2009–10 Premier League

Premier League
Season 2009–10
Champions Chelsea
3rd Premier League title
4th English title overall
Relegated Portsmouth
Burnley
Hull City
Champions League Chelsea (group stage)
Manchester United (group stage)
Arsenal (group stage)
Tottenham Hotspur (play-off round)
Europa League Manchester City (play-off round)
Aston Villa (play-off round)
Liverpool (third qualifying round)
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1053 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer Didier Drogba (29)
Biggest home win Tottenham Hotspur 9–1 Wigan Athletic
(22 November 2009)[1]
Chelsea 8–0 Wigan Athletic
(9 May 2010)
Biggest away win Everton 1–6 Arsenal
(15 August 2009)
Wigan Athletic 0–5 Manchester United
(22 August 2009)
Portsmouth 0–5 Chelsea
(24 March 2010)
Burnley 1–6 Manchester City (3 April 2010)
Highest scoring Tottenham Hotspur 9–1 Wigan Athletic
(22 November 2009)
(10 goals)[1]
Longest winning run Chelsea (6 games) ended 26 September 2009[2]
Arsenal (6 games) ended 27 March 2010[3]
Longest unbeaten run Birmingham City (12 games) ended 27 January 2010[4]
Longest losing run Portsmouth (7 games) ended 3 October 2009[5]
Highest attendance Manchester United 4–0 Stoke City (75,316) (9 May 2010)[6]
Lowest attendance Wigan Athletic 0–0 Portsmouth (14,323)
(14 April 2010)[6]
Average attendance 34,150[6]
2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. A total of 20 teams competed in the league, with Chelsea unseating the three-time defending champions Manchester United, scoring a Premier League record 103 goals in the process.[7][8] The season began on 15 August 2009 and concluded on 9 May 2010.[9] Prior to each opening week match, a minute's applause was held in memory of Sir Bobby Robson.

The race for the title went to the final day of the season with Chelsea one point ahead of Manchester United. Chelsea's 8–0 win over Wigan Athletic was enough to secure their first title since 2006, despite Manchester United's 4–0 defeat of Stoke City.[10] The title win came in Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti's first season at the club and he followed this up a week later by securing Chelsea's first FA Cup and League double with a win over Portsmouth at Wembley. Chelsea striker Didier Drogba won the Golden Boot award as the league's top goalscorer.[11] The victorious Chelsea side were noted for their attacking style of football: the team averaged 2.71 goals per game (scoring a Premier League record 103 goals for the season), compared to the average of 1.89 when they won the title in the 2005–06 season.[12]

In February 2010, Portsmouth became the first club to go into administration whilst a member of the Premier League.[13] They were deducted nine points, and two months later they were the first team of the season to be relegated. Hull City and Premier League debutants Burnley were relegated alongside them.

Contents

Pre-season

Pre-season was overshadowed by the death of Sir Bobby Robson on 31 July. On the opening games of the season players stood around the centre circle for a minute's applause for the former Newcastle United, Fulham, Ipswich Town, Barcelona, Porto, PSV Eindhoven and England manager who died at the age of 76.

Final results

Chelsea won the league by a single point over second placed Manchester United on 9 May 2010, with an 8–0 win at home to Wigan Athletic.[14] They won despite Manchester United's 4–0 win against Stoke.[10] The title win came in Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti's first season with the club. Portsmouth were the first team to be relegated on 10 April 2010, followed by Hull City and Burnley.[15][16][17] Fulham's manager Roy Hodgson was voted manager of the year by the League Managers Association.[18]

Teams

2009–10 Premier League is located in England
Locations of the 2009–10 Premier League teams

Newcastle United, Middlesbrough and West Bromwich Albion were relegated to the 2009–10 Football League Championship after finishing the 2008–09 season in the bottom three places. Newcastle suffered their first relegation from the Premier League since their promotion to it in 1993. Middlesbrough returned to the Championship after an eleven-year tenure in England's top flight, while West Bromwich's latest stint in the Premier League lasted only one season.

The three relegated teams were replaced by 2008–09 Football League Championship champions Wolverhampton Wanderers, runners-up Birmingham City and promotion play-off winners Burnley. Wolverhampton play their first season at the top level since the 2003–04 season, and Burnley made their return to England's highest football division after 33 years. Fellow promoted club Birmingham City, on the other hand, had changed divisions between the Premier League and the Championship for the fourth season in a row.

Manchester United came into the season as defending champions and aiming to win a fourth successive Premier League title, following championship-winning campaigns in 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2008–09. They were also looking to overtake Liverpool's record of 18 league titles.

