2009–10 Peterborough United F.C. season

During the 2009–10 Peterborough United F.C. season saw the club play in the Football League Championship after promotion from Football League One in 2008–09.

Peterborough United

2009–10 season
Chairman	Barry Fry Darragh MacAnthony
Manager	Darren Ferguson Mark Cooper Jim Gannon Gary Johnson
Stadium	London Road Stadium
Championship	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
Football League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: George Boyd (9) All: George Boyd (12)
Highest home attendance	12,711 (3 Oct vs. Nott'ham Forest)
Lowest home attendance	5,451 (25 Aug vs. Ipswich Town)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Joe Lewis 2 DF  ENG Kerrea Gilbert (on loan from Arsenal) 3 DF  CYP Tom Williams (at Preston North End) 4 DF  WAL Craig Morgan 5 DF  COD Gabriel Zakuani 6 DF  ENG Charlie Lee 7 FW  ENG Liam Dickinson (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) 8 MF  EIR Lee Frecklington 9 FW  ENG Aaron McLean 10 MF  SCO George Boyd (at Nottingham Forest) 11 FW  ENG Izale McLeod (on loan from Charlton Athletic) 12 FW  SCO Craig Mackail-Smith 13 GK  EIR James McKeown 14 MF  ENG Tommy Rowe 15 MF  FRA Toumani Diagouraga (at Brentford) 16 DF  ENG Mark Little (on loan from Wolverhampton) 17 DF  ENG Jamie Day (at Dagenham & Redbridge) 18 MF  ENG Chris Whelpdale 19 MF  ENG Shaun Batt (at Millwall) 20 FW  ENG Ben Wright 24 DF  ENG Danny Andrew

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  ENG Sam Gaughran 22 MF  ARG Sergio Torres 23 MF  ENG Billy Crook 24 DF  ENG Danny Andrew 25 MF  ENG Dominic Green 26 FW  ENG Danny Mills 27 MF  ENG Romone McCrae 28 FW  ENG Kwesi Appiah 29 DF  ENG Ryan Bennett 30 DF  ENG Scott Griffiths 31 MF  ENG Nathan Koranteng 32 GK  ENG Sam Cole 33 MF  ENG Josh Simpson 34 DF  ENG Exodus Geohaghon 35 FW  ENG Reuben Reid (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)

Competitions

Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Scunthorpe United	46	14	10	22	62	84	−22	52
21	Crystal Palace	46	14	17	15	50	53	−3	49[lower-alpha 1]
22	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	46	11	14	21	49	69	−20	47	Relegation to Football 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: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Crystal Palace were given a ten-point deduction for entering administration.^[1]

