The Newcastle Jets Gazette
Squad14 Sep 2026
The step up is real for Will Kennedy
At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Newcastle Jets baulk at the price for Zachary De Jesus
Sydney FC wanted more than $16.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: Owen Palmer joins the Newcastle Jets first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Owen Palmer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Sep 2026
Newcastle Jets promote Ben Kennedy from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ben Kennedy 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Damien Baker steps up from the Newcastle Jets academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Damien Baker 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Adrian Lawrence steps up from the Newcastle Jets academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Adrian Lawrence 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.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Newcastle Jets
- Squad Max Burgess finally belongs at Newcastle Jets
- Squad Alex Grant is training like a man with a point to make