# 2009–10 Preston North End F.C. season

The 2009–10 season is Preston North End's 6th season in the Championship. It is their 10th successive season in the second division of the English football league system.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of 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 |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Andy Lonergan |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Michael Hart |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Callum Davidson |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Richard Chaplow |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Youl Mawéné |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Neill Collins |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Chris Sedgwick |
| 8 | MF | MKD | Veliče Šumulikoski |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Chris Brown |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Barry Nicholson |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Darren Carter |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Sean St Ledger |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Dominic Comrie |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Liam Chilvers |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Paul Coutts |
| 16 | MF | IRL | Keith Treacy |
| 17 | MF | WAL | Paul Parry |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Danny Welbeck (on loan from Manchester United) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Billy Jones |
| 20 | DF | CYP | Tom Williams (on loan from Peterborough United) |
| 22 | GK | IRL | Wayne Henderson |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Matty James (on loan from Manchester United) |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Elliott Ward (on loan from Coventry City) |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Ross Wallace |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Jon Parkin |
| 27 | DF | IRL | Eddie Nolan |
| 29 | FW | IRL | Stephen Elliott |
| 31 | DF | ENG | Dom Collins |
| 33 | FW | ENG | Neil Mellor |
| 34 | MF | NIR | Adam Barton |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Danny Mayor |
| 36 | FW | NIR | Neil Dougan |
| 37 | DF | NIR | Conor McLaughlin |
| 38 | FW | ENG | Jamie Proctor |
| 39 | MF | ENG | George Miller |
| 40 | DF | AUS | Bailey Wright |

### 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 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Michael Tonge (on loan from Stoke City) |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Neal Trotman (on loan from Huddersfield Town) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Phil Quirk (released) |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Tom Smyth (released) |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 18 | Barnsley | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 53 | 69 | −16 | 54 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 54 |

## Match results
### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Pre-season friendlies

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 11 July 2009 | FC Erdal Hallien 04 | A | 11–0 | Mellor 7', Brown 24', 32', 45', Mayor 52', 63', Nicholson 65', Parkin 74', 88', Trotman 77', Hawley 85' | N/A |
| 14 July 2009 | Bamber Bridge | A | 4–1 | Parkin 26', Trotman 40', Trotman 40', Proctor 60', Smyth 63' | 1,369 |
| 14 July 2009 | Chorley | A | 3–0 | Brown 54', Carter 72', Hawley 81' | N/A |
| 18 July 2009 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 2–1 | Parkin 19', 50' | 1,775 |
| 21 July 2009 | Wrexham | A | 1–1 | Chaplow 60' | 1,022 |
| 25 July 2009 | Stoke City | H | 2–1 | Mellor 33', 44' | 3,121 |
| 28 July 2009 | Wigan Athletic | H | 1–4 | Mellor 86' | 3,645 |
| 1 August 2009 | Hibernian | A | 3–1 | Mellor 46', Brown 69', 81' | 6,557 |

### Championship

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 8 August 2009 | Bristol City | H | 2–2 | Parkin 82', Davidson 90+6' | 13,025 |
| 15 August 2009 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 1–1 | Brown 28', | 10,070 |
| 18 August 2009 | Barnsley | A | 3–0 | Parry 11', Mellor 32', Parkin 72' | 11,850 |
| 22 August 2009 | Peterborough United | H | 2–0 | Mellor 8', Jones 30' | 11,549 |
| 29 August 2009 | Ipswich Town | A | 1–1 | Wallace 12' | 19,454 |
| 12 September 2009 | Swansea City | H | 2–0 | Mellor 27', Elliott 89' | 12,854 |
| 15 September 2009 | Scunthorpe United | A | 1–3 | Parkin 58' | 5,383 |
| 19 September 2009 | Coventry City | H | 3–2 | Brown (2) 50', 68', Mellor 55', | 11,230 |
| 26 September 2009 | Leicester City | A | 2–1 | Mellor 41', Chaplow 66' | 20,623 |
| 29 September 2009 | Reading | H | 1–2 | Parkin85' | 10,987 |
| 3 October 2009 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 0–0 | | 12,489 |
| 17 October 2009 | QPR | A | 0–4 | | 12,810 |
| 20 October 2009 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 2–1 | Mellor 20', Parkin 55' | 20,882 |
| 24 October 2009 | Middlesbrough | H | 2–2 | Parry 61', Jones 90' | 16,116 |
| 31 October 2009 | Crystal Palace | H | 1–1 | Wallace 35' | 12,558 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| Third round | January 2010 | | | | | | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 11 August 2009 | Morecambe | H | 5–1 | Brown 33', Elliott 45', Nicholson 57', Trotman 69', Mellor 90' | 5,407 |
| Second round | 25 August 2009 | Leicester City | H | 2–1 | Brown (2) 14', 65' | 6,977 |
| Third round | 23 September 2009 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 1–5 | Brown 83' | 16,533 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | Previous Club | Cost |
| 3 August 2009 | Paul Parry | Cardiff City | Undisclosed |
| 6 August 2009 | Veliče Šumulikoski | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2009 | Neill Collins | Wolverhampton Wanderers | On loan until January 2010 |
| 1 February 2010 | Keith Treacy | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2010 | Paul Coutts | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| | | | Total |
| | | | Around £650-700k |

### Out

| Date | Player | New Club | Cost |
| 13 May 2009 | Andrew Murphy | Chester City | Free Transfer |
| 2 July 2009 | Chris Neal | Shrewsbury Town | Nominal Fee |
| 20 July 2009 | Paul McKenna | Nottingham Forest | £750,000 |
| 24 July 2009 | Simon Whaley | Norwich City | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2009 | Karl Hawley | Notts County | Undisclosed |
| | | | Total |
| | | | Around £1,000,000 |

### Loaned out

| Date | Player | Club | Return Date |
| 21 August 2009 | Neal Trotman | Southampton | January 2010 |
| 1 September 2009 | Adam Barton | Crawley Town | 29 September 2010 |
| 1 September 2009 | Dominic Collins | Crawley Town | 29 September 2010 |
| 15 September 2009 | Sean St Ledger | Middlesbrough | 15 December 2009 |

## Player statistics

| No. | Pos. | Nationality | Player | FLC | FA | CC | Total | | Ast | | |
| 1 | GK | England | Andrew Lonergan | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Scotland | Michael Hart | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Scotland | Callum Davidson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | England | Richard Chaplow | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | France | Youl Mawene | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | England | Chris Sedgwick | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Macedonia | Veliče Šumulikoski | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | England | Chris Brown | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Scotland | Barry Nicholson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | England | Darren Carter | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Ireland | Sean St Ledger | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | England | Liam Chilvers | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Wales | Paul Parry | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | England | Billy Jones | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | England | Neal Trotman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Ireland | Wayne Henderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Scotland | Ross Wallace | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | England | Jon Parkin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Ireland | Eddie Nolan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Ireland | Stephen Elliott | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | England | Neil Mellor | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | England | Adam Barton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | MF | England | Nicholas Farr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. | Pos. | Nationality | Player | PL | FA | CC | Total | | Ast | | |
* Last Update: 30 August 2009
* Data includes all competitions
* Substitution appearances included as full
* FLC – Football League Championship
* FA – FA Cup
* CC – Carling Cup
* Ast – Assists

### Top scorer

As of 29 August 2009
| P. | Player | Position | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | Jon Parkin | Forward | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Neil Mellor | Forward | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | Chris Brown | Forward | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Ross Wallace | Midfielder | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Callum Davidson | Defender | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Billy Jones | Defender | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |