Just ask the Hunter’s football community.

Sure, there can be winners and losers on a particular day – just ask retiring paceman Brett Lee and the Sydney Sixers who went down to the Perth Scorchers on the last ball of a thrilling Big Bash decider in Canberra on Wednesday night.

And sure, over the course of a career there can be issues to deal with – just ask injured Australian batsman Michael Clarke and the current questions over his captaincy as his predecessor Steve Smith claims the Allan Border Medal.

And that follows the tragic death of close mate Phillip Hughes, blow ups on the field with Jimmy Anderson and break ups off the field with Lara Bingle. 

But it doesn’t get much more polar opposite than the week that was for the Hunter football community.

It was like dining out at Raffles then ­getting dodgy duck from a Singapore street vendor; or like scaling Mount Everest and then plummeting to the depths of the Pacific Ocean; or even seeing the gig of your dreams and then buying the support band’s CD.

Within the space of 24 hours this place reached an historic high as the Socceroos arrived in Newcastle and claimed an Asian Cup semi-final victory at levels of fever pitch not seen here before, before being dealt the lowest of blows by the region’s ­embattled A-League franchise the following day.

The Newcastle Jets were imploding in a diabolical fashion.

Three support staff were sacked followed by five senior players, including skipper Kew Jaliens, Johnny Warren Medal winner Joel Griffiths and Australian World Cup representative David Carney.

This came after coach Phil Stubbins had flown to meet with club owner Nathan Tinkler in Brisbane.

This was on the back of an internal review prompted by a poor first half of the 2014-2015 campaign that yielded just one win and which saw chief executive Robbie Middleby and Socceroos great Ray Baartz step aside.

And players were already looking else where – Mark Birighitti, Andrew Hoole, Sam Gallaway and Johnny Steele just to name a few.

East Maitland goalkeeper Ben Kennedy might be the only one left after recently ­penning a two-year deal at his local professional club.

Then there’s the issue of the actual A-League licence, outstanding superannuation payments and the transfer window this ­weekend.

One of the A-League’s famous promotions went along the lines of “90 minutes, 90 emotions”.

The Newcastle Jets know all about that, and some more, as the issues which have been bubbling away come to a head.

Just ask the Hunter’s football community, who are hoping to ride out this latest low and recapture the high of premiership glory from six seasons ago. 

Or, at the very least, make it back out on the park next weekend.