The City Ground

SEASON: 2009-10

Prev Season: 2008-09
This Season: 2009-10
Next Season: 2010-11

DIVISION:: Coca-Cola Championship (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Billy Davies
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Birmingham City (A) 0-1)
League Cup:: 3rd Round (Blackburn Rovers (H) 0-1)
Player Of The Year:: Lee Camp

Top Goalscorer:: Robert Earnshaw (17 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	19 times	10 times	7 times	1 time	2 times
Conceded	22 times	5 times	3 times	2 times
Won By	13 times	4 times	5 times	1 time	1 time
Lost By	11 times	3 times	1 time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 29,155
Lowest League Attendance:: 18,332
Average League Attendance:: 24,020
Highest Cup Attendance:: 20,975
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 4,639

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 21
Red cards:: 4
Yellow cards:: 90
Penalties scored:: 2
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

CHAMPIONSHIP (Tier 2)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Newcastle United	46	30	12	4	90	35	18	5	0	56	13	12	7	4	34	22	55	102	Promoted as Champions	1-0	0-2
2	West Bromwich Albion	46	26	13	7	89	48	16	3	4	48	21	10	10	3	41	27	41	91	Promoted	0-1	3-1
3	Nottingham Forest	46	22	13	11	65	40	18	2	3	45	13	4	11	8	20	27	25	79
4	Cardiff City	46	22	10	14	73	54	12	6	5	37	20	10	4	9	36	34	19	76		0-0	1-1
5	Leicester City	46	21	13	12	61	45	13	6	4	40	18	8	7	8	21	27	16	76		5-1	0-3
6	Blackpool	46	19	13	14	74	58	13	6	4	46	22	6	7	10	28	36	16	70	Promoted via playoffs	0-1	1-3
7	Swansea City	46	17	18	11	40	37	10	10	3	21	12	7	8	8	19	25	3	69		1-0	1-0
8	Sheffield United	46	17	14	15	62	55	12	8	3	37	20	5	6	12	25	35	7	65		1-0	0-0
9	Reading	46	17	12	17	68	63	10	7	6	39	22	7	5	11	29	41	5	63		2-1	0-0
10	Bristol City	46	15	18	13	56	65	10	10	3	38	34	5	8	10	18	31	-9	63		1-1	1-1
11	Middlesbrough	46	16	14	16	58	50	9	8	6	25	21	7	6	10	33	29	8	62		1-0	1-1
12	Doncaster Rovers	46	15	15	16	59	58	9	7	7	32	29	6	8	9	27	29	1	60		4-1	0-1
13	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	15	17	58	65	8	9	6	36	28	6	6	11	22	37	-7	57		5-0	1-1
14	Derby County	46	15	11	20	53	63	12	3	8	37	32	3	8	12	16	31	-10	56		3-2	0-1
15	Ipswich Town	46	12	20	14	50	61	8	11	4	24	23	4	9	10	26	38	-11	56		3-0	1-1
16	Watford	46	14	12	20	61	68	10	6	7	36	26	4	6	13	25	42	-7	54		2-4	0-0
17	Preston North End	46	13	15	18	58	73	9	10	4	35	26	4	5	14	23	47	-15	54		3-0	2-3
18	Barnsley	46	14	12	20	53	69	8	7	8	25	29	6	5	12	28	40	-16	54		1-0	1-2
19	Coventry City	46	13	15	18	47	64	8	9	6	27	29	5	6	12	20	35	-17	54		2-0	0-1
20	Scunthorpe United	46	14	10	22	62	84	10	7	6	40	32	4	3	16	22	52	-22	52		2-0	2-2
21	Crystal Palace	46	14	17	15	50	53	8	5	10	24	27	6	12	5	26	26	-3	49*		2-0	1-1
22	Sheffield Wednesday	46	11	14	21	49	69	8	6	9	30	31	3	8	12	19	38	-20	47	Relegated	2-1	1-1
23	Plymouth Argyle	46	11	8	27	43	68	5	6	12	20	30	6	2	15	23	38	-25	41	Relegated	3-0	1-0
24	Peterborough United	46	8	10	28	46	80	6	5	12	32	37	2	5	16	14	43	-34	34	Relegated	1-0	2-1

