2010–11 North Queensland Fury FC season

North Queensland Fury

2010–11 season
Chairman	Rabieh Krayem
Manager	Frantisek Straka[1]
A-League	11th
Top goalscorer	David Williams (5)
Highest home attendance	7,195
Lowest home attendance	2,761
Home colours Away colours
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The 2010–11 season was North Queensland Fury's second, and final, season in the Hyundai A-League

Players

First team squad

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No. Position Player 1 GK Justin Pasfield 2 DF Jack Hingert (Youth) 3 DF Brad McDonald (Youth) 4 DF Eric Akoto 5 DF Mark Hughes 6 MF Ufuk Talay (Captain) 7 DF Gareth Edds (Vice-Captain) 8 MF Adam Casey 9 FW Eugene Sseppuya 10 FW Dyron Daal 11 FW David Williams 12 MF Panni Nikas

No. Position Player 13 DF André Kilian 14 MF Chris Grossman 15 FW Chris Payne (Youth) 16 DF Simon Storey 17 FW Alex Read (Youth) 18 DF Brett Studman 19 MF Isaka Cernak 20 GK Matt Ham 21 MF Jason Spagnuolo 22 DF Lorenzo Sipi (Youth) 28 GK Sebastian Usai (Injury replacement player*)

• * Injury replacement player for Matt Ham.

Injury Replacement List

Injured Player	Injury Replacement	Injury	Injury Replacement Deal	Fee
Matt Ham	Jerrad Tyson	Partial tear of the anterior cruciate ligament.	Six weeks.	Loan From Gold Coast United
Matt Ham	Sebastian Usai	Partial tear of the anterior cruciate ligament.	Rest of the season (originally four weeks).	Loan From Brisbane Strikers*
Eric Akoto	Ramazan Tavsancioglu	Grade 2 tear of the medial ligament.	Six weeks.	Loan From South Melbourne
Osama Malik	Ramazan Tavsancioglu	Grade 2 tear to his left hamstring.	Six weeks.	Loan From South Melbourne

Note: Sebastian Usai replaced Jerrad Tyson on the short term deal after he was called up for the U23 National side.

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee	Source
2010-04-29	Matt Ham	Brisbane Roar	Free	[2]
2010-04-29	Simon Storey	Airdrie United	Free	[2]
2010-05-21	Adam Casey	Sydney FC	Free	[3]
2010-05-21	André Kilian	FC Schalke 04 II	Free	[3]
2010-05-24	Brett Studman	Bankstown City Lions	Free	[4]
2010-06-01	Panni Nikas	Central Coast Mariners	Free	[5]
2010-06-04	Isaka Cernak	Brisbane Roar	Free	[6]
2010-06-23	Gareth Edds	Tranmere Rovers	Free	[7]
2010-06-29	Chris Payne	Sydney FC	Free	[8]
2010-06-29	Mark Hughes	Walsall F.C.	Free	[9]
2010-07-05	Eric Akoto	OFI Crete	Free	[10]
2010-07-31	Eugene Sseppuya	FK Sūduva	Free	[11]
2010-08-12	Brad McDonald	Brisbane Strikers	Free	[12]
2010-11-4	Lorenzo Sipi	North Queensland Razorbacks	Free	[13]
January 2011	Alex Read	Valentine Phoenix FC	Free

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee	Source
2010-02-11	Robbie Middleby		Retired	[14]
2010-03-02	John Tambouras	Guangzhou FC	Free	[15]
2010-03-24	Rostyn Griffiths	Central Coast Mariners	Free	[16]
2010-04-01	Jeremy Brockie	Newcastle Jets	Free	[17]
2010-04-10	Scott Wilson		Released	[18]
2010-04-13	Shane Stefanutto	Brisbane Roar	Free	[19]
2010-04-17	Matt Smith	Brisbane Roar	Free	[20]
2010-04-27	Robbie Fowler	Perth Glory	Free	[21]
2010-05-07	Beau Busch	Manly United	Free	[22]
2010-05-15	Paul Henderson	Sydney Olympic	Free	[23]
2010-05-19	Fred Agius	Adelaide City	Free	.[24]
2010-06-12	Jacob Timpano	Sydney United	Free	[22]
2010-06-27	Paul Kohler	Sutherland Sharks	Free	.[22]
2010-06-27	James Robinson		Released	[22]
2010-06-27	Terry Cooke	Gabala FC	Free	.[22][25]
2010-06-27	Chris Tadrosse	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	Free	[22]
2010-06-27	Karl Dodd		Released	.[22]
2010-07-25	Jimmy Downey	Sparta Rotterdam	Free	[22][26]
January 2011	Eugene Sseppuya		Released
January 2011	Osama Malik	Adelaide United	Free

