# 2009–10 Football League Two

The Football League 2009–10 (called Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons), was the seventeenth season under its current league division format. It began in August 2009 and ended on 8 May 2010.
The Football League is contested through three divisions. The third division of these is League Two. The top three teams of League Two were automatically promoted to League One and they were joined by the winner of the League Two play-offs. The bottom two teams in the league were relegated to the highest 'non-league' division, Conference National.

## Changes from last season
### From League Two

Promoted to League One
* Brentford
* Exeter City
* Wycombe Wanderers
* Gillingham
Relegated to Conference National
* Chester City
* Luton Town

### To League Two

Relegated from League One
* Northampton Town
* Crewe Alexandra
* Cheltenham Town
* Hereford United
Promoted from Conference National
* Burton Albion
* Torquay United

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Notts County (C, P) | 46 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 96 | 31 | +65 | 93 | Promotion to Football League One |
| 2 | Bournemouth (P) | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 61 | 44 | +17 | 83 | Promotion to Football League One |
| 3 | Rochdale (P) | 46 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 82 | 48 | +34 | 82 | Promotion to Football League One |
| 4 | Morecambe | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 73 | 64 | +9 | 73 | Qualification to League Two play-offs |
| 5 | Rotherham United | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 73 | Qualification to League Two play-offs |
| 6 | Aldershot Town | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 69 | 56 | +13 | 72 | Qualification to League Two play-offs |
| 7 | Dagenham & Redbridge (O, P) | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 69 | 58 | +11 | 72 | Qualification to League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Chesterfield | 46 | 21 | 7 | 18 | 61 | 62 | −1 | 70 | |
| 9 | Bury | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 69 | |
| 10 | Port Vale | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 68 | |
| 11 | Northampton Town | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 67 | |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 63 | |
| 13 | Burton Albion | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 71 | 71 | 0 | 62 | |
| 14 | Bradford City | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 59 | 62 | −3 | 62 | |
| 15 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 62 | 74 | −12 | 61 | |
| 16 | Hereford United | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 54 | 65 | −11 | 59 | |
| 17 | Torquay United | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 64 | 55 | +9 | 57 | |
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 68 | 73 | −5 | 55 | |
| 19 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 54 | |
| 20 | Lincoln City | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 65 | −23 | 50 | |
| 21 | Barnet | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 48 | |
| 22 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 54 | 71 | −17 | 48 | |
| 23 | Grimsby Town (R) | 46 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 45 | 71 | −26 | 44 | Relegation to Conference National |
| 24 | Darlington (R) | 46 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 33 | 87 | −54 | 30 | Relegation to Conference National |

## Play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final at Wembley | Final at Wembley | Final at Wembley |
| 7 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | |
| 4 | Morecambe | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Morecambe | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 3 |
| | | | | | 5 | Rotherham United | 2 |
| 6 | Aldershot Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Rotherham United | 2 |
| 5 | Rotherham United | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | |

### Second leg

Rotherham United win 3–0 on aggregate.
Dagenham & Redbridge win 7–2 on aggregate.

### Final

Dagenham & Redbridge are promoted to Football League One.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACC | ALD | BAR | BOU | BRA | BRT | BRY | CHL | CHF | CRE | D&R | DAR | GRI | HER | LIN | MAC | MOR | NOR | NTC | PTV | ROC | ROT | SHR | TOR |
| Accrington Stanley | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 |
| Aldershot Town | 3–1 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Barnet | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Bournemouth | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Bradford City | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Burton Albion | 0–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 5–6 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Bury | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Cheltenham Town | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 4–5 | 0–1 | 5–2 | | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Chesterfield | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–3 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 3–1 | 2–5 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 5–3 |
| Darlington | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Grimsby Town | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 |
| Hereford United | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Lincoln City | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Macclesfield Town | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Morecambe | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Northampton Town | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Notts County | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–2 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Port Vale | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Rochdale | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Rotherham United | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 |
| Torquay United | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Lee Hughes | Notts County | 30 |
| 2 | Adam Le Fondre | Rotherham United | 27 |
| 3 | Brett Pitman | Bournemouth | 26 |
| 4 | Chris O'Grady | Rochdale | 22 |
| 5 | Shaun Harrad | Burton Albion | 21 |
| 6 | Paul Benson | Dagenham & Redbridge | 20 |
| 6 | Chris Dagnall | Rochdale | 20 |
| 8 | Marc Richards | Port Vale | 19 |
| 9 | Phil Jevons | Morecambe | 18 |
| 9 | Ryan Lowe | Bury | 18 |

## Stadia and locations

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| Darlington | The Darlington Arena | 25,294 |
| Bradford City | Valley Parade | 25,136 |
| Rotherham United | Don Valley Stadium | 25,000 |
| Notts County | Meadow Lane | 20,300 |
| Port Vale | Vale Park | 18,900 |
| Bury | Gigg Lane | 11,669 |
| Rochdale | Spotland | 10,249 |
| Lincoln City | Sincil Bank | 10,127 |
| Crewe Alexandra | Alexandra Stadium | 10,118 |
| Shrewsbury Town | Prostar Stadium | 10,000 |
| Grimsby Town | Blundell Park | 9,546 |
| Bournemouth | Dean Court | 9,287 |
| Chesterfield | Recreation Ground | 8,504 |
| Northampton Town | Sixfields Stadium | 7,653 |
| Aldershot Town | Recreation Ground | 7,100 |
| Cheltenham Town | Whaddon Road | 7,066 |
| Burton Albion | Pirelli Stadium | 7,000 |
| Morecambe | Christie Park | 6,400 |
| Macclesfield Town | Moss Rose | 6,335 |
| Torquay United | Plainmoor | 6,104 |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | Victoria Road | 6,000 |
| Barnet | Underhill Stadium | 5,300 |
| Hereford United | Edgar Street | 5,300 |
| Accrington Stanley | Crown Ground | 5,057 |

## Kits

| Team | Kit maker | Sponsor |
| AFC Bournemouth | Carbrini | Carbrini |
| Accrington Stanley | Prostar | Combined Stabilisation |
| Aldershot Town | Carbrini | EBB Paper |
| Barnet | Vandanel | Mortgage Express |
| Bradford City | Surridge | Map Group UK |
| Burton Albion | TAG | Roger Bullivant |
| Bury | Surridge | Bury Metropolitan Council |
| Cheltenham Town | Erreà | Mira Showers |
| Chesterfield | Bukta | Vodka Kick |
| Crewe Alexandra | Lotto | Mornflake |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | Vandanel | West and Coe |
| Darlington | Erreà | Darlington Building Society |
| Grimsby Town | Erreà | Young's Frozen Foods |
| Hereford United | Admiral | Cargill |
| Lincoln City | Umbro | Star Glaze (home), University of Lincoln (away) |
| Macclesfield Town | Adidas | Cheshire Building Society |
| Morecambe | Puma | Bench. |
| Northampton Town | Erreà | Jackson Grundy Estate Agents |
| Notts County | Nike | Medoc (home), Octavian Security (away) |
| Port Vale | Vandanel | Harlequin Property |
| Rochdale | Carbrini | Carbrini |
| Rotherham United | Carlotti | Parkgate Shopping Centre (home), Sports Identity (away) |
| Shrewsbury Town | Prostar | Greenhous |
| Torquay United | Vandanel | Sparkworld |