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Melbourne Football Club

2009 season
File:Melbourne Demons Jumper.svg Melbourne's guernsey for the 2009 season
President	Jim Stynes
Coach	Dean Bailey
Captain(s)	James McDonald
Home ground	MCG
Pre-season competition	First round
AFL season	16th
Finals series	N/A
Best and Fairest	Aaron Davey
Leading goalkicker	Russell Robertson (29)
Highest home attendance	61,287 vs. Collingwood (8 June 2009) at the MCG
Lowest home attendance	7,311 vs. Sydney (26 July 2009) at Manuka Oval
Average home attendance	27,570
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The 2009 Melbourne Football Club season was the club's 110th year in the VFL/AFL since it began in 1897.

Melbourne hosted 10 of its 11 games at the MCG. For the third year in a row, they played their remaining home game at Manuka Oval in the Nation's Capital Canberra against the Sydney Swans during Round 17. Dean Bailey coached his second year as senior coach at Melbourne. After taking the captaincy from David Neitz in Round 6 the year before with Cameron Bruce, James McDonald would be made full-time captain for the season.

On August 2, Melbourne president Jim Stynes announced he was diagnosed with cancer and would be stepping aside from his duties until the conclusion of the 2009 AFL season. Don McLardy was announced to take over as acting president for that period of time.

Melbourne would continue their Debt Demolition campaign in the month of August raising $567,132 and cutting their debt to $1.5 million. Melbourne would also gain a yearly profit of $587,183.

Despite vast on-field improvements from 2008 they would still only win 4 matches for the year and ensure they would recieve their 12th Wooden Spoon. Melbourne would come under scrutiny in the later rounds (most notably in round 18 against Richmond) of the season for tanking to receive a priority draft pick. Never less due to the fact that they lost 4 games or less for the second year in a row, Melbourne would receive a priority pick at the very start of the 2009 National Draft.

2009 List Changes

National Draft

2008 AFL Draft Results – Melbourne Demons
Round	Overall Pick	Player	State	Position	Team from	League from
1	1	Jack Watts		Forward	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup
Priority	17	Sam Blease		Midfield	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup
2	19	James Strauss		Forward	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
3	35	Jamie Bennell		Utility	Swan Districts	WAFL
4	51	Neville Jetta		Defender	Swan Districts	WAFL
5	64	Rohan Bail		Defender	Mount Gravatt	QAFL

Pre-season Draft

2009 AFL Pre-Season Draft Results – Melbourne Demons
Round	Overall Pick	Player	State	Position	Team from	League from
1	1	Liam Jurrah		Forward	Yuendemu Nightcliff	CAFL NTFL

Rookie Draft

2009 AFL Draft Results – Melbourne Demons
Round	Overall Pick	Player	State	Position	Team from	League from
1	1	Jordie McKenzie		Midfield	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
2	17	Rhys Healey		Forward/Midfield	Bendigo Pioneers	TAC Cup
3	33	Daniel Hughes		Forward	Melbourne	AFL

Notes

• As Melbourne only won 3 matches in the year before, they would gain a priority draft pick at the conclusion of the first round of the National Draft (Pick 17). This pick was used to recruit Sam Blease.

Retirements & Delistings

Player	New Club	League	Reason
David Neitz	unknown	unknown	Retired
Ben Holland	Unknown	Unknown	Retired
Isaac Weetra	Port Adelaide Magpies	SANFL	Delisted
Jace Bode	Norwood	SANFL	Delisted
Adem Yze	Box Hill Hawks	VFL	Delisted
Jeff White	Redland	QAFL	Delisted
Chris Johnson	Carlton	AFL	Delisted

