2009–10 Crystal Palace F.C. season

The Crystal Palace F.C. season 2009–10 was Crystal Palace's 5th consecutive season in the Championship, after a 15th-placed finish in the previous campaign. The season started well before taking a turn for the worse when the club was placed into administration at the end of January 2010, culminating in manager Neil Warnock leaving his job just over a month later and being replaced by Paul Hart, whose tenure saw the club survive relegation on the final day of the season.

Crystal Palace
2009–10 season
ChairmanSimon Jordan
ManagerNeil Warnock
Paul Hart
Championship21st
FA CupFifth Round
League CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Darren Ambrose (15)
All:
Darren Ambrose (20)
Highest home attendance20,643 v Newcastle United,
22 August 2009
Lowest home attendance12,283 v Swansea City,
9 February 2010
Average home league attendance14,770

Statistics
Last updated on 2 May 2010.[1]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionshipFA CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Julián Speroni 52-6245-505-92-3
2 DF Nathaniel Clyne 28119+315010
3 DF Clint Hill 4814313020
4 MF Shaun Derry 5304605020
5 DF Paddy McCarthy 2202000020
6 DF José Fonte 2512211020
7 MF Darren Ambrose 532044+2155322
8 MF Neil Danns 49941+185120
9 FW Stern John 1627+920000
10 MF Nick Carle 26114+81300+10
11 FW Victor Moses[notes 1] 21614+461020
12 GK Darryl Flahavan 1-21-20000
14 FW Sean Scannell[notes 2] 29211+152100+20
15 DF Lee Hills 19010+900000
16 FW Freddie Sears 19011+700010
17 DF Matthew Lawrence 21014+402+1000
18 FW Calvin Andrew 32213+1410+5100
19 FW Alan Lee 47833+974110
20 DF Danny Butterfield 42336+104310
21 MF Kieran Djilali 1112+610+200+10
22 DF Johannes Ertl 36129+40210+10
24 DF Claude Davis 26019+205000
28 MF James Comley 20000+2000
29 MF Ryan Smith 600+50000+10
33 MF Alassane N'Diaye 29312+1431020
34 MF Alex Wynter 10000+1000
36 FW Wilfried Zaha[notes 3] 100+100000

Club

Management
Position Staff
Manager Neil Warnock (July–March)/ Paul Hart (March–May)/
Assistant manager Mick Jones (July–March)/ Dougie Freedman (March–)
First team coach Keith Curle (July–March)/ John Pemberton (March–May)
Goalkeeping coach Jim Stannard
Chief scout Kevin Randall (July–March)
Fitness coach Chris Short
Reserve team manager Ronnie Jepson
Academy manager David Moss
U18 team/Assistant academy manager Gary Issott
U13 team John Salako
Academy coach Mark Bright
Physiotherapists Nigel Cox; Sangi Patel and Stuart Wardle

Source:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
19 Coventry City 46 13 15 18 47 64 −17 54
20 Scunthorpe United 46 14 10 22 62 84 −22 52
21 Crystal Palace 46 14 17 15 50 53 −3 49[lower-alpha 1]
22 Sheffield Wednesday (R) 46 11 14 21 49 69 −20 47 Relegation to Football League One
23 Plymouth Argyle (R) 46 11 8 27 43 68 −25 41
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Crystal Palace were given a ten-point deduction for entering administration.[2]

