2010–11 Newcastle Jets FC season

The Newcastle Jets 2010–11 season was the Newcastle Jets' sixth season since the inception of the Australian A-League and the tenth since the club's founding, in 2000.

Newcastle United Jets FC

2010–11 season
Chairman	Ken Edwards
Manager	Branko Culina (A-League)
A-League	7th
Final	DNQ

It was announced on 22 July 2010 that Michael Bridges would be the Newcastle Jets senior team captain, With Ljubo Miličević to be his deputy.[1]

Prior to Newcastle's round 4 games against Brisbane Roar, it was revealed that the club was under significant financial stress. This meant that the club was unable to pay staff and player wages on time. This resulted in the club seeking either a loan or an advance on their quarterly share of the television deal.[2] It was announced by the club and the Football Federation Australia that the governing body would give a short term assistance package, making sure the club made it through their next few games and back into financial viability.[3]

After giving Con Constantine every chance to show that he was able to prove financial viability, it was determined by the FFA that the best course of action would be to sell the club to mining magnate and horse owner Nathan Tinkler.[4] In the first few weeks under his ownership Tinkler stated that he wished to give the club back to the community, and he made several key changes to the way the club was run.[5] These changes included appointing an executive chairman in Ken Edwards to run the club while a board of directors and football advisory board were put in place. Tinkler also extended his ownership of the Jets to last until at least 2020.[6] This enabled the club to move forward with a new direction which included resigning manager Branko Culina on a four-year contract, and doubling the footballing departments budget from $1.1million to around $2.5million, creating 8 new full-time positions at the club and 15 jobs in total.[7][8]

As part of a new initiative called "Be a part of it", the Jets will host a community day, where 10,000 fans will be admitted free for the game against Melbourne Heart on 31 October 2010.[9][10] A new price structure for tickets includes a free season pass for children younger than 15, a family pass for 11 home games with reserved grandstand for $100 and general admission for $10. The club has a new sponsor with Hunter Medical Research Institute. The Jets will have the institute's logo on the front of their jersey and will donate $5000 for every goal they score at home and $2500 for an away goal. The changes continued when the club set up a new administration office, extended the contract of coach Branko Culina until March 2015 and unveiled a $2.5 million blueprint for the football department.[11]

The Newcastle Jets announced with the FFA and the State Government, that they would host the Los Angeles Galaxy at Energy Australia Stadium on 27 November. The match, an almost certain sellout, will play host to big-name players; David Beckham, and Landon Donovan.[12]

2010–11 season squads

Senior squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Ben Kennedy 2 DF  AUS Taylor Regan 3 DF  AUS Adam D'Apuzzo 4 DF  AUS Nikolai Topor-Stanley 5 DF  AUS Ljubo Miličević (Vice-Captain) 6 MF  AUS Ben Kantarovski (Youth) 7 MF  AUS Kasey Wehrman (Vice-Captain) 8 FW  ENG Michael Bridges (Captain) 9 FW  CHN Zhang Shuo 10 MF  AUS Ruben Zadkovich 11 DF  AUS Tarek Elrich 12 MF  AUS Jobe Wheelhouse 13 FW  AUS Sasho Petrovski 14 FW  AUS Labinot Haliti 15 FW  AUS Sean Rooney (Youth) 16 FW  NZL Jeremy Brockie

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ITA Marcello Fiorentini 18 FW  AUS Marko Jesic (Youth) 19 MF  IRQ Ali Abbas Al-Hilfi 20 GK  AUS Neil Young 21 MF  AUS Brodie Mooy (Youth) 22 MF  AUS Kaz Patafta 23 FW  AUS Ryan Griffiths 24 FW  ENG Francis Jeffers (Guest Player) 25 DF  AUS Sam Gallaway (Youth) 26 FW  AUS James Virgili (Youth) 27 FW  SVN Tomislav Misura (Injury Replacement) 28 DF  AUS Mario Šimić (Youth) 30 GK  AUS Paul Henderson (Injury Replacement) 31 DF  AUS Jacob Pepper (Youth) 40 GK  AUS Matthew Nash (Injury Replacement)

Beginning of season transfers

In: Kasey Wehrman – Fredrikstad FK Ruben Zadkovich – Derby County Jeremy Brockie – North Queensland Fury FC Taylor Regan – Youth League Marcello Fiorentini – A.C. Palazzolo 1913 Zhang Shuo – Persik Kediri Paul Henderson – Sydney Olympic Out: Matt Thompson – Melbourne Heart FC Jason Naidovski – Contract Expired Shaun Ontong – Contract Expired Angelo Costanzo – Retired Jason Hoffman – Melbourne Heart FC Song Jin-Hyung – Tours FC Fabio Vignaroli – Released Due To Injury Donny de Groot – Go Ahead Eagles

