2009–10 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland

2009–10 season
Chairman	Niall Quinn
Manager	Steve Bruce (from 3 June)
Premier League	13th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Darren Bent (24) All: Darren Bent (25)
Highest home attendance	47,641, Manchester United, Premier League, 2 May 2010
Lowest home attendance	20,576, Birmingham City, League Cup, 22 September 2009
Average home league attendance	40,355
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2009–10 season is Sunderland's third consecutive season in the top division of English football, the Premier League.

Ricky Sbragia was replaced by Steve Bruce in the close season. His aim is to improve on the club's 16th position the previous season.

Darren Bent was the top scorer in the Premier League with 24 goals. Andy Reid was the top scorer in the League Cup with two goals. Fraizer Campbell was the top scorer in the FA Cup with two goals. Darren Bent was the top scorer in all competitions with 25 goals.

At the end of the season, Darren Bent won both the club's official Player of the Season and the SAFC Supporters' Association awards. Jordan Henderson won both the club's official Young Player of the Season and the SAFC Supporters' Association Young Player of the Season awards.

Season summary

Sunderland broke their transfer record with the £10 million signing of Tottenham Hotspur striker Darren Bent. This proved to be a wise investment as Bent scored 25 goals in all competitions during the season, all but one of them in the league. No other player outside the top eight clubs managed even half as many as Bent, who was only outscored by Didier Drogba and Wayne Rooney.

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
11 July 2009	FW	Fraizer Campbell	Manchester United	£3,500,000
13 July 2009	DF	Paulo da Silva	Deportivo Toluca	Undisclosed
24 July 2009	MF	Lorik Cana	Marseille	£5,000,000
5 August 2009	FW	Darren Bent	Tottenham Hotspur	£10,000,000 (rising to £16,000,000)
12 August 2009	MF	Lee Cattermole	Wigan Athletic	£6,000,000
28 August 2009	DF	John Mensah	Lyon	Season-long loan
31 August 2009	DF	Michael Turner	Hull City	£4,000,000
16 October 2009	MF	Bolo Zenden	Marseille	Free

January

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
21 January 2010	DF	Matthew Kilgallon	Sheffield United	Undisclosed
1 February 2010	DF	Alan Hutton	Tottenham Hotspur	Season-long loan
2 February 2010	FW	Benjani Mwaruwari	Manchester City	Season-long loan

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2009	MF	Dwight Yorke	Retired	Retired
3 July 2009	DF	Greg Halford	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£2,000,000
4 July 2009	FW	Michael Chopra	Cardiff City	£4,000,000
24 July 2009	MF	Dean Whitehead	Stoke City	£5,000,000
21 August 2009	FW	Anthony Stokes	Hibernian	£500,000
30 August 2009	DF	Paul McShane	Hull City	£1,500,000
1 September 2009	DF	Danny Collins	Stoke City	£2,275,000
1 September 2009	MF	Teemu Tainio	Birmingham City	Season-long loan
1 September 2009	MF	Grant Leadbitter	Ipswich Town	£2,600,000
1 September 2009	MF	Carlos Edwards	Ipswich Town	£1,400,000
17 September 2009	FW	Roy O'Donovan	Southend United	Loan
8 October 2009	FW	David Connolly	Southampton	Free

January

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
14 January 2010	DF	Russell Anderson	Derby County	Free
1 February 2010	DF	Nyron Nosworthy	Sheffield United	Season-long loan
1 February 2010	FW	Daryl Murphy	Ipswich Town	Season-long loan
1 February 2010	FW	David Healy	Ipswich Town	Season-long loan
23 February 2010	FW	Roy O'Donovan	Hartlepool United	Season-long loan
27 April 2010	GK	Marton Fulop	Manchester City	Season-long loan

First-team squad

Source:

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	SCO	Craig Gordon
2	DF	SCO	Phil Bardsley
3	DF	NIR	George McCartney
4	DF	ENG	Michael Turner
5	DF	ENG	Anton Ferdinand
6	DF	SCO	Alan Hutton (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
7	MF	NED	Bolo Zenden
8	MF	FRA	Steed Malbranque
9	FW	ENG	Fraizer Campbell
10	DF	ENG	Kieran Richardson (vice-captain)
11	FW	ENG	Darren Bent
12	DF	GHA	John Mensah (on loan from Lyon)
15	MF	ENG	Liam Noble
16	MF	ENG	Jordan Henderson

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	TRI	Kenwyne Jones
18	MF	IRL	David Meyler
19	MF	ALB	Lorik Cana (captain)
20	MF	IRL	Andy Reid
22	DF	PAR	Paulo da Silva
24	GK	NIR	Trevor Carson
25	FW	IRL	Roy O'Donovan
26	MF	ENG	Adam Reed
27	DF	ENG	Matthew Kilgallon
28	FW	ZIM	Benjani Mwaruwari (on loan from Manchester City)
29	MF	ENG	Jack Colback
30	FW	ENG	Ryan Noble
32	GK	HUN	Marton Fulop
39	MF	ENG	Lee Cattermole

