2010 Melbourne Football Club season
The 2010 Melbourne Football Club season was the club's 111th year in the VFL/AFL since it began in 1897.
Melbourne played 14 games at the MCG, 10 of which were home games. They also played a home match at TIO Stadium in Darwin against Port Adelaide in Round 9. It was Dean Bailey's third year as senior coach. James McDonald continued as the club's captain until retiring at the end of the year.
After a terrible start to the season getting thrashed to by 56 points, Melbourne began to lift their work-rate in games and indicate that they were beginning to successfully maneuver Dean Bailey's coaching-style. They began to play a fast and exciting brand of football with heavy use of the corridor and playing-on in subsequent weeks. Furthermore, unlike the 3 previous seasons, Melbourne began to cut heavy defects back to smaller deficits by preventing their opponents from scoring. This was due to Melbourne constantly gained running momentum when moving the ball outside of their defensive 50.
Melbourne's season was headlined by being constantly competitive on a weekly basis only losing one more time for the season by over 50 points to in Round 10. Melbourne was shown strong signs of competitiveness against the sides that eventually finished in the top 8 that year. This included a 4-point loss to the in Round 7, an 11-point loss to at Subiaco in Round 16, a 1-point loss & a draw to the eventual premiers that year in Rounds 2 & 12 respectively and a 73-point win to in Round 17.
In addition to Melbourne's promising season allowing them to achieve 8 wins and a draw with a percentage of 94.52%, it also allowed James Frawley and Mark Jamar to earn position in the 2010 All-Australian team in the back line and the interchange bench respectively.
In August, Melbourne announced it was officially debt free. The same night Melbourne also unveiled its new logo.
2010 list changes
2009 trades
Retirements and delistings
| Player | New club | League | Reason | Ref |
| Matthew Whelan | Pines Football Club | MPNFL | Retired | |
| Paul Wheatley | Palmerston Football Club | NTFL | Retired | |
| Russell Robertson | Shepparton Swans | Goulburn Valley Football League | Retired | |
| Simon Buckley | AFL | Delisted | ||
| Shane Valenti | Port Melbourne | VFL | Delisted | |
| Trent Zomer | Unknown | Unknown | Delisted |
National draft
| Round | Overall pick | Player | State | Position | Team from | League from |
| 1 | 1 | Tom Scully |  | Midfield | Dandenong Stingrays | TAC Cup |
| 1 | 2 | Jack Trengove |  | Midfield | Sturt | SANFL |
| 1 | 11 | Jordan Gysberts | | Midfield | Eastern Ranges | TAC Cup |
| 2 | 18 | Luke Tapscott | | Forward/Midfield | North Adelaide | SANFL |
| 3 | 34 | Max Gawn | | Ruck | Sandringham Dragons | TAC Cup |
| 4 | 50 | Jack Fitzpatrick | | Key Position | Western Jets | TAC Cup |
Pre-season draft
| Round | Overall pick | Player | State | Position | Team from | League from |
| 1 | 1 | Joel Macdonald |  | Defender | Brisbane Lions | AFL |
Rookie draft
2010 squad
2010 season
Pre-season
NAB Cup
Week 1
NAB Challenge
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Home and away season
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22
Ladder
Ladder breakdown by opposition
Awards and milestones
China Tour
competed in the Kaspersky Cup Exhibition Match against the Brisbane Lions on 17 October in Shanghai, China winning by 5 points. Liam Jurrah kicked 5 goals in front of an estimated 5,000 crowd.Awards
Melbourne's annual Best and Fairest night was held on 2 September, at Crown Casino. Brad Green capped off an excellent year, winning his first Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy, finishing 18 votes ahead of defender James Frawley, and also winning the Ron Barassi Leadership Award and the Leading Goalkicker Award.Best and Fairest Top Ten
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy – Brad Green
Sid Anderson Memorial Trophy – James Frawley
Ron Barassi Snr Memorial Trophy – Mark Jamar
Ivor Warne-Smith Memorial Trophy – Aaron Davey
Dick Taylor Memorial Trophy – Colin Sylvia
Harold Ball Memorial Trophy – Tom Scully
Troy Broadbridge Trophy – Brad Miller
Ron Barassi Leadership Award – Brad Green
Ian Ridley Club Ambassador Award – Colin Sylvia
Norm Smith Memorial Trophy – Jordie McKenzie
Leading Goalkicker Award – Brad Green