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2009–10 in English football

January 01, 1970

The 2009–2010 season was the 130th season of competitive football in England.

The 2009 season officially began on 8 August 2009 for the Championship, League One, League Two and the Premier League. The Championship season finished on 2 May 2010, with the Premier League, League One and League Two concluding on the weekend of 8–9 May.[1]

Promotion and relegation (pre-season) edit

Teams promoted to 2009–10 Premier League

Teams relegated from 2008–09 Premier League

Teams promoted to 2009–10 Football League Championship

Teams relegated from 2008–09 Football League Championship

Teams promoted to 2009–10 Football League One

Teams relegated from 2008–09 Football League One

Teams promoted to 2009–10 Football League Two

Teams relegated from 2008–09 Football League Two

Managerial changes edit

See also: List of English Football League managers
Name Club Date of departure Replacement Date of appointment
Bryan Gunn Norwich City 14 August 2009[2] Paul Lambert 18 August 2009[3]
Paul Lambert Colchester United 18 August 2009[3] Aidy Boothroyd 2 September 2009[4]
Simon Davey Barnsley 29 August 2009[5] Mark Robins 9 September 2009[6]
Peter Jackson Lincoln City 2 September 2009[7] Chris Sutton 28 September 2009[8]
Stuart Gray Northampton Town 8 September 2009[9] Ian Sampson1 5 October 2009[10]
Mark Robins Rotherham United 9 September 2009[11] Ronnie Moore 24 September 2009[12]
Colin Todd Darlington 26 September 2009[13] Steve Staunton 5 October 2009[14]
Guðjón Þórðarson Crewe Alexandra 2 October 2009[15] Dario Gradi 2 October 2009[16]
John Barnes Tranmere Rovers 9 October 2009[17] Les Parry 16 December 2009[18]
Peter Taylor Wycombe Wanderers 9 October 2009[19] Gary Waddock 13 October 2009[20]
Ian McParland Notts County 12 October 2009[21] Hans Backe 27 October 2009[22]
Gary Waddock Aldershot Town 13 October 2009[20] Kevin Dillon 9 November 2009[23]
Mike Newell Grimsby Town 18 October 2009[24] Neil Woods 23 November 2009[25]
Gareth Southgate Middlesbrough 21 October 2009[26] Gordon Strachan 26 October 2009[27]
Russell Slade Brighton & Hove Albion 1 November 2009[28] Gustavo Poyet 10 November 2009[29]
Darren Ferguson Peterborough United 9 November 2009[30] Mark Cooper 14 November 2009[31][32]
Paul Hart Portsmouth 24 November 2009[33] Avram Grant 26 November 2009[34]
Paul Sturrock Plymouth Argyle 10 December 2009[35] Paul Mariner 10 December 2009[35]
Martin Allen Cheltenham Town 11 December 2009[36] Mark Yates 22 December 2009[37]
Brian Laws Sheffield Wednesday 13 December 2009[38] Alan Irvine 8 January 2010[39]
Hans Backe Notts County 15 December 2009[40] Steve Cotterill 23 February 2010[41]
Jim Magilton Queens Park Rangers 16 December 2009[42] Paul Hart 17 December 2009[43]
Brendan Rodgers Reading 17 December 2009[44] Brian McDermott2 27 January 2010[45]
Mark Hughes Manchester City 19 December 2009[46] Roberto Mancini 21 December 2009[47]
Alan Irvine Preston North End 29 December 2009[48] Darren Ferguson 6 January 2010[49]
Gary Megson Bolton Wanderers 30 December 2009[50] Owen Coyle 8 January 2010[51]
Owen Coyle Burnley 8 January 2010[51] Brian Laws 13 January 2010[52]
Paul Hart Queens Park Rangers 15 January 2010[53] Neil Warnock 1 March 2010[54]
Mark Cooper Peterborough United 1 February 2010[55] Jim Gannon 2 February 2010[56]
Stuart McCall Bradford City 8 February 2010[57] Peter Taylor 17 February 2010[58]
Neil Warnock Crystal Palace 1 March 2010[54] Paul Hart 2 March 2010[59]
Keith Alexander Macclesfield Town 3 March 2010[60] Gary Simpson3 14 April 2010[61]
John Trewick Hereford United 8 March 2010 Graham Turner 8 March 2010[62]
Phil Brown Hull City 15 March 2010[63] Iain Dowie 17 March 2010
Gary Johnson Bristol City 18 March 2010[64] Steve Coppell4 19 April 2010
Steve Staunton Darlington 21 March 2010[65] Simon Davey 1 April 2010[66]
Geraint Williams Leyton Orient 3 April 2010[67] Russell Slade 5 April 2010[68]
Jim Gannon Peterborough United 6 April 2010[69] Gary Johnson 6 April 2010[70]
Ian Hendon Barnet 28 April 2010 Mark Stimson 1 June 2010[71]
Paul Simpson Shrewsbury Town 30 April 2010 Graham Turner 11 June 2010[72]
Chris Coleman Coventry City 4 May 2010[73] Aidy Boothroyd 20 May 2010
Dave Penney Oldham Athletic 6 May 2010 Paul Dickov 9 June 2010[74]
Paul Mariner Plymouth Argyle 6 May 2010 Peter Reid 24 June 2010[75]
Mark Stimson Gillingham 10 May 2010[76] Andy Hessenthaler 21 May 2010
Paul Ince Milton Keynes Dons 10 May 2010[77] Karl Robinson 10 May 2010
Gianfranco Zola West Ham United 11 May 2010[78] Avram Grant 3 June 2010[79]
Aidy Boothroyd Colchester United 20 May 2010 John Ward 31 May 2010[80]
Avram Grant Portsmouth 31 May 2010 Steve Cotterill 17 June 2010[81]
Steve Cotterill Notts County 27 May 2010 Craig Short 4 June 2010[82]
Rafael Benítez Liverpool 3 June 2010[83] Roy Hodgson 1 July 2010

Notes

  • 1 Sampson was named caretaker manager following Gray's departure on 8 September and appointed full-time on 5 October.
  • 2 McDermott was named caretaker manager following Rogers' departure on 17 December and was appointed full-time on 27 January.
  • 3 Simpson was named caretaker manager on 3 March and appointed full-time on 14 April.
  • 4 Keith Millen remained caretaker manager until the end of the season when Coppell took charge.

Diary of the season edit

July 2009 edit

1 July: Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo completed his world record £80 million move from Manchester United to Real Madrid. English defender Glen Johnson switched from Portsmouth to Liverpool for £18 million, one of the highest fees ever paid for a defender. English midfielder Gareth Barry ended 11 years at Aston Villa and signed for Manchester City for £12 million.

6 July: Chelsea signed Russian winger Yuri Zhirkov from CSKA Moscow for £18 million.

26 July: An England XI defeated a Germany XI 3–2 at St James' Park, Newcastle, in a charity match raising money for the cancer charity of former England manager Sir Bobby Robson. Robson, who has fought the illness since 1992 and gone into remission four times, attended the match in a wheelchair.

27 July: English striker Peter Crouch, who began his career with Tottenham Hotspur as an apprentice but left without playing for them, returned to White Hart Lane in a £9 million move from Portsmouth.

31 July: Sir Bobby Robson died, aged 76.

August 2009 edit

5 August: Sunderland paid a club record £10 million for England and Tottenham Hotspur striker Darren Bent. Liverpool sold Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid for £30 million.

12 August: England came back from 2–0 down to draw 2–2 against Netherlands in Amsterdam thanks to two goals by Jermain Defoe.

14 August: Bryan Gunn became the first managerial casualty of the season when his contract was terminated by Norwich City of League One.[84]

15 August: The new Premier League season kicks off, with the highlight of the opening day coming at Goodison Park where Arsenal trounce Everton 6–1 in the biggest opening day victory at this level for 15 years. Burnley's returned to the top flight after 33 years away began on a low note when an own goal by Stephen Jordan contributed to a 2–0 defeat against Stoke City.

19 August: Burnley achieved a shocking 1–0 home win over Manchester United, with the only goal of the match coming from veteran striker Robbie Blake.

23 August: The highlight of the second weekend of the Premier League season came when Burnley achieves another shocking 1–0 win, this time over Everton after French striker Louis Saha missed a penalty.

25 August: Some of the worst scenes of football hooliganism in years are witnessed in West Ham United's 3–1 home win over Millwall in the League Cup second round. Fans invaded the pitch twice and there was widespread violence in the stands[85] and the streets surrounding Upton Park, including an incident in which a man suffered stab wounds. Manchester City pays £22 million for Everton and England defender Joleon Lescott.

27 August: Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp suggested West Ham and Millwall should never be allowed to play each other in a cup competition again.[86]

31 August: The first month of the Premier League season ended with Chelsea as leaders, level on 12 points with second-placed Tottenham Hotspur. Defending champions Manchester United are third, with underdogs Stoke City standing fourth after a strong start to the season.[87]

September 2009 edit

1 September: Everton signed Dutch defender Johnny Heitinga from Atlético Madrid for £6 million.

9 September: England secured qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup after a 5–1 win over Croatia at Wembley Stadium.

20 September: The Manchester derby at Old Trafford produced one of the most thrilling matches of the season as United defeated Manchester City 4–3 thanks to a stoppage time winner by Michael Owen.[88]

30 September: Manchester United and Chelsea are level on 18 points at the top of the Premier League, three points ahead of their nearest rivals Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. Arsenal and Manchester City complete the top six. Portsmouth are bottom of the table after starting the season with a record seven consecutive defeats, joined in the relegation zone by West Ham United and Hull City.[89]

October 2009 edit

2 October: Sheffield United striker Jordan Robertson is jailed for 32 months on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving in relation to a fatal car crash on the M1 motorway in December 2008.[90]

17 October: Sunderland defeat Liverpool 1–0 at the Stadium of Light after Darren Bent's shot is deflected in off a beachball.[91]

21 October: Gareth Southgate's contract as manager of Middlesbrough is terminated, despite them standing fourth in the Championship one season after relegation from the Premier League.[92] 26 October 2009: Gordon Strachan is appointed as Middlesbrough's new manager, five months after resigning from Celtic.[93][94]

29 October: Wigan Athletic striker Marlon King has his contract terminated by the club after receiving an 18-month prison sentence for assaulting a woman in a nightclub. It is the second time King has been in convicted and incarcerated,[95] having also received an 18-month prison sentence in 2002 when convicted of driving a stolen car.[96]

31 October: October draws to a close with Chelsea now two points ahead of Manchester United, with the rest of the top four unchanged from the end of last month. Portsmouth remains bottom, but have now gained their first seven points of the season, while West Ham and Hull City complete the bottom three once again.[97]

November 2009 edit

30 November: November ends with Chelsea two points ahead of Manchester United and with a match in hand, while the only change to the rest of the top six is that Aston Villa has displaced Liverpool, who are now seventh. Portsmouth remain bottom, now joined in the relegation zone by Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bolton Wanderers.[98]

December 2009 edit

13 December: Brian Laws leaves Championship strugglers Sheffield Wednesday after three years as manager.[99]

15 December: Brendan Rodgers is sacked after six months as manager of Reading, who are battling relegation from the Championship just months after almost being promoted under his predecessor Steve Coppell.[100]

16 December: The 11 venues for England's 2018 World Cup bid are announced. Three stadiums in London will feature – Wembley (England national team), Emirates Stadium (Arsenal) and either the Olympic Stadium or a rebuilt White Hart Lane (Tottenham Hotspur). Birmingham (Aston Villa's Villa Park), Bristol (a proposed new stadium for Bristol City), Leeds (Leeds United's Elland Road), Liverpool (the current stadium, Anfield, or its replacement), Milton Keynes (Stadium MK, home of Milton Keynes Dons), Nottingham (new Nottingham Forest stadium), Manchester (Old Trafford and the City of Manchester Stadium), Newcastle (St James' Park), Plymouth (Home Park), Sheffield (Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough) and Sunderland (Stadium of Light) have also been selected as venues if England are accepted as hosts.[101]

19 December: Despite being sixth in the Premier League and being on course for their highest league finish in nearly 20 years, Manchester City sack manager Mark Hughes and appoint Italian Robert Mancini as his successor.[102]

22 December: Albert Scanlon, former Manchester United winger who survived the Munich air disaster in 1958, dies at age 74 after a two-month illness. There are now just four players who survived the crash still alive.[103]

