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Newcastle
14 June 2016
Football Federation Australia (FFA) has today announced that Hyundai A-League club the Newcastle Jets has been purchased by the Ledman Group, a leading high-tech LED signage manufacturer, operator and integrated sports business headquartered in Shenzhen, China.
Ledman is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and is an official partner of the Chinese Super League, owner of the professional club Shenzhen Renren in the Chinese League Two and naming rights partner of Portugal’s Segunda Liga (Ledman Ligapro).
Among other investments, Ledman has a strategic shareholding in Infront Sports and Media Group, the world's second largest sports marketing company and also one of the world's largest sports media production and broadcasting companies.
FFA Chairman Steven Lowy has hailed the Ledman Group investment as another significant step in Australian football’s engagement with Asia.
“In the decade since joining the Asian Football Confederation, Australia has diligently developed important connections across the spectrum, including the sporting, political, cultural, administrative and development spheres,” said Lowy.
“The investment by Ledman shows those links have delivered a dynamic relationship built on trust and mutually beneficial activities. Ledman’s move is a signpost towards our future in the fastest growing football region in the world.
“This demonstrates the strength and growing international status of the Hyundai A-League.”
Ledman Group Chairman Martin Lee said the purchase of the Newcastle Jets was undertaken as part of a strategic expansion.
“We see a bright future for football across Asia and the Hyundai A-League is at the forefront as one of the top professional leagues in the region,” said Lee.
“The investment aligns with Ledman’s activities in several sectors of the sports industry and I’m excited by the potential of the club.
“Most of all, I understand that the Newcastle Jets are a very important part of the Newcastle community.
“I want to work closely with everyone in Newcastle, the fans, members and the local football community, to make this club the best it can be.”
FFA CEO David Gallop said that he was delighted that the Newcastle Jets now had a new owner with considerable sports industry knowledge.
“I warmly welcome the Ledman chairman and majority owner Martin Lee to Australian football and the Hyundai A-League,” said Gallop.
“Over the past few months of talks over the purchase we have been impressed by Ledman’s plans and ambitions for the Newcastle Jets as part of its global football investments.
“I’m pleased that from the outset community engagement and football development in Newcastle and northern NSW have been top priorities for Ledman.
“This move is significant for the way it demonstrates the Hyundai A-League’s multiple connections to Asia.”
Sydney
6 August 2015
The Newcastle Jets have strengthened its ties with the football community with Football Federation Australia (FFA) today appointing Northern NSW Football (NNSWF) CEO David Eland as interim Newcastle Jets CEO.
Mr Eland will begin his dual role immediately and remain as CEO of NNSWF going forward, bringing the two entities closer together in a clear sign of the importance of community integration and engagement in the future of the Hyundai A-League club.
Eland replaces Mitchell Murphy as FFA continues ownership discussions with a focus on the NNSWF Community as a key part of the transition process.
“FFA is pleased to announce that the Northern NSW Football Board has agreed to allow David Eland to act as the Newcastle Jets interim CEO as the evolution of the Jets continues,” said FFA CEO David Gallop.
“David is well placed to fulfil the interim role with his knowledge of the local football landscape and previous experience in the Hyundai A-League and will ensure strong community ties are central to the long term framework of the Jets.
“David comes into the role at a time when the Football Department has planned its pre-season program, implemented some robust structures to improve the environment and is in the final stages of finalising the squad.
“FFA would like to thank Mitchell Murphy for his role in the initial stages of the transition from the previous owners to the FFA.”
Eland’s appointment also comes with added significance as NNSWF will make all of its resources available over the coming months as the Newcastle Jets move towards the start of the Hyundai A-League season in October.
“NNSWF is delighted to partner FFA during the transition of the club to new ownership and fully endorses the appointment of David Eland as the club’s Interim CEO in a dual role,” said NNSWF’s Chairman, Bill Walker.
“This appointment will ensure that the club continues to re-engage with the football community; particularly in relation to the common goals of junior engagement and the Emerging Jets program.
“David is ideally placed and experienced in the short-term to effectively deploy the club’s and NNSWF’s collective resources towards the objective of rebuilding a club which is founded on solid and meaningful community engagement.”
Eland also spoke of the benefits of both organisations working closely, while admitting the task of ensuring the Newcastle Jets were well prepared for the start of the Hyundai A-League was of particular focus.
“The appointment provides NNSWF with an opportunity to further partner the FFA and the club in a range of community engagement activities and to reinforce the mutual benefits of a solid and transparent relationship between the Member Federation and Hyundai A-League Club,” Eland said.
