2008–09 Newcastle Jets W-League season

Newcastle United Jets FC

2008-09 season
Chairman	Con Constantine
Manager	Gary Phillips
W-League	2nd (of 8)
Top goalscorer	Katie Gill - 6 goals
2009 →

Newcastle Jets FC W-League

The 2008–09 season is the Newcastle Jets's first season of football (soccer) in Australia's new women's league, the W-League.

Season

Fixtures

Round 1

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26 October 2008 13:30	Newcastle Jets	2 – 1	Canberra United	Wanderers Oval Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Jacqui Melksham
	Gill  24'  82'	Report	McDonnell  2'

Round 2

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31 October 2008 16:45	Adelaide United	3 – 2	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium Referee: Sara Hodson
	Scalzi  11'  46'  50'	Report	Day  38' Salisbury  89'

Round 3

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8 November 2008 19:00	Newcastle Jets	0 – 2	Queensland Roar	Oakes Oval Attendance: 1,140 Referee: Casey Reibelt
		Report	Beutel  14' Colthorpe  84'

Round 4

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15 November 2008 16:00	Sydney FC	1 – 1	Newcastle Jets	Campbelltown Stadium Referee: Lee Corey
	Khamis  48'	Report	Gill  68'

Round 5

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23 November 2008 15:00	Newcastle Jets	4 – 1	Perth Glory	Wanderers Oval Referee: Kate Jacewicz
	Pearce  17' Gill  24' Jones  27' Neilson  76'	Report	Tabain  6'

Round 6

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29 November 2008 18:00	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 4	Newcastle Jets	Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 211 Referee: Kirralee Gardener
	Rollason  65' Simon  90+1'	Report	Jones  34' van Egmond  44',  46' Peters  77'

Round 7

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6 December 2008 19:00	Melbourne Victory	1 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Epping Soccer Stadium Referee: Sara Hodson
	Timko  82'	Report

Round 8

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14 December 2008 17:00	Newcastle Jets	2 – 1	Adelaide United	Wanderers Oval Referee: Lee Corey
	Smith  35' Neilson  81'	Report	Balomenos  19' (pen.)

Round 9

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20 December 2008 16:00	Newcastle Jets	2 – 0	Sydney FC	Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Jacqui Melksham
	Gill  21',  28'	Report

Round 10

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28 December 2008 16:00	Perth Glory	0 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 693 Referee: Lee Corey
		Report

Standings

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Queensland Roar	10	8	1	1	27	7	20sm=n	25
2	Newcastle Jets	10	5	2	3	17	12	5sm=n	17
3	Canberra United	10	4	4	2	14	10	4sm=n	16
4	Sydney FC	10	4	2	4	15	12	3sm=n	14
5	Melbourne Victory	10	4	0	6	13	13	0sm=n	12
6	Central Coast Mariners	10	4	0	6	15	20	-5sm=n	12
7	Perth Glory	10	3	2	5	14	24	-10sm=n	11
8	Adelaide United	10	2	1	7	11	28	-17sm=n	7

Rules for classification:1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
# = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

Players

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Alison Logue 2 DF Hannah Brewer 3 MF Samantha Wood 4 DF Libby Sharpe 5 MF Cheryl Salisbury 6 FW Amber Neilson 7 MF Gema Simon 8 FW Leia Smith 9 FW Rhali Dobson 10 MF Joanne Peters 11 DF Stacy Day

No. Position Player 12 FW Kate Gill 13 DF Gemma O'Toole 14 MF Nicole Jones 15 MF Emily van Egmond 16 DF Kirstyn Pearce 17 MF Harmonie Attwill 18 DF Rebecca Smith 19 MF Sanna Frostevall 20 GK Brianna Davey 21 MF Taleah Doyle 22 DF Courtney Miller

Leading scorers

The leading goal scores from the regular season.

Further information: Jets W-League Top scorers

Total	Pos	Player		Goals per Round
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
6	ST		Katie Gill	2			1	1					2
2	MF		Nicole Jones					1	1
2	MF		Amber Neilson					1			1
2	MF		Emily van Egmond						2
1	MF		Stacy Day		1
1	MF		Cheryl Salisbury		1
1	MF		Kirstyn Pearce					1
1	MF		Joanne Peters						1
1	MF		Rebecca Smith								1

Finals Series

Bracket

	Semi Finals					Grand Final
	1	Brisbane Roar	1 (5)
	4	Sydney FC	1 (4)
						1	Brisbane Roar	2
						3	Canberra United	0
	2	Newcastle Jets	0
	3	Canberra United	1

Semi-Final

10 January 2009 16:00	Newcastle Jets	0 – 1	Canberra United	EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 2,889 Referee: Sara Hodson
		Report	Mowbray  26'

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11 January 2009 15:00	Brisbane Roar	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Sydney FC	Ballymore Stadium Attendance: 1,891 Referee: Jacqui Melksham
	Butt  29'	Report	O'Neill  71' Small  78'
		Penalties
	Dumount Butt Kellond-Knight Harch Beaumount Reuter	5 – 4	Brogan Bolger Clifford Ledbrook Khamis Walsh

Final

See also: W-League Grand Final 2009

17 January 2009 16:00	Brisbane Roar	2 – 0	Canberra United	Ballymore Stadium Attendance: 4,554 Referee: Kate Jacewicz
	Harch  6' Butt  23'	Report

Milestones

First game = 2-1 win home V Canberra United
Largest win = 4-1 win home V Perth Glory
Largest loss = 3-2 loss away V Adelaide United