The Newcastle Jets Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
$1.5M settles it between the clubs for Sam Sutton
Perth Glory have accepted the money. What Newcastle Jets do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Zach Clough signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Zach Clough and Newcastle Jets agree another 3 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Newcastle Jets rebuffed over Dean Bosnjak
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Macarthur FC have kept their man, and Newcastle Jets go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Newcastle Jets
Daniel Wilmering was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Newcastle Jets promote Ryan Mason from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ryan Mason 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Kane Parker joins the Newcastle Jets first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kane Parker is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jackson Smith steps up from the Newcastle Jets academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jackson Smith 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Newcastle Jets promote Jarrod Johnston from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jarrod Johnston 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Zach Clough knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Zach Clough trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad A season on the outside for Alex Grant
- Squad An aura around Joe Shaughnessy