2009–10 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Crystal Palace
2009–10 season
Chairman	Simon Jordan
Manager	Neil Warnock; Paul Hart
Championship	21st
FA Cup	Fifth Round
League Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Darren Ambrose (15); All: ; Darren Ambrose (20)
Highest home attendance	20,643 v Newcastle United,; 22 August 2009
Lowest home attendance	12,283 v Swansea City,; 9 February 2010
Average home league attendance	14,770
Home colours	Away colours

The Crystal Palace F.C. season 2009–10 was Crystal Palace's 5th consecutive season in the Championship, after a 15th-placed finish in the previous campaign. The season started well before taking a turn for the worse when the club was placed into administration at the end of January 2010, culminating in manager Neil Warnock leaving his job just over a month later and being replaced by Paul Hart, whose tenure saw the club survive relegation on the final day of the season.

Statistics

Last updated on 2 May 2010.[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Julián Speroni	52	-62	45	-50	5	-9	2	-3
2	DF		Nathaniel Clyne	28	1	19+3	1	5	0	1	0
3	DF		Clint Hill	48	1	43	1	3	0	2	0
4	MF		Shaun Derry	53	0	46	0	5	0	2	0
5	DF		Paddy McCarthy	22	0	20	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF		José Fonte	25	1	22	1	1	0	2	0
7	MF		Darren Ambrose	53	20	44+2	15	5	3	2	2
8	MF		Neil Danns	49	9	41+1	8	5	1	2	0
9	FW		Stern John	16	2	7+9	2	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Nick Carle	26	1	14+8	1	3	0	0+1	0
11	FW		Victor Moses[notes 1]	21	6	14+4	6	1	0	2	0
12	GK		Darryl Flahavan	1	-2	1	-2	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Sean Scannell[notes 2]	29	2	11+15	2	1	0	0+2	0
15	DF		Lee Hills	19	0	10+9	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Freddie Sears	19	0	11+7	0	0	0	1	0
17	DF		Matthew Lawrence	21	0	14+4	0	2+1	0	0	0
18	FW		Calvin Andrew	32	2	13+14	1	0+5	1	0	0
19	FW		Alan Lee	47	8	33+9	7	4	1	1	0
20	DF		Danny Butterfield	42	3	36+1	0	4	3	1	0
21	MF		Kieran Djilali	11	1	2+6	1	0+2	0	0+1	0
22	DF		Johannes Ertl	36	1	29+4	0	2	1	0+1	0
24	DF		Claude Davis	26	0	19+2	0	5	0	0	0
28	MF		James Comley	2	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
29	MF		Ryan Smith	6	0	0+5	0	0	0	0+1	0
33	MF		Alassane N'Diaye	29	3	12+14	3	1	0	2	0
34	MF		Alex Wynter	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
36	FW		Wilfried Zaha[notes 3]	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Neil Warnock (July–March)/ Paul Hart (March–May)/
Assistant manager	Mick Jones (July–March)/ Dougie Freedman (March–)
First team coach	Keith Curle (July–March)/ John Pemberton (March–May)
Goalkeeping coach	Jim Stannard
Chief scout	Kevin Randall (July–March)
Fitness coach	Chris Short
Reserve team manager	Ronnie Jepson
Academy manager	David Moss
U18 team/Assistant academy manager	Gary Issott
U13 team	John Salako
Academy coach	Mark Bright
Physiotherapists	Nigel Cox; Sangi Patel and Stuart Wardle

Source:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
19	Coventry City	46	13	15	18	47	64	−17	54
20	Scunthorpe United	46	14	10	22	62	84	−22	52
21	Crystal Palace	46	14	17	15	50	53	−3	49[lower-alpha 1]
22	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	46	11	14	21	49	69	−20	47	Relegation to Football League One
23	Plymouth Argyle (R)	46	11	8	27	43	68	−25	41	Relegation to Football League One

Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

Crystal Palace were given a ten-point deduction for entering administration.[2]

Matches

Pre-season

9 July 2009	Boreham Wood	0–4	Crystal Palace	Borehamwood
19:30		(Report)	Marić 28' Ertl 32' Djilali 45' Thomas 60'	Stadium: Meadow Park

13 July 2009	Crystal Palace Baltimore	2–5	Crystal Palace	Waldorf, Maryland
20:00 (local time)	Teixeira 15' Seabrook 55'	(Report)	Lee 11' Flores 42' (o.g.), 90' (o.g.) Sears 48' N'Diaye 71'	Stadium: Regency Furniture Stadium Attendance: 2,136

