2009–10 Ipswich Town F.C. season explained

Club:	Ipswich Town
Season:	2009–10
Manager:	Roy Keane
Chairman:	Marcus Evans
Stadium:	Portman Road
League:	Championship
League Result:	15th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Fourth round
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Second round
League Topscorer:	Jonathan Walters (8)
Season Topscorer:	Jonathan Walters (8)
Highest Attendance:	27,059 (vs Newcastle United, 26 Sep 2009, Championship)
Lowest Attendance:	19,283 (vs Watford, 20 Oct 2009, Championship)
Average Attendance:	20,840
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Prevseason:	2008–09
Nextseason:	2010–11

During the 2009–10 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship.The 2009–10 football season marked the 131st year of existence of Ipswich Town Football Club. Additionally, it marked the club's 74th anniversary of turning professional and was the club's 71st consecutive season in the English football league system.^[1]

The 2009–10 season was Roy Keane's first full season as manager of Ipswich Town. Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship, finishing 15th out of the 24 teams.^[2] The club also competed in the Football League Cup, where it was eliminated in the second round,^[3] and the FA Cup, where it was eliminated in the fourth round.^[4]

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^{[5] [6]}

Reserve squad

Coaching staff

width=0%	Position	width=0%	Name
Manager	Roy Keane
Assistant Manager	Tony Loughlan
Assistant Manager	Ian McParland
Goalkeeping Coach	James Hollman
Specialist Skills Coach	Steve Foley
Fitness Coach	Antonio Gomez
Fitness Coach	Simon Thadani
Head Physiotherapist	Matt Byard

Pre-season

Ipswich traveled to the Republic of Ireland for pre-season in 2009, playing friendlies against Irish sides Finn Harps, Waterford and Cork City. The squad also spent time in Portugal on a four-day training camp.^[7] On the 25 July Ipswich played Colchester United in a testimonial match for retired former player Fabian Wilnis, a match which Ipswich won 2–0.^[8]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 July 2009	Finn Harps	A	1–2	Unknown	Wickham (pen)
15 July 2009	Brentford	A	3–1	Unknown	Martin, Wickham, Rhodes
17 July 2009	Waterford	A	3–0	Unknown	Garvan (2), Lisbie
19 July 2009	Cork City	A		0–2	3,262
22 July 2009	Southend United	A	2–0	Unknown	Trotter (2)
25 July 2009	Colchester United	H	2–0	Unknown	Okuonghae (o.g.), Rhodes
28 July 2009	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	Unknown	Norris
31 July 2009	Real Valladolid	H	3–1	5,873	Balkestein, Wickham, Prieto (o.g.)

Competitions

Football League Championship

See main article: 2009–10 Football League Championship.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Ipswich Town's score comes first

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 2009		A	1–2	16,279	Walters
15 August 2009		H	0–0	22,454
18 August 2009		H	1–3	20,348	Bruce
22 August 2009		A	0–2	19,390
29 August 2009		H	1–1	19,454	Walters
12 September 2009		A	1–3	19,742	Walters (pen)
15 September 2009		H	1–1	21,130	Leadbitter
19 September 2009		A	3–3	10,711	Colback, Priskin, Martin
26 September 2009		H	0–4	27,059
29 September 2009		A	3–3	28,366	Walters, Leadbitter, McAuley
3 October 2009		A	1–2	12,224	Rosenior
17 October 2009		H	1–1	19,667	Couñago
20 October 2009		H	1–1	19,283	McAuley
24 October 2009		A	1–1	10,875	Stead
31 October 2009		H	1–0	20,299	Wright
7 November 2009		A	1–1	19,053	Stead
21 November 2009		H	0–0	19,636
29 November 2009		A	2–1	19,463	Walters, Stead
5 December 2009		A	0–0	14,287
8 December 2009		H	0–0	19,975
12 December 2009		H	3–1	19,831	Stead, Colback, McAuley
26 December 2009		A	1–3	16,496	Peters
28 December 2009		H	3–0	25,349	Walters, Stead (2)
10 January 2010		A	1–1	20,758	Norris
16 January 2010		H	3–2	20,135	John, Colback, Couñago
26 January 2010		H	1–1	19,574	Leadbitter
30 January 2010		A	0–2	12,087
6 February 2010		H	1–1	21,243	Murphy
9 February 2010		A	2–1	10,940	Norris, Murphy
16 February 2010		A	1–3	9,428	Murphy
20 February 2010		A	1–0	21,641	Edwards
23 February 2010		A	1–1	5,828	Healy
27 February 2010		H	0–0	20,302
6 March 2010		A	0–1	8,635
9 March 2010		H	2–0	19,997	Murphy (2)
13 March 2010		H	1–0	19,378	Wickham
16 March 2010		A	1–2	13,996	Colback
20 March 2010		H	1–0	20,558	Murphy
23 March 2010		H	0–2	19,316
27 March 2010		A	0–0	14,902
3 April 2010		H	2–1	21,403	McAuley, Walters
5 April 2010		A	3–1	28,137	McAuley, Edwards, Wickham
10 April 2010		A	0–3	23,459
17 April 2010		H	1–1	19,943	Wickham
24 April 2010		A	2–2	52,181	Wickham, Walters
2 May 2010		H	0–3	23,003

