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2011 Melbourne Football Club season

Melbourne Football Club
2011 season
President Jim Stynes
(4th season)
Coach Dean Bailey
(4th season)
(rounds 1–19)
Todd Viney
(rounds 19–24)
Captain(s) Brad Green
(1st season)
Home ground MCG
(100,018 capacity)
Pre-season Quarter-finals
AFL season 13th
Finals series DNQ
Best and fairest Brent Moloney
Leading goalkicker Liam Jurrah
(40 goals)
Highest home attendance 75,998
(round 12 vs. Collingwood)
Lowest home attendance 7,255
(round 17 vs. Port Adelaide)
Average home attendance 31,043
Club membership 36,937
(Increase 3,579 / Increase 10.73%)

The 2011 Melbourne Football Club season was the club's 112th year in the VFL/AFL since it began in 1897.

In January, the club announced Brad Green as captain, taking over the reins from the recently retired James McDonald. Aaron Davey, Brent Moloney and Jared Rivers were named vice captains while youngsters Nathan Jones and Jack Grimes were promoted to the leadership group.Dean Bailey was re-appointed coach, but was sacked after a near-record 186-point loss to Geelong in Round 19.


Debut(s): Luke Tapscott
Brownlow Votes: Ryan O'Keefe (Sydney) 3 votes, Brent Moloney (Melbourne) 2 votes, Ben McGlynn (Sydney) 1 vote
Record: 0 Wins, 0 Losses, 1 Draw (100.00%)
Ladder Position: 8th
Substitutes: Ricky Petterd IncreaseAddam Maric Decrease


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