2009–10 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

During the 2009–10 English football season, Charlton Athletic F.C. competed in Football League One, the third tier of English football, following relegation from the Championship in the 2008–09 season. It was the first time Charlton had been in the third tier since being promoted from the old Third Division in the 1980–81 season, 28 years prior. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup, and the Football League Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010.

Charlton Athletic

2009–10 season
Manager	Phil Parkinson
Stadium	The Valley
Football League One	4th (qualified for play-offs)
Play-offs	Semi-finals
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	Southern Section quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	Burton (13)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Season summary

Charlton managed to start off their first season after relegation from the Championship with some good results and looked safe bets for an automatic return to the second tier of English football, but a late slump saw Charlton fall to fourth, still good enough for a playoff spot. After a 2–1 defeat at the County Ground and a 2–1 win at The Valley saw Charlton draw 3–3 on aggregate with Swindon Town, the two teams went to a penalty shootout. Nicky Bailey missed his penalty to give Swindon the win, thus condemning Charlton to another season in the third tier.

Charlton also suffered demoralising defeats in the first rounds in both domestic cups. In the FA Cup, Charlton lost 1–0 to Northwich Victoria at Victoria Stadium, while, in the League Cup, Charlton lost 1–0 after extra time to Hereford United at Edgar Street.

Kit

Spanish company Joma remained Charlton's kit manufacturers, and introduced a new home and a new away kit for the season, the home kit featuring a white vertical stripe last seen on the club's centenary kit in 2005, the away kit featuring black shorts and socks and a blue and black striped shirt. The kits were sponsored by krbs.com, but, for the match against Millwall on 19 December, the clubs both wore kits sponsoring the Street Violence Ruins Lives campaign, with proceeds going to the Rob Knox Memorial Fund.^[1] Rob Knox was an actor and a Charlton fan who was stabbed to death in a street attack in May 2008.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRL Rob Elliot[notes 1] 2 DF  ENG Frazer Richardson 3 DF  CTA Kelly Youga 4 MF  ENG Nicky Bailey 5 DF  ESP Miguel Llera 6 DF  POR José Semedo 7 MF  ENG Jonjo Shelvey 8 MF  FRA Therry Racon[notes 2] 9 FW  ENG Leon McKenzie 10 FW  JAM Deon Burton[notes 3] 11 MF  ENG Lloyd Sam[notes 4] 12 DF  WAL Grant Basey[notes 5] 14 MF  ENG Matthew Spring 16 MF  ENG Scott Wagstaff 17 FW  GHA Chris Dickson[notes 6] 18 DF  NGA Sam Sodje[notes 7]

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  ENG Chris Solly 23 FW  IRL David Mooney (on loan from Reading) 24 MF  ENG Kyel Reid (on loan from Sheffield United) 25 GK  IRL Darren Randolph 26 MF  CYP Alex Stavrinou[notes 8] 27 DF  ENG Yado Mambo 28 FW  TUR Tamer Tuna[notes 9] 29 DF  ENG Jack Clark 30 MF  ENG Ben Davisson 32 GK  ENG Jack Binks 33 FW  ENG Akpo Sodje (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday) 35 DF  SCO Christian Dailly 38 DF  ENG Gary Borrowdale (on loan from Queens Park Rangers) 39 FW  ENG Nicky Forster (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) 40 GK  TRI Tony Warner[notes 10] 41 DF  ENG Matt Fry (on loan from West Ham United)

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  SCO Andy Gray[notes 11] (to Barnsley) 15 FW  ENG Izale McLeod (on loan to Peterborough United) 19 MF  ENG Dean Sinclair (on loan to Grimsby Town) 21 MF  ENG Wade Small (to Chesterfield) 21 MF  ENG Luke Holden (on loan from Rhyl)

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  WAL Stuart Fleetwood[notes 12] (on loan to Exeter City) 24 GK  ENG Carl Ikeme[notes 13] (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) 31 DF  ENG Elliot Omozusi (on loan from Fulham) 37 MF  ENG Johnnie Jackson (on loan from Notts County)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	Club From	Fee	Ref.
2 July 2009	DF	Miguel Llera	MK Dons	Free	[3]
9 July 2009	DF	Frazer Richardson	Leeds United	Free	[4]
1 September 2009	FW	Leon McKenzie	Coventry City	Free	[5]
1 September 2009	DF	Sam Sodje	Reading	Free	[5]
25 March 2010	GK	Tony Warner		Free	[6]

