{"id":931457,"date":"2026-10-17T12:48:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T12:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/931457\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T12:48:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T12:48:26","slug":"ford-australia-joins-newcastle-jets-as-major-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/931457\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford Australia joins Newcastle Jets as major partner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Newcastle Jets have secured Ford Australia as a major partner for the 2026\/27 A-League season. <\/p>\n<p>The partnership will see Ford Australia\u2019s branding feature on the sleeve of the Newcastle Jets\u2019 A-League Men\u2019s jerseys throughout the season. <\/p>\n<p>Jets executive chairman Maurice Bisetto said the agreement represented another significant commercial partnership for the club. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is fantastic to have a partner jump on board with enormous calibre such as Ford Australia,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to have them with us as we begin our season in 2026\/27 and are very proud to display their iconic logo on the sleeve of our A-League Men\u2019s team.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Ford Australia marketing director Ambrose Henderson said the company was looking forward to connecting with Jets supporters and the wider Hunter community. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSport brings people together, and the Jets are an important part of the Hunter region,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to sharing that connection with the club\u2019s fans and families.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Ford Australia has operated in Australia since 1925 and remains a major design and engineering base for the global company. <\/p>\n<p>Its Australian team leads development of vehicles including the Ranger, Ranger Raptor and Everest, which are sold across international markets. <\/p>\n<p>The partnership begins as the Jets prepare for the 2026\/27 season.<\/p>\n<p>More news stories:<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest Newcastle news, sport, real estate, entertainment, lifestyle and more delivered straight to your inbox with the\u00a0Newcastle Weekly\u00a0Daily Newsletter.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newcastleweekly.com.au\/subscribe-to-our-newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sign up here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Newcastle Jets have secured Ford Australia as a major partner for the 2026\/27 A-League season. The partnership&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":931458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,261085,66663,44],"class_list":["post-931457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ford-australia","tag-newcastle-jets","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}