The Newcastle Jets have appointed former Sydney FC assistant and ex-NSL participant Rob Stanton as their new A-League Males coach.
Stanton replaces Arthur Papas – who resigned final week – having spent eight years at Sydney FC, together with 5 seasons as Steve Corica’s assistant.
He began because the membership’s Nationwide Youth League (Y-League) coach in 2015 and received the title in 2016, whereas he additionally labored with Sydney’s NPL staff.
The Jets confirmed to AAP that Stanton, who introduced his departure from Sydney FC on Monday, can be taking over the function.
“I’ve had an outstanding eight years at Sydney FC and a few improbable alternatives to advance my profession,” Stanton stated in a press release on Sydney’s web site.
“I really feel that is the precise time and proper alternative for me to maneuver on and I am trying ahead to a brand new problem.”
Stanton faces the problem of taking the Jets again to the finals for the primary time since they made the 2017-18 decider beneath Ernie Merrick.
Corica hailed Stanton’s affect on the Sky Blues, which included serving to the membership to back-to-back ALM championships and the double in 2019 and 2020.
“Rob has been a superb assistant and offered nice assist for the previous 5 seasons,” Corica stated.
“He’s a devoted soccer man with an excellent tactical mind and he deserves a possibility to step up.”
Stanton had a powerful profession as a participant, predominantly for Sydney United and Wollongong Wolves, together with profitable the NSL championship with the latter in 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
His Jets predecessor Papas, who had been pissed off at Newcastle’s possession limbo, stop with a 12 months left on his contract. He has since been appointed technical director of Thai membership Buriram United.
The Jets have been beneath the management of a consortium comprising a number of fellow A-League golf equipment after earlier proprietor Martin Lee was stripped of the licence in January 2021 for failing to inject any cash into the membership or repay money owed.
