2009–10 Hartlepool United F.C. season

Hartlepool United
2009–10 season
Owner	IOR
Chairman	Ken Hodcroft
Manager	Chris Turner
Stadium	Victoria Park
Football League One	20th
FA Cup	First round ; (Eliminated by Kettering Town)
Football League Cup	Second round ; (Eliminated by Burnley)
Football League Trophy	First round ; (Eliminated by Grimsby Town)
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Monkhouse (11); All: Andy Monkhouse (11)
Highest home attendance	5,115 (vs Leeds United)
Lowest home attendance	1,675 (vs Grimsby Town)

The 2009–10 season was Hartlepool United's 101st year in existence and their third consecutive season in League One.[1] Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010.

Players

As of End of Season.[2]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Scott Flinders
2	DF	Neil Austin
3	MF	Ritchie Humphreys
4	MF	Gary Liddle
5	DF	Sam Collins
6	DF	Ben Clark
7	MF	Leon McSweeney
8	MF	Ritchie Jones
9	FW	Denis Behan
10	FW	Adam Boyd
11	MF	Andy Monkhouse
12	FW	James Brown
14	MF	Jonny Rowell
15	MF	Antony Sweeney
16	DF	Steven Haslam

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Michael Mackay
19	MF	Jon André Fredriksen
20	MF	Alan Power
21	GK	Mark Cook
22	FW	Matty Tymon
23	FW	Colin Larkin
24	FW	Billy Greulich
26	FW	Ármann Björnsson
27	DF	Julian Cherel
28	DF	Dylan Purvis
29	DF	Peter Hartley
30	MF	Joe Gamble
31	GK	Nick Thomas
32	FW	Roy O'Donovan

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Player	From	Fee	Ref
2 May 2009	FW	Adam Boyd	Leyton Orient	Undisclosed	[3]
15 May 2009	MF	Leon McSweeney	Stockport County	Undisclosed	[4]
28 May 2009	DF	Peter Hartley	Sunderland	Free	[5]
10 June 2009	DF	Neil Austin	Darlington	Undisclosed	[6]
26 June 2009	GK	Scott Flinders	Crystal Palace	Free	[7]
13 July 2009	MF	Jon André Fredriksen	Sarpsborg	Undisclosed	[8]
20 July 2009	FW	Denis Behan	Cork City	Undisclosed	[9]
6 August 2009	DF	Steven Haslam	Bury	Free	[10]
25 August 2009	FW	Ármann Björnsson	Brann	Undisclosed	[11]
25 September 2009	DF	Julian Cherel	Mondeville	Free	[12]
5 January 2010	MF	Joe Gamble	Cork City	Free	[13]

Loans in

Date	Position	Player	From	End date	Ref
23 February 2010	FW	Roy O'Donovan	Sunderland	1 June 2010	[14]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref
24 April 2009	FW	Joel Porter	Gold Coast United	Free	[15]
19 June 2009	DF	Michael Nelson	Norwich City	Free	[16]
30 June 2009	DF	Matty Robson	Carlisle United	Free	[17]
21 August 2009	GK	Arran Lee-Barrett	Ipswich Town	Free	[18]
16 September 2009	GK	Jan Budtz	Eastwood Town	Free
8 October 2009	DF	Jamie McCunnie	East Fife	Free	[19]
21 October 2009	MF	Willie Boland	Retired	N/A	[20]
15 February 2010	FW	David Foley	Puerto Rico Islanders	Free	[21]

Loans out

Date	Position	Player	To	End date	Ref
3 August 2009	FW	Michael Mackay	Gateshead	1 January 2010	[22]
15 August 2009	FW	Matty Tymon	Whitby Town	15 September 2009	[23]
21 August 2009	FW	David Foley	Barrow	21 September 2009	[24]

Results

Pre-season friendlies

13 July 2009 (2009-07-13) Friendly	FC Volendam	3–2	Hartlepool United	Sportpark Het Maalwater, Heiloo
19:00	Sluijter 7', 49' Kramer 12'	Report	Sweeney 54' Mackay 60'

