2009–10 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

2009–10 season
2009–10 season
Chairman	Lee Strafford
Manager	Brian Laws; (until 13 December); Sean McAuley; (caretaker until 7 January); Alan Irvine;
Championship	22nd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third Round; (eliminated by Crystal Palace)
League Cup	Second Round; (eliminated by Port Vale)
Top goalscorer	League: Marcus Tudgay (10); All: Marcus Tudgay (10)
Highest home attendance	37,121 (League)
Lowest home attendance	18,329 (League); 6,696 (League Cup)
Average home league attendance	23,179
Home colours	Away colours
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2009–10 season will be Sheffield Wednesday's fifth consecutive season in the Football League Championship and 108th season in The Football League since being elected to the Football League First Division in 1892 (from The Football Alliance).

Chronological list of events

2 May 2010: The club are relegated to League One after a final day home draw against Crystal Palace.
4 March 2010: Chairman Lee Strafford rules out the possibility of the club going into administration.^[2]
26 February 2010: Defender Frank Simek receives a call-up to the United States men's national soccer team.^[3]
11 January 2010: Alan Irvine appointed as Manager.^[4]
13 December 2009: Brian Laws leaves the club by mutual consent after a nine-game winless run with the club in 22nd position in the League.^[5]
19 August 2009: The club release plans to develop Hillsborough Stadium^[6]
23 July 2009: Owls season tickets sales exceed 13,000 (actual figure 13,060)^[7]
15 July 2009: Wednesday turn down a £1.5 million bid from Burnley for Marcus Tudgay in a statement the club called the bid "derisory" and "unwelcome"^[8]
13 July 2009: Owls win JPL Cup in Malta^[9]
17 June 2009: The Championship 2009–2010 season fixtures were announced.^[10]
16 April 2009: Owls reveal that the logo of the Sheffield Children's Hospital will be featured on the shirts rather than that of a sponsor.^[11]^[12]

Team kit

The team kit's for the 2009–10 season will be produced by Puma. The logo of the Sheffield Children's Hospital will be featured on the shirts rather than that of a sponsor.^[11]^[12]
£1 from every shirt sale will go to the charity, after a month of being on sale 6,000 home shirts had been sold.^[13]

Home colours

Away colours

Pre-season

Sheffield Wednesday's 2009/10 pre-season programme:

Date	Opponents	Venue	Score F–A	Scorers	Att.	Notes
21 July 2009	Floriana	Victor Tedesco Stadium	1–0	McAllister	949	JPL Cup – 45 minute game
21 July 2009	Dingli Swallows	Victor Tedesco Stadium	1–0	Esajas	949	JPL Cup – 45 minute game
21 July 2009	Birkirkara	Victor Tedesco Stadium	0 – 0 lp		949	Sliema Wanderers Centenary Cup – 45 minute game
21 July 2009	Sliema Wanderers	Victor Tedesco Stadium	0–1		949	Sliema Wanderers Centenary Cup – 45 minute game
21 July 2009	Hartlepool United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool	2–0	Tudgay, France	1,627
25 July 2009	Hull City	Hillsborough Stadium	0–0		5,213
28 July 2009	Northampton Town	Sixfields Stadium	2–0	Johnson, Jeffers	1,912
1 August 2009	Blackburn Rovers	Hillsborough Stadium	2–2	Sodje, Tudgay	5,579

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League results

League results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	11	14	21	49	69	−20	47	8	6	9	30	31	−1	3	8	12	19	38	−19

Last updated: 3 May 2010 03:50 UK.
Source: [1]

League round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	D
Position	7	12	16	11	8	9	11	12	12	13	16	13	15	15	14	14	17	19	20	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	21	19	20	18	19	21	22	22	22	21	20	21	20	19	20	22	22	22	22	22

