2009–10 Sheffield United F.C. season

November 2020 March 2015 Sheffield United 2009–10 Kevin Blackwell Kevin McCabe Bramall Lane Football League Championship 8th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup First round Cresswell (12) Cresswell (14) 29,210(vs. Sheffield Wednesday) 7,627(vs. Port Vale) 2008–09 2010–11 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/8345445.stm Kenny signs new Blades contract BBC Sport 6 November 2009 6 November 2009 20 November 2009 – Trevor Birch is appointed as Chief Executive.http://www.sufc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10418~1880215,00.html Sheffield United appoint new Chief Executive Sheffield United F.C. 20 November 2009 20 November 2009 League thumb|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 losses 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.Darius on his first hat-trick http://www.sufc.co.uk/page/Reactions/0,,10418~1889318,00.html Sheffield United F.C. 28 November 2009 28 November 2009 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.Sheff Utd 1–1 QPR https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/8433909.stm BBC Sport 3 January 2010 3 January 2010 The Blades won the replay 3–2 at Loftus Road. Premier League Bolton Wanderers 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. Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2009-2010/flcham/sheffu.htm Sheffield United 2009–2010 footballsquads.co.uk 11 August 2021 live https://web.archive.org/web/20101127181739/http://footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2009-2010/flcham/sheffu.htm 27 November 2010 1 IRL GK Paddy KennyKenny was born in Halifax, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in June 2004. 2 ENG DF Ryan France 3 SCO DF Gary Naysmith 4 SCO MF Nick MontgomeryMontgomery was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level. 5 ENG DF Chris Morgan 6 ENG DF Nyron NosworthyNosworthy was born in Brixton, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and Guyana internationally through his mother, and would make his international debut for Jamaica in May 2012. on loan from Sunderland 7 ENG FW Darius Henderson 9 WAL FW Ched Evans 11 IRL MF Mark Yeates 12 JAM MF Lee WilliamsonWilliamson was born in Derby, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and was called up by Jamaica in 2008 before making his international debut in September 2015. 13 ENG GK Ian Bennett 15 ENG MF James Harper 16 ENG DF Andy Taylor 17 ENG FW Richard Cresswell 18 NIR MF Jamie WardWard was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his grandfather and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in August 2011. 19 ENG DF Jordan Stewart 20 NED DF Marcel Seip on loan from Plymouth Argyle 21 ENG DF Kyle Bartley 25 ENG MF Glen Little 26 ENG DF Derek Geary 28 IRL MF Stephen Quinn 30 EST GK Mihkel Aksalu 32 FIN DF Toni Kallio on loan from Fulham 33 ENG DF Jonathan Fortune 34 ENG DF Matthew Lowton 35 ENG FW Nathan Foster 36 ENG DF Kingsley James 37 SEN FW Henri Camara 40 ENG DF Phil Roe Out on loan 10 ENG MF Kyel Reid on loan to Charlton Athletic 24 ENG FW Billy Sharp on loan to Doncaster Rovers Left club during season 6 ENG DF Matthew Kilgallon to Sunderland 11 WAL MF David Cotterill to Swansea City 14 AUS DF David Carney to FC Twente 17 ENG MF Lee Hendrie to Derby County 20 ENG MF Brian Howard to Reading 21 ENG DF Leigh Bromby to Leeds United 21 ENG DF Andrew Davies on loan from Stoke City 22 MLT GK Justin Haber to Ferencváros 23 ENG GK Mark Bunn on loan from Blackburn Rovers 23 ENG GK Steve Simonsen on loan from Stoke