Football League Championship 2009-10 | ||
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Season information | ||
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Winners | Newcastle United | |
Promoted | West Bromwich Albion Blackpool | |
Relegated | Sheffield Wednesday Plymouth Argyle Peterborough United | |
Season statistics | ||
Matches played | 514 | |
Goals scored | 1317 | |
Average | (2.56 per match) | |
Top goalscorer | Peter Whittingham (19)
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Biggest home win | Cardiff 6-1 Derby WBA 5-0 Watford Forest 5-0 QPR Newcastle 6-1 Barnsley Reading 5-0 Sheff Wed | |
Biggest away win | Bristol City 0-6 Cardiff City
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Highest scoring | Peterborough 4-4 Cardiff Derby 5-3 Preston Bristol City 5-3 Barnsley | |
← 2008-09
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2010-11 →
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Promotion and relegation[]
Start of season[]
Teams promoted to Premier League 2009-10
- Wolverhampton Wanderers (Champions)
- Birmingham City (Runners-up)
- Burnley (Playoff winners)
Teams promoted from League One 2008-09
- Leicester City (Champions)
- Peterborough United (Runners-up)
- Scunthorpe United (Playoff winners)
End of season[]
Teams relegated from Premier League 2009-10
Teams relegated to League One 2010-11
Current league table[]
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Comments |
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1 | Newcastle United (C) (P) | 46 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 90 | 35 | +55 | 102 | Promotion to Premier League |
2 | West Bromwich Albion (P) | 46 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 89 | 48 | +41 | 91 | |
3 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 79 | Qualification to League Championship playoffs |
4 | Cardiff City | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 73 | 54 | +19 | 76 | |
5 | Leicester City | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 61 | 45 | +16 | 76 | |
6 | Blackpool (P) | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 74 | 58 | +16 | 70 | |
7 | Swansea City | 46 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 69 | |
8 | Sheffield United | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 62 | 55 | +7 | 65 | |
9 | Reading | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 68 | 63 | +5 | 63 | |
10 | Bristol City | 46 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 56 | 65 | -9 | 63 | |
11 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 62 | |
12 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 59 | 58 | +1 | 60 | |
13 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 58 | 65 | -7 | 57 | |
14 | Derby County | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 53 | 63 | -10 | 56 | |
15 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 50 | 61 | -11 | 56 | |
16 | Watford | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 61 | 68 | -7 | 54 | |
17 | Preston North End | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 58 | 73 | -15 | 54 | |
18 | Barnsley | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 53 | 69 | -16 | 54 | |
19 | Coventry City | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 47 | 64 | -17 | 54 | |
20 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 62 | 84 | -22 | 52 | |
21 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 50 | 53 | -3 | 49* | |
22 | Sheffield Wednesday (R) | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 49 | 69 | -20 | 47 | Relegated to League One |
23 | Plymouth Argyle (R) | 46 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 43 | 68 | -25 | 41 | |
24 | Peterborough United (R) | 46 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 46 | 80 | -34 | 34 |
Source: Coca-Cola Football League Championship
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
* Crystal Palace were given a ten point deduction for entering administration.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Football League Championship 2009-10 Winners |
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Newcastle United 1st Championship title 3th second tier English title |
Play-offs[]
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
6 | Blackpool | 2 4 (6) | |||||||||||
3 | Nottingham Forest | 1 3 (4) | |||||||||||
6 | Blackpool | 3 | |||||||||||
4 | Cardiff City | 2 | |||||||||||
5 | Leicester City | 0 3 (3) (3)* | |||||||||||
4 | Cardiff City | 1 2 (3) (4)* |
- *After extra time and penalties.
Top goalscorers[]
Scorer | Goals | Team |
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Peter Whittingham | 21 | Cardiff City |
Nicky Maynard | 20 | Bristol City |
Gary Hooper | 19 | Scunthorpe United |
Charlie Adam | 17 | Blackpool |
Andy Carroll | Newcastle United | |
Kevin Nolan | Newcastle United | |
Gylfi Sigurðsson | Reading | |
Michael Chopra | 16 | Cardiff City |
Darren Ambrose | 15 | Crystal Palace |
Robert Earnshaw | Nottingham Forest | |
Billy Sharp | Doncaster Rovers |
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