2009–10 Preston North End F.C. season explained

Club:	Preston North End
Season:	2009–10
Manager:	Darren Ferguson
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Chairman:	Derek Shaw
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Stadium:	Deepdale
League:	Football League Championship
League Result:	17th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Third round
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Third round
League Topscorer:	Jon Parkin & Neil Mellor (10)
Season Topscorer:	Jon Parkin (13)
Highest Attendance:	23,199 vs Chelsea (FA Cup, 23 January 2010)
Lowest Attendance:	5,407 vs Morecambe (League Cup, 11 August 2009)
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Prevseason:	2008–09
Nextseason:	2010–11

The 2009–10 season is Preston North End's 6th season in the Championship. It is their 10th successive season in the second division of the English football league system.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Left club during season

Match results

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Pre-season friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
11 July 2009	FC Erdal Hallien 04	A	11–0		N/A	^[2]
14 July 2009	Bamber Bridge	A	4–1		1,369	^[3]
14 July 2009	Chorley	A	3–0		N/A	^[4]
18 July 2009	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–1		1,775	^[5]
21 July 2009	Wrexham	A	1–1		1,022	^[6]
25 July 2009	Stoke City	H	2–1		3,121	^[7]
28 July 2009	Wigan Athletic	H	1–4		3,645	^[8]
1 August 2009	Hibernian	A	3–1		6,557	^[9]

Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
8 August 2009	Bristol City	H	2–2		13,025	^[10]
15 August 2009	Doncaster Rovers	A	1–1	Brown,	10,070	^[11]
18 August 2009	Barnsley	A	3–0		11,850	^[12]
22 August 2009	Peterborough United	H	2–0		11,549	^[13]
29 August 2009	Ipswich Town	A	1–1		19,454	^[14]
12 September 2009	Swansea City	H	2–0		12,854	^[15]
15 September 2009	Scunthorpe United	A	1–3		5,383	^[16]
19 September 2009	Coventry City	H	3–2	Brown (2), Mellor,	11,230	^[17]
26 September 2009	Leicester City	A	2–1		20,623	^[18]
29 September 2009	Reading	H	1–2	Parkin	10,987	^[19]
3 October 2009	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–0		12,489	^[20]
17 October 2009	QPR	A	0–4		12,810	^[21]
20 October 2009	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–1		20,882	^[22]
24 October 2009	Middlesbrough	H	2–2		16,116	^[23]
31 October 2009	Crystal Palace	H	1–1		12,558	^[24]

FA Cup

See main article: 2009–10 FA Cup.

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round	11 August 2009	Morecambe	H	5–1	Brown 33', Elliott 45', Nicholson 57', Trotman 69', Mellor 90'	5,407	^[25]
Second round	25 August 2009	Leicester City	H	2–1	Brown (2) 14', 65'	6,977	^[26]
Third round	23 September 2009	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–5	Brown 83'	16,533	^[27]

Transfers

In

width=20%	Date	width=25%	Player	width=30%	Previous Club	width=20%	Cost
3 August 2009	Paul Parry	Cardiff City	Undisclosed^[28]
6 August 2009	Veliče Šumulikoski	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed^[29]
1 September 2009	Neill Collins	Wolverhampton Wanderers	On loan until January 2010^[30]
1 February 2010			Undisclosed
1 February 2010			Undisclosed
width=5%		width=7%		width=8%		width=12%	Total
			Around £650-700k

Out

width=20%	Date	width=25%	Player	width=30%	New Club	width=20%	Cost
13 May 2009	Andrew Murphy	Chester City	Free Transfer	^[31]
2 July 2009	Chris Neal	Shrewsbury Town	Nominal Fee	^[32]
20 July 2009	Paul McKenna	Nottingham Forest	£750,000	^[33]
24 July 2009	Simon Whaley	Norwich City	Undisclosed	^[34]
3 August 2009	Karl Hawley	Notts County	Undisclosed	^[35]
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			Around £1,000,000

Loaned out

width=20%	Date	width=25%	Player	width=20%	Club	width=30%	Return Date
21 August 2009	Neal Trotman	Southampton	January 2010^[36]
1 September 2009	Adam Barton	Crawley Town	29 September 2010^[37]
1 September 2009	Dominic Collins	Crawley Town	29 September 2010
15 September 2009	Sean St Ledger	Middlesbrough	15 December 2009^[38]

Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Nationality	Player	FLC	FA	CC	Total		Ast
1	GK	England		5	0	3	7	0	0	1	0
2	DF	Scotland		1	0	3	3	0	1	0	0
3	DF	Scotland		5	0	0	5	1	0	2	1
4				4	0	2	5	0	0	1	0
5	DF	France		2	0	2	3	0	0	2	0
7	MF	England		4	0	2	6	0	1	0	0
8	MF	Macedonia		3	0	2	4	0	2	0	0
9	FW	England		5	0	3	7	4	0	0	0
10	MF	Scotland		3	0	1	4	1	1	1	0
11	MF	England		3	0	3	5	0	0	1	0
12	DF	Ireland		5	0	1	6	0	0	1	0
14	DF	England		4	0	3	6	0	0	1	0
17	MF	Wales		5	0	2	7	1	1	0	0
19	DF	England		5	0	2	6	1	2	0	0
21	DF	England		0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
22	GK	Ireland		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Scotland		5	0	2	6	1	3	1	0
26	FW	England		5	0	1	5	2	0	0	0
27	DF	Ireland		1	0	2	2	0	1	0	0
29	FW	Ireland		1	0	3	3	1	0	0	0
33	FW	England		3	0	3	5	3	1	0	0
40	MF	England		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	MF	England		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
No.	Pos.	Nationality	Player	PL	FA	CC	Total		Ast

• Last Update: 30 August 2009
• Data includes all competitions
• Substitution appearances included as full
• FLC – Football League Championship
• FA – FA Cup
• CC – Carling Cup
• Ast – Assists

Top scorer

P.	Player	Position	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	Jon Parkin	Forward	10	3	0	13
2	Neil Mellor	Forward	10	0	1	11
3	Chris Brown	Forward	6	1	4	11
4	Ross Wallace	Midfielder	7	0	0	7
5	Callum Davidson	Defender	5	0	0	5
6	Billy Jones	Defender	4	0	0	4