The league comprised five teams from London (Arsenal, Chelsea, Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United); four clubs from the Midlands (Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Stoke City and Wolverhampton Wanderers); eight teams from the north-west (Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Wigan Athletic); and one each from the north-east (Sunderland), Yorkshire and the Humber (Hull City), and the south (Portsmouth).

Team summaries

Stadia

Team Home city Stadium Stadium capacity
Arsenal London Emirates Stadium 60,355
Aston Villa Birmingham Villa Park 42,788
Birmingham City Birmingham St Andrew's 30,009
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park 31,367
Bolton Wanderers Bolton Reebok Stadium 28,723
Burnley Burnley Turf Moor 22,546
Chelsea London Stamford Bridge 42,055
Everton Liverpool Goodison Park 40,157
Fulham London Craven Cottage 25,700
Hull City Kingston upon Hull KC Stadium 25,404
Liverpool Liverpool Anfield 45,362
Manchester City Manchester City of Manchester Stadium 47,726
Manchester United Manchester Old Trafford 75,957
Portsmouth Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,688
Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent Britannia Stadium 28,383
Sunderland Sunderland Stadium of Light 49,000
Tottenham Hotspur London White Hart Lane 36,240
West Ham United London Boleyn Ground 35,309
Wigan Athletic Wigan DW Stadium 25,138
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Molineux 29,303

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit Makers Sponsor
Arsenal France Wenger, ArseneArsène Wenger Spain Cesc Fàbregas Nike Emirates
Aston Villa Northern Ireland O'Neill, MartinMartin O'Neill Bulgaria Stiliyan Petrov Nike Acorns Children's Hospice
Birmingham City Scotland McLeish, AlexAlex McLeish Republic of Ireland Stephen Carr Umbro F&C Investments
Blackburn Rovers England Allardyce, SamSam Allardyce New Zealand Ryan Nelsen Umbro Crown Paints
Bolton Wanderers Scotland Coyle, OwenOwen Coyle England Kevin Davies Reebok 188BET
Burnley England Laws, BrianBrian Laws Scotland Steven Caldwell Erreà Cooke Fuels
Chelsea Italy Ancelotti, CarloCarlo Ancelotti England John Terry Adidas Samsung
Everton Scotland Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes England Phil Neville le coq sportif Chang Beer
Fulham England Hodgson, RoyRoy Hodgson England Danny Murphy Nike LG Electronics
Hull City Northern Ireland Dowie, IainIain Dowie* England Ian Ashbee Umbro Totesport.com
Liverpool Spain Benítez, RafaelRafael Benítez England Steven Gerrard Adidas Carlsberg Group
Manchester City Italy Mancini, RobertoRoberto Mancini Côte d'Ivoire Kolo Touré Umbro Etihad Airways
Manchester United Scotland Ferguson, AlexSir Alex Ferguson England Gary Neville Nike AIG
Portsmouth Israel Grant, AvramAvram Grant England David James Canterbury of New Zealand Jobsite
Stoke City Wales Pulis, TonyTony Pulis Senegal Abdoulaye Faye le coq sportif Britannia
Sunderland England Bruce, SteveSteve Bruce Albania Lorik Cana Umbro Boylesports
Tottenham Hotspur England Redknapp, HarryHarry Redknapp England Ledley King Puma Mansion
West Ham United Italy Zola, GianfrancoGianfranco Zola England Matthew Upson Umbro SBOBET
Wigan Athletic Spain Martínez, RobertoRoberto Martínez Netherlands Mario Melchiot Vandanel 188BET
Wolverhampton Wanderers Republic of Ireland McCarthy, MickMick McCarthy England Karl Henry le coq sportif Sportingbet

* — Football Management Consultant

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Portsmouth England Paul Hart Sacked 24 November 2009[19] 20th Israel Avram Grant 26 November 2009[20] 20th
Manchester City Wales Mark Hughes Sacked 19 December 2009[21] 6th Italy Roberto Mancini 19 December 2009[21] 6th
Bolton Wanderers England Gary Megson Sacked 30 December 2009[22] 18th Scotland Owen Coyle 8 January 2010[23] 18th
Burnley Scotland Owen Coyle Signed by Bolton Wanderers 8 January 2010[23] 14th England Brian Laws 13 January 2010[24] 14th
Hull City England Phil Brown Removed from position 15 March 2010[25] 19th Northern Ireland Iain Dowie 17 March 2010[26] 19th

