2009–10 Crystal Palace F.C. season

The Crystal Palace F.C. season 2009–10 was Crystal Palace's 5th consecutive season in the Championship, after a 15th-placed finish in the previous campaign. The season started well before taking a turn for the worse when the club was placed into administration at the end of January 2010, culminating in manager Neil Warnock leaving his job just over a month later and being replaced by Paul Hart, whose tenure saw the club survive relegation on the final day of the season.

Crystal Palace
2009–10 season
ChairmanSimon Jordan
ManagerNeil Warnock(until 2 March)
Paul Hart (caretaker, from 2 March until end of the season)
Championship21st
FA CupFifth round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Darren Ambrose (15)

All:
Darren Ambrose (20)
Highest home attendance20,643 v Newcastle United,
22 August 2009
Lowest home attendance12,283 v Swansea City,
9 February 2010
Average home league attendance14,770

Statistics edit

Last updated on 2 May 2010.[1]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ARG Julián Speroni 52 -62 45 -50 5 -9 2 -3
2 DF   ENG Nathaniel Clyne 28 1 19+3 1 5 0 1 0
3 DF   ENG Clint Hill 48 1 43 1 3 0 2 0
4 MF   ENG Shaun Derry 53 0 46 0 5 0 2 0
5 DF   IRL Paddy McCarthy 22 0 20 0 0 0 2 0
6 DF   POR José Fonte 25 1 22 1 1 0 2 0
7 MF   ENG Darren Ambrose 53 20 44+2 15 5 3 2 2
8 MF   ENG Neil Danns 49 9 41+1 8 5 1 2 0
9 FW   TRI Stern John 16 2 7+9 2 0 0 0 0
10 MF   AUS Nick Carle 26 1 14+8 1 3 0 0+1 0
11 FW   ENG Victor Moses[notes 1] 21 6 14+4 6 1 0 2 0
12 GK   ENG Darryl Flahavan 1 -2 1 -2 0 0 0 0
14 FW   IRL Sean Scannell[notes 2] 29 2 11+15 2 1 0 0+2 0
15 DF   ENG Lee Hills 19 0 10+9 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW   ENG Freddie Sears 19 0 11+7 0 0 0 1 0
17 DF   ENG Matthew Lawrence 21 0 14+4 0 2+1 0 0 0
18 FW   ENG Calvin Andrew 32 2 13+14 1 0+5 1 0 0
19 FW   IRL Alan Lee 47 8 33+9 7 4 1 1 0
20 DF   ENG Danny Butterfield 42 3 36+1 0 4 3 1 0
21 MF   ENG Kieran Djilali 11 1 2+6 1 0+2 0 0+1 0
22 DF   AUT Johannes Ertl 36 1 29+4 0 2 1 0+1 0
24 DF   JAM Claude Davis 26 0 19+2 0 5 0 0 0
28 MF   ENG James Comley 2 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0
29 MF   ENG Ryan Smith 6 0 0+5 0 0 0 0+1 0
33 MF   FRA Alassane N'Diaye 29 3 12+14 3 1 0 2 0
34 MF   ENG Alex Wynter 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
36 FW   CIV Wilfried Zaha[notes 3] 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

Club edit

Management edit

Position Staff
Manager   Neil Warnock (July–March)/  Paul Hart (March–May)/ 
Assistant manager   Mick Jones (July–March)/  Dougie Freedman (March–)
First team coach   Keith Curle (July–March)/  John Pemberton (March–May)
Goalkeeping coach   Jim Stannard
Chief scout   Kevin Randall (July–March)
Fitness coach   Chris Short
Reserve team manager   Ronnie Jepson
Academy manager   David Moss
U18 team/Assistant academy manager   Gary Issott
U13 team   John Salako
Academy coach   Mark Bright
Physiotherapists   Nigel Cox; Sangi Patel and Stuart Wardle

Source: [citation needed]

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
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[a]
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
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Crystal Palace were given a ten-point deduction for entering administration.[2]

