The Newcastle Jets Gazette
Squad25 Oct 2027
Lachlan Rose breaks a bone — 89 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 89 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Nobody could get near Alex Badolato
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Dylan Jackson signs on for the long haul
Newcastle Jets moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Dylan Jackson, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Joe Lolley 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Newcastle Jets promote Daniel Evans from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Evans has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Owen Bennett joins the Newcastle Jets first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Owen Bennett 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
Newcastle Jets promote Eli Clark from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eli Clark has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Newcastle Jets promote James Crawford from within
- Match A bad afternoon for Newcastle Jets against Melbourne City
- Boardroom Newcastle Jets board go back on their word