2009 squad

2009 Squad – Melbourne Demons
Number	State	Player	Position(s)	List
1		Simon Buckley	Defender	Senior
2		Nathan Jones	Midfield	Senior
3		Clint Bartram	Defender	Senior
4		Jack Watts	Forward	Senior
5		Brock McLean	Midfield	Senior
6		Matthew Bate	Forward	Senior
7		Brad Miller	Utility	Senior
8		James Frawley	Defender	Senior
10		Cale Morton	Forward/Midfield	Senior
11		Paul Johnson	Ruckman/Forward	Senior
12		Colin Sylvia	Midfield	Senior
14		Lynden Dunn	Forward	Senior
15		Ricky Petterd	Forward	Senior
16		Jack Grimes	Defender/Midfield	Senior
18		Brad Green	Forward	Senior
19		Addam Maric	Forward/Defender	Senior
20		Colin Garland	Defender	Senior
21		Daniel Bell	Defender	Senior
22		Brent Moloney	Midfield	Senior
23		James McDonald	Midfield	Senior
24		Russell Robertson	Forward	Senior
25		Kyle Cheney	Defender/Midfield	Senior
26		John Meesen	Ruckman	Senior
27		Jared Rivers	Defender	Senior
28		Isaac Weetra	Utility	Senior
29		Michael Newton	Forward	Senior
30		Tom McNamara	Defender	Senior
31		Paul Wheatley	Defender	Senior
32		Cameron Bruce	Midfield	Senior
33		Austin Wonaeamirri	Forward	Senior
34		Stefan Martin	Defender/Ruckman	Senior
35		Trent Zomer	Utility	Rookie
36		Aaron Davey	Midfielder	Senior
37		Matthew Warnock	Defender	Senior
38		Daniel Hughes	Forward	Rookie
39		Neville Jetta	Forward	Senior
40		Mark Jamar	Ruckman	Senior
41		Rohan Bail	Defensive	Senior
42		Jake Spencer	Ruckman	Rookie
43		Jace Bode	Utility	Senior
44		Shane Valenti	Midfield	Rookie
45		Matthew Whelan	Defender	Senior
46		Sam Blease	Midfield	Senior
47		James Strauss	Midfield	Senior
48		Liam Jurrah	Defender	Senior
49		Jordie McKenzie	Forward	Rookie
50		Rhys Healey	Forward/Midfield	Rookie

2009 season

NAB Cup and NAB Challenge

2009 Melbourne Football Club pre-season Game Log: 1–3–0
Round	Date	Versus	Score	Ground	Time	Crowd	Broadcast	Record	Report
1	21 February	Hawthorn	0-11-3-(69) vs 1-8-9-(66)	Aurora Stadium	4:10pm	8,122	Foxtel	0–1–0	Report
2	28 February	Sydney	8-7-(55) vs 9-9-(63)	Visy Park	1:00pm	3000	none	0–2–0	Report
3	6 March	Brisbane Lions	4-12-(36) vs 11-7-(73)	Cazaly's Stadium	7:30pm	4000 (est)	none	1–2–0	Report
4	14 March	Western Bulldogs	10-3-(63) vs 14-17-(101)	Casey Fields	2:00pm	2,500 (est)	none	1–3–0	Report

Home and away season

2009 Melbourne Football Club season Game Log: 4–18–0
Round	Date	Versus	Score	Ground	Time	Crowd	Broadcast	Record	Report
1	29 March	North Melbourne	10-7-(67) vs 15-11-(101)	MCG	1:10pm	28,707	Foxtel	0–1–0	Report
2	4 April	Collingwood	17-15-(117) vs 10-4-(64)	MCG	2:10pm	43,421	Network Ten	0–2–0	Report
3	12 April	Port Adelaide	22-15-(147) vs 14-6-(90)	AAMI Stadium	12:40pm	21,030	Foxtel	0–3–0	Report
4	19 April	Richmond	13-14-(92) vs 14-16-(90)	MCG	2:10pm	40,763	Seven Network	1–3–0	Report
5	26 April	Adelaide	4-10-(34) vs 7-9-(51)	MCG	4:40pm	14,129	Foxtel	1–4–0	Report
6	3 May	Geelong	10-8-(68) vs 15-21-(111)	MCG	2:10pm	36,932	Seven Network	1–5–0	Report
7	10 May	West Coast	12-18-(90) vs 13-4-(82)	Subiaco	2:40pm	35,209	Foxtel	1–6–0	Report
8	16 May	Western Bulldogs	15-7-(97) vs 15-14-(104)	MCG	2:10pm	28,279	Foxtel	1–7–0	Report
9	24 May	Hawthorn	17-12-(114) vs 13-14-(92)	MCG	4:40pm	39,395	Foxtel	1–8–0	Report
10	30 May	St Kilda	11-17-(83) vs 6-10-(46)	Gold Coast Stadium	7:10pm	9,122	Foxtel	1–9–0	Report
11	8 June	Collingwood	8-12-(60) vs 19-12-(126)	MCG	2:10pm	61,287	Network Ten	1–10–0	Report
12	19 June	Essendon	19-17-(131) vs 13-5-(83)	Etihad Stadium	7:40pm	45,750	Seven Network	1–11–0	Report
13	27 June	Brisbane Lions	16-15-(111) vs 8-8-(56)	Gabba	7:10pm	23,750	Foxtel	1–12–0	Report
14	4 July	West Coast	17-10-(112) vs 13-14-(92)	MCG	2:10pm	23,149	Network Ten	2–12–0	Report
15	12 July	Port Adelaide	15-11-(101) vs 13-12-(90)	MCG	2:10pm	15,888	Seven Network	3–12–0	Report
16	18 July	Geelong	17-15-(117) vs 11-5-(71)	Skilled Stadium	2:10pm	21,160	Network Ten	3–13–0	Report
17	26 July	Sydney	6-14-(50) vs 10-8-(68)	Manuka Oval	1:10pm	7,311	Foxtel	3–14–0	Report
18	2 August	Richmond	12-10-(82) vs 12-14-(86)	MCG	1:10pm	37,438	Foxtel	3–15–0	Report
19	9 August	North Melbourne	19-9-(123) vs 8-13-(61)	Etihad Stadium	1:10pm	16,594	Foxtel	3–16–0	Report
20	16 August	Fremantle	20-7-(127) vs 9-10-(64)	MCG	1:10pm	13,004	Foxtel	4–16–0	Report
21	22 August	Carlton	24-9-(153) vs 15-6-(96)	Etihad Stadium	2:10pm	37,433	Network Ten	4–17–0	Report
22	30 August	St Kilda	10-7-(67) vs 17-12-(114)	MCG	2:10pm	36,748	Seven Network	4–18–0	Report

