Palms

Scissor kick by this awesome player.

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North Queensland Fury v Newcastle Jets 2-02-2010

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Fury’s slim finals hopes alive

North Queensland Fury pulled back an early deficit to defeat the Newcastle Jets 2-1 at Dairy Farmers Stadium on Tuesday night.

The Jets’ Matthew Thompson opened the scoring in the 18th minute before the Fury’s Chris Grossman levelled the scores in the 38th minute.

Chris Tadrosse latched on to a curling long ball from Terry Cooke and volleyed the ball into the net in the 79th minute to keep the homeside’s final aspirations alive albeit mathematically.

It was a night of scarce opportunites with the odd window allowing both sides to register on the scoreboard.

Newcastle had an early opportunity when it was awarded a free kick on the edge of the box for a wild tackle but the shot failed to clear the wall.

Thompson refused to make the same mistake, pouncing on the ball after a poor corner clearance and with his back to the goal pivoted to shoot over defenders and into the net.

North Queensland could have easily fallen behind minutes later but goalkeeper Justin Pasfield pulled of a magnificent one-on-one save to stop Jobe Wheelhouse on the break

Grossman was gifted a shot when Dyron Daal chested down a high long ball and into his path allowing him to drive it into the net.

The Fury suffered a blow when they returned after half time with Daal failing to take the field due to a hamstring injury and replaced by Terry Cooke.

David Williams rampaged through the middle with an inspiring run but a delayed pass to a man out wide with defenders falling away cost his side a shot at goal.

The Jets had a similar opportunity minutes later when Jin-Hyung Song dribbled past several defenders but was stopped just short of the 18-yard box.

Tadrosse then latched on to a curling long ball from Cooke, plundering it into the net past a defenceless goalkeeper.

North Queensland Fury (Grossman 38, Tadrosse 79)
Newcastle United (Thompson 18)
Crowd 4,156 at Dairy Farmers Stadium
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
by Lendl Ryan in Townsville, Sportal

Duration : 0:5:42

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Wellington Phoenix v North Queensland Fury 15-January-2010

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Phoenix cruise past Fury
Three second-half strikes into the teeth of a howling southerly powered Wellington Phoenix to a 3-0 home victory over North Queensland Fury.
Goalless at the break, as Phoenix struggled to put their strikers into space, goals to new signing Eugene Dadi, old hand Paul Ifill and defender Jon McKain saw them shut out Fury for a well-deserved win.

Dadi, who marked his debut for Phoenix last week with a brace of goals including a spectacular bicycle kick, was first off the mark barely two minutes into the second half.

Leo Bertos’ corner into the wind kept low, Dadi climbed high and found the back of the net with a well-placed header.

A clash of heads with Fury defender Matt Smith after 67 minutes left the former Côte d’Ivoire international bleeding profusely, but the Phoenix lost little when Costa Barbarouses took his place.

Ifill made the win secure with his ninth goal of the season with 12 minutes remaining as the Phoenix’s midfield built pressure with some intelligent distribution.

Ifill found himself out wide with space to spare, his first touch proved immaculate and a crashing shot left Fury goalkeeper Justin Pasfield with no chance.

McKain, better known for his feats as an uncompromising defender, added insult to injury in the 90th minute when his looping header lobbed over Pasfield to make it 3-0.

The bitingly cold winds and lashing rain meant there was no place for the free-flowing football of last week, when the Phoenix’s 3-1 win over Brisbane eased them into fifth place on the A-League ladder.

Both teams struggled with the conditions early on, and although the Phoenix had the strong wind at their backs in the first spell, they had precious little to show for it at halftime.

Ifill and Dadi were kept under tight wraps up front, with perhaps the Wellington team’s best chance of the opening stanza coming after 37 minutes.

Ifill sliced through the midfield, but his touch approaching goal was a little heavy and the resulting shot skewed across the goal face without troubling Pasfield.

The Queenslanders had a couple of early chances, the most dangerous coming after barely two minutes, when an uncharacteristic McKain error left Robbie Fowler clear in the box.

Pressure from the scrambling defence and some strong work from Liam Reddy saw Fowler’s shot crash into the side netting.

