Aish Football Academy

Since retirement from professional football in 1992, Michael Aish, along with his wife Pam and sons Karl, Jesse and Joel, football has continued to be in his blood. His daughter Georgia has also been actively involved with marketing for the Adelaide Crows, so you can imagine the dinner table conversations for this South Australian football family. In 2016, Michael recognised a gap in the market for adequate skills for talented youth in SA. Believing that skill is at the core of reaching that elite level, he felt passionately about giving back to the sport that he loved by performing a role in developing the careers of aspiring young players. It was this that drove him and Jesse to start the Academy. It was when they mentioned their idea to Stefan Lipkiewicz, who is now the Academy Board Chairman, in 2019 that firm plans began to fall into place.