2009–10 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End
2009–10 season
Chairman Derek Shaw
Manager Darren Ferguson
Football League Championship 17th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League: Jon Parkin & Neil Mellor(10)
All: Jon Parkin (13)
Highest home attendance 23,199 vs Chelsea (FA Cup, 23 January 2010)
Lowest home attendance 5,407 vs Morecambe (League Cup, 11 August 2009)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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. They have featured in 4 play offs out of a possible 9 since being promoted from the 3rd Division of the English football league system.

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
15 Ipswich Town 46 12 20 14 50 6111 56
16 Watford 46 14 12 20 61 687 54
17 Preston North End 46 13 15 18 58 7315 54
18 Barnsley 46 14 12 20 53 6916 54
19 Coventry City 46 13 15 18 47 6417 54

Updated to games played on 7 May 2010.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Match results

Pre-season friendlies

Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
11 July 2009 FC Erdal Hallien 04 A 11 – 0 Mellor 7', Brown 24', 32', 45', Mayor 52', 63', Nicholson 65', Parkin 74', 88', Trotman 77', Hawley 85' N/A
14 July 2009 Bamber Bridge A 4 – 1 Parkin 26', Trotman 40', Trotman 40', Proctor 60', Smyth 63' 1,369
14 July 2009 Chorley A 3 – 0 Brown 54', Carter 72', Hawley 81' N/A
18 July 2009 Tranmere Rovers A 2 – 1 Parkin 19', 50' 1,775
21 July 2009 Wrexham A 1 – 1 Chaplow 60' 1,022
25 July 2009 Stoke City H 2 – 1 Mellor 33', 44' 3,121
28 July 2009 Wigan Athletic H 1 – 4 Mellor 86' 3,645
1 August 2009 Hibernian A 3 – 1 Mellor 46', Brown 69', 81' 6,557

Championship

Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
8 August 2009 Bristol City H 2 – 2 Parkin 82', Davidson 90+6' 13,025
15 August 2009 Doncaster Rovers A 0 – 0 Brown 28', 10,070
18 August 2009 Barnsley A 3 – 0 Parry 11', Mellor 32', Parkin 72' 11,850
22 August 2009 Peterborough United H 2 – 0 Mellor 8', Jones 30' 11,549
29 August 2009 Ipswich Town A 1 – 1 Wallace 12' 19,454
12 September 2009 Swansea City H 2 – 0 Mellor 27', Elliott 89' 12,854
15 September 2009 Scunthorpe United A 1 – 3 Parkin 58' 5,383
19 September 2009 Coventry City H 3 – 2 Brown (2) 50', 68', Mellor 55', 11,230
26 September 2009 Leicester City A 2 – 1 Mellor 41', Chaplow 66' 20,623
29 September 2009 Reading H 1 – 2 Parkin85' 10,987
3 October 2009 West Bromwich Albion H 0 – 0 12,489
17 October 2009 QPR A 0 – 4 12,810
20 October 2009 Sheffield Wednesday A 2 – 1 Mellor 20', Parkin 55' 20,882
24 October 2009 Middlesbrough H 2 – 2 Parry 61', Jones 90' 16,116
31 October 2009 Crystal Palace H 1 – 1 Wallace 35' 12,558

FA Cup

Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
Third Round January 2010 TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC

League Cup

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

Transfers

In

Date Player Previous Club Cost
3 August 2009 Wales Paul ParryCardiff CityUndisclosed[2]
6 August 2009 Republic of Macedonia Veliče ŠumulikoskiIpswich TownUndisclosed[3]
1 September 2009 Scotland Neill CollinsWolverhampton WanderersOn loan until January 2010[4]
1 February 2010 Republic of Ireland Keith Treacy Blackburn Rovers Undisclosed
1 February 2010 Scotland Paul Coutts Peterborough United Undisclosed
Total
Around £650-700k