Fowler featured again with a fine touch that saw striker Dyron Daal beat the offside trap and force a superb save from Reddy.

But the Phoenix put their lacklustre first half emphatically behind them with a trifecta of second-half goals that put them firmly into contention for a mid-February play-offs berth.
15 January 2010 | 19:26 – AAP

Duration : 0:10:0

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North Queensland Fury v Perth Glory 24- October – 2009

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Fury on song at home
North Queensland Fury came from behind to defeat Perth Glory 2-1 at Dairy Farmers Stadium on Saturday night.
North Queenslands Robbie Fowler scored in the 65th minute from sneaky free kick while defenders backs were turned before Dyron Daal curved a stunning left-foot shot in the 71st minute into the top left of the goal.
Perths Victor Sikora slotted home a precision pass in the 24th minute to give his side a first half lead.
It is the first home win of the season for the Fury and only second of the season taking them off the bottom of the ladder while for the Glory it is back to back losses.
North Queensland coach Ian Ferguson said the win was a long-time coming after a run of draws and losses.
“I am absolutely delighted, it was long time coming, but to get he result tonight was fantastic, especially when the chips were down,” he said.
“It was the same old story, the ball looking like it was out and the boys stopped playing, I was ready to scream at the linesman and the next thing the ball is in the net.”
“To come up with two fantastic goals, Fowler being so quick to put the ball into the net it was sensational.”
“It was a never-racking last 20 minutes for me.”
“It is a huge boost for us (moving off the bottom of the ladder), for the last few weeks we have had the opportunity but we didnt take it.”
Perth Glory coach David Mitchell said his side was outplayed but rued the Fowler goal.
“I think it has been building (the win), I said before that North Queensland have be looking very good at home and tonight they played very well and deserved to win,” he said.
“It was disappointing to have a 1-0 lead and then conceded a goal off a free kick.”
“They (Fury) deserved to win, they fought well and had a quite a few players missing from their team and they came at us and caused all sorts of problems.”
Perth almost scored what would have been a spectacular goal in the 4th minute when a series of crosses eventually found Branko Jelics forehead but the strikers header struck the crossbar.
North Queensland almost hit back with its own piece of brilliance in the 16th minute when Fowler let lose from 20 metres out but the shot grazed the top of the net.
Jelic barged past lazy marking in the 24th minute before delivering a precision pass to Sikora to slot home first goal.
Jason Spagnuolo charged down the left wing in the 33rd minute before curving a cross into a lunging James Robinson but chipped the ball over the net.
The Glory went on the offence straight after the break when a through ball to Jelic out wide but his cross could not find one player in a line of attackers.
The Fury was gifted an opportunity when a back-pass was cut off by David Williams but the forward could not step around the last defender to get a shot away.
Fowler levelled the scores in the 65th minute with a sneaky free kick from the 18-yard box while defenders backs were turned.
Daal put the hosts ahead in the 71st minute when he turned a defender around in the box and launched a stunning left foot shot into the top left of the net.

North Queensland Fury 2
(Fowler 65, Daal 71)
Perth Glory 1
(Sikora 24,)
Crowd 6,332 at Dairy Farmers Stadium
Saturday, 24 October 2009
by Lendl Ryan at Dairy Farmers Stadium, Sportal

Duration : 0:9:56

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North Queensland Fury v Adelaide United 27 – Sept – 2009

