2009–10_Football_League

The Football League
Season	2009–10
Champions	Newcastle United
Promoted	Newcastle United ; West Bromwich Albion; Blackpool
Relegated	Grimsby Town; Darlington
New Clubs in League	Burton Albion; Torquay United
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

2009–10 Football League

111th season of the Football League

The 2009–10 Football League (known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th completed season of the Football League. It began in August 2009 and concluded in May 2010, with the promotion play-off finals. The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The divisions are the League Championship, League One and League Two. The winner and the runner up of the League Championship will be automatically promoted to the Premier League and they will be joined by the winner of the League Championship playoff. The bottom two teams in League Two will be relegated to the Conference Premier.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

The league was won by Newcastle United, with West Bromwich Albion as runners up. Both teams were promoted to the Premier League. Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth Argyle and Peterborough United were relegated into League One. Grimsby Town and Darlington were relegated from the Football League. Attendance levels in the Football League in the 2009–10 season were the highest for 50 years, with 17.1m people paying to watch games in the three divisions.^[1]

League One

Results

More information Home \ Away, BRE ...

Home \ Away	BRE	B&HA	BRR	CRL	CHA	COL	EXE	GIL	HAR	HUD	LEE	LEY	MIL	MKD	NWC	OLD	SOU	STD	STP	SWI	TRA	WAL	WYC	YEO
Brentford		0–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	4–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	3–0		2–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	3–3	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	2–3	2–4	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–0
Bristol Rovers	0–0	1–1		3–2	2–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–4	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	1–5	4–3	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	2–3	1–2
Carlisle United	1–3	0–2	3–1		3–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–2	1–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	5–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0
Charlton Athletic	2–0	1–2	4–2	1–0		1–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	4–4	5–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–0
Colchester United	3–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–0		2–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–5	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1
Exeter City	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	2–0		1–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1
Gillingham	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–0		0–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	3–1	5–0	0–1	0–0	3–2	1–0
Hartlepool United	0–0	2–0	1–2	4–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–1		0–2	2–2	1–0	3–0	0–5	0–2	2–1	1–3	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1
Huddersfield Town	0–0	7–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	2–1		2–2	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	3–3	4–3	6–0	2–1
Leeds United	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	2–2		1–0	0–2	4–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–3	3–0	1–2	1–1	4–0
Leyton Orient	2–1	1–1	5–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	0–2	1–1		1–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0
Millwall	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–1		3–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–0	3–2	5–0	2–1	0–2	0–0
Milton Keynes Dons	0–1	0–0	2–1	3–4	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	0–1	1–0	1–3		2–1	0–0	0–3	3–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	2–2
Norwich City	1–0	4–1	5–1	0–2	2–2	1–7	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–1		2–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	5–2	3–0
Oldham Athletic	2–3	0–2	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–1		1–3	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–0
Southampton	1–1	1–3	2–3	3–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	4–1	3–2	5–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–0		3–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	5–1	1–0	2–0
Southend United	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–1	1–3		2–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0
Stockport County	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–0	2–2	0–6	2–4	2–1	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–2		0–1	0–3	1–1	4–3	1–3
Swindon Town	3–2	2–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–2	1–0	2–1	4–1		3–0	1–1	1–1	3–1
Tranmere Rovers	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–4	1–1	3–1	4–2	0–0	0–2	1–4	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–4		2–3	0–3	2–1
Walsall	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1		2–1	0–1
Wycombe Wanderers	1–0	2–5	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–3		1–4
Yeovil Town	2–0	2–2	0–3	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	4–0	0–1	1–2	3–3	1–1	1–0	3–3	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–3	4–0

Source: The Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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[table_hth_CRY0.10831963695042-3] Crystal Palace were given a ten-point deduction for entering administration.^[2]

[table_hth_SOU0.39711288288101-48] Southampton were given a ten-point deduction for breaching insolvency regulations, regarding their holding company. As they finished in the bottom three last season, the points deduction were applied in the 2009–10 season.^[46]

[table_hth_HAR0.39711288288101-50] Hartlepool deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.^[47]

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Semi-finals					Final at Wembley

6	Blackpool	2	4	6

3	Nottingham Forest	1	3	4
					6	Blackpool	3

					4	Cardiff City	2
5	Leicester City	0	3	3

4	Cardiff City (p)	1	2	3

Cardiff City	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Leicester City
Chopra 21' Whittingham 69' (pen.)	(Report)	25' Fryatt 36' (o.g.) Hudson 49' King
Penalties
Chopra McCormack Ledley Kennedy	4–3	Berner Howard Solano Kermorgant Waghorn

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Blackpool	Simon Grayson	Signed by Leeds United	23 December 2008^[5]	Ian Holloway	21 May 2009^[6]	Pre-season
Queens Park Rangers	Paulo Sousa	Sacked	9 April 2009^[7]	Jim Magilton	3 June 2009^[8]	Pre-season
Reading	Steve Coppell	Resigned	13 May 2009^[9]	Brendan Rodgers	5 June 2009^[10]	Pre-season
Watford	Brendan Rodgers	Signed by Reading	5 June 2009^[11]	Malky Mackay	15 June 2009^[12]	Pre-season
Swansea City	Roberto Martínez	Signed by Wigan Athletic	15 June 2009^[13]	Paulo Sousa	23 June 2009^[14]	Pre-season
West Bromwich Albion	Tony Mowbray	Signed by Celtic	16 June 2009^[15]	Roberto Di Matteo	30 June 2009^[16]	Pre-season
Barnsley	Simon Davey	Mutual Consent	29 August 2009^[17]	Mark Robins	9 September 2009^[18]	24th
Middlesbrough	Gareth Southgate	Sacked	21 October 2009^[19]	Gordon Strachan	26 October 2009^[20]	4th
Peterborough United	Darren Ferguson	Mutual Consent	10 November 2009^[21]	Mark Cooper	14 November 2009^[22]	24th
Plymouth Argyle	Paul Sturrock	Sacked	10 December 2009^[23]	Paul Mariner	10 December 2009^[23]	23rd
Sheffield Wednesday	Brian Laws	Mutual Consent	13 December 2009^[24]	Alan Irvine	8 January 2010^[25]	22nd
Queens Park Rangers	Jim Magilton	Mutual Consent	16 December 2009^[26]	Paul Hart	17 December 2009^[27]	12th
Reading	Brendan Rodgers	Mutual Consent	17 December 2009^[28]	Brian McDermott	27 January 2010^[29]	21st
Preston North End	Alan Irvine	Sacked	29 December 2009^[30]	Darren Ferguson	6 January 2010^[31]	16th
Queens Park Rangers	Paul Hart	Mutual Consent	15 January 2010^[32]	Neil Warnock	2 March 2010^[33]	10th
Peterborough United	Mark Cooper	Sacked	1 February 2010^[34]	Jim Gannon	2 February 2010^[35]	24th
Crystal Palace	Neil Warnock	Signed by Queens Park Rangers	2 March 2010^[33]	Paul Hart	4 March 2010^[36]	21st
Bristol City	Gary Johnson	Mutual Consent	18 March 2010^[37]	Steve Coppell	22 April 2010^[38]	15th
Peterborough United	Jim Gannon	Mutual Consent	6 April 2010^[39]	Gary Johnson	6 April 2010^[40]	24th
Coventry City	Chris Coleman	Sacked	4 May 2010^[41]	Aidy Boothroyd	22 May 2010^[42]	19th
Plymouth Argyle	Paul Mariner	Mutual Consent	6 May 2010^[43]	Peter Reid	24 June 2010^[44]	23rd
Crystal Palace	Paul Hart	End of Contract	17 June 2010	George Burley	17 June 2010^[45]	21st

Semi-finals					Final at Wembley

6	Huddersfield Town	0	0	0

3	Millwall	0	2	2
					3	Millwall	1

					5	Swindon Town	0
5	Swindon Town (p)	2	1	3

4	Charlton Athletic	1	2	3

Charlton Athletic	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Swindon Town
Ferry 27' (o.g.) Mooney 45+3' Miguel Llera 90+3'	(Report)	67' Greer 74' Ward
Penalties
Burton Bailey Forster Dailly Richardson	4–5	McGovern Austin Amankwaah Ward Darby

