2010–11 North Queensland Fury FC Season
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season was
North Queensland Fury Northern Fury Football Club was an Australian professional soccer club based in Townsville, Queensland. The club was founded in 2008 and competed in the A-League under the name North Queensland Fury. On 1 March 2011, the club was removed from t ...
's second, and final, season in the Hyundai A-League


Players


First team squad

* * Injury replacement player for Matt Ham.


Injury replacement list

Note:
Sebastian Usai Sebastian Anthony Pryde Usai (born 28 February 1990) is an Australian footballer who currently play as a goalkeeper for CD Robres in Spain. Career North Queensland Fury Usai joined up with the North Queensland A-League outfit during the 201 ...
replaced
Jerrad Tyson Jerrad Robert Tyson is an Australian professional goalkeeper who plays for Queensland club Sunshine Coast FC. Club career Gold Coast United On 1 December 2010 he made his debut for Gold Coast United against North Queensland Fury. In May 2012 ...
on the short term deal after he was called up for the U23 National side.


Transfers


In


Out

*Note: Michael Marrone had initially signed with the Fury but pulled out on his deal.


Key dates

*20 February 2010: Former employee at the Fury Doug Kingston sues the club for $372,500 over a contract breach. An agreement is reached five days later by both parties in Supreme Court. *3 March 2010: North Queensland Fury’s future is put into disarray when sole owner
Don Matheson Don Matheson (August 5, 1929 – June 29, 2014) was an American soldier and policeman who later became a television actor, perhaps best known for his continuing role in Irwin Allen's series ''Land of the Giants''. Career Prior to entering acting ...
withdraws his support to the club. *31 March 2010: North Queensland Fury is saved by various local businessmen and by the
Townsville City Council The City of Townsville is a local government area (LGA) located in North Queensland, Australia. It encompasses the city of Townsville, together with the surrounding rural areas, to the south are the communities of Alligator Creek, Woodstock an ...
. *6 April 2010: Manager, Ian Ferguson, leaves the club to join
Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues. Founded in 19 ...
as an assistant coach. *27 April 2010: Former marquee player for the Fury,
Robbie Fowler Robert Bernard Fowler (born 9 April 1975) is an English football manager and former player, who most recently managed East Bengal in the Indian Super League. As a player, he was a striker, and is the eighth-highest goalscorer in the history ...
, officially joins
Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues. Founded in 19 ...
as their marquee player. *14 May 2010: North Queensland Fury sign former
A-League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...
player,
Stuart McLaren Stuart McLaren (born 28 August 1975) is a Scottish/Australian football player and coach, who is currently employed at Scottish club Celtic as U18 manager. Biography Queensland Roar coach Miron Bleiberg signed McLaren on a short-term contract ...
, as an assistant coach. *7 June 2010: The Fury sign Frantisek Straka as head coach on a one-year contract. *10 June 2010: Rabieh Krayem is announced as the new CEO. *29 July 2010: The club announces
Ufuk Talay Ufuk Talay (born 26 March 1976) is an Australian football coach and former player. Talay was suited to play in central midfield and was known for his good distribution and on-field vision. He is the current manager of Wellington Phoenix. Club c ...
as the
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and
Gareth Edds Gareth James Edds (born 3 February 1981) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. He was last employed as the head coach at Northern Fury in 2013. Club career Edds started his career in 1999 with E ...
as
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for the upcoming season.Townsville Bulletin
*5 August 2010: The club announces
Mission Australia Mission Australia is a national Christian charity that provides a range of community services throughout Australia. It has its roots in the Brisbane Town and Country Mission (1859) and Sydney City Mission (1862), but was only officially establish ...
as one of the major sponsors for the next three seasons as well as a three-year sponsorship deal with People Resourcing. *17 September 2010: The CEO Circle is signed on as a sleeve sponsor. *21 January 2011: North Queensland Fury suffer the worst defeat in
A-League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...
history going down 8–1 to Adelaide United.


Matches


Pre-season fixtures


2010–11 Hyundai A-League fixtures

;Notes


Statistics

:''Last updated on 19 February 2010.'' :''(Substitute appearances in brackets)''


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:North Queensland Fury Season 2010-11 2010-11 2010–11 A-League season by team