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Ipswich Town

2009–10 season
Chairman	Marcus Evans
Manager	Roy Keane
Stadium	Portman Road
Championship	15th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Jonathan Walters (8) All: Jonathan Walters (8)
Highest home attendance	27,059 (vs Newcastle United, 26 Sep 2009, Championship)
Lowest home attendance	19,283 (vs Watford, 20 Oct 2009, Championship)
Average home league attendance	20,840
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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During the 2009–10 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship. The 2009–10 football season marked the 131st year of existence of Ipswich Town Football Club. Additionally, it marked the club's 74th anniversary of turning professional and was the club's 71st consecutive season in the English football league system.

The 2009–10 season was Roy Keane's first full season as manager of Ipswich Town. Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship, finishing 15th out of the 24 teams. The club also competed in the Football League Cup, where it was eliminated in the second round, and the FA Cup, where it was eliminated in the fourth round.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of 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 1 GK  ENG Richard Wright 2 DF  ENG David Wright 3 DF  IRL Damien Delaney 4 DF  NIR Gareth McAuley 6 MF  ENG Grant Leadbitter 7 MF  IRL Owen Garvan 8 MF  ENG Lee Martin 9 FW  ESP Pablo Couñago 10 MF  ENG David Norris 12 DF  CAN Jaime Peters 17 MF  ENG Jack Colback (on loan from Sunderland)

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  IRL Jonathan Walters (captain) 20 FW  NIR David Healy (on loan from Sunderland) 21 FW  IRL Daryl Murphy (on loan from Sunderland) 23 MF  TRI Carlos Edwards 25 MF  IRL Alan Quinn 26 GK  IRL Brian Murphy 28 GK  ENG Arran Lee-Barrett 30 DF  IRL Shane O'Connor 35 DF  NZL Tommy Smith 40 FW  ENG Connor Wickham

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 5 DF  IRL Alex Bruce (on loan to Leicester City) 11 FW  JAM Kevin Lisbie (on loan to Colchester United) 14 FW  ENG Jon Stead (on loan to Coventry City) 15 DF  NED Pim Balkestein (on loan to Brentford) 16 FW  HUN Tamás Priskin (on loan to Queens Park Rangers) 18 MF  IRL Colin Healy (on loan to Falkirk)

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  TRI Stern John (on loan from Crystal Palace) 22 DF  ENG Liam Rosenior (on loan from Reading) 27 GK  IRL Shane Supple (retired) 27 GK  BIH Asmir Begović (on loan from Portsmouth) 36 MF  ENG Liam Trotter (on loan to Millwall)

Reserve squad

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 13 MF  ARG Luciano Civelli 29 MF  ENG Ed Upson 31 MF  USA Devann Yao 32 GK  IRL Ian McLoughlin 33 DF  WAL Ben Thatcher 34 DF  ENG Jack Ainsley

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 MF  BER Reggie Lambe 39 DF  WAL Troy Brown 41 DF  ENG Tom Eastman 42 MF  ENG Billy Clark 44 FW  IRL Ronan Murray 46 MF  ENG Luke Hyam

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Roy Keane
Assistant Manager	Tony Loughlan
Assistant Manager	Ian McParland
Goalkeeping Coach	James Hollman
Specialist Skills Coach	Steve Foley
Fitness Coach	Antonio Gomez
Fitness Coach	Simon Thadani
Head Physiotherapist	Matt Byard

Pre-season

Ipswich traveled to the Republic of Ireland for pre-season in 2009, playing friendlies against Irish sides Finn Harps, Waterford and Cork City. The squad also spent time in Portugal on a four-day training camp. On the 25 July Ipswich played Colchester United in a testimonial match for retired former player Fabian Wilnis, a match which Ipswich won 2–0.

Legend

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 July 2009	Finn Harps	A	1–2	Unknown	Wickham (pen)
15 July 2009	Brentford	A	3–1	Unknown	Martin, Wickham, Rhodes
17 July 2009	Waterford	A	3–0	Unknown	Garvan (2), Lisbie
19 July 2009	Cork City	A	0–2	3,262
22 July 2009	Southend United	A	2–0	Unknown	Trotter (2)
25 July 2009	Colchester United	H	2–0	Unknown	Okuonghae (o.g.), Rhodes
28 July 2009	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	Unknown	Norris
31 July 2009	Real Valladolid	H	3–1	5,873	Balkestein, Wickham, Prieto (o.g.)

Competitions

Football League Championship

League table

Source: Table

Legend

Ipswich Town's score comes first

Matches

FA Cup

As in the League Cup, Ipswich only progressed through one round of the FA Cup, falling to a 2–1 defeat against Southampton at St Mary's. This meant Ipswich was only left with trying to improve its league position.

