Football League Championship 2009/10

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Football League Championship 2009/10
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master Newcastle United
Climbers Newcastle United, West Bromwich Albion , Blackpool FC (as play-off winners)
Relegated Sheffield Wednesday , Plymouth Argyle , Peterborough United
Teams 24
Games 552 + 5 play-off games
Gates 1,446  (ø 2.60 per game)
Top scorer Nicky Maynard ( Bristol City ),
Peter Whittingham ( Cardiff City )
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The Football League Championship 2009/10 was the sixth season of the English Football League Championship and also the 18th season of the top division of the Football League - after the introduction of the Premier League - as only the second highest English league. It started on August 7, 2009 and ended on May 22, 2010.

The championship was won by Newcastle United , which also secured participation in the 2010/11 Premier League season . Behind runner-up and co-promoted West Bromwich Albion , Blackpool FC secured promotion to the Premier League as a playoff winner. In the Football League One had to dismount Sheffield Wednesday , Plymouth Argyle and Peterborough United .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Newcastle United (A)  46  30th  12  4th 090:350 +55 102
 2. West Bromwich Albion (A)  46  26th  13  7th 089:480 +41 91
 3. Nottingham Forest  46  22nd  13  11 065:400 +25 79
 4th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City  46  22nd  10  14th 073:540 +19 76
 5. Leicester City (N)  46  21st  13  12 061:450 +16 76
 6th Blackpool FC  46  19th  13  14th 074:580 +16 70
 7th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea City  46  17th  18th  11 040:370  +3 69
 8th. Sheffield United  46  17th  14th  15th 062:550  +7 65
 9. Reading FC  46  17th  12  17th 068:630  +5 63
10. Bristol City  46  15th  18th  13 056:650  −9 63
11. Middlesbrough FC (A)  46  16  14th  16 058:500  +8 62
12. Doncaster Rovers  46  15th  15th  16 059:580  +1 60
13. Queens Park Rangers  46  14th  15th  17th 058:650  −7 57
14th Derby County  46  15th  11  20th 053:630 −10 56
15th Ipswich Town  46  12  20th  14th 050:610 −11 56
16. Watford FC  46  14th  12  20th 061:680  −7 54
17th Preston North End  46  13  15th  18th 058:730 −15 54
18th Barnsley FC  46  14th  12  20th 053:690 −16 54
19th Coventry City  46  13  15th  18th 047:640 −17 54
20th Scunthorpe United (N)  46  10  14th  22nd 064:840 −20 44
21st Crystal Palace 1  46  14th  17th  15th 050:530  −3 49
22nd Sheffield Wednesday  46  11  14th  21st 042:660 −24 47
23. Plymouth Argyle  46  11  8th  27 043:680 −25 41
24. Peterborough United (N)  46  8th  10  28 046:800 −34 34

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

1 Crystal Palace received a 10-point deduction after filing for bankruptcy.
  • Second division champions and promoted to the Premier League 2010/11
  • Promoted to the Premier League 2010/11
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Premier League
  • Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Premier League 2010/11
  • Relegation to Football League One 2010/11
    • (A) Relegated from the Premier League in 2008/09
    (N) Newcomer from Football League One 2008/09