Notable Matches

NAB Cup and NAB Challenge

Week 1: Melbourne looked on the verge of causing an upset towards the 2008 Premiers Hawthorn leading 1.8.8 (65) to 0.5.2 (32) at three quarter time. However the Hawks would successfully amount a comeback keeping the 2008 wooden spooners goal-less in the final quarter as Jarryd Roughead would snatch the lead back for Hawthorn with a mark and a goal 30 seconds from full time.

Home and away season

Round 4: Melbourne registered their first win of the season defeating a winless Richmond by 8 points. Despite holding a 31 point lead at half time, the Demons would hold off a fast finishing Tiger outfit in the final quarter to secure their first win against a Victorian team since Round 22, 2007. Melbourne would also win their first game as the "away" side since Round 14, 2007.

Round 10: Melbourne would put up a brave-effort first half effort against an undefeated St Kilda trailing by only 8 points at the main break. However the Saints would keep Melbourne goalless in the second half to finish out comfortable winners by 27 points.

Round 11: In the 2009 Queen's Birthday clash, the 2008 number 1 draft pick Jack Watts would make his debut against Collingwood. However he would receive a harsh welcoming to the AFL when he came off from the interchange bench for the first time in the game. Watts would immediately get crunched by the larger bodies of 3 Collingwood players whilist the ball came his direction., as Melbourne would receive its biggest loss for the season (66 points)

Round 12: Liam Jurrah (the first indigenous player from a remote tribal community contracted to the AFL) would make his debut against Essendon. He would kick his first goal in AFL with a marking attempt that would turn into a falling crumb in the goal-square. This goal would be nominated for Goal of the Year. However Melbourne would still be out-classed by the Bombers losing easily by 48 points.

Round 14: On July 2 in an emotional press conference Melbourne president Jim Stynes announced that he was diagnosed with cancer and had to step down as president for the rest of the season. Melbourne would play its most emotional game of the year against West Coast and record its highest first quarter score of the season. Despite a late charge by the Eagles in the final quarter, Melbourne would resist the attack and win the game by 20 points. After the match, they would head into the dressing rooms holding up Stynes' infamous number 37 Guernsey he wore during the the 1987 Preliminary Final against Hawthorn. Jack Grimes would recieve the NAB Rising Star nomination for Round 14.

Round 15: Melbourne would win consecutive games for the first time since Round 11, 2007 when it downed Port Adelaide by 11 points, after holding a 30+ point lead midway through the third quarter. Liam Jurrah would recieve the NAB Rising Star nomination for Round 15.

Round 18: In a match that was criticized for tanking strategies, Jordan McMahon would kick a mark and kick a goal locked in Richmond's forward 50 after the final siren to give the Tigers a 4 point win. During the game Melbourne coach Dean Bailey would exclude and place several players in unusual positions. These included placing Ruckman Paul Johnson and Midfielder James McDonald in the backline; playing forward/midfielder Brad Miller in the Ruck; placing defenders James Frawley and Matthew Warnock in the forward line as well as leaving Russell Robertson and Colin Sylvia out of the game for Michael Newton and rookie Jake Spencer. On August 3, 2011 Bailey would later admit that he incidentally experimented putting players in their unusual positions to decrease Melbourne's chances of winning and hence help ensure that they would receive a priority draft pick.

