2009–10 Ipswich Town F.C. season

During the 2009–10 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship. The 2009–10 football season marked the 131st year of existence of Ipswich Town Football Club. Additionally, it marked the club's 74th anniversary of turning professional and was the club's 71st consecutive season in the English football league system.[1]

Ipswich Town
2009–10 season
ChairmanMarcus Evans
ManagerRoy Keane
StadiumPortman Road
Championship15th
FA CupFourth round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jonathan Walters (8)
All: Jonathan Walters (8)
Highest home attendance27,059
(vs Newcastle United, 26 Sep 2009, Championship)
Lowest home attendance19,283
(vs Watford, 20 Oct 2009, Championship)
Average home league attendance20,840

The 2009–10 season was Roy Keane's first full season as manager of Ipswich Town. Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship, finishing 15th out of the 24 teams.[2] The club also competed in the Football League Cup, where it was eliminated in the second round,[3] and the FA Cup, where it was eliminated in the fourth round.[4]

Players edit

First-team squad edit

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG Richard Wright
2 DF   ENG David Wright
3 DF   IRL Damien Delaney
4 DF   NIR Gareth McAuley
6 MF   ENG Grant Leadbitter
7 MF   IRL Owen Garvan
8 MF   ENG Lee Martin
9 FW   ESP Pablo Couñago
10 MF   ENG David Norris
12 DF   CAN Jaime Peters
17 MF   ENG Jack Colback (on loan from Sunderland)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   IRL Jonathan Walters (captain)[notes 1]
20 FW   NIR David Healy (on loan from Sunderland)
21 FW   IRL Daryl Murphy (on loan from Sunderland)
23 MF   TRI Carlos Edwards
25 MF   IRL Alan Quinn
26 GK   IRL Brian Murphy
28 GK   ENG Arran Lee-Barrett
30 DF   IRL Shane O'Connor
35 DF   NZL Tommy Smith[notes 2]
40 FW   ENG Connor Wickham

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF   IRL Alex Bruce[notes 3] (on loan to Leicester City)
11 FW   JAM Kevin Lisbie[notes 4] (on loan to Colchester United)
14 FW   ENG Jon Stead (on loan to Coventry City)
15 DF   NED Pim Balkestein (on loan to Brentford)
16 FW   HUN Tamás Priskin[notes 5] (on loan to Queens Park Rangers)
18 MF   IRL Colin Healy (on loan to Falkirk)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW   TRI Stern John (on loan from Crystal Palace)
22 DF   ENG Liam Rosenior (on loan from Reading)
27 GK   IRL Shane Supple (retired)
27 GK   BIH Asmir Begović[notes 6] (on loan from Portsmouth)
36 MF   ENG Liam Trotter (on loan to Millwall)

Reserve squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF   ARG Luciano Civelli
29 MF   ENG Ed Upson
31 MF   USA Devann Yao
32 GK   IRL Ian McLoughlin
33 DF   WAL Ben Thatcher[notes 7]
34 DF   ENG Jack Ainsley
No. Pos. Nation Player
37 MF   BER Reggie Lambe
39 DF   WAL Troy Brown[notes 8]
41 DF   ENG Tom Eastman
42 MF   ENG Billy Clark
44 FW   IRL Ronan Murray
46 MF   ENG Luke Hyam

Coaching staff edit

Position Name
Manager   Roy Keane
Assistant Manager   Tony Loughlan
Assistant Manager   Ian McParland
Goalkeeping Coach   James Hollman
Specialist Skills Coach   Steve Foley
Fitness Coach   Antonio Gomez
Fitness Coach   Simon Thadani
Head Physiotherapist   Matt Byard

Pre-season edit

Ipswich traveled to the Republic of Ireland for pre-season in 2009, playing friendlies against Irish sides Finn Harps, Waterford and Cork City. The squad also spent time in Portugal on a four-day training camp.[6] On the 25 July Ipswich played Colchester United in a testimonial match for retired former player Fabian Wilnis, a match which Ipswich won 2–0.[7]

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
7 July 2009   Finn Harps A 1–2 Unknown Wickham (pen)
15 July 2009   Brentford A 3–1 Unknown Martin, Wickham, Rhodes
17 July 2009   Waterford A 3–0 Unknown Garvan (2), Lisbie
19 July 2009   Cork City A 0–2 3,262
22 July 2009   Southend United A 2–0 Unknown Trotter (2)
25 July 2009   Colchester United H 2–0 Unknown Okuonghae (o.g.), Rhodes
28 July 2009   Charlton Athletic A 1–2 Unknown Norris
31 July 2009   Real Valladolid H 3–1 5,873 Balkestein, Wickham, Prieto (o.g.)

