2009–10 Football League Championship

The 2009–10 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the league under its current title and eighteenth season under its current league division format. It started on 7 August 2009.[3]

Football League Championship
Season2009–10
ChampionsNewcastle United
PromotedNewcastle United
West Bromwich Albion
Blackpool
RelegatedSheffield Wednesday
Plymouth Argyle
Peterborough United
Matches played557
Goals scored1,446 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerPeter Whittingham (22)
Biggest home winReading 6–0 Peterborough
Biggest away winBristol City 0–6 Cardiff City
Highest scoringPeterborough 4–4 Cardiff
Derby 5–3 Preston
Bristol City 5–3 Barnsley
Longest winning runNewcastle United (7 games, twice)[1]
Longest unbeaten runNottingham Forest (19 games)[1]
Longest losing runPlymouth Argyle (7 games)[1]
Highest attendance52,381[2]
Newcastle United 2–2 Ipswich Town
Lowest attendance4,995[1]
Scunthorpe United 4–0 Peterborough United
Average attendance18,119[2]
Newcastle United - Championship winners

Changes from previous season edit

Team changes edit

From Championship edit

Promoted to Premier League

Relegated to League One

To Championship edit

Relegated from Premier League

Promoted from League One

Rule changes edit

On field rule changes edit

  1. 'Home Grown Players' rule which aims to encourage the development of young footballers at League clubs. The new rule will require clubs to name at least four players in their matchday squad that have been registered domestically, for a minimum of three seasons, prior to their 21st birthday
  2. For the first time clubs will also have the opportunity to name seven substitutes (previously five), three of which may enter the field of play (no change)[4]

Note: "Amendments to the laws of the game 2009–2010" also applied[5]

Off field rule changes edit

  1. Financial regulations relating to tax payments. From now on, any club that falls behind with its employee related payments to HMRC will be subject to a transfer embargo until such time as the debt is cleared[4]

Team overview edit

Stadia and locations edit

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Barnsley Barnsley Oakwell 23,009
Blackpool Blackpool Bloomfield Road 12,555
Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate 21,497
Cardiff City Cardiff Cardiff City Stadium 26,828
Coventry City Coventry Ricoh Arena 32,609
Crystal Palace London Selhurst Park 26,309
Derby County Derby Pride Park Stadium 33,597
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 15,231
Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,311
Leicester City Leicester Walkers Stadium 32,500
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 35,100
Newcastle United Newcastle upon Tyne St James' Park 52,387
Nottingham Forest Nottingham City Ground 30,602
Peterborough United Peterborough London Road Stadium 1 15,460
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Home Park 19,500
Preston North End Preston Deepdale 24,500
Queens Park Rangers London Loftus Road 19,128
Reading Reading Madejski Stadium 24,161
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe Glanford Park 1 9,088
Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,609
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Hillsborough Stadium 39,814
Swansea City Swansea Liberty Stadium 20,532
Watford Watford Vicarage Road 19,920
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns 26,500

1 Ground contains some terracing

Personnel and sponsoring edit

Team Manager Team captain Kit maker Sponsor
Barnsley Mark Robins Stephen Foster Lotto Barnsley Building Society
Blackpool Ian Holloway Jason Euell Carbrini Carbrini
Bristol City Steve Coppell Louis Carey Puma DAS
Cardiff City Dave Jones Mark Hudson Puma SBOBET
Coventry City Chris Coleman Stephen Wright Puma Cassidy Group (home), StadiArena (away)
Crystal Palace Paul Hart Shaun Derry Nike GAC Logistics
Derby County Nigel Clough Robbie Savage Adidas Bombardier
Doncaster Rovers Sean O'Driscoll Brian Stock Vandanel Wright Investments
Ipswich Town Roy Keane Jon Walters Mitre Marcus Evans
Leicester City Nigel Pearson Matt Oakley Joma Loros (away)
Middlesbrough Gordon Strachan David Wheater Adidas Garmin
Newcastle United Chris Hughton Nicky Butt Adidas Northern Rock
Nottingham Forest Billy Davies Paul McKenna Umbro Victor Chandler
Peterborough United Gary Johnson Joe Lewis Adidas MRI Overseas Property
Plymouth Argyle Paul Mariner Carl Fletcher Adidas Ginsters
Preston North End Darren Ferguson Callum Davidson Canterbury Enterprise plc
Queens Park Rangers Neil Warnock Mikele Leigertwood Lotto Gulf Air
Reading Brian McDermott Ívar Ingimarsson Puma Waitrose
Scunthorpe United Nigel Adkins Cliff Byrne Carlotti Rainham Steel
Sheffield United Kevin Blackwell Chris Morgan Macron VisitMalta.com
Sheffield Wednesday Alan Irvine Darren Purse Puma The Children's Hospital Sheffield
Swansea City Paulo Sousa Garry Monk Umbro 32Red
Watford Malky Mackay Jay DeMerit Joma Evolution HDTV
West Bromwich Albion Roberto Di Matteo Scott Carson Umbro England 2018 (9 August 2009)
Bluesqbet (15 December 2009)
SBOBET (21 February 2010 and 2 April 2010)
Bathams (20 March 2010)
Esprit (23 March 2010 and 10 April 2010)
Leons (24 March 2010)

