# 2009–10 North Queensland Fury FC season

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

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| | FW | Jeremy Brockie | Unattached | Free transfer | 14 November 2008 |
| | DF | Robbie Middleby | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 14 November 2008 |
| 11 | FW | Brendon Santalab | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 14 November 2008 |
| | DF | Jacob Timpano | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 14 November 2008 |
| | MF | Jason Spagnuolo | Unattached | Free agent | 23 December 2008 |
| | MF | Chris Grossman | Queensland Roar | Free transfer | 24 December 2008 |
| | MF | Fred Agius | Adelaide City | Undisclosed | 25 December 2008 |
| 9 | FW | Robbie Fowler | Unattached | Free transfer | 4 February 2009 |
| | DF | Scott Wilson | Dunfermline Athletic | Free transfer | 6 March 2009 |
| 19 | FW | Daniel McBreen | York City | Free transfer | 27 May 2009 |
| | MF | Rostyn Griffiths | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 July 2009 |
| 1 | GK | Paul Henderson | Unattached | Free transfer | 5 August 2009 |
| 19 | DF | Jimmy Downey | Perth Glory | Swap for Daniel McBreen | 14 January 2010 |
| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| | MF | Felipe | Al Raed | Undisclosed | 16 June 2009 |
| 11 | FW | Brendon Santalab | Chengdu Blades | Undisclosed | 22 July 2009 |
| 19 | FW | Daniel McBreen | Perth Glory | Swap for Jimmy Downey | 14 January 2010 |
| No. | Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expired | Ref |
| | FW | David Williams | 15 July 2009 | Brøndby | End of the season | |

## Players
### First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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
### 2009-10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 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 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 34 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 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 | |

## 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

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 | Total | Discipline | 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 |