2009–10 Bristol City F.C. season

Bristol City
2009–10 season
ChairmanSteve Lansdown
ManagerGary Johnson
StadiumAshton Gate Stadium
Championship10th
FA CupThird round (eliminated by Cardiff City)
League CupSecond round (eliminated by Carlisle United)
Top goalscorerLeague: Nicky Maynard (10)
All: Nicky Maynard (11)
Highest home attendance16,035 (vs Watford, 28 December 2009)
Lowest home attendance6,359 (vs Carlisle United, 26 August 2009)
Average home league attendance14,601

The 2009–10 football season was Bristol City's 112th season as a professional football club and third consecutive season in the second division. They competed in the Football League Championship having finished in tenth position the previous season. Bristol City were knocked out in the second round of the Football League Cup against Carlisle United.[1] They also entered the FA Cup in January 2010 at the third round stage, losing to Cardiff City after a replay.[2]

Competitions

League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Sheffield United 46 17 14 15 62 55 +7 65
9 Reading 46 17 12 17 68 63 +5 63
10 Bristol City 46 15 18 13 56 65 −9 63
11 Middlesbrough 46 16 14 16 58 50 +8 62
12 Doncaster Rovers 46 15 15 16 59 58 +1 60
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Championship match details
Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A
Scorers Attendance Ref.
8 August 2009 Preston North End A D 2–2 Hartley 49' (pen.), Clarkson 58' 13,025 [3]
15 August 2009 Crystal Palace H W 1–0 Maynard 89' 14,603 [4]
18 August 2009 Queens Park Rangers H W 1–0 Maynard 78' 14,571 [5]
23 August 2009 Cardiff City A L 0–3 20,853 [6]
29 August 2009 Middlesbrough H W 2–1 Maynard 63', 90+1' 14,402 [7]
12 September 2009 Coventry City A D 1–1 Maynard 48' 16,449 [8]
15 September 2009 Swansea City A D 0–0 12,859 [9]
19 September 2009 Scunthorpe United H D 1–1 Saborío 50' 14,203 [10]
26 September 2009 Derby County A L 0–1 27,144 [11]
29 September 2009 Blackpool H W 2–0 Maynard 28', Haynes 57' 13,673 [12]
3 October 2009 Newcastle United A D 0–0 43,326 [13]
17 October 2009 Peterborough United H D 1–1 Skuse 31' 13,833 [14]
20 October 2009 Plymouth Argyle H W 3–1 Haynes 73', McCombe 76', Maynard 79' 15,021 [15]
24 October 2009 Barnsley A W 3–2 Maynard 26', Sno 42', Elliott 75' 11,314 [16]
31 October 2009 Sheffield Wednesday H D 1–1 Maynard 59' 15,005 [17]
7 November 2009 Nottingham Forest A D 1–1 Haynes 90' 21,467 [18]
21 November 2009 West Bromwich Albion A L 1–4 Hartley 83' 23,444 [19]
28 November 2009 Sheffield United H L 2–3 Carey 53', Saborío 90+5' 14,637 [20]
5 December 2009 Ipswich Town H D 0–0 14,287 [21]
8 December 2009 Leicester City A W 3–1 Sproule 19', Skuse 29', Sno 76' 19,349 [22]
12 December 2009 Doncaster Rovers A L 0–1 9,572 [23]
19 December 2009 Reading H D 1–1 Hartley 13' (pen.) 14,366 [24]
26 December 2009 Queens Park Rangers A L 1–2 Maynard 57' 13,534 [25]
28 December 2009 Watford H D 2–2 Haynes 38', Hartley 45+2' 16,035 [26]
16 January 2010 Preston North End H W 4–2 Haynes 2', Fontaine 12', Carey 58', Sno 90' 13,146 [27]
26 January 2010 Cardiff City H L 0–6 13,825 [28]
30 January 2010 Middlesbrough A D 0–0 17,865 [29]
6 February 2010 Coventry City H D 1–1 Clarkson 83' 13,852 [30]
9 February 2010 Watford A L 0–2 12,179 [31]
13 February 2010 Sheffield United A L 0–2 22,613 [32]
16 February 2010 Leicester City H D 1–1 Clarkson 90+1' 13,746 [33]
21 February 2010 West Bromwich Albion H W 2–1 Iwelumo 55', Johnson 59' 14,374 [34]
27 February 2010 Ipswich Town A D 0–0 20,302 [35]
6 March 2010 Doncaster Rovers H L 2–5 Orr 9', 15' 13,401 [36]
9 March 2010 Crystal Palace A W 1–0 Iwelumo 73' 12,844 [37]
13 March 2010 Reading A L 0–2 17,900 [38]
16 March 2010 Plymouth Argyle A L 2–3 Maynard 58', 78' 9,289 [39]
20 March 2010 Newcastle United H D 2–2 Nyatanga 10', Maynard 44' 19,144 [40]
23 March 2010 Barnsley H W 5–3 Haynes 2', 63', Maynard 43', 56', Hartley 76' (pen.) 13,009 [41]
27 March 2010 Peterborough United A W 1–0 Clarkson 71' 6,445 [42]
3 April 2010 Nottingham Forest H D 1–1 Fontaine 3' 16,125 [43]
5 April 2010 Sheffield Wednesday A W 1–0 Maynard 81' 19,688 [44]
10 April 2010 Swansea City H W 1–0 Maynard 84' 14,719 [45]
17 April 2010 Scunthorpe United A L 0–3 5,430 [46]
24 April 2010 Derby County H W 2–1 Maynard 3', 79' (pen.) 15,835 [47]
2 May 2010 Blackpool A D 1–1 Maynard 16' 12,296 [48]

FA Cup

FA Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A
Scorers Attendance Ref.
Third round 12 January 2010 Cardiff City H D 1–1 Williams 90+2' 7,289 [49]
Third round replay 19 January 2010 Cardiff City A L 0–1 6,731 [2]

Football League Cup

Football League Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A
Scorers Attendance Ref.
First round 11 August 2009 Brentford A W 1–0 Maynard 58' 3,024 [50]
Second round 26 August 2009 Carlisle United H L 0–2 6,359 [1]

Players

Transfers

In

Date Name From Fee Ref
29 June 2009 David Clarkson Motherwell £600,000 [51]
30 June 2009 Dean Gerken Colchester United Undisclosed [52]
19 January 2010 Jamal Campbell-Ryce Barnsley Undisclosed [53]

Loans in

Date from Name From Date until Ref
17 August 2009 Andrius Velička Rangers End of season [54]
1 September 2009 Álvaro Saborío FC Sion 17 February 2010 [55][56]
1 September 2009 Evander Sno Ajax End of season [55]
13 February 2010 Chris Iwelumo Wolverhampton Wanderers 13 March 2010 [57]
15 March 2010 Stefan Maierhofer Wolverhampton Wanderers 12 April 2010 [58]

Out

Date Name To Fee Ref
4 August 2009 Michael McIndoe Coventry City Undisclosed [59]

Loans out

Date from Name To Date until Ref
13 November 2009 John Akinde Wycombe Wanderers 7 January 2010 [60][61][62]
1 January 2010 Lee Johnson Derby County 31 January 2010 [63]
21 January 2010 Frankie Artus Chesterfield 1 March 2010 [64][65]
1 February 2010 John Akinde Brentford 1 March 2010 [66][65]
12 February 2010 Peter Štyvar Spartak Trnava End of season [67]

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