Sheffield United 2009–10 football season
Sheffield United 2009–10 season Chairman Kevin McCabe Manager Kevin Blackwell Football League Championship 8th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup First round Top goalscorer League: Cresswell (12) All: Cresswell (14) Highest home attendance 29,210Sheffield Wednesday ) Lowest home attendance 7,627Port Vale )
The 2009–10 season was Sheffield United 's third year in the Football League Championship after being relegated from the Premier League in 2007.
Kit [ ] Sheffield United's kit manufacturers became Macron . Their shirt sponsor continues as .
Events [ ] 1 September 2009 – Paddy Kenny is banned for 9 months after failing his drug test.
2 October 2009 – Jordan Robertson is sentenced for 32 months after causing death by a car crash, forcing his loan spell at Bury to be cut short.
6 November 2009 – Paddy Kenny signs new contract until the summer of 2011.[1]
20 November 2009 – Trevor Birch is appointed as Chief Executive.[2] League [ ] Sheffield United played their first game of the season in a 0–0 draw against former Premier League side Middlesbrough . Then the Blades beat Watford 2–0 with Ched Evans getting his debut goal. Leicester City held United to a 1–1 draw. They then beat Reading 3–1. This was followed by a thrilling 2–2 draw against West Bromwich Albion with David Cotterill scoring a late penalty. This was followed by a 1–0 win at Derby County with Matthew Kilgallon getting a last minute winner. United suffered their first league defeat of the season against Coventry City , they bounced back in the Steel City Derby which they won 3–2. The Blades suffered another defeat against Swansea City . The Blades started October with a draw against Doncaster Rovers , with Richard Cresswell getting his first goal for the blades. The next two games saw two loses against Scunthorpe United and Blackpool . The Blades continued their losing streak against Cardiff City . A 1–0 defeat at home to Newcastle United , this was followed with a draw against Barnsley . The following game they beat Peterborough United . United got a late win against Bristol City , with Darius Henderson getting his first hat-trick of his career.[3] James Harper scored the only goal in a win over Plymouth Argyle . The Blades were then held to draw with Nottingham Forest . Sheffield then beat 2–0, with Lee Williamson getting his first goal in a Blade shirt and Quinn got his second of the season. Queens Park Rangers held the Blades to a 1–1 draw. Sheffield then suffer their first defeat since 2 November against Leicester City this was quickly followed by a win over Preston North End .
Their first game of 2010 saw the Blades beat Middlesbrough 1–0 at Bramall Lane . This was followed up by a 3–0 home win against Reading . The Blades were then beaten 3–1 away at West Bromwich Albion .
FA Cup [ ] In the third round Sheffield United held Championship rivals Queens Park Rangers to a 1–1 draw, resulting in a replay to take place.[4] Loftus Road . Premier League Bolton Wanderers knocked out the Blades in the fourth round, beating them 2–0 at the Reebok Stadium .
League Cup [ ] The first round saw a shock 2–1 home defeat against League Two Port Vale .
Players [ ] First-team squad [ ] Squad at end of season [5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan [ ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Squad statistics [ ] As of end of the season