• Note: Michael Marrone had initially signed with the fury but pulled out on his deal.^[27]

Key Dates

• 20 February 2010: Former employee at the Fury Doug Kingston sues the club for $372,500 over a contract breach.^[28] An agreement is reached five days later by both parties in Supreme Court.^[29]

• 3 March 2010: North Queensland Fury’s future is put into disarray when sole owner Don Matheson withdraws his support to the club.^[30]

• 31 March 2010: North Queensland Fury is saved by various local businessmen and by the Townsville City Council.^[31]

• 6 April 2010: Manager, Ian Ferguson, leaves the club to join Perth Glory as an assistant coach.^[32]

• 27 April 2010: Former marquee player for the Fury, Robbie Fowler, officially joins Perth Glory as their marquee player.^[21]

• 14 May 2010: North Queensland Fury sign former A-League player, Stuart McLaren, as an assistant coach.^[33]

• 7 June 2010: The Fury sign Frantisek Straka as head coach on a one-year contract.^[34]

• 10 June 2010: Rabieh Krayem is announced as the new CEO.^[35]

• 29 July 2010: The club announces Ufuk Talay as the Captain and Gareth Edds as Vice-Captain for the upcoming season.^[36]

• 5 August 2010: The club announces Mission Australia as one of the major sponsors for the next three seasons^[37] as well as a three-year sponsorship deal with People Resourcing.^[38]

• 17 September 2010: The CEO Circle is signed on as a sleeve sponsor.^[39]

• 21 January 2011: North Queensland Fury suffer the worst defeat in A-League history going down 8–1 to Adelaide United.

Matches

Pre-season fixtures

25 June 2010	North Queensland Fury	0 : 0	North Queensland Razorbacks	Townsville Sports Reserve
		Report

1 July 2010	North Queensland Fury	7 : 2	North Queensland Razorbacks	Townsville Sports Reserve

8 July 2010	Whitsunday Miners FC	0 : 8	North Queensland Fury	Wanderers football grounds
		Report	Dyron Daal Chris Payne Brett Studman Isaka Cernak Jason Spagnuolo

17 July 2010	North Queensland Fury	4 : 1	Hekari United	Brolga Park
	Chris Payne Dyron Daal Adam Casey	Report	Kema Jack	Attendance: 1300

25 July 2010	Gold Coast United	1 : 0	North Queensland Fury	Carrara Stadium
	Gol Gol Mebrahtu	Report		Referee: Matt Gillett

30 July 2010	North Queensland Fury	1 : 0	Adelaide United	Brolga Park
	Adam Casey 70'	Report		Attendance: Approx 2000 Referee: Chris Beath

2010–11 Hyundai A-League fixtures

6 August 2010	Perth Glory	3 : 3	North Queensland Fury	nib Stadium, Perth
Friday 20:00 WST	Jelić  5' Neville  74' Sterjovski  79'	Report Summary	Payne  34' Williams  64' Grossman  90+2'	Attendance: 16,019 Referee: Kevin Docherty

14 August 2010	North Queensland Fury	2 : 1	Sydney FC	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 17:15 EST	Grossman  65' Daal  83'	Report Summary	Jamieson  82'	Attendance: 5,177 Referee: Peter Green

22 August 2010	Melbourne Victory	2 : 2	North Queensland Fury	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 EST	K. Muscat  30' (pen.), 75' (pen.)	Report Summary	Sseppuya  16' Grossman  30' Akoto  81' Payne  82' (pen.)	Attendance: 13,318 Referee: Chris Boyle

28 August 2010	North Queensland Fury	2 : 3	Adelaide United	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 17:15 EST	Cernak  7' Williams  87'	Report Summary	Flores  22' Studman  50' (o.g.) D. Mullen  56'	Attendance: 6,130 Referee: Peter Green

4 September 2010	Melbourne Heart	1 : 0	North Queensland Fury	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 17:15 EST	Kalmar  11'	Report Summary		Attendance: 4,184 Referee: Gerard Parsons

18 September 2010	North Queensland Fury	0 : 0	Melbourne Victory	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 17:15 EST		Report Summary		Attendance: 4,922 Referee: Chris Beath