Re-signed: Ljubo Miličević – 1 Year Ben Kennedy – 2 Years Michael Bridges – 2 Years Marko Jesic – 1 Year Neil Young – 1 Year Labinot Haliti – 2 Years Tarek Elrich – 2 Years Adam D'Apuzzo – 1 Year Ali Abbas Al-Hilfi – 1 Year Unsuccessful trialists: Sibusiso Zuma Chaimir Toloy Griffin McMaster Chris Price David D'Apuzzo Aaron Clapham

Youth squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Robbie Kolak 2 DF  AUS Sam Gallaway 3 DF  AUS Mario Šimić 4 DF  AUS Jon Griffiths 5 DF  AUS Nathan Millgate 6 DF  AUS Jacob Pepper 7 MF  AUS Scott Pettit 8 FW  AUS Steven Veleski 9 FW  AUS Gavin Forbes 10 MF  TLS Jesse Pinto (Captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW  AUS James Virgili 12 MF  AUS David Talevski 13 FW  AUS Fabian Iacovelli 14 MF  AUS Kyle Ewart 15 MF  AUS Abe Wheelhouse 16 MF  AUS Luke Remington 17 MF  AUS Michael Finlayson 18 FW  AUS Blake Green 20 GK  AUS Jack Duncan —   + up to four over-age players

Women's squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Alison Logue 2 DF  AUS Libby Sharpe 3 DF  USA Nicole Cross 4 DF  AUS Thea Slatyer 5 DF  AUS Alex Hyung 6 MF  AUS Amber Neilson 7 MF  AUS Gema Simon 8 MF  AUS Bronte Bates 9 FW  AUS Kate Hensman 10 MF  AUS Hayley Crawford 11 FW  AUS Sasha McDonnell

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF  AUS Melissa Feuregill 13 DF  AUS Carlie Ikonomou 14 DF  AUS Hannah Brewer 15 MF  AUS Nicole Jones 16 DF  AUS Kirstyn Pearce 17 MF  AUS Madeline Searl 18 FW  AUS Leia Smith 19 FW  AUS Tara Andrews 20 MF  AUS Kara Mowbray 21 MF  AUS Renee Cartwright 22 GK  USA Allison Lipsher

Pre-season fixtures

8 July 2010
19:30 UTC+10

Melbourne Heart	1–2	Newcastle Jets
Sibon  68'		Bridges  6' Abbas  27'

La Trobe City Stadium

Attendance: 3000

18 July 2010
16:00 UTC+10

Sydney United	0–2	Newcastle Jets
		Abbas  14' Brockie  38'

Sydney United Sports Centre

Attendance: 3000

25 July 2010
14:00 UTC+10

Newcastle Jets	0–1	Brisbane Roar
		Franjic  85'

Port Macquarie Regional Stadium

Attendance: 2000 approx.

Referee: Stuart Wolfe

28 July 2010
20:00 UTC+10

Rockdale City Suns	0–4	Newcastle Jets
		Abbas  12' Rooney  24' Topor-Stanley  32' Jesic  59'

Bicentennial Park

The Newcastle Jets will play two trial games for players currently playing in the NBN State Football League. These games will give players from the Under-20, and First Grade teams from within the competition to have the opportunity to earn an A-league contract, and give the Newcastle Jets the chance to observe the best of the local youth talent.[13]

14 July 2010
18:00 UTC+10

NBN State Youth League XI	2–0	Newcastle Jets Youth

Darling Street Oval, Hamilton

14 July 2010
20:00 UTC+10

NBN State League XI	1–3	Newcastle Jets
Joel Wood  88'		Petrovski  23' Brockie  35' Jesic  75'

Darling Street Oval, Hamilton

Attendance: 2000

Mid-season fixtures

After the ownership change, the new structure wanted to show an exhibition match. After a few days of hard work and collaboration between the Newcastle Jets, the FFA and the New South Wales Government, it was announced at a press conference at Newcastle University that the Newcastle Jets would host David Beckham's LA Galaxy.[14]

27 November 2010
19:30 UTC+10

Newcastle Jets	2–1	Los Angeles Galaxy
Sasho Petrovski  39' Labinot Haliti  52'		Landon Donovan  7'

Energy Australia Stadium

Attendance: 23317

Referee: Matthew Brezze

2010–11 Hyundai A-League fixtures

Adelaide United v Newcastle Jets

6 August 2010	Adelaide United	0 : 0	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CST		Report Summary		Attendance: 8,479 Referee: Gerard Parsons

