2009–10 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season October 2022 May 2013 Recent history of Aston Villa Aston Villa records and statistics Aston Villa 2009 Aston Villa.jpg Villa on 20 August 2009 in Vienna 2009–10 Martin O'Neill Manager Randy Lerner Chairman Premier League 6th FA Cup Semi-finals League Cup Runners-up UEFA Europa League Play-off round Gabriel Agbonlahor (13) John Carew (17) 42,788 vs Liverpool (29 December 2009), Manchester United (10 February 2010), Birmingham City (25 April 2010) 22,527 vs Cardiff City (23 September 2009) _astonvilla0910h _astonvilla0910h _astonvilla0910h _astonvilla0910h _astonvilla0910hl 88A7E0 970045 88A7E0 FFFFFF 00AEF0 _astonvilla0910a _astonvilla0910a _astonvilla0910a _astonvilla0910a _astonvilla0910al 003366 FFFFFF 003366 003366 FFFFFF _astonvilla0809a _astonvilla0809a _astonvilla0809a _astonvilla0809a _astonvilla0809al 000000 0099FF 000000 000000 000000 2008–09 2010–11 Second City Derby 54--36--28 2007–08 2010–11 The 2009-10 season was Aston Villa's 18th season in the Premier League. The 2009–10 Premier League season was Villa's 135th season in English football. It was the club's 99th season in the top-flight and their 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of English football, the Premier League. They were managed by Martin O'Neill – in his fourth season since replacing David O'Leary. The 2009–10 season was Villa's second consecutive spell in European competition for the club, and the first in the newly formatted UEFA Europa League. This term marked the first for the club without long-term player and former captain Gareth Barry following his £12 million move to Manchester City on 2 June 2009. Barry had been at the club since 1997. The Birmingham Derby made a return to the Premier League after local rivals Birmingham City were promoted to the top tier. Villa won the first of two fixtures 1–0 at St Andrew's on 13 September 2009 with Gabriel Agbonlahor scoring the winning goal. Villa also won the return fixture at Villa Park 1–0 on 25 April 2010, thanks to a James Milner penalty. Villa also played games against newly promoted Wolves from nearby Wolverhampton, resulting in a 1–1 draw at Molineux and a 2–2 draw at Villa Park. The club progressed to the final of the League Cup during this season, eliminating Cardiff City, Sunderland, Portsmouth and Blackburn Rovers along the way. However, Aston Villa were beaten 2–1 by Manchester United in the final at Wembley Stadium on 28 February 2010. Villa's other domestic cup venture also took the club to Wembley in the FA Cup, where they were defeated 3–0 by Chelsea in the semi-final. Aston Villa finished 6th in the Premier League for the 3rd year in a row, with 2 points more than previous season, they also qualified for the Europa League for the 3rd year running. Kit Supplier Sponsor Nike Acorns* *Villa passed up sponsorship for the 2008-09 season and instead displayed the children's hospice charity, Acorns. First team squad 1 United States GK Brad Friedel 2 England DF Luke Young 3 Netherlands DF Wilfred Bouma 4 England MF Steve Sidwell 5 Republic of Ireland DF Richard Dunne 6 England MF Stewart Downing 7 England MF Ashley Young 8 England MF James Milner 10 Norway FW John Carew 11 England FW Gabriel Agbonlahor 12 England MF Marc Albrighton 14 England FW Nathan Delfouneso 15 England DF Curtis Davies 16 England MF Fabian Delph 18 England FW Emile Heskey 19 BUL MF Stiliyan Petrov captain 20 England MF Nigel Reo-Coker 21 England DF Nicky