30 December: Premier League strugglers Bolton Wanderers sack manager Gary Megson after two years in charge, while Alan Irvine is sacked after the same length of time in charge of Championship side Preston North End.[104][105]

31 December: The decade draws to a close with Chelsea two points ahead of Manchester United at the top of the Premier League. Arsenal is two points behind United in third place, with Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City, Aston Villa and Liverpool completing the top seven. A surprise challenge for Europe place is coming from newly-promoted Birmingham City, who have collected 32 points from their opening 20 matches. Portsmouth is bottom of the Premier League, with Hull City and Bolton Wanderers completing the relegation zone.[106]

January 2010 edit

3 January: Manchester United suffer a shock exit at home to League One leader Leeds United in the FA Cup third round, their 1–0 defeat being their first defeat at the entry stage of the competition in 26 years.[107]

5 January: The first managerial change of the decade takes place when Owen Coyle leaves Burnley to take over as manager of local rivals Bolton Wanderers.[108]

6 January: Darren Ferguson is appointed manager of Preston North End and declares his ambition to take them into the Premier League and play against his father Sir Alex's Manchester United side.[109]

8 January: Alan Irvine is appointed manager of Sheffield Wednesday.[110]

9 January: Seven of the Premier League fixtures this weekend are postponed due to heavy snow across Britain.[111] Four fixtures survive in the Championship and two will be played in League One, but the whole League Two program is postponed.[112]

13 January: Another shock in the FA Cup third round takes place at Anfield, where Liverpool lose 2–1 to Championship strugglers Reading in the replay, casting further doubt on the position of manager Rafael Benítez, whose job has reportedly been on the line for weeks due to sub-standard form by his team.[113] Burnley appoint Brian Laws as their new manager.[114]

18 January: Championship leaders Newcastle United announce a new four-year sponsorship deal with Northern Rock, the bank which has been nationalized for two years after almost collapsing due to the credit crunch which brought on the current recession.[115]

31 January: January draws to a close with Chelsea a point ahead of the nearest challengers Manchester United in the Premier League, with a match in hand. Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and Manchester City complete the top six. Burnley, Hull City and Portsmouth occupy the bottom three.[116]

February 2010 edit

19 February: Chester City, the bottom of the Conference Premier with −3 points due to a 25-point deduction imposed upon them for financial problems, are suspended from their league until further notice for breach of league rules. A takeover deal is still in the pipeline for the club, who last season was relegated from the Football League for the second time in a decade.[117]

23 February: Portsmouth, bottom of the Premier League, are reported to be within 72 hours of receivership.[118]

26 February: Portsmouth goes into administration, the first Premier League club to do so. They are set to be deducted nine points and are already bottom of the table with 16 points. The points deduction would leave with just seven points and make relegation almost certain.[119] Chester City, bottom of the Conference National with −3 points after a 25-point deduction for similar financial problems, are expelled from the Conference a year after being relegated from the Football League and were wound-up shortly after. Their expulsion made them the first team at this level to fold mid-season since Newport County in February 1989.[120]

28 February: Manchester United steal the first major silverware of the season by beating Aston Villa 2–1 in the League Cup final at Wembley, retaining the trophy. It is the fourth time they have won the trophy – all of the wins have been under the management of Sir Alex Ferguson.[121] In the Premier League, United are still looking strong contenders for the title as they stand one point behind leaders Chelsea. Arsenal's good form has seen them occupy third place with just two points less than United and a nine-point gap outside their nearest contenders Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City.[106]

March 2010 edit

3 March: Keith Alexander, manager of League Two strugglers Macclesfield Town, dies suddenly at age 53. Alexander had been manager of the Cheshire club since February 2008 and also been in charge of Lincoln City (twice), Peterborough United and non-league sides Ilkeston Town and Northwich Victoria in a managerial career which began in 1993. He had suffered a near fatal brain aneurysm in November 2003 during his second spell as Lincoln City manager.[122]

8 March: Chester City's expulsion from the Conference Premier is confirmed and their record for this season is expunged, sparking a revised league table which sees Oxford United taking over from Stevenage Borough as leaders, while York City drop out of the playoff zone and Cambridge United move dangerously closer to the relegation zone.[123]

14 March: England captain David Beckham suffers an Achilles tendon injury during a Serie A match for Milan (where he is on loan from the LA Galaxy) and is expected to miss this summer's World Cup.[124]

15 March: Newport County, the former Football League club who reformed in 1989 after going bankrupt and being expelled from the Conference, achieve an early promotion back to the highest division outside the Football League as Conference South champions.[125]

17 March: Portsmouth's nine-point deduction for going into administration is confirmed, making relegation from the Premier League almost certain as they remain bottom of the table but are now 17 points adrift of safety with nine matches left to play.[126]

18 March: Fulham defeat Italian giants Juventus 4–1 on the night and 5–4 on aggregate to progress to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League.

28 March: Southampton defeat Carlisle United 1–4 at Wembley Stadium to win the Football League Trophy.

April 2010 edit

5 April: The first of the promotions and relegations in the Football League are confirmed when Newcastle United seal promotion from the Championship to the Premier League after one season away, while the division's bottom club Peterborough United (in their last match under the management of Jim Gannon before the appointment of Gary Johnson) are relegated back to League One after just one season.[127][128]

6 April: Arsenal's dreams of a first UEFA Champions League triumph are ended when they are eliminated by Barcelona in the quarter-finals.[129]

7 April: Manchester United's hopes of winning the UEFA Champions League are ended when they are eliminated in the quarter-finals by Bayern Munich on away goals.[130]

8 April: Fulham reach the UEFA Europa League semi-finals with a 3–1 aggregate win over VfL Wolfsburg in the quarter-finals.[131] Liverpool also reach the semi-finals by eliminating Benfica.[132]

10 April: Portsmouth become the first Premier League club to be relegated this season when fellow relegation side West Ham United beat Sunderland 1–0, while West Bromwich Albion are promoted to the Premier League for the fourth time in nine seasons.[133] Chelsea's double hopes are given a massive boost when they defeat Aston Villa 3–0 in the FA Cup semi-final.[134] In the Championship, a 3–0 victory for Nottingham Forest over Ipswich Town guarantees Forest's spot in the 2010 Football League play-offs.[135]

11 April: 24 hours after being relegated without kicking a ball, Portsmouth reach the FA Cup final with a surprise 2–0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in extra-time in the semi-final.[136] Manchester United's hopes of a unique fourth successive top division title are dealt a major blow when mid-table Blackburn Rovers hold them to a goalless draw at Ewood Park.[137]

13 April: Chelsea establish a four-point lead at the top of the Premier League by defeating Bolton 1–0 at Stamford Bridge with a Nicolas Anelka penalty against his former club being the only goal of the match.[138]

17 April: The gap between leaders Chelsea and second placed Manchester United is narrowed down to a single point when a Paul Scholes goal gives United a 1–0 win over Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium,[139] while Chelsea suffer a 2–1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. The two results also see Tottenham take the fourth and final Champions League spot from Manchester City with three match to play.[140] In the Championship, Nottingham Forest and Cardiff City are now certain of a playoff place, with Leicester City and Swansea City completing the top six, and Blackpool being the only club able to reach the playoff zone. Plymouth Argyle now need a run of very good results to avoid joining Peterborough in the drop to League One, while Queens Park Rangers, Scunthorpe United, Watford, Crystal Palace and Sheffield Wednesday are the teams also battling to avoid the drop.[141] Norwich City seal promotion back to the Championship at the first time of asking with a 1–0 away win over fellow promotion contenders Charlton Athletic, and could be joined by any one of the five teams Leeds United, Millwall, Swindon Town, Charlton Athletic and Huddersfield Town. Colchester United and Southampton are the only two clubs now capable of creeping into the playoffs.[142] Notts County seal promotion from the league's bottom tier after six years there, while Rochdale have gained promotion after a record 36 successive seasons at this level. AFC Bournemouth now need only two points from their final three matches to be sure of promotion. In contrast, Grimsby Town now need a miracle to avoid relegation from the Football League and the only teams they could leapfrog are Cheltenham Town, Lincoln City and Barnet.[143] Stevenage Borough seal the Conference Premier title to seal promotion to the Football League 14 years after they last won the title but were denied promotion because their stadium did not meet capacity requirements. Luton Town and Oxford United – arguably the biggest clubs outside the Football League – have comfortably secured playoff qualification along with fellow former Football League members Rushden & Diamonds and York City.[144]

19 April: Newcastle United take the Championship title with a 2–0 win against Plymouth Argyle, which consigns Plymouth to relegation to League One after six years in the Championship.

24 April: Manchester United go top of the Premier League with a 3–1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur (in which 36-year-old Ryan Giggs scores his first two league penalties for them), although Chelsea will regain their lead tomorrow if they defeat Stoke City at Stamford Bridge. Meanwhile, a 1–0 home defeat to Sunderland by Hull City means that the East Yorkshire club will need to record two comprehensive victories from their final two league matches and hope that West Ham United are heavily beaten in both of theirs to achieve survival.[145] In the Championship, Watford's survival is confirmed, and it is now down to Crystal Palace and Sheffield Wednesday to fight it out and try to avoid joining Plymouth Argyle and Peterborough United in the drop to League One.[141] In League One, Norwich City (already promoted) sealed the division title with a 2–0 home win against relegation-threatened Gillingham. Southend United are relegated after being held to a 2–2 draw by Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park. Although nobody can now muscle in on the top six for a playoff place, second-placed Leeds United's automatic promotion hopes are still under threat from Millwall, Swindon Town and Charlton Athletic, while Huddersfield Town has achieved a playoff place at this level for the first time since their relegation from Division One (now the Championship) in 2001, thanks to a 6–0 win at relegated Stockport County. Southampton would now be second if it had not been for their hefty points deduction at the start of the season, but as a result, they have now been left unable to achieve even a playoff place.[142] In League Two, AFC Bournemouth are promoted after two seasons in the division with a 2–0 win at Burton Albion. Grimsby Town's 2–0 away win over already-relegated Darlington keeps their hopes of survival alive, though the only teams they are capable of leapfrogging are Barnet and Cheltenham Town.[143] In the Conference Premier, Stevenage Borough have already been confirmed champions, leaving four former Football League members (Luton Town, Oxford United, Rushden & Diamonds and York City) to contest the playoffs for the second promotion place, while Forest Green Rovers and Ebbsfleet United are relegated to the Conference South.[144] Forest Green Rovers was later reprieved following the demotion of Salisbury City due to a breach of Conference rules.[146]

25 April: Chelsea return to the top of the Premier League with a 7–0 win over mid table Stoke City, giving themselves a one-point advantage over Manchester United as well as a considerably greater goal difference.[147] Burnley's first season back in the top flight for more than 30 years ends in relegation when they are beaten 4–0 at home by a Liverpool side who are now almost certain of Europa League qualification and still have a Champions League place in their sights.[148]

27 April: Notts County take the League Two title with a 5–0 win against relegated Darlington.[149]

29 April: Five men are found guilty of public order offences in connection to violent clashes at a match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion in West Bromwich town center 15 months ago.[150]

May 2010 edit

1 May: Tom Huddlestone scores the only goal of the match as Tottenham Hotspur defeat Bolton Wanderers 1–0 at White Hart Lane, meaning a draw at Manchester City and a win on the final day of the season will end their 20-year wait for a top four finish and put themselves beyond the reach of Liverpool, who for the last four seasons have held a "big four" dominance with Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United.[151] Aston Villa, meanwhile, are left with no hope of Champions League qualification after they are defeated 3–1 by a Manchester City side still in the hunt for a place in the top four.[152] In League One, Leeds United remain in second place and needing a win from their final match of the season to guarantee automatic promotion, despite losing 1–0 to a Charlton Athletic side who still have hope of automatic promotion thanks to this win.[153] Millwall blow the chance of creeping into the top two by losing 2–0 to relegation threatened Tranmere Rovers.[154] Swindon Town's 3–2 home win over Brentford keeps the West Country club in the hunt for an automatic return to the league's second tier after a decade away.[155] Huddersfield Town have an outside chance of automatic promotion thanks to an injury time winner by Lee Novak against Colchester United.[156] Wycombe Wanderers are relegated back to League Two after one season in League one after a 2–0 defeat by a Leyton Orient side who are now almost certainly safe.[157] Exeter City[158] and Gillingham are still at risk of relegation.[159] Grimsby Town defeat Barnet 2–0 to ensure that the battle against relegation for both clubs will go down to the last match of the season[160] Cheltenham Town are trounced 5–0 by champions Notts County and as a result are still at risk of losing their Football League status after 11 years, as well as suffering a second successive relegation.[161]

