MORNINGTON Peninsula goalkicking phenomenon Simon Goosey has been appointed coach of the Frankston Dolphins after the club last week parted ways with its 2009 coach, former North Melbourne mid fielder Shannon Grant.

Grant said he was keen to remain in the coaching arena and would look at his options.

Goosey's appointment comes after one of the Dolphins' most lacklustre seasons of the past decade with just three wins for the year.

Goosey, regarded among the best footballers never to play AFL, is a football deity on the peninsula and many believe he will provide the missing link between the standalone Dolphins and MPNFL.

Dolphins operations manager Brian Mace said: "The Frankston Football Club believes he will bring a new dimension to our club in the areas of youth and community development.

"Simon will concentrate on building our team from a huge array of young local talent in the surrounding areas."

Goosey played 10 seasons for the Mornington Bulldogs for whom he kicked 100 goals or more each year, including two seasons where he bagged a staggering 156. Early in his career he spent two years with Richmond's under-19s and a further season at Geelong in 1990 where the likes of Gary Ablett snr and Billy Brownless kept him out of the firsts.

Considered to have a brilliant football brain, Goosey has spent the past few years as a specialist forward coach including two years with Rodney Eade at Western Bulldogs, a pre-season with Hawthorn and last year as Gary Ayres' assistant at VFL club Port Melbourne.

Mornington Football Club president Denis Matthews says Goosey is the right man for the job.

"He is the best local choice; his knowledge of other coaches and ability to work with the MPNFL clubs is something that is needed down there at the Dolphins," Matthews said.

"He will draw quality players to the club. To this day, I've never heard a better third quarter address than he is capable of delivering."

Goosey told The Independent it was an exciting time to be developing young talent.

"I'm really looking forward to the opportunity. I'm very excited about working and communicating with the local clubs.

"With the expansion of the AFL into Western Sydney and the Gold Coast there is going to be a lot of opportunity for kids to be drafted and that is good for the peninsula."

He would take his lead from the likes of North Ballarat, which, despite being aligned with the Kangaroos, had achieved success with locals.