15 July 2009 (2009-07-15) Friendly	Cambuur	4–2	Hartlepool United	Cambuur
19:00	van der Heide 12', 52' ter Heide 62' Nassir Maachi 71'	Report	Rowell 50' Monkhouse 84'

21 July 2009 (2009-07-21) Friendly	Hartlepool United	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:00		Report	Tudgay 13' France 19'	Attendance: 1,625

24 July 2009 (2009-07-24) Friendly	York City	2–0	Hartlepool United	KitKat Crescent, York
19:00	Mackin 55' Jackson 90'	Report		Attendance: 754

30 July 2009 (2009-07-30) Friendly	Gateshead	1–2	Hartlepool United	Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead
19:00	Francis 90'	Report	Monkhouse 20' Behan 54'

1 August 2009 (2009-08-01) Friendly	Mansfield Town	1–2	Hartlepool United	Field Mill, Mansfield
15:00	Clare 23'	Report	McSweeney 38' Larkin 70'	Attendance: 1,798

League One

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	14	11	21	59	67	−8	53	10	6	7	33	26	+7	4	5	14	26	41	−15

Results by matchday

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	D
Position	12	19	20	18	21	11	13	18	11	12	15	15	13	10	11	9	12	12	11	11	12	12	14	11	12	12	14	14	16	16	20	16	17	15	16	18	19	20	18	16	17	16	15	16	16	20

Source: InTheMadCrowd
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

8 August 2009 (2009-08-08) 1	Milton Keynes Dons	0–0	Hartlepool United	Stadium MK, Milton Keynes
15:00		Report		Attendance: 8,965 Referee: Keith Hill

15 August 2009 (2009-08-15) 2	Hartlepool United	0–2	Charlton Athletic	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00		Report	Burton 23' Bailey 27'	Attendance: 4,408 Referee: Carl Boyeson

18 August 2009 (2009-08-18) 3	Hartlepool United	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45	Behan 31'	Report	Lescott 39' Kuffour 45'	Attendance: 3,137 Referee: Karl Evans

22 August 2009 (2009-08-22) 4	Gillingham	0–1	Hartlepool United	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham
15:00		Report	Brown 65'	Attendance: 4,969 Referee: Danny McDermid

29 August 2009 (2009-08-29) 5	Hartlepool United	0–2	Norwich City	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00		Report	Nelson 27' Hughes 64'	Attendance: 4,470 Referee: Scott Mathieson

4 September 2009 (2009-09-04) 6	Oldham Athletic	0–3	Hartlepool United	Boundary Park, Oldham
19:45		Report	Brown 21' McSweeney 37' Behan 60'	Attendance: 4,014 Referee: Rob Shoebridge

12 September 2009 (2009-09-12) 7	Hartlepool United	1–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Boyd 79'	Report	Beavon 50'	Attendance: 3,326 Referee: Scott Mathieson

19 September 2009 (2009-09-19) 8	Colchester United	2–0	Hartlepool United	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester
15:00	Lisbie 45' (pen.), 47' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 4,259 Referee: Andy Woolmer

26 September 2009 (2009-09-26) 9	Hartlepool United	3–0	Walsall	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Monkhouse 25', 50' Larkin 75'	Report		Attendance: 3,334 Referee: Dave Foster

29 September 2009 (2009-09-29) 10	Stockport County	2–2	Hartlepool United	Edgeley Park, Stockport
19:45	Bignall 16' Raynes 17'	Report	Boyd 51' Behan 75'	Attendance: 3,780 Referee: Chris Sarginson

3 October 2009 (2009-10-03) 11	Exeter City	3–1	Hartlepool United	St James Park, Exeter
15:00	Harley 34' Fleetwood 62' Dunne 90'	Report	Behan 23'	Attendance: 4,706 Referee: James Linington

