2009–10 Preston North End F.C. season

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.

Preston North End

2009–10 season
Chairman	Derek Shaw
Manager	Darren Ferguson
Stadium	Deepdale
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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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  ENG Andy Lonergan 2 DF  SCO Michael Hart 3 DF  SCO Callum Davidson 4 MF  ENG Richard Chaplow 5 DF  FRA Youl Mawéné 6 DF  SCO Neill Collins 7 MF  ENG Chris Sedgwick 8 MF  MKD Veliče Šumulikoski 9 FW  ENG Chris Brown 10 MF  SCO Barry Nicholson 11 MF  ENG Darren Carter 12 DF  IRL Sean St Ledger[notes 1] 13 GK  ENG Dominic Comrie 14 DF  ENG Liam Chilvers 15 MF  SCO Paul Coutts 16 MF  IRL Keith Treacy 17 MF  WAL Paul Parry 18 FW  ENG Danny Welbeck (on loan from Manchester United)

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  ENG Billy Jones 20 DF  CYP Tom Williams[notes 2] (on loan from Peterborough United) 22 GK  IRL Wayne Henderson 23 MF  ENG Matty James (on loan from Manchester United) 24 DF  ENG Elliott Ward (on loan from Coventry City) 25 MF  SCO Ross Wallace 26 FW  ENG Jon Parkin 27 DF  IRL Eddie Nolan 29 FW  IRL Stephen Elliott 31 DF  ENG Dom Collins 33 FW  ENG Neil Mellor 34 MF  NIR Adam Barton[notes 3] 35 MF  ENG Danny Mayor 36 FW  NIR Neil Dougan 37 DF  NIR Conor McLaughlin 38 FW  ENG Jamie Proctor 39 MF  ENG George Miller 40 DF  AUS Bailey Wright

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 18 MF  ENG Michael Tonge (on loan from Stoke City) 21 DF  ENG Neal Trotman (on loan from Huddersfield Town)

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 DF  ENG Phil Quirk (released) 36 DF  ENG Tom Smyth (released)

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Pre-season friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
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	[2]
14 July 2009	Bamber Bridge	A	4–1	Parkin 26', Trotman 40', Trotman 40', Proctor 60', Smyth 63'	1,369	[3]
14 July 2009	Chorley	A	3–0	Brown 54', Carter 72', Hawley 81'	N/A	[4]
18 July 2009	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–1	Parkin 19', 50'	1,775	[5]
21 July 2009	Wrexham	A	1–1	Chaplow 60'	1,022	[6]
25 July 2009	Stoke City	H	2–1	Mellor 33', 44'	3,121	[7]
28 July 2009	Wigan Athletic	H	1–4	Mellor 86'	3,645	[8]
1 August 2009	Hibernian	A	3–1	Mellor 46', Brown 69', 81'	6,557	[9]

Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
8 August 2009	Bristol City	H	2–2	Parkin 82', Davidson 90+6'	13,025	[10]
15 August 2009	Doncaster Rovers	A	1–1	Brown 28',	10,070	[11]
18 August 2009	Barnsley	A	3–0	Parry 11', Mellor 32', Parkin 72'	11,850	[12]
22 August 2009	Peterborough United	H	2–0	Mellor 8', Jones 30'	11,549	[13]
29 August 2009	Ipswich Town	A	1–1	Wallace 12'	19,454	[14]
12 September 2009	Swansea City	H	2–0	Mellor 27', Elliott 89'	12,854	[15]
15 September 2009	Scunthorpe United	A	1–3	Parkin 58'	5,383	[16]
19 September 2009	Coventry City	H	3–2	Brown (2) 50', 68', Mellor 55',	11,230	[17]
26 September 2009	Leicester City	A	2–1	Mellor 41', Chaplow 66'	20,623	[18]
29 September 2009	Reading	H	1–2	Parkin85'	10,987	[19]
3 October 2009	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–0		12,489	[20]
17 October 2009	QPR	A	0–4		12,810	[21]
20 October 2009	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–1	Mellor 20', Parkin 55'	20,882	[22]
24 October 2009	Middlesbrough	H	2–2	Parry 61', Jones 90'	16,116	[23]
31 October 2009	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	Wallace 35'	12,558	[24]

FA Cup

Main article: 2009–10 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
Third round	January 2010

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
First round	11 August 2009	Morecambe	H	5–1	Brown 33', Elliott 45', Nicholson 57', Trotman 69', Mellor 90'	5,407	[25]
Second round	25 August 2009	Leicester City	H	2–1	Brown (2) 14', 65'	6,977	[26]
Third round	23 September 2009	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–5	Brown 83'	16,533	[27]

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Previous Club	Cost
3 August 2009	Paul Parry	Cardiff City	Undisclosed[28]
6 August 2009	Veliče Šumulikoski	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed[29]
1 September 2009	Neill Collins	Wolverhampton Wanderers	On loan until January 2010[30]
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	[31]
2 July 2009	Chris Neal	Shrewsbury Town	Nominal Fee	[32]
20 July 2009	Paul McKenna	Nottingham Forest	£750,000	[33]
24 July 2009	Simon Whaley	Norwich City	Undisclosed	[34]
3 August 2009	Karl Hawley	Notts County	Undisclosed	[35]
			Total
			Around £1,000,000

Loaned out

Date	Player	Club	Return Date
21 August 2009	Neal Trotman	Southampton	January 2010[36]
1 September 2009	Adam Barton	Crawley Town	29 September 2010[37]
1 September 2009	Dominic Collins	Crawley Town	29 September 2010[37]
15 September 2009	Sean St Ledger	Middlesbrough	15 December 2009[38]

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

Notes

1. St Ledger was born in Solihull, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2009.
2. Williams was born in Sutton, England, but also qualified to represent Cyprus internationally through his mother and made his international debut for Cyprus in 2006.
3. Barton was born in Clitheroe, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented Northern Ireland at U-21 level before making his debut for Northern Ireland in November 2010 and then representing the Republic of Ireland at U-21 level.