2009–10 Football League Championship Explained

Competition:	Football League Championship
Season:	2009–10
Winners:	Newcastle United 1st Championship title 3rd 2nd tier title
Promoted:	Newcastle United West Bromwich Albion Blackpool
Relegated:	Sheffield Wednesday Plymouth Argyle Peterborough United
Matches:	557
Total Goals:	1446
League Topscorer:	Peter Whittingham (22)
Biggest Home Win:	Reading 6–0 Peterborough
Biggest Away Win:	Bristol City 0–6 Cardiff City
Highest Scoring:	Peterborough 4–4 Cardiff Derby 5–3 Preston Bristol City 5–3 Barnsley
Longest Wins:	Newcastle United (7 games, twice)^[1]
Longest Unbeaten:	Nottingham Forest (19 games)
Longest Losses:	Plymouth Argyle (7 games)
Highest Attendance:	52,381^[2] Newcastle United 2–2 Ipswich Town
Lowest Attendance:	4,995 Scunthorpe United 4–0 Peterborough United
Average Attendance:	18,119
Prevseason:	2008–09
Nextseason:	2010–11

The 2009–10 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the league under its current title and eighteenth season under its current league division format. It started on 7 August 2009.

Changes from previous season

Team changes

From Championship

Promoted to Premier League

• Wolverhampton Wanderers
• Birmingham City
• Burnley

Relegated to League One

• Norwich City
• Southampton
• Charlton Athletic

To Championship

Relegated from Premier League

• Newcastle United
• Middlesbrough
• West Bromwich Albion

Promoted from League One

• Leicester City
• Peterborough United
• Scunthorpe United

Rule changes

On field rule changes

1. 'Home Grown Players' rule which aims to encourage the development of young footballers at League clubs. The new rule will require clubs to name at least four players in their matchday squad that have been registered domestically, for a minimum of three seasons, prior to their 21st birthday
2. For the first time clubs will also have the opportunity to name seven substitutes (previously five), three of which may enter the field of play (no change)^[3]

Note: "Amendments to the laws of the game 2009–2010" also applied^[4]

Off field rule changes

1. Financial regulations relating to tax payments. From now on, any club that falls behind with its employee related payments to HMRC will be subject to a transfer embargo until such time as the debt is cleared^[3]

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
			23,009
			12,555
			21,497
			26,828
			32,609
	London		26,309
			33,597
			15,231
			30,311
			32,500
			35,100
			52,387
			30,602
		London Road Stadium ^1	15,460
			19,500
			24,500
	London		19,128
			24,161
		Glanford Park ^1	9,088
			32,609
	Sheffield		39,814
			20,532
			19,920
			26,500

¹ Ground contains some terracing

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Team captain	Kit maker	Sponsor
Barnsley	Mark Robins	Stephen Foster	Lotto	Barnsley Building Society
Blackpool	Ian Holloway	Jason Euell	Carbrini	Carbrini
Bristol City	Steve Coppell	Louis Carey	Puma	DAS
Cardiff City	Dave Jones	Mark Hudson	Puma	SBOBET
Coventry City	Chris Coleman	Stephen Wright	Puma	Cassidy Group (home), StadiArena (away)
Crystal Palace	Paul Hart	Shaun Derry	Nike	GAC Logistics
Derby County	Nigel Clough	Robbie Savage	Adidas	Bombardier
Doncaster Rovers	Sean O'Driscoll	Brian Stock	Vandanel	Wright Investments
Ipswich Town	Roy Keane	Jon Walters	Mitre	Marcus Evans
Leicester City	Nigel Pearson	Matt Oakley	Joma	Loros (away)
Middlesbrough	Gordon Strachan	David Wheater	Adidas	Garmin
Newcastle United		Nicky Butt	Adidas	Northern Rock
Nottingham Forest	Billy Davies	Paul McKenna	Umbro	Victor Chandler
Peterborough United	Gary Johnson	Joe Lewis	Adidas	MRI Overseas Property
Plymouth Argyle	Paul Mariner	Carl Fletcher	Adidas	Ginsters
Preston North End	Darren Ferguson	Callum Davidson	Canterbury	Enterprise plc
Queens Park Rangers	Neil Warnock		Lotto	Gulf Air
Reading	Brian McDermott		Puma	Waitrose
Scunthorpe United	Nigel Adkins	Cliff Byrne	Carlotti	Rainham Steel
Sheffield United	Kevin Blackwell	Chris Morgan	Macron	VisitMalta.com
Sheffield Wednesday	Alan Irvine	Darren Purse	Puma	The Children's Hospital Sheffield
Swansea City	Paulo Sousa	Garry Monk	Umbro	32Red
Watford		Jay DeMerit	Joma	Evolution HDTV
West Bromwich Albion	Roberto Di Matteo	Scott Carson	Umbro	England 2018 (9 August 2009)
				Bluesqbet (15 December 2009)
				SBOBET (21 February 2010 and 2 April 2010)
				Bathams (20 March 2010)
				Esprit (23 March 2010 and 10 April 2010)
				Leons (24 March 2010)

