2009–10 North Queensland Fury FC season

North Queensland Fury 2009–10 football season
North Queensland Fury
2009–10 season
ManagerIan Ferguson
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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 Australia AUS Paul Henderson
2 DF Australia AUS Robbie Middleby
3 DF Australia AUS Chris Tadrosse
4 DF Scotland SCO Scott Wilson
5 DF Australia AUS Jacob Timpano
6 MF Australia AUS Ufuk Talay
7 MF Australia AUS Jason Spagnuolo
8 DF Australia AUS Shane Stefanutto
9 FW England ENG Robbie Fowler
10 FW New Zealand NZL Jeremy Brockie
11 FW Australia AUS David Williams
12 DF Sri Lanka SRI Jack Hingert (Youth)
13 DF Australia AUS Beau Busch
14 MF Australia AUS Chris Grossman
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Australia AUS Fred Agius
16 MF Australia AUS Paul Kohler
17 MF Australia AUS Osama Malik (Youth)
18 FW England ENG James Robinson
19 MF Australia AUS James Downey
20 GK Australia AUS Justin Pasfield
21 DF Australia AUS John Tambouras
22 DF Australia AUS Karl Dodd
23 MF Australia AUS Rostyn Griffiths (Youth)
24 FW Netherlands Antilles ANT Dyron Daal (Injury replacement player*)
25 DF Japan JPN Kojiro Kaimoto
26 DF Australia AUS Matt Smith (Injury replacement player**)
27 MF England 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

North Queensland Fury Australia v Australia Brisbane Roar
14 June 2009 North Queensland Fury Australia 0 : 4 Australia Brisbane Roar Sologinkin Oval, Mackay
19:00 UTC+10 Report Murdocca 6'
Dodd 20'
van Dijk 40'
Cernak 74'
Sydney FC Australia v Australia North Queensland Fury
27 June 2009 Sydney FC Australia 4 : 0 Australia 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
North Queensland Fury Australia v Australia Adelaide United
2 July 2009 North Queensland Fury Australia 3 : 2 Australia Adelaide United Darwin Football Stadium
17:00 UTC+9:30[17] Spagnuolo 15'
Agius 23', 60'		 Report Costa 39'
Alemao 50'		 Attendance: 2,547
Perth Glory Australia v Australia North Queensland Fury
18 July 2009 Perth Glory Australia 1 : 0 Australia North Queensland Fury Hyundai Stadium, Mandurah
15:00 UTC+8[19] Harnwell 17' Report Attendance: 2,780

2009-10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

North Queensland Fury v Sydney FC
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: Australia Strebre Delovski
Gold Coast United v North Queensland Fury
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: Australia Chris Beath
North Queensland Fury v Melbourne Victory
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: Australia Peter Green
Adelaide United v North Queensland Fury
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: Australia Peter Green
North Queensland Fury v Brisbane Roar
5 September 2009 North Queensland Fury 1 : 1 Brisbane Roar Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
19:00 UTC+10 Fowler 7'
Kohler Yellow card 28' Yellow-red card 31'		 Report
Summary		 Nichols 85' Attendance: 7,173
Referee: Australia Matthew Breeze
Sydney FC v North Queensland Fury
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: Australia Chris Beath
Wellington Phoenix v North Queensland Fury
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: Australia Peter Green
North Queensland Fury v Adelaide United
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: Australia Chris Beath
Perth Glory v North Queensland Fury
3 October 2009 Perth Glory 1 : 1 North Queensland Fury ME Bank Stadium, Perth
15:30 UTC+8 Sterjovski 49' (pen.) Report
Summary		 Talay Yellow card 24' Yellow-red card 45'
Velaphi 70' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 12,822
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
Central Coast Mariners v North Queensland Fury
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: Australia Ryan Shepheard
North Queensland Fury v Wellington Phoenix
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: Australia Chris Beath
North Queensland Fury v Perth Glory
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: Australia Peter Green
Gold Coast United v North Queensland Fury
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: Australia Craig Zetter
Newcastle Jets v North Queensland Fury
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: Australia Ryan Shepheard
North Queensland Fury v Central Coast Mariners
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: Australia Gerard Parsons
North Queensland Fury v Adelaide United
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: Australia Peter Green
Sydney FC v North Queensland Fury
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: Australia Ben Williams
North Queensland Fury v Perth Glory
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: Australia Peter Green
Brisbane Roar v North Queensland Fury
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: Australia Matthew Gillett
Newcastle Jets v North Queensland Fury
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: Australia Gerard Parsons
North Queensland Fury v Melbourne Victory
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: Australia Peter Green
Central Coast Mariners v North Queensland Fury
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: Australia Ryan Shepheard
Wellington Phoenix v North Queensland Fury
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: Australia Peter Green
North Queensland Fury v Brisbane Roar
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: Australia Gerard Parsons
North Queensland Fury v Newcastle Jets
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: Australia Chris Beath
Melbourne Victory v North Queensland Fury
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: Australia Ben Williams
North Queensland Fury v Gold Coast United
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: Australia 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
Apps Goals A yellow rectangular card A red rectangular card
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

  1. ^ a b c d 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.
  10. ^ a b "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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