2009–10_Football_League

2009–10 Football League

Promotion and relegation

Championship

Table

Play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Final

Results

Managerial changes

League One

Table

Play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Final

Results

Managerial changes

League Two

Table

Play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Final

Results

Managerial changes

References

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Newcastle United (C, P)	46	30	12	4	90	35	+55	102	Promotion to the Premier League
2	West Bromwich Albion (P)	46	26	13	7	89	48	+41	91	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Nottingham Forest	46	22	13	11	65	40	+25	79	Qualification for Championship play-offs
4	Cardiff City	46	22	10	14	73	54	+19	76
5	Leicester City	46	21	13	12	61	45	+16	76
6	Blackpool (O, P)	46	19	13	14	74	58	+16	70
7	Swansea City	46	17	18	11	40	37	+3	69
8	Sheffield United	46	17	14	15	62	55	+7	65
9	Reading	46	17	12	17	68	63	+5	63
10	Bristol City	46	15	18	13	56	65	−9	63
11	Middlesbrough	46	16	14	16	58	50	+8	62
12	Doncaster Rovers	46	15	15	16	59	58	+1	60
13	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	15	17	58	65	−7	57
14	Derby County	46	15	11	20	53	63	−10	56
15	Ipswich Town	46	12	20	14	50	61	−11	56
16	Watford	46	14	12	20	61	68	−7	54
17	Preston North End	46	13	15	18	58	73	−15	54
18	Barnsley	46	14	12	20	53	69	−16	54
19	Coventry City	46	13	15	18	47	64	−17	54
20	Scunthorpe United	46	14	10	22	62	84	−22	52
21	Crystal Palace	46	14	17	15	50	53	−3	49^{[lower-alpha 1]}
22	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	46	11	14	21	49	69	−20	47	Relegation to Football League One
23	Plymouth Argyle (R)	46	11	8	27	43	68	−25	41
24	Peterborough United (R)	46	8	10	28	46	80	−34	34

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Norwich City (C, P)	46	29	8	9	89	47	+42	95	Promotion to Football League Championship
2	Leeds United (P)	46	25	11	10	77	44	+33	86	Promotion to Football League Championship
3	Millwall (O, P)	46	24	13	9	76	44	+32	85	Qualification for League One play-offs
4	Charlton Athletic	46	23	15	8	71	48	+23	84
5	Swindon Town	46	22	16	8	73	57	+16	82
6	Huddersfield Town	46	23	11	12	82	56	+26	80
7	Southampton	46	23	14	9	85	47	+38	73^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Colchester United	46	20	12	14	64	52	+12	72
9	Brentford	46	14	20	12	55	52	+3	62
10	Walsall	46	16	14	16	60	63	−3	62
11	Bristol Rovers	46	19	5	22	59	70	−11	62
12	Milton Keynes Dons	46	17	9	20	60	68	−8	60
13	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	15	14	17	56	60	−4	59
14	Carlisle United	46	15	13	18	63	66	−3	58
15	Yeovil Town	46	13	14	19	55	59	−4	53
16	Oldham Athletic	46	13	13	20	39	57	−18	52
17	Leyton Orient	46	13	12	21	53	63	−10	51
18	Exeter City	46	11	18	17	48	60	−12	51
19	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	9	23	45	72	−27	51
20	Hartlepool United	46	14	11	21	59	67	−8	50^{[lower-alpha 2]}
21	Gillingham (R)	46	12	14	20	48	64	−16	50	Relegation to Football League Two
22	Wycombe Wanderers (R)	46	10	15	21	56	76	−20	45
23	Southend United (R)	46	10	13	23	51	72	−21	43
24	Stockport County (R)	46	5	10	31	35	95	−60	25

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Tranmere Rovers	Ronnie Moore	Sacked	5 June 2009^[48]	John Barnes	21 May 2009^[49]	Pre-season
Milton Keynes Dons	Roberto Di Matteo	Signed by West Brom	30 June 2009^[16]	Paul Ince	3 July 2009^[50]	Pre-season
Stockport County	Jim Gannon	Released, Consequently, Joined Motherwell	6 May 2009^[51]	Gary Ablett	8 July 2009^[52]	Pre-season
Southampton	Mark Wotte	Sacked	9 July 2009^[53]	Alan Pardew	17 July 2009^[54]	Pre-season
Norwich City	Bryan Gunn	Sacked	14 August 2009^[55]	Paul Lambert	18 August 2009^[56]	22nd
Colchester United	Paul Lambert	Signed by Norwich City	18 August 2009^[56]	Aidy Boothroyd	2 September 2009^[57]	1st
Tranmere Rovers	John Barnes	Sacked	9 October 2009^[58]	Les Parry	16 December 2009^[59]	22nd
Wycombe Wanderers	Peter Taylor	Mutual Consent	10 October 2009^[60]	Gary Waddock	13 October 2009^[61]	23rd
Brighton & Hove Albion	Russell Slade	Sacked	1 November 2009^[62]	Gustavo Poyet	10 November 2009^[63]	20th
Leyton Orient	Geraint Williams	Sacked	3 April 2010^[64]	Russell Slade	5 April 2010^[65]	19th
Oldham Athletic	Dave Penney	Sacked	6 May 2010^[66]	Paul Dickov	9 June 2010^[67]	17th
Gillingham	Mark Stimson	Mutual Consent	10 May 2010^[68]	Andy Hessenthaler	22 May 2010^[69]	21st
Milton Keynes Dons	Paul Ince	Sacked	10 May 2010^[70]	Karl Robinson	10 May 2010	12th
Colchester United	Aidy Boothroyd	Signed by Coventry City	22 May 2010^[42]	John Ward	31 May 2010^[71]	8th