Notes and References

1. Web site: FootballSquads - Preston North End - 2009/10. www.footballsquads.co.uk.
2. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . FC Hallein 04 0 PNE 11 . dead . http://web.archive.org/web/20090713040609/http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~1719814,00.html. 13 July 2009 .
3. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . Bamber Bridge 1 PNE 4 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090717170239/http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~1722573,00.html. 17 July 2009 .
4. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . Chorley 0 PNE 3 . 30 August 2009 . 19 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090719205722/http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~1722586,00.html . dead .
5. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . Chorley 0 PNE 3 . 30 August 2009 . 19 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090719205722/http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~1722586,00.html . dead .
6. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . Wrexham 1 PNE 1 . 31 August 2009 . 24 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090724155309/http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~1729339,00.html . dead .
7. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . Preston North End 2 Stoke City 1 . 31 August 2009 . 29 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090729065159/http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~1733477,00.html . dead .
8. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . Preston 1 Wigan 4 . 31 August 2009 . 30 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090730062113/http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~1736323,00.html . dead .
9. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . Hibernian 1 PNE 3 . 31 August 2009 . 4 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090804010800/http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~1740592,00.html . dead .
10. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . 08 August 2009, Preston 2 - 2 Bristol City . 29 August 2009 . 12 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090812124830/http://www.pnefc.net/page/MatchReport/0,,10362~49113,00.html . dead .
11. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . 15 August 2009, Doncaster Rovers 1 - 1 Preston . 30 August 2009 . 19 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100219210319/http://www.pnefc.net/page/MatchReport/0,,10362~49156,00.html . dead .
12. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . 18 August 2009, Barnsley 0 - 3 Preston . 29 August 2009 . 22 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090822102722/http://www.pnefc.net/page/MatchReport/0,,10362~49197,00.html . dead .
13. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . 22 August 2009, Preston 2 - 0 Peterborough . 30 August 2009 . 26 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090826163501/http://www.pnefc.net/page/MatchReport/0,,10362~47324,00.html . dead .
14. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . 29 August 2009, Ipswich 1 - 1 Preston . 30 August 2009 . 30 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090830210648/http://www.pnefc.net/page/MatchReport/0,,10362~47366,00.html . dead .
15. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . 12 September 2009, Preston 2 - 0 Swansea . 6 October 2009 . 26 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100126175922/http://www.pnefc.net/page/MatchReport/0,,10362~48715,00.html . dead .
16. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . 15 September 2009, Scunthorpe 3 - 1 Preston . 6 October 2009 . 26 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100126174838/http://www.pnefc.net/page/MatchReport/0,,10362~47537,00.html . dead .
17. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . 19 September 2009, Preston 3 - 2 Coventry . 6 October 2009 . 24 September 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090924012256/http://www.pnefc.net/page/MatchReport/0,,10362~47559,00.html . dead .
18. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . 26 September 2009, Leicester 1 - 2 Preston . 11 October 2009 . 29 September 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090929040453/http://www.pnefc.net/page/MatchReport/0,,10362~47600,00.html . dead .
19. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . 29 September 2009, Preston 1 - 2 Reading . 11 October 2009 . 26 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100126174843/http://www.pnefc.net/page/MatchReport/0,,10362~47639,00.html . dead .
20. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . 03 October 2009, Preston 0 - 0 West Brom . 11 October 2009 . 26 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100126174943/http://www.pnefc.net/page/MatchReport/0,,10362~47684,00.html . dead .
21. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . 17 October 2009, QPR 4 - 0 Preston . 27 October 2009 . 17 November 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091117061204/http://www.pnefc.net/page/MatchReport/0,,10362~47754,00.html . dead .
22. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . 20 October 2009, Sheff Wed 1 - 2 Preston . 27 October 2009 . 26 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100126174948/http://www.pnefc.net/page/MatchReport/0,,10362~48278,00.html . dead .
23. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . 24 October 2009, Preston 2 - 2 Middlesbrough . 27 October 2009 . 27 October 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091027043401/http://www.pnefc.net/page/MatchReport/0,,10362~48297,00.html . dead .
24. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . 31 October 2009, Preston 1 - 1 Crystal Palace . 6 November 2009 . 26 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100126174953/http://www.pnefc.net/page/MatchReport/0,,10362~48343,00.html . dead .
25. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . 11 August 2009, Preston 5 - 1 Morecambe . 29 August 2009 . 15 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090815140830/http://www.pnefc.net/page/MatchReport/0,,10362~49721,00.html . dead .
26. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . 25 August 2009, Preston 2 - 1 Leicester . 29 August 2009 . 19 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100119001910/http://www.pnefc.net/page/MatchReport/0,,10362~50704,00.html . dead .
27. Web site: Preston North End F.C. . Final Score: PNE 1 Spurs 5 . 24 September 2009 . 26 September 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090926043123/http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~1806264,00.html . dead .
28. Web site: North End Clinch Parry Signing . 3 August 2009 . Preston North End F.C. . dead . 29 August 2009 . 7 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090807020642/http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~1742288,00.html .
29. Web site: PNE Complete Shumi Signing . 6 August 2009 . Preston North End F.C. . dead . 1 September 2009 . 7 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090807102210/http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~1743509,00.html .
30. Web site: Loan Wolf Collins Signs in . 1 September 2009 . Preston North End F.C. . dead . 1 September 2009 . 3 September 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090903194802/http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~1784953,00.html .
31. Web site: Five Development Players Released. 13 May 2009. Preston North End F.C.. dead. 1 September 2009. 15 May 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090515005420/http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~1656693,00.html.
32. Web site: Keeper Neal signs for Shrewsbury . 2 July 2009 . BBC Sport.
33. Web site: Forest snap up Gunter and Mckenna . 20 July 2009 . BBC Sport.
34. Web site: 24 July 2009 . Double swoop for City . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120302072831/http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/NewsDetails/0,,10355~1731462,00.html . 2 March 2012 . 29 August 2009 . Norwich City F.C. .
35. Web site: Hawley Joins Magpies . 3 August 2009 . Preston North End F.C. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090817033525/http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10362~1742164%2C00.html . 17 August 2009 .
36. Web site: Trotman Joins Saints . 21 August 2009 . Preston North End F.C. . dead . 29 August 2009 . 23 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090823161840/http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~1761801,00.html .
37. Web site: Barton And Collins Loaned Out . 1 September 2009 . Preston North End F.C. . dead . 1 September 2009 . 3 September 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090903194432/http://www.pnefc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~1784189,00.html .
38. Web site: St Ledger completes Boro switch. 15 September 2009 . BBC Sport .