrative headquarters and the A-League Men’s training facility at Gosch’s Paddock.
“The priority is to provide not just an entry point for individuals to engage and participate in football, but to keep them engaged and provide a holistic journey to grow the Victory family across the State,” Carnegie said.
“We are excited about the opportunities that the project can provide and the potential for growth for our Club and for football in the future.”
We encourage our fans to review our plan in more detail HERE along with FAQs around the project.