FA Cup

See main article: 2009–10 FA Cup. As in the League Cup, Ipswich only progressed through one round of the FA Cup, falling to a 2–1 defeat against Southampton at St Mary's. This meant Ipswich was only left with trying to improve its league position.

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
Third	2 January			2–1	Colback 3', Garvan 77'	7,332	^[9]
Fourth	23 January			1–2	Couñago 90'	20,446	^[10]

League Cup

See main article: 2009–10 Football League Cup. Ipswich Town's League Cup campaign was disappointing. After winning a thrilling first round tie against Shrewsbury Town, Ipswich was knocked out of the competition by Peterborough United at London Road after Ipswich striker Tamas Priskin missed a vital penalty.

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
First	11 August			3–3 (won 4–2 on Penalties)	Wickham (2) 11', 59', Quinn 32'	4,184	^[11]
Second	25 August			1–2	Priskin 14'	5,451	^[12]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee	Ref
1 July 2009	DF	Troy Brown	Fulham	Free transfer	^[13]
2 July 2009	DF	Damien Delaney	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed	^[14]
6 July 2009	MF	Lee Martin	Manchester United	£1,500,000	^[15]
24 July 2009	MF	Colin Healy	Cork City	Undisclosed	^[16]
27 July 2009	DF	Shane O'Connor	Liverpool	Free transfer	^[17]
6 August 2009	FW	Tamás Priskin	Watford	£1,200,000	^[18]
21 August 2009	GK	Arran Lee-Barrett	Hartlepool United	Free transfer	^[19]
1 September 2009	MF	Carlos Edwards	Sunderland	£1,350,000	^[20]
1 September 2009	MF	Grant Leadbitter	Sunderland	£2,600,000
6 November 2009	GK	Brian Murphy	Bohemian	Free transfer	^[21]

• Total transfer spending: £6,650,000+

Loans in

Date from	Pos	Name	From	Date until	Ref
6 August 2009	MF	Jack Colback	Sunderland	30 June 2010	^[22]
14 October 2009	GK	Asmir Begović	Portsmouth	23 November 2009	^[23]
26 November 2009	FW	Stern John	Crystal Palace	1 February 2010	^[24]
2 September 2009	DF	Liam Rosenior	Reading	1 June 2010	^[25]
1 February 2010	FW	Daryl Murphy	Sunderland	30 June 2010	^[26]
1 February 2010	FW	David Healy	Sunderland	30 June 2010

Transfers out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee	Ref
8 May 2009	MF	Tommy Miller	Sheffield Wednesday	Free transfer	^[27]
8 May 2009	DF	Chris Casement	Dundee United	Free transfer
8 May 2009	FW	Dean Bowditch	Yeovil Town	Free transfer
8 May 2009	DF	Iván Campo	AEK Larnaca	Free transfer
8 May 2009	FW	Billy Clarke	Blackpool	Free transfer
8 May 2009	DF	Kurt Robinson	Rushden & Diamonds	Free transfer
8 May 2009	MF	Jai Reason	Cambridge United	Free transfer
14 May 2009	MF	Matt Richards	Walsall	Free transfer
21 May 2009	DF	Dan Harding	Southampton	Free transfer	^[28]
13 July 2009	FW	Danny Haynes	Bristol City	Undisclosed	^[29]
31 July 2009	FW	Jordan Rhodes	Huddersfield Town	£350,000	^[30]
4 August 2009	MF	Veliče Šumulikoski	Preston North End	£400,000	^[31]
20 August 2009	GK	Shane Supple	Retired		^[32]
26 February 2010	DF	Ben Thatcher	Free agent	Contract terminated	^[33]

