2009–10 Swansea City A.F.C. season

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Swansea City
2009–10 season
Chairman Huw Jenkins
Manager Paulo Sousa
Football League Championship 7th
FA Cup Third Round
League Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League: Darren Pratley (7)
All: Darren Pratley (7)
Highest home attendance 18,794 vs Crystal Palace (28 December 2009)
Lowest home attendance 12,775 vs Reading (18 August 2009)
Average home league attendance 15,407
Home colours
Away colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was Swansea City's 81st season in the Football League. It was their second consecutive season in the second tier following an eighth-placed finish in the previous campaign.

Swansea finished the season in seventh place, one place higher than the previous season, having just missed out on a play-off place to Blackpool.[1]

Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2009–10 season, presented in chronological order.

May

June

  • 2 June: Swansea City completed the signing of Southampton winger Nathan Dyer for a fee of £400,000.[6]
  • 4 June: Swansea City have given boss Roberto Martínez permission to hold talks with Wigan Athletic following the departure of Steve Bruce to Sunderland.[7] Should the deal go ahead, Wigan will pay a sum close to £2 million in compensation.[8]
  • 11 June: Roberto Martínez was set to be unveiled as the new manager of Wigan Athletic at a press conference, but the deal was halted as Martínez failed to mention that he wanted his backroom staff from Swansea too join him.[9] Huw Jenkins had demanded compensation for the backroom staff, and branded Whelan as "unfair and disrespectful."[10][11]
  • 15 June: Swansea and Wigan agree compensation for the loss of Martínez; the club has now confirmed the compensation package with the Premier League outfit for assistant-manager Graeme Jones, chief scout Kevin Reeves, goalkeeping coach Iñaki Bergara and masseur Oscar Brau.[12]
  • 16 June: Defender Matthew Collins signed a new contract extending his stay at Swansea until 2011.[13]
  • 16 June: Swansea City were handed a home tie against Brighton & Hove Albion in the Football League Cup first round.[14]
  • 16 June: Norwich City signed midfielder Owain Tudur Jones on a three-year deal for a sum thought to be in the region of £250,000.[15]
  • 17 June: The fixture list for all championship teams were released on 17 June. Swansea City's first match will be away against newly-crowned League One champions Leicester City at the Walkers Stadium. Swansea's first home game will be against relegated Premier League side Middlesbrough.[16]
  • 18 June: Swansea City announced that they had offered the vacant managerial position to the Portuguese two-time Champions League-winning player Paulo Sousa and had verbally agreed a three-year contract. Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins went on to say, "He's young, bright, enthusiastic and a visionary with extensive knowledge and contacts not only throughout Europe, but world football."[17]
  • 23 June: Eredivisie runners-up Twente will be the first team to face Swansea City in pre-season on 18 July, they will then be playing Spanish side Almería on 1 August at the Liberty Stadium.[18]
  • 23 June: Paulo Sousa returned from Portugal and was officially unveiled as the new Swansea City manager at a press conference held at the Liberty Stadium at 13:30 GMT. He signed a three-year deal. Sousa said, "Together with the fans we can build a strong club, a strong city to be on the map not only in Wales and England, but everywhere."[19][20]
  • 25 June: Swansea City unveiled the online casino, 32Red, as their shirt sponsors for the 2009–10 season. The home and away kits were modeled by defenders Alan Tate and Marcos Painter.[21]
  • 26 June: Midfielder Joe Allen signed a new three-year contract with Swansea that will see him stay until 2012.[22]
  • 26 June: Swansea City rejected a £2.5 million bid from Bolton Wanderers for midfielder Ferrie Bodde.[23]

July

August

  • 7 August: Ashley Williams was called up to the Welsh national team to face Montenegro in a Friendly.[33]
  • 8 August: Swansea football league campaign kicked off against Leicester City at the Walkers Stadium, but ended in a 2–1 defeat. However, midfielder Joe Allen suffered a Hamstring injury after 25 minutes.[34]
  • 11 August: Ashley Williams was named in the Championship Team of the Week following his performance against Leicester.[1]
  • 12 August: Swansea were drawn against Scunthorpe United at home in the second round of the League Cup following their 3–0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion.[35]
  • 13 August: Swansea City and the Swansea City Council had come to an agreement to develop a Football academy in Landore in an investment worth over £1m.[36]
  • 18 August: Swansea City rejected a bid for Ferrie Bodde from previous, and now manager of Wigan Athletic, Roberto Martínez. It was understood that the Wigan had offered £4.5 million. However, Swansea Chairman Huw Jenkins went on to say, "Not only have we rejected the bid, but it's an offer we wouldn't even think twice about considering... In fact, the way it is structured – over such a long period of time and appearance related – it doesn't even constitute an offer."[37][38]
  • 22 August: Austrian front-man Besian Idrizaj signed for Swansea City on a two-year deal.[39]
  • 25 August: Swansea City's clash with Scunthorpe ended in controversy as Swansea had captain Garry Monk, Gorka Pintado and Àngel Rangel sent off, whilst striker Stephen Dobbie went off injured. This left Swansea down to just 7 men on the field. Tempers then erupted as debutant Besian Idrizaj was forced to play on despite being injured. The match would have been abandoned according to Football League rules. Football League rules state each side must have at least seven players on the pitch for a game to be played.[40][41]
  • 27 August: Swansea City completed a double swoop and signed club legend Lee Trundle on loan from Bristol City until 1 January 2010 and Craig Beattie joined the Swans from West Bromwich Albion on a three-year deal for a club record deal of £800k.[42]