League Cup

Ipswich Town's League Cup campaign was disappointing. After winning a thrilling first round tie against Shrewsbury Town, Ipswich was knocked out of the competition by Peterborough United at London Road after Ipswich striker Tamas Priskin missed a vital penalty.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee	Ref
1 July 2009	DF	Troy Brown	Fulham	Free transfer
2 July 2009	DF	Damien Delaney	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed
6 July 2009	MF	Lee Martin	Manchester United	£1,500,000
24 July 2009	MF	Colin Healy	Cork City	Undisclosed
27 July 2009	DF	Shane O'Connor	Liverpool	Free transfer
6 August 2009	FW	Tamás Priskin	Watford	£1,200,000
21 August 2009	GK	Arran Lee-Barrett	Hartlepool United	Free transfer
1 September 2009	MF	Carlos Edwards	Sunderland	£1,350,000
1 September 2009	MF	Grant Leadbitter	Sunderland	£2,600,000
6 November 2009	GK	Brian Murphy	Bohemian	Free transfer

• Total transfer spending: £6,650,000+

Loans in

Date from	Pos	Name	From	Date until	Ref
6 August 2009	MF	Jack Colback	Sunderland	30 June 2010
14 October 2009	GK	Asmir Begović	Portsmouth	23 November 2009
26 November 2009	FW	Stern John	Crystal Palace	1 February 2010
2 September 2009	DF	Liam Rosenior	Reading	1 June 2010
1 February 2010	FW	Daryl Murphy	Sunderland	30 June 2010
1 February 2010	FW	David Healy	Sunderland	30 June 2010

Transfers out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee	Ref
8 May 2009	MF	Tommy Miller	Sheffield Wednesday	Free transfer
8 May 2009	DF	Chris Casement	Dundee United	Free transfer
8 May 2009	FW	Dean Bowditch	Yeovil Town	Free transfer
8 May 2009	DF	Iván Campo	AEK Larnaca	Free transfer
8 May 2009	FW	Billy Clarke	Blackpool	Free transfer
8 May 2009	DF	Kurt Robinson	Rushden & Diamonds	Free transfer
8 May 2009	MF	Jai Reason	Cambridge United	Free transfer
14 May 2009	MF	Matt Richards	Walsall	Free transfer
21 May 2009	DF	Dan Harding	Southampton	Free transfer
13 July 2009	FW	Danny Haynes	Bristol City	Undisclosed
31 July 2009	FW	Jordan Rhodes	Huddersfield Town	£350,000
4 August 2009	MF	Veliče Šumulikoski	Preston North End	£400,000
20 August 2009	GK	Shane Supple	Retired
26 February 2010	DF	Ben Thatcher	Free agent	Contract terminated

• Total transfer income: £750,000+

Loans out

Date from	Pos	Name	From	Date until	Ref
3 August 2009	FW	Kevin Lisbie	Colchester United	30 June 2010
6 November 2009	DF	Jack Ainsley	Rushden & Diamonds	1 January 2010
20 November 2009	DF	Pim Balkestein	Brentford	31 December 2009
4 January 2010	MF	Liam Trotter	Millwall	30 June 2010
7 January 2010	DF	Tommy Smith	Brentford	30 June 2010
12 January 2010	MF	Colin Healy	Falkirk	30 June 2010
1 February 2010	DF	Alex Bruce	Leicester City	30 June 2010
1 February 2010	FW	Tamás Priskin	Queens Park Rangers	30 June 2010
15 February 2010	FW	Jon Stead	Coventry City	30 June 2010
12 March 2010	MF	Ed Upson	Barnet	30 June 2010
25 March 2010	DF	Pim Balkestein	Brentford	30 June 2010