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Reds shut out Fury

Adelaide United has triumphed 2-0 over the North Queensland Fury at Dairy Farmers Stadium on Sunday.
Lucas Pantelis launched a thunderous strike form directly in front of the box in the 60th minute before Mathew Leckie sealed the game in injury time with a clinical dribble and shot into the bottom corner of the net.
North Queensland dominated the first half, threatening with eight shots on goal and four corners, but lacked the finishing touch required to find the back of the net.
Adelaide was restricted to its own half for most of the first term for just four shots on goal which was easily plucked out of the air by goalkeeper Paul Henderson.
The Furys Daniel McBreen looked guaranteed to score early when he lashed at a lose ball in the box with only one defender in his path but the shot was wide of the post.
Robbie Fowler pummelled the ball long from a free kick to force a save form United keeper Eugene Galekovic.
The strikers combined late in the half with McBreen charging down the left wing with Fowler on his inside but in a communication meltdown the marquee man let the ball roll behind him thinking it was meant for a team-mate.
United had its first real chance of the night straight after the break when Cassio forced a turnover on the wing to set up Pantelis but the striker could not get a shot away
A clumsy clearance from Henderson fell straight to an opponent who laid the ball off to an unmarked Pantelis to open the scoring in the 60th minute with a thunderous strike from outside the box.
Iain Fyfe almost doubled the score just minutes later when a through ball found him unmarked out wide but his shot went narrowly wide.
Dyron Daal was injected into the game from the bench and almost had an immediate impact when he used his height to meet a cross but his header was off target.
Daal won a midfield highball with another header into the path of a rampaging Jason Spagnuolo who brought McBreen into the frame but the striker again pushed his shot wide of the goal.
Leckie then sealed the game when he dribbled through sloppy defence stepping around the final defender to slot the final nail in the Furys coffin in injury time.
North Queensland Fury 0
Adelaide United 2 (Pantelis 60, Leckie 91)
Crowd 6,755 at Dairy Farmers Stadium
Sunday, 27 September 2009
by Lendl Ryan at Dairy Farmers Stadium, Sportal

Duration : 0:9:25

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Sydney FC v North Queensland Fury 5-December-2009

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Sydney FC keep heat on A-League leaders with 4-1 win over Fury
Two Alex Brosque goals helped reignite Sydney FC’s A-League campaign as the Sky Blues cruised to a 4-1 victory over North Queensland Fury at the Sydney Football Stadium.

Sydney, who went into the game on the back three successive defeats, produced a dominant first-half performance to effectively seal the result by half-time with strikes from John Aloisi and Brosque putting them 2-0 up in front of a crowd of 11,871.

Aloisi, who was only restored to Vitezslav Lavicka’s starting line-up due to an injury to Mark Bridge, broke the deadlock after 14 minutes when he took advantage of some poor defending from the Fury to lash the ball past Justin Pasfield from close range.

Brosque, whose pace was a constant thorn in the visitors’ side, doubled Sydney’s lead five minutes later with an extraordinary strike from the edge of the box.

The move was started by Steve Corica who won the ball midway inside the Fury half and put Brosque through on goal.

But with the home supporters pleading for a penalty after a clumsy looking challenge from Robbie Middleby floored the former Brisbane Roar hitman, Brosque swung out a leg whilst on the ground to sweep the bouncing ball past Justin Pasfield.

Sydney maintained their dominance and should have been well out of sight by the interval with Aloisi, Sung-Hwan Byan and Brosque all spurning decent opportunities.

And on the stroke of halft-ime centre-half Stephan Kellar was denied one of the goals of the season by a last-ditch tackle from Matthew Smith after he embarked on a 40-metre run from defence.

Terry Cooke’s curling effort just before half-time was the Fury’s only notable chance in a disappointing opening period that saw them create little, with Robbie Fowler cutting a frustrated figure in attack due to the lack of decent service.

The second half followed a similar pattern to the first with Sydney firmly in control and seven minutes after the restart Brosque grabbed his second when he crept unmarked into the Fury box to nod home from close range.

The home side continued to press forward with Aloisi just failing to connect with a Stuart Musialik cross, but it was the Fury who found the net on the hour mark when Cooke’s free-kick was touched in by Rostyn Griffiths.

But normal service was resumed three minutes later when more shocking defending from the visitors gifted Sydney skipper Corica with a rare headed goal to restore his side’s three-goal cushion.

Sydney boss Vitezslav Lavicka’s praised his side’s performance and said he was especially pleased with the way his players bounced back following last week’s 3-1 home defeat to struggling Newcastle Jets.

“It has been a tough week for the players, but we were very good in the first half and used the wide spaces well and created plenty of chances to score,” Lavicka said.

“I was really happy with how we performed and I was delighted that we could produce such a good win for our supporters.”