Round 20: In front of a crowd of only 13,004, Melbourne would inflict its only thrashing of the season against fellow cellar dwellers Fremantle after a blowout in the second quarter to win by 63 points. They would record its first 60+ point victory since Round 8, 2006 as well as the first time they scored 20 or more goals in a game since Round 22, 2007.

Round 22: Veterans Russell Robertson, Paul Wheatley and Matthew Whelan would play their last ever AFL match against ladder leaders St Kilda. Melbourne would put on another strong first half performance trailing by only a goal at half time, which included a backwards goal from Liam Jurrah at the start of the quarter. However St Kilda would run over the to of Melbourne in the second half winning comfortably by 47 points to win the Minor Premiership. Melbourne on the other hand would win the wooden spoon and ensure that their priority pick would be safe. They would gain picks 1 and 2 in the 2009 AFL draft.

Ladder

2009 AFL ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	St Kilda	22	20	2	0	2197	1411	155.7	80	Finals series
2	Geelong (P)	22	18	4	0	2312	1815	127.4	72
3	Western Bulldogs	22	15	7	0	2378	1940	122.6	60
4	Collingwood	22	15	7	0	2174	1778	122.3	60
5	Adelaide	22	14	8	0	2104	1789	117.6	56
6	Brisbane Lions	22	13	8	1	2017	1890	106.7	54
7	Carlton	22	13	9	0	2270	2055	110.5	52
8	Essendon	22	10	11	1	2080	2127	97.8	42
9	Hawthorn	22	9	13	0	1962	2120	92.5	36
10	Port Adelaide	22	9	13	0	1990	2244	88.7	36
11	West Coast	22	8	14	0	1893	2029	93.3	32
12	Sydney	22	8	14	0	1888	2027	93.1	32
13	North Melbourne	22	7	14	1	1680	2015	83.4	30
14	Fremantle	22	6	16	0	1747	2259	77.3	24
15	Richmond	22	5	16	1	1774	2388	74.3	22
16	Melbourne	22	4	18	0	1706	2285	74.7	16

Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Ladder Breakdown by Opposition

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drew	Premiership Points	Points For	Points Against	Percentage (%)
Fremantle	1	1	0	0	4	127	64	198.44
West Coast	2	1	1	0	4	194	182	106.59
Richmond	2	1	1	0	4	182	178	102.25
Port Adelaide	2	1	1	0	4	191	237	80.59
Western Bulldogs	1	0	1	0	0	97	104	93.27
Hawthorn	1	0	1	0	0	92	114	80.70
Sydney	1	0	1	0	0	50	68	73.53
Adelaide	1	0	1	0	0	34	51	66.67
Essendon	1	0	1	0	0	83	131	63.36
Carlton	1	0	1	0	0	96	153	62.75
Geelong	2	0	2	0	0	139	228	60.96
St Kilda	2	0	2	0	0	113	197	57.36
North Melbourne	2	0	2	0	0	128	224	57.14
Collingwood	2	0	2	0	0	124	243	51.03
Brisbane Lions	1	0	1	0	0	56	111	50.45
Total	22	4	18	0	16	1706	2285	74.66

Awards and milestones

Home & Away Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Jamie Bennell	AFL Debut	29 March 2009
Kyle Cheney	AFL Debut	29 March 2009
Neville Jetta	AFL Debut	29 March 2009
Jake Spencer	AFL Debut	29 March 2009
Matthew Bate	50th AFL Game	4 April 2009
John Meesen	AFL Debut	12 April 2009
Aaron Davey	100th AFL Game	12 April 2009
Clint Bartram	50th AFL Game	3 May 2009
Paul Johnson	50th AFL Game	10 May 2009
Jack Watts	AFL Debut	8 June 2009
Liam Jurrah	AFL Debut	19 June 2009
Jordie McKenzie	AFL Debut	26 July 2009
Rohan Bail	AFL Debut	9 August 2009
Tom McNamara	AFL Debut	9 August 2009
Lynden Dunn	50th AFL Game	9 August 2009

