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Newcastle United Jets

Full name

Newcastle United Jets Football Club

Nickname(s)

Jets

Founded

2000

Ground

EnergyAustralia Stadium,
Newcastle (Aust.)

Capacity

26,000

Chairman

Con Constantine

Manager

Gary Van Egmond

League

A-League

A-League 2005-06

4th





Home colours





Away colours

Newcastle United Jets is an Australian football (soccer) club based in Newcastle, Australia. The team first entered the National Soccer League in 2000 after the withdrawal of the Newcastle Breakers Soccer Club from that competition. The team plays its home games at Energy Australia Stadium (formerly Marathon Stadium).

1 History
2 Colours and badge
3 Stadium
4 Supporters
5 Current squad
6 2006-07 Table
7 Noted players
8 Managers
9 Honours
10 Records
11 References
12 External links

[edit] History

The club was originally known as Newcastle United, but added the nickname "Jets" to prevent confusion with the English Premier League club Newcastle United F.C. The name "Jets" is a reference to RAAF Base Williamtown, located just 20 kilometres north of Newcastle. The club's logo depicts three F/A-18 Hornets, which the Royal Australian Air Force has based at Williamtown.

Former England and Australia manager Terry Venables was reported as favourite to become the team's technical director, including reports from the Jets, but this was confirmed by Venables' agent as a no-go^[1]. Instead, the club signed Richard Money for the 2005-2006 season. In 2006 Money was replaced with Nick Theodorakopoulos after Money returned to England to take the manager's job at Walsall. In October 2006 after recording no wins during the Pre-Season Cup and during the first seven rounds of A-League matches, Theodorakopoulos became the first coach to be dismissed in the club's A-League's history. His assistant Gary Van Egmond is currently the caretaker coach.^[2]

The club surprised many observers in the Australian game by signing Ned Zelic, a player who was seen to have severed connections with Australia after being dropped from the national team.

Newcastle United were formed in 2000 from the remnants of the Newcastle Breakers club. The Breakers were dissolved when Soccer Australia revoked their NSL license at the conclusion of the 1999/2000 season.

The Breakers were formed as Newcastle Austral in 1952 by members of Gretna Austral. The club’s initial colours were violet and white. Austral joined the NSW state league in 1988. In 1991 Newcastle Austral joined the NSL and reformed as the Newcastle Breakers.

Reports suggested the Jets were attempting to bring ex Liverpool and England striker Stan Collymore out of retirement^[3]. Director of Football Remo Nogarotto confirmed the club had made a bid to lure Collymore to the A-League for a four-match guest stint; however, the move had broken down within 24 hours of it being made public^[4].

[edit] Colours and badge

Newcastle United logo

Breakers logo

Newcastle Jets play in a gold top, with navy blue shorts and socks. The away top - like all A-League teams with the exception of Melbourne Victory - is white. The top has gold sleeves (a common A-League trait is to have the home colours on the sleeves of the away kit), with gold shorts and white socks to complete the change kit.

The old Breakers logo was used up until 2000, when the name was changed to Newcastle United. A new logo was used to reflect the new team name and was used for the Newcastle United NSL era. When the A-League was formed, a new logo was designed to incorporate the new name.

[edit] Stadium

Main article: EnergyAustralia Stadium

[edit] Supporters

The club's supporters group is known as The Squadron.

[edit] Current squad

As of August 10, 2006

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ivan Necevski
2	DF	Steve Eagleton
3	DF	Jade North
4	DF	Craig Deans
5	FW	Milton Rodriguez
6	DF	Andrew Durante
7	MF	Tony Faria
8	MF	Matt Thompson
9	FW	Vaughan Coveny
10	MF	Nick Carle
11	MF	Tarek Elrich
12	DF	Paul Okon (captain)

No.	Position	Player
13	MF	Adam D'Apuzzo
14	MF	Jobe Wheelhouse
15	MF	Stuart Musialik
16	FW	Labinot Haliti
17	FW	Tolgay Özbey
18	FW	Joel Griffiths
19	FW	Mark Bridge
20	GK	Ben Kennedy
22	DF	Steven Old
24	DF	Paul Kohler (Short term signing)
??	GK	Ante Covic

[edit] 2006-07 Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Melbourne Victory	16	12	2	2	32	11	+21	38
Sydney FC	16	6	7	3	25	16	+9	25
Adelaide United	16	7	2	7	25	23	+2	23
Central Coast Mariners	16	6	5	5	18	17	+1	23
Newcastle Jets	16	6	5	5	22	22	0	23
Queensland Roar	16	5	4	7	17	20	-3	19
Perth Glory	16	5	2	9	19	22	-3	17
New Zealand Knights	16	2	3	11	7	34	-27	9

[edit] Noted players

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[edit] Managers

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