10 October 2009 (2009-10-10) 12	Hartlepool United	0–0	Brentford	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00		Report		Attendance: 3,105 Referee: Graham Salisbury

17 October 2009 (2009-10-17) 13	Swindon Town	0–2	Hartlepool United	County Ground, Swindon
15:00		Report	Brown 2' Monkhouse 30'	Attendance: 7,096 Referee: Trevor Kettle

24 October 2009 (2009-10-24) 14	Hartlepool United	1–0	Tranmere Rovers	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Hartley 43'	Report		Attendance: 3,428 Referee: Gary Sutton

31 October 2009 (2009-10-31) 15	Brighton and Hove Albion	3–3	Hartlepool United	Withdean Stadium, Brighton
15:00	Dickinson 27' Forster 39', 48'	Report	Boyd 6' Monkhouse 43' Jones 45'	Attendance: 5,694 Referee: Pat Miller

14 November 2009 (2009-11-14) 16	Hartlepool United	1–0	Leyton Orient	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Boyd 81'	Report		Attendance: 3,119 Referee: Craig Pawson

21 November 2009 (2009-11-21) 17	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Hartlepool United	Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
15:00	Hartley 56' (o.g.) Williams 66'	Report	Liddle 18'	Attendance: 12,518 Referee: Paul Tierney

24 November 2009 (2009-11-24) 18	Hartlepool United	1–3	Southampton	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45	Monkhouse 16'	Report	Lallana 29', 53' Lambert 82'	Attendance: 3,818 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

1 December 2009 (2009-12-01) 19	Carlisle United	3–2	Hartlepool United	Brunton Park, Carlisle
15:00	Harte 33' Taiwo 52' Robson 63'	Report	Björnsson 5' Monkhouse 90'	Attendance: 4,109 Referee: Anthony Taylor

5 December 2009 (2009-12-05) 20	Hartlepool United	3–0	Millwall	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Hartley 12' Boyd 22' Björnsson 29'	Report		Attendance: 3,153 Referee: Jock Waugh

12 December 2009 (2009-12-12) 21	Southend United	3–2	Hartlepool United	Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
15:00	Laurent 49' Barnard 56', 74'	Report	Boyd 8' Grant 31' (o.g.)	Attendance: 7,737 Referee: Phil Gibbs

5 December 2009 (2009-12-05) 22	Hartlepool United	1–1	Yeovil Town	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Monkhouse 67'	Report	Williams 33'	Attendance: 2,778 Referee: Russell Booth

26 December 2009 (2009-12-26) 23	Leeds United	3–1	Hartlepool United	Elland Road, Leeds
15:00	Beckford 38', 69' Becchio 45'	Report	Boyd 8' Björnsson 31' (o.g.)	Attendance: 30,191 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

2 January 2010 (2010-01-02) 24	Hartlepool United	2–1	Oldham Athletic	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Jones 32' Monkhouse 40'	Report	Abbott 88'	Attendance: 2,634 Referee: Carl Boyeson

16 January 2010 (2010-01-16) 25	Hartlepool United	0–5	Milton Keynes Dons	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00		Report	Easter 4' Liddle 22' (o.g.) Leven 54' Baldock 77' Puncheon 82'	Attendance: 3,211 Referee: Chris Sarginson

19 January 2010 (2010-01-19) 26	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Hartlepool United	The Valley, Charlton
19:45	Mooney 31' Wagstaff 79'	Report	Behan 51' (pen.)	Attendance: 14,636 Referee: Steve Tanner

23 January 2010 (2010-01-23) 27	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Hartlepool United	Memorial Stadium, Bristol
15:00	Lines 3' Duffy 66'	Report		Attendance: 5,794 Referee: Gavin Ward

26 January 2010 (2010-01-26) 28	Hartlepool United	1–1	Gillingham	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45	Austin 79'	Report	Jackson 70'	Attendance: 2,465 Referee: Keith Hill

30 January 2010 (2010-01-30) 29	Norwich City	2–1	Hartlepool United	Carrow Road, Norwich
15:00	McDonald 27' Rose 32'	Report	Austin 26'	Attendance: 25,506 Referee: Paul Taylor

