Newcastle local Mark Jones is the key to a revitalised Newcastle Jets

By Michael Cockerill
Updated October 7 2016 - 10:18am, first published September 25 2016 - 4:00pm
Local touch: Novacastrian Mark Jones has revitalised the Newcastle Jets. Photo: Jonathan Carroll
Local touch: Novacastrian Mark Jones has revitalised the Newcastle Jets. Photo: Jonathan Carroll

Mark Jones isn't going to get a free ride now that he's coach of Newcastle Jets. But he will get a clear run at making a go of one of the toughest gigs in the A-League because he's a local. If you think that doesn't matter, or shouldn't matter, then you don't know what makes the Novocastrian football community tick. Parochial? That doesn't begin to describe it. For the first time since Jim Foley left the Breakers dugout 22 years ago, the local team has a local coach. For the movers and shakers in the Hunter that makes all the difference in the world.

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