“The Football Department, led by Head Coach Scott Miller, has put together a strong program and structures for the pre-season and we will all work together to ensure the Jets fans can be proud of the club on and off the field when the team starts its 2015/16 campaign.”
Newcastle
18 June 2015
Football Federation Australia (FFA) has today announced the appointment of Scott Miller as the Head Coach of the Newcastle United Jets.
Miller has signed a two-year contract with the Hyundai A-League club after recently leaving a role as Assistant Coach at English Championship club Fulham, where he worked for nine years.
Joining Miller as Senior Assistant Coach at Newcastle is Jean-Paul de Marigny, who was the Senior Assistant Coach at championship-winning Melbourne Victory last season.
This will be de Marigny’s second stint at the Jets after a season as Assistant Coach in the inaugural A-League season in 2005/06. He has also signed a two-year contract.
Head of Hyundai A-League Damien de Bohun said the combination of Miller and de Marigny was ideally suited to engineering the revival of Newcastle Jets.
“Scott is an incredibly driven young Australian coach, who set off for England on a one-way ticket almost a decade ago and spent seven years in the English Premier League working with world-class players and managers,” said de Bohun.
“He has shown the FFA Technical Staff that he has the right qualities, philosophies, qualifications and experience to take the step up to a Head Coach role and I’m delighted he’s been secured for Newcastle Jets.
“Jean-Paul brings vast knowledge of Australian football and the Hyundai A-League, and like Scott has excellent qualifications and experience. Together, they make a compelling combination for the Jets.”
Miller said he is thrilled to take charge of the Newcastle Jets at such an exciting time for the club.
“It’s the right time and the right place for me,” said Miller. “I jumped at this wonderful opportunity to take the next step in my coaching career as Head Coach at a club that’s making a new beginning.
“I’ve heard a lot about the long and proud history of this football region and its passionate fans. Football clubs exist to bring joy to the people and that’s a driving force in my thinking.”
Miller and de Marigny will formally commence duties when the Hyundai A-League squad begins formal pre-season training on Monday 6 July.
The licence for the A-League club in Newcastle is being operated by FFA while ownership models are being explored.
Third Jets Forum to Seek Football Community’s Input
Football Federation Australia (FFA) has today announced details of the third and final forum in relation to the future of the Newcastle Jets.
The Newcastle Jets Football Community Forum, to be conducted on Wednesday 24th June will provide members of the Northern NSW Football (NNSWF) community including players, match officials, volunteers and coaches, as well as the general community and fans, the opportunity to have their voice heard in relation to the restructuring of the region’s Hyundai A-League club.
The Forum will feature a panel including Head of Hyundai A-League Damien de Bohun, NNSWF Chief Executive Officer David Eland and Newcastle Jets defender Nigel Boogaard.
Fans must register their interest in attending the event by following the link HERE and can help shape the evening by submitting questions.
Fans unable to attend can follow the discussion live on Twitter #JetsForum.
“The Newcastle Jets represent the people of the Hunter Region in the Hyundai A-League so it is important for the football community to have their say on shaping the club moving forward,” de Bohun said. “This is a great opportunity for fans, players, coaches and volunteers to join Northern NSW Football and the FFA and have meaningful input into the restructure of the Newcastle United Jets.”
This forum follows the Business Leaders Forum held on Wednesday 10th June and the upcoming Newcastle United Jets Members Forum to be held this Thursday, 18th June.
Newcastle Jets Football Community Forum Details:
Wednesday 24th of June
6.30pm-8.30pm
Auditorium 2 Newcastle Panthers
Corner King & Union Street, Newcastle
Sydney
29 May 2015
Newcastle Jets Community Engagement Forums Announced
The first phase of Community Engagement by the new Newcastle Jets will be held throughout June, Football Federation Australia (FFA) announced today.
In conjunction with Northern NSW Football, FFA will hold three forums.
• A Business Leaders Forum on Wednesday 10 June
• A Jets Members Forum on Thursday 18 June
• A Northern NSW Football Community Forum on Wednesday 24 June
The Jets Members and Football Community Forums will be also conducted as virtual online forums via social media to allow broad participation.
In addition, a series of targeted online surveys will canvass a wide range of opinions.
Head of Hyundai A-League Damien de Bohun said the commitment from FFA was to put the football people of Northern NSW at the heart of the new club.
“Clubs exist for their members, fans and the wider community,” said de Bohun. “Listening to these people is more than consultation, it’s about putting the culture, values and aspirations of Newcastle and Northern NSW into the way the Jets act and think.”
The first of the forums will seek to draw upon the business expertise within the Newcastle and Hunter Region with a Business Leaders Forum on Wednesday 10 June. (By invitation only).