2 May: Chelsea's 2–0 win at Liverpool leaves them needing only a win against Wigan Athletic in a week's time to confirm themselves as Premier League champions, and today's result also confirms the end of the "big four" which has dominated the top of the Premier League for the last four seasons – Liverpool will now finish sixth or seventh, while Tottenham Hotspur or Manchester City will seal the final Champions League place.[162] West Ham United's 3–2 defeat at Fulham means that they will go into the final match of the season knowing that a heavy defeat at home to Manchester City and a heavy win for Hull City at home to Liverpool could see them slide out of the Premier League on goal difference.[163] In the Championship relegation crunch, Sheffield Wednesday go down after only managing a 2–2 draw at home to Crystal Palace, whose safety is confirmed.[164] Blackpool, who last played in the top flight in 1971, qualify for the playoffs.[165] Newcastle United finish the season with 102 points (the highest points tally in their history) by beating mid table QPR 1–0 at Loftus Road.[166] Back in the Premier League, Chelsea could have sealed the title today but Manchester United's 1–0 win at Sunderland ensures that the title race will go down to the wire.[167]

3 May: Hull City's relegation from the Premier League is confirmed after they are held to a 2–2 draw by Wigan Athletic. It is only the third time in 18 seasons of the Premier League that all of the relegation places have been confirmed before the last match of the season.[168] York City[169] and Oxford United reach the Conference Premier playoff final to compete for the second promotion place to the Football League.[170]

5 May: Tottenham Hotspur win 1–0 at Manchester City to seal a Champions League place and take Liverpool's place in the "big four". It is Tottenham's highest finish in 20 years and they will be their first European Cup campaign for 49 years and only their second since the competition's inception.[171]

6 May: Hartlepool United have deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their 2–0 win over Brighton on 5 April, meaning they can still be relegated from League One.[172]

8 May: During a topsy-turvy final day, in which changing scores have Millwall, Charlton, Huddersfield and Swindon all in the automatic promotion places at one point, Leeds United seal promotion from League One after three years by winning their final match of the season 2–1 at home to Bristol Rovers, despite going down to 10 men and conceding the first goal.[173] Gillingham are relegated from League One when losing 3–0 at already relegated Wycombe Wanderers.[174] Grimsby Town are relegated from the Football League after 99 years.[175]

9 May: Chelsea win the Premier League title with an 8–0 demolition of Wigan Athletic, meaning that Manchester United's hopes of a unique fourth successive title are ended despite a 4–0 home win over Stoke City.[176][177] Meanwhile, Liverpool finish in their lowest position for 11 years (seventh), though this season it is enough to achieve UEFA Europa League qualification due to second placed Manchester United being League Cup holders and champions Chelsea being FA Cup finalists.[178] Burnley, already relegated, bow out of the Premier League in style with a 4–2 home win over fourth placed Tottenham Hotspur.[179]

11 May: Gianfranco Zola is sacked after less than two years as manager of West Ham United.[180] However, Steve McClaren, the former Middlesbrough and England manager whose name had been linked with the West Ham job amid previous speculation about Zola's future, is ruled out as a successor after ending his two-year spell at FC Twente of the Netherlands and accepting an offer to manage German side VfL Wolfsburg.[181] A London-based manager makes the headlines for the right reasons as the League Managers Association votes Fulham's Roy Hodgson as manager of the year.[182]

12 May: Fulham lose 2–1 to Atlético Madrid in the UEFA Europa League final at the Nordbank Arena in Hamburg, Germany. Diego Forlán, the former Manchester United striker, had put the Spaniards ahead in the 32nd minute, only for Fulham midfielder Simon Davies to equalise five minutes later. With the scores still level after 90 minutes, the match went into extra time and Forlan won the trophy with his second goal in the 116th minute.[183]

14 May: Wayne Brown, the Leicester City defender, is forced to apologize to his teammates after revealing to them that he voted for the far-right British National Party in last week's general election.[184]

15 May: Chelsea beat Portsmouth 1–0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley. Didier Drogba scored the match's only goal from a second-half free-kick, as Kevin-Prince Boateng and Frank Lampard missed penalties for Portsmouth and Chelsea, respectively. Chelsea's victory in the 2009–10 FA Cup secured the club's first league and cup double, as well as their third FA Cup victory in four years.

16 May: Oxford United beat York City 3–1 in the Conference Premier playoff final at Wembley Stadium to secure a return to the Football League after four years away.[185]

21 May: Avram Grant resigned as manager of Portsmouth.[186]

22 May: Blackpool defeated Cardiff City 3–2 in the Championship playoff final at Wembley Stadium to seal promotion to the Premier League, ending their 39-year exile from the top division of English football.[187]

24 May: England beat Mexico 3–1 in a friendly at Wembley, with goals coming from Ledley King, Peter Crouch and Glen Johnson.[188]

26 May: Following promotion to the Premier League, Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston announces that a new stand will be built at the Bloomfield Road stadium in order to achieve a 16,000 all-seated capacity.[189]

27 May: Steve Cotterill resigns as manager of Notts County despite having led them to promotion from League Two, amid speculation that he is about to replace Avram Grant as Portsmouth manager.[190]

29 May: A Paul Robinson goal gives Millwall promotion to the Championship as they defeat Swindon Town in the League One playoff final.[191]

30 May: Jon Nurse grabs the winner as Dagenham & Redbridge clinch promotion to League One following a 3–2 win over Rotherham United in the League Two playoff final.[192] England beat Japan 2–1 in their final friendly before the World Cup[193]

June 2010 edit

1 June: England's 23-man World Cup squad is announced, with Theo Walcott, who appeared in the 2006 squad despite being only 17, being the most notable exclusion.[194] Crystal Palace are saved from liquidation by a last minute takeover deal.[195]

3 June: Rafael Benítez resigns from Liverpool after six seasons as manager, during which time the Reds won the UEFA Champions League and the FA Cup, but failed to clinch the league title which has eluded them since 1990.[196] Meanwhile, Avram Grant is confirmed as manager of West Ham United.[197]

4 June: England captain Rio Ferdinand is ruled out of the World Cup by a knee injury sustained during training.[198]

8 June: Philippe Senderos leaves Arsenal after seven years and joins Fulham on a three-year contract.[199]

9 June: Chelsea give free transfers to out-of-contract players Joe Cole and Michael Ballack.[200]

10 June: Cardiff City pay off £1.9 million debt with HM Revenue and Customs, removing any threat of club's existence from the High Court.[201] Swindon Town teenager Alex Henshall joins Manchester City for an undisclosed fee.[202]

13 June: England's World Cup campaign begins with a 1–1 draw against the United States.[203]

18 June: England's World Cup hopes are thrown into doubt when they are held to a 0–0 draw with Algeria in their second group match.[204]

23 June: England reach the last 16 of the World Cup with a 1–0 win over Slovenia in their final group match.[205]

27 June: England go out of the World Cup in a 4–1 defeat by Germany.[206]

Retirements edit

8 October 2009: Stephen Roberts, 29-year-old former Wrexham, Doncaster Rovers and Walsall defender.

22 October 2009: Marc Edworthy, 36-year-old right-back who last played for Burton Albion retired after playing over 500 senior appearances in 18-year career. He played for eight clubs in his career which included spells in the Premier League with Crystal Palace, Coventry City, Norwich City and Derby County.[207][208]

8 December 2009: Linvoy Primus, 36-year-old Portsmouth defender, after failing to overcome a serious knee injury but now work ambassadorial role for Portsmouth. He previously played for Charlton Athletic, Barnet and Reading.[citation needed]

11 December 2009: Dean Ashton, 26-year-old West Ham United striker, after failing to make a full recovery from an ankle injury suffered when training with the England team in August 2006.[209]

17 December 2009: Riccardo Scimeca, 34-year-old Cardiff City midfielder formerly of Aston Villa, Leicester City and Nottingham Forest.[210]

6 January 2010: Neil Clement, 31-year-old West Bromwich Albion defender and club's longest serving player after 10 years there, after failing to make a full recovery from a knee injury suffered in August 2008.[211]

6 January 2010: Patrik Berger, 36-year-old Czech midfielder who had spells in England with Liverpool, Portsmouth and Aston Villa before returning to Sparta Prague.[212]

Notable debutants edit

National team edit

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

Friendly matches edit

[219]

Netherlands  2–2  England
Kuyt   10'
Van der Vaart   38'		 (Report) Defoe   49', 77'
Attendance: 50,000
England  2–1  Slovenia
Lampard   31' (pen.)
Defoe   63'		 (Report) Ljubijankič   85'
Attendance: 67,232
England  0–1  Brazil
(Report) Nilmar   48'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Abdou Abdulrahman (Qatar)
England  3–1  Egypt
Crouch   56', 80'
Wright-Phillips   75'		 (Report) Zidan   23'
Attendance: 80,602
England  3–1  Mexico
King   17'
Crouch   35'
Johnson   47'		 (Report) Franco   45'
Attendance: 88,638
Japan  1–2  England
Tulio   7' (Report) Tulio   72' (o.g.)
Nakazawa   83' (o.g.)
Attendance: 15,326
Referee: Rene Eisner (Austria)

World Cup qualifiers edit

England were in Group 6 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification process.[220]

England  5–1  Croatia
Lampard   7' (pen.), 59'
Gerrard   18', 66'
Rooney   77'		 (Report) Eduardo   72'
Attendance: 87,319
Ukraine  1–0  England
Nazarenko   27' (Report)
Attendance: 40,000
England  3–0  Belarus
Crouch   4', 76'
Wright-Phillips   59'		 (Report)
Attendance: 76,897

Honours edit

Trophy and league champions edit

Competition Winner Details At Match Report
FA Cup Chelsea 2009–10 FA Cup
beat Portsmouth 1–0 		Wembley Report
League Cup Manchester United 2009–10 Football League Cup
beat Aston Villa 2–1 		Wembley Report
Premier League Chelsea 2009–10 Premier League Stamford Bridge Report
Championship Newcastle United 2009–10 Football League Championship Home Park Report
League One Norwich City 2009–10 Football League One Carrow Road Report
League Two Notts County 2009–10 Football League Two The Darlington Arena Report
FA Community Shield Chelsea 2009 FA Community Shield
beat Manchester United 4–1 on penalties (2–2 final score) 		Wembley Report
Football League Trophy Southampton 2009–10 Football League Trophy
beat Carlisle United 4–1 		Wembley Report
FA Trophy Barrow 2009–10 FA Trophy
beat Stevenage Borough 2–1 		Wembley Report

Playoff winners edit

League tables edit

Premier League edit

Main article: 2009–10 Premier League

In one of the most closely fought title races in recent history, Chelsea were crowned Premier League Champions for the second time in five years, breaking the goal-scoring record with 103 goals. Despite the disappointment in the Champions League, the club managed to retain the FA Cup, recording their first domestic double under Carlo Ancelotti. The £80 million departure of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid in the summer meant Manchester United narrowly missed out on the title, though they managed to retain the League Cup. Arsenal took third place and once again qualified for Europe's elite competition, while Tottenham Hotspur took the final spot for the Champions League by finishing fourth, with the manager Harry Redknapp winning the Premier League Manager of the Year award.

Three teams took the UEFA Europa League spots. Taking fifth place were Manchester City, whose controversial gamble of sacking Mark Hughes at Christmas and replacing him with Roberto Mancini paid off as they finished in their best position in years. Finishing sixth once again were Aston Villa, who again looked like breaking into the top four, but ultimately fell short. Taking seventh place were Liverpool, who were runners-up the year before, but suffered from losing key players, such as Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid, Sami Hyypiä to Bayer Leverkusen and Fernando Torres several times to injury throughout the season; these factors resulted in indifferent form in all of their competitions, meaning they only took a Europa League spot after the FA Cup finalists were refused a UEFA licence and finished in their lowest position for eleven years.

Fulham built on last season's finish of seventh place as they came close to Europa League glory in Hamburg, losing 2–1 in extra time to Atlético Madrid with ex-Manchester United striker Diego Forlán scoring the winning goal. However, critics universally praised manager Roy Hodgson for guiding a club threatened with relegation two seasons previously to the Europa League final. By a wide margin, he won the LMA Manager of the Year award. Birmingham City finished ninth in their best position in the top flight in years, with their season including a twelve match unbeaten run, while fellow promoted side Wolverhampton Wanderers flirted with relegation several times, but ultimately finished in a respectable 15th place.

