2009–10 Sheffield United F.C. season

Sheffield United
2009–10 season
Chairman	Kevin McCabe
Manager	Kevin Blackwell
Football League Championship	8th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Cresswell (12); All: Cresswell (14)
Highest home attendance	29,210; (vs. Sheffield Wednesday)
Lowest home attendance	7,627; (vs. Port Vale)

The 2009–10 season was Sheffield United's third year in the Football League Championship after being relegated from the Premier League in 2007.

Kit

Sheffield United's kit manufacturers became Macron. Their shirt sponsor continues as VisitMalta.com.

Events

1 September 2009 – Paddy Kenny is banned for 9 months after failing his drug test.
2 October 2009 – Jordan Robertson is sentenced for 32 months after causing death by a car crash, forcing his loan spell at Bury to be cut short.
6 November 2009 – Paddy Kenny signs new contract until the summer of 2011.^[1]
20 November 2009 – Trevor Birch is appointed as Chief Executive.^[2]

League

The Blades playing against Cardiff City

Sheffield United played their first game of the season in a 0–0 draw against former Premier League side Middlesbrough. Then the Blades beat Watford 2–0 with Ched Evans getting his debut goal. Leicester City held United to a 1–1 draw. They then beat Reading 3–1. This was followed by a thrilling 2–2 draw against West Bromwich Albion with David Cotterill scoring a late penalty. This was followed by a 1–0 win at Derby County with Matthew Kilgallon getting a last minute winner. United suffered their first league defeat of the season against Coventry City, they bounced back in the Steel City Derby which they won 3–2. The Blades suffered another defeat against Swansea City. The Blades started October with a draw against Doncaster Rovers, with Richard Cresswell getting his first goal for the blades. The next two games saw two loses against Scunthorpe United and Blackpool. The Blades continued their losing streak against Cardiff City. A 1–0 defeat at home to Newcastle United, this was followed with a draw against Barnsley. The following game they beat Peterborough United. United got a late win against Bristol City, with Darius Henderson getting his first hat-trick of his career.^[3] James Harper scored the only goal in a win over Plymouth Argyle. The Blades were then held to draw with Nottingham Forest. Sheffield then beat Crystal Palace 2–0, with Lee Williamson getting his first goal in a Blade shirt and Quinn got his second of the season. Queens Park Rangers held the Blades to a 1–1 draw. Sheffield then suffer their first defeat since 2 November against Leicester City this was quickly followed by a win over Preston North End.

Their first game of 2010 saw the Blades beat Middlesbrough 1–0 at Bramall Lane. This was followed up by a 3–0 home win against Reading. The Blades were then beaten 3–1 away at West Bromwich Albion.

FA Cup

In the third round Sheffield United held Championship rivals Queens Park Rangers to a 1–1 draw, resulting in a replay to take place.^[4] The Blades won the replay 3–2 at Loftus Road. Premier League Bolton knocked out the Blades in the fourth round, beating them 2–0 at the Reebok Stadium.

League Cup

The first round saw a shock 2–1 home defeat against League Two Port Vale.

Squad statistics

As of end of the season

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Paddy Kenny	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	MF		Ryan France	10	0	3+6	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF		Gary Naysmith	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
4	MF		Nick Montgomery	43	1	39	1	3	0	1	0
5	DF		Chris Morgan	40	2	37	2	3	0	0	0
7	FW		Darius Henderson	35	12	28+4	12	1+1	0	1	0
9	FW		Ched Evans	36	4	21+12	4	2+1	0	0	0
11	MF		Mark Yeates	20	2	11+9	2	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Lee Williamson	23	4	14+6	3	2+1	1	0	0
13	GK		Ian Bennett	6	0	4+1	0	0	0	1	0
15	MF		James Harper	36	4	31+3	4	2	0	0	0
16	DF		Andy Taylor	30	0	22+4	0	3	0	1	0
17	FW		Richard Cresswell	34	14	28+3	12	2+1	2	0	0
18	FW		Jamie Ward	31	8	25+3	7	1+2	1	0	0
19	DF		Jordan Stewart	23	0	15+8	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF		Marcel Seip	8	0	5+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
21	DF		Kyle Bartley	14	0	10+4	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Billy Sharp	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
25	MF		Glen Little	18	0	7+9	0	0+1	0	1	0
26	MF		Derek Geary	9	0	5+2	0	2	0	0	0
28	MF		Stephen Quinn	48	4	38+6	4	3	0	1	0
30	GK		Mihkel Aksalu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF		Toni Kallio	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Jonathan Fortune	6	1	3+2	1	1	0	0	0
34	DF		Matthew Lowton	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW		Henri Camara	25	4	9+14	4	2	0	0	0
39	FW		Jordan Robertson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left before the end of the season:
6	DF		Matthew Kilgallon	23	1	21	1	1	0	1	0
10	MF		Kyel Reid	8	0	0+7	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF		David Cotterill	14	2	3+11	2	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Brian Howard	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	1	0
21	DF		Leigh Bromby	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	DF		Andrew Davies	8	0	7+1	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK		Mark Bunn	35	0	31+1	0	3	0	0	0
23	GK		Steve Simonsen	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Keith Treacy	17	1	12+4	1	0	0	1	0
30	GK		Carl Ikeme	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF		Paul Connolly	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Kyle Walker	28	0	26	0	2	0	0	0