6 February 2010 (2010-02-06) 30	Hartlepool United	2–2	Leeds United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Boyd 71' Sweeney 90'	Report	Becchio 23', 78'	Attendance: 5,115 Referee: Scott Mathieson

20 February 2010 (2010-02-20) 31	Hartlepool United	0–2	Huddersfield Town	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00		Report	Roberts 17' (pen.) Novak 66'	Attendance: 4,452 Referee: Anthony Taylor

23 February 2010 (2010-02-23) 32	Hartlepool United	4–1	Carlisle United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45	Jones 6', 74' Sweeney 28' Gamble 42'	Report	Dobie 10'	Attendance: 2,975 Referee: Colin Webster

27 February 2010 (2010-02-27) 33	Millwall	1–0	Hartlepool United	The Den, Bermondsey
15:00	Harris 9'	Report		Attendance: 10,818 Referee: Mick Russell

6 March 2010 (2010-03-06) 34	Hartlepool United	3–0	Southend United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	O'Donovan 16', 32', 90'	Report		Attendance: 3,299 Referee: Jock Waugh

13 March 2010 (2010-03-13) 35	Yeovil Town	4–0	Hartlepool United	Huish Park, Yeovil
15:00	Tomlin 20' (pen.) Williams 38' Collins 50' (o.g.) Bowditch 71'	Report		Attendance: 3,169 Referee: Steven Rushton

19 March 2010 (2010-03-19) 36	Tranmere Rovers	0–0	Hartlepool United	Prenton Park, Birkenhead
19:45		Report		Attendance: 5,409 Referee: Karl Evans

23 March 2010 (2010-03-23) 37	Southampton	3–2	Hartlepool United	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
19:45	Barnard 13' Lambert 38' Waigo 56'	Report	Monkhouse 10' Austin 57'	Attendance: 18,072 Referee: Andy D'Urso

27 March 2010 (2010-03-27) 38	Hartlepool United	0–1	Swindon Town	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00		Report	Austin 22'	Attendance: 3,536 Referee: Michael Oliver

3 April 2010 (2010-04-03) 39	Leyton Orient	1–3	Hartlepool United	Brisbane Road, Leyton
15:00	Patulea 84'	Report	Liddle 22', 39' O'Donovan 27'	Attendance: 3,604 Referee: Andy Penn

5 April 2010 (2010-04-05) 40	Hartlepool United	2–0	Brighton and Hove Albion	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	O'Donovan 54' Monkhouse 70'	Report		Attendance: 3,466 Referee: Mark Haywood

10 April 2010 (2010-04-10) 41	Wycombe Wanderers	2–0	Hartlepool United	Adams Park, High Wycombe
15:00	Pittman 66' Phillips 88'	Report		Attendance: 4,342 Referee: Darren Sheldrake

13 April 2010 (2010-04-13) 42	Hartlepool United	3–0	Stockport County	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45	Gamble 14' Monkhouse 56' O'Donovan 90'	Report		Attendance: 2,869 Referee: Andy Hall

17 April 2010 (2010-04-17) 43	Hartlepool United	3–1	Colchester United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Brown 11' O'Donovan 19', 85' (pen.)	Report	Henderson 8'	Attendance: 3,126 Referee: Jonathan Moss

24 April 2010 (2010-04-24) 44	Walsall	3–1	Hartlepool United	Banks's Stadium, Walsall
15:00	Gray 7' Deeney 29' Taundry 76'	Report	O'Donovan 27'	Attendance: 3,457 Referee: Fred Graham

1 May 2010 (2010-05-01) 45	Hartlepool United	1–1	Exeter City	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Behan 80'	Report	Taylor 37'	Attendance: 3,983 Referee: Graham Salisbury

8 May 2010 (2010-05-08) 46	Brentford	0–0	Hartlepool United	Griffin Park, Brentford
15:00		Report		Attendance: 6,893 Referee: Danny McDermid

