The Newcastle Jets Gazette
Boardroom23 Oct 2028
Newcastle Jets run out of patience with Chris Grant
The end came on a Tuesday, as these things usually do: a short meeting, a shorter statement, and Chris Grant clearing his office by noon. Football’s cruellest ritual, performed to schedule.
Squad23 Oct 2028
64 days out for Joe Lolley after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Newcastle Jets will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Boardroom23 Oct 2028
Bradley Bailey minds the shop at Newcastle Jets
“I am not thinking past Saturday, and I would advise nobody else to.” The caretaker’s first rule is to pretend the job is small; Bradley Bailey recited it perfectly.
Match21 Oct 2028
5 matches without a win for Newcastle Jets
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Newcastle Jets are no longer polite ones.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Thomas Jok Deng 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.
Boardroom23 Oct 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Newcastle Jets
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Words at Newcastle Jets training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nikos Vergos is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market23 Oct 2028
Newcastle Jets promote Rory Murphy from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rory Murphy 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.
Market23 Oct 2028
One of our own: Isaac Powell joins the Newcastle Jets first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Isaac Powell is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Michael Clark joins the Newcastle Jets first team
- Market One of our own: Callum Morrison joins the Newcastle Jets first team
- The dugout James Delianov gets it from the manager