Portsmouth endured a season of financial worries, a nine-point deduction and four different owners that effectively ended their seven-year stay in the top flight. Hull City failed to emulate their previous season's success and were also relegated. After the departure of promotion-winning manager Owen Coyle at the turn of the year, Burnley's league form under Brian Laws declined rapidly and they were relegated to the Championship after just one season.

Table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Chelsea (C) 38 27 5 6 103 32 +71 86 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Manchester United 38 27 4 7 86 28 +58 85
3 Arsenal 38 23 6 9 83 41 +42 75
4 Tottenham Hotspur 38 21 7 10 67 41 +26 70 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 Manchester City 38 18 13 7 73 45 +28 67 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
6 Aston Villa 38 17 13 8 52 39 +13 64
7 Liverpool 38 18 9 11 61 35 +26 63 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
8 Everton 38 16 13 9 60 49 +11 61
9 Birmingham City 38 13 11 14 38 47 −9 50
10 Blackburn Rovers 38 13 11 14 41 55 −14 50
11 Stoke City 38 11 14 13 34 48 −14 47
12 Fulham 38 12 10 16 39 46 −7 46
13 Sunderland 38 11 11 16 48 56 −8 44
14 Bolton Wanderers 38 10 9 19 42 67 −25 39
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 9 11 18 32 56 −24 38
16 Wigan Athletic 38 9 9 20 37 79 −42 36
17 West Ham United 38 8 11 19 47 66 −19 35
18 Burnley (R) 38 8 6 24 42 82 −40 30 Relegation to Football League Championship
19 Hull City (R) 38 6 12 20 34 75 −41 30
20 Portsmouth (R) 38 7 7 24 34 66 −32 19[c]
Source: Premier League
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Manchester United won the League Cup and then qualified for the Champions League, their spot in the Europa League was passed down to the 6th-placed team. The 6th-placed Aston Villa was coincidentally also the League Cup runners-up.
  2. ^ Originally Portsmouth qualified for the third qualifying round of the Europa League as the FA Cup runners-up, replacing the winners, Champions League-qualified Chelsea. However, they failed to apply for a UEFA licence. Therefore, Liverpool as the best placed team not qualified for the European competitions took their place.
  3. ^ Portsmouth were docked nine points for entering administration.[221]

Leading goalscorer: Didier Drogba (Chelsea) – 29

Football League Championship edit

Main article: 2009–10 Football League Championship

Newcastle United put last season's relegation behind them as they returned to the Premier League at the first attempt, staying top for the majority of the season and losing just four matches under the management of Chris Hughton, remaining unbeaten at home in the process. Roberto Di Matteo's first season in charge of West Bromwich Albion brought success as the Midlands club enjoyed automatic promotion to the top flight for the third time in eight years. They were joined by Blackpool, who were tipped by many as relegation favourites at the beginning of the season. Ian Holloway masterminded the Lancashire club's promotion with a thrilling 3–2 victory over Cardiff City in the play-off final, returning to the top flight for the first time since 1971.

Swansea City occupied a play-off place for most of the season but missed out on the final day, this despite scoring fewer goals than all three relegated sides. Middlesbrough made a strong start to the season, however the mid-season decision to sack Gareth Southgate while still in contention for promotion backfired. Their form subsequently declined under his replacement Gordon Strachan, and they fell out of the promotion race and finished in 11th place.

Peterborough United went straight back down to League One, employing four different managers and propping up the table for the majority of the season. They were soon joined by Plymouth Argyle, who did not win a game until late September and went on a five-match losing streak towards the end of the season, ending six years in the second tier. Crystal Palace, who had been on the brink of the playoffs before being deducted ten points for entering administration, faced Sheffield Wednesday in the final match of the season as they both fought for survival. The match finished 2–2, meaning Palace survived and Wednesday dropped into 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.[222]

Leading goalscorers: Nicky Maynard (Bristol City) – 20, and Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City) – 20

Football League One edit

Main article: 2009–10 Football League One

After recovering from an embarrassing 7–1 defeat to Colchester on the first day of the season, a turnaround under new manager Paul Lambert and the 24 goals from free-scoring striker Grant Holt saw Norwich City make an immediate return to the Championship. Leeds United secured automatic promotion in the runners-up spot; their season almost fell apart disastrously after they led the table by eight points at the turn of the year and also knocked Manchester United out of the FA Cup. They rebounded in the final weeks of the season and a last day 2–1 victory over Bristol Rovers saw the Yorkshire side end their three-year spell in League One.

Millwall, who narrowly missed out on automatic promotion by just one point, beat Swindon Town in the play-off final, returning to the Championship after a four-year absence.

Despite being deducted ten points and missing out on the play-offs, Southampton managed to win the Football League Trophy and striker Rickie Lambert was the league's top scorer with 31 goals.

Stockport County spent the entire season in administration and were subsequently relegated. Southend United were faced with financial problems and also relegated. Wycombe Wanderers' first season at this level for six years proved a disappointment, and they were immediately relegated back to League Two. Gillingham also suffered an immediate relegation after their play-off victory the previous year, their inability to win an away fixture all season proved to be their downfall. Hartlepool stayed up on goal difference after they received a three-point deduction for fielding an ineligible player, but Gillingham's loss to Wycombe confirmed their survival.

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
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[a]
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[b]
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
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. ^ 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.[223]
  2. ^ Hartlepool deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.[224]

Leading goalscorer: Rickie Lambert (Southampton) – 31

Football League Two edit

Main article: 2009–10 Football League Two

Notts County's season mostly made the headlines for all the wrong reasons, as they were involved in an abortive high-spending takeover by a consortium who brought in Sven-Göran Eriksson as director of football and went through four managers during the season. However, they managed to overcome their off-field problems and won the title. AFC Bournemouth continued their revival under Eddie Howe and won promotion in the runners-up spot. The last automatic promotion spot was taken by Rochdale, who were promoted for the first time since 1969.

Dagenham & Redbridge won the play-offs, reaching the third tier of the Football League for the first time in their 18-year history.

Darlington were unable to recover from losing many of their players during their spell in administration at the end of the previous season and finished bottom of the league, becoming the third club (after Halifax Town and Chester City) to be relegated to the Football Conference on two separate occasions. Grimsby suffered the relegation that they only avoided the previous year due to Luton Town's points deduction; their form improved significantly in the final weeks of the season, but they were ultimately undone by an earlier run of nearly five months without a win and were relegated to the Conference Premier after losing on the final day.

Pos Team
 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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: football-league.co.uk
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Leading goalscorer: Lee Hughes (Notts County) – 30