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
4	MF	FIN	Teemu Tainio (on loan to Birmingham City)
6	DF	JAM	Nyron Nosworthy
7	MF	TRI	Carlos Edwards (to Ipswich Town)
14	FW	IRL	Daryl Murphy
15	DF	WAL	Danny Collins (to Stoke City)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ENG	Grant Leadbitter (to Ipswich Town)
23	FW	NIR	David Healy
27	DF	SCO	Russell Anderson
30	DF	IRL	Paul McShane

Results

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	15 August 2009	9 May 2010	Matchday 1	38	11	11	16	48	56	−8	028.95
FA Cup	3 January 2010	23 January 2010	Third round	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	050.00
League Cup	24 August 2009	27 October 2009	Second round	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	066.67
Total				43	14	11	18	58	59	−1	032.56

Last updated: 4 June 2023
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2009–10 Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Stoke City	38	11	14	13	34	48	−14	47
12	Fulham	38	12	10	16	39	46	−7	46
13	Sunderland	38	11	11	16	48	56	−8	44
14	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	9	19	42	67	−25	39
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	9	11	18	32	56	−24	38

Source: Premier 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
38	11	11	16	48	56	−8	44	9	7	3	32	19	+13	2	4	13	16	37	−21

Last updated: 4 June 2023.
Source:

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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L
Position	10	11	6	9	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	11	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	13

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2023. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
24 August 2009	Round 2	Norwich City	Carrow Road	4–1	Tainio 26', Reid (2) 29', 35', Tudur Jones 67' (o.g.)	12,345
22 September 2009	Round 3	Birmingham City	Stadium of Light	2–0	Henderson 4', Campbell 22'	20,576
27 October 2009	Round 4	Aston Villa	Stadium of Light	0–0 (1–3 on pens)		27,666

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
3 January 2010	Round 3	Barrow	Stadium of Light	3–0	Malbranque 17', Campbell (2) 52', 58'	25,190
23 January 2010	Round 4	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	1–2	Bent 15'	10,315

Premier League

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	League position
15 August 2009	Bolton Wanderers	Reebok Stadium	1–0	Bent 5'	22,247	8th
18 August 2009	Chelsea	Stadium of Light	1–3	Bent 18'	41,179	10th
22 August 2009	Blackburn Rovers	Stadium of Light	2–1	Jones (2) 31', 53'	37,106	6th
29 August 2009	Stoke City	Britannia Stadium	0–1		27,091	8th
12 September 2009	Hull City	Stadium of Light	4–1	Bent (2) 12' (pen), 66', Reid 49', Zayatte 75' (o.g.)	38,997	6th
19 September 2009	Burnley	Turf Moor	1–3	Bent 38'	20,196	8th
27 September 2009	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Stadium of Light	5–2	Bent 8' (pen), Jones (2) 47' (pen), 69', Turner 73', Mancienne 90' (o.g.)	37,566	8th
3 October 2009	Manchester United	Old Trafford	2–2	Bent 7', Jones 58'	75,114	8th
17 October 2009	Liverpool	Stadium of Light	1–0	Bent 5'	47,327	7th
24 October 2009	Birmingham City	St. Andrew's	1–2	Turner 82'	21,732	7th
31 October 2009	West Ham United	Stadium of Light	2–2	Reid 38', Richardson 76'	39,033	8th
7 November 2009	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	0–2		35,955	8th
21 November 2009	Arsenal	Stadium of Light	1–0	Bent 70'	44,918	8th
28 November 2009	Wigan Athletic	DW Stadium	0–1		20,447	8th
6 December 2009	Fulham	Craven Cottage	0–1		23,168	10th
12 December 2009	Portsmouth	Stadium of Light	1–1	Bent 22'	37,578	10th
15 December 2009	Aston Villa	Stadium of Light	0–2		34,821	10th
19 December 2009	Manchester City	City of Manchester Stadium	3–4	Mensah 15', Henderson 24', Jones 62'	44,735	10th
26 December 2009	Everton	Stadium of Light	1–1	Bent 17'	46,990	10th
28 December 2009	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park	2–2	Bent (2) 52', 65'	25,656	10th
16 January 2010	Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	2–7	Zenden 56', Bent 90'	41,776	12th
27 January 2010	Everton	Goodison Park	0–2		32,163	13th
1 February 2010	Stoke City	Stadium of Light	0–0		35,078	13th
6 February 2010	Wigan Athletic	Stadium of Light	1–1	Jones 64'	38,350	13th
9 February 2010	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	1–1	Bent 11' (pen)	16,242	13th
20 February 2010	Arsenal	Emirates Stadium	0–2		60,083	14th
28 February 2010	Fulham	Stadium of Light	0–0		40,192	14th
9 March 2010	Bolton Wanderers	Stadium of Light	4–0	Campbell 1', Bent (3) 63', 74' (pen), 87'	36,087	13th
14 March 2010	Manchester City	Stadium of Light	1–1	Jones 8'	41,398	14th
20 March 2010	Birmingham City	Stadium of Light	3–1	Bent (2) 5', 11', Campbell 88'	37,962	12th
24 March 2010	Aston Villa	Villa Park	1–1	Campbell 22'	37,473	13th
28 March 2010	Liverpool	Anfield	0–3		43,121	13th
3 April 2010	Tottenham Hotspur	Stadium of Light	3–1	Bent (2) 1', 29' (pen), Zenden 85'	43,184	13th
10 April 2010	West Ham United	Boleyn Ground	0–1		34,685	13th
17 April 2010	Burnley	Stadium of Light	2–1	Campbell 24', Bent 40'	41,341	13th
24 April 2010	Hull City	KC Stadium	1–0	Bent 6'	25,012	10th
2 May 2010	Manchester United	Stadium of Light	0–1		47,641	11th
9 May 2010	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Molineux	1–2	Jones 7'	28,971	13th

