# 2009–10 Arsenal L.F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was Arsenal Ladies Football Club's 23rd season since forming in 1987. The club participated in the National Division of the FA Women's Premier League, the final season they would compete in this League before joining the WSL in 2011. Arsenal won their 7th consecutive League Title, comfortably finishing 11 points ahead of 2nd place Everton. However, Everton would be their downfall in the Premier League Cup and FA Women's Cup, defeating them in the Semi-finals and Final respectively. They also competed in the UEFA Women's Champions League, but lost at the Quarter-final stage to Duisburg.
This was Arsenal's first season without manager Vic Akers, who stood down at the end of the previous season to take up the position of General Manager at the club. Tony Gervaise was appointed to take charge, however, he stood down after just 20 games into the season, citing there was a lack of clarity about who was in charge, and was replaced by Laura Harvey.

## Squad Statistics
### First team squad

Squad statistics correct as of May 2018
| Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Since | Signed From |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Emma Byrne | (1979-06-14) 14 June 1979 (age 45) | 2000 | Fortuna Hjørring |
| 13 | Rebecca Spencer | (1991-02-22) 22 February 1991 (age 34) | 2006 | Homegrown |
| 24 | Sarah Quantrill | (1990-07-21) 21 July 1990 (age 34) | | Homegrown |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Corinne Yorston | (1983-06-15) 15 June 1983 (age 41) | 2009 | Bristol Academy |
| 3 | Yvonne Tracy | (1981-02-27) 27 February 1981 (age 44) | 2000 | St Patrick's Athletic |
| 5 | Gilly Flaherty | (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 (age 33) | 2003 | Millwall Lionesses |
| 6 | Faye White (captain) | (1978-02-02) 2 February 1978 (age 47) | 1996 | Horsham Ladies |
| 19 | Niamh Fahey | (1987-10-13) 13 October 1987 (age 37) | 2008 | Salthill Devon |
| | Lara Fay | (1993-08-09) 9 August 1993 (age 31) | | Homegrown |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Jayne Ludlow | (1979-01-07) 7 January 1979 (age 46) | 2000 | Southampton Saints |
| 7 | Ciara Grant | (1978-05-17) 17 May 1978 (age 46) | 1998 | St Patrick's Athletic |
| 16 | Kim Little | (1990-09-26) 26 September 1990 (age 34) | 2008 | Hibernian |
| 17 | Katie Chapman | (1982-06-15) 15 June 1982 (age 42) | 2006 | Charlton Athletic |
| 18 | Natalie Ross | (1989-09-14) 14 September 1989 (age 35) | 2008 | Hibernian |
| 22 | Laura Coombs | (1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 34) | 2007 | Homegrown |
| 23 | Abbie Prosser | (1991-09-04) 4 September 1991 (age 33) | | Homegrown |
| 27 | Naomi Cole | (1992-03-30) 30 March 1992 (age 32) | | Homegrown |
| Forwards |||||
| 10 | Julie Fleeting | (1980-12-18) 18 December 1980 (age 44) | 2004 | Ross County |
| 11 | Rachel Yankey | (1979-11-01) 1 November 1979 (age 45) | 2005 | New Jersey Wildcats |
| 12 | Gemma Davison | (1987-04-17) 17 April 1987 (age 37) | 2001 | Watford |
| 14 | Jen Beattie | (1991-05-13) 13 May 1991 (age 33) | 2009 | Celtic |
| 20 | Helen Lander | (1986-04-26) 26 April 1986 (age 38) | 2009 | Watford |
| 25 | Lauren Bruton | (1992-11-22) 22 November 1992 (age 32) | 2008 | Homegrown |
| 28 | Danielle Carter | (1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 31) | 2009 | Homegrown |
| | Ruesha Littlejohn | (1990-07-03) 3 July 1990 (age 34) | 2010 | Glasgow City |
| | Emily Thomson | (1993-08-12) 12 August 1993 (age 31) | 2009 | Motherwell |

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | PL Cup | PL Cup | LC Cup | LC Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Emma Byrne | 20+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 13 | Rebecca Spencer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 24 | Sarah Quantrill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Corinne Yorston | 19+1 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 34+3 | 2 |
| 3 | Yvonne Tracy | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 |
| 5 | Gilly Flaherty | 17+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 28+1 | 1 |
| 6 | Faye White (captain) | 11+2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22+2 | 2 |
| 19 | Niamh Fahey | 19+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| | Lara Fay | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Jayne Ludlow | 18+1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 33+1 | 9 |
| 7 | Ciara Grant | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 39 | 2 |
| 16 | Kim Little | 21 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 47 |
| 17 | Katie Chapman | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 7 |
| 18 | Natalie Ross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Laura Coombs | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 |
| 23 | Abbie Prosser | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 27 | Naomi Cole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Julie Fleeting | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 |
| 11 | Rachel Yankey | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 12 |
| 12 | Gemma Davison | 22 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 14 |
| 14 | Jen Beattie | 11+5 | 7 | 2+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 18+10 | 11 |
| 20 | Helen Lander | 6+12 | 6 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3+1 | 2 | 15+16 | 14 |
| 25 | Lauren Bruton | 1+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 3 | 0+5 | 1 | 2+16 | 5 |
| 28 | Danielle Carter | 2+10 | 3 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 5+17 | 3 |
| | Ruesha Littlejohn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 3 |
| | Emily Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Position | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | PL Cup | LC Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 16 | MF | Kim Little | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 47 |
| 2 | 12 | FW | Gemma Davison | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 20 | FW | Helen Lander | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | Rachel Yankey | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | 14 | FW | Jen Beattie | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | 10 | FW | Julie Fleeting | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | MF | Jayne Ludlow | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | 17 | MF | Katie Chapman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | 25 | FW | Lauren Bruton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 28 | FW | Danielle Carter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | | MF | Ruesha Littlejohn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 7 | MF | Ciara Grant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 | DF | Corinne Yorston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | DF | Faye White (captain) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 22 | MF | Laura Coombs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 5 | DF | Gilly Flaherty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 77 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 143 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | PL Cup | LC Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Emma Byrne | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | 24 | Sarah Quantrill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 18 |

## Transfers, loans and other signings
### Transfers in

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | From club |
| 2 July 2009 | 14 | FW | Jen Beattie | Celtic |
| 2 July 2009 | 2 | DF | Corinne Yorston | Bristol Academy |
| 23 January 2010 | | FW | Ruesha Littlejohn | Glasgow City |

### Transfers out

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | To club |
| July 2009 | 27 | DF | Seana Cooke | St Francis |
| 2009 | 9 | FW | Suzanne Grant | Celtic |
| 2009 | 21 | DF | Eartha Pond | Chelsea |
| 2009 | 15 | DF | Laura Bassett | Leeds United |

### Loans out

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | To club |
| 2010 | | FW | Ruesha Littlejohn | Rangers |

## Club
### Kit

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Fly Emirates
| Home | Away | Third |

## Competitions
### FA Women's Premier League
#### Partial league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Arsenal (C) | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 19 | +60 | 61 | 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League Approved for FA Women's Super League |
| 2 | Everton | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 67 | 19 | +48 | 50 | 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League Approved for FA WSL |
| 3 | Chelsea | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 49 | Approved for FA WSL |
| 4 | Leeds Carnegie | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 16 | +34 | 47 | |
| 5 | Sunderland | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 37 | |

#### Results Summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |