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North Queensland Fury

HappyGuus

HappyGuus

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A thread for the former club. I'd love to know how they came about and subsequently died. I wonder if there's still a pulse there. Any stories would be great to hear.



 
they were in big trouble after they lost millions in that debut season, (it was rumoured more than 5 million dollars) I don't think matheson anticipated that much money would be lost.

he's a bit of a shady character as well - from memory he got caught "providing" cars, money, race horses to officials in one of the neighbouring islands to Australia for favours. I think it was Fiji, but it may be PNG or Tahiti
 
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TheSecretScout said:
they were in big trouble after they lost millions in that debut season, (it was rumoured more than 5 million dollars) I don't think matheson anticipated that much money would be lost.

he's a bit of a shady character as well - from memory he got caught "providing" cars, money, race horses to officials in one of the neighbouring islands to Australia for favours. I think it was Fiji, but it may be PNG or Tahiti
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Like Clive Palmer he struck me as a non-⚽️ yuppie bogan looking to make a quick buck rather than playing the long game - hardly the sort of person you’d want in charge of a club, in this country particularly.

IMO the Fury also missed a trick by being based exclusively in Townsville; they needed to play the odd match in Cairns/Mackay/Rockhampton.
 
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BA81 said:
Like Clive Palmer he struck me as a non-⚽️ yuppie bogan looking to make a quick buck rather than playing the long game - hardly the sort of person you’d want in charge of a club, in this country particularly.

IMO the Fury also missed a trick by being based exclusively in Townsville; they needed to play the odd match in Cairns/Mackay/Rockhampton.
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Yup 100%, hes had a lot of run ins with financial authorities/regulators over the years - even unpaid taxes here in australia.

NQF did leave a legacy for the league though of smartly-dressed coaches, Straka easily in the top3 of all time a league coaches for his style lol

Hes still coaching at nearly 70 years old as well
 
Would've loved to have seen them evolve and playing out of a packed NQ Stadium, definite home ground advantage.
Also it's superficial but their colours were great.

BA81 said:
Like Clive Palmer he struck me as a non-⚽️ yuppie bogan looking to make a quick buck rather than playing the long game - hardly the sort of person you’d want in charge of a club, in this country particularly.

IMO the Fury also missed a trick by being based exclusively in Townsville; they needed to play the odd match in Cairns/Mackay/Rockhampton.
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No suitable stadiums. TSV is the capital of NQ so people re used to travelling there whether it's sport, concerts or hospital visits
 
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Was the main reason they were accepted into the league something about trying to host the World Cup?
 
HappyGuus said:
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A thread for the former club. I'd love to know how they came about and subsequently died. I wonder if there's still a pulse there. Any stories would be great to hear.



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Let's bring them back, Western United thread style.
 
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