*Crystal Palace deducted 10 points for entering administration

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 08, 2009	Reading	A	0-0	Draw	19,640	17
2	Sat Aug 15, 2009	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-1	Loss	22,794	20
3	Tue Aug 18, 2009	Watford	H	2-4	Loss	19,232	22	Blackstock (45), Adebola (87)
4	Sat Aug 22, 2009	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-1	Draw	13,058	20	McGoldrick (57)
5	Sat Aug 29, 2009	Derby County	H	3-2	Win	28,143	16	Majewski (1), Blackstock (28), Tyson (43)
6	Sat Sep 12, 2009	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-1	Draw	25,270	16	Blackstock (2)
7	Tue Sep 15, 2009	Ipswich Town	A	1-1	Draw	21,130	16	Earnshaw (59)
8	Sat Sep 19, 2009	Blackpool	H	0-1	Loss	23,487	19
9	Sun Sep 27, 2009	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-0	Win	14,792	17	Gunter (45)
10	Wed Sep 30, 2009	Scunthorpe United	H	2-0	Win	18,332	14	Chambers (71), Blackstock (76)
11	Sat Oct 03, 2009	Peterborough United	A	2-1	Win	12,711	10	Majewski (51), Anderson (56)
12	Sat Oct 17, 2009	Newcastle United	H	1-0	Win	29,155	7	Blackstock (45)
13	Tue Oct 20, 2009	Barnsley	H	1-0	Win	20,395	7	Moussi (90)
14	Sat Oct 24, 2009	Crystal Palace	A	1-1	Draw	15,692	9	McGoldrick (48)
15	Sun Nov 01, 2009	Cardiff City	A	1-1	Draw	20,413	9	McGugan (90)
16	Sat Nov 07, 2009	Bristol City	H	1-1	Draw	21,467	8	Morgan (85)
17	Sat Nov 21, 2009	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	Draw	22,710	9	Earnshaw (73)
18	Sat Nov 28, 2009	Doncaster Rovers	H	4-1	Win	22,035	4	Gareth Roberts (18 OG), Morgan (59), Earnshaw (77), McGugan (80)
19	Sat Dec 05, 2009	Leicester City	H	5-1	Win	28,626	3	Earnshaw (12, 32, 49), Anderson (54), Adebola (77)
20	Tue Dec 08, 2009	Sheffield United	A	0-0	Draw	26,490	4
21	Sat Dec 12, 2009	Swansea City	A	1-0	Win	16,690	3	McGoldrick (35)
22	Sat Dec 19, 2009	Preston North End	H	3-0	Win	21,582	3	McKenna (16), Adebola (25), McGugan (81)
23	Sat Dec 26, 2009	Watford	A	0-0	Draw	17,086	3
24	Mon Dec 28, 2009	Coventry City	H	2-0	Win	28,608	3	Earnshaw (42), Blackstock (78)
25	Fri Jan 08, 2010	West Bromwich Albion	A	3-1	Win	22,873	2	Blackstock (18), Majewski (53), Cohen (56)
26	Sat Jan 16, 2010	Reading	H	2-1	Win	27,635	2	Anderson (11), Earnshaw (41)
27	Tue Jan 26, 2010	Queens Park Rangers	H	5-0	Win	23,293	2	Earnshaw (18, 21), Blackstock (32 pen), Cohen (49), Perch (78)
28	Sat Jan 30, 2010	Derby County	A	0-1	Loss	32,674	2
29	Sat Feb 06, 2010	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-1	Win	27,900	3	Blackstock (24, 80)
30	Tue Feb 09, 2010	Coventry City	A	0-1	Loss	18,225	3
31	Sat Feb 13, 2010	Doncaster Rovers	A	0-1	Loss	12,768	3
32	Tue Feb 16, 2010	Sheffield United	H	1-0	Win	22,076	3	Earnshaw (4)
33	Sat Feb 20, 2010	Middlesbrough	H	1-0	Win	25,498	2	Cohen (72)
34	Sat Feb 27, 2010	Leicester City	A	0-3	Loss	31,759	3
35	Sat Mar 06, 2010	Swansea City	H	1-0	Win	25,012	2	Chambers (90)
36	Sat Mar 13, 2010	Preston North End	A	2-3	Loss	14,426	3	Blackstock (57 pen), Earnshaw (76)
37	Tue Mar 16, 2010	Barnsley	A	1-2	Loss	13,174	3	Blackstock (78)
38	Sat Mar 20, 2010	Peterborough United	H	1-0	Win	24,582	3	Earnshaw (13)
39	Tue Mar 23, 2010	Crystal Palace	H	2-0	Win	20,025	3	Morgan (45), Tyson (82)
40	Mon Mar 29, 2010	Newcastle United	A	0-2	Loss	45,987	3
41	Sat Apr 03, 2010	Bristol City	A	1-1	Draw	16,125	3	Moussi (29)
42	Mon Apr 05, 2010	Cardiff City	H	0-0	Draw	22,185	3
43	Sat Apr 10, 2010	Ipswich Town	H	3-0	Win	23,459	3	Chambers (47), Moussi (57), Earnshaw (76)
44	Sat Apr 17, 2010	Blackpool	A	1-3	Loss	11,164	3	Garner (65)
45	Sat Apr 24, 2010	Plymouth Argyle	H	3-0	Win	22,602	3	Earnshaw (19), Bondz N'Gala (34 OG), Anderson (90)
46	Sun May 02, 2010	Scunthorpe United	A	2-2	Draw	8,119	3	Garner (17), Boyd (43)