City 27 IRL MF Keith Treacy on loan from Blackburn Rovers 30 NGA GK Carl IkemeIkeme was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, but also qualifies to represent Nigeria internationally and was first called up in March 2007 before making his international debut for Nigeria in September 2015. on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 ENG DF Paul Connolly on loan from Derby County 34 ENG DF Kyle Walker on loan from Tottenham Hotspur 39 ENG FW Jordan Robertson released Squad statistics end of the season Championship FA Cup League Cup 1 Republic of Ireland GK Paddy Kenny 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 England MF Ryan France 3+6 0 0 0 1 0 3 Scotland DF Gary Naysmith 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 Scotland MF Nick Montgomery 39 1 3 0 1 0 5 England DF Chris Morgan 37 2 3 0 0 0 7 England FW Darius Henderson 28+4 12 1+1 0 1 0 9 Wales FW Ched Evans 21+12 4 2+1 0 0 0 11 Republic of Ireland MF Mark Yeates 11+9 2 0 0 0 0 12 Jamaica MF Lee Williamson 14+6 3 2+1 1 0 0 13 England GK Ian Bennett 4+1 0 0 0 1 0 15 England MF James Harper 31+3 4 2 0 0 0 16 England DF Andy Taylor 22+4 0 3 0 1 0 17 England FW Richard Cresswell 28+3 12 2+1 2 0 0 18 England FW Jamie Ward 25+3 7 1+2 1 0 0 19 England DF Jordan Stewart 15+8 0 0 0 0 0 20 Netherlands DF Marcel Seip 5+1 0 1+1 0 0 0 21 ENG DF Kyle Bartley 10+4 0 0 0 0 0 24 England FW Billy Sharp 0 0 0 0 1 1 25 England MF Glen Little 7+9 0 0+1 0 1 0 26 Republic of Ireland MF Derek Geary 5+2 0 2 0 0 0 28 Republic of Ireland MF Stephen Quinn 38+6 4 3 0 1 0 30 EST GK Mihkel Aksalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Finland DF Toni Kallio 8 0 0 0 0 0 33 England DF Jonathan Fortune 3+2 1 1 0 0 0 34 ENG DF Matthew Lowton 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 37 Senegal FW Henri Camara 9+14 4 2 0 0 0 39 England FW Jordan Robertson 0 0 0 0 1 0 |- |colspan="14"|Players who left before the end of the season: 6 England DF Matthew Kilgallon 21 1 1 0 1 0 10 England MF Kyel Reid 0+7 0 0 0 1 0 11 Wales MF David Cotterill 3+11 2 0 0 0 0 20 England MF Brian Howard 3+1 0 0 0 1 0 21 England DF Leigh Bromby 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 England DF Andrew Davies 7+1 0 0 0 0 0 23 England GK Mark Bunn 31+1 0 3 0 0 0 23 ENG GK Steve Simonsen 7 0 0 0 0 0 27 Republic of Ireland MF Keith Treacy 12+4 1 0 0 1 0 30 England GK Carl Ikeme 2 0 0 0 0 0 31 ENG DF Paul Connolly 7 0 0 0 0 0 34 England DF Kyle Walker 26 0 2 0 0 0 |} Disciplinary record +NumberPosPlayer 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 DatePlayerClubFee18 June 200918 June 2009 Watford's Lee Williamson finally completes transfer to Championship-rivals Sheffield United https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/4446647.watfords-lee-williamson-finally-completes-transfer-to-championship-rivals-sheffield-united/ 30 December 2025 Watford Observer Lee Williamson Watford £500,000 Kyel Reid West Ham United Free Andy Taylor Tranmere Rovers £400,00024 July 2009 Leigh Bromby Watford Undisclosed24 July 20092009-07-24 Blades sign Evans from Man City https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/8135830.stm 2025-04-19 BBC Sport en-GB Ched Evans Manchester City £3,000,00024 July 2009 Ryan France Hull City Free5 August 20092009-08-05 Blades bring in Little and Walker https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/8186146.stm 2025-04-19 BBC Sport en-GB 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. DatePlayerClubFeeBen Starosta Released – Ugo Ehiogu Retired – Nicky Law Rotherham United Free Adam