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Queens Park Rangers	Gareth Ainsworth	End of caretaker spell	9 April 2009	Pre-season	Jim Magilton	3 June 2009
Reading	Steve Coppell	Resigned	12 May 2009		Brendan Rodgers	5 June 2009
Watford	Brendan Rodgers	Signed by Reading	5 June 2009		Malky Mackay	15 June 2009
Swansea City	Roberto Martínez	Signed by Wigan Athletic	15 June 2009		Paulo Sousa	23 June 2009
West Bromwich Albion	Tony Mowbray	Signed by Celtic	16 June 2009		Roberto Di Matteo	30 June 2009
Barnsley	Simon Davey	Sacked	29 August 2009	24th	Mark Robins	11 September 2009
Middlesbrough	Gareth Southgate		20 October 2009	3rd	Gordon Strachan	26 October 2009
Peterborough United	Darren Ferguson	Mutual consent	9 November 2009	24th	Mark Cooper	14 November 2009
Plymouth Argyle	Paul Sturrock	Promoted to business support	10 December 2009	23rd	Paul Mariner	10 December 2009
Sheffield Wednesday	Brian Laws	Sacked	13 December 2009	22nd	Alan Irvine	8 January 2010
Reading	Brendan Rodgers	Mutual consent	16 December 2009	21st	Brian McDermott	27 January 2010
Queens Park Rangers	Jim Magilton		16 December 2009	14th	Paul Hart	17 December 2009
Preston North End	Alan Irvine	Sacked	29 December 2009	16th	Darren Ferguson	6 January 2010
Queens Park Rangers	Paul Hart	Mutual consent	14 January 2010	20th	Neil Warnock	1 March 2010
Peterborough United	Mark Cooper	Sacked	1 February 2010	24th	Jim Gannon	1 February 2010
Crystal Palace	Neil Warnock	Signed by Queens Park Rangers	1 March 2010	21st	Paul Hart	2 March 2010
Bristol City	Gary Johnson	Mutual consent	18 March 2010	16th	Steve Coppell	22 April 2010
Peterborough United	Jim Gannon		6 April 2010	24th	Gary Johnson	6 April 2010

League table

A total of 24 teams contested the division, including 18 sides remaining in the division from last season, three relegated from the Premier League, and three promoted from League One.

Play-offs

See main article: 2010 Football League play-offs.

Second leg

Blackpool win 6–4 on aggregate

Cardiff City 3–3 Leicester City on aggregate. Cardiff City win 4–3 on penalties

Final

See main article: 2010 Football League Championship play-off Final.

Blackpool are promoted to the Premier League

Results

Fixtures for the 2009–10 season were announced by The Football League on 17 June 2009.^{[5] [6]}

Top goalscorers and assists

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals^[7]
1	Peter Whittingham	Cardiff City	20
	Nicky Maynard	Bristol City	20
3	Gary Hooper	Scunthorpe United	19
4	Andy Carroll	Newcastle United	17
	Kevin Nolan	Newcastle United	17
6	Charlie Adam	Blackpool	16
	Gylfi Sigurðsson	Reading	16
	Michael Chopra	Cardiff City	16
9	Robert Earnshaw	Nottingham Forest	15
	Darren Ambrose	Crystal Palace	15
	Billy Sharp	Doncaster Rovers	15

Pos	Player	Team	Assists^[8]
1	Graham Dorrans	West Bromwich Albion	19
2	Wayne Routledge	Queens Park Rangers/Newcastle United	15
3	Danny Guthrie	Newcastle United	13
4	Jay Bothroyd	Cardiff City	12
5	Peter Whittingham	Cardiff City	10
6	George Boyd	Peterborough United/Nottingham Forest	9
	Paul Hayes	Scunthorpe United	9
	Radosław Majewski	Nottingham Forest	9
	Jobi McAnuff	Reading	9
	Gylfi Sigurðsson	Reading	9
11	Charlie Adam	Blackpool	8