• Total transfer income: £750,000+

Loans out

Date from	Pos	Name	From	Date until	Ref
3 August 2009	FW	Kevin Lisbie	Colchester United	30 June 2010	^[34]
6 November 2009	DF	Jack Ainsley	Rushden & Diamonds	1 January 2010	^[35]
20 November 2009	DF	Pim Balkestein	Brentford	31 December 2009	^[36]
4 January 2010	MF	Liam Trotter	Millwall	30 June 2010	^[37]
7 January 2010	DF	Tommy Smith	Brentford	30 June 2010	^[38]
12 January 2010	MF	Colin Healy	Falkirk	30 June 2010	^[39]
1 February 2010	DF	Alex Bruce	Leicester City	30 June 2010	^[40]
1 February 2010	FW	Tamás Priskin	Queens Park Rangers	30 June 2010	^[41]
15 February 2010	FW	Jon Stead	Coventry City	30 June 2010	^[42]
12 March 2010	MF	Ed Upson	Barnet	30 June 2010	^[43]
25 March 2010	DF	Pim Balkestein	Brentford	30 June 2010	^[44]

Squad statistics

All statistics updated as of end of season

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

width=0%	No.	width=0%	Pos	width=0%	Nat	width=0%	Player	width=0%	Championship	width=0%	FA Cup	width=0%	League Cup	width=0%	Total
19	FW		Jonathan Walters	8	0	0	8
40	FW		Connor Wickham	4	1	2	7
14	FW		Jon Stead	6	0	0	6
21	FW		Daryl Murphy	6	0	0	7
4	DF		Gareth McAuley	5	0	0	5
17	MF		Jack Colback	4	1	0	5
6	MF		Grant Leadbitter	3	0	0	3
9	FW		Pablo Couñago	2	1	0	3
23	MF		Carlos Edwards	2	1	0	3
10	MF		David Norris	2	0	0	2
16	FW		Tamás Priskin	1	0	1	2
2	DF		David Wright	1	0	0	1
5	DF		Alex Bruce	1	0	0	1
7	MF		Owen Garvan	0	1	0	1
8	MF		Lee Martin	1	0	0	1
12	DF		Jamie Peters	1	0	0	1
20	FW		David Healy	1	0	0	1
21	FW		Stern John	1	0	0	1
22	DF		Liam Rosenior	1	0	0	1
25	MF		Alan Quinn	0	0	1	1
Total				50	5	4	59

Clean sheets

width=0%	Number	width=0%	Nation	width=0%	Name	width=0%	Championship	width=0%	FA Cup	width=0%	League Cup	width=0%	Total
1		Richard Wright	1	0	0	1
26		Brian Murphy	6	0	0	6
27		Asmir Begović	2	0	0	2
28		Arran Lee-Barrett	3	0	0	3
Total			12	0	0	12

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
2	DF	David Wright	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3	DF	Damien Delaney	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4	DF	Gareth McAuley	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
5	DF	Alex Bruce	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
6	MF	Grant Leadbitter	10	0	1	0	0	0	11	0
7	MF	Owen Garvan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF	Lee Martin	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	Pablo Couñago	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
10	MF	David Norris	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
12	DF	Jamie Peters	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	FW	Jon Stead	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	DF	Pim Balkestein	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
16	FW	Tamás Priskin	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF	Jack Colback	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
19	FW	Jonathan Walters	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
21	FW	Stern John	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	DF	Liam Rosenior	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
26	GK	Brian Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28	GK	Arran Lee-Barrett	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
35	DF	Tommy Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
40	FW	Connor Wickham	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
41	DF	Tom Eastman	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total			65	3	4	0	2	0	71	3

Awards

Player awards

width=0%	Award	width=0%	Player	width=0%	Ref
Player of the Year	Gareth McAuley	^[45]
Players' Player of the Year	Jack Colback
Young Player of the Year	Tom Eastman
Goal of the Season	Jack Colback	^[46]

Football League Young Player of the Month

width=0%	Month	width=0%	Player	width=0%	Ref
April	Connor Wickham	^[47]

