2009–10 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

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)

During the 2010–11 English football season, Charlton Athletic F.C. competed in Football League One.

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 club wore kits sponsoring the Street Violence Ruins Lives campaign, with proceeds going to the Rob Knox Memorial Fund. 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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK IRL Rob Elliot
2 DF ENG Frazer Richardson
3 DF CAF 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
9 FW ENG Leon McKenzie
10 FW JAM Deon Burton
11 MF ENG Lloyd Sam
12 DF WAL Grant Basey
14 MF ENG Matthew Spring
16 MF ENG Scott Wagstaff
17 FW GHA Chris Dickson
18 DF NGA Sam Sodje
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
27 DF ENG Yado Mambo
28 FW TUR Tamer Tuna
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
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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW SCO Andy Gray (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 (on loan to Exeter City)
24 GK ENG Carl Ikeme (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
31 DF ENG Elliot Omozusi (on loan from Fulham)
37 MF ENG Johnnie Jackson (on loan from Notts County)

Competitions

League One

League table

Pos Team 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
15 August 2009 Hartlepool United A 2–0 Burton 23', Bailey 27' 4,408 Boyeson
18 August 2009 Leyton Orient A 2–1 Burton 64', Shelvey 84' 7,376 Crossley
22 August 2009 Walsall H 2–0 Llera 30', Wagstaff 72' 15,306 Hooper
29 August 2009 Tranmere Rovers A 4–0 Sam 24', 49', Semedo 26', Bailey 68' 5,417 Tierney
5 September 2009 Brentford H 2–0 Burton 11', Sam 30' 16,399 Linington
12 September 2009 Southampton H 1–1 Burton 49' 19,441 Wright
19 September 2009 Norwich City A 2–2 Burton 18', Shelvey 40' 24,018 Tanner
26 September 2009 Exeter City H 2–1 Bailey 43', McLeod 87' 16,867 Hegley
29 September 2009 Colchester United A 0–3 7,098 Russell
3 October 2009 Leeds United A 0–0 31,838 Mathieson
10 October 2009 Oldham Athletic H 0–0 16,441 Horwood
17 October 2009 Huddersfield Town H 2–1 S. Sodje 8', McLeod 49' 16,991 East
24 October 2009 Gillingham A 1–1 Nutter 79' o.g. 10,304 Moss
31 October 2009 Carlisle United A 1–3 Burton 45+1' pen. 6,077 Haywood
14 November 2009 Milton Keynes Dons H 5–1 Mooney 13', Bailey 21', Sam 65', S. Sodje 73', Burton 76' 17,188 Hill
21 November 2009 Yeovil Town A 1–1 A. Sodje 56' 5,632 Hooper
24 November 2009 Bristol Rovers H 4–2
1 December 2009 Brighton & Hove Albion A 2–0 Burton 29', Wagstaff 37' 6,769 Ward
5 December 2009 Southend United H 1–0
12 December 2009 Stockport County A 2–1
19 December 2009 Millwall H 4–4
26 December 2009 Swindon Town H 2–2
28 December 2009 Brentford A 1–1
16 January 2010 Wycombe Wanderers A 2–1 Shelvey 11', Bailey 77' Evans
19 January 2010 Hartlepool United H 2–1
25 January 2010 Leyton Orient H 0–1 15,955 Moss
30 January 2010 Tranmere Rovers H 1–1 Bailey 57' 16,168 Sutton
2 February 2010 Walsall A 1–1
6 February 2010 Swindon Town A 1–1
15 February 2010 Bristol Rovers A 1–2
20 February 2010 Yeovil Town H 2–0 Reid 29', Mooney 54' 15,991 Graham
23 February 2010 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1–2 A. Sodje 90+4' 17,508 D'Urso
26 February 2010 Southend United A 2–1
6 March 2010 Stockport County H 2–0 Huntington 7' o.g., A. Sodje 10' 16,609 Stroud
13 March 2010 Millwall A 0–4
20 March 2010 Gillingham H 2–2
27 March 2010 Huddersfield Town A 1–1
3 April 2010 Milton Keynes Dons A 1–0 Forster 65' pen. 10,869 Bates
5 April 2010 Carlisle United H 1–0
10 April 2010 Southampton A 0–1
13 April 2010 Colchester United H 1–0
17 April 2010 Norwich City H 0–1
24 April 2010 Exeter City A 1–1 Reid 72' 6,835 Phillips
1 May 2010 Leeds United H 1–0
8 May 2010 Oldham Athletic A 2–0

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
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

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

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

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
Area quarter-final 11 November 2009 Southampton A 1–2 McKenzie 90+2' 13,906 Taylor