Squad statistics

All statistics updated as of end of season

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Richard Wright	13	0	12	0	0	0	1	0
26	GK	IRL	Brian Murphy	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK	ENG	Arran Lee-Barrett	15	0	12+1	0	2	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ENG	David Wright	29	1	25+1	1	1	0	2	0
3	DF	IRL	Damien Delaney	39	0	36	0	2	0	1	0
4	DF	NIR	Gareth McAuley	43	5	40+1	5	2	0	0	0
12	DF	CAN	Jaime Peters	34	1	22+10	1	0	0	2	0
22	DF	ENG	Liam Rosenior	31	1	26+3	1	2	0	0	0
30	DF	IRL	Shane O'Connor	13	0	11+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
34	DF	ENG	Jack Ainsley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
35	DF	NZL	Tommy Smith	15	0	11+3	0	0	0	1	0
39	DF	WAL	Troy Brown	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF	ENG	Tom Eastman	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ENG	Grant Leadbitter	40	3	36+2	3	2	0	0	0
7	MF	IRL	Owen Garvan	28	1	14+11	0	1+1	1	1	0
8	MF	ENG	Lee Martin	18	1	9+7	1	0+1	0	1	0
10	MF	ENG	David Norris	25	2	24	2	1	0	0	0
17	MF	ENG	Jack Colback	41	5	29+8	4	2	1	2	0
23	MF	TRI	Carlos Edwards	29	3	21+7	2	1	1	0	0
25	MF	IRL	Alan Quinn	21	1	8+11	0	0	0	2	1
37	MF	BER	Reggie Lambe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
42	MF	ENG	Billy Clark	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ESP	Pablo Couñago	29	3	11+16	2	0+1	1	1	0
19	FW	IRL	Jonathan Walters	47	8	43	8	2	0	0+2	0
20	FW	NIR	David Healy	12	1	5+7	1	0	0	0	0
21	FW	IRL	Daryl Murphy	18	6	18	6	0	0	0	0
40	FW	ENG	Connor Wickham	29	7	9+17	4	0+1	1	1+1	2
Players transferred out during the season
5	DF	IRL	Alex Bruce	15	1	12+1	1	2	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Jon Stead	22	6	13+9	6	0	0	0	0
15	DF	NED	Pim Balkestein	10	0	8+1	0	0	0	1	0
16	FW	HUN	Tamás Priskin	19	2	9+8	1	0+1	0	1	1
18	MF	IRL	Colin Healy	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
21	FW	TRI	Stern John	9	1	5+2	1	2	0	0	0
27	GK	IRL	Shane Supple	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	GK	BIH	Asmir Begović	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	ENG	Ed Upson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
36	MF	ENG	Liam Trotter	12	0	11+1	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: end of season
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
19	FW		Jonathan Walters	8	0	0	8
40	FW		Connor Wickham	4	1	2	7
14	FW		Jon Stead	6	0	0	6
21	FW		Daryl Murphy	6	0	0	7
4	DF		Gareth McAuley	5	0	0	5
17	MF		Jack Colback	4	1	0	5
6	MF		Grant Leadbitter	3	0	0	3
9	FW		Pablo Couñago	2	1	0	3
23	MF		Carlos Edwards	2	1	0	3
10	MF		David Norris	2	0	0	2
16	FW		Tamás Priskin	1	0	1	2
2	DF		David Wright	1	0	0	1
5	DF		Alex Bruce	1	0	0	1
7	MF		Owen Garvan	0	1	0	1
8	MF		Lee Martin	1	0	0	1
12	DF		Jamie Peters	1	0	0	1
20	FW		David Healy	1	0	0	1
21	FW		Stern John	1	0	0	1
22	DF		Liam Rosenior	1	0	0	1
25	MF		Alan Quinn	0	0	1	1
Total				50	5	4	59

Clean sheets

Number	Nation	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1		Richard Wright	1	0	0	1
26		Brian Murphy	6	0	0	6
27		Asmir Begović	2	0	0	2
28		Arran Lee-Barrett	3	0	0	3
Total			12	0	0	12

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
2	DF	David Wright	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3	DF	Damien Delaney	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4	DF	Gareth McAuley	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
5	DF	Alex Bruce	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
6	MF	Grant Leadbitter	10	0	1	0	0	0	11	0
7	MF	Owen Garvan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF	Lee Martin	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	Pablo Couñago	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
10	MF	David Norris	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
12	DF	Jamie Peters	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	FW	Jon Stead	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	DF	Pim Balkestein	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
16	FW	Tamás Priskin	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF	Jack Colback	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
19	FW	Jonathan Walters	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
21	FW	Stern John	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	DF	Liam Rosenior	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
26	GK	Brian Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28	GK	Arran Lee-Barrett	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
35	DF	Tommy Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
40	FW	Connor Wickham	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
41	DF	Tom Eastman	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total			65	3	4	0	2	0	71	3

Awards

Player awards

Award	Player	Ref
Player of the Year	Gareth McAuley
Players' Player of the Year	Jack Colback
Young Player of the Year	Tom Eastman
Goal of the Season	Jack Colback

Football League Young Player of the Month

Month	Player	Ref
April	Connor Wickham

Notes

1. Walters was born in Moreton, England, but also qualified to represent Republic of Ireland internationally through his mother and represented them at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in November 2010.
2. Smith was born in Macclesfield, England, and represented them at U-17 and U-18 level, but was also raised in New Zealand and made his international debut for New Zealand in March 2010.
3. Bruce was born in Norwich, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and represented the Republic of Ireland at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2007; he would change his international allegiance to Northern Ireland in July 2011 and make his international debut for Northern Ireland in February 2013.
4. Lisbie was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.
5. Priskin was born in Komárno, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), but also qualified to represent Hungary internationally and made his international debut for Hungary in August 2005.
6. Begović was born in Trebinje, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Canada internationally and represented them at U-20 level before making his international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in October 2009.
7. Thatcher was born in Swindon, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his grandmother and made his debut for Wales in March 2004.
8. Brown was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-17, U-19 and U-21 level.

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