Out

Date Player New Club Cost
13 May 2009 England Andrew MurphyChester CityFree Transfer[5]
2 July 2009 England Chris NealShrewsbury TownNominal Fee[6]
20 July 2009 England Paul McKennaNottingham Forest£750,000[7]
24 July 2009 England Simon WhaleyNorwich CityUndisclosed[8]
3 August 2009 England Karl HawleyNotts CountyUndisclosed[9]
Total
Around £1,000,000

Loaned out

Date Player Club Return Date
21 August 2009 England Neal TrotmanSouthamptonJanuary 2010[10]
1 September 2009 England Adam BartonCrawley Town29 September 2010[11]
1 September 2009 England Dominic CollinsCrawley Town29 September 2010[12]
15 September 2009 Republic of Ireland Sean St LedgerMiddlesbrough15 December 2009[13]

Player statistics

No. Pos. Nationality Player FLC FA CC Total Ast
1GKEngland EnglandLonergan, AndrewAndrew Lonergan5037 0 01 0
2DFScotland ScotlandHart, MichaelMichael Hart1033 0 10 0
3DFScotland ScotlandDavidson, CallumCallum Davidson5005 1 02 1
4 MF England England Chaplow, RichardRichard Chaplow4025 0010
5DFFrance FranceMawene, YoulYoul Mawene2023 0 02 0
7MFEngland EnglandSedgwick, ChrisChris Sedgwick4026 0 10 0
8MFRepublic of Macedonia MacedoniaŠumulikoski, VeličeVeliče Šumulikoski3024 0 20 0
9FWEngland EnglandBrown, ChrisChris Brown5037 4 00 0
10MFScotland ScotlandNicholson, BarryBarry Nicholson3014 1 110
11MFEngland EnglandCarter, DarrenDarren Carter3035 0 010
12DFRepublic of Ireland IrelandSt Ledger, SeanSean St Ledger5016 0 010
14DFEngland EnglandChilvers, LiamLiam Chilvers4036 0 010
17MFWales WalesParry, PaulPaul Parry5027 1 100
19DFEngland EnglandJones, BillyBilly Jones5026 1 200
21DFEngland EnglandTrotman, NealNeal Trotman0011 1 100
22GKRepublic of Ireland IrelandHenderson, WayneWayne Henderson0000 0 000
25MFScotland ScotlandWallace, RossRoss Wallace5026 1 310
26FWEngland EnglandParkin, JonJon Parkin5015 2 000
27DFRepublic of Ireland IrelandNolan, EddieEddie Nolan1022 0 100
29FWRepublic of Ireland IrelandElliott, StephenStephen Elliott1033 1 000
33FWEngland EnglandMellor, NeilNeil Mellor3035 3100
40MFEngland EnglandBarton, AdamAdam Barton0000 0000
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

As of 29 August 2009

P. Player Position Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1England Jon ParkinForward103013
2England Neil MellorForward100111
3England Chris BrownForward61411
4Scotland Ross WallaceMidfielder7007
5Scotland Callum DavidsonDefender5005
6England Billy JonesDefender4004

Championship results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHA
Result D D W W D W L W W L D L W D D L L D
Position 6 11 6 4 6 4 4 4 3 3 5 6 6 9 9 11 12 13

References

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/table/default.stm
  2. "North End Clinch Parry Signing". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 3 August 2009.
  3. "PNE Complete Shumi Signing". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 6 August 2009.
  4. "Loan Wolf Collins Signs in". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 1 September 2009.
  5. "Five Development Players Released". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 13 May 2009.
  6. "Keeper Neal signs for Shrewsbury". BBC SPORT. 2 July 2009.
  7. "Forest snap up Gunter and Mckenna". BBC SPORT. 20 July 2009.
  8. "Double swoop for City". Norwich City F.C. Official Website. 24 July 2009.
  9. "Hawley Joins Magpies". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 3 August 2009. Archived from the original on 17 August 2009.
  10. "Trotman Joins Saints". Sky Sports Official Website. 21 August 2009.
  11. "Barton And Collins Loaned Out". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 1 September 2009.
  12. "Barton And Collins Loaned Out". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 1 September 2009.
  13. "St Ledger completes Boro switch". BBC Sport. 15 September 2009.
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