2009–10 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End
2009–10 season
Chairman	Derek Shaw
Manager	Darren Ferguson
Football League Championship	17th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Jon Parkin & Neil Mellor(10); All: Jon Parkin (13)
Highest home attendance	23,199 vs Chelsea (FA Cup, 23 January 2010)
Lowest home attendance	5,407 vs Morecambe (League Cup, 11 August 2009)

The 2009–10 Season is Preston North End's 6th season in the Championship. It is their 10th successive season in the second division of the English football league system. They have featured in 4 play offs out of a possible 9 since being promoted from the 3rd Division of the English football league system.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Ipswich Town	46	12	20	14	50	61	−11	56
16	Watford	46	14	12	20	61	68	−7	54
17	Preston North End	46	13	15	18	58	73	−15	54
18	Barnsley	46	14	12	20	53	69	−16	54
19	Coventry City	46	13	15	18	47	64	−17	54

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

Match results

Pre-season friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
11 July 2009	FC Erdal Hallien 04	A	11 – 0	Mellor 7', Brown 24', 32', 45', Mayor 52', 63', Nicholson 65', Parkin 74', 88', Trotman 77', Hawley 85'	N/A
14 July 2009	Bamber Bridge	A	4 – 1	Parkin 26', Trotman 40', Trotman 40', Proctor 60', Smyth 63'	1,369
14 July 2009	Chorley	A	3 – 0	Brown 54', Carter 72', Hawley 81'	N/A
18 July 2009	Tranmere Rovers	A	2 – 1	Parkin 19', 50'	1,775
21 July 2009	Wrexham	A	1 – 1	Chaplow 60'	1,022
25 July 2009	Stoke City	H	2 – 1	Mellor 33', 44'	3,121
28 July 2009	Wigan Athletic	H	1 – 4	Mellor 86'	3,645
1 August 2009	Hibernian	A	3 – 1	Mellor 46', Brown 69', 81'	6,557

Championship

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 August 2009	Bristol City	H	2 – 2	Parkin 82', Davidson 90+6'	13,025
15 August 2009	Doncaster Rovers	A	0 – 0	Brown 28',	10,070
18 August 2009	Barnsley	A	3 – 0	Parry 11', Mellor 32', Parkin 72'	11,850
22 August 2009	Peterborough United	H	2 – 0	Mellor 8', Jones 30'	11,549
29 August 2009	Ipswich Town	A	1 – 1	Wallace 12'	19,454
12 September 2009	Swansea City	H	2 – 0	Mellor 27', Elliott 89'	12,854
15 September 2009	Scunthorpe United	A	1 – 3	Parkin 58'	5,383
19 September 2009	Coventry City	H	3 – 2	Brown (2) 50', 68', Mellor 55',	11,230
26 September 2009	Leicester City	A	2 – 1	Mellor 41', Chaplow 66'	20,623
29 September 2009	Reading	H	1 – 2	Parkin85'	10,987
3 October 2009	West Bromwich Albion	H	0 – 0		12,489
17 October 2009	QPR	A	0 – 4		12,810
20 October 2009	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2 – 1	Mellor 20', Parkin 55'	20,882
24 October 2009	Middlesbrough	H	2 – 2	Parry 61', Jones 90'	16,116
31 October 2009	Crystal Palace	H	1 – 1	Wallace 35'	12,558

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Third Round	January 2010	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
First Round	11 August 2009	Morecambe	H	5 – 1	Brown 33', Elliott 45', Nicholson 57', Trotman 69', Mellor 90'	5,407
Second Round	25 August 2009	Leicester City	H	2 – 1	Brown (2) 14', 65'	6,977
Third Round	23 September 2009	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1 – 5	Brown 83'	16,533

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Previous Club	Cost
3 August 2009	Paul Parry	Cardiff City	Undisclosed[1]
6 August 2009	Veliče Šumulikoski	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed[2]
1 September 2009	Neill Collins	Wolverhampton Wanderers	On loan until January 2010[3]
1 February 2010	Keith Treacy	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed
1 February 2010	Paul Coutts	Peterborough United	Undisclosed
			Total
			Around £650-700k

Out

Date	Player	New Club	Cost
13 May 2009	Andrew Murphy	Chester City	Free Transfer	[4]
2 July 2009	Chris Neal	Shrewsbury Town	Nominal Fee	[5]
20 July 2009	Paul McKenna	Nottingham Forest	£750,000	[6]
24 July 2009	Simon Whaley	Norwich City	Undisclosed	[7]
3 August 2009	Karl Hawley	Notts County	Undisclosed	[8]
			Total
			Around £1,000,000

Loaned out

Date	Player	Club	Return Date
21 August 2009	Neal Trotman	Southampton	January 2010[9]
1 September 2009	Adam Barton	Crawley Town	29 September 2010[10]
1 September 2009	Dominic Collins	Crawley Town	29 September 2010[11]
15 September 2009	Sean St Ledger	Middlesbrough	15 December 2009[12]

Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Nationality	Player	FLC	FA	CC	Total		Ast
1	GK	England	Andrew Lonergan	5	0	3	7	0	0	1	0
2	DF	Scotland	Michael Hart	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	0
3	DF	Scotland	Callum Davidson	5	0	0	5	1	0	2	1
4	MF	England	Richard Chaplow	4	0	2	5	0	0	1	0
5	DF	France	Youl Mawene	2	0	2	3	0	0	2	0
7	MF	England	Chris Sedgwick	4	0	2	6	0	1	0	0
8	MF	Macedonia	Veliče Šumulikoski	3	0	2	4	0	2	0	0
9	FW	England	Chris Brown	5	0	3	7	4	0	0	0
10	MF	Scotland	Barry Nicholson	3	0	1	4	1	1	1	0
11	MF	England	Darren Carter	3	0	3	5	0	0	1	0
12	DF	Ireland	Sean St Ledger	5	0	1	6	0	0	1	0
14	DF	England	Liam Chilvers	4	0	3	6	0	0	1	0
17	MF	Wales	Paul Parry	5	0	2	7	1	1	0	0
19	DF	England	Billy Jones	5	0	2	6	1	2	0	0
21	DF	England	Neal Trotman	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
22	GK	Ireland	Wayne Henderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Scotland	Ross Wallace	5	0	2	6	1	3	1	0
26	FW	England	Jon Parkin	5	0	1	5	2	0	0	0
27	DF	Ireland	Eddie Nolan	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	0
29	FW	Ireland	Stephen Elliott	1	0	3	3	1	0	0	0
33	FW	England	Neil Mellor	3	0	3	5	3	1	0	0
40	MF	England	Adam Barton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	MF	England	Nicholas Farr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
No.	Pos.	Nationality	Player	PL	FA	CC	Total		Ast

Last Update: 30 August 2009
Data includes all competitions
Substitution appearances included as full
FLC – Football League Championship
FA – FA Cup
CC – Carling Cup
Ast – Assists

Top scorer

As of 29 August 2009

P.	Player	Position	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	Jon Parkin	Forward	10	3	0	13
2	Neil Mellor	Forward	10	0	1	11
3	Chris Brown	Forward	6	1	4	11
4	Ross Wallace	Midfielder	7	0	0	7
5	Callum Davidson	Defender	5	0	0	5
6	Billy Jones	Defender	4	0	0	4

Championship results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	D
Position	6	11	6	4	6	4	4	4	3	3	5	6	6	9	9	11	12	13

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

References

"North End Clinch Parry Signing". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 3 August 2009.
"PNE Complete Shumi Signing". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 6 August 2009.
"Loan Wolf Collins Signs in". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 1 September 2009.
"Five Development Players Released". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 13 May 2009.
"Keeper Neal signs for Shrewsbury". BBC SPORT. 2 July 2009.
"Forest snap up Gunter and Mckenna". BBC SPORT. 20 July 2009.
"Double swoop for City". Norwich City F.C. Official Website. 24 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
"Hawley Joins Magpies". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 3 August 2009. Archived from the original on 17 August 2009.
"Trotman Joins Saints". Sky Sports Official Website. 21 August 2009.
"Barton And Collins Loaned Out". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 1 September 2009.
"Barton And Collins Loaned Out". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 1 September 2009.
"St Ledger completes Boro switch". BBC Sport. 15 September 2009.

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[1] "North End Clinch Parry Signing". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 3 August 2009.

[PNE_Complete_Shumi_Signing-2] "PNE Complete Shumi Signing". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 6 August 2009.

[Loan_Wolf_Collins_Signs_In-3] "Loan Wolf Collins Signs in". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 1 September 2009.

[Five_Development_Players_Released-4] "Five Development Players Released". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 13 May 2009.

[Keeper_Neal_signs_for_Shrewsbury-5] "Keeper Neal signs for Shrewsbury". BBC SPORT. 2 July 2009.

[Forest_snap_up_Gunter_and_Mckenna-6] "Forest snap up Gunter and Mckenna". BBC SPORT. 20 July 2009.

[Double_swoop_for_City-7] "Double swoop for City". Norwich City F.C. Official Website. 24 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2009.

[Hawley_Joins_Magpies-8] "Hawley Joins Magpies". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 3 August 2009. Archived from the original on 17 August 2009.

[9] "Trotman Joins Saints". Sky Sports Official Website. 21 August 2009.

[10] "Barton And Collins Loaned Out". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 1 September 2009.

[11] "Barton And Collins Loaned Out". Preston North End F.C. Official Website. 1 September 2009.

[12] "St Ledger completes Boro switch". BBC Sport. 15 September 2009.

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