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Heart

13 August 2010	Newcastle Jets	1 : 1	Melbourne Heart	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Friday 20:00 EST	Brockie  60'	Report Summary	Kantarovski  79' (o.g.)	Attendance: 8,735 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

Perth Glory v Newcastle Jets

21 August 2010	Perth Glory	1 : 0	Newcastle Jets	nib Stadium, Perth
Friday 15:15 WST	Jelić  45+1'	Report Summary		Attendance: 12,031 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar

5 September 2010	Newcastle Jets	0 : 0	Brisbane Roar	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Sunday 15:00 EST	Zadkovich  30'  82'	Report Summary		Attendance: 7,066 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Adelaide United v Newcastle Jets

11 September 2010	Adelaide United	2 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Saturday 19:00 CST	Leckie  22' Flores  65'	Report Summary	Rooney  89'	Attendance: 9,571 Referee: Ben Williams

Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory

17 September 2010	Newcastle Jets	2 : 0	Perth Glory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Friday 20:00 EST	Bridges  10' Haliti  89'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,977 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

Gold Coast United v Newcastle Jets

22 September 2010	Gold Coast United	1 : 0	Newcastle Jets	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Wednesday 19:30 EST	Curtis  89'	Report Summary		Attendance: 2,091 Referee: Peter Green

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory

25 September 2010	Newcastle Jets	0 : 0	Melbourne Victory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday 19:30 EST		Report Summary		Attendance: 8,652 Referee: Chris Beath

Brisbane Roar v Newcastle Jets

16 October 2010	Brisbane Roar	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 19:45 EST	Reinaldo  77'	Report Summary	M. Smith  18' (o.g.)	Attendance: 10,191 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Heart

31 October 2010	Newcastle Jets	0 : 2	Melbourne Heart	Port Macquarie Regional Stadium, Port Macquarie
Sunday 15:00 EDT		Report Summary	Kalmar  53' Sibon  90+4' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,114 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets

7 November 2010	Sydney FC	1 : 0	Newcastle Jets	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Sunday 17:00 EDT	Cazarine  76'	Report Summary		Attendance: 8,512 Referee: Chris Beath

Newcastle Jets v Adelaide United

13 November 2010	Newcastle Jets	3 : 1	Adelaide United	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday 19:45 EDT	Topor-Stanley  4' Jesic  13', 52'	Report Summary	Fyfe  79'	Attendance: 8,278 Referee: Kurt Ams

Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar

17 November 2010	Newcastle Jets	1 : 1	Brisbane Roar	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Wednesday 19:30 EDT	Kantarovski  54'	Report Summary	Solórzano  80'	Attendance: 7,829 Referee: Peter Green

Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix

20 November 2010	Newcastle Jets	1 : 0	Wellington Phoenix	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday 19:00 EDT	Jesic  55'	Report Summary		Attendance: 12,147 Referee: Gerard Parsons

Newcastle Jets v Central Coast Mariners

24 November 2010	Newcastle Jets	1 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Wednesday 19:00 EDT	Petrovski  90+2'	Report Summary	Simon  49'	Attendance: 7,730 Referee: Matthew Breeze

North Queensland Fury v Newcastle Jets

4 December 2010	North Queensland Fury	0 : 2	Newcastle Jets	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 20:15 EST		Report Summary	Topor-Stanley  79' Petrovski  90+3'	Attendance: 3,573 Referee: Kurt Ams

Melbourne Heart v Newcastle Jets

8 December 2010	Melbourne Heart	0 : 2	Newcastle Jets	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Wednesday 19:00 EDT		Report Summary	Wheelhouse  7' Jeffers  12' Jesic  18'	Attendance: 2,754 Referee: Alan Milliner

Newcastle Jets v Gold Coast United

15 December 2010	Newcastle Jets	2 : 0	Gold Coast United	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Wednesday 19:00 EDT	Abbas  77' Miličević  51'  78' Petrovski  82'	Report Summary		Attendance: 8,046 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets

18 December 2010	Wellington Phoenix	4 : 0	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Saturday 19:00 NZDT	T. Brown  18' Rojas  31' Greenacre  41' Macallister  88'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,053 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets

27 December 2010	Melbourne Victory	2 : 1	Newcastle Jets	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Monday 18:00 EDT	Hernández  20' Ricardinho  90'	Report Summary	Zadkovich  54'	Attendance: 16,378 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC

3 January 2011	Newcastle Jets	1 : 2	Sydney FC	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Monday 17:00 EDT	Haliti  66'	Report Summary	Moriyasu  36' Cazarine  45+1'	Attendance: 12,118 Referee: Matthew Gillett