Disciplinary record


Number	Pos	Player
7	FW	Darius Henderson	8	1
5	DF	Chris Morgan	10	0
17	FW	Richard Cresswell	8	0
4	MF	Nick Montgomery	8	0
28	MF	Stephen Quinn	8	0
12	MF	Lee Williamson	6	0
16	DF	Andy Taylor	6	0
6	DF	Nyron Nosworthy	3	1
9	FW	Ched Evans	4	0
34	DF	Kyle Walker	4	0
11	DF	Paul Connolly	1	1
11	MF	David Cotterill	3	0
20	DF	Marcel Seip	3	0
18	MF	Jamie Ward	3	0
23	GK	Mark Bunn	2	0
15	MF	James Harper	2	0
32	MF	Toni Kallio	2	0
19	DF	Jordan Stewart	2	0
27	MF	Keith Treacy	2	0
11	MF	Mark Yeates	2	0
21	DF	Kyle Bartley	1	0
21	DF	Andrew Davies	1	0
11	MF	Brian Howard	1	0
6	DF	Matthew Kilgallon	1	0
20	MF	Brian Howard	1	0
26	MF	Derek Geary	1	0

Events

Summer transfers in

Player	Club	Fee
Lee Williamson	Watford	£500,000
Kyle Reid	West Ham United	Free
Leigh Bromby	Watford	Undisclosed
Andy Taylor	Tranmere Rovers	£400,000
Ched Evans	Manchester City	£3,000,000
Ryan France	Hull City	Free
Glen Little	Portsmouth F.C	Free
Jordan Stewart	Derby County	Undisclosed
Jonathan Fortune	Charlton Athletic	Free

Summer transfers out

* Indicates the player joined the club after being released.

Player	Club	Fee
Ben Startosa	Released	–
Ugo Ehiogu	Retired	–
Nicky Law	Rotherham United	Free
Adam Chapham	Oxford United	Nominal
Jamie Annerson	Rotherham United*	Free
Keith Quinn	Released	–
Kyle Walker	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed
Kyle Naughton	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed
Sun Jihai	Chengdu Blades*	Free
Martin Donelly	Crusaders	Free
Aymen Tahar	Ferencvárosi TC	Free
Nicky Travis	Central Coast Mariners	Free
Mamadou Seck	Released	–
David Carney	FC Twente	£500,000
Leigh Bromby	Leeds United	£250,000
Brian Howard	Reading	£500,000
Danny Webber	Portsmouth*	Free

Loans in

** Indicates that the player returned before the return date.

Player	Club	Arrival date	Return date
Keith Treacy	Blackburn Rovers**	24 July 2009	24 January 2010 (16 Dec 09)
Mark Bunn	Blackburn Rovers	3 August 2009	End of season
Kyle Walker	Tottenham Hotspur**	22 July 2009	End of season (2 February 2010)
James Harper	Reading	1 September 2009	End of season
Andrew Davies	Stoke City**	17 September 2009	17 December 2009 (16 Dec 09)
Richard Cresswell	Stoke City	29 September 2009	29 December 2009
Carl Ikeme	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26 November 2009	26 December 2009
Toni Kallio	Fulham	26 November 2009	23 December 2009
Marcel Seip	Plymouth Argyle	1 January 2009	End of Season

Loans out

Player	Club	Arrival date	Return date
Jordan Robertson	Bury	14 August 2009	3 January 2010
Billy Sharp	Doncaster Rovers	1 September 2009	End of season
David Cotterill	Swansea City	24 November 2009	4 January 2010

January transfers in

Player	Club	Fee
Richard Cresswell	Stoke City	Undisclosed
Mark Yeates	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed
James Harper	Reading	Undisclosed

January transfers out

Player	Club	Fee
David Cotterill	Swansea City	£600,000
Matthew Kilgallon	Sunderland	Undisclosed

