2009–10 Scunthorpe United F.C. season

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Scunthorpe United 2009–10 football season

Scunthorpe United
2009–10 season
Chairman	J. Steven Wharton
Manager	Nigel Adkins
Stadium	Glanford Park
Football League Championship	20th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	Gary Hooper (19)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

During the 2009–10 English football season, Scunthorpe United F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

Scunthorpe struggled all season on their return to the Championship, but eventually managed to survive. The goals of Gary Hooper, who was third-highest top-scorer in the Championship with 19, ahead of the likes of Charlie Adam and Andy Carroll, were crucial to the club's survival, but he left at the end of the season to join Scottish giants Celtic. His strike partner, Paul Hayes, also left, to Preston North End, making Scunthorpe's task of surviving in the Championship for a second consecutive season all the more difficult.

Kit

Scunthorpe's kit was manufactured by Carlotti and sponsored by Rainham Steel, with Smith's Fashion as secondary kit sponsors. Scunthorpe's home kits reverted to stripes for the first time since 1992, with the home kits featuring blue shirts, black shorts and blue socks with black turnovers.

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
1	GK	IRL	Joe Murphy
2	MF	ENG	Andrew Wright
3	DF	ENG	Marcus Williams
4	MF	ENG	Sam Togwell
5	DF	SCO	Kenny Milne
6	DF	IRL	Cliff Byrne (captain)
7	MF	ENG	Matthew Sparrow
8	MF	NIR	Grant McCann
9	FW	ENG	Paul Hayes
10	FW	ENG	Gary Hooper
11	MF	ENG	Garry Thompson
12	DF	ENG	Rob Jones
14	FW	BRB	Jonathan Forte
15	DF	ENG	David Mirfin
16	MF	ENG	Martyn Woolford


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	ENG	Ben May
18	MF	NIR	Michael O'Connor
19	MF	ENG	Josh Wright
20	FW	IRL	Donal McDermott (on loan from Manchester City)
21	DF	ENG	Jake Picton
22	GK	ENG	Josh Lillis
23	GK	ENG	Sam Slocombe
24	FW	ENG	Matt Godden
26	DF	ENG	Niall Canavan
27	MF	ENG	Ian Morris
28	DF	ENG	Rory Coleman
29	FW	ENG	Adam Boyes
30	DF	ENG	Andy Crosby
32	DF	ENG	Michael Raynes
33	DF	SCO	Jimmy McNulty (on loan from Brighton)

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
20	MF	ENG	Kevan Hurst (to Carlisle United)
20	DF	ENG	Jordan Spence (on loan from West Ham United)
25	FW	ENG	Peter Winn (on loan to Gateshead)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
31	DF	ENG	George Friend (on loan from Wolves)
31	DF	IRL	Brendan Moloney (on loan from Forest)
32	DF	ENG	Bondz N'Gala (on loan from West Ham United)

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

League

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Result	0–4	3–2	0–2	0–4	0–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	0–3	0–2	1–4	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–3
Position	24	10	15	18	20	18	12	13	15	17	19	18	14	16	18	19	21	20	18	18	18	20	21

Round	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Result	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–5	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–3	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–4	0–3	2–3	3–0	2–2	3–4	2–2
Position	19	19	18	16	19	21	21	17	18	17	19	22	22	20	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	20	20

August

Cardiff City v Scunthorpe United

8 August 2009	Cardiff City	4–0	Scunthorpe United	Cardiff, Wales
15:00 BST	Chopra 21', 45' Bothroyd 31' Whittingham 90'	Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 22,264 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Scunthorpe United v Derby County

15 August 2009	Scunthorpe United	3–2	Derby County	Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
15:00 BST	Hooper 17', 45' Woolford 82'	Report	Green 20' Commons 60'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 7,352 Referee: Graham Horwood

Scunthorpe United v Middlesbrough

18 August 2009	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Middlesbrough	Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
19:45 BST		Report	Johnson 28' (53)	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 8,274 Referee: Michael Oliver

Sheffield Wednesday v Scunthorpe United

22 August 2009	Sheffield Wednesday	4–0	Scunthorpe United	Sheffield, South Yorkshire
15:00 BST	Wood 6' Johnson 12' Tudgay 34' Potter 58'	Report		Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 20,215 Referee: A Hall

Scunthorpe United v QPR

29 August 2009	Scunthorpe United	0–1	QPR	Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
15:00 BST		Report	Taarabt 3'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 5,866 Referee: Graham Salisbury

A bruising return to life back in the Championship for Scunthorpe began with a 0–4 thrashing at the brand new Cardiff City Stadium which saw them immediately sink to the bottom of the table, although a win at home to Derby offered some form of redemption as well as hope that survival may not be beyond them. Defeats at home to recently relegated Middlesbrough and QPR, interspersed with another mauling on their travels at Sheffield Wednesday, meant that the Iron ended August having lost 4 out of 5 league games. Two wins in the League Cup provided some light relief as Scunny progressed into the third round of the competition.

September

Crystal Palace v Scunthorpe United

12 September 2009	Crystal Palace	0–4	Scunthorpe United	Croydon, London
15:00 BST		Report	Forte 4' Hayes 58' Togwell 66' O'Connor 68'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 12,912 Referee: Grant Hegley

Scunthorpe United v Preston North End

15 September 2009	Scunthorpe United	3–1	Preston North End	Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
19:45 BST	McCann 12' Hooper 42' (53)	Report	Parkin 58'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 5,383 Referee: Keith Hill

Bristol City v Scunthorpe

19 September 2009	Bristol City	1–1	Scunthorpe	Ashton Gate, Bristol
15:00 BST	Saborio 50'	Report	McCann 90+3'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 14,203 Referee: Danny McDermid

Scunthorpe United v Doncaster Rovers

26 September 2009	Scunthorpe United	2–2	Doncaster Rovers	Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
15:00 BST	Byrne 72' McCann 90+3'	Report	Woods 13' Sharp 61'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 7,945 Referee: Keith Stroud

Nottingham Forest v Scunthorpe

30 September 2009	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Scunthorpe	West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
19:45 BST	Chambers 71' Blackstock 76'	Report		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 18,332 Referee: David Webb

September began with a much greater encouragement as Scunthorpe kickstarted their season with an impressive 4–0 win at Crystal Palace, followed up with victory over Preston at Glanford Park. A pair of injury-time equalisers (both from Grant McCann), first at Bristol City then again at home to Doncaster, pushed them up to 15th in the early season table, before their 4-match unbeaten run was ended by Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

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2009–10 in English football

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National teams

League
competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (Championship, League One, League Two, play-offs)
Levels 5–6	Football Conference (Premier, North, South)
Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern Football League (Premier, Central, South & West)
Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier, One) East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One East, One West) Kent League (level 9 only) Midland Alliance (level 9 only) Midland Combination (level 10 only) North West Counties League (Premier, One) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South West Peninsula League (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (Premier, One) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup
competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Youth Cup
Football League cups	Football League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Hull City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Portsmouth Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship	Barnsley Blackpool Bristol City Cardiff City Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Doncaster Rovers Ipswich Town Leicester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Swansea City Watford West Bromwich Albion
League One	Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Leeds United Leyton Orient Millwall Milton Keynes Dons Norwich City Oldham Athletic Southampton Southend United Stockport County Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town
League Two	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Town Barnet Bournemouth Bradford City Burton Albion Bury Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Dagenham & Redbridge Darlington Grimsby Town Hereford United Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Morecambe Northampton Town Notts County Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Torquay United
Non-League	Luton Town Oxford United Stevenage Borough York City

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