Ownership changes

Club New owner Previous owner Date
Sunderland Short, EllisEllis Short Drumaville Consortium 02009-05-27 27 May 2009[27]
West Ham United CB Holding Gudmundsson, BjorgolfurBjörgólfur Guðmundsson 02009-06-08 8 June 2009[28]
Portsmouth Al-Fahim, SulaimanSulaiman Al-Fahim Gaydamak, AlexandreAlexandre Gaydamak 02009-08-26 26 August 2009[29]
Birmingham City Grandtop International Sullivan, DavidDavid Sullivan and Gold, DavidDavid Gold 02009-10-06 6 October 2009[30]
Portsmouth al-Faraj, AliAli al-Faraj Al-Fahim, SulaimanSulaiman Al-Fahim 02009-10-06 6 October 2009[31]
West Ham United Sullivan, DavidDavid Sullivan and Gold, DavidDavid Gold CB Holding 02010-01-19 19 January 2010[32]
Portsmouth Chainrai, BalramBalram Chainrai al-Faraj, AliAli al-Faraj 02010-02-04 4 February 2010[33]

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Chelsea (C) 38 27 5 6 103 32 +71 86 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Manchester United 38 27 4 7 86 28 +58 85
3 Arsenal 38 23 6 9 83 41 +42 75
4 Tottenham Hotspur 38 21 7 10 67 41 +26 70 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5 Manchester City 38 18 13 7 73 45 +28 67 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6 Aston Villa 38 17 13 8 52 39 +13 64
7 Liverpool 38 18 9 11 61 35 +26 63 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
8 Everton 38 16 13 9 60 49 +11 61
9 Birmingham City 38 13 11 14 38 47 −9 50
10 Blackburn Rovers 38 13 11 14 41 55 −14 50
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
16 Wigan Athletic 38 9 9 20 37 79 −42 36
17 West Ham United 38 8 11 19 47 66 −19 35
18 Burnley (R) 38 8 6 24 42 82 −40 30 Relegation to the 2010–11 Football League Championship
19 Hull City (R) 38 6 12 20 34 75 −41 30
20 Portsmouth (R) 38 7 7 24 34 66 −32 0191

Source: Barclays Premier League


Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
1 Portsmouth were deducted nine points for entering administration.[34]

More about European qualification:
For further information on European qualification see Premier League - Competition.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away1 ARS AST BIR BLB BOL BUR CHE EVE FUL HUL LIV MCI MUN POR STO SUN TOT WHA WIG WOL
Arsenal 3–0 3–1 6–2 4–2 3–1 0–3 2–2 4–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 4–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 1–0
Aston Villa 0–0 1–0 0–1 5–1 5–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–2
Birmingham City 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Blackburn Rovers 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 3–1
Bolton Wanderers 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–4 3–2 0–0 2–2 2–3 3–3 0–4 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 4–0 1–0
Burnley 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–4 1–6 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 4–2 2–1 1–3 1–2
Chelsea 2–0 7–1 3–0 5–0 1–0 3–0 3–3 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–4 1–0 2–1 7–0 7–2 3–0 4–1 8–0 4–0
Everton 1–6 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 5–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–1
Fulham 0–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 0–0
Hull City 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–4 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–5 3–3 2–1 2–2
Liverpool 1–2 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–0 4–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 6–1 2–2 2–0 4–1 4–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0
Manchester City 4–2 3–1 5–1 4–1 2–0 3–3 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 4–3 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–0
Manchester United 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 4–3 5–0 4–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 5–0 3–0
Portsmouth 1–4 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–3 2–0 0–5 0–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–4 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–0 3–1
Stoke City 1–3 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–2
Sunderland 1–0 0–2 3–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 5–2
Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 5–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–3 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 9–1 0–1
West Ham United 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 5–3 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 2–3 1–1 0–4 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–3
Wigan Athletic 3–2 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–5 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–4 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–2

Source: Barclays Premier League
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals[35]
1 Côte d'Ivoire Didier Drogba Chelsea 29
2 England Wayne Rooney Manchester United 26
3 England Darren Bent Sunderland 24
4 Argentina Carlos Tévez Manchester City 23
5 England Frank Lampard Chelsea 22
6 England Jermain Defoe Tottenham Hotspur 18
Spain Fernando Torres Liverpool 18
8 Spain Cesc Fàbregas Arsenal 15
9 Togo Emmanuel Adebayor Manchester City 14
10 England Gabriel Agbonlahor Aston Villa 13
France Louis Saha Everton 13