Playoffs

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat May 08, 2010	Blackpool	Semi	1	A	1-2	Loss	11,805	Cohen (13)
Tue May 11, 2010	Blackpool	Semi	2	H	3-4	Loss	28,358	Earnshaw (7, 66), Adebola (90)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 02, 2010	Birmingham City	3			H	0-0	Draw	20,975
Tue Jan 12, 2010	Birmingham City	3	Y	1	A	0-1	Loss	9,399

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Aug 12, 2009	Bradford City	1	H	3-0	Win	4,639	Anderson (46), Blackstock (60), McGugan (82)
Tue Aug 25, 2009	Middlesbrough	2	H	2-1	Win	8,838	Chambers (60), Majewski (*)
Tue Sep 22, 2009	Blackburn Rovers	3	H	0-1	Loss	11,553

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jul 11, 2009	Sporting Lisbon	Portugal	A	1-0	Win	-	Anderson (79)
Sat Jul 18, 2009	Burton Albion	England	A	4-1	Win	2,013	McGoldrick (28), Tyson (46, 53, 56)
Wed Jul 22, 2009	Rotherham United	England	A	1-0	Win	1,223	Earnshaw (7)
Wed Jul 22, 2009	Rushden and Diamonds	England	A	1-1	Draw	1,223	Majewski (2)
Sat Jul 25, 2009	Notts County	England	A	1-2	Loss	12,040	McGugan (73)
Wed Jul 29, 2009	Stoke City	England	H	1-1	Draw	5,542	McGoldrick (30)
Sun Aug 02, 2009	Birmingham City	England	H	2-1	Win	6,735	McGoldrick (41), Earnshaw (82)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (14)				Out (13)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Ben Gathercole	Bought			Aaron Mitchell	Sold
	Hopkinson Tim	Bought			Arron Davies	Sold
	Mullen Tom	Bought			Hopkinson Tim	Sold
	Sam Benjamin	Bought			James Reid	Sold
	Sean McCashin	Bought			Jordan Fairclough	Sold
	Watson Karlton	Bought			Mickael Darnet	Sold
	Zannetos Mytides	Bought			Sam Benjamin	Sold
Jun 30, 2009	Dele Adebola	Bought			Sean McCashin	Sold
Jul 11, 2009	David McGoldrick	Bought	£1,310,000		Shane Redmond	Released
Jul 22, 2009	Nialle Rodney	Loan In		Jul 22, 2009	Ben Fairclough	Released
Jul 22, 2009	Paul McKenna	Bought	£700,000	Jan 19, 2010	Joe Heath	Sold
Jul 22, 2009	Radoslaw Majewski	Loan In		May 11, 2010	James Perch	Sold	£840,000
Nov 28, 2009	Nicky Shorey	Loan In		Jun 02, 2010	Tony Diagne	Sold
Mar 06, 2010	George Boyd	Loan In