Fixtures & Results

Championship

7 August 2009	Middlesbrough	0–0	Sheffield United	Riverside Stadium
20:00				Attendance: 23,541

15 August 2009	Sheffield United	2–0	Watford	Bramall Lane
20:00	Ward 12' Evans 63'			Attendance: 24,638

18 August 2009	Sheffield United	1–1	Leicester	Bramall Lane
19:45	Treacy 66'		Fryatt 52'	Attendance: 26,069

22 August 2009	Reading	1–3	Sheffield United	Madejski Stadium
15:00	Mills 13'		Quinn 42' Ward 62' Citterill 90'	Attendance: 16,025

29 August 2009	Sheffield United	2–2	West Bromwich Albion	Bramall Lane
15:00	Evans 56' Cotterill 88' (pen.)		Bednar 54', 60'	Attendance: 25,169

12 September 2009	Derby County	0–1	Sheffield United	Pride Park Stadium
15:00			Kilgallon 80'	Attendance: 28,441

15 September 2009	Coventry City	3–2	Sheffield United	Ricoh Arena
19:45	Best 12' Morrison 50' Craine 60'		Ward 31' Harper 76'	Attendance: 14,426

18 September 2009	Sheffield United	3–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Bramall Lane
19:45	Ward 7' Henderson 15' Buxton 42' (o.g.)		Tudgay 46' Esajas 60'	Attendance: 29,210

26 September 2009	Swansea City	2–1	Sheffield United	Liberty Stadium
15:00	Trundle 52' (pen.) Butler 82' López 77' Dyer 90'		Quinn 73'	Attendance: 14,324

29 September 2009	Sheffield United	3–3	Ipswich Town	Bramall Lane
19:45	Henderson 9', 77' Morgan 90'		Walters 24' Leadbitter 34' McAuley 70'	Attendance: 28,366

3 October 2009	Sheffield United	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	Bramall Lane
15:00	Cresswell 65'		Hayter 45'	Attendance: 26,211

17 October 2009	Scunthorpe United	3–1	Sheffield United	Glanford Park
12:00	McCann 22', 59' Hayes 53'		Evans 51'	Attendance: 7,599

20 October 2009	Blackpool	3–0	Sheffield United	Bloomfield Road
19:45	Seip 60' Euell 69' Adam 82'			Attendance: 8,042

24 October 2009	Sheffield United	3–4	Cardiff City	Bramall Lane
15:00	Henderson 43', 45' Harper 90'		Bothroyd 41' Whittingham 45' (pen.), 60', 85'	Attendance: 25,021

2 November 2009	Sheffield United	0–1	Newcastle United	Bramall Lane
19:45			Morgan 41' (o.g.)	Attendance: 26,536

9 November 2009	Barnsley	2–2	Sheffield United	Oakwell
19:45	De Silva 53' Bogdanović 74'		Henderson 61' (pen.), 83' (pen.)	Attendance: 12,988

21 November 2009	Sheffield United	1–0	Peterborough United	Bramall Lane
15:00	Camara 42'			Attendance: 25,144

28 November 2009	Bristol City	2–3	Sheffield United	Ashton Gate
15:00	Carey 53' Saborio 90'		Henderson 30', 33', 90'	Attendance: 14,637

5 December 2009	Plymouth Argyle	0–1	Sheffield United	Home Park
15:00			Harper 88'	Attendance: 9,231

8 December 2009	Sheffield United	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Bramall Lane
19:45				Attendance: 26,490

12 December 2009	Sheffield United	2–0	Crystal Palace	Bramall Lane
15:00	Williamson 21' Quinn 90'			Attendance: 25,510

19 December 2009	Queens Park Rangers	1–1	Sheffield United	Loftus Road
15:00	Leigertwood 2'		Cresswell 8'	Attendance: 12,639

26 December 2009	Leicester City	2–1	Sheffield United	Walkers Stadium
18:00	Morrison 26' Fryatt 35' (pen.)		Camara 47'	Attendance: 23,999

28 December 2009	Sheffield United	1–0	Preston North End	Bramall Lane
15:00	Ward 86'			Attendance: 25,231

16 January 2010	Sheffield United	1–0	Middlesbrough	Bramall Lane
15:00	Cresswell 56'			Attendance: 23,974

26 January 2010	Sheffield United	3–0	Reading	Bramall Lane
15:00	Fortune 12' Cresswell 42' Morgan 80'			Attendance: 24,009

30 January 2010	West Bromwich Albion	3–1	Sheffield United	The Hawthorns
15:00	Dorrans 19' (pen.) Bednář 30' Thomas 50'		Henderson 49' (pen.)	Attendance: 22,193

2 February 2010	Watford	3–0	Sheffield United	Vicarage Road
19:45	Cleverley 39' Helguson 55' Cowie 74'			Attendance: 13,076

