2009–10 Premier Reserve League

The 2009–10 Premier Reserve League (officially known as the 2009–10 Barclays Premier Reserve League for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season since the establishment of the Premier Reserve League. The season began on 24 August 2009 and ended with the play-off final being hosted by the Northern League champions on 3 May 2010^[1] (The venue for the final alternates between the Northern & Southern champions).

Premier Reserve League

Season	2009–10
Champions	Manchester United
Goals scored	479
Average goals/game	2.94
Top goalscorer	Ryan Noble (10)
Biggest home win	West Ham United 6–0 Birmingham City (8 September 2009)
Biggest away win	Chelsea 0–4 Aston Villa (25 August 2009) Birmingham City 0-4 Arsenal (1 September 2009) Sunderland 1–5 Hull City (1 September 2009) Sunderland 0–4 Manchester United (21 January 2010)
Highest scoring	Portsmouth 2–5 Chelsea (1 September 2009) Wigan Athletic 3-4 Man City (15 September 2009) Sunderland 6–1 Bolton (3 November 2009) Wigan 2–5 Everton (10 November 2009) West Ham 5–2 Stoke (24 November 2009) Manchester United 6–1 Hull City (8 April 2010)
Longest winning run	7 games - Liverpool (2 September 2009 – 10 November 2009)
Longest unbeaten run	15 games - Aston Villa (25 August 2009 – 15 April 2010)
Longest losing run	7 games - Bolton Wanderers (19 October 2009 – 15 February 2010)
Highest attendance	2,803 – Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United (24 February 2010)
Lowest attendance	87 – Portsmouth v Stoke City (16 March 2010)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The events in the senior leagues during the 2008–09 season saw Middlesbrough, Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion all relegated and replaced by the promoted teams Burnley, Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Birmingham City. Tottenham Hotspur will not be entering a team for this season.^[2]

On 12 April 2010, in a behind closed doors fixture at their Bodymoor Heath training ground, Aston Villa beat Fulham 2-1 with goals from Barry Bannan and Ciaran Clark to book their place in the playoff final with 2 league games to spare.^[3][4]

On 20 April, Liverpool lost 1-0 ^[5] at home to Everton. This was their 4th defeat in a row^[6] and it handed the Premier Reserve League North title to Manchester United.^[7]

The playoff final went to a penalty shoot out where Manchester United beat Aston Villa 3-2. Goalkeeper, Ben Foster scoring the decisive penalty kick. The match had finished 3-3 in normal time.

Tables

Premier Reserve League North

Final table as of 4 May 2010

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United Reserves (C)	18	13	2	3	35	10	+25	41
2	Manchester City Reserves	18	10	5	3	34	20	+14	35
3	Liverpool Reserves	18	10	2	6	28	20	+8	32
4	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	18	8	5	5	35	24	+11	29
5	Sunderland Reserves	18	7	1	10	25	32	−7	22
6	Wigan Athletic Reserves	18	6	3	9	28	35	−7	21
7	Burnley Reserves	18	6	3	9	22	36	–14	21
8	Hull City Reserves	18	6	2	10	22	26	–4	20
9	Everton Reserves	18	5	3	10	17	30	–13	18
10	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	18	5	2	11	24	37	–13	17

Premier Reserve League South

Final table as of 27 April 2010

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Aston Villa Reserves (C)	16	11	4	1	34	12	+22	37
2	Arsenal Reserves	16	10	2	4	28	14	+14	32
3	Fulham Reserves	16	8	4	4	25	19	+6	28
4	Chelsea Reserves	16	7	1	8	27	26	+1	22
5	Portsmouth Reserves	16	6	3	7	21	27	–6	21
6	West Ham United Reserves	16	5	4	7	26	27	–1	19
7	Birmingham City Reserves	16	4	3	9	14	34	−20	15
8	Wolves Reserves	16	3	5	8	16	21	−5	14
9	Stoke City Reserves	16	3	4	9	13	24	–11	13

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; C = Champions

Play-off Final

3 May 2010^[1]

15:00 BST

Manchester United Reserves	3 – 3	Aston Villa Reserves
Diouf   43', 88' Macheda   60' (pen.)		Delfouneso   22', 55' Clark   82'
Penalties
Macheda   Possebon   Keane   Foster   Evans	3 – 2	Bannan   Albrighton   Weimann   Delfouneso   Collins