24 September 2010	Wellington Phoenix	2 : 1	North Queensland Fury	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Friday 19:30 NZST	Greenacre  3' Bertos  13' Lia  37', 65'	Report Summary	M. Hughes  67'	Attendance: 7,212 Referee: Peter O'Leary

29 September 2010	Sydney FC	1 : 1	North Queensland Fury	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Wednesday 19:30 EST	Cole  37'	Report Summary	Williams  76'	Attendance: 6,978 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

2 October 2010	Central Coast Mariners	3 : 2	North Queensland Fury	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 17:15 EST	Simon  47' Pérez  57' (pen.) Zwaanswijk  90+1'	Report Summary	Storey  12' McBreen  78' (o.g.) Daal  45', 80'	Attendance: 6,656 Referee: Kurt Ams

15 October 2010	North Queensland Fury	2 : 1	Perth Glory	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Friday 19:30 EST	Payne  16' Williams  72'	Report Summary	Baird  22'	Attendance: 4,011 Referee: Gerard Parsons

31 October 2010	North Queensland Fury	1 : 2	Gold Coast United	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Sunday 17:00 EST	M. Hughes  45'	Report Summary	Traoré  11' Đulbić  85'	Attendance: 7,195 Referee: Matthew Breeze

5 November 2010	North Queensland Fury	0 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Friday 19:30 EST		Report Summary	Zwaanswijk  36'	Attendance: 3,625 Referee: Gerard Parsons

10 November 2010	North Queensland Fury	2 : 3	Melbourne Heart	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Wednesday 20:00 EST	Daal  12' Talay  85' (pen.)	Report Summary	Babalj  50' Sibon  59' Zahra  64'	Attendance: 2,866 Referee: Jarred Gillett

20 November 2010	Brisbane Roar	1 : 1	North Queensland Fury	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 20:15 EST	Franjic  85'	Report Summary	Edds  9'	Attendance: 10,126 Referee: Alan Milliner

28 November 2010	North Queensland Fury	1 : 1	Perth Glory	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Sunday 17:00 EST	M. Hughes  80'	Report Summary	Fowler  23' Sekulovski  38', 50' B. Griffiths  59', 64'	Attendance: 4,491 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

1 December 2010	Gold Coast United	1 : 2	North Queensland Fury	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Wednesday 20:00 EST	Robson  10'	Report Summary	Williams  28' Talay  68'	Attendance: 1,714 Referee: Matthew Breeze

4 December 2010	North Queensland Fury	0 : 2	Newcastle Jets	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 20:15 EST		Report Summary	Topor-Stanley  79' Petrovski  90+3'	Attendance: 3,573 Referee: Kurt Ams

10 December 2010	Adelaide United	2 : 0	North Queensland Fury	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CDT	Flores  5' van Dijk  16'	Report Summary		Attendance: 8,786 Referee: Matthew Gillett

15 December 2010	North Queensland Fury	1 : 0	Sydney FC	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Wednesday 20:00 EST	Talay  71'	Report Summary		Attendance: 2,761 Referee: Chris Beath

18 December 2010	North Queensland Fury	0 : 2	Brisbane Roar	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 20:15 EST		Report Summary	Barbarouses  7', 76'	Attendance: 4,412 Referee: Peter Green

22 December 2010	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 0	North Queensland Fury	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Wednesday 19:30 EDT	Kwasnik  28'	Report Summary		Attendance: 5,979 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

27 December 2010	North Queensland Fury	1 : 1	Wellington Phoenix	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Monday 19:15 EST	Payne  12'	Report Summary	Macallister  76'	Attendance: 5,107 Referee: Jarred Gillett

2 January 2011	Melbourne Heart	2 : 0	North Queensland Fury	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 EDT	Aloisi  58' Sibon  82'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,482 Referee: Peter Green

8 January 2011	North Queensland Fury	1 : 3	Newcastle Jets	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 20:15 EST	M. Hughes  90+5' (pen.)	Report Summary	Zadkovich  13' Haliti  16' Ryan Griffiths  70'	Attendance: 4,315 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

11 January 2011	Newcastle Jets	1 : 0	North Queensland Fury	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Tuesday 7:30 EDT	Jesic  13'	Report Summary		Attendance: 8,218 Referee: Gerard Parsons

14 January 2011	Gold Coast United	4 : 0	North Queensland Fury	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Friday 19:30 EST	Djite  22', 43' Smeltz  52' Harold  82'	Report Summary		Attendance: 2,514 Referee: Matthew Gillett