Competitions edit

Football League Championship edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 12 20 14 50 61  −11 56 8 11 4 24 23  +1 4 9 10 26 38  −12

Source: Table

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

Ipswich Town's score comes first

Matches edit

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
9 August 2009 Coventry City A 1–2 16,279 Walters
15 August 2009 Leicester City H 0–0 22,454
18 August 2009 Crystal Palace H 1–3 20,348 Bruce
22 August 2009 West Bromwich Albion A 0–2 19,390
29 August 2009 Preston North End H 1–1 19,454 Walters
12 September 2009 Middlesbrough A 1–3 19,742 Walters (pen)
15 September 2009 Nottingham Forest H 1–1 21,130 Leadbitter
19 September 2009 Doncaster Rovers A 3–3 10,711 Colback, Priskin, Martin
26 September 2009 Newcastle United H 0–4 27,059
29 September 2009 Sheffield United A 3–3 28,366 Walters, Leadbitter, McAuley
3 October 2009 Barnsley A 1–2 12,224 Rosenior
17 October 2009 Swansea City H 1–1 19,667 Couñago
20 October 2009 Watford H 1–1 19,283 McAuley
24 October 2009 Plymouth Argyle A 1–1 10,875 Stead
31 October 2009 Derby County H 1–0 20,299 Wright
7 November 2009 Reading A 1–1 19,053 Stead
21 November 2009 Sheffield Wednesday H 0–0 19,636
29 November 2009 Cardiff City A 2–1 19,463 Walters, Stead
5 December 2009 Bristol City A 0–0 14,287
8 December 2009 Peterborough United H 0–0 19,975
12 December 2009 Blackpool H 3–1 19,831 Stead, Colback, McAuley
26 December 2009 Crystal Palace A 1–3 16,496 Peters
28 December 2009 Queens Park Rangers H 3–0 25,349 Walters, Stead (2)
10 January 2010 Leicester City A 1–1 20,758 Norris
16 January 2010 Coventry City H 3–2 20,135 John, Colback, Couñago
26 January 2010 West Bromwich Albion H 1–1 19,574 Leadbitter
30 January 2010 Preston North End A 0–2 12,087
6 February 2010 Middlesbrough H 1–1 21,243 Murphy
9 February 2010 Queens Park Rangers A 2–1 10,940 Norris, Murphy
16 February 2010 Peterborough United A 1–3 9,428 Murphy
20 February 2010 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–0 21,641 Edwards
23 February 2010 Scunthorpe United A 1–1 5,828 Healy
27 February 2010 Bristol City H 0–0 20,302
6 March 2010 Blackpool A 0–1 8,635
9 March 2010 Cardiff City H 2–0 19,997 Murphy (2)
13 March 2010 Scunthorpe United H 1–0 19,378 Wickham
16 March 2010 Watford A 1–2 13,996 Colback
20 March 2010 Barnsley H 1–0 20,558 Murphy
23 March 2010 Plymouth Argyle H 0–2 19,316
27 March 2010 Swansea City A 0–0 14,902
3 April 2010 Reading H 2–1 21,403 McAuley, Walters
5 April 2010 Derby County A 3–1 28,137 McAuley, Edwards, Wickham
10 April 2010 Nottingham Forest A 0–3 23,459
17 April 2010 Doncaster Rovers H 1–1 19,943 Wickham
24 April 2010 Newcastle United A 2–2 52,181 Wickham, Walters
2 May 2010 Sheffield United H 0–3 23,003

FA Cup edit

As in the League Cup, Ipswich only progressed through one round of the FA Cup, falling to a 2–1 defeat against Southampton at St Mary's. This meant Ipswich was only left with trying to improve its league position.

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref.
Third 2 January Blackpool Bloomfield Road 2–1 Colback 3', Garvan 77' 7,332 [8]
Fourth 23 January Southampton St Mary's 1–2 Couñago 90' 20,446 [9]

League Cup edit

Ipswich Town's League Cup campaign was disappointing. After winning a thrilling first round tie against Shrewsbury Town, Ipswich was knocked out of the competition by Peterborough United at London Road after Ipswich striker Tamas Priskin missed a vital penalty.

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref.
First 11 August Shrewsbury Town New Meadow 3–3 (won 4–2 on Penalties) Wickham (2) 11', 59', Quinn 32' 4,184 [10]
Second 25 August Peterborough United London Road 1–2 Priskin 14' 5,451 [11]