Shorey 22 United States GK Brad Guzan 23 Senegal DF Habib Beye 24 Spain DF Carlos Cuéllar 25 England DF Stephen Warnock 26 England MF Craig Gardner 29 WAL DF James Collins 33 England GK Andy Marshall 45 Australia MF Shane Lowry 47 England DF Ciaran Clark Left club during season 9 England FW Marlon Harewood(on loan to Newcastle United) 21 England DF Nicky Shorey(on loan to Nottingham Forest and Fulham) 26 England MF Craig Gardner(to Birmingham City) 27 England MF Isaiah Osbourne(on loan to Middlesbrough) 44 United States DF Eric Lichaj(on loan to Lincoln City and Leyton Orient) 45 Australia MF Shane Lowry (on loan to Plymouth and Leeds United) 46 Scotland MF Barry Bannan(on loan to Blackpool) 48 England DF Nathan Baker(on loan to Lincoln City) 49 Australia MF Chris Herd(on loan to Lincoln City) 50 England MF Jonathan Hogg(on loan to Darlington) Reserve squad 9 England FW Marlon Harewood 17 Togo MF Moustapha Salifou 27 England MF Isaiah Osbourne 42 Austria FW Andreas Weimann 43 England GK Elliott Parish 44 United States DF Eric Lichaj 46 Scotland MF Barry Bannan 48 England DF Nathan Baker 49 Australia MF Chris Herd 50 England MF Jonathan Hogg Kit changes The club once again dismissed sponsorship payments to allow Acorns as a charitable sponsor. A new away kit was unveiled on 24 May 2009 and inspired by the England national football team. It features a white and gray halved style with pinstripes and a navy accent, intended to pay tribute to the 67 Villa players that have appeared for the country while at the club.http://www.whenthenationcalls.com/ The New Aston Villa Away Kit 2009/2010 27 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090527085404/http://www.whenthenationcalls.com/ 27 May 2009 dead The blue and black away kit of 2008–09 also became this season's third kit.http://www.astonvilladirect.com/stores/astonvilla/products/kit_selector.aspx?selector=242 2009/1010 Aston Villa Third Kit 27 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090505072846/http://www.astonvilladirect.com/stores/astonvilla/products/kit_selector.aspx?selector=242 5 May 2009 dead The new home kit was unveiled the day before the first clash of the Peace Cup 2009, which was against Málaga on Saturday 25 July.http://www.avfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10265~1727684,00.html 2009/2010 Aston Villa Home Kit 21 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090723094740/http://www.avfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10265~1727684,00.html 23 July 2009 dead Premier League 2009–10 Premier League Final league position AST Results Results by matchday table b Matchday Ground H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H Result L/W/W/W/W/L/D/W/D/D/L/W/D/D/W/W/W/W/L/L/D/D/W/D/D/W/D/W/D/D/L/W/D/W/W/W/L/L Position 16/12/8/6/5/7/7/6/7/7/7/5/5/6/5/4/4/4/4/6/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/6/5/6/6 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss gold green1 blue1 red1 worldfootball.net 26 January 2020 1 15 August 2009 Aston Villa 0–2 Wigan Athletic Rodallega 31Koumas 56 Birmingham Villa Park 35,578 L 2 24 August 2009 Liverpool 1–3 Aston Villa Torres 72 Lucas 34 o.g.Davies 44A. Young 75 Liverpool Anfield 43,667 W 3 30 August 2009 Aston Villa 2–0 Fulham Pantsil 3 o.g.Agbonlahor 60 Birmingham Villa Park 32,917 W 4 13 September 2009 Birmingham City 0–1 Aston Villa Agbonlahor 85 Birmingham St Andrew's 25,196 W 5 19 September 2009 Aston Villa 2–0 Portsmouth Milner 34 pen.Agbonlahor 43 Birmingham Villa