No.
Pos
Nat
Player
Total
Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
1
GK
EIR
Paddy Kenny
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
MF
ENG
Ryan France
10
0
3+6
0
0
0
1
0
3
DF
SCO
Gary Naysmith
3
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
4
MF
SCO
Nick Montgomery
43
1
39
1
3
0
1
0
5
DF
ENG
Chris Morgan
40
2
37
2
3
0
0
0
7
FW
ENG
Darius Henderson
35
12
28+4
12
1+1
0
1
0
9
FW
WAL
Ched Evans
36
4
21+12
4
2+1
0
0
0
11
MF
EIR
Mark Yeates
20
2
11+9
2
0
0
0
0
12
MF
JAM
Lee Williamson
23
4
14+6
3
2+1
1
0
0
13
GK
ENG
Ian Bennett
6
0
4+1
0
0
0
1
0
15
MF
ENG
James Harper
36
4
31+3
4
2
0
0
0
16
DF
ENG
Andy Taylor
30
0
22+4
0
3
0
1
0
17
FW
ENG
Richard Cresswell
34
14
28+3
12
2+1
2
0
0
18
FW
ENG
Jamie Ward
31
8
25+3
7
1+2
1
0
0
19
DF
ENG
Jordan Stewart
23
0
15+8
0
0
0
0
0
20
DF
NED
Marcel Seip
8
0
5+1
0
1+1
0
0
0
21
DF
ENG
Kyle Bartley
14
0
10+4
0
0
0
0
0
24
FW
ENG
Billy Sharp
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
25
MF
ENG
Glen Little
18
0
7+9
0
0+1
0
1
0
26
MF
EIR
Derek Geary
9
0
5+2
0
2
0
0
0
28
MF
EIR
Stephen Quinn
48
4
38+6
4
3
0
1
0
30
GK
EST
Mihkel Aksalu
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
DF
FIN
Toni Kallio
8
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
33
DF
ENG
Jonathan Fortune
6
1
3+2
1
1
0
0
0
34
DF
ENG
Matthew Lowton
2
0
1+1
0
0
0
0
0
37
FW
SEN
Henri Camara
25
4
9+14
4
2
0
0
0
39
FW
ENG
Jordan Robertson
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Players who left before the end of the season:
6
DF
ENG
Matthew Kilgallon
23
1
21
1
1
0
1
0
10
MF
ENG
Kyel Reid
8
0
0+7
0
0
0
1
0
11
MF
WAL
David Cotterill
14
2
3+11
2
0
0
0
0
20
MF
ENG
Brian Howard
5
0
3+1
0
0
0
1
0
21
DF
ENG
Leigh Bromby
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
21
DF
ENG
Andrew Davies
8
0
7+1
0
0
0
0
0
23
GK
ENG
Mark Bunn
35
0
31+1
0
3
0
0
0
23
GK
ENG
Steve Simonsen
7
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
27
MF
EIR
Keith Treacy
17
1
12+4
1
0
0
1
0
30
GK
ENG
Carl Ikeme
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
31
DF
ENG
Paul Connolly
7
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
34
DF
ENG
Kyle Walker
28
0
26
0
2
0
0
0
Disciplinary record [ ] Events [ ] Summer transfers in [ ]
Player
Club
Fee
Lee Williamson
Watford
£500,000
Kyle Reid
West Ham United
Free
Leigh Bromby
Watford
Undisclosed
Andy Taylor
Tranmere Rovers
£400,000
Ched Evans
Manchester City
£3,000,000
Ryan France
Hull City
Free
Glen Little
Portsmouth F.C
Free
Jordan Stewart
Derby County
Undisclosed
Jonathan Fortune
Charlton Athletic
Free
Summer transfers out [ ] * Indicates the player joined the club after being released.
Player
Club
Fee
Ben Starosta
Released
–
Ugo Ehiogu
Retired
–
Nicky Law
Rotherham United
Free
Oxford United
Nominal
Jamie Annerson
Rotherham United *
Free
Keith Quinn
Released
–
Kyle Walker
Tottenham Hotspur
Undisclosed
Kyle Naughton
Tottenham Hotspur
Undisclosed
Sun Jihai
Chengdu Blades *
Free
Martin Donelly
Crusaders
Free
Aymen Tahar
Ferencvárosi TC
Free
Nicky Travis
Central Coast Mariners
Free
Mamadou Seck
Released
–
David Carney
FC Twente
£500,000
Leigh Bromby
Leeds United
£250,000
Brian Howard
Reading
£500,000
Danny Webber
Portsmouth *
Free
Loans in [ ] ** Indicates that the player returned before the return date.