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    2009/10 BAR BPL BRC CDC COV CRY OF THE DON IPS LEI MID NEW NTF PET PLY PNE QPR REA SCU SHU SHW SWA WAT WBA
    Barnsley FC 1-0 2: 3 1-0 0: 2 0-0 0-0 0: 1 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 2 2: 1 2: 2 1: 3 0: 3 0: 1 1: 3 1: 1 2: 2 1: 2 0-0 1-0 3: 1
    Blackpool FC 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 3-0 2: 2 0-0 2-0 1-0 1: 2 2-0 2: 1 3: 1 2-0 2-0 1: 1 2: 2 2-0 4: 1 3-0 1: 2 5: 1 3: 2 2: 3
    Bristol City 5: 3 2-0 0: 6 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 5 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 4: 2 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 3 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 2: 1
    Cardiff City 0: 2 1: 1 3-0 2-0 1: 1 6: 1 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 1-0 0: 2 0-0 4-0 1: 1 3: 2 2: 1 3: 1 1: 1
    Coventry City 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2 0: 2 1-0 3: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 3 2: 1 3: 2 1: 1 0: 1 0: 4 0-0
    Crystal Palace 1: 1 4: 1 0: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 0: 3 3: 1 0: 1 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 3: 1 0: 2 1: 3 0: 4 1-0 0-0 0: 1 3-0 1: 1
    Derby County 2: 3 0: 2 1-0 2-0 2: 1 1: 1 0: 2 1: 3 1-0 2: 2 3-0 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 5: 3 2: 4 2: 1 1: 4 0: 1 3-0 0: 1 2-0 2: 2
    Doncaster Rovers 0: 1 3: 3 1-0 2-0 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 3: 3 0: 1 1: 4 0: 1 1-0 3: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2-0 1: 2 4: 3 1: 1 1-0 0-0 2: 1 2: 3
    Ipswich Town 1-0 3: 1 0-0 2-0 3: 2 1: 3 1-0 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 0: 4 1: 1 0-0 0: 2 1: 1 3-0 2: 1 1-0 0: 3 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1
    Leicester City 1-0 2: 1 1: 3 1-0 2: 2 2-0 0-0 0-0 1: 1 2-0 0-0 3-0 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 4-0 1: 2 5: 1 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 4: 1 1: 2
    Middlesbrough FC 2: 1 0: 3 0-0 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 2-0 3-0 0: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 2-0 2-0 1: 1 3-0 0-0 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 0: 5
    Newcastle United 6: 1 4: 1 0-0 5: 1 4: 1 2-0 0-0 2: 1 2: 2 1-0 2-0 2-0 3: 1 3: 1 3-0 1: 1 3-0 3-0 2: 1 1-0 3-0 2-0 2: 2
    Nottingham Forest 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 2-0 2-0 3: 2 4: 1 3-0 5: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 3-0 5-0 2: 1 2-0 1-0 2: 1 1-0 2: 4 0: 1
    Peterborough United 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 4: 4 0: 1 1: 1 0: 3 1: 2 3: 1 1: 2 2: 2 2: 3 1: 2 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 3: 2 3-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 2: 1 2: 3
    Plymouth Argyle 0-0 0: 2 3: 2 1: 3 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 0: 2 0: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 4: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1: 3 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1
    Preston North End 1: 4 0-0 2: 2 3-0 3: 2 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 2: 2 0: 1 3: 2 2-0 2-0 2: 2 1: 2 3: 2 2: 1 2: 2 2-0 1: 1 0-0
    Queens Park Rangers 5: 2 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1: 5 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 4-0 4: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 3: 1
    Reading FC 1-0 2: 1 2-0 0: 1 3-0 2: 4 4: 1 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 0: 2 1: 2 0-0 6-0 2: 1 4: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 3 5-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1
    Scunthorpe United 2: 1 2: 4 3-0 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 3: 2 2: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 2: 1 2: 2 4-0 2: 1 3: 1 0: 1 2: 2 3: 1 2-0 0: 2 2: 2 1: 3
    Sheffield United 0-0 3-0 2-0 3: 4 1-0 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 3: 3 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 0-0 1-0 4: 3 1-0 1: 1 3-0 0: 1 3: 2 2-0 2-0 2: 2
    Sheffield Wednesday 2: 2 2-0 0: 1 3: 1 2-0 2: 2 0-0 0: 2 0: 1 2-0 1: 3 2: 2 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 0: 2 4-0 1: 1 0: 2 2: 1 0: 4
    Swansea City 3: 1 0-0 0-0 3: 2 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1: 1 0: 3 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 3-0 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 0: 2
    Watford FC 1-0 2: 2 2-0 0: 4 2: 3 1: 3 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 3: 3 1: 1 1: 2 0-0 0: 1 1-0 2-0 3: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 4: 1 0: 1 1: 1
    West Bromwich Albion 1: 1 3: 2 4: 1 0: 2 1-0 0: 1 3: 1 3: 1 2-0 3-0 2-0 1: 1 1: 3 2-0 3: 1 3: 2 2: 2 3: 1 2-0 3: 1 1-0 0: 1 5-0

    Play-off games

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Final at Wembley Stadium
                         
    6th  Blackpool FC 2 4th 6th    
    3  Nottingham Forest 1 3 4th  
    6th  Blackpool FC 3
      4th  Cardiff City 2
    5  Leicester City 0 3 3
    4th  Cardiff City * 1 2 3  
    • Cardiff won 4-3 on penalties.

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Nicky Maynard Bristol City 20th
    = EnglandEngland Peter Whittingham Cardiff City =
    3 EnglandEngland Gary Hooper Scunthorpe United 19th
    4th EnglandEngland Andy Carroll Newcastle United 17th
    = EnglandEngland Kevin Nolan Newcastle United =
    6th ScotlandScotland Charlie Adam Blackpool FC 16
    = EnglandEngland Michael Chopra Cardiff City =
    = IcelandIceland Gylfi Sigurðsson Reading FC =
    9 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Robert Earnshaw Nottingham Forest 15th
    = EnglandEngland Billy Sharp Doncaster Rovers =

    Awards during the season

    month Trainer of the month Player of the month
    August 2009 IrelandIreland Chris Hughton (Newcastle United) EnglandEngland Shola Ameobi (Newcastle United)
    September 2009 IrelandIreland Chris Hughton (Newcastle United) IrelandIreland Leon Best (Coventry City)
    October 2009 EnglandEngland Dave Jones (Cardiff City) EnglandEngland Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City)
    November 2009 IrelandIreland Chris Hughton (Newcastle United) EnglandEngland Darren Ambrose (Crystal Palace)
    December 2009 ScotlandScotland Billy Davies (Nottingham Forest) EnglandEngland Lee Camp (Nottingham Forest)
    January 2010 ScotlandScotland Alan Irvine (Sheffield Wednesday) ScotlandScotland Charlie Adam (Blackpool FC)
    February 2010 EnglandEngland Nigel Pearson (Leicester City) ScotlandScotland Paul Gallagher (Leicester City)
    March 2010 EnglandEngland Brian McDermott (Reading FC) IcelandIceland Gylfi Sigurðsson (Reading FC)
    April 2010 IrelandIreland Chris Hughton (Newcastle United) EnglandEngland Kevin Nolan (Newcastle United)

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ 2009/10 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 15, 2018 .