Matches

Pre-season
9 July 2009 Boreham Wood0–4Crystal PalaceBorehamwood
19:30 (Report) Marić  28'
Ertl  32'
Djilali  45'
Thomas  60'		 Stadium: Meadow Park
13 July 2009 Crystal Palace Baltimore2–5Crystal PalaceWaldorf, Maryland
20:00 (local time) Teixeira  15'
Seabrook  55'		 (Report) Lee  11'
Flores  42' (o.g.), 90' (o.g.)
Sears  48'
N'Diaye  71'		 Stadium: Regency Furniture Stadium
Attendance: 2,136
16 July 2009 Harrisburg City Islanders1–3Crystal PalaceLancaster, Pennsylvania
19:00 (local time) Swartzendruber  69' (Report) Sears  33'
Ambrose  38'
Danns  45'		 Stadium: Clipper Magazine Stadium
Attendance: 5,099
21 July 2009 Brentford2–2Crystal PalaceLondon
19:45 Derry  29' (o.g.)
Weston  56'		 (Report) Ambrose  22'
Fonte  77'		 Stadium: Griffin Park
24 July 2009 Bristol Rovers0–3Crystal PalaceBristol
19:45 (Report) Sears  29'
Danns  84' (pen.)
N'Diaye  89'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,174
25 July 2009 Sutton United0–2Crystal Palace XISutton
15:00 [ (Report)] M. Wright  3'
Pinney  85'		 Stadium: Gander Green Lane
25 July 2009 Northwood1–0Crystal Palace XILondon
15:00 Matthews  75' [ (Report)] Stadium: Northwood Park
27 July 2009 Croydon Athletic1–1Crystal Palace XILondon
19:30 Noel  62' [ (Report)] Roberts  11' Stadium: Keith Tuckey Stadium
28 July 2009 Crystal Palace0–1Norwich CityLondon
19:30 (Report) Whaley  63' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 2,216
Referee: David Phillips
29 July 2009 East Grinstead Town0–6Crystal Palace XIEast Grinstead
19:30 [ (Report)] Pinney  18'
Scannell  62'
N'Diaye  64'
Cadogan  69, 84'
Thomas  88'		 Stadium: GAC Stadium
30 July 2009 Bromley0–1Crystal PalaceLondon
19:45 (Report) N'Diaye  70' Stadium: Hayes Lane
Referee: Phil Crossley
2 August 2009 Crystal Palace0–1GillinghamLondon
14:00 (Report) Payne  62' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 1,980
Referee: Grant Hegley
5 August 2009 Whyteleafe0–2Crystal Palace XIWhyteleafe
19:30 [ (Report)] Thomas  30'
Wright 		Stadium: Church Road