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Miles Addison for Derby County against Peterborough United, 4:00 minutes (8 August 2009)^[9]
• Fastest goal in a match: 23 seconds
  • Billy Clarke for Blackpool against Preston North End (30 November 2009)
  • Daryl Murphy for Ipswich Town against Middlesbrough (6 February 2010)^[10]
• Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+6:12 – Pablo Couñago for Ipswich Town against Coventry City (16 January 2010)^[11]
• First own goal of the season: Kaspars Gorkšs (Queens Park Rangers) for Plymouth Argyle, 90+2:26 minutes (15 August 2009)^[12]
• First penalty kick of the season: Paul Hartley (scored) for Bristol City against Preston North End, 48:35 (8 August 2009)^[13]
• Widest winning margin: 6
  • Bristol City 0–6 Cardiff City (26 January 2010)^[14]
  • Reading 6–0 Peterborough United (17 April 2010)^[15]
• Most goals in one half: 6
  • Newcastle United 6–1 Barnsley (5 March 2010)
  • Bristol City 2–5 Doncaster Rovers (5 March 2010)
• Most goals in one half by a single team: 5
  • Newcastle United 6–1 Barnsley (5 March 2010)
• Most goals scored by losing team: 3
  • Sheffield United 3–4 Cardiff City (24 October 2009)
  • Sheffield United 4–3 Plymouth Argyle (27 February 2010)
  • Bristol City 5–3 Barnsley (23 March 2010)
  • Doncaster Rovers 4–3 Scunthorpe United (24 April 2010)^[16]
  • Nottingham Forest 3–4 Blackpool (11 May 2010)^[17]
• Most goals scored by one player in a match: 4
  • Michael Chopra (Cardiff City vs. Derby County) – 36, 57, 62, 75 minutes (29 September 2009)^[18]

See main article: List of Football League Championship hat-tricks.

Hat-tricks
Player	Nationality	For	Against	Result	Goals scored	Date	Ref
	Nigeria	Newcastle United	Reading	3–0	3	15 August 2009
	England	Cardiff City	Plymouth Argyle	3–1	3	18 August 2009
	England	Newcastle United	Ipswich Town	4–0	3	26 September 2009
	England	Cardiff City	Derby County	6–1	4	29 September 2009
	England	Cardiff City	Sheffield United	4–3	3	24 October 2009
	England	Sheffield United	Bristol City	3–2	3	28 November 2009
	Wales	Nottingham Forest	Leicester City	5–1	3	5 December 2009
	Wales	Coventry City	Peterborough United	3–2	3	12 December 2009
	Scotland	Leicester City	Scunthorpe United	5–1	3	13 February 2010

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: Rhys Williams for Middlesbrough against Sheffield United, 49:15 minutes (7 August 2009)^[19]
• First red card of the season: Luke Chambers for Nottingham Forest against Reading, 87:41 minutes (8 August 2009)^[20]
• Card given at latest point in a game: Wes Morgan (yellow) at 90+7:07 minutes for Nottingham Forest against Bristol City (3 April 2010)^[21]
• Most yellow cards in a single match: 9
  • Bristol City 2–3 Sheffield United – 4 for Bristol City (Lee Johnson, Louis Carey, Jamie McAllister and Ivan Sproule) and 5 for Sheffield United (Jamie Ward, Kyle Walker, Darius Henderson, Jordan Stewart and Stephen Quinn) (28 November 2009)
  • Cardiff City 2–3 Leicester City – 3 for Cardiff City (Paul Quinn, Mark Hudson, Stephen McPhail) and 6 for Leicester City (Alex Bruce, Nolberto Solano, Andy King, Lloyd Dyer, Richie Wellens, Steve Howard) (11 May 2010)^[22]
• Quickest card given at the start of the match: 26 Seconds – Nicky Maynard for Bristol City against Nottingham Forest (7 November 2009)^[23]
• Quickest card given after coming on: 1:07 minutes – Alassane N'Diaye for Crystal Palace against Blackpool (20 March 2010)^[24]
• Most fouls: Jay Bothroyd 103 fouls
• Total number of yellow cards: 1636
• Total number of red cards: 86

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Notes
	width=21%	Manager	width=21%	Club		width=21%	Player	width=21%	Club
August	Chris Hughton	Newcastle United	Shola Ameobi	Newcastle United	^[25]
September	Chris Hughton	Newcastle United	Leon Best	Coventry City	^[26] ^[27]
October	Dave Jones	Cardiff City	Peter Whittingham	Cardiff City	^[28] ^[29]
November	Chris Hughton	Newcastle United	Darren Ambrose	Crystal Palace	^[30] ^[31]
December	Billy Davies	Nottingham Forest	Lee Camp	Nottingham Forest	^[32] ^[33]
January	Alan Irvine	Sheffield Wednesday	Charlie Adam	Blackpool	^[34] ^[35]
February	Nigel Pearson	Leicester City	Paul Gallagher	Leicester City	^[36]
March	Brian McDermott	Reading	Gylfi Sigurðsson	Reading	^[37] ^[38]
April	Chris Hughton	Newcastle United	Kevin Nolan	Newcastle United	^[39]