6 February 2010	Sheffield United	1–1	Derby County	Bramall Lane
15:00	Williamson 90'		Savage 17'	Attendance: 25,300

9 February 2010	Preston North End	2–1	Sheffield United	Deepdale
19:45	James 17' Parkin 71'		Yeates 81'	Attendance: 10,270

13 February 2010	Sheffield United	2–0	Bristol City	Bramall Lane
15:00	Camara 49' Henderson 62'			Attendance: 22,613

16 February 2010	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Sheffield United	City Ground
19:45	Earnshaw 4'		Henderson 46'	Attendance: 22,076

27 February 2010	Sheffield United	4–3	Plymouth Argyle	Bramall Lane
15:00	Camara 7' Ward 35', 47' Cresswell 80'		Bolasie 48' Mason 56' Mackie 85'	Attendance: 24,886

6 March 2010	Crystal Palace	1–0	Sheffield United	Selhurst Park
15:00	Lee 23'			Attendance: 13,455

9 March 2010	Peterborough United	1–0	Sheffield United	London Road
19:30	Mackail-Smith 40'			Attendance: 6,674

13 March 2010	Sheffield United	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Bramall Lane
15:00	Cresswell 44'		Taarabt 49'	Attendance: 23,456

16 March 2010	Sheffield United	3–0	Blackpool	Bramall Lane
19:45	Cresswell 1', 66' Montgomery 43'			Attendance: 22,555

20 March 2010	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Sheffield United	Keepmoat Stadium
15:00	Hayter 5'		Harper 88'	Attendance: 13,026

24 March 2010	Cardiff City	1–1	Sheffield United	Cardiff City Stadium
19:45	Bothroyd 45'		Quinn 67'	Attendance: 18,715

28 March 2010	Sheffield United	0–1	Scunthorpe United	Bramall Lane
12:15			Hayes 45'	Attendance: 23,005

3 April 2010	Sheffield United	0–0	Barnsley	Bramall Lane
15:00	Connolly 90'			Attendance: 24,808

5 April 2010	Newcastle United	2–1	Sheffield United	St James' Park
19:45	Løvenkrands 45' (pen.) Nolan 73'		Cresswell 22'	Attendance: 48,270

10 April 2010	Sheffield United	1–0	Coventry City	Bramall Lane
15:00	Cresswell 47'			Attendance: 23,603

18 April 2010	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Sheffield United	Hillsborough
13:00	Potter 41'		Williamson 60'	Attendance: 35,485

24 April 2010	Sheffield United	2–0	Swansea City	Bramall Lane
15:00	Cresswell 62' de Vries 90' (o.g.)			Attendance: 25,966

2 May 2010	Ipswich Town	0–3	Sheffield United	Portman Road
13:00	Eastman 58'		Yeates 34' Evans 56' Cresswell 66'	Attendance: 23,003

FA Cup

3 January 2010 Round 3	Sheffield United	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Bramall Lane
15:00	Cresswell 45'		Simpson 39'	Attendance: 11,461

12 January 2010 Round 3 (replay)	Queens Park Rangers	2–3	Sheffield United	Loftus Road
19:45	Buzsaky 71' (pen.) Stewart 88'		Williamson 19' Ward 68' Cresswell 70'	Attendance: 5,780

23 January 2010 Round 4	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	Sheffield United	Reebok Stadium
15:00	Steinsson 48' Elmander 84'			Attendance: 14,572

League Cup

11 August 2009 Round 1	Port Vale	1–2	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane
19:45	Sharp 33'		Richards 20', 61'	Attendance: 7,627

Summer friendlies and Malta tour

Sheffield United are due to play three friendly matches in July all away as well as tour of Malta. The Friendlies are:

10 July 2010: Mansfield Town F.C.
12 July – 17 July: Malta Tour
20 July 2010: Burton Albion F.C.
24 July 2010: Rotherham United F.C.

References

↑ "Kenny signs new Blades contract". BBC Sport. 2009-11-06. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
↑ "Sheffield United appoint new Chief Executive". Sheffield United F.C. 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
↑ "Darius on his first hat-trick". Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United F.C. 2009-11-28. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
↑ "Sheff Utd 1–1 QPR". BBC Sport. 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2010-01-03.

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[1] "Kenny signs new Blades contract". BBC Sport. 2009-11-06. Retrieved 2009-11-06.

[2] "Sheffield United appoint new Chief Executive". Sheffield United F.C. 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2009-11-20.

[3] "Darius on his first hat-trick". Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United F.C. 2009-11-28. Retrieved 2009-11-28.

[4] "Sheff Utd 1–1 QPR". BBC Sport. 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2010-01-03.