September

  • 1 September: Swansea sign Trinidad and Tobago centre back Radanfah Abu Bakr on a three-month deal.[43]
  • 3 September: Lil Fuccillo became Swansea's new Chief Scout, moving from Newcastle United.[44]
  • 10 September: Former Ajax player Cedric van der Gun signed for Swansea on a one-year deal with an option to extend his stay a further 12 months.[45]
  • 28 September: Ferrie Bodde was ruled out for the rest of the season after rupturing a cruciate ligament in his left knee for a second time. Bodde lasted just eight minutes in the 2–1 victory against Sheffield United.[46]

October

Players

Squad stats

Total League Champ'ship FA Cup League Cup
N
 P
 Name
 Nationality
 GS
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 Notes
1 GK De Vries Netherlands 47 48 46 1 1
2 DF Williams Wales
England		 44 45 5 45 5
3 DF Painter Republic of Ireland
England		 6 6 4 1 1
4 DF O'Leary Wales
5 DF Tate England 41 41 1 38 1 1 2
6 MF Bodde Netherlands 2 4 4
7 MF Britton England 36 37 35 2
8 MF Pratley Jamaica
England		 33 36 7 35 7 1
9 FW Beattie Scotland 11 21 3 21 3
10 MF Orlandi Spain 23 30 1 29 1 1
11 MF Van der Gun Netherlands 20 24 2 23 2 1
12 MF Dyer England 38 41 2 39 2 2
14 FW Dobbie Scotland 5 9 3 6 1 2 3
15 MF López Spain 9 14 11 1 2
16 DF Monk England 23 25 1 22 1 2 1
17 GK Cornell Wales 1 1 1
18 FW Pintado Spain 18 33 2 31 2 1 1
19 FW Trundle England 2 18 5 17 5 1
20 MF MacDonald Wales 2 3 3
21 DF Bessone Italy
Argentina		 22 22 1 21 1 1
22 DF Rangel Spain 36 38 37 1
23 FW Bauzà Spain 3 7 6 1
24 MF Allen Wales 14 22 21 1
25 DF Collins Wales 2 2 1 1
26 DF Serran Spain 4 7 6 1
27 MF Gower England 25 33 1 30 1 1 2
28 MF Butler Republic of Ireland 9 24 1 24 1
29 MF Richards Wales 10 15 15
31 MF Howard Wales
30 FW Bond Wales 2 2 1 1
33 FW Morgan Wales 2 5 3 2
34 DF Walsh Wales
35 DF Sheehan Wales
36 MF Thomas Wales 1 1
37 MF Lucas Wales
38 DF Grimes England
39 DF Burgin England
40 FW Idrizaj Austria 1 4 3 1
42 FW Kuqi Finland 15 19 5 19 5
43 DF Edgar Canada 5 5 1 5 1
49 MF Cotterill Wales 15 21 4 20 3 1 1

Last updated: 2 May 2010
Source: Swans World
Ordered by Squad Numbers
0 shown as blank

Disciplinary record

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Notes
22 DF Spain Rangel 6 2
18 FW Spain Pintado 2 1 1
16 DF England Monk 4 1
26 DF Spain Serran 1
12 MF England Dyer 5 1
15 MF Spain López 1
7 MF England Britton 7
10 MF Spain Orlandi 7
5 DF England Tate 7
8 MF Jamaica Pratley 6
2 DF Wales Williams 5
27 MF England Gower 4
42 FW Finland Kuqi 3
3 DF Republic of Ireland Painter 3
24 MF Wales Allen 2
1 GK Netherlands De Vries 2
29 MF Wales Richards 2
14 FW Scotland Dobbie 1
11 FW Netherlands Van der Gun 1
23 MF Spain Bauzà 1
49 MF Wales Cotterill 1

Source:[citation needed]
Only competitive matches
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Awards

PFA Team of the Year

Wales Ashley Williams

Championship Team of the Week

The following Swansea players have been selected in the official Championship team of the week.