Clubs that folded edit

Deaths edit

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This article s tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia See Wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions May 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message The 2009 2010 season was the 130th season of competitive football in England Football in EnglandSeason2009 10Men s footballPremier LeagueChelseaChampionshipNewcastle UnitedLeague OneNorwich CityLeague TwoNotts CountyConference NationalStevenage BoroughFA CupChelseaLeague CupManchester UnitedCommunity ShieldChelsea 2008 09 2010 11 The 2009 season officially began on 8 August 2009 for the Championship League One League Two and the Premier League The Championship season finished on 2 May 2010 with the Premier League League One and League Two concluding on the weekend of 8 9 May 1 Contents 1 Promotion and relegation pre season 2 Managerial changes 3 Diary of the season 3 1 July 2009 3 2 August 2009 3 3 September 2009 3 4 October 2009 3 5 November 2009 3 6 December 2009 3 7 January 2010 3 8 February 2010 3 9 March 2010 3 10 April 2010 3 11 May 2010 3 12 June 2010 4 Retirements 5 Notable debutants 6 National team 6 1 Friendly matches 6 2 World Cup qualifiers 7 Honours 7 1 Trophy and league champions 7 2 Playoff winners 8 League tables 8 1 Premier League 8 1 1 Table 8 2 Football League Championship 8 3 Football League One 8 4 Football League Two 9 Clubs that folded 10 Deaths 11 ReferencesPromotion and relegation pre season editTeams promoted to 2009 10 Premier League Wolverhampton Wanderers Birmingham City Burnley Teams relegated from 2008 09 Premier League Newcastle United Middlesbrough West Bromwich Albion Teams promoted to 2009 10 Football League Championship Leicester City Peterborough United Scunthorpe United Teams relegated from 2008 09 Football League Championship Norwich City Southampton started on 10 points for administration entrance Charlton Athletic Teams promoted to 2009 10 Football League One Brentford Exeter City Wycombe Wanderers Gillingham Teams relegated from 2008 09 Football League One Northampton Town Crewe Alexandra Cheltenham Town Hereford United Teams promoted to 2009 10 Football League Two Burton Albion Torquay United Teams relegated from 2008 09 Football League Two Chester City started on 25 points and expelled from the Football Conference 10 March 2010 Luton TownManagerial changes editSee also List of English Football League managers Name Club Date of departure Replacement Date of appointment Bryan Gunn Norwich City 14 August 2009 2 Paul Lambert 18 August 2009 3 Paul Lambert Colchester United 18 August 2009 3 Aidy Boothroyd 2 September 2009 4 Simon Davey Barnsley 29 August 2009 5 Mark Robins 9 September 2009 6 Peter Jackson Lincoln City 2 September 2009 7 Chris Sutton 28 September 2009 8 Stuart Gray Northampton Town 8 September 2009 9 Ian Sampson1 5 October 2009 10 Mark Robins Rotherham United 9 September 2009 11 Ronnie Moore 24 September 2009 12 Colin Todd Darlington 26 September 2009 13 Steve Staunton 5 October 2009 14 Gudjon THordarson Crewe Alexandra 2 October 2009 15 Dario Gradi 2 October 2009 16 John Barnes Tranmere Rovers 9 October 2009 17 Les Parry 16 December 2009 18 Peter Taylor Wycombe Wanderers 9 October 2009 19 Gary Waddock 13 October 2009 20 Ian McParland Notts County 12 October 2009 21 Hans Backe 27 October 2009 22 Gary Waddock Aldershot Town 13 October 2009 20 Kevin Dillon 9 November 2009 23 Mike Newell Grimsby Town 18 October 2009 24 Neil Woods 23 November 2009 25 Gareth Southgate Middlesbrough 21 October 2009 26 Gordon Strachan 26 October 2009 27 Russell Slade Brighton amp Hove Albion 1 November 2009 28 Gustavo Poyet 10 November 2009 29 Darren Ferguson Peterborough United 9 November 2009 30 Mark Cooper 14 November 2009 31 32 Paul Hart Portsmouth 24 November 2009 33 Avram Grant 26 November 2009 34 Paul Sturrock Plymouth Argyle 10 December 2009 35 Paul Mariner 10 December 2009 35 Martin Allen Cheltenham Town 11 December 2009 36 Mark Yates 22 December 2009 37 Brian Laws Sheffield Wednesday 13 December 2009 38 Alan Irvine 8 January 2010 39 Hans Backe Notts County 15 December 2009 40 Steve Cotterill 23 February 2010 41 Jim Magilton Queens Park Rangers 16 December 2009 42 Paul Hart 17 December 2009 43 Brendan Rodgers Reading 17 December 2009 44 Brian McDermott2 27 January 2010 45 Mark Hughes Manchester City 19 December 2009 46 Roberto Mancini 21 December 2009 47 Alan Irvine Preston North End 29 December 2009 48 Darren Ferguson 6 January 2010 49 Gary Megson Bolton Wanderers 30 December 2009 50 Owen Coyle 8 January 2010 51 Owen Coyle Burnley 8 January 2010 51 Brian Laws 13 January 2010 52 Paul Hart Queens Park Rangers 15 January 2010 53 Neil Warnock 1 March 2010 54 Mark Cooper Peterborough United 1 February 2010 55 Jim Gannon 2 February 2010 56 Stuart McCall Bradford City 8 February 2010 57 Peter Taylor 17 February 2010 58 Neil Warnock Crystal Palace 1 March 2010 54 Paul Hart 2 March 2010 59 Keith Alexander Macclesfield Town 3 March 2010 60 Gary Simpson3 14 April 2010 61 John Trewick Hereford United 8 March 2010 Graham Turner 8 March 2010 62 Phil Brown Hull City 15 March 2010 63 Iain Dowie 17 March 2010 Gary Johnson Bristol City 18 March 2010 64 Steve Coppell4 19 April 2010 Steve Staunton Darlington 21 March 2010 65 Simon Davey 1 April 2010 66 Geraint Williams Leyton Orient 3 April 2010 67 Russell Slade 5 April 2010 68 Jim Gannon Peterborough United 6 April 2010 69 Gary Johnson 6 April 2010 70 Ian Hendon Barnet 28 April 2010 Mark Stimson 1 June 2010 71 Paul Simpson Shrewsbury Town 30 April 2010 Graham Turner 11 June 2010 72 Chris Coleman Coventry City 4 May 2010 73 Aidy Boothroyd 20 May 2010 Dave Penney Oldham Athletic 6 May 2010 Paul Dickov 9 June 2010 74 Paul Mariner Plymouth Argyle 6 May 2010 Peter Reid 24 June 2010 75 Mark Stimson Gillingham 10 May 2010 76 Andy Hessenthaler 21 May 2010 Paul Ince Milton Keynes Dons 10 May 2010 77 Karl Robinson 10 May 2010 Gianfranco Zola West Ham United 11 May 2010 78 Avram Grant 3 June 2010 79 Aidy Boothroyd Colchester United 20 May 2010 John Ward 31 May 2010 80 Avram Grant Portsmouth 31 May 2010 Steve Cotterill 17 June 2010 81 Steve Cotterill Notts County 27 May 2010 Craig Short 4 June 2010 82 Rafael Benitez Liverpool 3 June 2010 83 Roy Hodgson 1 July 2010 Notes 1 Sampson was named caretaker manager following Gray s departure on 8 September and appointed full time on 5 October 2 McDermott was named caretaker manager following Rogers departure on 17 December and was appointed full time on 27 January 3 Simpson was named caretaker manager on 3 March and appointed full time on 14 April 4 Keith Millen remained caretaker manager until the end of the season when Coppell took charge Diary of the season editJuly 2009 edit 1 July Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo completed his world record 80 million move from Manchester United to Real Madrid English defender Glen Johnson switched from Portsmouth to Liverpool for 18 million one of the highest fees ever paid for a defender English midfielder Gareth Barry ended 11 years at Aston Villa and signed for Manchester City for 12 million 6 July Chelsea signed Russian winger Yuri Zhirkov from CSKA Moscow for 18 million 26 July An England XI defeated a Germany XI 3 2 at St James Park Newcastle in a charity match raising money for the cancer charity of former England manager Sir Bobby Robson Robson who has fought the illness since 1992 and gone into remission four times attended the match in a wheelchair 27 July English striker Peter Crouch who began his career with Tottenham Hotspur as an apprentice but left without playing for them returned to White Hart Lane in a 9 million move from Portsmouth 31 July Sir Bobby Robson died aged 76 August 2009 edit 5 August Sunderland paid a club record 10 million for England and Tottenham Hotspur striker Darren Bent Liverpool sold Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid for 30 million 12 August England came back from 2 0 down to draw 2 2 against Netherlands in Amsterdam thanks to two goals by Jermain Defoe 14 August Bryan Gunn became the first managerial casualty of the season when his contract was terminated by Norwich City of League One 84 15 August The new Premier League season kicks off with the highlight of the opening day coming at Goodison Park where Arsenal trounce Everton 6 1 in the biggest opening day victory at this level for 15 years Burnley s returned to the top flight after 33 years away began on a low note when an own goal by Stephen Jordan contributed to a 2 0 defeat against Stoke City 19 August Burnley achieved a shocking 1 0 home win over Manchester United with the only goal of the match coming from veteran striker Robbie Blake 23 August The highlight of the second weekend of the Premier League season came when Burnley achieves another shocking 1 0 win this time over Everton after French striker Louis Saha missed a penalty 25 August Some of the worst scenes of football hooliganism in years are witnessed in West Ham United s 3 1 home win over Millwall in the League Cup second round Fans invaded the pitch twice and there was widespread violence in the stands 85 and the streets surrounding Upton Park including an incident in which a man suffered stab wounds Manchester City pays 22 million for Everton and England defender Joleon Lescott 27 August Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp suggested West Ham and Millwall should never be allowed to play each other in a cup competition again 86 31 August The first month of the Premier League season ended with Chelsea as leaders level on 12 points with second placed Tottenham Hotspur Defending champions Manchester United are third with underdogs Stoke City standing fourth after a strong start to the season 87 September 2009 edit 1 September Everton signed Dutch defender Johnny Heitinga from Atletico Madrid for 6 million 9 September England secured qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup after a 5 1 win over Croatia at Wembley Stadium 20 September The Manchester derby at Old Trafford produced one of the most thrilling matches of the season as United defeated Manchester City 4 3 thanks to a stoppage time winner by Michael Owen 88 30 September Manchester United and Chelsea are level on 18 points at the top of the Premier League three points ahead of their nearest rivals Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal and Manchester City complete the top six Portsmouth are bottom of the table after starting the season with a record seven consecutive defeats joined in the relegation zone by West Ham United and Hull City 89 October 2009 edit 2 October Sheffield United striker Jordan Robertson is jailed for 32 months on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving in relation to a fatal car crash on the M1 motorway in December 2008 90 17 October Sunderland defeat Liverpool 1 0 at the Stadium of Light after Darren Bent s shot is deflected in off a beachball 91 21 October Gareth Southgate s contract as manager of Middlesbrough is terminated despite them standing fourth in the Championship one season after relegation from the Premier League 92 26 October 2009 Gordon Strachan is appointed as Middlesbrough s new manager five months after resigning from Celtic 93 94 29 October Wigan Athletic striker Marlon King has his contract terminated by the club after receiving an 18 month prison sentence for assaulting a woman in a nightclub It is the second time King has been in convicted and incarcerated 95 having also received an 18 month prison sentence in 2002 when convicted of driving a stolen car 96 31 October October draws to a close with Chelsea now two points ahead of Manchester United with the rest of the top four unchanged from the end of last month Portsmouth remains bottom but have now gained their first seven points of the season while West Ham and Hull City complete the bottom three once again 97 November 2009 edit 30 November November ends with Chelsea two points ahead of Manchester United and with a match in hand while the only change to the rest of the top six is that Aston Villa has displaced Liverpool who are now seventh Portsmouth remain bottom now joined in the relegation zone by Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bolton Wanderers 98 December 2009 edit 13 December Brian Laws leaves Championship strugglers Sheffield Wednesday after three years as manager 99 15 December Brendan Rodgers is sacked after six months as manager of Reading who are battling relegation from the Championship just months after almost being promoted under his predecessor Steve Coppell 100 16 December The 11 venues for England s 2018 World Cup bid are announced Three stadiums in London will feature Wembley England national team Emirates Stadium Arsenal and either the Olympic Stadium or a rebuilt White Hart Lane Tottenham Hotspur Birmingham Aston Villa s Villa Park Bristol a proposed new stadium for Bristol City Leeds Leeds United s Elland Road Liverpool the current stadium Anfield or its replacement Milton Keynes Stadium MK home of Milton Keynes Dons Nottingham new Nottingham Forest stadium Manchester Old Trafford and the City of Manchester Stadium Newcastle St James Park Plymouth Home Park Sheffield Sheffield Wednesday s Hillsborough and Sunderland Stadium of Light have also been selected as venues if England are accepted as hosts 101 19 December Despite being sixth in the Premier League and being on course for their highest league finish in nearly 20 years Manchester City sack manager Mark Hughes and appoint Italian Robert Mancini as his successor 102 22 December Albert Scanlon former Manchester United winger who survived the Munich air disaster in 1958 dies at age 74 after a two month illness There are now just four players who survived the crash still alive 103 30 December Premier League strugglers Bolton Wanderers sack manager Gary Megson after two years in charge while Alan Irvine is sacked after the same length of time in charge of Championship side Preston North End 104 105 31 December The decade draws to a close with Chelsea two points ahead of Manchester United at the top of the Premier League Arsenal is two points behind United in third place with Tottenham Hotspur Manchester City Aston Villa and Liverpool completing the top seven A surprise challenge for Europe place is coming from newly promoted Birmingham City who have collected 32 points from their opening 20 matches Portsmouth is bottom of the Premier League with Hull City and Bolton Wanderers completing the relegation zone 106 January 2010 edit 3 January Manchester United suffer a shock exit at home to League One leader Leeds United in the FA Cup third round their 1 0 defeat being their first defeat at the entry stage of the competition in 26 years 107 5 January The first managerial change of the decade takes place when Owen Coyle leaves Burnley to take over as manager of local rivals Bolton Wanderers 108 6 January Darren Ferguson is appointed manager of Preston North End and declares his ambition to take them into the Premier League and play against his father Sir Alex s Manchester United side 109 8 January Alan Irvine is appointed manager of Sheffield Wednesday 110 9 January Seven of the Premier League fixtures this weekend are postponed due to heavy snow across Britain 111 Four fixtures survive in the Championship and two will be played in League One but the whole League Two program is postponed 112 13 January Another shock in the FA Cup third round takes place at Anfield where Liverpool lose 2 1 to Championship strugglers Reading in the replay casting further doubt on the position of manager Rafael Benitez whose job has reportedly been on the line for weeks due to sub standard form by his team 113 Burnley appoint Brian Laws as their new manager 114 18 January Championship leaders Newcastle United announce a new four year sponsorship deal with Northern Rock the bank which has been nationalized for two years after almost collapsing due to