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Sheffield Wednesday
2009–10 season
Chairman	Lee Strafford
Manager	Brian Laws; (until 13 December); Sean McAuley; (caretaker until 7 January); Alan Irvine;
Championship	22nd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third Round; (eliminated by Crystal Palace)
League Cup	Second Round; (eliminated by Port Vale)
Top goalscorer	League: Marcus Tudgay (10); All: Marcus Tudgay (10)
Highest home attendance	37,121 (League)
Lowest home attendance	18,329 (League); 6,696 (League Cup)
Average home league attendance	23,179
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season will be Sheffield Wednesday's fifth consecutive season in the Football League Championship and 108th season in The Football League since being elected to the Football League First Division in 1892 (from The Football Alliance).

Chronological list of events

2 May 2010: The club are relegated to League One after a final day home draw against Crystal Palace.
4 March 2010: Chairman Lee Strafford rules out the possibility of the club going into administration.^[2]
26 February 2010: Defender Frank Simek receives a call-up to the United States men's national soccer team.^[3]
11 January 2010: Alan Irvine appointed as Manager.^[4]
13 December 2009: Brian Laws leaves the club by mutual consent after a nine-game winless run with the club in 22nd position in the League.^[5]
19 August 2009: The club release plans to develop Hillsborough Stadium^[6]
23 July 2009: Owls season tickets sales exceed 13,000 (actual figure 13,060)^[7]
15 July 2009: Wednesday turn down a £1.5 million bid from Burnley for Marcus Tudgay in a statement the club called the bid "derisory" and "unwelcome"^[8]
13 July 2009: Owls win JPL Cup in Malta^[9]
17 June 2009: The Championship 2009–2010 season fixtures were announced.^[10]
16 April 2009: Owls reveal that the logo of the Sheffield Children's Hospital will be featured on the shirts rather than that of a sponsor.^[11]^[12]

Team kit

The team kit's for the 2009–10 season will be produced by Puma. The logo of the Sheffield Children's Hospital will be featured on the shirts rather than that of a sponsor.^[11]^[12]
£1 from every shirt sale will go to the charity, after a month of being on sale 6,000 home shirts had been sold.^[13]

Home colours

Away colours

Pre-season

Sheffield Wednesday's 2009/10 pre-season programme:

Date	Opponents	Venue	Score F–A	Scorers	Att.	Notes
21 July 2009	Floriana	Victor Tedesco Stadium	1–0	McAllister	949	JPL Cup – 45 minute game
21 July 2009	Dingli Swallows	Victor Tedesco Stadium	1–0	Esajas	949	JPL Cup – 45 minute game
21 July 2009	Birkirkara	Victor Tedesco Stadium	0 – 0 lp		949	Sliema Wanderers Centenary Cup – 45 minute game
21 July 2009	Sliema Wanderers	Victor Tedesco Stadium	0–1		949	Sliema Wanderers Centenary Cup – 45 minute game
21 July 2009	Hartlepool United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool	2–0	Tudgay, France	1,627
25 July 2009	Hull City	Hillsborough Stadium	0–0		5,213
28 July 2009	Northampton Town	Sixfields Stadium	2–0	Johnson, Jeffers	1,912
1 August 2009	Blackburn Rovers	Hillsborough Stadium	2–2	Sodje, Tudgay	5,579

^[14]

Fixtures schedule

Football League Championship

(Please note League fixture lists are copyright of The Football League and can not be published without permission)

Fixtures for the 2009–10 season were announced by The Football League on 17 June 2009 at 10am.^[10] Sheffield Wednesday will face Barnsley at Hillsborough on the opening day of the season, the season continues away to new boys Peterborough on 15 August and the final day clash is away to Crystal Palace on 2 May.^[15]

"The Owls will be looking for another six points from the Steel City derby clashes on September 19th (at Bramall Lane) and 17 April (the penultimate home game of the season). Vital SWFC members are looking forward to the away day at St James' Park: the meeting with the Magpies is on August 19th, the return fixture a mouthwatering clash at Hillsborough on Boxing Day."^[15]

For a comprehensive list of fixtures go to the official SWFC web site fixtures page

League results

League results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	11	14	21	49	69	−20	47	8	6	9	30	31	−1	3	8	12	19	38	−19

Last updated: 3 May 2010 03:50 UK.
Source: [1]

League round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	D
Position	7	12	16	11	8	9	11	12	12	13	16	13	15	15	14	14	17	19	20	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	21	19	20	18	19	21	22	22	22	21	20	21	20	19	20	22	22	22	22	22

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2010. Source: swfc.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
8 August 2009	Barnsley	H	2–2	Johnson, Gray
15 August 2009	Peterborough	A	1–1	O'Connor
19 August 2009	Newcastle	A	0–1
22 August 2009	Scunthorpe	H	4–0	Wood, Johnson, Tudgay, Potter

Legend


win	draw	loss

Domestic cups

FA Cup

Round	Tie no	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Third round	18	2 January 2010	Crystal Palace	H	1–2	Danns, Hill(O.G), Andrew	8,690

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Match Report
First round	11 August	Rochdale	H	3–0	Esajas, Johnson 2,	6,696	[2]
Second round	25 August	Port Vale	A	0–2		6,667	[3]

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Previous Club	Fee
10 May 2009	Darren Purse	Cardiff City	free/released
21 May 2009	Tommy Miller	Ipswich Town	free/released

Loans in

Date	Player	Club	Return Date
21 August 2009	Luke Varney	Derby County	1 January 2010

Out

Date	Player	New Club	Fee
8 May 2009	Kenny Lunt	Hereford United	Released
8 May 2009	Wade Small	Chesterfield	Released
1 January 2010	Richard Wood	Coventry City	Undisclosed

Loaned out

Date	No.	Position	Player	Club	Return Date
2009	12	MF	Rocky Lekaj	Sandefjord Fotball	Unknown

First-team squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Lee Grant
2	DF	ENG	Tommy Spurr
3	DF	ENG	Lewis Buxton
4	DF	ENG	Darren Purse (captain)
5	DF	ENG	Richard Hinds
6	MF	ENG	Tommy Miller
7	FW	ENG	Marcus Tudgay
8	MF	ENG	Sean McAllister
9	FW	ENG	Francis Jeffers
11	MF	NED	Etienne Esajas
14	MF	IRL	Darren Potter
15	DF	ENG	Mark Beevers
17	MF	IRL	James O'Connor
18	FW	ENG	Leon Clarke
19	FW	ENG	Luke Varney (on loan from Derby County)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	USA	Frank Simek
21	DF	ENG	Nick Wood
22	GK	ENG	Richard O'Donnell
23	MF	JAM	Jermaine Johnson
24	MF	ENG	Luke Boden
25	GK	ENG	Arron Jameson
26	DF	ENG	Max Wragg
27	MF	ENG	Callum Harrison
28	FW	ENG	Nathan Modest
29	MF	ENG	Liam Palmer
30	MF	ENG	Tom Soares (on loan from Stoke City)
30	DF	IRL	Eddie Nolan (on loan from Preston North End)
33	MF	ENG	Michael Gray

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	FW	ENG	Akpo Sodje (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
12	MF	NOR	Rocky Lekaj (to Lyn)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	ENG	Richard Wood (to Coventry City)
29	FW	NIR	Warren Feeney (on loan from Cardiff City)

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