Team of the Year

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Club
1		GK	Lee Camp	Nottingham Forest
16		RB	Chris Gunter	Nottingham Forest
2		CB	Fabricio Coloccini	Newcastle United
2		CB	Ashley Williams	Swansea City
3		LB	José Enrique	Newcastle United
17		RM	Graham Dorrans	West Bromwich Albion
4		CM	Kevin Nolan	Newcastle United
26		CM	Charlie Adam	Blackpool
7		LM	Peter Whittingham	Cardiff City
24		ST	Andy Carroll	Newcastle United
8		ST	Michael Chopra	Cardiff City Events Controversy 15 August 2009 During a game between Bristol City and Crystal Palace, Freddie Sears scored a goal that ricocheted off the stanchion and went back out, but the linesman didn't see the goal and so it was disallowed.^[40] Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock called for a replay.^[41] Following the game, the three officials were suspended until it could be solved.^[42] 28 November 2009 The tie between Plymouth and Barnsley was abandoned after 58 minutes because of heavy rain affecting the pitch. Barnsley were winning 4–1 and manager Mark Robins argued that it was a "let off" for Plymouth and that the travelling Barnsley fans should be reimbursed.^[43] The postponed match took place on 30 March, where it ended in a 0–0 draw.^[44] Crystal Palace administration On 27 January 2010, the Football League had announced that Crystal Palace had been placed into administration and Sheffield firm P&A Partnership were appointed as administrators for the club. Palace were docked ten points and dropped from 9th to 21st.^[45] They managed to survive another season in the Championship, but only after drawing 2–2 with Sheffield Wednesday on the final day and confined Wednesday to League One football in 2010–11.^[46] External links Championship official site