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Ben Gathercole
GK		Shane Redmond											Went on loan to Burton Albion and Darlington
GK		Zannetos Mytides
GK	1	Lee Camp	49	22	13	14		3					Player Of The Year
GK	21	Paul Smith (2006-11)	4	2	1	1
GK	38	Karl Darlow
D		Robbie Gibbons
D		Sam Benjamin
D		Sean McCashin
D		Tony Diagne
D		Watson Karlton
D	3	Nicky Shorey	9	7	2			1	1				On loan from Aston Villa (Nov - Jan)
D	4	Luke Chambers	26	11	11	4	4	2	1	1	6	24
D	5	Wes Morgan	51	24	12	15	3	8		1
D	35	Aaron Mitchell										5	Went on loan to Ilkeston Town and then sold to Tamworth in January
D	39	Jordan Fairclough
M		James Reid											Went on loan to Rushden and Diamonds; Sold to Lincoln in January
M		Joe Heath											On loan to Lincoln (until January); Sold to Exeter in January
M		Mark Byrne											Went on loan to Rushden and Diamonds
M		Matt Thornhill											Went on loan to Brighton and Cheltenham
M	2	James Perch	21	9	3	9	1	6		3	3	6
M	6	Kelvin Wilson	38	18	9	11		5		1		5
M	16	Chris Gunter	50	23	13	14	1	8			1	2	Signed from Tottenham in July
M	18	Paul McKenna	41	20	11	10	1	8		4	1		Signed from Preston in July
M	19	Guy Moussi	28	14	6	8	3	3	1	6	6	6
M	29	Julian Bennett
M	33	Joel Lynch	12	2	5	5		1		2	1	6	Signed from Brighton in July
M	36	Mickael Darnet
M	37	Brendan Moloney										1	Went on loan to Notts Country and Scunthorpe
F		Ben Fairclough										2
F		Hopkinson Tim
F		Nialle Rodney
F	7	Paul Anderson	44	22	10	12	5	3		25	7	4	Signed from Liverpool in June
F	8	Lewis McGugan	22	7	5	10	4	2		5	14	22
F	9	Dele Adebola	38	14	13	11	4	2		9	24		Signed from Bristol City in July
F	10	Robert Earnshaw	37	16	8	13	17	3		15	13	1
F	11	Nathan Tyson	40	20	8	12	2	4		10	18	2
F	12	Garath McCleary	27	11	13	3		1	1	1	24	3
F	14	Joe Garner	21	6	10	5	2	4		12	6	2
F	15	Chris Cohen	51	23	13	15	4	8		2
F	17	David McGoldrick	38	15	12	11	3	4		12	19	5	Signed from Southampton in June
F	20	Arron Davies	2	2						2		4	Went on loan and then sold to Brighton in January
F	20	George Boyd	6	2	2	2	1			3	1	4	On loan from Peterborough (March to June)
F	23	Dexter Blackstock	45	23	8	14	13	6		19	9	1	Signed from Queens Park Rangers in July
F	28	Radoslaw Majewski	40	23	7	10	4	8		24	4	3	On loan from Polonia Warsaw (Until June)
		Danny Elliot
		Mullen Tom

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
17	Robert Earnshaw	37
13	Dexter Blackstock	45
5	Paul Anderson	44
4	Chris Cohen	51
4	Dele Adebola	38
4	Lewis McGugan	22
4	Luke Chambers	26
4	Radoslaw Majewski	40
3	David McGoldrick	38
3	Guy Moussi	28
3	Wes Morgan	51
2	Joe Garner	21
2	Nathan Tyson	40
1	Chris Gunter	50
1	George Boyd	6
1	James Perch	21
1	Paul McKenna	41

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

2009-10

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Peterborough United	Sat Oct 03, 2009	A	2-1	Sat Mar 20, 2010	H	1-0
Plymouth Argyle	Sun Sep 27, 2009	A	1-0	Sat Apr 24, 2010	H	3-0
Swansea City	Sat Dec 12, 2009	A	1-0	Sat Mar 06, 2010	H	1-0