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.PositionPlayerTransferred fromFeeDateRefFWJeremy BrockieUnattachedFree transferDFRobbie MiddlebySydney FCFree transfer11FWBrendon SantalabSydney FCFree transferDFJacob TimpanoSydney FCFree transferMFJason SpagnuoloUnattachedFree agentMFChris GrossmanQueensland RoarFree transferMFFred AgiusAdelaide CityUndisclosed9FWRobbie FowlerUnattachedFree transferDFScott WilsonDunfermline AthleticFree transfer19FWDaniel McBreenYork CityFree transferMFRostyn GriffithsUnattachedFree transfer1GKPaul HendersonUnattachedFree transfer19DFJimmy DowneyPerth GlorySwap for Daniel McBreen
Out No.PositionPlayerTransferred toFeeDateRefMFFelipeAl RaedUndisclosed16 June 200911FWBrendon SantalabChengdu BladesUndisclosed22 July 200919FWDaniel McBreenPerth GlorySwap for Jimmy Downey14 January 2010
Loans in No.PositionPlayerLoaned fromDateLoan expiredRefFWDavid Williams15 July 2009BrøndbyEnd of the season
Players
First team squad
* Injury replacement player for Scott Wilson. ** Injury replacement player for Shane Stefanutto. *** Injury replacement player for James Robinson.
Matches
Pre-season friendlies
2009-10 Hyundai A-League fixtures
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.NameTotalDisciplineAppsGoals1 GK Paul Henderson 140102DFRobbie Middleby210203DFChris Tadrosse231104DFScott Wilson3(1)0105DFJacob Timpano00006MFUfuk Talay110417MFJason Spagnuolo8(11)0208DFShane Stefanutto70109FWRobbie Fowler2693010FWJeremy Brockie9(5)11011FWDavid Williams14(7)31012DFJack Hingert6(1)01013DFBeau Busch802014MFChris Grossman13(8)21015MFFred Agius2(3)00016MFPaul Kohler10(11)05117DFOsama Malik4(2)00018FWJames Robinson12(1)00019DFJimmy Downey400019FWDaniel McBreen16(5)34020GKJustin Pasfield1300021DFJohn Tambouras2411022DFKarl Dodd801023MFRostyn Griffiths21(2)26024FWDyron Daal7(14)54025DFKojiro Kaimoto1(1)00026DFMatt Smith1101027MFTerry Cooke4(6)200
References