16 July 2009	Harrisburg City Islanders	1–3	Crystal Palace	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
19:00 (local time)	Swartzendruber 69'	(Report)	Sears 33' Ambrose 38' Danns 45'	Stadium: Clipper Magazine Stadium Attendance: 5,099

21 July 2009	Brentford	2–2	Crystal Palace	London
19:45	Derry 29' (o.g.) Weston 56'	(Report)	Ambrose 22' Fonte 77'	Stadium: Griffin Park

24 July 2009	Bristol Rovers	0–3	Crystal Palace	Bristol
19:45		(Report)	Sears 29' Danns 84' (pen.) N'Diaye 89'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,174

25 July 2009	Sutton United	0–2	Crystal Palace XI	Sutton
15:00		[ (Report)]	M. Wright 3' Pinney 85'	Stadium: Gander Green Lane

25 July 2009	Northwood	1–0	Crystal Palace XI	London
15:00	Matthews 75'	[ (Report)]		Stadium: Northwood Park

27 July 2009	Croydon Athletic	1–1	Crystal Palace XI	London
19:30	Noel 62'	[ (Report)]	Roberts 11'	Stadium: Keith Tuckey Stadium

28 July 2009	Crystal Palace	0–1	Norwich City	London
19:30		(Report)	Whaley 63'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 2,216 Referee: David Phillips

29 July 2009	East Grinstead Town	0–6	Crystal Palace XI	East Grinstead
19:30		[ (Report)]	Pinney 18' Scannell 62' N'Diaye 64' Cadogan 69, 84' Thomas 88'	Stadium: GAC Stadium

30 July 2009	Bromley	0–1	Crystal Palace	London
19:45		(Report)	N'Diaye 70'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Referee: Phil Crossley

2 August 2009	Crystal Palace	0–1	Gillingham	London
14:00		(Report)	Payne 62'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 1,980 Referee: Grant Hegley

5 August 2009	Whyteleafe	0–2	Crystal Palace XI	Whyteleafe
19:30		[ (Report)]	Thomas 30' Wright	Stadium: Church Road

Football League Championship

8 August 2009 1	Crystal Palace	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	London
15:00	Lee 63'	(Report)	Timár 5'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 14,358 Referee: Andy Penn

15 August 2009 2	Bristol City	1–0	Crystal Palace	Bristol
15:00	Maynard 89'	(Report)		Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 14,603 Referee: Rob Shoebridge

18 August 2009 3	Ipswich Town	1–3	Crystal Palace	Ipswich
19:45	Bruce 62'	(Report)	Ambrose 49', 50' Danns 69'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 20,348 Referee: Keith Hill

22 August 2009 4	Crystal Palace	0–2	Newcastle United	London
15:00		(Report)	Nolan 2' Taylor 21'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 20,643 Referee: Andy D'Urso

31 August 2009 5	Peterborough United	1–1	Crystal Palace	Peterborough
17:15	Batt 53'	(Report)	Lee 64' McCarthy 74'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 8,473 Referee: Kevin Friend

12 September 2009 6	Crystal Palace	0–4	Scunthorpe United	London
15:00		(Report)	Forte 4' Hayes 58' Togwell 66' O'Connor 68'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 12,912 Referee: Grant Hegley

19 September 2009 7	Crystal Palace	1–0	Derby County	London
15:00	Ambrose 55'	(Report)		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 12,760 Referee: Michael Oliver

26 September 2009 8	West Bromwich Albion	0–1	Crystal Palace	West Bromwich
15:00		(Report)	N'Diaye 63'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 21,007 Referee: Russell Booth

29 September 2009 9	Crystal Palace	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	London
20:00		(Report)		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 12,476 Referee: Trevor Kettle

3 October 2009 10	Crystal Palace	4–1	Blackpool	London
15:00	Lee 4' Danns 32' Ambrose 66' N'Diaye 89'	(Report)	Baptiste 53'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 15,749 Referee: Anthony Taylor

17 October 2009 11	Cardiff City	1–1	Crystal Palace	Cardiff
15:00	Whittingham 19'	(Report)	Hudson 13' (o.g.)	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,457 Referee: Steve Tanner

20 October 2009 12	Leicester City	2–0	Crystal Palace	Leicester
19:45	Gallagher 59, 81'	(Report)		Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 22,220 Referee: Roger East

24 October 2009 13	Crystal Palace	1–1	Nottingham Forest	London
15:00	Ambrose 40'	(Report)	McGoldrick 48'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 15,692 Referee: Graham Horwood

31 October 2009 14	Preston North End	1–1	Crystal Palace	Preston
15:00	Wallace 35'	(Report)	Ambrose 37'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,558 Referee: David Foster

