# 2009–10 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

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.
* 26 February 2010: Defender Frank Simek receives a call-up to the United States men's national soccer team.
* 11 January 2010: Alan Irvine appointed as Manager.
* 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.
* 19 August 2009: The club release plans to develop Hillsborough Stadium
* 23 July 2009: Owls season tickets sales exceed 13,000 (actual figure 13,060)
* 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"
* 13 July 2009: Owls win JPL Cup in Malta
* 17 June 2009: The Championship 2009–2010 season fixtures were announced.
* 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.

## 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. £1 from every shirt sale will go to the charity, after a month of being on sale 6,000 home shirts had been sold.
| 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 | |

## 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 10 am. 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.
"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."
For a comprehensive list of fixtures go to the official SWFC web site fixtures page

## League results
### League results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 May 2010 03:50 UK. Source:

### 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 |

### 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 | |
| Second round | 25 August | Port Vale | A | 0–2 | | 6,667 | |

## 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) |