the credit crunch which brought on the current recession 115 31 January January draws to a close with Chelsea a point ahead of the nearest challengers Manchester United in the Premier League with a match in hand Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool and Manchester City complete the top six Burnley Hull City and Portsmouth occupy the bottom three 116 February 2010 edit 19 February Chester City the bottom of the Conference Premier with 3 points due to a 25 point deduction imposed upon them for financial problems are suspended from their league until further notice for breach of league rules A takeover deal is still in the pipeline for the club who last season was relegated from the Football League for the second time in a decade 117 23 February Portsmouth bottom of the Premier League are reported to be within 72 hours of receivership 118 26 February Portsmouth goes into administration the first Premier League club to do so They are set to be deducted nine points and are already bottom of the table with 16 points The points deduction would leave with just seven points and make relegation almost certain 119 Chester City bottom of the Conference National with 3 points after a 25 point deduction for similar financial problems are expelled from the Conference a year after being relegated from the Football League and were wound up shortly after Their expulsion made them the first team at this level to fold mid season since Newport County in February 1989 120 28 February Manchester United steal the first major silverware of the season by beating Aston Villa 2 1 in the League Cup final at Wembley retaining the trophy It is the fourth time they have won the trophy all of the wins have been under the management of Sir Alex Ferguson 121 In the Premier League United are still looking strong contenders for the title as they stand one point behind leaders Chelsea Arsenal s good form has seen them occupy third place with just two points less than United and a nine point gap outside their nearest contenders Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City 106 March 2010 edit 3 March Keith Alexander manager of League Two strugglers Macclesfield Town dies suddenly at age 53 Alexander had been manager of the Cheshire club since February 2008 and also been in charge of Lincoln City twice Peterborough United and non league sides Ilkeston Town and Northwich Victoria in a managerial career which began in 1993 He had suffered a near fatal brain aneurysm in November 2003 during his second spell as Lincoln City manager 122 8 March Chester City s expulsion from the Conference Premier is confirmed and their record for this season is expunged sparking a revised league table which sees Oxford United taking over from Stevenage Borough as leaders while York City drop out of the playoff zone and Cambridge United move dangerously closer to the relegation zone 123 14 March England captain David Beckham suffers an Achilles tendon injury during a Serie A match for Milan where he is on loan from the LA Galaxy and is expected to miss this summer s World Cup 124 15 March Newport County the former Football League club who reformed in 1989 after going bankrupt and being expelled from the Conference achieve an early promotion back to the highest division outside the Football League as Conference South champions 125 17 March Portsmouth s nine point deduction for going into administration is confirmed making relegation from the Premier League almost certain as they remain bottom of the table but are now 17 points adrift of safety with nine matches left to play 126 18 March Fulham defeat Italian giants Juventus 4 1 on the night and 5 4 on aggregate to progress to the quarter finals of the UEFA Europa League 28 March Southampton defeat Carlisle United 1 4 at Wembley Stadium to win the Football League Trophy April 2010 edit 5 April The first of the promotions and relegations in the Football League are confirmed when Newcastle United seal promotion from the Championship to the Premier League after one season away while the division s bottom club Peterborough United in their last match under the management of Jim Gannon before the appointment of Gary Johnson are relegated back to League One after just one season 127 128 6 April Arsenal s dreams of a first UEFA Champions League triumph are ended when they are eliminated by Barcelona in the quarter finals 129 7 April Manchester United s hopes of winning the UEFA Champions League are ended when they are eliminated in the quarter finals by Bayern Munich on away goals 130 8 April Fulham reach the UEFA Europa League semi finals with a 3 1 aggregate win over VfL Wolfsburg in the quarter finals 131 Liverpool also reach the semi finals by eliminating Benfica 132 10 April Portsmouth become the first Premier League club to be relegated this season when fellow relegation side West Ham United beat Sunderland 1 0 while West Bromwich Albion are promoted to the Premier League for the fourth time in nine seasons 133 Chelsea s double hopes are given a massive boost when they defeat Aston Villa 3 0 in the FA Cup semi final 134 In the Championship a 3 0 victory for Nottingham Forest over Ipswich Town guarantees Forest s spot in the 2010 Football League play offs 135 11 April 24 hours after being relegated without kicking a ball Portsmouth reach the FA Cup final with a surprise 2 0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in extra time in the semi final 136 Manchester United s hopes of a unique fourth successive top division title are dealt a major blow when mid table Blackburn Rovers hold them to a goalless draw at Ewood Park 137 13 April Chelsea establish a four point lead at the top of the Premier League by defeating Bolton 1 0 at Stamford Bridge with a Nicolas Anelka penalty against his former club being the only goal of the match 138 17 April The gap between leaders Chelsea and second placed Manchester United is narrowed down to a single point when a Paul Scholes goal gives United a 1 0 win over Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium 139 while Chelsea suffer a 2 1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane The two results also see Tottenham take the fourth and final Champions League spot from Manchester City with three match to play 140 In the Championship Nottingham Forest and Cardiff City are now certain of a playoff place with Leicester City and Swansea City completing the top six and Blackpool being the only club able to reach the playoff zone Plymouth Argyle now need a run of very good results to avoid joining Peterborough in the drop to League One while Queens Park Rangers Scunthorpe United Watford Crystal Palace and Sheffield Wednesday are the teams also battling to avoid the drop 141 Norwich City seal promotion back to the Championship at the first time of asking with a 1 0 away win over fellow promotion contenders Charlton Athletic and could be joined by any one of the five teams Leeds United Millwall Swindon Town Charlton Athletic and Huddersfield Town Colchester United and Southampton are the only two clubs now capable of creeping into the playoffs 142 Notts County seal promotion from the league s bottom tier after six years there while Rochdale have gained promotion after a record 36 successive seasons at this level AFC Bournemouth now need only two points from their final three matches to be sure of promotion In contrast Grimsby Town now need a miracle to avoid relegation from the Football League and the only teams they could leapfrog are Cheltenham Town Lincoln City and Barnet 143 Stevenage Borough seal the Conference Premier title to seal promotion to the Football League 14 years after they last won the title but were denied promotion because their stadium did not meet capacity requirements Luton Town and Oxford United arguably the biggest clubs outside the Football League have comfortably secured playoff qualification along with fellow former Football League members Rushden amp Diamonds and York City 144 19 April Newcastle United take the Championship title with a 2 0 win against Plymouth Argyle which consigns Plymouth to relegation to League One after six years in the Championship 24 April Manchester United go top of the Premier League with a 3 1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur in which 36 year old Ryan Giggs scores his first two league penalties for them although Chelsea will regain their lead tomorrow if they defeat Stoke City at Stamford Bridge Meanwhile a 1 0 home defeat to Sunderland by Hull City means that the East Yorkshire club will need to record two comprehensive victories from their final two league matches and hope that West Ham United are heavily beaten in both of theirs to achieve survival 145 In the Championship Watford s survival is confirmed and it is now down to Crystal Palace and Sheffield Wednesday to fight it out and try to avoid joining Plymouth Argyle and Peterborough United in the drop to League One 141 In League One Norwich City already promoted sealed the division title with a 2 0 home win against relegation threatened Gillingham Southend United are relegated after being held to a 2 2 draw by Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park Although nobody can now muscle in on the top six for a playoff place second placed Leeds United s automatic promotion hopes are still under threat from Millwall Swindon Town and Charlton Athletic while Huddersfield Town has achieved a playoff place at this level for the first time since their relegation from Division One now the Championship in 2001 thanks to a 6 0 win at relegated Stockport County Southampton would now be second if it had not been for their hefty points deduction at the start of the season but as a result they have now been left unable to achieve even a playoff place 142 In League Two AFC Bournemouth are promoted after two seasons in the division with a 2 0 win at Burton Albion Grimsby Town s 2 0 away win over already relegated Darlington keeps their hopes of survival alive though the only teams they are capable of leapfrogging are Barnet and Cheltenham Town 143 In the Conference Premier Stevenage Borough have already been confirmed champions leaving four former Football League members Luton Town Oxford United Rushden amp Diamonds and York City to contest the playoffs for the second promotion place while Forest Green Rovers and Ebbsfleet United are relegated to the Conference South 144 Forest Green Rovers was later reprieved following the demotion of Salisbury City due to a breach of Conference rules 146 25 April Chelsea return to the top of the Premier League with a 7 0 win over mid table Stoke City giving themselves a one point advantage over Manchester United as well as a considerably greater goal difference 147 Burnley s first season back in the top flight for more than 30 years ends in relegation when they are beaten 4 0 at home by a Liverpool side who are now almost certain of Europa League qualification and still have a Champions League place in their sights 148 27 April Notts County take the League Two title with a 5 0 win against relegated Darlington 149 29 April Five men are found guilty of public order offences in connection to violent clashes at a match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion in West Bromwich town center 15 months ago 150 May 2010 edit 1 May Tom Huddlestone scores the only goal of the match as Tottenham Hotspur defeat Bolton Wanderers 1 0 at White Hart Lane meaning a draw at Manchester City and a win on the final day of the season will end their 20 year wait for a top four finish and put themselves beyond the reach of Liverpool who for the last four seasons have held a big four dominance with Arsenal Chelsea and Manchester United 151 Aston Villa meanwhile are left with no hope of Champions League qualification after they are defeated 3 1 by a Manchester City side still in the hunt for a place in the top four 152 In League One Leeds United remain in second place and needing a win from their final match of the season to guarantee automatic promotion despite losing 1 0 to a Charlton Athletic side who still have hope of automatic promotion thanks to this win 153 Millwall blow the chance of creeping into the top two by losing 2 0 to relegation threatened Tranmere Rovers 154 Swindon Town s 3 2 home win over Brentford keeps the West Country club in the hunt for an automatic return to the league s second tier after a decade away 155 Huddersfield Town have an outside chance of automatic promotion thanks to an injury time winner by Lee Novak against Colchester United 156 Wycombe Wanderers are relegated back to League Two after one season in League one after a 2 0 defeat by a Leyton Orient side who are now almost certainly safe 157 Exeter City 158 and Gillingham are still at risk of relegation 159 Grimsby Town defeat Barnet 2 0 to ensure that the battle against relegation for both clubs will go down to the last match of the season 160 Cheltenham Town are trounced 5 0 by champions Notts County and as a result are still at risk of losing their Football League status after 11 years as well as suffering a second successive relegation 161 2 May Chelsea s 2 0 win at Liverpool leaves them needing only a win against Wigan Athletic in a week s time to confirm themselves as Premier League champions and today s result also confirms the end of the big four which has dominated the top of the Premier League for the last four seasons Liverpool will now finish sixth or seventh while Tottenham Hotspur or Manchester City will seal the final Champions League place 162 West Ham United s 3 2 defeat at Fulham means that they will go into the final match of the season knowing that a heavy defeat at home to Manchester City and a heavy win for Hull City at home to Liverpool could see them slide out of the Premier League on goal difference 163 In the Championship relegation crunch Sheffield Wednesday go down after only managing a 2 2 draw at home to Crystal Palace whose safety is confirmed 164 Blackpool who last played in the top flight in 1971 qualify for the playoffs 165 Newcastle United finish the season with 102 points the highest points tally in their history by beating mid table QPR 1 0 at Loftus Road 166 Back in the Premier League Chelsea could have sealed the title today but Manchester United s 1 0 win at Sunderland ensures that the title race will go down to the wire 167 3 May Hull City s relegation from the Premier League is confirmed after they are held to a 2 2 draw by Wigan Athletic It is only the third time in 18 seasons of the Premier League that all of the relegation places have been confirmed before the last match of the season 168 York City 169 and Oxford United reach the Conference Premier playoff final to compete for the second promotion place to the Football League 170 5 May Tottenham Hotspur win 1 0 at Manchester City to seal a Champions League place and take Liverpool s place in the big four It is Tottenham s highest finish in 20 years and they will be their first European Cup campaign for 49 years and only their second since the competition s inception 171 6 May Hartlepool United have deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their 2 0 win over Brighton on 5 April meaning they can still be relegated from League One 172 8 May During a topsy turvy final day in which changing scores have Millwall Charlton Huddersfield and Swindon all in the automatic promotion places at one point Leeds United seal promotion from League One after three years by winning their final match of the season 2 1 at home to Bristol Rovers despite going down to 10 men and conceding the first goal 173 Gillingham are relegated from League One when losing 3 0 at already relegated Wycombe Wanderers 174 Grimsby Town are relegated from the Football League after 99 years 175 9 May Chelsea win the Premier League title with an 8 0 demolition of Wigan Athletic meaning that Manchester United s hopes of a unique fourth successive title are ended despite a 4 0 home win