2009–10 North Queensland Fury FC season

North Queensland Fury
2009–10 season
Manager	Ian Ferguson
A-League	7th
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2009–10 season was the inaugural season of North Queensland Fury. It began on 1 May 2009 and concluded on 30 April 2010, with competitive matches played in the A-League between August and February. The club finished the 2009–10 A-League in seventh place, with eight wins, eight draws and eleven losses, narrowly missing qualification for the finals series.

The Fury signed former Scottish international Ian Ferguson to be their inaugural manager, while former Liverpool and England forward Robbie Fowler was the team's marquee player.

A slow start to the A-League season saw the team fail to win any of its first five games, and record only one win in their first eleven matches. The Fury's form improved in the second half of the season, winning seven of their remaining sixteen games.

27 players represented the club in the A-League and there were 10 different goalscorers. The team's top scorer was Fowler, who scored 9 goals in 26 games.

Backgrounds

Transfers

In

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Ref
	FW	Jeremy Brockie	Unattached	Free transfer	14 November 2008	^[1]
	DF	Robbie Middleby	Sydney FC	Free transfer	14 November 2008	^[1]
11	FW	Brendon Santalab	Sydney FC	Free transfer	14 November 2008	^[1]
	DF	Jacob Timpano	Sydney FC	Free transfer	14 November 2008	^[1]
	MF	Jason Spagnuolo	Unattached	Free agent	23 December 2008	^[2]
	MF	Chris Grossman	Queensland Roar	Free transfer	24 December 2008	^[3]
	MF	Fred Agius	Adelaide City	Undisclosed	25 December 2008	^[4]
9	FW	Robbie Fowler	Unattached	Free transfer	4 February 2009	^[5]
	DF	Scott Wilson	Dunfermline Athletic	Free transfer	6 March 2009	^[6]
19	FW	Daniel McBreen	York City	Free transfer	27 May 2009	^[7]
	MF	Rostyn Griffiths	Unattached	Free transfer	1 July 2009	^[8]
1	GK	Paul Henderson	Unattached	Free transfer	5 August 2009	^[9]
19	DF	Jimmy Downey	Perth Glory	Swap for Daniel McBreen	14 January 2010	^[10]

Out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Ref
	MF	Felipe	Al Raed	Undisclosed	16 June 2009	^[11]
11	FW	Brendon Santalab	Chengdu Blades	Undisclosed	22 July 2009	^[12]
19	FW	Daniel McBreen	Perth Glory	Swap for Jimmy Downey	14 January 2010	^[10]

Loans in

No.	Position	Player	Loaned from	Date	Loan expired	Ref
	FW	David Williams	15 July 2009	Brøndby	End of the season	^[13]

Players

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Paul Henderson
2	DF	AUS	Robbie Middleby
3	DF	AUS	Chris Tadrosse
4	DF	SCO	Scott Wilson
5	DF	AUS	Jacob Timpano
6	MF	AUS	Ufuk Talay
7	MF	AUS	Jason Spagnuolo
8	DF	AUS	Shane Stefanutto
9	FW	ENG	Robbie Fowler
10	FW	NZL	Jeremy Brockie
11	FW	AUS	David Williams
12	DF	SRI	Jack Hingert (Youth)
13	DF	AUS	Beau Busch
14	MF	AUS	Chris Grossman


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	AUS	Fred Agius
16	MF	AUS	Paul Kohler
17	MF	AUS	Osama Malik (Youth)
18	FW	ENG	James Robinson
19	MF	AUS	James Downey
20	GK	AUS	Justin Pasfield
21	DF	AUS	John Tambouras
22	DF	AUS	Karl Dodd
23	MF	AUS	Rostyn Griffiths (Youth)
24	FW	ANT	Dyron Daal (Injury replacement player)*
25	DF	JPN	Kojiro Kaimoto
26	DF	AUS	Matt Smith (Injury replacement player)
27	MF	ENG	Terry Cooke (Injury replacement player*)

* Injury replacement player for Scott Wilson.
** Injury replacement player for Shane Stefanutto.
*** Injury replacement player for James Robinson.

