# 2009–10 Crystal Palace F.C. season

The Crystal Palace F.C. season 2009–10 was Crystal Palace's 5th consecutive season in the Championship, after a 15th-placed finish in the previous campaign. The season started well before taking a turn for the worse when the club was placed into administration at the end of January 2010, culminating in manager Neil Warnock leaving his job just over a month later and being replaced by Paul Hart, whose tenure saw the club survive relegation on the final day of the season.

## Statistics

    Last updated on 2 May 2010.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Julián Speroni | 52 | -62 | 45 | -50 | 5 | -9 | 2 | -3 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Nathaniel Clyne | 28 | 1 | 19+3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Clint Hill | 48 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Shaun Derry | 53 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IRL | Paddy McCarthy | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | José Fonte | 25 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Darren Ambrose | 53 | 20 | 44+2 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Neil Danns | 49 | 9 | 41+1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | TRI | Stern John | 16 | 2 | 7+9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Nick Carle | 26 | 1 | 14+8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Victor Moses | 21 | 6 | 14+4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Darryl Flahavan | 1 | -2 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | IRL | Sean Scannell | 29 | 2 | 11+15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Lee Hills | 19 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Freddie Sears | 19 | 0 | 11+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Matthew Lawrence | 21 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Calvin Andrew | 32 | 2 | 13+14 | 1 | 0+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | IRL | Alan Lee | 47 | 8 | 33+9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Danny Butterfield | 42 | 3 | 36+1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Kieran Djilali | 11 | 1 | 2+6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | AUT | Johannes Ertl | 36 | 1 | 29+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | JAM | Claude Davis | 26 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | James Comley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Ryan Smith | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Alassane N'Diaye | 29 | 3 | 12+14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Alex Wynter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | ENG | Wilfried Zaha | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Club
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Neil Warnock (July–March)/ Paul Hart (March–May)/ |
| Assistant manager | Mick Jones (July–March)/ Dougie Freedman (March–) |
| First team coach | Keith Curle (July–March)/ John Pemberton (March–May) |
| Goalkeeping coach | Jim Stannard |
| Chief scout | Kevin Randall (July–March) |
| Fitness coach | Chris Short |
| Reserve team manager | Ronnie Jepson |
| Academy manager | David Moss |
| U18 team/Assistant academy manager | Gary Issott |
| U13 team | John Salako |
| Academy coach | Mark Bright |
| Physiotherapists | Nigel Cox; Sangi Patel and Stuart Wardle |
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## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 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 | Relegation to Football League One |
| 23 | Plymouth Argyle (R) | 46 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 43 | 68 | −25 | 41 | Relegation to Football League One |
* ↑ Crystal Palace were given a ten-point deduction for entering administration.

## End-of-season awards

| Award | Winner |
| Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year | Julián Speroni |
| Crystal Palace F.C. Young Player of the Year | Nathaniel Clyne |
| Vice Presidents' Player of the Year | Julián Speroni |
| Vice Presidents' Young Player of the Year | Jack Holland |
| Scholar Player of the Year | Jack Holland |
| Academy Player of the Year | Ghassimu Sow |
| Crystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season | Darren Ambrose v Aston Villa (14–02–10) |
| Football League Special Achievement Award | Terry Byfield for 25 years' service to the club |