over Stoke City 176 177 Meanwhile Liverpool finish in their lowest position for 11 years seventh though this season it is enough to achieve UEFA Europa League qualification due to second placed Manchester United being League Cup holders and champions Chelsea being FA Cup finalists 178 Burnley already relegated bow out of the Premier League in style with a 4 2 home win over fourth placed Tottenham Hotspur 179 11 May Gianfranco Zola is sacked after less than two years as manager of West Ham United 180 However Steve McClaren the former Middlesbrough and England manager whose name had been linked with the West Ham job amid previous speculation about Zola s future is ruled out as a successor after ending his two year spell at FC Twente of the Netherlands and accepting an offer to manage German side VfL Wolfsburg 181 A London based manager makes the headlines for the right reasons as the League Managers Association votes Fulham s Roy Hodgson as manager of the year 182 12 May Fulham lose 2 1 to Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Europa League final at the Nordbank Arena in Hamburg Germany Diego Forlan the former Manchester United striker had put the Spaniards ahead in the 32nd minute only for Fulham midfielder Simon Davies to equalise five minutes later With the scores still level after 90 minutes the match went into extra time and Forlan won the trophy with his second goal in the 116th minute 183 14 May Wayne Brown the Leicester City defender is forced to apologize to his teammates after revealing to them that he voted for the far right British National Party in last week s general election 184 15 May Chelsea beat Portsmouth 1 0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley Didier Drogba scored the match s only goal from a second half free kick as Kevin Prince Boateng and Frank Lampard missed penalties for Portsmouth and Chelsea respectively Chelsea s victory in the 2009 10 FA Cup secured the club s first league and cup double as well as their third FA Cup victory in four years 16 May Oxford United beat York City 3 1 in the Conference Premier playoff final at Wembley Stadium to secure a return to the Football League after four years away 185 21 May Avram Grant resigned as manager of Portsmouth 186 22 May Blackpool defeated Cardiff City 3 2 in the Championship playoff final at Wembley Stadium to seal promotion to the Premier League ending their 39 year exile from the top division of English football 187 24 May England beat Mexico 3 1 in a friendly at Wembley with goals coming from Ledley King Peter Crouch and Glen Johnson 188 26 May Following promotion to the Premier League Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston announces that a new stand will be built at the Bloomfield Road stadium in order to achieve a 16 000 all seated capacity 189 27 May Steve Cotterill resigns as manager of Notts County despite having led them to promotion from League Two amid speculation that he is about to replace Avram Grant as Portsmouth manager 190 29 May A Paul Robinson goal gives Millwall promotion to the Championship as they defeat Swindon Town in the League One playoff final 191 30 May Jon Nurse grabs the winner as Dagenham amp Redbridge clinch promotion to League One following a 3 2 win over Rotherham United in the League Two playoff final 192 England beat Japan 2 1 in their final friendly before the World Cup 193 June 2010 edit 1 June England s 23 man World Cup squad is announced with Theo Walcott who appeared in the 2006 squad despite being only 17 being the most notable exclusion 194 Crystal Palace are saved from liquidation by a last minute takeover deal 195 3 June Rafael Benitez resigns from Liverpool after six seasons as manager during which time the Reds won the UEFA Champions League and the FA Cup but failed to clinch the league title which has eluded them since 1990 196 Meanwhile Avram Grant is confirmed as manager of West Ham United 197 4 June England captain Rio Ferdinand is ruled out of the World Cup by a knee injury sustained during training 198 8 June Philippe Senderos leaves Arsenal after seven years and joins Fulham on a three year contract 199 9 June Chelsea give free transfers to out of contract players Joe Cole and Michael Ballack 200 10 June Cardiff City pay off 1 9 million debt with HM Revenue and Customs removing any threat of club s existence from the High Court 201 Swindon Town teenager Alex Henshall joins Manchester City for an undisclosed fee 202 13 June England s World Cup campaign begins with a 1 1 draw against the United States 203 18 June England s World Cup hopes are thrown into doubt when they are held to a 0 0 draw with Algeria in their second group match 204 23 June England reach the last 16 of the World Cup with a 1 0 win over Slovenia in their final group match 205 27 June England go out of the World Cup in a 4 1 defeat by Germany 206 Retirements editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it January 2010 8 October 2009 Stephen Roberts 29 year old former Wrexham Doncaster Rovers and Walsall defender 22 October 2009 Marc Edworthy 36 year old right back who last played for Burton Albion retired after playing over 500 senior appearances in 18 year career He played for eight clubs in his career which included spells in the Premier League with Crystal Palace Coventry City Norwich City and Derby County 207 208 8 December 2009 Linvoy Primus 36 year old Portsmouth defender after failing to overcome a serious knee injury but now work ambassadorial role for Portsmouth He previously played for Charlton Athletic Barnet and Reading citation needed 11 December 2009 Dean Ashton 26 year old West Ham United striker after failing to make a full recovery from an ankle injury suffered when training with the England team in August 2006 209 17 December 2009 Riccardo Scimeca 34 year old Cardiff City midfielder formerly of Aston Villa Leicester City and Nottingham Forest 210 6 January 2010 Neil Clement 31 year old West Bromwich Albion defender and club s longest serving player after 10 years there after failing to make a full recovery from a knee injury suffered in August 2008 211 6 January 2010 Patrik Berger 36 year old Czech midfielder who had spells in England with Liverpool Portsmouth and Aston Villa before returning to Sparta Prague 212 Notable debutants editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it May 2013 24 October 2009 Jeffrey Bruma 17 year old defender made his debut for Chelsea as a substitute coming on for Ricardo Carvalho in a 5 0 Premier League home win against Blackburn Rovers 213 2 March 2010 Alex Oxlade Chamberlain 16 year old winger made his debut for Southampton as a late substitute in a 5 0 home win over Huddersfield Town in League One 214 21 March 2010 Phil Jones 18 year old defender made his debut for Blackburn Rovers in their 1 1 home Premier League draw to Chelsea 215 9 May 2010 Jack Robinson 16 year old defender made his debut for Liverpool in a 0 0 away Premier League draw with Hull 216 At the time this made Robinson Liverpool s youngest ever first team player 216 a record since broken by Jerome Sinclair all competitions 217 and Harvey Elliott Premier League only 218 National team editThe home team is on the left column the away team is on the right column Friendly matches edit 219 12 August 2009Netherlands nbsp 2 2 nbsp EnglandKuyt nbsp 10 Van der Vaart nbsp 38 Report Defoe nbsp 49 77 Amsterdam Arena AmsterdamAttendance 50 000Referee Nicola Rizzoli Italy 5 September 2009England nbsp 2 1 nbsp SloveniaLampard nbsp 31 pen Defoe nbsp 63 Report Ljubijankic nbsp 85 Wembley Stadium LondonAttendance 67 232Referee Jonas Eriksson Sweden 14 November 2009England nbsp 0 1 nbsp Brazil Report Nilmar nbsp 48 Khalifa International Stadium DohaAttendance 50 000Referee Abdou Abdulrahman Qatar 3 March 2010England nbsp 3 1 nbsp EgyptCrouch nbsp 56 80 Wright Phillips nbsp 75 Report Zidan nbsp 23 Wembley Stadium LondonAttendance 80 602 24 May 2010England nbsp 3 1 nbsp MexicoKing nbsp 17 Crouch nbsp 35 Johnson nbsp 47 Report Franco nbsp 45 Wembley Stadium LondonAttendance 88 638 30 May 2010Japan nbsp 1 2 nbsp EnglandTulio nbsp 7 Report Tulio nbsp 72 o g Nakazawa nbsp 83 o g UPC Arena GrazAttendance 15 326Referee Rene Eisner Austria World Cup qualifiers edit England were in Group 6 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification process 220 9 September 2009England nbsp 5 1 nbsp CroatiaLampard nbsp 7 pen 59 Gerrard nbsp 18 66 Rooney nbsp 77 Report Eduardo nbsp 72 Wembley Stadium LondonAttendance 87 319Referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco Spain 10 October 2009Ukraine nbsp 1 0 nbsp EnglandNazarenko nbsp 27 Report Dnipro Stadium DnipropetrovskAttendance 40 000Referee Damir Skomina Slovenia 14 October 2009England nbsp 3 0 nbsp BelarusCrouch nbsp 4 76 Wright Phillips nbsp 59 Report Wembley Stadium LondonAttendance 76 897Referee Lucilio Batista Portugal Honours editTrophy and league champions edit Competition Winner Details At Match Report FA Cup Chelsea 2009 10 FA Cupbeat Portsmouth 1 0 Wembley Report League Cup Manchester United 2009 10 Football League Cupbeat Aston Villa 2 1 Wembley Report Premier League Chelsea 2009 10 Premier League Stamford Bridge Report Championship Newcastle United 2009 10 Football League Championship Home Park Report League One Norwich City 2009 10 Football League One Carrow Road Report League Two Notts County 2009 10 Football League Two The Darlington Arena Report FA Community Shield Chelsea 2009 FA Community Shieldbeat Manchester United 4 1 on penalties 2 2 final score Wembley Report Football League Trophy Southampton 2009 10 Football League Trophybeat Carlisle United 4 1 Wembley Report FA Trophy Barrow 2009 10 FA Trophybeat Stevenage Borough 2 1 Wembley Report Playoff winners edit Competition Winner Details Football League Championship Blackpool 2009 10 Football League Championship Beat Cardiff 3 2 Football League One Millwall 2009 10 Football League One Beat Swindon Town 1 0 Football League Two Dagenham amp Redbridge 2009 10 Football League Two Beat Rotherham 3 2 Conference National Oxford United 2009 10 Conference NationalBeat York 3 1 Conference North Fleetwood Town 2009 10 Conference NorthBeat Alfreton 2 1 Conference South Bath City 2009 10 Conference SouthBeat Woking 1 0League tables editPremier League edit Main article 2009 10 Premier League In one of the most closely fought title races in recent history Chelsea were crowned Premier League Champions for the second time in five years breaking the goal scoring record with 103 goals Despite the disappointment in the Champions League the club managed to retain the FA Cup recording their first domestic double under Carlo Ancelotti The 80 million departure of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid in the summer meant Manchester United narrowly missed out on the title though they managed to retain the League Cup Arsenal took third place and once again qualified for Europe s elite competition while Tottenham Hotspur took the final spot for the Champions League by finishing fourth with the manager Harry Redknapp winning the Premier League Manager of the Year award Three teams took the UEFA Europa League spots Taking fifth place were Manchester City whose controversial gamble of sacking Mark Hughes at Christmas and replacing him with Roberto Mancini paid off as they finished in their best position in years Finishing sixth once again were Aston Villa who again looked like breaking into the top four but ultimately fell short Taking seventh place were Liverpool who were runners up the year before but suffered from losing key players such as Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid Sami Hyypia to Bayer Leverkusen and Fernando Torres several times to injury throughout the season these factors resulted in indifferent form in all of their competitions meaning they only took a Europa League spot after the FA Cup finalists were refused a UEFA licence and finished in their lowest position for eleven years Fulham built on last season s finish of seventh place as they came close to Europa League glory in Hamburg losing 2 1 in extra time to Atletico Madrid with ex Manchester United striker Diego Forlan scoring the winning goal However critics universally praised manager Roy Hodgson for guiding a club threatened with relegation two seasons previously to the Europa League final By a wide margin he won the LMA Manager of the Year award Birmingham City finished ninth in their best position in the top flight in years with their season including a twelve match unbeaten run while fellow promoted side Wolverhampton Wanderers flirted with relegation several times but ultimately finished in a respectable 15th place Portsmouth endured a season of financial worries a nine point deduction and four different owners that effectively ended their seven year stay in the top flight Hull City failed to emulate their previous season s success and were also relegated After the departure of promotion winning manager Owen Coyle at the turn of the year Burnley s league form under Brian Laws declined rapidly and they were relegated to the Championship after just one season Table edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Chelsea C 38 27 5 6 103 32 71 86 Qualification for the Champions League group stage 2 Manchester United 38 27 4 7 86 28 58 85 3 Arsenal 38 23 6 9 83 41 42 75 4 Tottenham Hotspur 38 21 7 10 67 41 26 70 Qualification for the Champions League play off round 5 Manchester City 38 18 13 7 73 45 28 67 Qualification for the Europa League play off round a 6 Aston Villa 38 17 13 8 52 39 13 64 7 Liverpool 38 18 9 11 61 35 26 63 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round b 8 Everton 38 16 13 9 60 49 11 61 9 Birmingham City 38 13 11 14 38 47 9 50 10 Blackburn Rovers 38 13 11 14 41 55 14 50 11 Stoke City 38 11 14 13 34 48 14 47 12 Fulham 38 12 10 16 39 46 7 46 13 Sunderland 38 11 11 16 48 56 8 44 14 Bolton Wanderers 38 10 9 19 42 67 25 39 15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 9 11 18 32 56 24 38 16 Wigan Athletic 38 9 9 20 37 79 42 36 17 West Ham United 38 8 11 19 47 66 19 35 18 Burnley R 38 8 6 24 42 82 40 30 Relegation to Football League Championship 19 Hull City R 38 6 12 20 34 75 41 30 20 Portsmouth R 38 7 7 24 34 66 32 19 c Source Premier League C Champions R RelegatedNotes Since Manchester United won the League Cup and then qualified for the Champions League their spot in the Europa League was passed down to the 6th placed team The 6th placed Aston Villa was coincidentally also the League Cup runners up Originally Portsmouth qualified for the third qualifying round of the Europa League as the FA Cup runners up replacing the winners Champions League qualified Chelsea However they failed to apply for a UEFA licence Therefore Liverpool as the best placed team not qualified for the European competitions took their place Portsmouth were docked nine points for entering administration 221 Leading goalscorer Didier Drogba Chelsea 29 Football League Championship edit Main article 2009 10 Football League Championship Newcastle United put last season s relegation behind them as they returned to the Premier League at the first attempt staying top for the majority of the season and losing just four matches under the management of Chris Hughton remaining unbeaten at home in the process Roberto Di Matteo s first season in charge of West Bromwich Albion brought success as the Midlands club enjoyed automatic promotion to the top flight for the third time in eight years They were joined by Blackpool who were tipped by many as relegation favourites at the beginning of the season Ian Holloway masterminded the Lancashire club s promotion with a thrilling 3 2 victory over Cardiff City in the play off final returning to the top flight for the first time since 1971 Swansea City occupied a play off place for most of the season but missed out on the final day this despite scoring fewer goals than all three relegated sides Middlesbrough made a strong start to the