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2009–10 Sunderland A.F.C. season

The 2009–10 season is Sunderland's third consecutive season in the top division of English football, the Premier League.

Key Information

Ricky Sbragia was replaced by Steve Bruce in the close season. His aim is to improve on the club's 16th position the previous season.

Darren Bent was the top scorer in the Premier League with 24 goals. Andy Reid was the top scorer in the League Cup with two goals. Fraizer Campbell was the top scorer in the FA Cup with two goals. Darren Bent was the top scorer in all competitions with 25 goals.

At the end of the season, Darren Bent won both the club's official Player of the Season and the SAFC Supporters' Association awards. Jordan Henderson won both the club's official Young Player of the Season and the SAFC Supporters' Association Young Player of the Season awards.

Season summary

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Sunderland broke their transfer record with the £10 million signing of Tottenham Hotspur striker Darren Bent. This proved to be a wise investment as Bent scored 25 goals in all competitions during the season, all but one of them in the league. No other player outside the top eight clubs managed even half as many as Bent, who was only outscored by Didier Drogba and Wayne Rooney.

Transfers

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In

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Date Pos. Nat. Name From Fee Ref.
11 July 2009 FW ENG Fraizer Campbell Manchester United £3,500,000 [1]
13 July 2009 DF PAR Paulo da Silva Deportivo Toluca Undisclosed [2]
24 July 2009 MF ALB Lorik Cana Marseille £5,000,000 [3]
5 August 2009 FW ENG Darren Bent Tottenham Hotspur £10,000,000 (rising to £16,000,000) [4]
12 August 2009 MF ENG Lee Cattermole Wigan Athletic £6,000,000 [5]
31 August 2009 DF ENG Michael Turner Hull City £4,000,000 [6]
16 October 2009 MF NED Bolo Zenden Marseille Free [7]
21 January 2010 DF ENG Matthew Kilgallon Sheffield United Undisclosed [8]

Loans in

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Date Pos. Nat. Name From Length Ref.
28 August 2009 DF GHA John Mensah Lyon Season-long loan [9]
1 February 2010 DF SCO Alan Hutton Tottenham Hotspur Season-long loan [10]
2 February 2010 FW ZIM Benjani Mwaruwari Manchester City Season-long loan [11]

Out

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Date Pos. Nat. Name To Fee Ref.
30 June 2009 FW TRI Dwight Yorke Retired Released [12]
30 June 2009 FW IRL David Connolly (Southampton) Released [12][13]
30 June 2009 MF ESP Arnau Riera Released [12]
30 June 2009 GK WAL Darren Ward Released [12]
30 June 2009 GK IRL Nick Colgan (Grimsby Town) Released [12][14]
30 June 2009 DF ENG Peter Hartley (Hartlepool United) Released [12][15]
30 June 2009 DF IRL Niall McArdle Released [12]
3 July 2009 DF ENG Greg Halford Wolverhampton Wanderers £2,000,000 [16]
4 July 2009 FW ENG Michael Chopra Cardiff City £4,000,000 [17]
24 July 2009 MF ENG Dean Whitehead Stoke City £5,000,000 [18]
21 August 2009 FW IRL Anthony Stokes Hibernian £500,000 [19]
30 August 2009 DF IRL Paul McShane Hull City £1,500,000 [20]
1 September 2009 DF WAL Danny Collins Stoke City £2,275,000 [21]
1 September 2009 MF ENG Grant Leadbitter Ipswich Town £2,600,000 [22]
1 September 2009 MF TRI Carlos Edwards Ipswich Town £1,400,000 [22]
14 January 2010 DF SCO Russell Anderson Derby County Free [23]

Loans out

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Date Pos. Nat. Name To Length Ref.
1 September 2009 MF FIN Teemu Tainio Birmingham City Season-long loan [24]
17 September 2009 FW IRE Roy O'Donovan Southend United One month [25]
1 February 2010 DF JAM Nyron Nosworthy Sheffield United Season-long loan [26][27]
1 February 2010 FW IRL Daryl Murphy Ipswich Town Season-long loan [28]
1 February 2010 FW NIR David Healy Ipswich Town Season-long loan [28]
23 February 2010 FW IRE Roy O'Donovan Hartlepool United Season-long loan [29]
27 April 2010 GK HUN Márton Fülöp Manchester City Season-long loan [30]


First-team squad

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Source:[31]

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  SCO Craig Gordon
2 DF  SCO Phil Bardsley
3 DF  NIR George McCartney
4 DF  ENG Michael Turner
5 DF  ENG Anton Ferdinand
6 DF  SCO Alan Hutton (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
7 MF  NED Bolo Zenden
8 MF  FRA Steed Malbranque
9 FW  ENG Fraizer Campbell
10 DF  ENG Kieran Richardson (vice-captain)
11 FW  ENG Darren Bent
12 DF  GHA John Mensah (on loan from Lyon)
15 MF  ENG Liam Noble
16 MF  ENG Jordan Henderson
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW  TRI Kenwyne Jones
18 MF  IRL David Meyler
19 MF  ALB Lorik Cana (captain)
20 MF  IRL Andy Reid
22 DF  PAR Paulo da Silva
24 GK  NIR Trevor Carson
25 FW  IRL Roy O'Donovan
26 MF  ENG Adam Reed
27 DF  ENG Matthew Kilgallon
28 FW  ZIM Benjani Mwaruwari (on loan from Manchester City)
29 MF  ENG Jack Colback
30 FW  ENG Ryan Noble
32 GK  HUN Márton Fülöp
39 MF  ENG Lee Cattermole

Left club during season

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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
4 MF  FIN Teemu Tainio (on loan to Birmingham City)
6 DF  JAM Nyron Nosworthy
7 MF  TRI Carlos Edwards (to Ipswich Town)
14 FW  IRL Daryl Murphy
15 DF  WAL Danny Collins (to Stoke City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  ENG Grant Leadbitter (to Ipswich Town)
23 FW  NIR David Healy
27 DF  SCO Russell Anderson
30 DF  IRL Paul McShane

Results

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Premier League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Stoke City 38 11 14 13 34 48 −14 47
12 Fulham 38 12 10 16 39 46 −7 46
13 Sunderland 38 11 11 16 48 56 −8 44
14 Bolton Wanderers 38 10 9 19 42 67 −25 39
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 9 11 18 32 56 −24 38
Win Draw Loss
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance League
position
Ref.
15 August 2009 Bolton Wanderers Reebok Stadium 1–0 Bent 5' 22,247 8th [32]
18 August 2009 Chelsea Stadium of Light 1–3 Bent 18' 41,179 10th [33]
22 August 2009 Blackburn Rovers Stadium of Light 2–1 Jones (2) 31', 53' 37,106 6th [34]
29 August 2009 Stoke City Britannia Stadium 0–1 27,091 8th [35]
12 September 2009 Hull City Stadium of Light 4–1 Bent (2) 12' (pen), 66', Reid 49', Zayatte 75' (o.g.) 38,997 6th [36]
19 September 2009 Burnley Turf Moor 1–3 Bent 38' 20,196 8th [37]
27 September 2009 Wolverhampton Wanderers Stadium of Light 5–2 Bent 8' (pen), Jones (2) 47' (pen), 69', Turner 73', Mancienne 90' (o.g.) 37,566 8th [38]
3 October 2009 Manchester United Old Trafford 2–2 Bent 7', Jones 58' 75,114 8th [39]
17 October 2009 Liverpool Stadium of Light 1–0 Bent 5' 47,327 7th [40]
24 October 2009 Birmingham City St. Andrew's 1–2 Turner 82' 21,732 7th [41]
31 October 2009 West Ham United Stadium of Light 2–2 Reid 38', Richardson 76' 39,033 8th [42]
7 November 2009 Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane 0–2 35,955 8th [43]
21 November 2009 Arsenal Stadium of Light 1–0 Bent 70' 44,918 8th [44]
28 November 2009 Wigan Athletic DW Stadium 0–1 20,447 8th [45]
6 December 2009 Fulham Craven Cottage 0–1 23,168 10th [46]
12 December 2009 Portsmouth Stadium of Light 1–1 Bent 22' 37,578 10th [47]
15 December 2009 Aston Villa Stadium of Light 0–2 34,821 10th [48]
19 December 2009 Manchester City City of Manchester Stadium 3–4 Mensah 15', Henderson 24', Jones 62' 44,735 10th [49]
26 December 2009 Everton Stadium of Light 1–1 Bent 17' 46,990 10th [50]
28 December 2009 Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park 2–2 Bent (2) 52', 65' 25,656 10th [51]
16 January 2010 Chelsea Stamford Bridge 2–7 Zenden 56', Bent 90' 41,776 12th [52]
27 January 2010 Everton Goodison Park 0–2 32,163 13th [53]
1 February 2010 Stoke City Stadium of Light 0–0 35,078 13th [54]
6 February 2010 Wigan Athletic Stadium of Light 1–1 Jones 64' 38,350 13th [55]
9 February 2010 Portsmouth Fratton Park 1–1 Bent 11' (pen) 16,242 13th [56]
20 February 2010 Arsenal Emirates Stadium 0–2 60,083 14th [57]
28 February 2010 Fulham Stadium of Light 0–0 40,192 14th [58]
9 March 2010 Bolton Wanderers Stadium of Light 4–0 Campbell 1', Bent (3) 63', 74' (pen), 87' 36,087 13th [59]
14 March 2010 Manchester City Stadium of Light 1–1 Jones 8' 41,398 14th [60]
20 March 2010 Birmingham City Stadium of Light 3–1 Bent (2) 5', 11', Campbell 88' 37,962 12th [61]
24 March 2010 Aston Villa Villa Park 1–1 Campbell 22' 37,473 13th [62]
28 March 2010 Liverpool Anfield 0–3 43,121 13th [63]
3 April 2010 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium of Light 3–1 Bent (2) 1', 29' (pen), Zenden 85' 43,184 13th [64]
10 April 2010 West Ham United Boleyn Ground 0–1 34,685 13th [65]
17 April 2010 Burnley Stadium of Light 2–1 Campbell 24', Bent 40' 41,341 13th [66]
24 April 2010 Hull City KC Stadium 1–0 Bent 6' 25,012 10th [67]
2 May 2010 Manchester United Stadium of Light 0–1 47,641 11th [68]
9 May 2010 Wolverhampton Wanderers Molineux 1–2 Jones 7' 28,971 13th [69]