Matches

Championship match details

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
8 August 2009	Derby County	Away	L	1–2	Boyd 84' (pen.)	33,010	[2]
15 August 2009	Sheffield Wednesday	Home	D	1–1	Mackail-Smith 61'	10,747	[3]
18 August 2009	West Bromwich Albion	Home	L	2–3	Mackail-Smith 45+1', McLean 53'	8,752	[4]
22 August 2009	Preston North End	Away	L	0–2		11,549	[5]
31 August 2009	Crystal Palace	Home	D	1–1	Batt 53'	8,473	[6]
12 September 2009	Queens Park Rangers	Away	D	1–1	McLean 16'	11,814	[7]
15 September 2009	Leicester City	Away	D	1–1	Boyd 32' (pen.)	21,485	[8]
19 September 2009	Reading	Home	W	3–2	Mackail-Smith 48', McLean 54', Boyd 90+1'	8,521	[9]
26 September 2009	Blackpool	Away	L	0–2		7,728	[10]
29 September 2009	Plymouth Argyle	Home	L	1–2	Mackail-Smith 86'	7,114	[11]
3 October 2009	Nottingham Forest	Home	L	1–2	McLean 50'	12,711	[12]
17 October 2009	Bristol City	Away	D	1–1	Boyd 90'	13,833	[13]
20 October 2009	Doncaster Rovers	Away	L	1–3	McLean 32'	9,288	[14]
24 October 2009	Scunthorpe United	Home	W	3–0	Boyd 25', 78' (pen.), Mackail-Smith 45+1'	8,051	[15]
31 October 2009	Barnsley	Home	L	1–2	Boyd 24' (pen.)	8,556	[16]
7 November 2009	Newcastle United	Away	L	1–3	Keates 79'	43,067	[17]
21 November 2009	Sheffield United	Away	L	0–1		25,144	[18]
28 November 2009	Middlesbrough	Home	D	2–2	Boyd 54', Batt 76'	10,772	[19]
5 December 2009	Swansea City	Home	D	2–2	Whelpdale 55', McLean 90+5'	7,312	[20]
8 December 2009	Ipswich Town	Away	D	0–0		19,975	[21]
12 December 2009	Coventry City	Away	L	2–3	Mackail-Smith 66', 71'	15,190	[22]
19 December 2009	Watford	Home	W	2–1	Frecklington 9', Geohaghon 78'	7,723	[23]
26 December 2009	West Bromwich Albion	Away	L	0–2		24,924	[24]
28 December 2009	Cardiff City	Home	D	4–4	Simpson 51', 90+2', Lee 68', Boyd 89'	9,796	[25]
16 January 2010	Derby County	Home	L	0–3		10,280	[26]
23 January 2010	Sheffield Wednesday	Away	L	1–2	Livermore 76'	24,882	[27]
26 January 2010	Preston North End	Home	L	0–1		7,134	[28]
30 January 2010	Crystal Palace	Away	L	0–2		14,699	[29]
6 February 2010	Queens Park Rangers	Home	W	1–0	McLean 9'	8,933	[30]
9 February 2010	Cardiff City	Away	L	0–2		17,686	[31]
13 February 2010	Middlesbrough	Away	L	0–1		18,412	[32]
16 February 2010	Ipswich Town	Home	W	3–1	Dickinson 47', Frecklington 63', Morgan 85'	9,428	[33]
27 February 2010	Swansea City	Away	L	0–1		16,175	[34]
6 March 2010	Coventry City	Home	L	0–1		10,469	[35]
9 March 2010	Sheffield United	Home	W	1–0	Mackail-Smith 40'	6,674	[36]
13 March 2010	Watford	Away	W	1–0	Dickinson 51'	16,591	[37]
16 March 2010	Doncaster Rovers	Home	L	1–2	Lee 55'	6,773	[38]
20 March 2010	Nottingham Forest	Away	L	0–1		24,582	[39]
23 March 2010	Scunthorpe United	Away	L	0–4		4,995	[40]
27 March 2010	Bristol City	Home	L	0–1		6,445	[41]
3 April 2010	Newcastle United	Home	L	2–3	Green 11', Dickinson 76'	12,877	[42]
5 April 2010	Barnsley	Away	D	2–2	Bennett 5', Rowe 77'	11,290	[43]
10 April 2010	Leicester City	Home	L	1–2	Rowe 63'	9,651	[44]
17 April 2010	Reading	Away	L	0–6		15,982	[45]
24 April 2010	Blackpool	Home	L	0–1		7,812	[46]
2 May 2010	Plymouth Argyle	Away	W	2–1	Mackail-Smith 63', 69'	8,557	[47]

FA Cup

Main article: 2009–10 FA Cup

FA Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
Third round	2 January 2010	Tottenham Hotspur	Away	L	0–4		35,862	[48]

League Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Football League Cup

League Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
First round	11 August 2009	Wycombe Wanderers	Away	W	4–0	McLean 24', Rowe 33', Boyd 59', Frecklington 68'	2,078	[49]
Second round	25 August 2009	Ipswich Town	Home	W	2–1	Frecklington 32', Boyd 64'	5,451	[50]
Third round	22 September 2009	Newcastle United	Home	W	2–0	Mackail-Smith 20', Williams 31'	10,298	[51]
Fourth round	27 October 2009	Blackburn Rovers	Away	L	2–5	Whelpdale 17', Boyd 50'	8,419	[52]

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