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North solid in Olyroos opening Olympic clash

By James Heffield • Aug 8th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

A gritty defensive performance from Newcastle Jets captain Jade North helped the Olyroos hold on for a 1-1 draw in their opening Olympic fixture against Serbia last night.
Serbia dominated the match but was forced to shoot from outside the 18-yard box for most of the night thanks to the central defensive pairing of North and [...]



Newcastle and Adelaide battle for pre-season cup Group A lead

By James Heffield • Jul 26th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

Newcastle Jets will be hoping to take the lead in Group A of the pre-season today when they take on Adelaide United at Baddeley Park in Cessnock.
Newcastle drew 1-1 with Perth in their opening match and will be hoping to upset an in-form Adelaide United side in tomorrow night’s clash.
The Jets will be without Jade [...]



Jets to ‘work on combinations’ in pre-season cup opener

By James Heffield • Jul 17th, 2008 • Category: General News

Newcastle Jets will be hoping to hit some much needed form at Mandurah’s Hyundai Stadium on Saturday when they take on Perth Glory in their first match of the 2008 A-League pre-season cup.
The Jets line-up for the match is very different to that which took the club to last season’s grand final and new signings [...]



New signing for Newcastle Football writing team

By James Heffield • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: General News

Sports journalist and football fan James Heffield has joined the newcastlefootball.net writing team to provide timely articles about the Newcastle region’s favourite team – the Newcastle Jets.
James is originally from New Zealand but made the move to Australia at the end of 2007. He has covered a wide range of sports, including football, rugby [...]



Jets prepare to sink Mariners in pre-season clash

By James Heffield • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

Newcastle Jets will again cross boots with 2008 A-League runners up Central Coast Mariners on Saturday during a busy weekend of pre-season match action.
The afternoon match at Canberra Stadium is the final Jets’ warm-up before the A-League pre-season cup kicks off on July 19 and Newcastle will be hoping for another win over their local [...]