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9. News: Derby 2–1 Peterborough . 8 August 2009. 8 August 2009. BBC Sport.
10. News: Ipswich 1–1 Middlesbrough . 6 February 2010. 6 February 2010. BBC News. https://web.archive.org/web/20100210023158/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8496352.stm. 10 February 2010. live.
11. News: Ipswich 3–2 Coventry . 16 January 2010. 16 January 2010. BBC Sport. https://web.archive.org/web/20100118111655/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8452840.stm. 18 January 2010. live.
12. News: Plymouth 1–1 QPR . 15 August 2009. 15 August 2009. BBC News.
13. News: Preston 2–2 Bristol City . 8 August 2009. 8 August 2009. BBC Sport.
14. News: Bristol City 0–6 Cardiff . 26 January 2010. 26 January 2010. BBC News. https://web.archive.org/web/20100128053755/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8470722.stm. 28 January 2010. live.
15. News: Reading 6–0 Peterborough . 17 April 2010. 17 April 2010. BBC News. https://web.archive.org/web/20100417055138/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8616142.stm. 17 April 2010. live.
16. News: Doncaster 4–3 Scunthorpe . 24 April 2010. 24 April 2010. BBC News. https://web.archive.org/web/20100427072823/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8632700.stm. 27 April 2010. live.
17. News: Forest 3–4 Blackpool . 11 May 2010. 11 May 2010. BBC News . Paul . Fletcher. https://web.archive.org/web/20100513085215/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8672355.stm. 13 May 2010. live.
18. News: Cardiff 6–1 Derby . 29 September 2009. 29 September 2009. BBC News.
19. News: Middlesbrough 0–0 Sheff Utd . 7 August 2009. 7 August 2009. BBC Sport. https://web.archive.org/web/20090808101241/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8185178.stm. 8 August 2009. live.
20. News: Reading 0–0 Nottm Forest . 8 August 2009. 8 August 2009. BBC Sport.
21. News: Bristol City 1–1 Nottm Forest . 3 April 2010. 3 April 2010. BBC Sport. https://web.archive.org/web/20100403055232/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8593792.stm. 3 April 2010. live.
22. News: Cardiff 2–3 Leicester . 11 May 2010. 11 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20140514040016/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8672579.stm. 14 May 2014. live . BBC News . Peter . Shuttleworth.
23. News: Nottm Forest 1–1 Bristol City . 7 November 2009. 7 November 2009. BBC News. https://web.archive.org/web/20091107103054/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8340360.stm. 7 November 2009. live.
24. News: Blackpool 2–2 Crystal Palace . 20 March 2010. 20 March 2010. BBC News. https://web.archive.org/web/20100323090115/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8572359.stm. 23 March 2010. live.
25. News: Ameobi and Hughton clinch awards . 12 September 2009. 12 September 2009. BBC Sport. https://web.archive.org/web/20090915201732/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8252347.stm. 15 September 2009. live.
26. News: Hughton get award again. 3 October 2009. 3 October 2009. Football League.
27. News: Best name Player of the Month. 3 October 2009. 4 October 2009. Football League. https://web.archive.org/web/20091008001134/http://www.football-league.co.uk/championship/news/best-named-player-of-the-month-20091003_2248204_1816467. 8 October 2009. dead. dmy-all.
28. News: Jones gets adward. 7 November 2009. 7 November 2009. Football League.
29. News: Whittingham gets award. 14 November 2009. 14 November 2009. The Football League. https://archive.today/20120730200301/http://www.football-league.co.uk/championship/news/whittingham-named-player-of-the-month-20091114_2248204_1875468. 30 July 2012. dead. dmy-all.
30. News: Hughton Collects Manager Accolade. 5 December 2009. 5 December 2009. Newcastle United. https://web.archive.org/web/20100111201209/http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/articles/hughton-collects-manager-accolade-20091205_2240137_1896217. 11 January 2010. dead. dmy-all.
31. News: Ambrose named Player of the Month . 5 December 2009 . 5 December 2009 . Football League . https://web.archive.org/web/20091208133609/http://www.football-league.co.uk/championship/news/ambrose-named-player-of-the-month-20091205_2248204_1896064 . 8 December 2009 . dead .
32. News: Davies named Manager of the Month. 9 January 2010. 9 January 2010. Football League.
33. News: Camp named Player of the Month . 9 January 2010 . 9 January 2010 . Football League . dead . https://archive.today/20120731055545/http://www.football-league.co.uk/championship/news/camp-named-player-of-the-month-20100109_2248204_1927599 . 31 July 2012 .
34. News: Irvine named Manager of the Month. 6 February 2010. 6 February 2010. Football League. https://web.archive.org/web/20100413024754/http://www.football-league.co.uk/championship/news/20100206/irvine-named-manager-of-the-month_2248204_1957064. 13 April 2010. dead. dmy-all.
35. News: Adam named Player of the month. 6 February 2010. 6 February 2010. Football League. https://web.archive.org/web/20100413024422/http://www.football-league.co.uk/championship/news/20100206/adam-named-player-of-the-month_2248204_1957051. 13 April 2010. dead. dmy-all.
36. News: Leicester City's Pearson and Gallagher win awards . 6 March 2010. 6 March 2010. BBC Sport. https://web.archive.org/web/20100309172307/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/8553584.stm. 9 March 2010. live.
37. News: McDermott Manager of the Month. 3 April 2010. 3 April 2010. Football League. https://web.archive.org/web/20100406031735/http://www.football-league.co.uk/championship/news/20100403/mcdermott-manager-of-the-month_2248204_2013635. 6 April 2010. dead. dmy-all.
38. News: Sigurdsson named Player of the Month . 3 April 2010 . 3 April 2010 . Football League . https://web.archive.org/web/20100406031332/http://www.football-league.co.uk/championship/news/20100403/sigurdsson-named-player-of-the-month_2248204_2013624 . 6 April 2010 . dead .
39. News: Newcastle United FC . 9 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100506220114/http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20100501/nolan-nets-monthly-prize_2240137_2040413 . 6 May 2010 . dead . dmy .
40. News: Bristol City 1–0 Crystal Palace . 16 August 2009. BBC Sport . 24 November 2009.
41. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/aug/17/crystal-palace-replay-neil-warnock Football League rules out replay over Crystal Palace's ghost goal
42. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/apologies-and-bans-are-not-enough-for-warnock-1773136.html Apologies and bans are not enough for Warnock
43. News: Barnsley's Robins criticises abandoning Plymouth game . 28 November 2009. BBC Sport . 28 November 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091201064113/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8376276.stm. 1 December 2009. live.
44. News: Plymouth 0–0 Barnsley . 30 March 2010. BBC Sport . 30 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100403003904/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8592985.stm. 3 April 2010. live.
45. News: Championship side Crystal Palace go into administration. 27 January 2010. BBC Sport . 27 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315091032/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/8481549.stm. 15 March 2012. live.
46. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/7668893/Sheffield-Wednesday-2-Crystal-Palace-2-match-report.html Sheffield Wednesday 2 Crystal Palace 2: match report