KEEPUP Staff

7 years ago

ACL: Ernie makes change to squad for Japan

Ernie Merrick has made one change to his 18-man AFC Champions League squad set to take on Kashima Antlers in Japan on Tuesday night. With injury set to rule him out for the rest of the Hyundai A-League season, Jason...

7 years ago

Report: Undermanned and unfancied Jets claim massive victory

An undermanned Newcastle Jets took a giant leap towards the finals with a crucial 3-1 victory over Melbourne City on Friday night. Wellington’s draw with Victory meant that the gap for the Jets extended to nine points, which meant this...

7 years ago

Preview: Three points up for grabs against City

Fresh (or not so) from a gruelling 120 minutes in the AFC Champions League this Tuesday gone, the turnaround for the Jets is an extremely short one. Less than 72 hours after the full-time whistle earlier in the week, on...

7 years ago

Simmons secures Joeys call up

Newcastle Jets scholarship player, Jack Simmons has been selected in Trevor Morgan’s 20-player Joeys squad for an upcoming youth tournament in Turkey. A collection Australia’s best youth footballers will travel to Antalya in March for matches against the host nation...

7 years ago

Squad: Young guns given a City shot

Ernie Merrick has named his 18-man squad for Friday night’s match at McDonald Jones Stadium with Melbourne City, and it’s one which would have to go close to breaking a Hyundai A-League record given its extensive ins and outs. Following...

7 years ago

Injury: Hoffman set for extended lay-off

The Newcastle Jets can confirm that Jason Hoffman will be sidelined with an ankle injury for the next 5 months, following a training mishap in the lead up to the Club’s AFC Champions League clash with Persija Jakarta. The versatile...

7 years ago

Gallery: an historic AFC Champions League win

It took some time to secure victory, but after 120 minutes the Jets emerged victorious over a tough Indonesian opposition. Persija Jakarta, who equalised with a little over 20 minutes to play, went down 3-1 after goals from Ronny Vargas,...

7 years ago

ACL: The need to know about the trip to Japan

Victory over Persija Jakarta in the Preliminary Stage of the AFC Champions League means that the Newcastle Jets are one step closer to the Group Stage. While it was fortunate to play the Indonesian champions on home soil, the Jets...

7 years ago

Report: Jets progress to Champions League Play-Off

The Newcastle Jets have taken another step towards qualification for the 2019 AFC Champions League, with a 3-1 victory over Persija Jakarta at Newcastle Stadium. The Jets did it the hard way, taking the match to extra time before netting...

7 years ago

Topor: Tall timber chats continental football

The AFC Champions League returns to Newcastle for the first time in almost ten years on Tuesday night, with the boys set to welcome Persija Jakarta. There’ll be plenty of players mixing it on the continental stage for the first...

7 years ago

Preview: A continental showdown

The last time we played an AFC Champions League match at Newcastle Stadium was back in May 2009. On that evening, late goals to Sasho Petrovski and Sean Rooney secured a crucial 2-1 win over a Beijing Guoan side which...

7 years ago

ACL: Who are Persija Jakarta?

After emerging as victors from last night’s AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1, Persija Jakarta has been confirmed as our opponent for next Tuesday’s massive ACL clash. The Preliminary Round 2 clash is a knockout encounter, with the winner to...