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date Pos Name From Fee Ref
1 July 2009 DF   Troy Brown   Fulham Free transfer [12]
2 July 2009 DF   Damien Delaney   Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed [13]
6 July 2009 MF   Lee Martin   Manchester United £1,500,000 [14]
24 July 2009 MF   Colin Healy   Cork City Undisclosed [15]
27 July 2009 DF   Shane O'Connor   Liverpool Free transfer [16]
6 August 2009 FW   Tamás Priskin   Watford £1,200,000 [17]
21 August 2009 GK   Arran Lee-Barrett   Hartlepool United Free transfer [18]
1 September 2009 MF   Carlos Edwards   Sunderland £1,350,000 [19]
1 September 2009 MF   Grant Leadbitter   Sunderland £2,600,000 [19]
6 November 2009 GK   Brian Murphy   Bohemian Free transfer [20]
  • Total transfer spending: £6,650,000+

Loans in edit

Date from Pos Name From Date until Ref
6 August 2009 MF   Jack Colback   Sunderland 30 June 2010 [21]
14 October 2009 GK   Asmir Begović   Portsmouth 23 November 2009 [22]
26 November 2009 FW   Stern John   Crystal Palace 1 February 2010 [23]
2 September 2009 DF   Liam Rosenior   Reading 1 June 2010 [24]
1 February 2010 FW   Daryl Murphy   Sunderland 30 June 2010 [25]
1 February 2010 FW   David Healy   Sunderland 30 June 2010 [25]

Transfers out edit

Date Pos Name To Fee Ref
8 May 2009 MF   Tommy Miller   Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer [26]
8 May 2009 DF   Chris Casement   Dundee United Free transfer [26]
8 May 2009 FW   Dean Bowditch   Yeovil Town Free transfer [26]
8 May 2009 DF   Iván Campo   AEK Larnaca Free transfer [26]
8 May 2009 FW   Billy Clarke   Blackpool Free transfer [26]
8 May 2009 DF   Kurt Robinson   Rushden & Diamonds Free transfer [26]
8 May 2009 MF   Jai Reason   Cambridge United Free transfer [26]
14 May 2009 MF   Matt Richards   Walsall Free transfer [26]
21 May 2009 DF   Dan Harding   Southampton Free transfer [27]
13 July 2009 FW   Danny Haynes   Bristol City Undisclosed [28]
31 July 2009 FW   Jordan Rhodes   Huddersfield Town £350,000 [29]
4 August 2009 MF   Veliče Šumulikoski   Preston North End £400,000 [30]
20 August 2009 GK   Shane Supple Retired [31]
26 February 2010 DF   Ben Thatcher Free agent Contract terminated [32]
  • Total transfer income: £750,000+

Loans out edit

Date from Pos Name From Date until Ref
3 August 2009 FW   Kevin Lisbie   Colchester United 30 June 2010 [33]
6 November 2009 DF   Jack Ainsley   Rushden & Diamonds 1 January 2010 [34]
20 November 2009 DF   Pim Balkestein   Brentford 31 December 2009 [35]
4 January 2010 MF   Liam Trotter   Millwall 30 June 2010 [36]
7 January 2010 DF   Tommy Smith   Brentford 30 June 2010 [37]
12 January 2010 MF   Colin Healy   Falkirk 30 June 2010 [38]
1 February 2010 DF   Alex Bruce   Leicester City 30 June 2010 [39]
1 February 2010 FW   Tamás Priskin   Queens Park Rangers 30 June 2010 [40]
15 February 2010 FW   Jon Stead   Coventry City 30 June 2010 [41]
12 March 2010 MF   Ed Upson   Barnet 30 June 2010 [42]
25 March 2010 DF   Pim Balkestein   Brentford 30 June 2010 [43]

Squad statistics edit

All statistics updated as of end of season

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   ENG Richard Wright 13 0 12 0 0 0 1 0
26 GK   IRL Brian Murphy 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0
28 GK   ENG Arran Lee-Barrett 15 0 12+1 0 2 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   ENG David Wright 29 1 25+1 1 1 0 2 0
3 DF   IRL Damien Delaney 39 0 36 0 2 0 1 0
4 DF   NIR Gareth McAuley 43 5 40+1 5 2 0 0 0
12 DF   CAN Jaime Peters 34 1 22+10 1 0 0 2 0
22 DF   ENG Liam Rosenior 31 1 26+3 1 2 0 0 0
30 DF   IRL Shane O'Connor 13 0 11+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
34 DF   ENG Jack Ainsley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
35 DF   NZL Tommy Smith 15 0 11+3 0 0 0 1 0
39 DF   WAL Troy Brown 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
41 DF   ENG Tom Eastman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF   ENG Grant Leadbitter 40 3 36+2 3 2 0 0 0
7 MF   IRL Owen Garvan 28 1 14+11 0 1+1 1 1 0
8 MF   ENG Lee Martin 18 1 9+7 1 0+1 0 1 0
10 MF   ENG David Norris 25 2 24 2 1 0 0 0
17 MF   ENG Jack Colback 41 5 29+8 4 2 1 2 0
23 MF   TRI Carlos Edwards 29 3 21+7 2 1 1 0 0
25 MF   IRL Alan Quinn 21 1 8+11 0 0 0 2 1
37 MF   BER Reggie Lambe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
42 MF   ENG Billy Clark 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW   ESP Pablo Couñago 29 3 11+16 2 0+1 1 1 0
19 FW   IRL Jonathan Walters 47 8 43 8 2 0 0+2 0
20 FW   NIR David Healy 12 1 5+7 1 0 0 0 0
21 FW   IRL Daryl Murphy 18 6 18 6 0 0 0 0
40 FW   ENG Connor Wickham 29 7 9+17 4 0+1 1 1+1 2
Players transferred out during the season
5 DF   IRL Alex Bruce 15 1 12+1 1 2 0 0 0
14 FW   ENG Jon Stead 22 6 13+9 6 0 0 0 0
15 DF   NED Pim Balkestein 10 0 8+1 0 0 0 1 0
16 FW   HUN Tamás Priskin 19 2 9+8 1 0+1 0 1 1
18 MF   IRL Colin Healy 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0
21 FW   TRI Stern John 9 1 5+2 1 2 0 0 0
27 GK   IRL Shane Supple 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
27 GK   BIH Asmir Begović 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF   ENG Ed Upson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
36 MF   ENG Liam Trotter 12 0 11+1 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: end of season
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers edit

No. Pos Nat Player Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
19 FW   Jonathan Walters 8 0 0 8
40 FW   Connor Wickham 4 1 2 7
14 FW   Jon Stead 6 0 0 6
21 FW   Daryl Murphy 6 0 0 7
4 DF   Gareth McAuley 5 0 0 5
17 MF   Jack Colback 4 1 0 5
6 MF   Grant Leadbitter 3 0 0 3
9 FW   Pablo Couñago 2 1 0 3
23 MF   Carlos Edwards 2 1 0 3
10 MF   David Norris 2 0 0 2
16 FW   Tamás Priskin 1 0 1 2
2 DF   David Wright 1 0 0 1
5 DF   Alex Bruce 1 0 0 1
7 MF   Owen Garvan 0 1 0 1
8 MF   Lee Martin 1 0 0 1
12 DF   Jamie Peters 1 0 0 1
20 FW   David Healy 1 0 0 1
21 FW   Stern John 1 0 0 1
22 DF   Liam Rosenior 1 0 0 1
25 MF   Alan Quinn 0 0 1 1
Total 50 5 4 59

Clean sheets edit

Number Nation Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1   Richard Wright 1 0 0 1
26   Brian Murphy 6 0 0 6
27   Asmir Begović 2 0 0 2
28   Arran Lee-Barrett 3 0 0 3
Total 12 0 0 12

Disciplinary record edit

No. Pos. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
               
2 DF   David Wright 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
3 DF   Damien Delaney 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4 DF   Gareth McAuley 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
5 DF   Alex Bruce 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
6 MF   Grant Leadbitter 10 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
7 MF   Owen Garvan 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 MF   Lee Martin 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 FW   Pablo Couñago 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
10 MF   David Norris 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
12 DF   Jamie Peters 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 FW   Jon Stead 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 DF   Pim Balkestein 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
16 FW   Tamás Priskin 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 MF   Jack Colback 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
19 FW   Jonathan Walters 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
21 FW   Stern John 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 DF   Liam Rosenior 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
26 GK   Brian Murphy 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 GK   Arran Lee-Barrett 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
35 DF   Tommy Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
40 FW   Connor Wickham 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
41 DF   Tom Eastman 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 65 3 4 0 2 0 71 3

Awards edit

Player awards edit

Award Player Ref
Player of the Year   Gareth McAuley [44]
Players' Player of the Year   Jack Colback [44]
Young Player of the Year   Tom Eastman [44]
Goal of the Season   Jack Colback [45]

Football League Young Player of the Month edit

Month Player Ref
April   Connor Wickham [46]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Walters was born in Moreton, England, but also qualified to represent Republic of Ireland internationally through his mother and represented them at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in November 2010.
  2. ^ Smith was born in Macclesfield, England, and represented them at U-17 and U-18 level, but was also raised in New Zealand and made his international debut for New Zealand in March 2010.
  3. ^ Bruce was born in Norwich, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and represented the Republic of Ireland at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2007; he would change his international allegiance to Northern Ireland in July 2011 and make his international debut for Northern Ireland in February 2013.
  4. ^ Lisbie was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.
  5. ^ Priskin was born in Komárno, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), but also qualified to represent Hungary internationally and made his international debut for Hungary in August 2005.
  6. ^ Begović was born in Trebinje, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Canada internationally and represented them at U-20 level before making his international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in October 2009.
  7. ^ Thatcher was born in Swindon, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his grandmother and made his debut for Wales in March 2004.
  8. ^ Brown was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-17, U-19 and U-21 level.

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