Park 35,979 W 6 26 September 2009 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Aston Villa Samba 24Dunn 88 pen. Agbonlahor 3 Blackburn Ewood Park 25,172 L 7 5 October 2009 Aston Villa 1–1 Manchester City Dunne 15 Bellamy 67 Birmingham Villa Park 37,924 D 8 17 October 2009 Aston Villa 2–1 Chelsea Dunne 32Collins 52 Drogba 15 Birmingham Villa Park 39,047 W 9 24 October 2009 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Aston Villa Ebanks-Blake 83 pen. Agbonlahor 79 Wolverhampton Molineux D 10 31 October 2009 Everton 1–1 Aston Villa Bilyaletdinov 44 Carew 46 Liverpool Goodison Park 36,648 D 11 4 November 2009 West Ham United 2–1 Aston Villa Noble 44 pen.Hines 90 A. Young 52 London Boleyn Ground 30,024 L 12 7 November 2009 Aston Villa 5–1 Bolton Wanderers A. Young 5Agbonlahor 43Carew 53Milner 72Cuéllar 76 Elmander 44 Birmingham Villa Park 38,101 W 13 21 November 2009 Burnley 1–1 Aston Villa Caldwell 9 Heskey 86 Burnley Turf Moor 21,179 D 14 28 November 2009 Aston Villa 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Agbonlahor 10 Dawson 77 Birmingham Villa Park 39,866 D 15 5 December 2009 Aston Villa 3–0 Hull City Dunne 13Milner 29Carew 88 pen. Birmingham Villa Park 39,748 W 16 12 December 2009 Manchester United 0–1 Aston Villa Agbonlahor 21 Manchester Old Trafford 75,130 W 17 15 December 2009 Sunderland 0–2 Aston Villa Heskey 24Milner 61 Sunderland Stadium of Light 34,821 W 18 19 December 2009 Aston Villa 1–0 Stoke City Carew 61 Birmingham Villa Park 35,852 W 19 27 December 2009 Arsenal 3–0 Aston Villa Fàbregas 65 81Diaby 90 London Emirates Stadium 60,056 L 20 29 December 2009 Aston Villa 0–1 Liverpool Torres 90+3 Birmingham Villa Park 42,788 L 21 17 January 2010 Aston Villa 0–0 West Ham United Birmingham Villa Park 35,646 D 22 27 January 2010 Aston Villa 0–0 Arsenal Birmingham Villa Park 39,601 D 23 30 January 2010 Fulham 0–2 Aston Villa Agbonlahor 40 44 London Craven Cottage 25,408 W 24 6 February 2010 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Aston Villa London White Hart Lane 35,899 D 25 10 February 2010 Aston Villa 1–1 Manchester United Cuéllar 19 Collins 23 o.g. Birmingham Villa Park 42,788 D 26 21 February 2010 Aston Villa 5–2 Burnley A. Young 32Downing 56 58Heskey 61Agbonlahor 68 S. Fletcher 10Paterson 90 Birmingham Villa Park 38,709 W 27 13 March 2010 Stoke City 0–0 Aston Villa Stoke-on-Trent Britannia Stadium 27,598 D 28 16 March 2010 Wigan Athletic 1–2 Aston Villa Caldwell 27 McCarthy 25 o.g.Milner 63 Wigan DW Stadium 16,186 W 29 20 March 2010 Aston Villa 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Carew 16 82 Craddock 23Milner 38 o.g. Birmingham Villa Park 37,562 D 30 24 March 2010 Aston Villa 1–1 Sunderland Carew 30 F. Campbell 22 Birmingham Villa Park 37,473 D 31 27 March 2010 Chelsea 7–1 Aston Villa Lampard 15 44 pen. 62 pen. 90+1Malouda 57 68Kalou 83 Carew 29 London Stamford Bridge 41,825 L 32 3 April 2010 Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Aston Villa A. Young 11 Bolton Reebok Stadium 22,000 W 33 15 April 2010 Aston Villa 2–2 Everton Agbonlahor 72Jagielka 90 o.g. T. Cahill 23 74 Birmingham Villa Park 38,729 D 34 18 April 2010 Portsmouth 1–2 Aston Villa M. Brown 10 Carew 16Delfouneso 82 Portsmouth Fratton Park 16,523 W 35 21 April 2010 Hull City 0–2 Aston Villa Agbonlahor 14Milner 76 pen. Kingston-upon-Hull KC Stadium 23,842 W 36 25 April 2010 Aston Villa 1–0 Birmingham City Milner 83 pen. Birmingham Villa Park 42,788 W 37 1 May 2010 Manchester City 3–1 Aston Villa Tevez 