2009–10 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

2 May 2010: The club are relegated to League One after a final day home draw against Crystal Palace.
4 March 2010: Chairman Lee Strafford rules out the possibility of the club going into administration.^[2]
26 February 2010: Defender Frank Simek receives a call-up to the United States men's national soccer team.^[3]
11 January 2010: Alan Irvine appointed as Manager.^[4]
13 December 2009: Brian Laws leaves the club by mutual consent after a nine-game winless run with the club in 22nd position in the League.^[5]
19 August 2009: The club release plans to develop Hillsborough Stadium
23 July 2009: Owls season tickets sales exceed 13,000 (actual figure 13,060)^[6]
15 July 2009: Wednesday turn down a £1.5m bid from Burnley for Marcus Tudgay in a statement the club called the bid "derisory" and "unwelcome"^[7]
13 July 2009: Owls win JPL Cup in Malta^[8]
17 June 2009: The Championship 2009–2010 season fixtures were announced.^[9]
16 April 2009: Owls reveal that the logo of the Sheffield Children's Hospital will be featured on the shirts rather than that of a sponsor.^[10]^[11]

Team kit

The team kit's for the 2009–10 season will be produced by Puma. The logo of the Sheffield Children's Hospital will be featured on the shirts rather than that of a sponsor.^[10]^[11]
£1 from every shirt sale will go to the charity, after a month of being on sale 6,000 home shirts had been sold.^[12]

Home colours

Away colours

Pre-season

Sheffield Wednesday's 2009/10 pre-season programme:

Date	Opponents	Venue	Res.	Scorers	Att.	Notes
21 July 2009	Floriana	Victor Tedesco Stadium	1–0	McAllister	949	JPL Cup – 45 minute game
21 July 2009	Dingli Swallows	Victor Tedesco Stadium	1–0	Esajas	949	JPL Cup – 45 minute game
21 July 2009	Birkirkara	Victor Tedesco Stadium	0 – 0 lp		949	Sliema Wanderers Centenary Cup – 45 minute game
21 July 2009	Sliema Wanderers	Victor Tedesco Stadium	0–1		949	Sliema Wanderers Centenary Cup – 45 minute game
21 July 2009	Hartlepool United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool	2–0	Tudgay, France	1,627
25 July 2009	Hull City	Hillsborough Stadium	0–0		5,213
28 July 2009	Northampton Town	Sixfields Stadium	2–0	Johnson, Jeffers	1,912
1 August 2009	Blackburn Rovers	Hillsborough Stadium	2–2	Sodje, Tudgay	5,579

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Fixtures schedule

Football League Championship

(Please note League fixture lists are copyright of The Football League and can not be published without permission)

Fixtures for the 2009–10 season were announced by The Football League on 17 June 2009 at 10am.^[9] Sheffield Wednesday will face Barnsley at Hillsborough on the opening day of the season, the season continues away to new boys Peterborough on 15 August and the final day clash is away to Crystal Palace on 2 May.^[14]

"The Owls will be looking for another six points from the Steel City derby clashes on September 19th (at Bramall Lane) and 17 April (the penultimate home game of the season). Vital SWFC members are looking forward to the away day at St James' Park: the meeting with the Magpies is on August 19th, the return fixture a mouthwatering clash at Hillsborough on Boxing Day."^[14]

For a comprehensive list of fixtures go to the official SWFC web site fixtures page

League results

League 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	11	14	21	49	69	−20	47	8	6	9	30	31	−1	3	8	12	19	38	−19

Last updated: 3 May 2010 03:50 UK.
Source:

League round by round

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	D
Position	7	12	16	11	8	9	11	12	12	13	16	13	15	15	14	14	17	19	20	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	21	19	20	18	19	21	22	22	22	21	20	21	20	19	20	22	22	22	22	22

Last updated: 3 May 2010 03:50 UK.
Source: swfc.co.uk
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Domestic cups

FA Cup

Round	Tie no	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Enter at Third Round	18	2 January	Crystal Palace	H	1–2	Danns, Hill(O.G), Andrew	8,690

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Match Report
First round	August 11	Rochdale	H	3–0	Esajas, Johnson 2,	6,696
Second round	August 25	Port Vale	A	0–2		6,667

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Previous Club	Cost
10 May 2009	Darren Purse	Cardiff City	free/released
			Cost
21 May 2009	Tommy Miller	Ipswich Town	free/released
			Total expandature
21 August 2009	Luke Varney	Derby County	On loan (till 01/01/10)
			Total expandature
			£0 +

Out

Date	Player	New Club	Cost
8 May 2009	Kenny Lunt	Hereford United	Released
			Cost
8 May 2009	Wade Small	Chesterfield F.C.	Released
			Cost
1 January 2010	Richard Wood	Coventry City	Undisclosed
			Total income	£0 +

Loaned Out

Date	No.	Position	Player	Club	Return Date
2009	12	MF	Rocky Lekaj	Sandefjord Fotball	Unknown

First-team squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Lee Grant
2	DF	Tommy Spurr
3	DF	Lewis Buxton
4	DF	Darren Purse (captain)
5	DF	Richard Hinds
6	MF	Tommy Miller
7	FW	Marcus Tudgay
8	MF	Sean McAllister
9	FW	Francis Jeffers
11	MF	Etienne Esajas
14	MF	Darren Potter
15	DF	Mark Beevers
17	MF	James O'Connor
18	FW	Leon Clarke
19	FW	Luke Varney (on loan from Derby County)

No.	Position	Player
20	DF	Frank Simek
21	DF	Nick Wood
22	GK	Richard O'Donnell
23	MF	Jermaine Johnson
24	MF	Luke Boden
25	GK	Arron Jameson
26	DF	Max Wragg
27	MF	Callum Harrison
28	FW	Nathan Modest
29	MF	Liam Palmer
30	MF	Tom Soares (on loan from Stoke City)
30	DF	Eddie Nolan (on loan from Preston North End)
33	MF	Michael Gray

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.		Position	Player
10		FW	Akpo Sodje (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
12		MF	Rocky Lekaj (to Lyn)

No.		Position	Player
16		DF	Richard Wood (to Coventry City)
29			Warren Feeney (on loan from Cardiff City)

Long-term injury list

Date Injured	Player	Injury	Return Date

References

↑ "Attendance average page". soccer356.com. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
↑ "Administration 'not an option' for Owls – Lee Strafford". bbc.co.uk. 4 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
↑ "Simek receives international call". swfc.co.uk. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
↑ "Alan Irvine appointed new Owls boss". swfc.co.uk. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
↑ "Laws leaves Wednesday". swfc.co.uk. 13 December 2009. Archived from the original on 14 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
↑ "Season ticket sales exceed 13,000". swfc.co.uk. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
↑ "Tudgay: Owls slam Burnley's 'underhand tactic'". Sheffield star (Johnston Press Digital Publishing). 15 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
↑ "Season ticket sales exceed 13,000". swfc.co.uk. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
1 2 "Two important dates for your diary". The football League. 25 May 2009. Archived from the original on 30 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
1 2 "Sheffield Wednesday Donate Shirt Sponsorship To Local Childrens Hospital". Bleacher Report. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
1 2 "Hospital patients unveil new Owls' Kit". swfc. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
↑ "Home shirts now in stock". swfc. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
↑ "Complete Owls' preseason". swfc. 29 May 2009. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
1 2 "Owls Meet Barnsley On Opening Day". vitalfootball.co.uk. 17 June 2009. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-30.

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