Sixth-placed Newcastle Jets moved into fourth spot on the A-League ladder with a 3-2 home win over third-ranked Gold Coast United in Newcastle this afternoon.
A brilliant goal by Jobe Wheelhouse put the Jets on course in the 6th minute.
Son Jin-Hyung crossed from the right and Wheelhouse scored from just outside the box with a perfectly-struck first-time volley that gave goalkeeper Jess Vanstrattan no chance as the ball flashed into his top left-hand corner of the net.
A penalty two minutes before the interval put the visitors level.
Ben Kantarovski earned a yellow card and conceded the spot-kick as he brought down Shane Smeltz, who despatched the penalty himself.
Newcastle regained the lead in the 70th minute when a marvellous outside of the right-foot lob from the right by Matt Thompson was turned onto the bar by Vanstrattan and Sean Rooney turned the ball into the net with a diving header.
Rooney set up Sasho Petrovski for Newcastle’s third goal in the 81st minute.
Gold Coast were far from finished, however, and Smeltz made it 3-2 in the 84th minute when he rammed home the loose ball after goalkeeper Neil Young could not hold a shot.
Jason Culina almost snatched an equaliser in the closing minutes but he was denied by an excellent save by Young, who atoned for his earlier error.
The attendance was 5,254.
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walter i just want to wish you and all the other bloggers a happy christmas and thank you all for often very enjoyable discussions
Hear, hear, Jerry.
Walter has provided a great medium that encourages "lively debate" that often goes over the hills & far away from the original post.
Unfortunately [for you] Walter, you have set the standard which we now come to expect all the time!
The mix of The Good [!] Old Days, local matches, internationals & A-League is terrific.
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Merry Christmas to you both, and to all readers!
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