Matches

Pre-season friendlies

31 May 2009	Tampines Rovers	1 : 0	North Queensland Fury	Jalan Besar Stadium
17:00 UTC+8^[14]	Yunus 76'	Report		Attendance: 3,000

14 June 2009	North Queensland Fury	0 : 4	Brisbane Roar	Sologinkin Oval, Mackay
19:00 UTC+10		Report	Murdocca 6' Dodd 20' van Dijk 40' Cernak 74'

23 June 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 0	North Queensland Fury	Skilled Park
17:00 UTC+10^[15]	Pantelidis 85' Lustica 89'	Report		Attendance: 3,000

27 June 2009	Sydney FC	4 : 0	North Queensland Fury	Shark Park
17:00 UTC+8^[16]	Corica 7' Gan 47' Danning 71' McFlynn 87'	(Report)		Attendance: 5,283 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

2 July 2009	North Queensland Fury	3 : 2	Adelaide United	Darwin Football Stadium
17:00 UTC+9:30^[17]	Spagnuolo 15' Agius 23', 60'	Report	Costa 39' Alemao 50'	Attendance: 2,547

15 July 2009	North Queensland Fury	1 : 2	Wolverhampton	Members Equity Stadium
17:15 UTC+8^[18]	Fowler 66' (pen)		Keogh 2' Craddock 74'	Attendance: 14,903

18 July 2009	Perth Glory	1 : 0	North Queensland Fury	Hyundai Stadium, Mandurah
15:00 UTC+8^[19]	Harnwell 17'	Report		Attendance: 2,780

26 July 2009	North Queensland Fury	1 : 0	Brisbane Roar	Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville
15:00 UTC+10^[20]			Moore 66' (own)	Attendance: 6,000

2009-10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

8 August 2009	North Queensland Fury	2 : 3	Sydney FC	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
17:30 UTC+10	R. Griffiths 41' Fowler 60' (pen.)	Report Summary	Aloisi 4', 73' (pen.) Danning 28'	Attendance: 8,897 Referee: Strebre Delovski

15 August 2009	Gold Coast United	5 : 0	North Queensland Fury	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
17:30 UTC+10	Smeltz 30', 54' (pen.), 63', 64' Minniecon 80'	Report Summary		Attendance: 7,526 Referee: Chris Beath

22 August 2009	North Queensland Fury	0 : 1	Melbourne Victory	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
17:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	A. Thompson 45'	Attendance: 6,514 Referee: Peter Green

28 August 2009	Adelaide United	3 : 3	North Queensland Fury	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+9:30	Pantelis 23', 90+3' (pen.) Owusu 34'	Report Summary	Fowler 5' Daal 84' McBreen 87'	Attendance: 10,773 Referee: Peter Green

5 September 2009	North Queensland Fury	1 : 1	Brisbane Roar	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
19:00 UTC+10	Fowler 7' Kohler 28' 31'	Report Summary	Nichols 85'	Attendance: 7,173 Referee: Matthew Breeze

12 September 2009	Sydney FC	0 : 1	North Queensland Fury	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:30 UTC+10		Report Summary	Fowler 54'	Attendance: 16,699 Referee: Chris Beath

20 September 2009	Wellington Phoenix	1 : 1	North Queensland Fury	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
15:00 UTC+12	Bertos 6'	Report Summary	Grossman 90+4'	Attendance: 9,713 Referee: Peter Green

27 September 2009	North Queensland Fury	0 : 2	Adelaide United	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
17:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Pantelis 60' Leckie 90+2'	Attendance: 6,745 Referee: Chris Beath

3 October 2009	Perth Glory	1 : 1	North Queensland Fury	ME Bank Stadium, Perth
15:30 UTC+8	Sterjovski 49' (pen.)	Report Summary	Talay 24' 45' Velaphi 70' (o.g.)	Attendance: 12,822 Referee: Ben Williams

11 October 2009	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 1	North Queensland Fury	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
15:00 UTC+11	Simon 1'	Report Summary	McBreen 75'	Attendance: 8,042 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

17 October 2009	North Queensland Fury	1 : 1	Wellington Phoenix	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
19:30 UTC+10	Fowler 84'	Report Summary^{[dead link‍]}	T. Brown 6'	Attendance: 6,191 Referee: Chris Beath

24 October 2009	North Queensland Fury	2 : 1	Perth Glory	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
19:30 UTC+10	Fowler 65' Daal 71'	Report Summary	Sikora 25'	Attendance: 6,332 Referee: Peter Green

31 October 2009	Gold Coast United	0 : 2	North Queensland Fury	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Fowler 64', 76' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,616 Referee: Craig Zetter

8 November 2009	Newcastle Jets	2 : 0	North Queensland Fury	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11	M. Thompson 55' Bridges 85' (pen.)	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,271 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

21 November 2009	North Queensland Fury	1 : 5	Central Coast Mariners	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
20:00 UTC+10	R. Griffiths 68'	Report Summary	Bojić 22' Mrdja 35', 59' A. Elrich 62' Hutchinson 82'	Attendance: 7,587 Referee: Gerard Parsons

28 November 2009	North Queensland Fury	2 : 1	Adelaide United	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
20:00 UTC+10	McBreen 38' Fowler 67'	Report Summary	Cristiano 90+2'	Attendance: 5,356 Referee: Peter Green