Final league table

Main article: 2009–10 Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Stoke City	38	11	14	13	34	48	−14	47
12	Fulham	38	12	10	16	39	46	−7	46
13	Sunderland	38	11	11	16	48	56	−8	44
14	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	9	19	42	67	−25	39
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	9	11	18	32	56	−24	38

Source: Premier League

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SCO	Craig Gordon	30	0	26	0	1	0	3	0
32	GK	HUN	Márton Fülöp	14	0	12+1	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ENG	Phil Bardsley	28	0	18+8	0	2	0	0	0
3	DF	NIR	George McCartney	28	0	20+5	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF	ENG	Michael Turner	32	2	29	2	1	0	2	0
5	DF	ENG	Anton Ferdinand	25	0	19+5	0	0	0	0+1	0
6	DF	SCO	Alan Hutton	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	GHA	John Mensah	17	1	14+2	1	0	0	1	0
22	DF	PAR	Paulo da Silva	21	0	12+4	0	2	0	3	0
27	DF	ENG	Matt Kilgallon	7	0	6+1	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	ENG	Michael Liddle	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	NED	Boudewijn Zenden	21	2	1+19	2	1	0	0	0
8	MF	FRA	Steed Malbranque	35	1	30+1	0	1	1	1+2	0
10	MF	ENG	Kieran Richardson	32	1	28+1	1	1	0	2	0
16	MF	ENG	Jordan Henderson	38	2	23+10	1	2	0	3	1
18	MF	IRL	David Meyler	12	0	9+1	0	2	0	0	0
19	MF	ALB	Lorik Cana	35	0	29+2	0	2	0	2	0
20	MF	IRL	Andy Reid	25	4	18+3	2	0+1	0	2+1	2
29	MF	ENG	Jack Colback	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	ENG	Lee Cattermole	22	0	19+3	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ENG	Fraizer Campbell	36	7	19+12	4	1+1	2	3	1
11	FW	ENG	Darren Bent	40	25	38	24	2	1	0	0
14	FW	IRL	Daryl Murphy	7	0	2+1	0	1	0	1+2	0
17	FW	TRI	Kenwyne Jones	36	9	24+8	9	1	0	3	0
23	FW	NIR	David Healy	7	0	0+3	0	0+2	0	0+2	0
28	FW	ZIM	Benjani Mwaruwari	8	0	1+7	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	ENG	Ryan Noble	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
4	MF	FIN	Teemu Tainio	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
6	DF	JAM	Nyron Nosworthy	10	0	7+3	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	TRI	Carlos Edwards	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	DF	WAL	Danny Collins	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ENG	Grant Leadbitter	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 31 May 2010
Source: Competitions

Goal scorers

Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
	11	Darren Bent	24	0	1	25
	17	Kenwyne Jones	9	0	0	9
	9	Fraizer Campbell	4	1	2	7
	20	Andy Reid	2	2	0	4
/	/	Own goals	2	1	0	3
	7	Boudewijn Zenden	2	0	0	2
	4	Michael Turner	2	0	0	2
	16	Jordan Henderson	1	1	0	2
	10	Kieran Richardson	1	0	0	1
	12	John Mensah	1	0	0	1
	8	Steed Malbranque	0	0	1	1
	4	Teemu Tainio	0	1	0	1
/	/	TOTALS	48	6	4	58

References

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• "Sunderland sign Alan Hutton". BBC News.
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• "Cardiff City sign Michael Chopra". BBC News.
• "Stoke City sign Dean Whitehead". BBC News.
• "Hibernian sign Anthony Stokes". BBC News.
• "Hull City sign Paul McShane". BBC News.
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