Notes and References

1. http://origin-www.itfc.co.uk/page/ClubHistory/0,,10272~342496,00.html Ipswich Town's official club history
2. Web site: 2009–10 Championship League Table . 22 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111225040106/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/DivisionalLeagueTable/0,,10794~20097,00.html . 25 December 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
3. Web site: Match report . 22 August 2010 . 23 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023101611/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=281572&league=ENG.WORTHINGTON&cc=5901 . dead .
4. Web site: Match report . 22 August 2010 . 23 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023101622/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=285956&league=ENG.FA&cc=5901 . dead .
5. Web site: FootballSquads - Ipswich Town - 2009/10.
6. Walters was born in Moreton, England, but also qualified to represent Republic of Ireland internationally through his mother and represented them at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in November 2010.
7. News: Keane Confirms Portugal Trip . TWTD . 30 June 2009 . 24 August 2020.
8. News: Town Beat Colchester in Fab's Testimonial . TWTD . 25 July 2009 . 24 August 2020.
9. Web site: FA Cup third-round match report: Blackpool 1–2 Ipswich Town . 22 August 2010 . 23 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023101715/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=285188&league=ENG.FA&cc=5901 . dead .
10. Web site: FA Cup fourth-round match report: Southampton 2–1 Ipswich Town . 22 August 2010 . 23 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023101622/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=285956&league=ENG.FA&cc=5901 . dead .
11. Web site: League Cup first-round match report: Shrewsbury Town 3–3 Ipswich Town . 22 August 2010 . 23 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023101704/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=268078&cc=5901&league=ENG.WORTHINGTON . dead .
12. Web site: League Cup second-round match report: Peterborough United 2–1 Ipswich Town . 22 August 2010 . 23 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023101611/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=281572&league=ENG.WORTHINGTON&cc=5901 . dead .
13. Web site: Ipswich capture Fulham defender . BBC Sport . 2 July 2009 . 3 May 2010.
14. News: Defender Delaney moves to Ipswich. BBC Sport. 2 July 2009. 2 July 2009.
15. Web site: Town Sign Lee Martin . TWTD . 11 December 2019.
16. Web site: 2009-07-24 . Ipswich clinch Healy deal . 2023-03-08 . Sky Sports . en.
17. News: Ipswich complete O'Connor signing. 25 November 2011. BBC Sport. 28 July 2009.
18. Web site: Priskin Having Town Medical . TWTD . 11 December 2019.
19. Web site: 2009-08-21 . Town land Lee-Barrett . 2023-03-08 . Sky Sports . en.
20. Web site: Double Sunderland Signing Confirmed . TWTD . 11 December 2019.
21. Web site: Town Confirm Murphy Deal . TWTD . 6 November 2009 . 14 August 2020.
22. News: Sunderland Confirm Midfielder's Loan Switch. TWTD. 3 April 2020.
23. News: Premier keeper arrives on loan. Ipswich Town F.C.. 14 October 2009. 14 October 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111004083324/http://www.itfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10272~1826420%2C00.html. 4 October 2011.
24. News: Stern John at Soccerbase. Soccerbase. 11 December 2019.
25. News: Liam Insists he Made the Right Choice. Ipswich Star. 10 January 2020.
26. News: Sunderland's David Healy and Daryl Murphy join Ipswich. 1 February 2010. BBC Sport.
27. News: Seven players released by Ipswich . 8 May 2009 . . 11 December 2019.
28. News: Ipswich release defender Harding . 21 May 2009 . . 11 December 2019.
29. News: Bristol City wrap up Haynes deal . 13 July 2009 . . 11 December 2019.
30. Web site: Town Taking New Rhodes . https://web.archive.org/web/20120406223441/http://www.htafc.com/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10312~1739438%2C00.html . dead . 6 April 2012 . . 11 December 2019.
31. Web site: Veliče Šumulikoski at Soccerbase . Soccerbase . 11 December 2019.
32. Web site: Ipswich keeper Supple quits game . . 11 December 2019 .
33. Web site: Thatcher Contract Settled . TWTD . 26 February 2011 . 9 April 2020.
34. Web site: Lisbie makes U's return . 3 August 2009 . Gazette News . 11 December 2019.
35. Web site: Ainsley Joins Rushden on Loan . TWTD . 6 April 2020.
36. Web site: Balkestein Joins Brentford . TWTD . 6 April 2020.
37. Web site: Ipswich Town midfielder Liam Trotter moves to Millwall on loan . 4 January 2010 . Gazette News . 11 December 2019.
38. Web site: Smith Joins Brentford On Loan . TWTD . 6 April 2020.
39. News: Falkirk sign Ipswich Town's Colin Healy . 12 January 2010 . . 11 December 2019.
40. Web site: Bruce joins on loan . https://web.archive.org/web/20100203132050/http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/0%2C%2C10274~1951898%2C00.html . dead . 3 February 2010 . . 11 December 2019.
41. News: Striker Marcus Bent joins QPR on loan from Birmingham . February 2010 . . 11 December 2019.
42. Web site: Stead Loan Move Confirmed . TWTD . 6 April 2020.
43. Web site: Upson Joins Barnet . TWTD . 6 April 2020.
44. Web site: Town Agree Balkestein Loan and Fee With Brentford . TWTD . 6 April 2020.
45. News: McAuley Player of the Year . TWTD . 2 May 2010 . 26 September 2019.
46. News: Colback Players' Player of the Year . TWTD . 20 April 2010 . 25 March 2020.
47. Web site: Connor Wickham named best young player for April. BBC Sport. 25 November 2014. 17 May 2010.