The Jets Members Forum on 18 June will be open to all 2014/15 Members who will be invited to pre-register.
The Football Community Forum on 24 June will involve a cross section of the football community including NNSW club and zone representatives, volunteers, coaches and match officials.
“This level of engagement is unprecedented in the A-League era and I know the football people of the region will be enthusiastic participants,” said Northern NSW Football CEO David Eland.
“These three forums will provide the FFA and Newcastle Jets administration with a clear understanding of the Newcastle community’s expectations of the new club. It’s exciting times for the whole game in the region.”
# Information of the Member and Community Forum registration process will be announced shortly.
Sydney
20 May 2015
FFA terminates licence of Newcastle Jets
Football Federation Australia (FFA) has today announced the immediate termination of the Hyundai A-League licence held by Newcastle Jets Football Operations Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of the Hunter Sports Group (HSG).
A new licence will be issued to a new entity owned and controlled by FFA. A club from Newcastle will remain a member of the Hyundai A-League and current players of the Newcastle Jets will be offered contracts with the new entity.
The termination is based on material breaches of the A-League licence held by Newcastle Jets Football Operations Pty Ltd, in relation to non-payment of players and staff, and an ongoing failure to meet standard operational requirements.
FFA notes that HSG placed the Newcastle Jets into voluntary administration today, which in itself is an act of insolvency and a breach of the A-League licence conditions.
FFA CEO David Gallop said HSG had been given every opportunity to continue as the owner and operator of the licence, but it was unable to meet the conditions required to do so.
“FFA has taken this action to protect the interests of the football community in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley, and to safeguard the image and reputation of the A-League and its member clubs,” said Gallop.
“Newcastle needs a club operating in a stable environment with certainty of resources in order to be successful and competitive in the A-League and to properly represent the community. HSG has proved to be incapable of meeting these requirements.
“HSG has behaved in a deplorable way towards the players and staff of the club in failing to meet basic obligations to pay wages. Anyone who takes control of a sporting club has an obligation to respect the people and the traditions of that club.
“HSG has failed miserably to in this regard. Today’s action to terminate the licence is the first step to restoring the proud traditions of football in Northern NSW.”
Gallop said that FFA will continue talks with several parties interested in the future ownership structure of the A-League club in Newcastle.
“First of all, we will listen to all the key stakeholders in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley,” said Gallop.
“This region has incredibly strong community values and any future ownership needs to have people at the heart of things.
“That’s a core value for football in Australia and something we are very committed to in relation to the A-League club in Newcastle.”
The Heart Is Pumping 
By Mark Humphrey
Melbourne Heart celebrated their 100th A-League game with an emphatic 3-1 win over the Newcastle Jets on Friday night at AAMI Stadium.
The match ball for Heart's 100th game is delivered by the Westpac Rescue helicopter
With Melbourne on the end of a week long record heat wave, their namesake A-League club Melbourne Heart continued the hot spell for an additional 2 hours into the evening as they dominated the scoring to overrun the Newcastle Jets in front of a small but parochial hometown crowd.
Conditions were hot on and off the pitch
With the club’s first win in 20 games and under returning caretaker coach John Van’t Schip the burning question is “what’s changed?” Answer “not much”.
28 minutes into the first half and you could argue that the same cracks were once again appearing for the Heart up front. Striker David Williams header attempt early in the game from a Hoffman delivery was nowhere near the mark and at the 28 minute mark he was on the end of a soft clearance from Jets goalie Mark Birighitti that gave Williams open territory into goal. When Redmayne did something similar against the Victory several weeks ago he and the team were punished with a Nichols goal the end result. Unfortunately for Melbourne Heart, Williams attempt was seriously well wide no doubt letting Birighitti off the hook. Maybe Williams is lacking confidence at the moment as he barely put a shot into the back of the net against reserve goalie Tando Velaphi in the pre match warm up.
Heart during this period were active up forward with 3 solid shots on goal with Kewell’s long range the best of them and only kept out by an outstretched Birighitti arm knocking the ball over the top bar. For most of the season Heart has been lively in the first 20 or so minutes without success so nothing has changed in this department.
Williams was subbed out of the game at the 31 minute mark and replaced with Mifsud after clashing with Birighitti minutes earlier.
Good work by the Heart defence and goalie Redmayne had repelled any advances the Jets had made in the match to date and it was only from a bit of luck that the Jets were able to post a goal at the 37 minute mark of the first half. A Jets corner kick cleared the waiting pack including Heart goalie Redmayne and basically landed at Taylor Regan’s feet. Regan made no mistake and put the ball into the back of the net to give the Jets a 1-0 lead. Familiar situation once again for the Heart having to force the equalizer.