Matches edit

Preseason edit

9 July 2009 Boreham Wood 0–4 Crystal Palace Borehamwood
19:30 (Report) Marić   28'
Ertl   32'
Djilali   45'
Thomas   60'
Stadium: Meadow Park
13 July 2009 Crystal Palace Baltimore 2–5 Crystal Palace Waldorf, Maryland
20:00 (local time) Teixeira   15'
Seabrook   55'
(Report) Lee   11'
Flores   42' (o.g.), 90' (o.g.)
Sears   48'
N'Diaye   71'
Stadium: Regency Furniture Stadium
Attendance: 2,136
16 July 2009 Harrisburg City Islanders 1–3 Crystal Palace Lancaster, Pennsylvania
19:00 (local time) Swartzendruber   69' (Report) Sears   33'
Ambrose   38'
Danns   45'
Stadium: Clipper Magazine Stadium
Attendance: 5,099
21 July 2009 Brentford 2–2 Crystal Palace London
19:45 Derry   29' (o.g.)
Weston   56'
(Report) Ambrose   22'
Fonte   77'
Stadium: Griffin Park
24 July 2009 Bristol Rovers 0–3 Crystal Palace Bristol
19:45 (Report) Sears   29'
Danns   84' (pen.)
N'Diaye   89'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,174
25 July 2009 Sutton United 0–2 Crystal Palace XI Sutton
15:00 [ (Report)] M. Wright   3'
Pinney   85'
Stadium: Gander Green Lane
25 July 2009 Northwood 1–0 Crystal Palace XI London
15:00 Matthews   75' [ (Report)] Stadium: Northwood Park
27 July 2009 Croydon Athletic 1–1 Crystal Palace XI London
19:30 Noel   62' [ (Report)] Roberts   11' Stadium: Keith Tuckey Stadium
28 July 2009 Crystal Palace 0–1 Norwich City London
19:30 (Report) Whaley   63' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 2,216
Referee: David Phillips
29 July 2009 East Grinstead Town 0–6 Crystal Palace XI East Grinstead
19:30 [ (Report)] Pinney   18'
Scannell   62'
N'Diaye   64'
Cadogan   69, 84'
Thomas   88'
Stadium: GAC Stadium
30 July 2009 Bromley 0–1 Crystal Palace London
19:45 (Report) N'Diaye   70' Stadium: Hayes Lane
Referee: Phil Crossley
2 August 2009 Crystal Palace 0–1 Gillingham London
14:00 (Report) Payne   62' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 1,980
Referee: Grant Hegley
5 August 2009 Whyteleafe 0–2 Crystal Palace XI Whyteleafe
19:30 [ (Report)] Thomas   30'
Wright  
Stadium: Church Road

Football League Championship edit

8 August 2009 1 Crystal Palace 1–1 Plymouth Argyle London
15:00 Lee   63' (Report) Timár   5' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,358
Referee: Andy Penn
15 August 2009 2 Bristol City 1–0 Crystal Palace Bristol
15:00 Maynard   89' (Report) Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 14,603
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
18 August 2009 3 Ipswich Town 1–3 Crystal Palace Ipswich
19:45 Bruce   62' (Report) Ambrose   49', 50'
Danns   69'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 20,348
Referee: Keith Hill
22 August 2009 4 Crystal Palace 0–2 Newcastle United London
15:00 (Report) Nolan   2'
Taylor   21'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 20,643
Referee: Andy D'Urso
31 August 2009 5 Peterborough United 1–1 Crystal Palace Peterborough
17:15 Batt   53' (Report) Lee   64'
McCarthy   74'  
Stadium: London Road
Attendance: 8,473
Referee: Kevin Friend
12 September 2009 6 Crystal Palace 0–4 Scunthorpe United London
15:00 (Report) Forte   4'
Hayes   58'
Togwell   66'
O'Connor   68'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,912
Referee: Grant Hegley
19 September 2009 7 Crystal Palace 1–0 Derby County London
15:00 Ambrose   55' (Report) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,760
Referee: Michael Oliver
26 September 2009 8 West Bromwich Albion 0–1 Crystal Palace West Bromwich
15:00 (Report) N'Diaye   63' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 21,007
Referee: Russell Booth
29 September 2009 9 Crystal Palace 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday London
20:00 (Report) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,476
Referee: Trevor Kettle
3 October 2009 10 Crystal Palace 4–1 Blackpool London
15:00 Lee   4'
Danns   32'
Ambrose   66'
N'Diaye   89'
(Report) Baptiste   53' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 15,749
Referee: Anthony Taylor
17 October 2009 11 Cardiff City 1–1 Crystal Palace Cardiff
15:00 Whittingham   19' (Report) Hudson   13' (o.g.) Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 21,457
Referee: Steve Tanner
20 October 2009 12 Leicester City 2–0 Crystal Palace Leicester
19:45 Gallagher   59, 81' (Report) Stadium: Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 22,220
Referee: Roger East
24 October 2009 13 Crystal Palace 1–1 Nottingham Forest London
15:00 Ambrose   40' (Report) McGoldrick   48' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 15,692
Referee: Graham Horwood
31 October 2009 14 Preston North End 1–1 Crystal Palace Preston
15:00 Wallace   35' (Report) Ambrose   37' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 12,558
Referee: David Foster
3 November 2009 15 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 Crystal Palace London
20:00 Buzsáky   19' (pen.) (Report) Ambrose   62' (pen.) Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 14,377
Referee: Mick Russell
7 November 2009 16 Crystal Palace 1–0 Middlesbrough London
15:00 Ambrose   65' (Report) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 15,321
Referee: James Linington
21 November 2009 17 Coventry City 1–1 Crystal Palace Coventry
15:00 Best   47' (Report) Ambrose   28' Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 18,400
Referee: Jarnail Singh
28 November 2009 18 Crystal Palace 3–0 Watford London
15:00 Moses   2'
Lee   6'
Ambrose   54'
(Report) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,085
Referee: Oliver Langford
5 December 2009 19 Crystal Palace 0–3 Doncaster Rovers London
15:00 (Report) Sharp   41'
Woods   61'
Hayter   82'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,985
Referee: Paul Miller
8 December 2009 20 Reading 2–4 Crystal Palace Reading
19:45 Pearce   31'
Sigurðsson   80' (pen.)
(Report) Clyne   7'
Ambrose   45+1'
Moses   45+2', 88'
Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 16,629
Referee: Kevin Friend
12 December 2009 21 Sheffield United 2–0 Crystal Palace Sheffield
15:00 Williamson   21'
Quinn   90+1'
(Report) Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 25,510
Referee: Colin Webster
19 December 2009 22 Crystal Palace 1–1 Barnsley London
15:00 Moses   51' (Report) Bogdanovic   19' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,279
Referee: Keith Hill
26 December 2009 23 Crystal Palace 3–1 Ipswich Town London
13:00 Fonte   38'
Danns   58'
Moses   90+4'
(Report) Peters   19'
Stead   39'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 16,496
Referee: Paul Taylor
28 December 2009 24 Swansea City 0–0 Crystal Palace Swansea
15:00 Serrán   17' (Report) Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 18,794
Referee: Anthony Taylor
16 January 2010 25 Plymouth Argyle 0–1 Crystal Palace Plymouth
15:00 (Report) Moses   17' Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 9,318
Referee: Anthony Bates
27 January 2010 26 Newcastle United 2–0 Crystal Palace Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 Derry   20' (o.g.)
Ranger   90+4'
(Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 37,886
Referee: Russell Booth
30 January 2010 27 Crystal Palace 2–0 Peterborough United London
15:00 Danns   28', 65' (Report) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,699
Referee: Graham Salisbury
6 February 2010 28 Scunthorpe United 1–2 Crystal Palace Scunthorpe
15:00 Williams   72'
Mirfin   84'
(Report) Ambrose   63'
Danns   90+3'
Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 5,695
Referee: Paul Tierney
9 February 2010 29 Crystal Palace 0–1 Swansea City London
20:00 (Report) Kuqi   14' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,283
Referee: Graham Scott
17 February 2010 30 Crystal Palace 1–3 Reading London
20:00 Scannell   55' (Report) Church   23, 81'
Kébé   47'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,259
Referee: Dean Whitestone
20 February 2010 31 Crystal Palace 0–1 Coventry City London
15:00 (Report) Bell   85' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,333
Referee: Darren Deadman
27 February 2010 32 Doncaster Rovers 1–1 Crystal Palace Doncaster
15:00 Coppinger   37' (Report) Djilali   67' Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 9,779
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
6 March 2010 33 Crystal Palace 1–0 Sheffield United London
15:00 Lee   23' (Report) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,455
Referee: Andy Penn
9 March 2010 34 Crystal Palace 0–1 Bristol City London
20:00 (Report) Iwelumo   73' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,844
Referee: Mick Russell
13 March 2010 35 Barnsley 0–0 Crystal Palace Barnsley
15:00 (Report) Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 11,416
Referee: Trevor Kettle
16 March 2010 36 Crystal Palace 0–1 Leicester City London
20:00 Davis   43' (Report) Berner   53' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,721
Referee: Steve Tanner
20 March 2010 37 Blackpool 2–2 Crystal Palace Blackpool
15:00 Adam   47'
Burgess   89'
(Report) Carle   3'
Ambrose   34'
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 9,702
Referee: Phil Gibbs
23 March 2010 38 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Crystal Palace Nottingham
19:45 Morgan   45+3'
Tyson   82'
(Report) Lawrence   51' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 20,025
Referee: Andy Hall
27 March 2010 39 Crystal Palace 1–2 Cardiff City London
12:45 Hill   58' (Report) Gyepes   4'
Burke   67'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,464
Referee: Carl Boyeson
30 March 2010 40 Watford 1–3 Crystal Palace Watford
19:45 Graham   83' (Report) John   31'
Scannell   51'
Danns   66'
Hills   87'  
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 15,134
Referee: Paul Taylor
3 April 2010 41 Middlesbrough 1–1 Crystal Palace Middlesbrough
15:00 McDonald   15' (Report) N'Diaye   45' Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 18,428
Referee: Graham Salisbury
5 April 2010 42 Crystal Palace 3–1 Preston North End London
15:00 Danns   40'
Ambrose   50'
Andrew   84'
(Report) Treacy   8' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 16,642
Referee: Roger East
10 April 2010 43 Crystal Palace 0–2 Queens Park Rangers London
15:00 (Report) Buzsáky   11'
Gorkšs   60'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 20,430
Referee: Nigel Miller
17 April 2010 44 Derby County 1–1 Crystal Palace Derby
15:00 Anderson   6' (Report) John   86' Stadium: Pride Park
Attendance: 30,255
Referee: Anthony Bates
26 April 2010 45 Crystal Palace 1–1 West Bromwich Albion London
20:00 Reid   17' (o.g.)
Danns   83'
(Report) Tamaş   21' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 17,798
Referee: Dean Whitestone
2 May 2010 46 Sheffield Wednesday 2–2 Crystal Palace Sheffield
13:00 Clarke   43'
Purse   87'
(Report) Lee   24'
Ambrose   63'
Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 37,121
Referee: Mike Dean

Football League Cup edit

11 August 2009 Round 1 Crystal Palace 2–1 Torquay United London
19:30 Ambrose   65', 78' (pen.) (Report) Sills   74' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 3,140
Referee: David Phillips
27 August 2009 Round 2 Crystal Palace 0–2 Manchester City London
20:00 (Report) Wright-Phillips   50'
Tevez   71'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,725
Referee: Darren Deadman

FA Cup edit

2 January 2010 Round 3 Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 Crystal Palace Sheffield
15:00 Hill   44' (o.g.) (Report) Danns   19'
Andrew   68'
Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 8,690
Referee: Nigel Miller
23 January 2010 Round 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 Crystal Palace Wolverhampton
15:00 David Jones   37'
Zubar   84'
(Report) Lee   3'
Ambrose   49'
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 14,449
Referee: Chris Foy
2 February 2010 Round 4 replay Crystal Palace 3–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers London
19:45 Butterfield   62', 65', 68' (Report) Henry   90' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 10,282
Referee: Lee Mason
14 February 2010 Round 5 Crystal Palace 2–2 Aston Villa London
15:45 Ertl   24'
Ambrose   70'
(Report) Collins   35'
Petrov   87'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 20,486
Referee: Kevin Friend
24 February 2010 Round 5 replay Aston Villa 3–1 Crystal Palace Birmingham
19:45 Agbonlahor   42'
Carew   81' (pen.), 89' (pen.)
(Report) Ambrose   73' (pen.) Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 31,874
Referee: Martin Atkinson

End-of-season awards edit

Award Winner
Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year Julián Speroni
Crystal Palace F.C. Young Player of the Year Nathaniel Clyne
Vice Presidents' Player of the Year Julián Speroni
Vice Presidents' Young Player of the Year Jack Holland
Scholar Player of the Year Jack Holland
Academy Player of the Year Ghassimu Sow
Crystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season Darren Ambrose v Aston Villa (14–02–10)
Football League Special Achievement Award Terry Byfield for 25 years' service to the club

Notes edit

  1. ^ Moses was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but obtained asylum in England at the age of 11, and represented them at youth level before making his international debut for Nigeria in 2012.
  2. ^ Scannell was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland internationally through his father, as well as Jamaica, and has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth and B level.
  3. ^ Zaha was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, but was raised in England from the age of 4, and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for England in November 2012. He would switch his international allegiance back to the Ivory Coast in November 2016 and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in January 2017.

References edit

  1. ^ "Crystal Palace 2009/10 Squad Statistics". ESPN FC. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Crystal Palace in Administration". Football League. 28 January 2010. Archived from the original on 31 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.

External links edit