2009 Gold Coast Football Club season explained

Season:2009
Coach:Guy McKenna
Captain:Marc Lock
Home Ground:Carrara Stadium
Club B&Amp;F:Best and fairest
Best And Fairest:Marc Lock[1]
Nextseason:2010

The 2009 Gold Coast Football Club season was the club's inaugural season. It competed in the 2009 TAC Cup season beginning on 4 April 2009, just five days after the club was granted a provisional licence to enter the Australian Football League (AFL) in 2011.[2]

Gold Coast did not yet have a nickname, and it was not until July 2010 that th club would be known as the "Suns".[3]

Background

See main article: History of the Gold Coast Suns. Gold Coast Football Club Ltd was registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on 24 December 2007 by the Australian Football League. On 12 March 2008, the AFL received unanimous support from the existing 16 clubs for two expansion teams to enter the league.[4]

assistant coach Guy McKenna was officially announced as GC17's inaugural head coach in August 2008.[5] On 5 September, the bid team announced the club would be known as the Gold Coast Football Club and would wear red, gold and blue.[6]

In October 2008, the GCFC bid team presented their submission to the AFL commission which included 42,000 committed supporters and the required 111 business partners. The AFL Commission revealed in November that the newly formed team would compete in the TAC Cup in 2009 and the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 2010, but had not yet been granted an AFL licence.[7]

On 31 March 2009, AFL Chief Executive Andrew Demetriou announced that the Gold Coast bid team had been granted a provisional licence to enter the AFL in 2011.[8] By this time, Gold Coast had already played two official practice matches.[9]

Results

RdHome teamScoreAway teamScoreGroundDate
1Gold Coast9.10 (64)def byEastern Ranges16.6 (102)Carrara StadiumSaturday, 4 April
2Western Jets5.5 (35)def byGold Coast26.13 (169)Burbank OvalSunday, 12 April
3Bye
4Tassie Mariners4.5 (29)drew withGold Coast3.11 (29)MCGSunday, 26 April
5Calder Cannons18.11 (119)defGold Coast15.13 (103)ABD Group StadiumSunday, 3 May
6Gold Coast12.7 (79)defGippsland Power12.5 (77)Carrara StadiumSaturday, 9 May
7Gold Coast9.11 (65)defDandenong Stingrays8.12 (60)Carrara StadiumSaturday, 16 May
8Gold Coast10.9 (69)def byNSW/ACT Rams14.10 (94)Carrara StadiumSaturday, 23 May
9Gold Coast7.13 (55)defOakleigh Chargers7.10 (52)Carrara StadiumSaturday, 30 May
10Gold Coast10.17 (77)defNorth Ballarat Rebels11.4 (70)Carrara StadiumSaturday, 13 June
11Tassie Mariners16.14 (110)defGold Coast7.6 (48)Aurora StadiumSaturday, 20 June
12Bye
13Gold Coast5.8 (38)def byMurray Bushrangers14.9 (93)Carrara StadiumSaturday, 4 July
14Gold Coast13.16 (94)defNorthern Knights10.6 (66)Carrara StadiumSaturday, 11 July
15Gold Coast13.16 (94)defWestern Jets10.6 (66)Carrara StadiumSaturday, 18 July
16North Ballarat Rebels8.14 (62)defGold Coast7.6 (48)Northern OvalSaturday, 26 July
17Gold Coast15.16 (106)defSandringham Dragons8.2 (50)Carrara StadiumSunday, 2 August
18Gold Coast12.14 (86)defBendigo Pioneers6.11 (47)Carrara StadiumSaturday, 15 August
19Gippsland Power10.9 (69)def byGold Coast12.14 (86)Visy ParkSunday, 23 August
20Gold Coast6.14 (50)def byGeelong Falcons14.7 (91)Carrara StadiumSaturday, 29 August
Elim FinalGold Coast10.17 (77)defNorthern Knights9.9 (63)Visy ParkSaturday, 5 September
Semi FinalGold Coast5.9 (39)def byGeelong Falcons11.14 (80)Visy ParkSunday, 13 September

2009 playing squad

33 players were named on the Gold Coast list in 2009, with Marc Lock as the inaugural captain.[10]

Inaugural team (Round 1, 2009)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lock wins Club Champion award . Gold Coast Suns . 13 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240613000337/https://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/news/762537/lock-wins-club-champion-award . 13 June 2024 . 4 October 2009.
  2. Web site: Smart . Nick . TAC Cup finals spot secured after win at Carrara . Gold Coast Suns . Gold Coast Bulletin . https://web.archive.org/web/20240612000419/https://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/news/765457/tac-cup-finals-spot-secured-after-win-at-carrara . 12 June 2024 . 17 August 2009.
  3. News: Smart. Nick. Gold Coast Suns officially revealed. goldcoast.com.au. 22 July 2010.
  4. News: Lienert. Sam. Clubs back urgent AFL expansion. foxsports.com.au. 13 March 2008.
  5. News: Guy McKenna named Gold Coast AFL coach. Sydney Morning Herald. 13 August 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080813041718/http://news.smh.com.au/sport/guy-mckenna-named-gold-coast-afl-coach-20080813-3ujb.html. 13 August 2008.
  6. News: Smart. Nick. Coast AFL name, mascot launched. goldcoast.com.au. 5 September 2008.
  7. News: Kogoy. Peter. Licence 'setback' for Gold Coast. The Australian. 19 November 2008.
  8. Web site: Green light for AFL licence. 31 March 2009. goldcoast.com.au. 31 March 2009.
  9. Web site: TAC Cup fixture . Gold Coast Football Club . 15 October 2009.
  10. Web site: New Team, New License, LET'S PLAY FOOTBALL! . Gold Coast Suns . 12 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240612000644/https://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/news/79790/new-team-new-license-lets-play-football . 12 June 2024 . 2 April 2009.

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