season however the mid season decision to sack Gareth Southgate while still in contention for promotion backfired Their form subsequently declined under his replacement Gordon Strachan and they fell out of the promotion race and finished in 11th place Peterborough United went straight back down to League One employing four different managers and propping up the table for the majority of the season They were soon joined by Plymouth Argyle who did not win a game until late September and went on a five match losing streak towards the end of the season ending six years in the second tier Crystal Palace who had been on the brink of the playoffs before being deducted ten points for entering administration faced Sheffield Wednesday in the final match of the season as they both fought for survival The match finished 2 2 meaning Palace survived and Wednesday dropped into League One Pos Teamvte 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 34Source The Football LeagueRules for classification 1 points 2 goal difference 3 number of goals scored C Champions O Play off winners P Promoted R RelegatedNotes Crystal Palace were given a ten point deduction for entering administration 222 Leading goalscorers Nicky Maynard Bristol City 20 and Peter Whittingham Cardiff City 20 Football League One edit Main article 2009 10 Football League One After recovering from an embarrassing 7 1 defeat to Colchester on the first day of the season a turnaround under new manager Paul Lambert and the 24 goals from free scoring striker Grant Holt saw Norwich City make an immediate return to the Championship Leeds United secured automatic promotion in the runners up spot their season almost fell apart disastrously after they led the table by eight points at the turn of the year and also knocked Manchester United out of the FA Cup They rebounded in the final weeks of the season and a last day 2 1 victory over Bristol Rovers saw the Yorkshire side end their three year spell in League One Millwall who narrowly missed out on automatic promotion by just one point beat Swindon Town in the play off final returning to the Championship after a four year absence Despite being deducted ten points and missing out on the play offs Southampton managed to win the Football League Trophy and striker Rickie Lambert was the league s top scorer with 31 goals Stockport County spent the entire season in administration and were subsequently relegated Southend United were faced with financial problems and also relegated Wycombe Wanderers first season at this level for six years proved a disappointment and they were immediately relegated back to League Two Gillingham also suffered an immediate relegation after their play off victory the previous year their inability to win an away fixture all season proved to be their downfall Hartlepool stayed up on goal difference after they received a three point deduction for fielding an ineligible player but Gillingham s loss to Wycombe confirmed their survival Pos Teamvte 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 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 a 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 amp 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 b 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 25Source The Football LeagueRules for classification 1 points 2 goal difference 3 number of goals scored C Champions O Play off winners P Promoted R RelegatedNotes 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 223 Hartlepool deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player 224 Leading goalscorer Rickie Lambert Southampton 31 Football League Two edit Main article 2009 10 Football League Two Notts County s season mostly made the headlines for all the wrong reasons as they were involved in an abortive high spending takeover by a consortium who brought in Sven Goran Eriksson as director of football and went through four managers during the season However they managed to overcome their off field problems and won the title AFC Bournemouth continued their revival under Eddie Howe and won promotion in the runners up spot The last automatic promotion spot was taken by Rochdale who were promoted for the first time since 1969 Dagenham amp Redbridge won the play offs reaching the third tier of the Football League for the first time in their 18 year history Darlington were unable to recover from losing many of their players during their spell in administration at the end of the previous season and finished bottom of the league becoming the third club after Halifax Town and Chester City to be relegated to the Football Conference on two separate occasions Grimsby suffered the relegation that they only avoided the previous year due to Luton Town s points deduction their form improved significantly in the final weeks of the season but they were ultimately undone by an earlier run of nearly five months without a win and were relegated to the Conference Premier after losing on the final day Pos Teamvte 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 amp 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 30Updated to match es played on unknown Source football league co uk C Champions O Play off winners P Promoted R Relegated Leading goalscorer Lee Hughes Notts County 30Clubs that folded editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it March 2010 Club League Date of Dissolution Newcastle Blue Star Northern Premier League Premier Division June 2009 King s Lynn Northern Premier League Premier Division 25 November 2009 Chester City Conference National 10 March 2010 225 Farsley Celtic Conference North 10 March 2010 226 Deaths edit12 July 2009 Tommy Cummings 80 former defender who made 479 appearances for Burnley and was a member of the Clarets side that won the league championship in 1959 60 Later became player manager of Mansfield Town and also had a short spell as Aston Villa manager 227 21 July 2009 Dai Lawrence 62 former full back who played four seasons for Swansea City in the late 1960s 228 31 July 2009 Sir Bobby Robson 76 former inside forward and manager As a player he played for Fulham and West Bromwich Albion and won 20 caps for England As manager he reached even greater heights being appointed to Ipswich Town in 1969 and over the next 13 years taking them to FA Cup and UEFA Cup glory also finishing second in the league in his final two seasons as manager before leaving in 1982 to manage England for eight years during which they reached the quarter final of the World Cup in 1986 and to the semi final in 1990 only losing on penalties He later managed PSV Porto and Barcelona before returning home to manage his boyhood favourites Newcastle United from 1999 to 2004 during which time they qualified for Europe on three occasions He was knighted for his services to football in 2002 His death came after a 17 year battle against cancer which had gone into remission four times 229 2 August 2009 Joe Livingstone 67 former striker who scored 42 goals in 82 appearances for Carlisle United and also played for Middlesbrough and Hartlepool United 230 9 August 2009 Tommy Clinton 83 former defender who spent eight seasons at Everton and was capped three times by the Republic of Ireland Also played briefly for Blackburn Rovers and Tranmere Rovers 231 19 August 2009 Bobby Thomson 65 full back capped eight times by England He played 278 league matches for Wolverhampton Wanderers 110 for Luton Town and also played for Birmingham City Walsall Port Vale and in the United States 232 13 September 2009 Paul Shirtliff 46 former defender who played in The Football League for Sheffield Wednesday and Northampton Town and also had a long career at non league level 233 24 September 2009 Terry Bly 73 former striker who most notably holds the post war single season goalscoring record in The Football League having scored 52 goals for Peterborough United in 1960 61 Also played for Norwich City Coventry City and Notts County 234 26 September 2009 Geoff Barrowcliffe 77 former Derby County full back who spent 16 seasons with the Rams playing more than 500 first team matches He also played for several non league clubs including Ilkeston Town and Boston United 235 5 October 2009 Tommy Capel 87 former inside forward who most notably played five seasons for Nottingham Forest where he scored 72 goals in 162 appearances Also played for Manchester City Chesterfield Birmingham City Coventry City and Halifax Town 236 8 October 2009 Alex McCrae 89 former inside forward who scored 49 goals in a five year spell with Middlesbrough in the early 1950s Also played for Charlton Athletic and for Hearts and Falkirk in his native Scotland 237 12 October 2009 Stan Palk 87 former inside forward who played for Liverpool and Port Vale in the immediate post war years 238 17 October 2009 David Burnside 69 former midfielder who played for a number of clubs but is probably best remembered from his five year spell with West Bromwich Albion Some of his other clubs include Southampton Crystal Palace Wolverhampton Wanderers and Plymouth Argyle 239 21 October 2009 John Jarman 78 former Barnsley and Walsall wing half who later worked as a coach for Wolverhampton Wanderers West Bromwich Albion Mansfield Town and Derby County 240 22 October 2009 Ray Lambert 87 former Wales international full back who played more than 300 matches for Liverpool where he won the 1946 47 league title 241 2 November 2009 Keith Kettleborough 74 former inside forward who spent the majority of his career with Rotherham United and Sheffield United and also had a spell as player manager at Doncaster Rovers 242 7 November 2009 Billy Ingham 57 former Burnley midfielder who spent eleven years with the Clarets playing more than 250 matches for the club before finishing his career with a spell at Bradford City 243 15 November 2009 Ray Charnley 74 former Blackpool striker who is one of the Seasiders most prolific scorers of all time with 222 goals in 407 appearances for the club He won one England cap while at Blackpool and also played for Morecambe Wrexham and Bradford Park Avenue 244 15 November 2009 Don Martin 65 former striker who scored more than 100 goals in a 16 year career with Northampton Town and Blackburn Rovers 245 23 November 2009 Tony Parry 64 former central defender who spent the majority of his nine year professional career with Hartlepool United and also had a brief spell with Derby County before dropping down to non league football 246 25 November 2009 Mike Tiddy 80 former winger who began his career at Torquay United before making over 100 appearances with Cardiff City and Brighton amp Hove Albion as well as making over 50 appearances for Arsenal 247 248 29 November 2009 George Cummins 78 former inside forward who began his career at Everton but spent the majority of his 12 year professional career with Luton Town He also had a brief spell at Hull City and was capped 19 times for the Republic of Ireland 249 1 December 2009 Neil Dougall 88 inside forward or wing half who played nearly 100 matches for Birmingham City and more than 300 for Plymouth Argyle a club he later managed Capped once for Scotland 250 14 December 2009 Alan A Court 75 former Liverpool winger who spent 13 seasons with the Reds playing 382 matches before finishing his career at Tranmere Rovers He was also capped five times by England and played for his country in the 1958 World Cup 251 16 December 2009 Dennis Herod 86 former Stoke City goalkeeper who was a member of the team that came within two points of winning the league title in 1946 47 and famously scored a goal for the club in 1952 against Aston Villa Also played for Stockport County 252 20 December 2009 Jack Brownsword 86 former left back who spent nearly his entire career with Scunthorpe United playing a club record 597 league appearances for the Iron between 1950 and 1964 Also had a brief spell with Hull City prior to joining Scunthorpe 253 22 December 2009 Albert Scanlon 74 former Manchester United winger and Busby Babe who survived the Munich air disaster Played 115 league matches for the Red Devils and was a member of the 1955 56 and 1956 57 championship winning sides Later played for Newcastle United Lincoln City and Mansfield Town 254 7 January 2010 Alex Parker 74 former full back who was a member of Everton s 1962 63 championship winning side and played for Scotland in the 1958 World Cup Also played for Falkirk and Southport 255 20 January 2010 Jack Parry 86 former goalkeeper who played for Swansea Town and Ipswich Town and was capped once by Wales in 1951 256 30 January 2010 Jackie Newton 84 former wing half who spent 12 years with Hartlepool United making 361 first team appearances Began his career at Newcastle United but failed to make an appearance for the Magpies 257 3 February 2010 Gil Merrick 88 former Birmingham City goalkeeper and manager who served the club for more than 25 years As a player he appeared in 485 league matches for the Blues and was also capped 23 times by England playing in the 1954 World Cup As manager he won the 1963 League Cup beating arch rivals Aston Villa in the final 258 11 February 2010 Petar Borota 56 Serbian goalkeeper who played for Chelsea between 1979 and 1982 and whose other clubs include Partizan and Porto Won four caps for the former Yugoslavia 259 11 February 2010 Brian Godfrey 69 former striker who played for six clubs most notably Scunthorpe United Preston North End and Aston Villa where he played in the 1971 League Cup final He also won three caps for Wales and was manager at Exeter City and several non league clubs 260 22 February 2010 Bobby Smith 56 former midfielder who spent eight seasons at Leicester City between 1978 and 1986 and also had a long career in his native Scotland mostly with Hibernian and Dunfermline Athletic 261 27 February 2010 Charlie Crowe 85 former Newcastle United defender who was a member of the Magpies 1951 FA Cup winning side Also played for Mansfield Town at the tail end of his career 262 28 February 2010 Adam Blacklaw 72 former Burnley goalkeeper who played more than 300 matches for the Clarets and was a member of Burnley s 1959 60 championship winning squad Also played for Blackburn Rovers and Scotland at international level 263 3 March 2010 Keith Alexander 53 manager and former striker who was manager of Macclesfield Town at the time of his death and had also managed Lincoln City and Peterborough United earlier in his career As player he was a journeyman striker who spent most of his career in non league football but also had a few spells in the Football League primarily with Grimsby Town and Lincoln City 264 4 March 2010 Tony Richards 75 former striker who is Walsall s second leading scorer of all time with 185 league goals for the Saddlers between 1954 and 1963 Also spent three seasons with Port Vale 265 15 March 2010 Charlie Ashcroft 83 former goalkeeper who spent nine years at Liverpool mostly as the team s second choice goalkeeper and also had spells at Ipswich Town and Coventry City late in his career 266 19 March 2010 Bob Curtis 60 former right back who made more than 350 appearances for Charlton Athletic during an 11 year spell at The Valley Also played for Mansfield Town and Kettering Town 267 24 March 2010 George Luke 76 former left winger who spent his entire career in the North East playing almost 200 matches for Hartlepools United before joining Newcastle United where he stayed just over a year before finishing his career with Darlington 268 6 April 2010 Sid Storey 90 former inside forward who spent nine years at York City where he played more than 350 matches and scored 42 goals Also had short spells with Barnsley and Accrington Stanley 269 8 April 2010 Stan Smith 79 former inside forward who spent most of his career with Port Vale and also played for Crewe Alexandra and Oldham Athletic 270 11 April 2010 John Batchelor 51 controversial former owner and chairman of York City 271 13 April 2010 Charlie Timmins 87 former 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