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Ipswich Town
2009–10 season
Chairman	Marcus Evans
Manager	Roy Keane
FA Cup	- Round
Carling Cup	Second Round (eliminated)
Top goalscorer	League: Marcus Tudgay - (3); All: Jermaine Johnson -(4)
Highest home attendance	30,644 (League)
Lowest home attendance	20,215 (League); 6,696 (Carling Cup)
	← 2008–09

The 2009/10 season will be Sheffield Wednesday's fifth consecutive season in the Football League Championship and 108th season in The Football League since being elected to the Football League First Division in 1892 (from The Football Alliance).

Chronological list of events

19th August 2009: The club release plans to develop Hillsborough Stadium [1]

23rd July 2009: Owls season tickets sales exceed 13,000 (actual figure 13,060) ^[1]

15th 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"^[2]

13th July 2009: Owls win JPL Cup in Malta^[3]

17th June 2009: The Championship 2009-2010 season fixtures were announced.^[4]

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

16th 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.^[5]^[6]

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.^[7]^[8]
£1 from every shirt sale will go to the charity, after a month of being on sale 6,000 home shirts had been sold. ^[9]

Home colours

Away colours

2009/10 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

^[10]

2009/10 fixtures schedule

Football League Championship

(Please note League fixture lists are copyright of The Football League and can not be published without permision)

Fixtures for the 2009-10 season were announced by The Football League on the 17th of June 2009 at 10am.^[4] Sheffield Wednesday will face Barnsley at Hillsborough on the opening day of the season, the season continues away to new boys Peterborough on August 15 and the final day clash is away to Crystal Palace on May 2.^[11]

"The Owls will be looking for another six points from the Steel City derby clashes on September 19th (at Bramall Lane) and April 17th (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."^[11]

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
5	2	2	1	10	5	+5	8	1	1	0	6	2	+4	1	1	1	4	3	+1

Last updated: 19 August 2009.
Source: BBC sport website

League Round 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	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	W
Position	7	12	16	11	8

Updated to match(es) played on 23 August 2009. Source: swfc.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Domestic cups

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Enter at Third Round	January 2010	TBD	TBD

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	[2]
Second round	August 25	Port Vale	A	0-2		6,667	[3]

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	TBC	released
			Cost
8 May 2009	Wade Small	TBC	released
			Total income
			£ 0 +

Loaned Out

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

Current squad

As of 23 August 2009.

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	Lee Grant
2	DF	ENG	Tommy Spurr
3	DF	ENG	Lewis Buxton
4	DF	ENG	Darren Purse (captain)
5	DF	ENG	Richard Hinds
6	MF	ENG	Tommy Miller
7	FW	ENG	Marcus Tudgay
8	MF	ENG	Sean McAllister
9	FW	ENG	Francis Jeffers
10	FW	ENG	Akpo Sodje
11	MF	NED	Etienne Esajas
14	MF	IRL	Darren Potter


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	ENG	Mark Beevers
16	DF	ENG	Richard Wood
17	MF	IRL	James O'Connor
18	FW	ENG	Leon Clarke
19	FW	ENG	Luke Varney (on loan from Derby County)
20	DF	USA	Frank Simek
22	GK	ENG	Richard O'Donnell
23	MF	JAM	Jermaine Johnson
24	MF	ENG	Luke Boden
25	GK	ENG	Arron Jameson
33	MF	ENG	Michael Gray

Season 2009-10 Long-term injury list

Date Injured	Player	Injury	Return Date

References

^ "Season ticket sales exceed 13,000". swfc.co.uk. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-29-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ "Tudgay: Owls slam Burnley's 'underhand tactic'". Sheffield star (Johnston Press Digital Publishing). 15 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-29-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ "Season ticket sales exceed 13,000". swfc.co.uk. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-29-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ ^a ^b "Two important dates for your diary". The football League. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
^ "Sheffield Wednesday Donate Shirt Sponsorship To Local Childrens Hospital". Bleacher Report. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
^ "Hospital patients unveil new Owls' Kit". swfc. 16 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ "Sheffield Wednesday Donate Shirt Sponsorship To Local Childrens Hospital". Bleacher Report. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
^ "Hospital patients unveil new Owls' Kit". swfc. 16 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. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
^ ^a ^b "Owls Meet Barnsley On Opening Day". vitalfootball.co.uk. June 17 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

[Season_ticket_sales_exceed_13,000-1] "Season ticket sales exceed 13,000". swfc.co.uk. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-29-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[Tudgay:_Owls_slam_Burnley's_'underhand_tactic'-2] "Tudgay: Owls slam Burnley's 'underhand tactic'". Sheffield star (Johnston Press Digital Publishing). 15 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-29-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[Two_from_two_for_Wednesday-3] "Season ticket sales exceed 13,000". swfc.co.uk. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-29-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[Two_important_dates_for_your_diary-4] "Two important dates for your diary". The football League. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-01.

[5] "Sheffield Wednesday Donate Shirt Sponsorship To Local Childrens Hospital". Bleacher Report. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-20.

[6] "Hospital patients unveil new Owls' Kit". swfc. 16 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[7] "Sheffield Wednesday Donate Shirt Sponsorship To Local Childrens Hospital". Bleacher Report. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-20.

[8] "Hospital patients unveil new Owls' Kit". swfc. 16 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[9] "Home shirts now in stock". swfc. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-21.

[10] "Complete Owls' preseason". swfc. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-01.

[Owls_Meet_Barnsley_On_Opening_Day-11] "Owls Meet Barnsley On Opening Day". vitalfootball.co.uk. June 17 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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