3 November 2009 15	Queens Park Rangers	1–1	Crystal Palace	London
20:00	Buzsáky 19' (pen.)	(Report)	Ambrose 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,377 Referee: Mick Russell

7 November 2009 16	Crystal Palace	1–0	Middlesbrough	London
15:00	Ambrose 65'	(Report)		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 15,321 Referee: James Linington

21 November 2009 17	Coventry City	1–1	Crystal Palace	Coventry
15:00	Best 47'	(Report)	Ambrose 28'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 18,400 Referee: Jarnail Singh

28 November 2009 18	Crystal Palace	3–0	Watford	London
15:00	Moses 2' Lee 6' Ambrose 54'	(Report)		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 14,085 Referee: Oliver Langford

5 December 2009 19	Crystal Palace	0–3	Doncaster Rovers	London
15:00		(Report)	Sharp 41' Woods 61' Hayter 82'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 13,985 Referee: Paul Miller

8 December 2009 20	Reading	2–4	Crystal Palace	Reading
19:45	Pearce 31' Sigurðsson 80' (pen.)	(Report)	Clyne 7' Ambrose 45+1' Moses 45+2', 88'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 16,629 Referee: Kevin Friend

12 December 2009 21	Sheffield United	2–0	Crystal Palace	Sheffield
15:00	Williamson 21' Quinn 90+1'	(Report)		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 25,510 Referee: Colin Webster

19 December 2009 22	Crystal Palace	1–1	Barnsley	London
15:00	Moses 51'	(Report)	Bogdanovic 19'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 14,279 Referee: Keith Hill

26 December 2009 23	Crystal Palace	3–1	Ipswich Town	London
13:00	Fonte 38' Danns 58' Moses 90+4'	(Report)	Peters 19' Stead 39'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 16,496 Referee: Paul Taylor

28 December 2009 24	Swansea City	0–0	Crystal Palace	Swansea
15:00	Serrán 17'	(Report)		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 18,794 Referee: Anthony Taylor

16 January 2010 25	Plymouth Argyle	0–1	Crystal Palace	Plymouth
15:00		(Report)	Moses 17'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 9,318 Referee: Anthony Bates

27 January 2010 26	Newcastle United	2–0	Crystal Palace	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Derry 20' (o.g.) Ranger 90+4'	(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 37,886 Referee: Russell Booth

30 January 2010 27	Crystal Palace	2–0	Peterborough United	London
15:00	Danns 28', 65'	(Report)		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 14,699 Referee: Graham Salisbury

6 February 2010 28	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Crystal Palace	Scunthorpe
15:00	Williams 72' Mirfin 84'	(Report)	Ambrose 63' Danns 90+3'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 5,695 Referee: Paul Tierney

9 February 2010 29	Crystal Palace	0–1	Swansea City	London
20:00		(Report)	Kuqi 14'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 12,283 Referee: Graham Scott

17 February 2010 30	Crystal Palace	1–3	Reading	London
20:00	Scannell 55'	(Report)	Church 23, 81' Kébé 47'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 13,259 Referee: Dean Whitestone

20 February 2010 31	Crystal Palace	0–1	Coventry City	London
15:00		(Report)	Bell 85'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 13,333 Referee: Darren Deadman

27 February 2010 32	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Crystal Palace	Doncaster
15:00	Coppinger 37'	(Report)	Djilali 67'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 9,779 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

6 March 2010 33	Crystal Palace	1–0	Sheffield United	London
15:00	Lee 23'	(Report)		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 13,455 Referee: Andy Penn

9 March 2010 34	Crystal Palace	0–1	Bristol City	London
20:00		(Report)	Iwelumo 73'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 12,844 Referee: Mick Russell

13 March 2010 35	Barnsley	0–0	Crystal Palace	Barnsley
15:00		(Report)		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,416 Referee: Trevor Kettle

16 March 2010 36	Crystal Palace	0–1	Leicester City	London
20:00	Davis 43'	(Report)	Berner 53'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 12,721 Referee: Steve Tanner

20 March 2010 37	Blackpool	2–2	Crystal Palace	Blackpool
15:00	Adam 47' Burgess 89'	(Report)	Carle 3' Ambrose 34'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,702 Referee: Phil Gibbs

23 March 2010 38	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Crystal Palace	Nottingham
19:45	Morgan 45+3' Tyson 82'	(Report)	Lawrence 51'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 20,025 Referee: Andy Hall

27 March 2010 39	Crystal Palace	1–2	Cardiff City	London
12:45	Hill 58'	(Report)	Gyepes 4' Burke 67'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 13,464 Referee: Carl Boyeson