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Notts County (C, P)	46	27	12	7	96	31	+65	93	Promotion to Football League One
2	Bournemouth (P)	46	25	8	13	61	44	+17	83
3	Rochdale (P)	46	25	7	14	82	48	+34	82
4	Morecambe	46	20	13	13	73	64	+9	73	Qualification to League Two play-offs
5	Rotherham United	46	21	10	15	55	52	+3	73
6	Aldershot Town	46	20	12	14	69	56	+13	72
7	Dagenham & Redbridge (O, P)	46	20	12	14	69	58	+11	72
8	Chesterfield	46	21	7	18	61	62	−1	70
9	Bury	46	19	12	15	54	59	−5	69
10	Port Vale	46	17	17	12	61	50	+11	68
11	Northampton Town	46	18	13	15	62	53	+9	67
12	Shrewsbury Town	46	17	12	17	55	54	+1	63
13	Burton Albion	46	17	11	18	71	71	0	62
14	Bradford City	46	16	14	16	59	62	−3	62
15	Accrington Stanley	46	18	7	21	62	74	−12	61
16	Hereford United	46	17	8	21	54	65	−11	59
17	Torquay United	46	14	15	17	64	55	+9	57
18	Crewe Alexandra	46	15	10	21	68	73	−5	55
19	Macclesfield Town	46	12	18	16	49	58	−9	54
20	Lincoln City	46	13	11	22	42	65	−23	50
21	Barnet	46	12	12	22	47	63	−16	48
22	Cheltenham Town	46	10	18	18	54	71	−17	48
23	Grimsby Town (R)	46	9	17	20	45	71	−26	44	Relegation to Conference National
24	Darlington (R)	46	8	6	32	33	87	−54	30	Relegation to Conference National

Semi-finals					Final at Wembley

7	Dagenham & Redbridge	6	1	7

4	Morecambe	0	2	2
					7	Dagenham & Redbridge	3

					5	Rotherham United	2
6	Aldershot Town	0	0	0

5	Rotherham United	1	2	3

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Burton Albion	Roy McFarland	Resigned	18 May 2009	Paul Peschisolido	18 May 2009^[72]	Pre-season
Darlington	Dave Penney	Signed by Oldham Athletic	30 April 2009^[73]	Colin Todd	20 May 2009^[74]	Pre-season
Port Vale	Dean Glover	Sacked	21 May 2009^[75]	Micky Adams	5 June 2009^[76]	Pre-season
Chesterfield	Lee Richardson	End of Contract	6 May 2009^[77]	John Sheridan	9 June 2009^[78]	Pre-season
Lincoln City	Peter Jackson	Sacked	2 September 2009^[79]	Chris Sutton	28 September 2009^[80]	17th
Northampton Town	Stuart Gray	Sacked	8 September 2009^[81]	Ian Sampson	5 October 2009^[82]	16th
Rotherham United	Mark Robins	Signed by Barnsley	9 September 2009^[18]	Ronnie Moore	24 September 2009^[83]	1st
Darlington	Colin Todd	Mutual Consent	26 September 2009^[84]	Steve Staunton	5 October 2009^[85]	24th
Crewe Alexandra	Guðjón Þórðarson	Sacked	2 October 2009^[86]	Dario Gradi	2 October 2009^[87]	14th
Notts County	Ian McParland	Sacked	12 October 2009^[88]	Hans Backe	27 October 2009^[89]	5th
Aldershot Town	Gary Waddock	Signed by Wycombe Wanderers	13 October 2009^[61]	Kevin Dillon	9 November 2009^[90]	6th
Grimsby Town	Mike Newell	Sacked	18 October 2009^[91]	Neil Woods	23 November 2009^[92]	23rd
Cheltenham Town	Martin Allen	Mutual Consent	11 December 2009^[93]	Mark Yates	22 December 2009^[94]	20th
Notts County	Hans Backe	Resigned	15 December 2009^[95]	Steve Cotterill	23 February 2010^[96]	6th
Bradford City	Stuart McCall	Resigned	8 February 2010^[97]	Peter Taylor	17 February 2010^[98]	16th
Macclesfield Town	Keith Alexander	Death	3 March 2010^[99]	Gary Simpson	14 April 2010^[100]	21st
Darlington	Steve Staunton	Sacked	22 March 2010^[101]	Simon Davey	5 April 2010^[102]	24th
Barnet	Ian Hendon	Sacked	28 April 2010^[103]	Mark Stimson	1 June 2010^[104]	22nd
Shrewsbury Town	Paul Simpson	Sacked	30 April 2010^[105]	Graham Turner	11 June 2010^[106]	12th
Notts County	Steve Cotterill	End of Contract	27 May 2010^[107]	Craig Short	6 June 2010^[108]	1st