5 December 2009	Sydney FC	4 : 1	North Queensland Fury	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+11	Aloisi 13' Brosque 19', 58' Corica 64'	Report Summary	R. Griffiths 61'	Attendance: 11,871 Referee: Ben Williams

11 December 2009	North Queensland Fury	1 : 0	Perth Glory	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
19:30 UTC+10	Williams 32'	Report Summary		Attendance: 5,287 Referee: Peter Green

16 December 2009	Brisbane Roar	2 : 0	North Queensland Fury	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:30 UTC+10	van Dijk 20', 42'	Report Summary		Attendance: 11,530 Referee: Matthew Gillett

20 December 2009	Newcastle Jets	3 : 2	North Queensland Fury	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11	Tadrosse 24' (o.g.) Song 38' Petrovski 83'	Report Summary	Daal 44', 61'	Attendance: 7,026 Referee: Gerard Parsons

27 December 2009	North Queensland Fury	1 : 0	Melbourne Victory	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
20:00 UTC+10	Daal 31'	Report Summary		Attendance: 7,031 Referee: Peter Green

9 January 2010	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 1	North Queensland Fury	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+11	Mrdja 3'	Report Summary	Brockie 20'	Attendance: 6,556 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

15 January 2010	Wellington Phoenix	3 : 0	North Queensland Fury	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 UTC+13	Dadi 47' Ifill 78' McKain 90'	Report Summary		Attendance: 7,727 Referee: Peter Green

23 January 2010	North Queensland Fury	1 : 1	Brisbane Roar	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
20:00 UTC+10	Williams 55'	Report Summary	DeVere 49'	Attendance: 7,610 Referee: Gerard Parsons

2 February 2010^[21]	North Queensland Fury	2 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
19:30 UTC+10	Grossman 39' Tadrosse 81'	Report Summary	M. Thompson 19'	Attendance: 4,156 Referee: Chris Beath

5 February 2010	Melbourne Victory	2 : 0	North Queensland Fury	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11	Hernández 36', 66'	Report Summary		Attendance: 22,726 Referee: Ben Williams

13 February 2010	North Queensland Fury	2 : 1	Gold Coast United	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
20:00 UTC+10	Williams 9' Cooke 83'	Report Summary	J. Porter 62'	Attendance: 8,517 Referee: Ben Williams

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC (C)	27	15	3	9	35	23	+12	48	Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Melbourne Victory	27	14	5	8	47	32	+15	47
3	Gold Coast United	27	13	5	9	39	35	+4	44	Qualification for Finals series
4	Wellington Phoenix	27	10	10	7	37	29	+8	40
5	Perth Glory	27	11	6	10	40	34	+6	39
6	Newcastle Jets	27	10	4	13	33	45	−12	34
7	North Queensland Fury	27	8	8	11	29	46	−17	32
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	7	9	11	32	29	+3	30
9	Brisbane Roar	27	8	6	13	32	42	−10	30
10	Adelaide United	27	7	8	12	24	33	−9	29

Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Player statistics

The Fury used a total of 27 players during the 2009–10 season and there were 10 different goalscorers. There were also two squad members who did not make a first-team appearance in the campaign. Fowler featured in 26 matches – the most of any Fury player in the campaign, only missing one game.

The team scored a total of 29 goals. The highest scorer was Fowler, with 9 goals, followed by Daal who scored 5 goals. Two Fury players were sent off during the season: Kohler and Talay.