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Queens Park Rangers   Gareth Ainsworth End of caretaker spell 9 April 2009 Pre-season   Jim Magilton 3 June 2009
Reading   Steve Coppell Resigned 12 May 2009   Brendan Rodgers 5 June 2009
Watford   Brendan Rodgers Signed by Reading 5 June 2009   Malky Mackay 15 June 2009
Swansea City   Roberto Martínez Signed by Wigan Athletic 15 June 2009   Paulo Sousa 23 June 2009
West Bromwich Albion   Tony Mowbray Signed by Celtic 16 June 2009   Roberto Di Matteo 30 June 2009
Barnsley   Simon Davey Sacked 29 August 2009 24th   Mark Robins 11 September 2009
Middlesbrough   Gareth Southgate 20 October 2009 3rd   Gordon Strachan 26 October 2009
Peterborough United   Darren Ferguson Mutual consent 9 November 2009 24th   Mark Cooper 14 November 2009
Plymouth Argyle   Paul Sturrock Promoted to business support 10 December 2009 23rd   Paul Mariner 10 December 2009
Sheffield Wednesday   Brian Laws Sacked 13 December 2009 22nd   Alan Irvine 8 January 2010
Reading   Brendan Rodgers Mutual consent 16 December 2009 21st   Brian McDermott 27 January 2010
Queens Park Rangers   Jim Magilton 16 December 2009 14th   Paul Hart 17 December 2009
Preston North End   Alan Irvine Sacked 29 December 2009 16th   Darren Ferguson 6 January 2010
Queens Park Rangers   Paul Hart Mutual consent 14 January 2010 20th   Neil Warnock 1 March 2010
Peterborough United   Mark Cooper Sacked 1 February 2010 24th   Jim Gannon 1 February 2010
Crystal Palace   Neil Warnock Signed by Queens Park Rangers 1 March 2010 21st   Paul Hart 2 March 2010
Bristol City   Gary Johnson Mutual consent 18 March 2010 16th   Steve Coppell 22 April 2010
Peterborough United   Jim Gannon 6 April 2010 24th   Gary Johnson 6 April 2010

League table edit

A total of 24 teams contested the division, including 18 sides remaining in the division from last season, three relegated from the Premier League, and three promoted from League One.

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
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[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
24 Peterborough United (R) 46 8 10 28 46 80 −34 34
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Crystal Palace were given a ten-point deduction for entering administration.[6]

Play-offs edit

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

First leg edit

Blackpool2–1Nottingham Forest
Southern   26'
Adam   57' (pen.)
(Report)   13' Cohen
Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
Attendance: 11,805
Referee: Phil Dowd
Leicester City0–1Cardiff City
(Report)   13' Whittingham
Attendance: 29,165
Referee: Alan Wiley

Second leg edit

Nottingham Forest3–4Blackpool
Earnshaw   7', 66'
Adebola   90+2'
(Report)   56', 76', 79' Campbell
  72' Dobbie
Attendance: 28,358

Blackpool win 6–4 on aggregate

Cardiff City2 – 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
Attendance: 26,033
Referee: Howard Webb

Cardiff City 3–3 Leicester City on aggregate. Cardiff City win 4–3 on penalties

Final edit

Blackpool3–2Cardiff City
Adam   12'
Taylor-Fletcher   39'
Ormerod   45'
(Report)   8' Chopra
  36' Ledley
Attendance: 82,244

Blackpool are promoted to the Premier League

Results edit

Fixtures for the 2009–10 season were announced by The Football League on 17 June 2009.[3][7]

Home \ Away BAR BLP BRI CAR COV CRY DER DON IPS LEI MID NEW NOT PET PLY PNE QPR REA SCU SHU SHW SWA WAT WBA
Barnsley 1–0 2–3 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–3 0–3 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–1
Blackpool 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 4–1 3–0 1–2 5–1 3–2 2–3
Bristol City 5–3 2–0 0–6 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–5 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1
Cardiff City 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 6–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 4–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 1–1
Coventry City 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 0–4 0–0
Crystal Palace 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–3 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–3 0–4 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–1
Derby County 2–3 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 5–3 2–4 2–1 1–4 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–2
Doncaster Rovers 0–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–3 0–1 1–4 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 4–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–3
Ipswich Town 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
Leicester City 1–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–0 1–2 5–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 1–2
Middlesbrough 2–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–5
Newcastle United 6–1 4–1 0–0 5–1 4–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–2
Nottingham Forest 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 4–1 3–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–4 0–1
Peterborough United 1–2 0–1 1–0 4–4 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 3–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–3
Plymouth Argyle 0–0 0–2 3–2 1–3 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–1
Preston North End 1–4 0–0 2–2 3–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–0
Queens Park Rangers 5–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–5 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 4–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1
Reading 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 2–4 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 6–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 5–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
Scunthorpe United 2–1 2–4 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 4–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–3
Sheffield United 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–4 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 4–3 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–2
Sheffield Wednesday 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 4–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–4
Swansea City 3–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–2
Watford 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–4 2–3 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–1 0–1 1–1
West Bromwich Albion 1–1 3–2 4–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 5–0
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2010. Source: The Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers and assists edit