North Queensland Fury v Newcastle Jets

8 January 2011	North Queensland Fury	1 : 3	Newcastle Jets	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 20:15 EST	M. Hughes  90+5' (pen.)	Report Summary	Zadkovich  13' Haliti  16' Ryan Griffiths  70'	Attendance: 4,315 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

Newcastle Jets v North Queensland Fury

11 January 2011	Newcastle Jets	1 : 0	North Queensland Fury	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Tuesday 7:30 EDT	Jesic  13'	Report Summary		Attendance: 8,218 Referee: Gerard Parsons

Newcastle Jets v Central Coast Mariners

16 January 2011	Newcastle Jets	0 : 2	Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Sunday 17:00 EDT		Report Summary	Simon  14' Hutchinson  87'	Attendance: 13,463 Referee: Chris Beath

Gold Coast United v Newcastle Jets

22 January 2011	Gold Coast United	5 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Saturday 20:15 EST	Traoré  9' Djite  36', 79', 87' Smeltz  61'	Report Summary	Zhang  75'	Attendance: 14,783 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets

30 January 2011	Wellington Phoenix	1 : 0	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT	Macallister  20'	Report Summary	Ryan Griffiths  66'	Attendance: 10,917 Referee: Chris Beath

Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets

2 February 2011	Melbourne Victory	2 : 0	Newcastle Jets	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Wednesday 19:00 EDT	Pondeljak  57' Kruse  69'	Report Summary	Fiorentini  61'	Attendance: 11,296 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC

6 February 2011	Newcastle Jets	1 : 1	Sydney FC	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Sunday 17:00 EDT	Petrovski  84'	Report Summary	Cazarine  77'	Attendance: 6,780 Referee: Peter Green

Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory

10 February 2011	Newcastle Jets	4 : 0	Perth Glory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Thursday 19:30 EDT	Haliti  13' Brockie  55' Petrovski  68' (pen.), 69'	Report Summary		Attendance: 7,286 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets

13 February 2011	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 0	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 17:00 EDT	Pérez  90'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,975 Referee: Chris Beath

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brisbane Roar (C)	30	18	11	1	58	26	+32	65	Finals series and 2012 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2	Central Coast Mariners	30	16	9	5	50	31	+19	57
3	Adelaide United	30	15	5	10	51	36	+15	50	Finals series and 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
4	Gold Coast United	30	12	10	8	40	32	+8	46	Finals series
5	Melbourne Victory	30	11	10	9	45	39	+6	43
6	Wellington Phoenix	30	12	5	13	39	41	−2	41
7	Newcastle Jets	30	9	8	13	29	33	−4	35
8	Melbourne Heart	30	8	11	11	32	42	−10	35
9	Sydney FC	30	8	10	12	35	40	−5	34
10	Perth Glory	30	5	8	17	27	54	−27	23
11	North Queensland Fury	30	4	7	19	28	60	−32	19	Disbanded at end of season

Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. First place qualifies for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage.
   Winning the 2011 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage, unless first place are champions.
   Second place qualifies for the 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, unless they qualify for the 2011 A-League Grand Final alongside first place or become A-League Champions, subsequently third place then qualify for the 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off.

Season statistics

Goal scorers

Last updated 18 August 2010

Name	Pre-Season	A-League	Finals	Total
Sasho Petrovski	1	5	0	6
Marko Jesic	2	4	0	6
Labinot Haliti	0	4	0	4
Jeremy Brockie	2	2	0	4
Ali Abbas Al-Hilfi	3	1	0	4
Ruben Zadkovich	0	2	0	2
Nikolai Topor-Stanley	1	2	0	3
Michael Bridges	2	1	0	3
Sean Rooney	1	1	0	2
Ryan Griffiths	0	1	0	1

Discipline

Name	Cautions	2nd Caution – Send-Off	Send-Offs
Ruben Zadkovich	3	1	0
Kasey Wehrman	2	0	0
Ali Abbas	1	0	0
Michael Bridges	1	0	0
Ben Kantarovski	1	0	0
Tarek Elrich	1	0	0
Taylor Regan	1	0	0
Zhang Shuo	1	0	0

Home attendance

Round	Opponent	Attendance
Round 1	Melbourne Heart	8735
Round 4	Brisbane Roar	7066
Round 6	Perth Glory	6977
Round 8	Melbourne Victory	8652
Round 10	North Queensland Fury
Round 11	Melbourne Heart	3114
Round 13	Adelaide United	8278
Round 14	Brisbane Roar	7829
Round 15	Wellington Phoenix	12147
	Total Attendance	50651
	Average Attendance	7850

References

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2. Gardiner, James (1 September 2010). "Jets woes put game in doubt – Local News – News – General – Newcastle Herald". Theherald.com.au. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
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External links

• Official website