Brownlow Medal

Results

Round	1 Vote	2 Votes	3 Votes
1	Nathan Jones (Melbourne)	Leigh Harding (North Melbourne)	Hamish McIntosh (North Melbourne)
2	Aaron Davey (Melbourne)	Alan Didak (Collingwood)	Josh Fraser (Collingwood)
3	Danyle Pearce (Port Adelaide)	Daniel Motlop (Port Adelaide)	Warren Tredrea (Port Adelaide)
4	Brock McLean (Melbourne)	Aaron Davey (Melbourne)	Matthew Richardson (Richmond)
5	Bernie Vince (Adelaide)	Ben Rutten (Adelaide)	Simon Goodwin (Adelaide)
6	Steve Johnson (Geelong)	Jimmy Bartel (Geelong)	Paul Chapman (Geelong)
7	Adam Selwood (West Coast	Nathan Jones (Melbourne)	Mark LeCras (West Coast)
8	Jason Akermanis (Western Bulldogs)	Paul Johnson (Melbourne)	Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs
9	Brad Sewell (Hawthorn)	Jordan Lewis (Hawthorn)	Colin Sylvia (Melbourne)
10	Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)	Leigh Montagna (St Kilda)	Lenny Hayes (St Kilda)
11	Brad Dick (Collingwood)	Colin Sylvia (Melbourne)	Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
12	Adam McPhee (Essendon)	Scott Lucas (Essendon)	Jobe Watson (Essendon)
13	Luke Power (Brisbane Lions)	Jonathan Brown (Brisbane Lions)	Simon Black (Brisbane Lions)
14	Nathan Jones (Melbourne)	Brent Moloney (Melbourne)	Jack Grimes (Melbourne)
15	Toby Thurstans (Port Adelaide)	Domenic Cassisi (Port Adelaide)	Brent Moloney (Melbourne)
16	Gary Ablett (Geelong)	Paul Chapman (Geelong)	Matthew Scarlett (Geelong)
17	Darren Jolly (Sydney Swans)	Rhyce Shaw (Sydney Swans)	Ryan O'Keefe (Sydney Swans)
18	Brett Deledio (Richmond)	James McDonald (Melbourne)	Ben Cousins (Richmond)
19	Drew Petrie (North Melbourne)	Todd Goldstein (North Melbourne)	Brent Harvey (North Melbourne)
20	Shane Valenti (Melbourne)	Matthew Bate (Melbourne)	Aaron Davey (Melbourne)
21	Marc Murphy (Carlton)	Brendan Fevola (Carlton)	Chris Judd (Carlton)
22	Lenny Hayes (St Kilda)	Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)	Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda)

Brownlow Medal Tally

Player	1 vote games	2 vote games	3 vote games	Total votes
Aaron Davey	1	1	1	(6)
Colin Sylvia	0	1	1	(5)
Brent Moloney	0	1	1	(5)
Nathan Jones	2	1	0	(4)
Jack Grimes	0	0	1	(3)
James McDonale	0	1	0	(2)
Paul Johnson	0	1	0	(2)
Matthew Bate	0	1	0	(2)
Brock McLean	1	0	0	(1)
Shane Valenti	1	0	0	(1)
Total	5	7	4	(31)

Awards

Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal Tally (Top 10)

Position	Player	Votes
1st	Aaron Davey	(82)
2nd	Brent Moloney	(69)
3rd	Cameron Bruce	(56)
4th	Matthew Bate	(47)
5th	Nathan Jones	(44)
5th	Colin Sylvia	(44)
5th	Matthew Warnock	(44)
8th	James Frawley	(43)
10th	James McDonald	(42)
10th	Cale Morton	(42)

Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy – Aaron Davey

Sid Anderson Memorial Trophy (Second in the Best and Fairest) – Brent Moloney

Ron Barassi Snr Memorial Trophy (Third in the Best and Fairest) – Cameron Bruce

Ivor Warne-Smith Memorial Trophy (Fourth in the Best and Fairest) – Matthew Bate

Dick Taylor Memorial Trophy (Fifth in the Best and Fairest) – Nathan Jones, Colin Sylvia, Matthew Warnock

Harold Ball Memorial Trophy (Best First Year Player) – Liam Jurrah

Troy Broadbridge Trophy (highest polling MFC player in the Casey Best and Fairest) – Shane Valenti

Ron Barassi Leadership Award – Brent Moloney

Ian Ridley Club Ambassador Award – Shane Valenti

Norm Smith Memorial Trophy (Coach's Award) – James Frawley

Leading Goalkicker Award – Russell Robertson (29)

External links

• Official Website of the Melbourne Football Club
• Official Website of the AFL

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