42 pen.Adebayor 43Bellamy 90 Carew 16 Manchester City of Manchester Stadium 47,102 L 38 9 May 2010 Aston Villa 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Dunne 84 o.g. Birmingham Villa Park 41,799 L Cup matches FA Cup 2009–10 FA Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 02/01/2010R3Blackburn RoversH3–125,453Delfouneso, Cuéllar, Carew (pen.) 23 January 2010R4Brighton and Hove AlbionH3–239,725Delfouneso, A. Young, Delph 14 February 2010R5 Crystal PalaceA2–220,486Collins, Petrov 24 February 2010R5 (R) Crystal PalaceH3–131,874Agbonlahor, Carew (2 pen.) 07/03/2010R6 ReadingA 4–223,175A. Young, Carew (3, 1 pen.) 10/04/2010SF ChelseaN 0–385,472 League Cup 2009–10 Football League Cup 2010 Football League Cup Final DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 23 September 2009R3Cardiff CityH1–022,527Agbonlahor 27 October 2009R4SunderlandA0–027,666(Pens: Carew, Collins, A. Young)0–0 after extra time – Aston Villa won 3–1 on penalties 01/12/2009QFPortsmouthA4–217,034Milner, Heskey, Downing, A. Young 14 January 2010Game postponed on 5 January due to bad weatherSF (1)Blackburn RoversA1–018,595Milner20 January 2010SF (2)Blackburn RoversH6–440,406Warnock, Milner (pen.), Nzonzi (o.g.), Agbonlahor, Heskey, A. YoungAston Villa won 7–4 on aggregate28 February 2010FManchester UnitedN1–288,596Milner (pen.) UEFA Europa League 2009–10 UEFA Europa League DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 20 August 2009Play-off Round (1)Austria Rapid ViennaA0–117,600 27 August 2009Play-off Round (2)Austria Rapid ViennaH2–122,563Milner (pen.), Carew2–2 on aggregate; Rapid Vienna won on away goals Friendly matches DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 18 July 2009Peterborough UnitedA3–0Weimann, Davies, Sidwell 21 July 2009Colchester UnitedA2–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20090922234816/http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/aston-villa-fc/aston-villa-news/2009/07/22/colchester-2-villa-2-97319-24212382/ 22 September 2009 Sidwell, McGurk 04/08/2009Oxford UnitedA0–212,000 08/08/2009Italy FiorentinaH1–022,915Heskey Peace Cup 2009 Peace Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 25 July 2009Group CSpain MálagaA0–14,000 29 July 2009Group CMexico AtlanteN3–11,000Albrighton, Carew, A. Young 31 July 2009 Semi-FinalPortugal PortoN2–126,000Heskey, Sidwell 02/08/2009FinalItaly JuventusN0–0(Pens: Bannan, Lowry, A. Young, Cuéllar)0–0 after extra time – Aston Villa won 4–3 on penalties Goalscorers Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Europa League Total Norway John Carew 10 6 1 17 England Gabriel Agbonlahor 13 1 2 16 England James Milner 7 4 1 12 England Ashley Young 5 2 2 9 England Emile Heskey 3 2 5 Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne 3 3 Spain Carlos Cuéllar 2 1 3 England Stewart Downing 2 1 3 England Nathan Delfouneso 1 2 3 Wales James Collins 1 1 2 England Curtis Davies 1 1 England Fabian Delph 1 1 Bulgaria Stiliyan Petrov 1 1 England Stephen Warnock 1 1Opposition own goals 4 1 5Total Goals 52 15 13 2 82 Appearances Name League FA Cup League Cup Europe Start Sub. Total England Ashley Young 37 6 5 2 50 0 50 England James Milner 36 5 6 2 48 1 49 Spain Carlos Cuéllar 38 4 6 2 48 0 48 Bulgaria Stilyan Petrov 38 3 6 1 47 0 48 England Gabriel Agbonlahor 36 2 6 2 43 3 46 Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne 35 4 5 0 44 0 44 USA Brad Friedel 38 3 1 0 42 0 42 Norway John Carew 33 5 3 1 27 15 42 England Emile Heskey 31 4 5 2 26 16 42 