M1 Derby (Australia)

{{Unbalanced|date=September 2009}}

{{ infobox football derby
| name = The M1 Derby
| other names = The South East Derby
| image =
| caption =
| city or region = {{Flagicon|Queensland}} [[South East Queensland]]
([[Australia]])
| first contested = August 8, 2009
| teams involved = [[Brisbane Roar FC|Brisbane Roar]] and [[Gold Coast United FC|Gold Coast United]]
| most wins = Gold Coast United (3)
| most player appearances =
}}

The '''M1 Derby''' is a derby in the [[A-League]] that involves Queensland's [[Brisbane Roar]] and [[Gold Coast United]] of the [[Hyundai A-League]]. They are considered to be a fierce rival in the A-League due to being two of the closest teams geographically. , It is named the '''M1 Derby'''<ref>http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2009/10/09/146195_gold-coast-soccer.html</ref>, with reference to the [[Pacific Motorway|M1]] motorway that links the two cities. However it is also known in the media as the 'South East Derby' after commentators and fans first referred to it{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}.

The rivalry between the two clubs started when Gold Coast United was first announced as a future [[A-League]] team in 2008, it became even more evident when [[Miron Bleiberg]], a former manager of the Brisbane Roar, was named as the Gold Coast's inaugural coach.

[[Football Federation Australia|FFA]] CEO [[Ben Buckley]] had initially discussed with both Gold Coast and Brisbane Roar regarding the location of the first encounter, however when the draw was released the decision had been made to play the game at [[Suncorp Stadium]]<ref>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/20/2547916.htm</ref>. Gold Coast coach Miron Bleiberg and owner [[Clive Palmer]] were unimpressed at an opening day away trip <ref>www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/20/2547916.htm</ref>. In the lead-up to the fixture Palmer announced that he would boycott the game in protest and urged Gold Coast supporters to join him in not attending<ref>http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2009/07/29/102495_gold-coast-sport.html</ref>, however he later backed down<ref>http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25888846-5000940,00.html</ref>. Bleiberg joined his boss in boycotting a pre-game press conference in which the FFA allowed the Roar to replace Bleiberg with a cardboard cutout <ref>http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25881139-5003412,00.html</ref>.

During the first encounter there were 10 yellow cards given out in a victory for Gold Coast. The tension in the match showed on the pitch with a melee near full time between [[New Zealand]] international [[Shane Smeltz]] and Roar's [[Scotland|Scottish]] hard-man [[Bob Malcolm]] in which almost every player on the pitch got involved.<ref name="sportal.com.au">http://sportal.com.au/football-news-display/culina-fires-for-united-75536</ref>.

==Matches==

''League matches only''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Game<br />!! width=120|Date<br />!! Round<br />!! width=100|Crowd<br />!! width=100|Home team<br />!! width=100|Away team<br />!! Score<br />!! Goals (home)<br />!! Goals (away)<br />!! Match report<br />
|-align="center"
|1||8 August 2009||1||19,902||Brisbane Roar||'''Gold Coast United'''||'''1-3'''||[[Sergio van Dijk|van Dijk]] (90+1 pen) ||[[Shane Smeltz|Smeltz]] (17), [[Jason Culina|Culina]] (59), [[Robson Alves da Silva|Robson]] (90+3)||[http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=28617 A-League]<br />[http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000420037/scoreboard.html Scoreboard]
|-align="center"
|2||11 October 2009||10||''8,882''||Brisbane Roar||'''Gold Coast United'''||'''0-1'''||-||[[Joel Porter|Porter]] (31)||[http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=hal_newsdisplay&id=29911&pageid=2466 A-League]<br /> [http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000420088/scoreboard.html Scoreboard]
|-align="center"
|3||26 December 2009||21||''10,024''||'''Gold Coast United'''||Brisbane Roar||'''5-1'''||[[Kristian Rees|Rees]] (45+1), [[Shane Smeltz|Smeltz]] (50 pen), [[Kristian Rees|Rees]] (53), [[Shane Smeltz|Smeltz]] (61), [[Shane Smeltz|Smeltz]] (77) ||[[Matt McKay|McKay]] (7)||[http://www.goldcoastunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=31661 A-league]<br/>
[http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000420142/scoreboard.html Scoreboard]
|-align="center" |}
==Head to Head==

{| class="wikitable"
|-align="center"
! Team
! Win
! Draw
! Loss
! Goals for
! Goals against
|-align="center"
| Brisbane Roar
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 9
|-align="center"
| Gold Coast United
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 2
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-align="center"
! Team
! Home Win
! Home Draw
! Home Loss
|-align="center"
| Brisbane Roar
| 0
| 0
| 2
|-align="center"
| Gold Coast United
| 1
| 0
| 0
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-align="center"
! Team
! Away Win
! Away Draw
! Away Loss
|-align="center"
| Brisbane Roar
| 0
| 0
| 1
|-align="center"
| Gold Coast United
| 2
| 0
| 0
|}

==Players who played for both clubs==
*{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Tahj Minniecon]] (Brisbane to Gold Coast)
*{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Scott Higgins]] (Brisbane to Gold Coast)
*{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Steve Fitzsimmons]] (Brisbane to Gold Coast)
*{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Charlie Miller]] (Brisbane to Gold Coast)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
*[[Major football rivalries]]
*[[Sports rivalry]]
*[[Nationalism and sport]]

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[[Category:A-League derbies|M1 Derby]]
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