21 January 2011	Adelaide United	8 : 1	North Queensland Fury	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CDT	Flores  4', 37', 87' T. Dodd  28' Ramsay  42' van Dijk  46', 67', 83'	Report Summary	Nikas  71'	Attendance: 10,986 Referee: Peter Green

26 January 2011	North Queensland Fury	0 : 3	Melbourne Victory	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Wednesday 19:00 EST		Report Summary	Allsopp  27' Dugandzic  69', 73'	Attendance: 4,093 Referee: Jarred Gillett

8 February 2011	North Queensland Fury	1 : 2	Brisbane Roar	Skilled Park, Gold Coast [Note 1]
Tuesday 19:00 EST	Grossman  65'	Report Summary	Nichols  14' Henrique  58'	Attendance: 1,003 Referee: Jarred Gillett

13 February 2011	Wellington Phoenix	3 : 1	North Queensland Fury	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT	Greenacre  6' Macallister  11' Vukovic  90+4' (pen.)	Report Summary	Studman  66'  90+4'	Attendance: 12,718 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Notes

1. ↑ Game was postponed and shifted from Dairy Farmers Stadium due to the impact of Cyclone Yasi.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brisbane Roar (C)	30	18	11	1	58	26	+32	65	2012 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Central Coast Mariners	30	16	9	5	50	31	+19	57
3	Adelaide United	30	15	5	10	51	36	+15	50	2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
4	Gold Coast United	30	12	10	8	40	32	+8	46	2011 A-League Finals Series
5	Melbourne Victory	30	11	10	9	45	39	+6	43
6	Wellington Phoenix	30	12	5	13	39	41	−2	41
7	Newcastle Jets	30	9	8	13	29	33	−4	35
8	Melbourne Heart	30	8	11	11	32	42	−10	35
9	Sydney FC	30	8	10	12	35	40	−5	34
10	Perth Glory	30	5	8	17	27	54	−27	23
11	North Queensland Fury	30	4	7	19	28	60	−32	19	Disbanded at end of season

Source: the-AFC.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹First place through to sixth place qualify for the 2011 A-League Finals Series.
²First place qualifies for the 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage.
³Winning the 2011 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless first place are champions.
⁴Second place qualifies for the 2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off, unless they qualify for the 2011 A-League Grand Final alongside first place or become A-League Champions, subsequently third place then qualify for the 2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off.

Statistics

Last updated on 19 February 2010.

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

No.	Pos.	Name	A-league		A-League Final Series		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Justin Pasfield	26	0	0	0	26	0	1	0
2	DF	Jack Hingert	14 (6)	0	0	0	14 (6)	0	5	0
3	DF	Brad McDonald	18 (7)	0	0	0	18 (7)	0	1	0
4	DF	Éric Akoto	14 (1)	0	0	0	14 (1)	0	5	1
5	DF	Mark Hughes	30	4	0	0	30	4	7	0
6	MF	Ufuk Talay	17 (5)	3	0	0	17 (5)	3	6	0
7	DF	Gareth Edds	25 (1)	1	0	0	25 (1)	1	2	0
8	MF	Adam Casey	5 (4)	0	0	0	5 (4)	0	1	0
9	FW	Eugene Sseppuya	7 (6)	1	0	0	7 (6)	1	1	0
10	FW	Dyron Daal	8 (8)	2	0	0	8 (8)	2	3	1
11	FW	David Williams	28	5	0	0	28	5	3	0
12	MF	Panni Nikas	15 (3)	1	0	0	15 (3)	1	2	0
13	DF	André Kilian	18 (1)	0	0	0	18 (1)	0	4	0
14	MF	Chris Grossman	16 (6)	3	0	0	16 (6)	3	1	1
15	FW	Chris Payne	15 (6)	4	0	0	15 (6)	4	1	0
16	DF	Simon Storey	24 (1)	1	0	0	24 (1)	1	2	0
17	MF	Osama Malik	15 (2)	0	0	0	15 (2)	0	2	0
17	FW	Alex Read	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	1	0
18	DF	Brett Studman	5 (4)	1	0	0	5 (4)	1	0	1
19	MF	Isaka Cernak	12 (2)	1	0	0	12 (2)	1	1	0
20	GK	Matthew Ham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Jason Spagnuolo	5 (13)	0	0	0	5 (13)	0	3	0
22	DF	Lorenzo Sipi	1 (4)	0	0	0	1 (4)	0	0	0
24	DF	Ramazan Tavsancioglu	8 (4)	0	0	0	8 (4)	0	3	0
28	GK	Jerrad Tyson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK	Sebastian Usai	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

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