Chapham Oxford United Nominal Jamie Annerson Rotherham United* Free Keith Quinn Released –22 July 20092009-07-22 Spurs capture Naughton and Walker https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/8144711.stm 2025-04-19 BBC Sport en-GB Kyle Walker Tottenham Hotspur Undisclosed Kyle Naughton 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 £500,0001 September 20091 September 2009 Defender Bromby signs for Leeds http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/8225303.stm 30 December 2025 BBC Sport en-GB 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. PlayerClubArrival dateReturn 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** 5 August 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 PlayerClubArrival dateReturn 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 DatePlayerClubFee Richard Cresswell Stoke City Undisclosed Mark Yeates Middlesbrough Undisclosed James Harper Reading Undisclosed January transfers out DatePlayerClubFee David Cotterill Swansea City £600,000 Matthew Kilgallon Sunderland Undisclosed Fixtures and results Championship 7 August 2009 20:00 Middlesbrough 0–0 Sheffield United Riverside Stadium 23,541 D 1 Report 15 August 2009 20:00 Sheffield United 2–0 Watford Ward 12Evans 63 Bramall Lane 24,638 W 2 Report 18 August 2009 19:45 Sheffield United 1–1 Leicester Treacy 66 Fryatt 52 Bramall Lane 26,069 D 3 Report 22 August 2009 15:00 Reading 1–3 Sheffield United Mills 13 Quinn 42Ward 62Citterill 90 Madejski Stadium 16,025 W 4 Report 29 August 2009 15:00 Sheffield United 2–2 West Bromwich Albion Evans 56Cotterill 88 pen. Bednar 54 60 Bramall Lane 25,169 D 5 Report 12 September 2009 15:00 Derby County 0–1 Sheffield United Kilgallon 80 Pride Park Stadium 28,441 W 6 Report 15 September 2009 19:45 Coventry City 3–2 Sheffield United Best 12Morrison 50Craine 60 Ward 31Harper 76 Ricoh Arena 14,426 L 7 Report 18 September 2009 19:45 Sheffield United 3–2 Sheffield Wednesday Ward 7Henderson 15Buxton 42 o.g. Tudgay 46Esajas 60 Bramall Lane 29,210 W 8 Report 26 September 2009 15:00 Swansea City 2–1 Sheffield United Trundle 52 pen.Butler82López 2 77Dyer 2 90 Quinn 73 Liberty Stadium 14,324 L 9 Report 29 September 2009 19:45 Sheffield United 3–3 Ipswich Town Henderson 9 77Morgan 90 Walters 24Leadbitter 34McAuley 70 Bramall Lane 28,366 D 10 Report 3 October 2009 15:00 Sheffield United 1–1 Doncaster Rovers Cresswell 65 Hayter 45 Bramall Lane 26,211 D 11 17 October 2009 12:00 Scunthorpe United 3–1 Sheffield United McCann 22 59Hayes 53 Evans 51 Glanford Park 7,599 L 12 20 October 2009 19:45 Blackpool 3–0 Sheffield United Seip 60Euell 69Adam 82 Bloomfield Road 8,042 L 13 24 October 2009 15:00 Sheffield United 3–4 Cardiff City Henderson 43 45Harper 90 Bothroyd 41Whittingham 45 pen. 60 85 Bramall Lane 25,021 L 14 2 November 2009 19:45 Sheffield United 0–1 Newcastle United Morgan 41 o.g. Bramall Lane 26,536 L 15 9 November 2009 19:45 Barnsley 2–2 Sheffield United De Silva 53Bogdanović 74 Henderson 61 pen. 83 pen. Oakwell 12,988 D 16 21 November 2009 15:00 Sheffield United 1–0 Peterborough United Camara 42 Bramall Lane 25,144 W 17 28 November 2009 15:00 Bristol City 2–3 Sheffield United Carey 53Saborio 90 Henderson 30 33 90 Ashton Gate 14,637 W 18 5 December 2009 15:00 Plymouth Argyle 0–1 Sheffield United Harper 88 Home Park 9,231 W 19 8 December 2009 19:45 Sheffield United 0–0 Nottingham Forest Bramall Lane 26,490 D 20 12 December 2009 15:00 Sheffield United 2–0 Crystal Palace Williamson 21Quinn 90 Bramall Lane 25,510 W 21 19 December 2009 15:00 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 