Football League Cup

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Date Round Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref.
24 August 2009 Round 2 Norwich City Carrow Road 4–1 Tainio 26', Reid (2) 29', 35', Tudur Jones 67' (o.g.) 12,345 [70]
22 September 2009 Round 3 Birmingham City Stadium of Light 2–0 Henderson 4', Campbell 22' 20,576 [71]
27 October 2009 Round 4 Aston Villa Stadium of Light 0–0 (1–3 on pens) 27,666 [72]

FA Cup

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Date Round Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref.
3 January 2010 Round 3 Barrow Stadium of Light 3–0 Malbranque 17', Campbell (2) 52', 58' 25,190 [73]
23 January 2010 Round 4 Portsmouth Fratton Park 1–2 Bent 15' 10,315 [74]

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Scotland SCO Craig Gordon 30 0 26 0 1 0 3 0
32 GK Hungary HUN Márton Fülöp 14 0 12+1 0 1 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF England ENG Phil Bardsley 28 0 18+8 0 2 0 0 0
3 DF Northern Ireland NIR George McCartney 28 0 20+5 0 1 0 2 0
4 DF England ENG Michael Turner 32 2 29 2 1 0 2 0
5 DF England ENG Anton Ferdinand 25 0 19+5 0 0 0 0+1 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Alan Hutton 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
12 DF Ghana GHA John Mensah 17 1 14+2 1 0 0 1 0
22 DF Paraguay PAR Paulo da Silva 21 0 12+4 0 2 0 3 0
27 DF England ENG Matt Kilgallon 7 0 6+1 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF England ENG Michael Liddle 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
Midfielders
7 MF Netherlands NED Boudewijn Zenden 21 2 1+19 2 1 0 0 0
8 MF France FRA Steed Malbranque 35 1 30+1 0 1 1 1+2 0
10 MF England ENG Kieran Richardson 32 1 28+1 1 1 0 2 0
16 MF England ENG Jordan Henderson 38 2 23+10 1 2 0 3 1
18 MF Republic of Ireland IRL David Meyler 12 0 9+1 0 2 0 0 0
19 MF Albania ALB Lorik Cana 35 0 29+2 0 2 0 2 0
20 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Andy Reid 25 4 18+3 2 0+1 0 2+1 2
29 MF England ENG Jack Colback 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF England ENG Lee Cattermole 22 0 19+3 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW England ENG Fraizer Campbell 36 7 19+12 4 1+1 2 3 1
11 FW England ENG Darren Bent 40 25 38 24 2 1 0 0
14 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Daryl Murphy 7 0 2+1 0 1 0 1+2 0
17 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Kenwyne Jones 36 9 24+8 9 1 0 3 0
23 FW Northern Ireland NIR David Healy 7 0 0+3 0 0+2 0 0+2 0
28 FW Zimbabwe ZIM Benjani Mwaruwari 8 0 1+7 0 0 0 0 0
30 FW England ENG Ryan Noble 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
4 MF Finland FIN Teemu Tainio 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
6 DF Jamaica JAM Nyron Nosworthy 10 0 7+3 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Carlos Edwards 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 DF Wales WAL Danny Collins 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF England ENG Grant Leadbitter 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 31 May 2010
Source: Competitions

Goal scorers

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Nation Number Name Premier League League Cup FA Cup Total
England 11 Darren Bent 24 0 1 25
Trinidad and Tobago 17 Kenwyne Jones 9 0 0 9
England 9 Fraizer Campbell 4 1 2 7
Republic of Ireland 20 Andy Reid 2 2 0 4
/ / Own goals 2 1 0 3
Netherlands 7 Boudewijn Zenden 2 0 0 2
England 4 Michael Turner 2 0 0 2
England 16 Jordan Henderson 1 1 0 2
England 10 Kieran Richardson 1 0 0 1
Ghana 12 John Mensah 1 0 0 1
France 8 Steed Malbranque 0 0 1 1
Finland 4 Teemu Tainio 0 1 0 1
/ / TOTALS 48 6 4 58

References

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