Player
Club
Arrival date
Return date
Keith Treacy
Blackburn Rovers **
24 July 2009
24 January 2010 (16 Dec 09)
Mark Bunn
Blackburn Rovers
3 August 2009
End of season
Kyle Walker
Tottenham Hotspur **
22 July 2009
End of season (2 February 2010)
James Harper
Reading
1 September 2009
End of season
Andrew Davies
Stoke City **
17 September 2009
17 December 2009 (16 Dec 09)
Richard Cresswell
Stoke City
29 September 2009
29 December 2009
Carl Ikeme
Wolverhampton Wanderers
26 November 2009
26 December 2009
Toni Kallio
Fulham
26 November 2009
23 December 2009
Marcel Seip
Plymouth Argyle
1 January 2009
End of Season
Loans out [ ] January transfers in [ ]
Player
Club
Fee
Richard Cresswell
Stoke City
Undisclosed
Mark Yeates
Middlesbrough
Undisclosed
James Harper
Reading
Undisclosed
January transfers out [ ]
Player
Club
Fee
David Cotterill
Swansea City
£600,000
Matthew Kilgallon
Sunderland
Undisclosed
Fixtures and results [ ] Championship [ ] Middlesbrough v Sheffield United Sheffield United v Watford 15 August 2009 2 Sheffield United 2–0 Watford Bramall Lane 20:00
Ward 12' Evans 63' Report Attendance: 24,638
Sheffield United v Leicester Reading v Sheffield United 22 August 2009 4 Reading 1–3 Sheffield United Madejski Stadium 15:00
Mills 13' Report Quinn 42' Ward 62' Citterill 90' Attendance: 16,025
Sheffield United v West Bromwich Albion 29 August 2009 5 Sheffield United 2–2 West Bromwich Albion Bramall Lane 15:00
Evans 56' Cotterill 88' (pen. ) Report Bednar 54' , 60' Attendance: 25,169
Coventry City v Sheffield United 15 September 2009 7 Coventry City 3–2 Sheffield United Ricoh Arena 19:45
Best 12' Morrison 50' Craine 60' Report Ward 31' Harper 76' Attendance: 14,426
Sheffield United v Sheffield Wednesday Swansea City v Sheffield United Sheffield United v Ipswich Town Scunthorpe United v Sheffield United 17 October 2009 12 Scunthorpe United 3–1 Sheffield United Glanford Park 12:00
McCann 22' , 59' Hayes 53' Evans 51' Attendance: 7,599
Blackpool v Sheffield United 20 October 2009 13 Blackpool 3–0 Sheffield United Bloomfield Road 19:45
Seip 60' Euell 69' Adam 82' Attendance: 8,042
Sheffield United v Newcastle United 2 November 2009 15 Sheffield United 0–1 Newcastle United Bramall Lane 19:45
Morgan 41' (o.g. ) Attendance: 26,536
Barnsley v Sheffield United Sheffield United v Peterborough United 21 November 2009 17 Sheffield United 1–0 Peterborough United Bramall Lane 15:00
Camara 42' Attendance: 25,144
Bristol City v Sheffield United 28 November 2009 18 Bristol City 2–3 Sheffield United Ashton Gate 15:00
Carey 53' Saborio 90' Henderson 30' , 33' , 90' Attendance: 14,637
Plymouth Argyle v Sheffield United 5 December 2009 19 Plymouth Argyle 0–1 Sheffield United Home Park 15:00
Harper 88' Attendance: 9,231
Sheffield United v Nottingham Forest 8 December 2009 20 Sheffield United 0–0 Nottingham Forest Bramall Lane 19:45
Attendance: 26,490
Sheffield United v Crystal Palace 12 December 2009 21 Sheffield United 2–0 Crystal Palace Bramall Lane 15:00
Williamson 21' Quinn 90' Attendance: 25,510
Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield United 19 December 2009 22 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 Sheffield United Loftus Road 15:00
Leigertwood 2' Cresswell 8' Attendance: 12,639
Leicester City v Sheffield United 26 December 2009 23 Leicester City 2–1 Sheffield United Walkers Stadium 18:00
Morrison 26' Fryatt 35' (pen. ) Camara 47' Attendance: 23,999
Sheffield United v Preston North End 28 December 2009 24 Sheffield United 1–0 Preston North End Bramall Lane 15:00
Ward 86' Attendance: 25,231
Sheffield United v Middlesbrough 16 January 2010 25 Sheffield United 1–0 Middlesbrough Bramall Lane 15:00
Cresswell 56' Attendance: 23,974
Sheffield United v Reading 26 January 2010 26 Sheffield United 3–0 Reading Bramall Lane 15:00
Fortune 12' Cresswell 42' Morgan 80' Attendance: 24,009
West Bromwich Albion v Sheffield United 30 January 2010 27 West Bromwich Albion 3–1 Sheffield United The Hawthorns 15:00
Dorrans 19' (pen. ) Bednář 30' Thomas 50' Henderson 49' (pen. ) Attendance: 22,193
Watford v Sheffield United 2 February 2010 28 Watford 3–0 Sheffield United Vicarage Road 19:45
Cleverley 39' Helguson 55' Cowie 74' Attendance: 13,076
Preston North End v Sheffield United 9 February 2010 30 Preston North End 2–1 Sheffield United Deepdale 19:45
James 17' Parkin 71' Yeates 81' Attendance: 10,270
Sheffield United v Bristol City 13 February 2010 31 Sheffield United 2–0 Bristol City Bramall Lane 15:00