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2010. Source: swfc.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Championship match details
Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
8 August 2009	Barnsley	H	D	2–2	Johnson 9', Gray 38'	30,644	^[15]
15 August 2009	Peterborough United	A	D	1–1	O'Connor 21'	10,747	^[16]
19 August 2009	Newcastle United	A	L	0–1
22 August 2009	Scunthorpe United	H	W	4–0
29 August 2009	Plymouth Argyle	A	W	3–1
12 September 2009	Nottingham Forest	H	D	1–1
15 September 2009	Middlesbrough	H	L	1–3	Varney 2'	21,722	^[17]
18 September 2009	Sheffield United	A	L	2–3	Tudgay 46', Esajas 65'	29,210	^[18]
26 September 2009	Cardiff City	H	W	3–1
29 September 2009	Crystal Palace	A	D	0–0
3 October 2009	Derby County	A	L	0–3
17 October 2009	Coventry City	H	W	2–0
20 October 2009	Preston North End	H	L	1–2	Gray 38'	20,882	^[19]
23 October 2009	Watford	A	L	1–4
31 October 2009	Bristol City	A	D	1–1	Varney 75'	15,005	^[20]
7 November 2009	Queens Park Rangers	H	L	1–2
21 November 2009	Ipswich Town	A	D	0–0
28 November 2009	West Bromwich Albion	H	L	0–4		20,824	^[21]
5 December 2009	Reading	H	L	0–2
8 December 2009	Doncaster Rovers	A	L	0–1		12,825	^[22]
12 December 2009	Leicester City	A	L	0–3
19 December 2009	Swansea City	H	L	0–2
26 December 2009	Newcastle United	H	D	2–2	Varney 14', O'Connor 59'	30,030	^[23]
16 January 2010	Barnsley	A	W	2–1	Spurr 3', Johnson 21'	17,844	^[24]
19 January 2010	Blackpool	A	W	2–1
23 January 2010	Peterborough United	H	W	2–1	Tudgay 45', 67'	24,882	^[25]
27 January 2010	Scunthorpe United	A	L	0–2
30 January 2010	Plymouth Argyle	H	W	2–1
6 February 2010	Nottingham Forest	A	L	1–2
9 February 2010	Blackpool	H	W	2–0
16 February 2010	Doncaster Rovers	H	L	0–2		22,522	^[26]
20 February 2010	Ipswich Town	H	L	0–1
27 February 2010	Reading	A	L	0–5
6 March 2010	Leicester City	H	W	2–0
9 March 2010	West Bromwich Albion	A	L	0–1
13 March 2010	Swansea City	A	D	0–0
16 March 2010	Preston North End	A	D	2–2
20 March 2010	Derby County	H	D	0–0
24 March 2010	Watford	H	W	2–1
27 March 2010	Coventry City	A	D	1–1
3 April 2010	Queens Park Rangers	A	D	1–1
5 April 2010	Bristol City	H	L	0–1		19,688	^[27]
10 April 2010	Middlesbrough	A	L	0–1
18 April 2010	Sheffield United	H	D	1–1
24 April 2010	Cardiff City	A	L	2–3
2 May 2010	Crystal Palace	H	D	2–2

Domestic cups

FA Cup

Round	Tie no	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Third round	18	2 January 2010	Crystal Palace	H	1–2	Danns, Hill(O.G), Andrew	8,690

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Match Report
First round	11 August	Rochdale	H	3–0	Esajas, Johnson 2,	6,696	[2]
Second round	25 August	Port Vale	A	0–2		6,667	[3]

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Player	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
10 May 2009	DF	Darren Purse	Cardiff City	free/released
21 May 2009	MF	Tommy Miller	Ipswich Town	free/released

Loans in

Date from	Position	Player	Club	Date until	Ref.
21 August 2009	FW	Luke Varney	Derby County	1 January 2010

Out

Date	Position	Player	New Club	Fee	Ref.
8 May 2009	MF	Kenny Lunt	Hereford United	Released
8 May 2009	FW	Wade Small	Chesterfield	Released
6 January 2010	DF	Richard Wood	Coventry City	Undisclosed	^[28]

Loaned out

Date from	Position	Player	Club	Date until	Ref.
18 November 2009	DF	Richard Wood	Coventry City	1 January 2010	^[29]
2009	MF	Rocky Lekaj	Sandefjord Fotball	Unknown

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Lee Grant
2	DF	ENG	Tommy Spurr
3	DF	ENG	Lewis Buxton
4	DF	ENG	Darren Purse (captain)
5	DF	ENG	Richard Hinds
6	MF	ENG	Tommy Miller
7	FW	ENG	Marcus Tudgay
8	MF	ENG	Sean McAllister
9	FW	ENG	Francis Jeffers
11	MF	NED	Etienne Esajas
14	MF	IRL	Darren Potter
15	DF	ENG	Mark Beevers
17	MF	IRL	James O'Connor
18	FW	ENG	Leon Clarke
19	FW	ENG	Luke Varney (on loan from Derby County)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	USA	Frank Simek
21	DF	ENG	Nick Wood
22	GK	ENG	Richard O'Donnell
23	MF	JAM	Jermaine Johnson
24	MF	ENG	Luke Boden
25	GK	ENG	Arron Jameson
26	DF	ENG	Max Wragg
27	MF	ENG	Callum Harrison
28	FW	ENG	Nathan Modest
29	MF	ENG	Liam Palmer
30	MF	ENG	Tom Soares (on loan from Stoke City)
30	DF	IRL	Eddie Nolan (on loan from Preston North End)
33	MF	ENG	Michael Gray

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	FW	ENG	Akpo Sodje (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
12	MF	NOR	Rocky Lekaj (to Lyn)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	ENG	Richard Wood (to Coventry City)
29	FW	NIR	Warren Feeney (on loan from Cardiff City)