England Stephen Warnock 31 6 5 0 42 0 42 Wales James Collins 30 5 5 0 39 1 40 England Stewart Downing 23 6 4 0 33 2 35 England Steve Sidwell 25 4 3 1 14 19 33 England Luke Young 16 3 1 0 18 2 20 England Fabian Delph 8 4 2 1 10 5 15 England Nigel Reo-Coker 10 1 1 1 9 4 13 England Nathan Delfouneso 9 3 1 0 2 11 13 Senegal Habib Beye 6 2 1 2 10 1 11 USA Brad Guzan 0 3 5 2 10 0 10 England Marc Albrighton 3 1 1 1 1 5 6 England Nicky Shorey 3 0 1 2 6 0 6 England Curtis Davies 2 1 0 2 4 1 5 England Craig Gardner 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 Australia Shane Lowry 0 1 0 2 0 3 3 England Ciaran Clark 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 Transfers Transferred in DatePosPlayerFromFee 20 June 2009 AM Samir Carruthers Arsenal Free transfer 16 July 2009 LM Stewart Downing Middlesbrough £12,000,000 4 August 2009 CM Fabian Delph Leeds United £6,000,000 7 August 2009 RB SEN Habib Beye Newcastle United £2,500,000 13 August 2009 GK Andy Marshall Coventry City Free transfer 27 August 2009 LB Stephen Warnock Blackburn Rovers £7,000,000 1 September 2009 CB WAL James Collins West Ham United £5,000,000 1 September 2009 CB IRL Richard Dunne Manchester City £6,000,000£38,500,000 #D4AF37 Record (equal) 1px solid #AAAAAA Loaned in DatePosPlayerFromLoan End Transferred out DatePosPlayerToFee 1 July 2009 CM Gareth Barry Manchester City £12,000,000James Stuart 2009-06-02 Manchester City complete £12m deal for Gareth Barry https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/jun/02/manchester-city-gareth-barry-aston-villa 2024-05-24 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 1 July 2009 GK Stuart TaylorManchester CityFree transfer2009-06-23 Manchester City sign goalkeeper Stuart Taylor from Aston Villa https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/jun/23/manchester-city-stuart-taylor-aston-villa 2024-05-24 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 1 July 2009 CB DEN Martin Laursen Retired 21 July 2009 CF Sam Williams Yeovil TownFree transfer2009-07-21 Striker Williams signs for Yeovil http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/y/yeovil/8161433.stm 2024-05-24 BBC Sport en-GB 25 July 2009 CB Zat Knight Bolton Wanderers £4,000,000 26 January 2010 CM Craig Gardner Birmingham City £3,000,000£19,600,000 Loaned out DatePosPlayerToLoan End 5 August 2009 GK IRL David Bevan Ilkeston Town 5 September 2009 18 September 2009CB AUS Shane Lowry Plymouth Argyle 1 January 2010 26 September 2009 CF Marlon Harewood Newcastle United 31 December 2009 26 October 2009 CB Nathan Baker Lincoln City 1 January 2010 26 October 2009 CF IRL James Collins Darlington 22 January 2010 26 October 2009 RB USA Eric Lichaj Lincoln City 1 January 2010 7 November 2009 CM Isaiah Osbourne Middlesbrough 5 January 2010 19 November 2009 CM Jonathan Hogg Darlington 2 January 2010 24 November 2009 LB Nicky Shorey Nottingham Forest 26 January 2010 26 November 2009 CM SCO Barry Bannan Blackpool 31 May 2010 26 November 2009 CM AUS Chris Herd Lincoln City 26 December 2009 5 December 2009 GK IRL David Bevan Solihull Moors 5 January 2010 30 January 2010 CB AUS Shane Lowry Leeds United 31 May 2010 1 February 2010 LB Nicky Shorey Fulham 31 May 2010 26 March 2010 RB USA Eric Lichaj Leyton Orient 31 May 2010 Overall transfer activity Expenditure £38,500,000 Income £19,600,000 Balance £18,900,000 See also 2009–10 in English football List of Aston Villa F.C. seasons References 2009-10 Category:2009–10 Premier League by team Aston Villa F.C.