Dugandzic was active for the Heart up forward and created plenty of opportunities for his team mates which would eventually be re-paid with 2 Dugandzic goals with the go ahead goal coming just before the break.
Mate Dugandzic was lively all match and scored twice
Hoffman had been busy at both ends for Heart and worked in well with Kewell on several occasions up forward to set up scoring attempts. At the 43 minute mark Hoffman got past the Jets defence to set up Ramsay with a short pass who in turn lifted the ball towards the goals. The Ramsay kick deflected off the head of Jets defender Emile Heskey into the corner of the net for the equalizer.
Into injury time an unguarded Dugandzic with a solid header put away a perfectly placed Behich corner for the go ahead goal just on the half time whistle.
With possession shared in the first half Melbourne Heart had the slight advantage with shots on goal being 7-4.
2nd half action was a blueprint of the first half with Melbourne Heart creating plenty of scoring opportunities and not giving up any space in defence for the Jets forwards.
Orlando Engelaar is subbed in for the Heart at the 58 minute mark much to the delight of the small crowd. Engelaar was straight into the action with a solid header that went wide but looked threatening and gave the Melbourne attack a new dimension as he towered over the pack.
Dugandzic received a clear pass from Kewell that allowed him to run onto the ball in clear space in front of goal. An outside slot goes between the outstretched legs of Jets goalie Birighitti for Heart’s 3rd goal with 67 gone in the match. 
Heart players celebrate Dugandzic's 2nd goal of the night while Jets goalie Mark Birighitti crouches in disappointment.
Kewell was instrumental in setting up Dugandzic and saved his best for last as this time he was on the end of a Dugandzic pass which gave him plenty of time 20 out and left of the goals to sum up the situation. Spotting a hard running Mifsud, Kewell lifted the ball with a pin point perfect cross to the waiting unguarded Mifsud who was barely metres out from the goal line. Mifsud completely missed the shot carrying on the season tradition of strikers blowing scoring opportunities. It was like someone handed him the ball on a pedestal and all he had to do was guide it in. Luckily for Mifsud the team had a commanding strangle hold on the game and the miss had no bearing on the end result.
Kewell gets off the perfect cross to Mifsud.
So in the end the Heart had a win which is what they initially set out to do.
Heart fans rejoice their teams win.
What stayed the same?
*Williams and Mifsud’s inability to capitalize on difficult shots and put the team in a winning situation. Both players should have had a goal each from the match no question about it. If you look at the 3 Heart goals scored, one was a deflection from a Jets player’s head, one went through the opened legs of a jumping Jets goalie (surely a mistake by the goalie) with the 3rd coming from an unguarded Heart’s player. It is reasonably to say that Dugandzic’s header goal was the result of putting yourself in the right place to receive a perfectly placed corner kick but the other 2 goals had more than a fair share of luck attached to them. The result could quite easily have been a 1 all draw.
*Hearts attack on the game early was outstanding and has been their trademark all season.
*Harry Kewell. Just a standout and super skilled.
What was different?
*The Heart defence was a blanket throughout the night. I’m guessing that the interim coach is bringing his own brand to the team but after only 2 weeks you have to seriously consider if the changes could happen that quickly. Whatever the case, the defence was simply outstanding Friday night. Capably led by Gerhardt and Wielaert, the Newcastle Jets continually had to pass the ball around looking for an avenue into attack. Although the Jets had several scoring attempts throughout the match they never really threatened to bust open the game. The Heart defence looked to work back on every occasion giving absolutely no real estate to the Newcastle forwards. Usually Redmayne is faced with an opposition forward breaking into open space and taking him on head on. On Friday night it was hard to remember one situation where that happened although Redmayne did have some work to do. Even the goal the Jets scored, come from a congested corner that was scrambled into the back of the net.
*#4 was different. Big man Orlando Engelaar although not having a huge impact on the game, gave the impression that he is going to cause damage to opposition team defences for the remainder of the season. He is big and he is skilled and I’m sure Aloisi would have been itching to have him in his side. If Engelaar can be that striking forward then instantly the pressure is removed from the shoulders of Williams and Mifsud who quite clearly are not premium A-League strikers. Having said that, both these guys are definitely skilled enough to assist Kewell and Engelaar up front and could be quite dangerous for opposition defences.
Big man Orlando Engelaar gets a shot on goal.
Look out opposition teams if Engelaar in combination with Kewell gets going.
Melbourne Heart makes the trip over to Adelaide to take on United who also have not performed to pre-season expectations. It was a 3-3 score line the last time the teams met.
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