Transfers

In

N
 P
 Name
 EU
 Country
 Age
 Type
 Moving from
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
14 FW Dobbie EU Scotland 41 Free Agent Queen of the South Summer 2012 Free BBC Sport
12 MF Dyer EU England 36 Transferred SouthamptonEngland Summer 2012 £400k BBC Sport
15 MF López EU Spain 43 Transferred Queens Park RangersEngland Summer 2011 Free BBC Sport
40 FW Idrizaj EU Austria 36 Free Agent Summer 2011 Free Swansea Official Website
9 FW Beattie EU Scotland 40 Transferred West Bromwich AlbionEngland Summer 2012 £800k BBC Sport
11 MF van der Gun EU Netherlands 45 Free Agent Summer 2010 Free BBC Sport
49 MF Cotterill EU Wales 36 Transferred Sheffield UnitedEngland Winter 2013 £600k BBC Sport
42 FW Kuqi EU Finland 47 Transferred TuS KoblenzGermany Winter 2011 Free BBC Sport

Out

N
 P
 Name
 Country
 Age
 Type
 Moving to
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Apps
 Goals
 Source
15 DF Lawrence Trinidad and Tobago 34 Released San Juan Jabloteh Summer n/a 79 7 BBC Sport
17 MF Tudur Jones Wales 24 Transferred Norwich City Summer £250k 41 3 BBC Sport
19 FW Jones Wales 19 Released Grimsby Town Summer n/a 7 0 Swansea Official Website
9 FW Scotland Trinidad and Tobago 30 Transferred Wigan Athletic Summer £2mil 102 53 BBC Sport
4 DF O'Leary Wales 32 Released Winter n/a 281 10 BBC Sport

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable; Apps = Total number of competitive appearances (including substitute appearances) at the club prior to departure; Goals = Total number of competitive goals scored at the club prior to departure.

Loans

In

No.
 P
 Name
 Country
 Age
 Loan club
 Started
 Ended
 Start source
 End source
19 FW Trundle England 47 Bristol City 27 August 2009 2 May 2010 BBC Sport
37 DF Abu Bakr Trinidad and Tobago 37 Caledonia AIA 1 September 2009 1 January 2010 BBC Sport thisissouthwales.co.uk
49 MF Cotterill Wales 36 Sheffield United 26 November 2009 1 January 2010 BBC Sport BBC Sport
43 DF Edgar Canada 37 Burnley 23 March 2010 2 May 2010 BBC Sport

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Out

No.
 P
 Name
 Country
 Age
 Loan club
 Started
 Ended
 Start source
 End source
38 DF Grimes England 33 Haverfordwest County 24 July 2009 April 2010 Swansea Official website
4 MF O'Leary Wales 46 Leyton Orient 30 August 2009 30 September 2009 Swansea Official website Orient Official website
20 MF MacDonald Wales 36 Yeovil Town 22 September 2009 26 April 2010 BBC Sport Swansea Official website
32 FW Morgan Wales 35 Newport County 15 October 2009 24 April 2010 Swansea Official website
36 MF Thomas Wales 33 Newport County 15 October 2009 24 April 2010 Swansea Official website
3 DF Painter Republic of Ireland 37 Brighton & Hove Albion 13 January 2010 8 May 2010 BBC Sport
14 FW Dobbie Scotland 41 Blackpool 1 February 2010 22 May 2010 BBC Sport

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

New contracts

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Status
 Contract length
 Expiry date
 Source
25 DF Wales Collins 38 Signed 2 years June 2011 [13]
24 MF Wales Allen 34 Signed 3 years June 2012 [22]
19 FW Wales Jones 34 Rejected n/a July 2009 [50]
10 MF Spain Orlandi 39 Signed 1 Year July 2010 [26]
5 DF England Tate 41 Signed 4 Years August 2013 [51]
2 DF Wales Williams 39 Signed 4 Years October 2013 [52]
16 DF England Monk 45 Signed 3 Years November 2012 [53]
17 GK Wales Cornell 33 Signed 3.5 Years July 2013 [54]

Last updated:

Championship Stats

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 17 18 11 40 37  +3 69 10 10 3 21 12  +9 7 8 8 19 25  −6

Last updated: 2 May 2010.
Source:[citation needed]

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Ground A H H A H A H A H A H A A H A H H A A H H A A H H A H H A H A A H A A H H A A H A H A H A H
Result L L D W D L D D W D W D W D W W W L D W L W D D W D D W W D D W W L W D L D L D L W L W L D
Position 23 24 23 15 19 20 19 19 17 16 15 16 11 12 11 9 4 7 7 5 6 5 6 6 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7

Championship Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Promotion or relegation
1 Newcastle United (C) 46 30 12 4 90 35 +55 102 Promotion to Premier League
2 West Bromwich Albion (P) 46 26 13 7 88 47 +41 91
3 Nottingham Forest (Q) 46 22 13 11 65 40 +25 79 Qualification to League Championship playoffs
4 Cardiff City (Q) 46 22 10 14 73 54 +19 76
5 Leicester City (Q) 46 21 13 12 61 45 +16 76
6 Blackpool (Q) 46 19 13 14 74 58 +16 70
7 Swansea City 46 17 18 11 40 37 +3 69

Updated to games played on 26 April 2010.
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Pre-season Friendlies

Football League Championship

League Cup

FA Cup

References and footnotes

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See also

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