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists[35]
1 England Frank Lampard Chelsea 17
2 Spain Cesc Fàbregas Arsenal 15
3 Côte d'Ivoire Didier Drogba Chelsea 13
4 England James Milner Aston Villa 12
5 Wales Ryan Giggs Manchester United 11
6 France Nicolas Anelka Chelsea 10
Wales Craig Bellamy Manchester City 10
England Aaron Lennon Tottenham Hotspur 10
Portugal Nani Manchester United 10
England Ashley Young Aston Villa 10

Overall

Home

Away

Clean sheets

Scoring

Discipline

Miscellaneous

Records

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August[56] England Harry Redknapp Tottenham Hotspur England Jermain Defoe Tottenham Hotspur
September[57] Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson Manchester United Spain Fernando Torres Liverpool
October[58][59] England Roy Hodgson Fulham Netherlands Robin van Persie Arsenal
November[60][61] Italy Carlo Ancelotti Chelsea England Jimmy Bullard Hull City
December[62][63] Scotland Alex McLeish Birmingham City Argentina Carlos Tévez Manchester City
January[64][65] Scotland David Moyes Everton England Wayne Rooney Manchester United
February[66] England Roy Hodgson Fulham Australia Mark Schwarzer Fulham
March[67][68] Scotland David Moyes Everton France Florent Malouda Chelsea
April[69][70] Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill Aston Villa Wales Gareth Bale Tottenham Hotspur

Annual awards

PFA Player of the Year

The PFA Player of the Year was awarded to Wayne Rooney for the first time.

PFA Young Player of the Year

The PFA Young Player of the Year was awarded to James Milner for the first time.

PFA Team of the Year

Goalkeeper: Joe Hart (Birmingham City)
Defence: Patrice Evra (Manchester United), Branislav Ivanović (Chelsea), Thomas Vermaelen (Arsenal), Richard Dunne (Aston Villa)
Midfield: James Milner (Aston Villa), Antonio Valencia, Darren Fletcher (both Manchester United), Cesc Fàbregas (Arsenal)
Attack: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Didier Drogba (Chelsea)

Barclays Player of the Season

The Barclays Player of the Season award was won by Wayne Rooney of Manchester United.

FA Premier League Manager of the Year Award

Harry Redknapp, 63, received the FA Premier League Manager of the Year Award for the first time in his career, as a result of leading Tottenham Hotspur to Champions League qualification. Redknapp winning Manager of the Season marked the first time a non-title winning manager received the award since George Burley in the 2000–01 Premier League season.[71][72]

Barclays Golden Boot

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba won the Golden Boot, scoring 29 goals in 32 appearances; this was the second time he won the award.

Barclays Golden Glove Award

Chelsea's Petr Čech won his second Barclays Golden Glove award in 2009–10 for his 17 clean sheets during the season. Liverpool's Pepe Reina also managed 17 clean sheets, but Čech won the award by virtue of his better clean sheets-to-games played ratio.[73]

Barclays Premier League Fair Play Award

The Fair Play Award was given to Arsenal, the team deemed to have been the most sporting and best behaved.[74]

Behaviour of The Public Fair Play League

The Public Fair Play League was again given to Fulham for the third consecutive year.[75]

Barclays Premier League Merit Award

Chelsea collected the Barclays Premier League Merit Award for being the first team to score 100 goals in a Barclays Premier League season.

Broadcasting

This season was the last of a three-year domestic television rights deal agreed in 2006. Television rights continue to provide a large portion of Premier League clubs' revenue. However, on 19 June 2009, the Premier League annulled its contract with Ireland-based broadcaster Setanta Sports after the company failed to pay an installment to the league with speculation mounting that the company would enter administration. As a result, Setanta Sports' share was bought by United States-based broadcasters ESPN, while Sky Sports continue to hold four of the six 23-live match packages.[76] In the United States, the Disney-owned network is making use of sibling-network ESPN2 to televise early Saturday matches and Monday matches. This was possible due to Setanta Sports' financial troubles, which required their USA-based North America division to sell its rights to those games back to Fox Sports International, who in turn sublicensed them to ESPN. Setanta continues to broadcast a reduced number of matches in Ireland. In Australia, most games are available live on Fox Sports. Sentanta Sports USA operations ceased on February 28, and Fox Soccer Plus replaced Sentanta as a pay service the following day.

On 31 January 2010, Sky Sports broadcast the match between Arsenal and Manchester United in 3D. The 3D broadcast was shown at nine pubs in London, Manchester, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Dublin, making the match the first sports event to be televised in 3D to a public audience anywhere in the world.[77][78]

List of 2009–10 transfers

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