Sheffield United Leigertwood 2 Cresswell 8 Loftus Road 12,639 D 22 26 December 2009 18:00 Leicester City 2–1 Sheffield United Morrison 26Fryatt 35 pen. Camara 47 Walkers Stadium 23,999 L 23 28 December 2009 15:00 Sheffield United 1–0 Preston North End Ward 86 Bramall Lane 25,231 W 24 16 January 2010 15:00 Sheffield United 1–0 Middlesbrough Cresswell 56 Bramall Lane 23,974 W 25 26 January 2010 15:00 Sheffield United 3–0 Reading Fortune 12Cresswell 42Morgan 80 Bramall Lane 24,009 W 26 30 January 2010 15:00 West Bromwich Albion 3–1 Sheffield United Dorrans 19 pen.Bednář 30Thomas 50 Henderson 49 pen. The Hawthorns 22,193 L 27 2 February 2010 19:45 Watford 3–0 Sheffield United Cleverley 39Helguson 55Cowie 74 Vicarage Road 13,076 L 28 6 February 2010 15:00 Sheffield United 1–1 Derby County Williamson 90 Savage 17 Bramall Lane 25,300 D 29 9 February 2010 19:45 Preston North End 2–1 Sheffield United James 17Parkin 71 Yeates 81 Deepdale 10,270 L 30 13 February 2010 15:00 Sheffield United 2–0 Bristol City Camara 49Henderson 62 Bramall Lane 22,613 W 31 16 February 2010 19:45 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Sheffield United Earnshaw 4 Henderson 0 46 City Ground 22,076 L 32 27 February 2010 15:00 Sheffield United 4–3 Plymouth Argyle Camara 7Ward 35 47Cresswell 80 Bolasie 48Mason 56Mackie 85 Bramall Lane 24,886 W 33 6 March 2010 15:00 Crystal Palace 1–0 Sheffield United Lee 23 Selhurst Park 13,455 L 34 9 March 2010 19:30 Peterborough United 1–0 Sheffield United Mackail-Smith 40 London Road 6,674 L 35 13 March 2010 15:00 Sheffield United 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Cresswell 44 Taarabt 49 Bramall Lane 23,456 D 36 16 March 2010 19:45 Sheffield United 3–0 Blackpool Cresswell 1 66Montgomery 43 Bramall Lane 22,555 W 37 20 March 2010 15:00 Doncaster Rovers 1–1 Sheffield United Hayter 5 Harper 88 Keepmoat Stadium 13,026 D 38 24 March 2010 19:45 Cardiff City 1–1 Sheffield United Bothroyd 45 Quinn 67 Cardiff City Stadium 18,715 D 39 28 March 2010 12:15 Sheffield United 0–1 Scunthorpe United Hayes 45 Bramall Lane 23,005 L 40 3 April 2010 15:00 Sheffield United 0–0 Barnsley Connolly 2 90 Bramall Lane 24,808 D 41 5 April 2010 19:45 Newcastle United 2–1 Sheffield United Løvenkrands 45 pen.Nolan 73 Cresswell 22 St James' Park 48,270 L 42 10 April 2010 15:00 Sheffield United 1–0 Coventry City Cresswell 47 Bramall Lane 23,603 W 43 18 April 2010 13:00 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Sheffield United Potter 41 Williamson 60 Hillsborough 35,485 D 44 24 April 2010 15:00 Sheffield United 2–0 Swansea City Cresswell 62de Vries 90 o.g. Bramall Lane 25,966 W 45 2 May 2010 13:00 Ipswich Town 0–3 Sheffield United Eastman 2 58 Yeates 34Evans 56Cresswell 66 Portman Road 23,003 W 46 FA Cup 3 January 2010 Third round 15:00 Sheffield United 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Cresswell 45 Simpson 39 Bramall Lane 11,461 D 12 January 2010 Third round replay 19:45 Queens Park Rangers 2–3 Sheffield United Buzsaky 71 pen.Stewart 88 Williamson 19Ward 68Cresswell 70 5,780 Loftus Road W 23 January 2010 Fourth round 15:00 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Sheffield United Steinsson 48Elmander 84 14,572 Reebok Stadium L League Cup 11 August 2009 First round 19:45 Sheffield United 1–2 Port Vale Sharp 33 Richards 20 61 7,627 Bramall Lane L 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. 12–17 July: Malta Tour 20 July 2010: Burton Albion F.C. 24 July 2010: Rotherham United F.C. References 2 Notes notes 32em Sheffield United Category:Sheffield United F.C. seasons