30 March 2010 40	Watford	1–3	Crystal Palace	Watford
19:45	Graham 83'	(Report)	John 31' Scannell 51' Danns 66' Hills 87'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 15,134 Referee: Paul Taylor

3 April 2010 41	Middlesbrough	1–1	Crystal Palace	Middlesbrough
15:00	McDonald 15'	(Report)	N'Diaye 45'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 18,428 Referee: Graham Salisbury

5 April 2010 42	Crystal Palace	3–1	Preston North End	London
15:00	Danns 40' Ambrose 50' Andrew 84'	(Report)	Treacy 8'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 16,642 Referee: Roger East

10 April 2010 43	Crystal Palace	0–2	Queens Park Rangers	London
15:00		(Report)	Buzsáky 11' Gorkšs 60'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 20,430 Referee: Nigel Miller

17 April 2010 44	Derby County	1–1	Crystal Palace	Derby
15:00	Anderson 6'	(Report)	John 86'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 30,255 Referee: Anthony Bates

26 April 2010 45	Crystal Palace	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	London
20:00	Reid 17' (o.g.) Danns 83'	(Report)	Tamaş 21'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 17,798 Referee: Dean Whitestone

2 May 2010 46	Sheffield Wednesday	2–2	Crystal Palace	Sheffield
13:00	Clarke 43' Purse 87'	(Report)	Lee 24' Ambrose 63'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 37,121 Referee: Mike Dean

Football League Cup

11 August 2009 Round 1	Crystal Palace	2–1	Torquay United	London
19:30	Ambrose 65', 78' (pen.)	(Report)	Sills 74'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 3,140 Referee: David Phillips

27 August 2009 Round 2	Crystal Palace	0–2	Manchester City	London
20:00		(Report)	Wright-Phillips 50' Tevez 71'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 14,725 Referee: Darren Deadman

FA Cup

2 January 2010 Round 3	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Crystal Palace	Sheffield
15:00	Hill 44' (o.g.)	(Report)	Danns 19' Andrew 68'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 8,690 Referee: Nigel Miller

23 January 2010 Round 4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Crystal Palace	Wolverhampton
15:00	David Jones 37' Zubar 84'	(Report)	Lee 3' Ambrose 49'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 14,449 Referee: Chris Foy

2 February 2010 Round 4 replay	Crystal Palace	3–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
19:45	Butterfield 62', 65', 68'	(Report)	Henry 90'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 10,282 Referee: Lee Mason

14 February 2010 Round 5	Crystal Palace	2–2	Aston Villa	London
15:45	Ertl 24' Ambrose 70'	(Report)	Collins 35' Petrov 87'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 20,486 Referee: Kevin Friend

24 February 2010 Round 5 replay	Aston Villa	3–1	Crystal Palace	Birmingham
19:45	Agbonlahor 42' Carew 81' (pen.), 89' (pen.)	(Report)	Ambrose 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,874 Referee: Martin Atkinson

End of season awards

Award	Winner
Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year	Julián Speroni
Crystal Palace F.C. Young Player of the Year	Nathaniel Clyne
Vice Presidents' Player of the Year	Julián Speroni
Vice Presidents' Young Player of the Year	Jack Holland
Scholar Player of the Year	Jack Holland
Academy Player of the Year	Ghassimu Sow
Crystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season	Darren Ambrose v Aston Villa (14–02–10)
Football League Special Achievement Award	Terry Byfield for 25 years' service to the club

References

http://espnfc.com/team/squad/_/id/384/season/2009/league/all/crystal-palace?cc=5739
"Crystal Palace in Administration". Football League. 28 January 2010. Archived from the original on 31 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.

Notes

Moses was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but obtained asylum in England at the age of 11, and represented them at youth level before making his international debut for Nigeria in 2012.
Scannell was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland internationally through his father, as well as Jamaica, and has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth and B level.
Zaha was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, but was raised in England from the age of 4, and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for England in November 2012. He would switch his international allegiance back to the Ivory Coast in November 2016 and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in January 2017.

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[table_hth_CRY0.97397701068501-6] Crystal Palace were given a ten-point deduction for entering administration.[2]

[1] ttp://espnfc.com/team/squad/_/id/384/season/2009/league/all/crystal-palace?cc=5739

[5] "Crystal Palace in Administration". Football League. 28 January 2010. Archived from the original on 31 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.

[2] Moses was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but obtained asylum in England at the age of 11, and represented them at youth level before making his international debut for Nigeria in 2012.

[3] Scannell was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland internationally through his father, as well as Jamaica, and has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth and B level.

[4] Zaha was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, but was raised in England from the age of 4, and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for England in November 2012. He would switch his international allegiance back to the Ivory Coast in November 2016 and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in January 2017.