Key

No. = Squad number

Pos = Playing position

Nat. = Nationality

Apps = Appearances

GK = Goalkeeper

DF = Defender

MF = Midfielder

FW = Forward

= Yellow cards

= Red cards

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with name struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUS	Paul Henderson	14	0	1	0
2	DF	AUS	Robbie Middleby	21	0	2	0
3	DF	AUS	Chris Tadrosse	23	1	1	0
4	DF	SCO	Scott Wilson	3(1)	0	1	0
5	DF	AUS	Jacob Timpano	0	0	0	0
6	MF	AUS	Ufuk Talay	11	0	4	1
7	MF	AUS	Jason Spagnuolo	8(11)	0	2	0
8	DF	AUS	Shane Stefanutto	7	0	1	0
9	FW	ENG	Robbie Fowler	26	9	3	0
10	FW	NZL	Jeremy Brockie	9(5)	1	1	0
11	FW	AUS	David Williams	14(7)	3	1	0
12	DF	SRI	Jack Hingert	6(1)	0	1	0
13	DF	AUS	Beau Busch	8	0	2	0
14	MF	AUS	Chris Grossman	13(8)	2	1	0
15	MF	AUS	Fred Agius	2(3)	0	0	0
16	MF	AUS	Paul Kohler	10(11)	0	5	1
17	DF	AUS	Osama Malik	4(2)	0	0	0
18	FW	ENG	James Robinson	12(1)	0	0	0
19	DF	AUS	Jimmy Downey	4	0	0	0
19	FW	AUS	Daniel McBreen	16(5)	3	4	0
20	GK	AUS	Justin Pasfield	13	0	0	0
21	DF	AUS	John Tambouras	24	1	1	0
22	DF	AUS	Karl Dodd	8	0	1	0
23	MF	AUS	Rostyn Griffiths	21(2)	2	6	0
24	FW	ANT	Dyron Daal	7(14)	5	4	0
25	DF	JPN	Kojiro Kaimoto	1(1)	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	Matt Smith	11	0	1	0
27	MF	ENG	Terry Cooke	4(6)	2	0	0

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ritson, Jon (14 November 2008). "Fury thrilled to land Sydney trio". FTBL.com.au. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
^ "Fury add Spag to squad". FTBL.com.au. 23 December 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
^ "Fury picks up Roar's Grossman". ABC News. 24 December 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ "Former Adelaide Utd's Agius signs with Fury". ABC News. 25 December 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ "Fowler signs with Fury". 4 February 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.
^ "Fury sign Scottish defender". 6 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.
^ "Fury find Fowler foil". 27 May 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.
^ "Fury snap up Rostyn Griffiths". FTBL.com.au. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
^ "Fury sign Henderson". 5 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b "McBreen, Downey to switch clubs". A-League. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ "Fury release Felipe". 16 June 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.
^ "Official: North Queensland Fury Lose Brendon Santalab To Chinese Super League". Goal.com. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ "Fury sign young gun". 15 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.
^ Fury Find fans in Asia http://www.northqueenslandfc.com.au, 30 May 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2009
^ North Queensland Fury FC v Gold Coast United http://www.northqueenslandfc.com.au, 24 June 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009
^ Sky Blues fire in first clash with the Fury http://www.sydneyfc.com, 27 June 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009
^ Fury head to top end for pre-season trial http://www.northqueenslandfc.com.au, 30 May 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2009
^ Glory look for fixture bonanza Archived 16 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine www.thewest.com.au, 4 May 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2009
^ Perth Glory to play in town Archived 18 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Mandurah Mail, 11 June 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009
^ NQ Fury FC 1 v 0 Brisbane Roar FC http://nqfuryfcthejournal.blogspot.com, 26 July 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009
^ Originally to be played on 30 January but rescheduled due to heavy rain.

19°18′58″S 146°42′43″E / 19.31611°S 146.71194°E / -19.31611; 146.71194 (Dairy Farmers Stadium)

[SFC-1] Ritson, Jon (14 November 2008). "Fury thrilled to land Sydney trio". FTBL.com.au. Retrieved 4 November 2011.

[2] "Fury add Spag to squad". FTBL.com.au. 23 December 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2011.

[3] "Fury picks up Roar's Grossman". ABC News. 24 December 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

[4] "Former Adelaide Utd's Agius signs with Fury". ABC News. 25 December 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

[5] "Fowler signs with Fury". 4 February 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.

[6] "Fury sign Scottish defender". 6 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.

[7] "Fury find Fowler foil". 27 May 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.

[8] "Fury snap up Rostyn Griffiths". FTBL.com.au. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

[9] "Fury sign Henderson". 5 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.

[downey-10] "McBreen, Downey to switch clubs". A-League. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

[11] "Fury release Felipe". 16 June 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.

[12] "Official: North Queensland Fury Lose Brendon Santalab To Chinese Super League". Goal.com. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

[13] "Fury sign young gun". 15 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.

[14] Fury Find fans in Asia http://www.northqueenslandfc.com.au, 30 May 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2009

[15] North Queensland Fury FC v Gold Coast United http://www.northqueenslandfc.com.au, 24 June 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009

[16] Sky Blues fire in first clash with the Fury http://www.sydneyfc.com, 27 June 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009

[17] Fury head to top end for pre-season trial http://www.northqueenslandfc.com.au, 30 May 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2009

[18] Glory look for fixture bonanza Archived 16 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine www.thewest.com.au, 4 May 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2009

[19] Perth Glory to play in town Archived 18 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Mandurah Mail, 11 June 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009

[20] NQ Fury FC 1 v 0 Brisbane Roar FC http://nqfuryfcthejournal.blogspot.com, 26 July 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009

[21] Originally to be played on 30 January but rescheduled due to heavy rain.

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