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2014/15 Hyundai A-League – Round 2 Preview – Melbourne City FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC

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2014/2015 Hyundai A-League
Season 10 Round 2
Melbourne City FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC

When: Sunday 19th October, 2014
Where: AAMI Park, Olympic Boulevard, Melbourne, VIC
Kickoff: 3pm AEDST (gates open 2pm)
Tickets: http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/Show.aspx?sh=MCITY0215
Prematch: Beer DeLuxe, Federation Square, Melbourne from 11am
Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 1 and FoxSports 1HD
Listen: ABC Grandstand Digital online or ABC Radio App
Tweet: @newyboys #MCYvNEW #NTUA

If you are unable to travel to the game in Melbourne, please come down to the District Park Tennis Club in Broadmeadow and watch the game LIVE. The Tenzo is our permanent venue for both home AND away Newcastle Jets fixtures.

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 12 games between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 6, City Wins – 4, Drawn – 2

In Melbourne – 5 games
Jets Wins – 1, City Wins – 3, Drawn – 1

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 20, City – 17

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 40 (39 Yellow, 1 Red), City – 20 (19 Yellow, 1 Red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – LL
City – DL

Leading Scorers
Jets – N/A, City – David Villa 1

Last Result –
Jets 1 (Taggart 54’) – Heart 0 at Hunter Stadium, Round 22.

FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win

Jets 3 (Brockie 23’, R. Griffiths 47’, Bridges 76’) – Heart 0, Round 19, Season 7 at Hunter Stadium, 11/02/2012.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Heart 3 (Fred 66’, Dugandzic 73’, Behich 85’), Round 6, Season 7 at AAMI Park, 12/11/2011.

Leading Scorers in fixture –

Jets – 6 (Ryan Griffiths)
City – 5 (Mate Dugandzic)

Average Away A-League crowd – 5296

COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches

Newcastle Jets Coaching Records –

Phil Stubbins – 0 Matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = -% win ratio)
Gary Van Egmond – 7 matches (3 wins, 1 drawn and 3 losses = 43% win ratio)
Richard Money – 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 loss = -% win ratio)
Branko Culina – 3 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss = 33% win ratio)
Nick Theodorakopoulos – 0 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = -% win ratio)
Clayton Zane – 1 matches (1 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
Craig Deans -1 Match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 loss = 100% win ratio)

KEY FACTS:

  • There has never been a scoreless game in this fixture.
  • The Jets have kept 4 clean sheets. Each of these clean sheets has been the final meeting between each of the games.
  • The Jets have scored 3 goals in the first meeting between these clubs in the last 3 seasons.
  • Both Mark Birrighitti and Andrew Redmayne have been opposing goalkeepers in the last 5 meetings.
  • Ben Kantarovski has scored the only own goal in this fixture.
  • The last Jets haven’t won in Melbourne against the Heart in the last 3 seasons. Their only win was after going down to 10 men after 10 minutes when Jobe Wheelhouse was sent off.
  • The last meeting between the two clubs, a 3-1 loss, was the last match of Gary Van Egmond’s second tenure.
  • The Jets have won a second round match once, lost twice and drawn 6 times in 9 seasons of the A-League.
  • Phil Stubbins will be the 7th Jets Coach.
  • Gary Van Egmond is the only Jets coach to have won their second fixture in charge. Gary won his second match during both stints with the club.
  • The Jets have never completed this fixture without a player receiving a booking. Our average over the last 5 meetings is 4 per match.

Jets v City Trivia:
1. Four players have scored doubles (or more) in this fixture. Who are they? Ryan Griffiths, Adam Taggart, Mate Dugandzic (twice) and Richard Garcia.

2. Who are the five Jets players who were Visa players when they scored in this fixture? Jeremy Brockie, Francis Jeffers, Byun Sung-Hwan, Michael Bridges and Emile Heskey.

3. Who has scored the fastest goal in this fixture? Richard Garcia (1st minute)

For answers to the trivia questions, please go into the forums and navigate to the match thread for this fixture.

2014/15 Hyundai A-League – Round 1 F3 Derby Preview – Central Coast Mariners vs Newcastle United Jets

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2014/2015 Hyundai A-League
Season 10 Round 1
Central Coast Mariners vs Newcastle United Jets FC

When: Saturday 11th October, 2014
Where: Central Coast Stadium, Dane Drive, Gosford, NSW
Kickoff: 5pm AEDST (gates open 4pm)
Tickets: http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/Show.aspx?sh=CMR0115
Prematch: Hotel Gosford, 179 Mann St, Gosford from 1pm
Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 3 and FoxSports 3HD
Listen: ABC Central Coast 95.2FM or ABC Grandstand Digital online
Tweet: @newyboys #F3Derby #NTUA

If you are unable to travel to the game in Gosford, please come down to the District Park Tennis Club in Broadmeadow and watch the game LIVE. The Tenzo is our permanent venue for both home AND away Newcastle Jets fixtures.

If you are travelling to the game you have two options:

Port Stephens Coaches: Prices and details here https://www.newcastlefootball.net/home/?p=323

Train: Depart Broadmeadow 1243pm Arrive Gosford 150pm

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 32 games between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 9, Mariners Wins – 12, Drawn – 11

In Gosford – 14 games
Jets Wins – 1, Mariners Wins – 8, Drawn – 7

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 28, Mariners – 41

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 76 (72 Yellow, 4 Red), Mariners – 49 (46 Yellow, 3 Red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – L
Mariners – WW

Leading Scorers (2013/14)
Jets – Adam Taggart 16, Mariners – Bernie Ibini-Isei 6

Last Result –
Jets 1 (Griffiths 23’) – Mariners 3 (Bosnar 1’, Ibini-Isei 6’, Trifiro 88’) at Bluetongue Stadium, Round 23.

FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Jets 3 (Bridge 6’, Carle 18’, Rodriguez 79’) – Mariners 1 (Mori 40’), Round 2, Season 2 at Energy Australia Stadium, 12/11/2006.

Heaviest Defeat
Jets 1 (Coveny 85’) – Mariners 4 (Gumprecht 4’, Brown 34’, Hutchinson 72’, Hutchinson 83’), Round 16, Season 1 at Express Advocate Stadium, 31/12/2005.

Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets – 6 (Joel Griffiths)
Mariners – 6 (Matt Simon)

COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches

Newcastle Jets Coaching Records –

Phil Stubbins – 0 Matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = -% win ratio)
Gary Van Egmond – 17 matches (6 wins, 6 drawn and 5 losses = 35% win ratio)
Richard Money – 3 matches (1 wins, 0 drawn, 2 loss = 33% win ratio)
Branko Culina – 6 matches (1 win, 2 drawn, 3 losses = 17% win ratio)
Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 0% win ratio)
Clayton Zane – 2 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
Craig Deans -1 Match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 loss = 100% win ratio)

Average Away A-League crowd – 11319

KEY FACTS:

•The Jets have only won 3 times against the Mariners in the last 6 seasons.
•The Jets last victory over the Mariners was round 3 in season 8, 20/10/12.
•The Mariners scored 8 goals in 3 matches against the Jets last season.
•Justin Pasfield’s own goal was the only own goal in this fixture.
•There have only been 7 penalties awarded in this fixture.
•The last derby was Birighitti’s last match during the previous season after spilling a long range free kick from Bosnar.
•Clayton Zane is the only Jets coach to lose their first derby match. Gary Van Egmond, however, lost the first derby in his second stint as coach.
•Marcos Flores will become the latest player to turn out for both clubs.
•Phil Stubbins will be the 7th Jets Coach.
•The last time the Jets and Mariners met in Round 1 it was 1-1 draw with an 87th minute Matt Simon goal equalised by a 90th minute Joel Griffiths penalty in Season 4.
•The Jets have lost their last 2 opening round fixtures and have never won the first match when playing away from home. Their overall W-D-L record is 2-4-3.

2014 FFA Cup – Round of 32 Match Preview – Newcastle Jets vs Perth Glory

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2014 Westfield FFA Cup
Round of 32
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Perth Glory FC

When: Tuesday 5th August, 2014
Where: Magic Park, Cnr Curley Rd & Denny St, Broadmeadow, NSW
Kickoff: 730pm AEDST (gates open 630pm)
Tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/
Pre-match: from 530pm District Park Tennis Club, Cnr Lambton and Curley Rds Broadmeadow

The Newcastle Jets will donate $1 from each ticket sold for this fixture to the RiseForAlex Fund.

Watch: Telecast details TBC
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand online
Tweet: @newyboys #NTUA #NEWvPER #RiseforAlex

Statistics

Overall – 27 games between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 6, Glory Wins – 15, Drawn – 6

In Newcastle – 14 games
Jets Wins – 5, Glory Wins – 7, Drawn – 2

Goals in Fixture 
Jets – 30, Glory – 49

Cards in Fixture 
Jets – 53 (52 Yellow, 1 Red), Glory – 46 (46 Yellow, 3 Red)

Recent Form 
Jets – WDLWL
Glory – LWWLL

Leading Scorers
Jets – Adam Taggart 16, Glory – Shane Smeltz 4

Last Result – 
Jets 1 (Taggart 61’) – Glory 2 (Marinkovic 84’, Harold 85’) at Hunter Stadium, Round 25.

Biggest Win
Jets 4 (Haliti 13’, Brockie 54’, Petrovski 68’ pen, 69’) – Glory, Round Mid Week 1, Season 6 at Energy Australia Stadium, 10/02/2010.

Heaviest Defeat
Jets 1 (Parisi 71’) – Glory 5 (Mori 33’, 62’, Harnwell 46’, Despotovski 52’, Sekulovski 81’), Round 7, Season 1 at Energy Australia Stadium, 08/10/2005.

Leading Scorers in fixture
Jets – 6 (Joel Griffiths)
Glory – 7 (Jamie Harwell)

Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches


Newcastle Jets Coaching Records
Gary Van Egmond – 16 matches (3 wins, 6 drawn and 7 losses = 19% win ratio)
Richard Money – 3 matches (1 wins, 0 drawn, 2 loss = 33% win ratio)
Branko Culina – 6 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 4 losses = 33% win ratio)
Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
Clayton Zane – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)

Average Home A-League crowd – 9398

Key facts:
• The Jets haven’t beaten Perth in the last 8 meetings between the two clubs.
• This game will be the first time Ruben Zadkovich faces his old club.
• The Jets haven’t scored against Perth at home since March 2013 and haven’t beaten them at home since November 2011.
• Ben Kennedy has kept 3 clean sheets in 11 appearances against Perth, the most of any Jets keeper.
• These teams have never met on a Tuesday night.
• Joel Griffiths is the only member of the current squad to have previously scored for the Jets against Perth.
• The Jets have never lost to Perth when leading at half time. However, they have lost 11 times from 12 occurrences when they have been trailing at half time.
• The two teams have tended to score more goals in the second half than the first in these fixtures.
• There have been 10 penalties awarded in the 26 fixtures.
• The Season 4, Round 11 match is the 9th dirtiest game in A-League history.


Jets v Perth Trivia:

1. Who has more yellow cards in this fixture – Adam, Joel or Ryan Griffiths? 

2. Who is the only Jet to have been sent off in this fixture? 

3. Who was the first player to score for the Jets in the fixture? 

4. Two Jets players have scored own goals against Perth. Who are they?

5. Which former Perth keeper was a substitute for the Jets in Season 2?