References

^ "Attendance average page". soccer356.com. 3 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
^ "Administration 'not an option' for Owls – Lee Strafford". bbc.co.uk. 4 March 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
^ "Simek receives international call". swfc.co.uk. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
^ "Alan Irvine appointed new Owls boss". swfc.co.uk. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
^ "Laws leaves Wednesday". swfc.co.uk. 13 December 2009. Archived from the original on 14 December 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
^ "Sheffield Wed | News | Latest News | Latest News | Hillsborough - a vision of the future". www.swfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "Season ticket sales exceed 13,000". swfc.co.uk. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
^ "Tudgay: Owls slam Burnley's 'underhand tactic'". Sheffield star (Johnston Press Digital Publishing). 15 July 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
^ "Season ticket sales exceed 13,000". swfc.co.uk. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
^ "Two important dates for your diary". The football League. 25 May 2009. Archived from the original on 30 May 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Sheffield Wednesday Donate Shirt Sponsorship To Local Childrens Hospital". Bleacher Report. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Hospital patients unveil new Owls' Kit". swfc. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
^ "Home shirts now in stock". swfc. 21 August 2009. Archived from the original on 24 August 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
^ "Complete Owls' preseason". swfc. 29 May 2009. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
^ "Sheff Wed 2-2 Barnsley". 8 August 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
^ "Peterborough 1-1 Sheff Wed". 15 August 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
^ "Sheff Wed 1-3 Middlesbrough". 15 September 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
^ "Sheff Utd 3-2 Sheff Wed". 18 September 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
^ "Sheff Wed 1-2 Preston". 20 October 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
^ "Bristol City 1-1 Sheff Wed". 31 October 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
^ "Sheff Wed 0-4 West Brom". 28 November 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
^ "Doncaster 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday". 8 December 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
^ "Sheff Wed 2-2 Newcastle". 26 December 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
^ "Barnsley 1-2 Sheff Wed". 16 January 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
^ "Sheff Wed 2-1 Peterborough". 23 January 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
^ "Sheff Wed 0-2 Doncaster". 16 February 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
^ "Sheff Wed 0-1 Bristol City". 5 April 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
^ "NEWS: Wood and Hussey complete moves". www.ccfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010.
^ "Coventry City complete Richard Wood signing". Coventry Live. 18 November 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.

External links

Sheffield Wednesday FC official site
Sheffield Wednesday FC on Soccerbase Archived 2006-09-08 at the Wayback Machine

[Attendance_adverage_page-1] "Attendance average page". soccer356.com. 3 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2010.

[Administration_'not_an_option'_for_Owls.-2] "Administration 'not an option' for Owls – Lee Strafford". bbc.co.uk. 4 March 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.

[Simek_receives_international_call-3] "Simek receives international call". swfc.co.uk. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.

[Alan_Irvine_appointed_as_Manager-4] "Alan Irvine appointed new Owls boss". swfc.co.uk. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.

[Laws_leaves_Wednesday-5] "Laws leaves Wednesday". swfc.co.uk. 13 December 2009. Archived from the original on 14 December 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2009.

[6] "Sheffield Wed | News | Latest News | Latest News | Hillsborough - a vision of the future". www.swfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[Season_ticket_sales_exceed_13,000-7] "Season ticket sales exceed 13,000". swfc.co.uk. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.

[Tudgay:_Owls_slam_Burnley's_'underhand_tactic'-8] "Tudgay: Owls slam Burnley's 'underhand tactic'". Sheffield star (Johnston Press Digital Publishing). 15 July 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.

[Two_from_two_for_Wednesday-9] "Season ticket sales exceed 13,000". swfc.co.uk. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.

[Two_important_dates_for_your_diary-10] "Two important dates for your diary". The football League. 25 May 2009. Archived from the original on 30 May 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.

[Bleacher_Report-11] "Sheffield Wednesday Donate Shirt Sponsorship To Local Childrens Hospital". Bleacher Report. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2009.

[swfc-12] "Hospital patients unveil new Owls' Kit". swfc. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2009.

[13] "Home shirts now in stock". swfc. 21 August 2009. Archived from the original on 24 August 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.

[14] "Complete Owls' preseason". swfc. 29 May 2009. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.

[15] "Sheff Wed 2-2 Barnsley". 8 August 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.

[16] "Peterborough 1-1 Sheff Wed". 15 August 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.

[17] "Sheff Wed 1-3 Middlesbrough". 15 September 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.

[18] "Sheff Utd 3-2 Sheff Wed". 18 September 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.

[19] "Sheff Wed 1-2 Preston". 20 October 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.

[20] "Bristol City 1-1 Sheff Wed". 31 October 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.

[21] "Sheff Wed 0-4 West Brom". 28 November 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.

[22] "Doncaster 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday". 8 December 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.

[23] "Sheff Wed 2-2 Newcastle". 26 December 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.

[24] "Barnsley 1-2 Sheff Wed". 16 January 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2025.

[25] "Sheff Wed 2-1 Peterborough". 23 January 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2025.

[26] "Sheff Wed 0-2 Doncaster". 16 February 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2025.

[27] "Sheff Wed 0-1 Bristol City". 5 April 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2025.

[28] "NEWS: Wood and Hussey complete moves". www.ccfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010.

[29] "Coventry City complete Richard Wood signing". Coventry Live. 18 November 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2025.

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