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 2,165

Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

Results

Premier Reserve League North Bla Bol Bur Eve Hul Liv MCi MUn Sun Wig Bla 1–2 4–0 4-0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–2 Bol 3–3 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–3 2–1 3–0 Bur 3–2 3–3 2–3 2–1 3–1 1–4 0-1 0–1 2–2 Eve 0–3 1–2 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–4 Hul 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 Liv 1-2 3–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 MCi 0–0 2–0 1–2 4–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 MUn 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 6–1 1–0 2–2 4–0 2–1 Sun 3–1 6–1 0–1 2–0 1–5 0–1 2–3 0–4 3–0 Wig 0–3 2–0 5–0 2–5 2–1 3–2 3–4 1–0 0–1

Premier Reserve League South Ars Ast Bir Che Ful Por Sto Wes Wol Ars 1–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 Ast 1–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 Bir 0–4 3–3 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 Che 1–2 0–4 1–2 3–3 1–0 3–0 4–1 2–0 Ful 1–0 0–3 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 Por 0–3 3–1 2–1 2–5 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 Sto 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–3 4–0 0–0 1–0 Wes 2–4 0–1 6–0 2–1 3-2 1–1 5–2 0–0 Wol 2–2 0–3 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 4–1

Top scorers

Premier Reserve League North Rank Player Team Goals 1   Ryan Noble Sunderland Reserves 10 2   David Ball Manchester City Reserves 7   Tomasz Kupisz Wigan Athletic Reserves 7 4   Mame Diouf Manchester United Reserves 6   Alex Nimely Manchester City Reserves 6 6   Wes Fletcher Burnley Reserves 5   Róbert Mak Manchester City Reserves 5   Frédéric Nimani Burnley Reserves 5   James Poole Manchester City Reserves 5   Danny Ward Bolton Wanderers Reserves 5 11   Tomasz Cywka Wigan Athletic Reserves 4   Aaron Doran Blackburn Rovers Reserves 4   David Dowson Sunderland Reserves 4   Nathan Eccleston Liverpool Reserves 4   Magnus Eikrem Manchester United Reserves 4   Roy O'Donovan Sunderland Reserves 4   Maceo Rigters Blackburn Rovers Reserves 4   Zoran Tošić Manchester United Reserves 4   Ricardo Vaz Tê Bolton Wanderers Reserves 4

Premier Reserve League South Rank Player Team Goals 1   Andreas Weimann Aston Villa Reserves 9 2   Louis Moult Stoke City Reserves 7 3   Nathan Delfouneso Aston Villa Reserves 6 4   Fabio Borini Chelsea Reserves 5   Daniel Sturridge Chelsea Reserves 5   Sanchez Watt Arsenal Reserves 5 7   Nacer Barazite Arsenal Reserves 4   Ciaran Clark Aston Villa Reserves 4   Danny Hoesen Fulham Reserves 4   Frédéric Piquionne Portsmouth Reserves 4   Gilles Sunu Arsenal Reserves 4

Promotion and relegation

• Teams relegated from the Premier Reserve League at the end of this season:
• Hull City^[8]
• Burnley^[9]
• Portsmouth^[10]
• Teams promoted to the Premier Reserve League next season:
• Newcastle United^[11]
• West Bromwich Albion^[12]
• Blackpool^[13]

See also

• 2009–10 Premier Academy League
• 2009–10 FA Youth Cup
• 2009–10 Premier League
• 2009–10 in English football

References

1. . avfc.co.uk. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
2. "TottenhamHotspur.com » Spurs pull out of reserve league". tottenhamhotspur.com. 2009-06-12. from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
3. . avfc.co.uk. 12 April 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
4. . fulhamfc.com. 2010-04-12. Archived from the original on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
5. "liverpoolfc.tv » Blues stun young Reds". liverpoolfc.tv. 2010-04-20. from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
6. . liverpoolfc.tv. 2010-04-20. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
7. . manutd.com. 2010-04-20. Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
8. . yahoo.com. 2010-05-03. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
9. "yahoo.com » Burnley relegated from English Premier League". yahoo.com. 2010-04-25. Retrieved 2010-04-25.^{[dead link]}
10. "bbc.co.uk » West Ham win relegates Portsmouth". bbc.co.uk. 2010-04-10. from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
11. "bbc.co.uk » Newcastle secure promotion". bbc.co.uk. 2010-04-06. from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
12. "bbc.co.uk » West Bromwich Albion secure promotion". bbc.co.uk. 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
13. "premierleague.com » Blackpool promoted to Premier League". premierleague.com. 2010-05-22. from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-22.

External links

• Current league tables    
• Fixtures and results    

Match reports

Match reports can be found at each club's official website:

Premier Reserve League North	Premier Reserve League South
Sunderland