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The team manager is doing the work nobody sees: how to make their life easier.

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An Australian parent stands at the edge of a community football pitch with a clipboard, checking team availability against a phone screen. The team is warming up in the soft-focused background.

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The team manager has been doing the work for six months and you have only just realised. The roster that keeps appearing in the team WhatsApp. The fixture updates that always seem to be there before kick-off. The orange roster that adjusts when someone messages to swap. The coordination with the coach about training cancellations. None of this happens by itself.

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