Out

Date	Position	Name	Club To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2009	MF	Darren Ambrose	Crystal Palace	Free	[7]
2 July 2009	DF	Mark Hudson	Cardiff City	£1,075,000	[8]
8 July 2009	MF	Zheng Zhi		Released (joined Celtic on 25 September[9])	[10]
21 August 2009	FW	Andy Gray	Barnsley	Undisclosed	[11]

Loans in

Date	Position	Name	Club From	Duration	Ref.
1 September 2009	MF	Luke Holden	Rhyl	Three months	[5]
14 November 2009	FW	Akpo Sodje	Sheffield Wednesday	One month	[12]
10 December 2009	FW	Akpo Sodje	Sheffield Wednesday	One month	[13]
14 January 2010	FW	David Mooney	Reading	One month	[14]
29 January 2010	FW	Kyel Reid	Sheffield United	Until end of season	[15]
31 January 2010	FW	Akpo Sodje	Sheffield Wednesday	Until end of season	[16]
18 February 2010	MF	Johnnie Jackson	Notts County	One month	[17]
19 March 2010	DF	Gary Borrowdale	Queens Park Rangers	One month	[18]
25 March 2010	FW	Nicky Forster	Brighton and Hove Albion	Until end of season	[6]
25 March 2010	DF	Matt Fry	West Ham United	Until end of season	[6]

Loans out

Date	Position	Name	Club To	Duration	Ref.
9 January 2010	FW	Izale McLeod	Peterborough United	Until end of season	[19]

Competitions

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Leeds United (P)	46	25	11	10	77	44	+33	86	Promotion to Football League Championship
3	Millwall (O, P)	46	24	13	9	76	44	+32	85	Qualification for League One play-offs
4	Charlton Athletic	46	23	15	8	71	48	+23	84
5	Swindon Town	46	22	16	8	73	57	+16	82
6	Huddersfield Town	46	23	11	12	82	56	+26	80

Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Matches

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Ref.
8 August 2009	Wycombe Wanderers	H	3–2	Dailly 21', Bailey 23', Llera 50'	16,552	Deadman	[20]
15 August 2009	Hartlepool United	A	2–0	Burton 23', Bailey 27'	4,408	Boyeson	[21]
18 August 2009	Leyton Orient	A	2–1	Burton 64', Shelvey 84'	7,376	Crossley	[22]
22 August 2009	Walsall	H	2–0	Llera 30', Wagstaff 72'	15,306	Hooper	[23]
29 August 2009	Tranmere Rovers	A	4–0	Sam 24', 49', Semedo 26', Bailey 68'	5,417	Tierney	[24]
5 September 2009	Brentford	H	2–0	Burton 11', Sam 30'	16,399	Linington	[25]
12 September 2009	Southampton	H	1–1	Burton 49'	19,441	Wright	[26]
19 September 2009	Norwich City	A	2–2	Burton 18', Shelvey 40'	24,018	Tanner	[27]
26 September 2009	Exeter City	H	2–1	Bailey 43', McLeod 87'	16,867	Hegley	[28]
29 September 2009	Colchester United	A	0–3		7,098	Russell	[29]
3 October 2009	Leeds United	A	0–0		31,838	Mathieson	[30]
10 October 2009	Oldham Athletic	H	0–0		16,441	Horwood	[31]
17 October 2009	Huddersfield Town	H	2–1	S. Sodje 8', McLeod 49'	16,991	East	[32]
24 October 2009	Gillingham	A	1–1	Nutter 79' o.g.	10,304	Moss	[33]
31 October 2009	Carlisle United	A	1–3	Burton 45+1' pen.	6,077	Haywood	[34]
14 November 2009	Milton Keynes Dons	H	5–1	Mooney 13', Bailey 21', Sam 65', S. Sodje 73', Burton 76'	17,188	Hill	[35]
21 November 2009	Yeovil Town	A	1–1	A. Sodje 56'	5,632	Hooper	[36]
24 November 2009	Bristol Rovers	H	4–2	Mooney 4', Burton 16' pen., Bailey 68', A. Sodje 86'	15,885	Cook	[37]
1 December 2009	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–0	Burton 29', Wagstaff 37'	6,769	Ward	[38]
5 December 2009	Southend United	H	1–0	Burton 25'	17,445	McDermid	[39]
12 December 2009	Stockport County	A	2–1	S. Sodje 13', Wagstaff 74'	4,277	Ilderton	[40]
19 December 2009	Millwall	H	4–4	Burton 31' pen., 38' pen., Bailey 47', Morison 85' o.g.	19,105	Jones	[41]
26 December 2009	Swindon Town	H	2–2	Shelvey 38', Llera 90+4'	17,977	Miller	[42]
28 December 2009	Brentford	A	1–1	Bailey 58' pen.	8,387	D'Urso	[43]
16 January 2010	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2–1	Shelvey 11', Bailey 77'		Evans	[44]
19 January 2010	Hartlepool United	H	2–1	Mooney 31', Wagstaff 79'	14,636	Tanner	[45]
25 January 2010	Leyton Orient	H	0–1		15,955	Moss	[46]
30 January 2010	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	Bailey 57'	16,168	Sutton	[47]
2 February 2010	Walsall	A	1–1	Burton 45+2' pen.	3,417	Haines	[48]
6 February 2010	Swindon Town	A	1–1	Bailey 90+3'	9,552	Hall	[49]
15 February 2010	Bristol Rovers	A	1–2	Racon 90+7'	7,624	Kettle	[50]
20 February 2010	Yeovil Town	H	2–0	Reid 29', Mooney 54'	15,991	Graham	[51]
23 February 2010	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–2	A. Sodje 90+4'	17,508	D'Urso	[52]
26 February 2010	Southend United	A	2–1	A. Sodje 73', Reid 90+1'	9,724	Wright	[53]
6 March 2010	Stockport County	H	2–0	Huntington 7' o.g., A. Sodje 10'	16,609	Stroud	[54]
13 March 2010	Millwall	A	0–4		17,632	Swarbrick	[55]
20 March 2010	Gillingham	H	2–2	Richardson 31', Mooney 60'	20,024	Taylor	[56]
27 March 2010	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1	Reid 58'	14,459	Singh	[57]
3 April 2010	Milton Keynes Dons	A	1–0	Forster 65' pen.	10,869	Bates	[58]
5 April 2010	Carlisle United	H	1–0	S. Sodje 44'	17,229	Linington	[59]
10 April 2010	Southampton	A	0–1		23,061	Hegley	[60]
13 April 2010	Colchester United	H	1–0	Forster 21'	17,427	Jones	[61]
17 April 2010	Norwich City	H	0–1		20,023	Hall	[62]
24 April 2010	Exeter City	A	1–1	Reid 72'	6,835	Phillips	[63]
1 May 2010	Leeds United	H	1–0	Naylor 88' o.g.	23,198	Probert	[64]
8 May 2010	Oldham Athletic	A	2–0	Bailey 23', Llera 48'	5,686	Webster	[65]

Play-offs

Win

Draw

Loss

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Ref.
Semi-final first leg	14 May 2010	Swindon Town	A	1–2	Burton 65'	13,560	Linington	[66]
Semi-final second leg	17 May 2010	Swindon Town	H	2–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Ferry 27' o.g., Mooney 45'	21,521	Swarbrick	[67]

FA Cup

Win

Draw

Loss

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Ref.
First round	8 November 2009	Northwich Victoria	A	0–1		2,153	Webb	[68]

League Cup

Win

Draw

Loss

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Ref.
First round	11 August 2009	Hereford United	A	0–1 (a.e.t.)		2,017	Bates	[69]

Football League Trophy

Win

Draw

Loss

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Ref.
Second round	6 October 2009	Barnet	H	4–1	McLeod 15', Tuna 40', Bailey 75', Wagstaff 87'	4,522	Phillips	[70]
Area quarter-final	11 November 2009	Southampton	A	1–2	McKenzie 90+2'	13,906	Taylor	[71]