Fury boss Ian Ferguson slammed his players after an ineffectual display.

“It is a very difficult place to come but even more so when you don’t turn up for 25 minutes,” he said.

“We were second best to everything, they won the second balls and we were well beaten and some of our defending at times was amateurish.”
December 05, 2009

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North Queensland Fury v Brisbane Roar 5 – Sept – 2009

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Fury frustrated again

North Queensland Fury was forced to settle for a 1-1 draw with Brisbane Roar at Dairy Farmers Stadium on Saturday night.

The homeside’s Robbie Fowler showed his class with a deft touch in the box before slotting the ball calmly past goalkeeper Liam Reddy in the seventh minute.

The visitor’s Matt Nichols dug his side out of a loss in the 82 minute after a shot deflected off him and into the top off the goal.

North Queensland deserved the points and had the ascendancy for majority of the night with and un-impressive Brisbane slow off the blocks.

They were rocked midway through the first half, however, when defender Paul Kohler was sent off after consecutive yellows cards for fouls on a galloping Sergio Van Dijk and Robbie Kruse on the wing.

It was one of many indiscretions in the encounter which was littered with 31 fouls.

North Queensland coach Ian Ferguson said his side was unlucky to remain winless in their maiden Hyundai A-League season.

“Again there were lots of positive from it but unfortunately you can’t do anything about the goal that was scored, it was a deflection, it could have gone anywhere unfortunately for us it went into the net,” he said.

“It was a fantastic gutsy performance, we worked hard, we defended well, it was 10 men for about an hour.”

Brisbane coach Frank Farina admitted his side stole a point they didn’t deserve.

“We definitely stole a point, we can play better than that,” he said.

“Many teams have done it to us but we got but we got one that we most probably didn’t deserve.”

“It helps even up the ledger.”

“I think were flat we treating the ball like a hand grenade and we refused to keep a hold of it.”

North Queensland’s James Robinson pummelled the ball long to find Fowler who slotted the goal to put his side in front early with just seven minutes on the clock.

David Williams found space in the midfield and tried his luck with a rocket from 25 metres out but just scraped the cross bar.

The game took a turn when Kohler was marched off for a tackle on Kruse.

Brisbane then found momentum against a reduced opposition and enjoyed improved field position and possession.

David Dodd had a crack after sustained possession in the box but couldn’t get it past the legs of a stacked defensive line.

The Fury continued to dominate after the break but the Roar were looking more and more threatening.

Williams and McBreen were substituted for Chris Grossman and Dyron Daal to defend their precious lead.

Robinson fired a thunderbolt into defenders which rolled to Fowler at the far post but his best effort to snag a goal from close wasn’t good enough.

The Roar pushed their troops forward with players lining up on the goal line waiting to knock in a header but couldn’t capitalise.

A gasping Fowler was substituted in the 77th minute for Fred Angius to plug the defensive gaps.

The Roar sustained pressure and it paid off in the 82nd minute with a strike from Van Dijk deflecting off Nichols and into the top of the goal.

North Queensland Fury (Fowler 7)
Brisbane Roar (Nichols 82,)
Crowd 7,173 at Dairy Farmers Stadium

Saturday, 5 September 2009
by Llendl Ryan at Dairy Farmers Stadium

Duration : 0:4:8

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North Queensland Fury v Brisbane Roar 5 – Sept – 2009

http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=29140

Fury frustrated again

North Queensland Fury was forced to settle for a 1-1 draw with Brisbane Roar at Dairy Farmers Stadium on Saturday night.

The homeside’s Robbie Fowler showed his class with a deft touch in the box before slotting the ball calmly past goalkeeper Liam Reddy in the seventh minute.

The visitor’s Matt Nichols dug his side out of a loss in the 82 minute after a shot deflected off him and into the top off the goal.

North Queensland deserved the points and had the ascendancy for majority of the night with and un-impressive Brisbane slow off the blocks.

They were rocked midway through the first half, however, when defender Paul Kohler was sent off after consecutive yellows cards for fouls on a galloping Sergio Van Dijk and Robbie Kruse on the wing.