Camara 49' Henderson 62' Attendance: 22,613
Nottingham Forest v Sheffield United 16 February 2010 32 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Sheffield United City Ground 19:45
Earnshaw 4' Henderson 46' Attendance: 22,076
Sheffield United v Plymouth Argyle 27 February 2010 33 Sheffield United 4–3 Plymouth Argyle Bramall Lane 15:00
Camara 7' Ward 35' , 47' Cresswell 80' Bolasie 48' Mason 56' Mackie 85' Attendance: 24,886
Crystal Palace v Sheffield United 6 March 2010 34 Crystal Palace 1–0 Sheffield United Selhurst Park 15:00
Lee 23' Attendance: 13,455
Peterborough United v Sheffield United 9 March 2010 35 Peterborough United 1–0 Sheffield United London Road 19:30
Mackail-Smith 40' Attendance: 6,674
Sheffield United v Queens Park Rangers 13 March 2010 36 Sheffield United 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Bramall Lane 15:00
Cresswell 44' Taarabt 49' Attendance: 23,456
Sheffield United v Blackpool 16 March 2010 37 Sheffield United 3–0 Blackpool Bramall Lane 19:45
Cresswell 1' , 66' Montgomery 43' Attendance: 22,555
Cardiff City v Sheffield United 24 March 2010 39 Cardiff City 1–1 Sheffield United Cardiff City Stadium 19:45
Bothroyd 45' Quinn 67' Attendance: 18,715
Sheffield United v Scunthorpe United 28 March 2010 40 Sheffield United 0–1 Scunthorpe United Bramall Lane 12:15
Hayes 45' Attendance: 23,005
Sheffield United v Barnsley Newcastle United v Sheffield United 5 April 2010 42 Newcastle United 2–1 Sheffield United St James' Park 19:45
Løvenkrands 45' (pen. ) Nolan 73' Cresswell 22' Attendance: 48,270
Sheffield United v Coventry City 10 April 2010 43 Sheffield United 1–0 Coventry City Bramall Lane 15:00
Cresswell 47' Attendance: 23,603
Sheffield Wednesday v Sheffield United 18 April 2010 44 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Sheffield United Hillsborough 13:00
Potter 41' Williamson 60' Attendance: 35,485
Sheffield United v Swansea City 24 April 2010 45 Sheffield United 2–0 Swansea City Bramall Lane 15:00
Cresswell 62' de Vries 90' (o.g. ) Attendance: 25,966
Ipswich Town v Sheffield United 2 May 2010 46 Ipswich Town 0–3 Sheffield United Portman Road 13:00
Eastman 58' Yeates 34' Evans 56' Cresswell 66' Attendance: 23,003
FA Cup [ ] Sheffield United v Queens Park Rangers 3 January 2010 Round 3 Sheffield United 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Bramall Lane 15:00
Cresswell 45' Simpson 39' Attendance: 11,461
Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield United 12 January 2010 Round 3 (replay) Queens Park Rangers 2–3 Sheffield United Loftus Road 19:45
Buzsaky 71' (pen. ) Stewart 88' Williamson 19' Ward 68' Cresswell 70' Attendance: 5,780
Bolton Wanderers v Sheffield United 23 January 2010 Round 4 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Sheffield United Reebok Stadium 15:00
Steinsson 48' Elmander 84' Attendance: 14,572
League Cup [ ] Sheffield United v Port Vale 11 August 2009 Round 1 Sheffield United 1–2 Port Vale Bramall Lane 19:45
Sharp 33' Richards 20' , 61' Attendance: 7,627
Summer friendlies and Malta tour [ ] Sheffield United are due to play three friendly matches in July all away as well as tour of Malta .[1] The Friendlies are:
10 July 2010: Mansfield Town F.C.
12–17 July: Malta Tour
20 July 2010: Burton Albion F.C.
24 July 2010: Rotherham United F.C. References [ ] Notes [ ]
^ Kenny was born in Halifax , England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in June 2004.
^ Montgomery was born in Leeds , England , but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
^ Nosworthy was born in Brixton , England , but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and Guyana internationally through his mother, and would make his international debut for Jamaica in May 2012.
^ Williamson was born in Derby , England , but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and was called up by Jamaica in 2008 before making his international debut in September 2015.
^ Ward was born in Birmingham , England , but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his grandfather and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in August 2011.
^ Ikeme was born in Sutton Coldfield , England , but also qualifies to represent Nigeria internationally and was first called up in March 2007 before making his international debut for Nigeria in September 2015.
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