The Newcastle Jets Gazette
Squad25 Oct 2027
Zach Clough in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Newcastle Jets this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Graduation day at Newcastle Jets
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Nikos Vergos falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad25 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Thomas Aquilina
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market25 Oct 2027
Flynn Ward steps up from the Newcastle Jets academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Flynn Ward has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Hugh Harrison joins the Newcastle Jets first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Hugh Harrison is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Oct 2027
Aaron Russell steps up from the Newcastle Jets academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Aaron Russell has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Travis Lewis joins the Newcastle Jets first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Travis Lewis is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Ninety minutes of Michael Ruhs at his very best
Marked 8.51. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Newcastle Jets.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Alex Badolato
- Player ratings One of those days for Max Burgess
- Match Max Burgess rescues a point for Newcastle Jets