It was one of many indiscretions in the encounter which was littered with 31 fouls.

North Queensland coach Ian Ferguson said his side was unlucky to remain winless in their maiden Hyundai A-League season.

“Again there were lots of positive from it but unfortunately you can’t do anything about the goal that was scored, it was a deflection, it could have gone anywhere unfortunately for us it went into the net,” he said.

“It was a fantastic gutsy performance, we worked hard, we defended well, it was 10 men for about an hour.”

Brisbane coach Frank Farina admitted his side stole a point they didn’t deserve.

“We definitely stole a point, we can play better than that,” he said.

“Many teams have done it to us but we got but we got one that we most probably didn’t deserve.”

“It helps even up the ledger.”

“I think were flat we treating the ball like a hand grenade and we refused to keep a hold of it.”

North Queensland’s James Robinson pummelled the ball long to find Fowler who slotted the goal to put his side in front early with just seven minutes on the clock.

David Williams found space in the midfield and tried his luck with a rocket from 25 metres out but just scraped the cross bar.

The game took a turn when Kohler was marched off for a tackle on Kruse.

Brisbane then found momentum against a reduced opposition and enjoyed improved field position and possession.

David Dodd had a crack after sustained possession in the box but couldn’t get it past the legs of a stacked defensive line.

The Fury continued to dominate after the break but the Roar were looking more and more threatening.

Williams and McBreen were substituted for Chris Grossman and Dyron Daal to defend their precious lead.

Robinson fired a thunderbolt into defenders which rolled to Fowler at the far post but his best effort to snag a goal from close wasn’t good enough.

The Roar pushed their troops forward with players lining up on the goal line waiting to knock in a header but couldn’t capitalise.

A gasping Fowler was substituted in the 77th minute for Fred Angius to plug the defensive gaps.

The Roar sustained pressure and it paid off in the 82nd minute with a strike from Van Dijk deflecting off Nichols and into the top of the goal.

North Queensland Fury (Fowler 7)
Brisbane Roar (Nichols 82,)
Crowd 7,173 at Dairy Farmers Stadium

Saturday, 5 September 2009
by Llendl Ryan at Dairy Farmers Stadium

Duration : 0:4:8

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North Queensland Fury 1 v Wellington Phoenix 1 Goals 17- October – 2009

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Fowler saves Fury

The Wellington Phoenix was forced to settle for a 1-1 draw with the North Queensland Fury at Dairy Farmers Stadium on Saturday night.

Wellington took the lead in the 5th minute courtesy of a Tim Brown header before North Queensland levelled the scores in the six minutes from time minute with a Robbie Fowler header into the back of the net.

The Phoenix and the Fury had their chances in the first half but it was the visitors who managed to capitalise before both sides found their attacking flair in the second period.

The draw marks a record sixth consecutive draw for the visitors and a fifth consecutive draw for the home side, which is still looking for a win at home.

Wellington coach Ricki Herbert said there were some positives in another draw.

“I think we created a bit of a record tonight, it is not one that you want to have but the Fury was really hard to beat,” he said.

“You can say we are the hardest teams to beat in the league this year but we would like three points.”

North Queensland coach Ian Ferguson said he was glad to walk away with a draw after conceding the early goal.

“After the start of the game we had, being one down again early, it is the same old cliches (but) the boys have been fantastic,” he said.

“It was a game of two halves again, Wellington was the better team in the first half and we were the better team in the second.”

“We couldn’t slot it in but it would be more worrying for me if we were not making chances.”

North Queensland had a golden chance in the first minute when a pin-point through-ball allowed James Robinson to gallop past the defensive line to be one-on-one with the goalkeeper but he pulled his shot wide.

Wellington responded in the fifth minute with Paul Ifill rampaging down the right wing before delivering an inch-perfect cross for a Tim Brown header into the net.

The two sides had their opportunites for the remainder of the half with numerous crosses and breakaways but could not capitalise.

The Fury pushed forward after the break with Jeremy Brockie charging down the right wing before driving a cross into the path of a sliding Daniel McBreen but he failed to take control and the ball bounced off his knees and over the touch line.

