# 2009–10 England Hockey League season

The 2009–10 English Hockey League season took place from September 2009 until May 2010. The Men's Championship was won by East Grinstead and the Women's Championship was won by Slough.
The Men's Cup was won by Beeston and the Women's Cup was won by Leicester.

## Men's Premier Division League Standings

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Reading | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 26 | 23 | 41 |
| 2 | East Grinstead | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 69 | 48 | 21 | 35 |
| 3 | Surbiton | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 59 | 47 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Beeston | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 36 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Loughborough Students | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 35 | -5 | 23 |
| 6 | Hampstead and Westminster | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 39 | -9 | 23 |
| 7 | Cannock | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 45 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Bowdon | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 44 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Brooklands Manchester University | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 50 | -19 | 15 |
| 10 | University of Exeter | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 53 | -27 | 12 |
* = Qualified for Semi-final play off
* = Qualified for round one play off
* = Relegated

### Results

| Home \ Away | Bee | Bow | Bro | Can | EG | HW | Lou | Rea | Sub | UoE |
| Beeston | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 |
| Bowdon | 2–2 | — | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–6 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 |
| Brooklands MU | 1–2 | 2–5 | — | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 |
| Cannock | 3–4 | 3–3 | 5–2 | — | 3–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| East Grinstead | 1–1 | 2–2 | 8–5 | 5–3 | — | 6–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 5–5 | 6–3 |
| Hampstead and Westminster | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–4 | 0–3 | — | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–0 |
| Loughborough Students | 4–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 |
| Reading | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 5–4 | 2–0 | 4–0 | — | 3–2 | 4–3 |
| Surbiton | 6–4 | 7–3 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 6–2 |
| University of Exeter | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 4–3 | — |

## Play Offs

| Match | Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Round one | Apr 24 | Beeston | Loughborough Students | 3-1 |
| Semi-finals | Apr 25 | East Grinstead | Surbiton | 5-1 |
| Semi-finals | Apr 25 | Beeston | Reading | 2-1 |
| Final | May 3 | East Grinstead | Beeston | 4-4 (4-3 p) |

## Women's Premier Division League Standings

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Leicester | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 9 | 52 |
| 2 | Reading | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 56 | 27 | 42 |
| 3 | Slough | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 51 | 23 | 40 |
| 4 | University of Birmingham | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 41 | 24 |
| 5 | Canterbury | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 22 |
| 6 | Olton & West Warwicks | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 37 | 22 |
| 7 | Brooklands Poynton | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 43 | 19 |
| 8 | Bowdon Hightown | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 45 | 18 |
| 9 | Clifton | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 47 | 14 |
| 10 | Trojans | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 64 | 4 |
* = Qualified for Semi-final play off
* = Qualified for round one play off
* = Relegated

## Play Offs

| Match | Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Round one | Apr 24 | Canterbury | University of Birmingham | 5-3 |
| Semi-finals | Apr 25 | Slough | Reading | 2-1 |
| Semi-finals | Apr 25 | Leicester | Canterbury | 2-1 |
| Final | May 1 | Slough | Leicester | 1-0 |

## Men's Cup
### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Sevenoaks | Univ of Birmingham | 0-0 (5-4 p) |
| Brooklands MU | Olton & West Warwick | 4-2 |
| Hampstead & Westminster | Old Loughtonians | 4-1 |
| Beeston | Doncaster | 2-0 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Beeston | Brooklands MU | 1-0 |
| Hampstead & Westminster | Sevenoaks | 2-1 |

### Final

(Held at the Highfields Hockey Centre, Nottingham on 15 May)
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Beeston | Hampstead & Westminster | 2-1 |

## Women's Cup
### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Leicester | Surbiton | 6-2 |
| Reading | Sunderland | 6-0 |
| Trojans | Dereham | w/o |
| Univ of Birmingham | Sutton Coldfield | 6-3 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Reading | Trojans | 4-1 |
| Leicester | Univ of Birmingham | 4-0 |

### Final

(Held at Highfields Hockey Centre, Nottingham on 15 May)
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Leicester | Reading | 2-1 |