Season statistics edit

Scoring edit

  • First goal of the season: Miles Addison for Derby County against Peterborough United, 4:00 minutes (8 August 2009)[10]
  • Fastest goal in a match: 23 seconds
    • Billy Clarke for Blackpool against Preston North End (30 November 2009)
    • Daryl Murphy for Ipswich Town against Middlesbrough (6 February 2010)[11]
  • Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+6:12Pablo Couñago for Ipswich Town against Coventry City (16 January 2010)[12]
  • First own goal of the season: Kaspars Gorkšs (Queens Park Rangers) for Plymouth Argyle, 90+2:26 minutes (15 August 2009)[13]
  • First penalty kick of the season: Paul Hartley (scored) for Bristol City against Preston North End, 48:35 (8 August 2009)[14]
  • Widest winning margin: 6
    • Bristol City 0–6 Cardiff City (26 January 2010)[15]
    • Reading 6–0 Peterborough United (17 April 2010)[16]
  • Most goals in one half: 6
    • Newcastle United 6–1 Barnsley (5 March 2010)
    • Bristol City 2–5 Doncaster Rovers (5 March 2010)
  • Most goals in one half by a single team: 5
    • Newcastle United 6–1 Barnsley (5 March 2010)
  • Most goals scored by losing team: 3
    • Sheffield United 3–4 Cardiff City (24 October 2009)
    • Sheffield United 4–3 Plymouth Argyle (27 February 2010)
    • Bristol City 5–3 Barnsley (23 March 2010)
    • Doncaster Rovers 4–3 Scunthorpe United (24 April 2010)[17]
    • Nottingham Forest 3–4 Blackpool (11 May 2010)[18]
  • Most goals scored by one player in a match: 4
    • Michael Chopra (Cardiff City vs. Derby County) – 36, 57, 62, 75 minutes (29 September 2009)[19]
Hat-tricks
Player Nationality For Against Result Goals scored Date Ref
Shola Ameobi Nigeria Newcastle United Reading 3–0 3 15 August 2009
Michael Chopra England Cardiff City Plymouth Argyle 3–1 3 18 August 2009
Kevin Nolan England Newcastle United Ipswich Town 4–0 3 26 September 2009
Michael Chopra England Cardiff City Derby County 6–1 4 29 September 2009
Peter Whittingham England Cardiff City Sheffield United 4–3 3 24 October 2009
Darius Henderson England Sheffield United Bristol City 3–2 3 28 November 2009
Robert Earnshaw Wales Nottingham Forest Leicester City 5–1 3 5 December 2009
Freddy Eastwood Wales Coventry City Peterborough United 3–2 3 12 December 2009
Paul Gallagher Scotland Leicester City Scunthorpe United 5–1 3 13 February 2010

Discipline edit

Monthly awards edit

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Notes
Manager Club Player Club
August Chris Hughton Newcastle United Shola Ameobi Newcastle United [26]
September Chris Hughton Newcastle United Leon Best Coventry City [27][28]
October Dave Jones Cardiff City Peter Whittingham Cardiff City [29][30]
November Chris Hughton Newcastle United Darren Ambrose Crystal Palace [31][32]
December Billy Davies Nottingham Forest Lee Camp Nottingham Forest [33][34]
January Alan Irvine Sheffield Wednesday Charlie Adam Blackpool [35][36]
February Nigel Pearson Leicester City Paul Gallagher Leicester City [37]
March Brian McDermott Reading Gylfi Sigurðsson Reading [38][39]
April Chris Hughton Newcastle United Kevin Nolan Newcastle United [38][40]

Team of the Year edit

Events edit

Controversy edit

  • 15 August 2009

During a game between Bristol City and Crystal Palace, Freddie Sears scored a goal that ricocheted off the stanchion and went back out, but the linesman didn't see the goal and so it was disallowed.[41] Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock called for a replay.[42] Following the game, the three officials were suspended until it could be solved.[43]

  • 28 November 2009

The tie between Plymouth and Barnsley was abandoned after 58 minutes because of heavy rain affecting the pitch. Barnsley were winning 4–1 and manager Mark Robins argued that it was a "let off" for Plymouth and that the travelling Barnsley fans should be reimbursed.[44] The postponed match took place on 30 March, where it ended in a 0–0 draw.[45]

Crystal Palace administration edit

On 27 January 2010, the Football League had announced that Crystal Palace had been placed into administration and Sheffield firm P&A Partnership were appointed as administrators for the club. Palace were docked ten points and dropped from 9th to 21st.[46] They managed to survive another season in the Championship, but only after drawing 2–2 with Sheffield Wednesday on the final day and confined Wednesday to League One football in 2010–11.[47]

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External links edit