FA Cup

7 November 2009 (2009-11-07) First round	Hartlepool United	0–1	Kettering Town	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00		Report	Ashikodi 15'	Attendance: 2,645 Referee: Mark Haywood

League Cup

12 August 2009 (2009-08-12) First round	Coventry City	0–1	Hartlepool United	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
19:45		Report	Boyd 105'	Attendance: 1,892 Referee: Mark Haywood

25 August 2009 (2009-08-25) Second round	Hartlepool United	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Burnley	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45	Boyd 39'	Report	Fletcher 84', 108'	Attendance: 3,501 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Football League Trophy

6 October 2009 First round	Hartlepool United	0–2	Grimsby Town	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:00		Report	Sweeney 6' Proudlock 34'	Attendance: 1,675 Referee: Nigel Miller

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		Other
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Scott Flinders	50	0	46	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
2	DF		Neil Austin	41	3	39	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
3	MF		Ritchie Humphreys	40	0	38	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF		Gary Liddle	45	3	41	3	1	0	2	0	1	0
5	DF		Sam Collins	48	0	44	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
6	DF		Ben Clark	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Leon McSweeney	34	1	31	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
8	MF		Ritchie Jones	36	4	33	4	1	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW		Denis Behan	33	6	29	6	1	0	2	0	1	0
10	FW		Adam Boyd	44	9	40	7	1	0	2	2	1	0
11	MF		Andy Monkhouse	47	11	43	11	1	0	2	0	1	0
12	FW		James Brown	33	4	32	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF		Jonny Rowell	7	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	MF		Antony Sweeney	45	2	42	2	1	0	2	0	0	0
16	DF		Steven Haslam	18	0	15	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
17	FW		David Foley	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW		Michael Mackay	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Jon André Fredriksen	14	0	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Alan Power	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW		Colin Larkin	26	1	22	1	1	0	2	0	1	0
24	FW		Billy Greulich	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW		Ármann Björnsson	19	3	18	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	DF		Julian Cherel	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Peter Hartley	41	2	38	2	1	0	2	0	0	0
30	MF		Joe Gamble	22	2	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW		Roy O'Donovan	15	9	15	9	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	Name	League One	League Cup	Total
1	Andy Monkhouse	11	0	11
2	Adam Boyd	7	2	9
2	Roy O'Donovan	9	0	9
4	Denis Behan	6	0	6
5	James Brown	4	0	4
5	Ritchie Jones	4	0	4
7	Neil Austin	3	0	3
	Ármann Björnsson	3	0	3
	Gary Liddle	3	0	3
10	Joe Gamble	2	0	2
	Peter Hartley	2	0	2
	Antony Sweeney	2	0	2
13	Colin Larkin	1	0	1
13	Leon McSweeney	1	0	1

Suspensions

Date Incurred	Name	Games Missed	Reason
24 November 2009	Ritchie Jones	1	(vs. Southampton)
12 December 2009	Ben Clark	1	(vs. Southend United)
2 January 2010	Peter Hartley	3	(vs. Oldham Athletic)
20 February 2010	Andy Monkhouse	1

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[2] "Hartlepool United 2009–10". FootballSquads. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

[3] "Adam Boyd Makes Shock Return To Hartlepool". Vital Hartlepool. 2 May 2009.

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[8] "Midfielder Fredriksen Joins Pools". BBC Sport. 13 July 2009.

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[18] "Arran Lee-Barrett Signs For Ipswich". Vital Hartlepool. 21 August 2009.

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[20] "Willie Boland Announces Retirement". Hartlepool United FC. 21 October 2009.

[21] "David Foley Leaves Hartlepool For America". Vital Hartlepool. 15 February 2010.

[22] "Gateshead Bring In Pools Striker Mackay On Six Month Loan". Gateshead FC. 3 August 2009.

[23] "Blues Begin 14th Season in Top Flight". Whitby Gazette. 14 August 2011.

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