Dyron Daal came off the bench after one hour and showed a set of clean heals to stride past defenders and swing in a cross to a sliding Robbie Fowler, but he also could not slot it past the goalkeeper.

McBreen then dashed passed a huddle of defenders to receive a controversial free kick but skied the ball over the charging goalkeeper which sparked a small scuffle as the ball should have been played back to the opposition who was in possession before time was stopped for an injury.

The Phoenix had its opportunites, none better then when opposition goalkeeper Paul Henderson came out of his box and to the right to make a clearance but it went straight to an attacker.

Daniel was left on the turf after a strong challenge and had to be stretched off which gave both sides a welcome drink break from a warm night.

Chris Tadrosse afterwards sprinted down the left win and hammered a cross to an unmarked Fowler who showed his class to head it into the net in the 84th minute.

North Queensland Fury 1 (Fowler 84)
Wellington Phoenix 1 (Brown 5,)
Crowd 6,191 at Dairy Farmers Stadium

Saturday, 17 October 2009
by Lendl Ryan, Dairy Farmers Stadium, Sportal

Duration : 0:3:50

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North Queensland Fury 1 v Wellington Phoenix 1 Goals 17- October – 2009

http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=30071

Fowler saves Fury

The Wellington Phoenix was forced to settle for a 1-1 draw with the North Queensland Fury at Dairy Farmers Stadium on Saturday night.

Wellington took the lead in the 5th minute courtesy of a Tim Brown header before North Queensland levelled the scores in the six minutes from time minute with a Robbie Fowler header into the back of the net.

The Phoenix and the Fury had their chances in the first half but it was the visitors who managed to capitalise before both sides found their attacking flair in the second period.

The draw marks a record sixth consecutive draw for the visitors and a fifth consecutive draw for the home side, which is still looking for a win at home.

Wellington coach Ricki Herbert said there were some positives in another draw.

“I think we created a bit of a record tonight, it is not one that you want to have but the Fury was really hard to beat,” he said.

“You can say we are the hardest teams to beat in the league this year but we would like three points.”

North Queensland coach Ian Ferguson said he was glad to walk away with a draw after conceding the early goal.

“After the start of the game we had, being one down again early, it is the same old cliches (but) the boys have been fantastic,” he said.

“It was a game of two halves again, Wellington was the better team in the first half and we were the better team in the second.”

“We couldn’t slot it in but it would be more worrying for me if we were not making chances.”

North Queensland had a golden chance in the first minute when a pin-point through-ball allowed James Robinson to gallop past the defensive line to be one-on-one with the goalkeeper but he pulled his shot wide.

Wellington responded in the fifth minute with Paul Ifill rampaging down the right wing before delivering an inch-perfect cross for a Tim Brown header into the net.

The two sides had their opportunites for the remainder of the half with numerous crosses and breakaways but could not capitalise.

The Fury pushed forward after the break with Jeremy Brockie charging down the right wing before driving a cross into the path of a sliding Daniel McBreen but he failed to take control and the ball bounced off his knees and over the touch line.

Dyron Daal came off the bench after one hour and showed a set of clean heals to stride past defenders and swing in a cross to a sliding Robbie Fowler, but he also could not slot it past the goalkeeper.

McBreen then dashed passed a huddle of defenders to receive a controversial free kick but skied the ball over the charging goalkeeper which sparked a small scuffle as the ball should have been played back to the opposition who was in possession before time was stopped for an injury.

The Phoenix had its opportunites, none better then when opposition goalkeeper Paul Henderson came out of his box and to the right to make a clearance but it went straight to an attacker.

Daniel was left on the turf after a strong challenge and had to be stretched off which gave both sides a welcome drink break from a warm night.

Chris Tadrosse afterwards sprinted down the left win and hammered a cross to an unmarked Fowler who showed his class to head it into the net in the 84th minute.

North Queensland Fury 1 (Fowler 84)
Wellington Phoenix 1 (Brown 5,)
Crowd 6,191 at Dairy Farmers Stadium

Saturday, 17 October 2009
by Lendl Ryan, Dairy Farmers Stadium, Sportal

Duration : 0:3:50

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