Football League Championship
Main article: 2009–10 Football League Championship
8 August 2009 1Crystal Palace1–1Plymouth ArgyleLondon
15:00 Lee  63' (Report) Timár  5' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,358
Referee: Andy Penn
15 August 2009 2Bristol City1–0Crystal PalaceBristol
15:00 Maynard  89' (Report) Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 14,603
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
18 August 2009 3Ipswich Town1–3Crystal PalaceIpswich
19:45 Bruce  62' (Report) Ambrose  49', 50'
Danns  69'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 20,348
Referee: Keith Hill
22 August 2009 4Crystal Palace0–2Newcastle UnitedLondon
15:00 (Report) Nolan  2'
Taylor  21'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 20,643
Referee: Andy D'Urso
31 August 2009 5Peterborough United1–1Crystal PalacePeterborough
17:15 Batt  53' (Report) Lee  64'
McCarthy  74' 		 Stadium: London Road
Attendance: 8,473
Referee: Kevin Friend
12 September 2009 6Crystal Palace0–4Scunthorpe UnitedLondon
15:00 (Report) Forte  4'
Hayes  58'
Togwell  66'
O'Connor  68'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,912
Referee: Grant Hegley
19 September 2009 7Crystal Palace1–0Derby CountyLondon
15:00 Ambrose  55' (Report) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,760
Referee: Michael Oliver
26 September 2009 8West Bromwich Albion0–1Crystal PalaceWest Bromwich
15:00 (Report) N'Diaye  63' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 21,007
Referee: Russell Booth
29 September 2009 9Crystal Palace0–0Sheffield WednesdayLondon
20:00 (Report) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,476
Referee: Trevor Kettle
3 October 2009 10Crystal Palace4–1BlackpoolLondon
15:00 Lee  4'
Danns  32'
Ambrose  66'
N'Diaye  89'		 (Report) Baptiste  53' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 15,749
Referee: Anthony Taylor
17 October 2009 11Cardiff City1–1Crystal PalaceCardiff
15:00 Whittingham  19' (Report) Hudson  13' (o.g.) Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 21,457
Referee: Steve Tanner
20 October 2009 12Leicester City2–0Crystal PalaceLeicester
19:45 Gallagher  59, 81' (Report) Stadium: Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 22,220
Referee: Roger East
24 October 2009 13Crystal Palace1–1Nottingham ForestLondon
15:00 Ambrose  40' (Report) McGoldrick  48' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 15,692
Referee: Graham Horwood
31 October 2009 14Preston North End1–1Crystal PalacePreston
15:00 Wallace  35' (Report) Ambrose  37' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 12,558
Referee: David Foster
3 November 2009 15Queens Park Rangers1–1Crystal PalaceLondon
20:00 Buzsáky  19' (pen.) (Report) Ambrose  62' (pen.) Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 14,377
Referee: Mick Russell
7 November 2009 16Crystal Palace1–0MiddlesbroughLondon
15:00 Ambrose  65' (Report) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 15,321
Referee: James Linington
21 November 2009 17Coventry City1–1Crystal PalaceCoventry
15:00 Best  47' (Report) Ambrose  28' Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 18,400
Referee: Jarnail Singh
28 November 2009 18Crystal Palace3–0WatfordLondon
15:00 Moses  2'
Lee  6'
Ambrose  54'		 (Report) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,085
Referee: Oliver Langford
5 December 2009 19Crystal Palace0–3Doncaster RoversLondon
15:00 (Report) Sharp  41'
Woods  61'
Hayter  82'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,985
Referee: Paul Miller
8 December 2009 20Reading2–4Crystal PalaceReading
19:45 Pearce  31'
Sigurðsson  80' (pen.)		 (Report) Clyne  7'
Ambrose  45+1'
Moses  45+2', 88'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 16,629
Referee: Kevin Friend
12 December 2009 21Sheffield United2–0Crystal PalaceSheffield
15:00 Williamson  21'
Quinn  90+1'		 (Report) Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 25,510
Referee: Colin Webster
19 December 2009 22Crystal Palace1–1BarnsleyLondon
15:00 Moses  51' (Report) Bogdanovic  19' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,279
Referee: Keith Hill
26 December 2009 23Crystal Palace3–1Ipswich TownLondon
13:00 Fonte  38'
Danns  58'
Moses  90+4'		 (Report) Peters  19'
Stead  39'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 16,496
Referee: Paul Taylor
28 December 2009 24Swansea City0–0Crystal PalaceSwansea
15:00 Serrán  17' (Report) Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 18,794
Referee: Anthony Taylor
16 January 2010 25Plymouth Argyle0–1Crystal PalacePlymouth
15:00 (Report) Moses  17' Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 9,318
Referee: Anthony Bates
27 January 2010 26Newcastle United2–0Crystal PalaceNewcastle upon Tyne
19:45 Derry  20' (o.g.)
Ranger  90+4'		 (Report) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 37,886
Referee: Russell Booth
30 January 2010 27Crystal Palace2–0Peterborough UnitedLondon
15:00 Danns  28', 65' (Report) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,699
Referee: Graham Salisbury
6 February 2010 28Scunthorpe United1–2Crystal PalaceScunthorpe
15:00 Williams  72'
Mirfin  84'		 (Report) Ambrose  63'
Danns  90+3'		 Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 5,695
Referee: Paul Tierney
9 February 2010 29Crystal Palace0–1Swansea CityLondon
20:00 (Report) Kuqi  14' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,283
Referee: Graham Scott
17 February 2010 30Crystal Palace1–3ReadingLondon
20:00 Scannell  55' (Report) Church  23, 81'
Kébé  47'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,259
Referee: Dean Whitestone
20 February 2010 31Crystal Palace0–1Coventry CityLondon
15:00 (Report) Bell  85' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,333
Referee: Darren Deadman
27 February 2010 32Doncaster Rovers1–1Crystal PalaceDoncaster
15:00 Coppinger  37' (Report) Djilali  67' Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 9,779
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
6 March 2010 33Crystal Palace1–0Sheffield UnitedLondon
15:00 Lee  23' (Report) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,455
Referee: Andy Penn
9 March 2010 34Crystal Palace0–1Bristol CityLondon
20:00 (Report) Iwelumo  73' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,844
Referee: Mick Russell
13 March 2010 35Barnsley0–0Crystal PalaceBarnsley
15:00 (Report) Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 11,416
Referee: Trevor Kettle
16 March 2010 36Crystal Palace0–1Leicester CityLondon
20:00 Davis  43' (Report) Berner  53' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,721
Referee: Steve Tanner
20 March 2010 37Blackpool2–2Crystal PalaceBlackpool
15:00 Adam  47'
Burgess  89'		 (Report) Carle  3'
Ambrose  34'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 9,702
Referee: Phil Gibbs
23 March 2010 38Nottingham Forest2–0Crystal PalaceNottingham
19:45 Morgan  45+3'
Tyson  82'		 (Report) Lawrence  51' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 20,025
Referee: Andy Hall
27 March 2010 39Crystal Palace1–2Cardiff CityLondon
12:45 Hill  58' (Report) Gyepes  4'
Burke  67'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,464
Referee: Carl Boyeson
30 March 2010 40Watford1–3Crystal PalaceWatford
19:45 Graham  83' (Report) John  31'
Scannell  51'
Danns  66'
Hills  87' 		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 15,134
Referee: Paul Taylor
3 April 2010 41Middlesbrough1–1Crystal PalaceMiddlesbrough
15:00 McDonald  15' (Report) N'Diaye  45' Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 18,428
Referee: Graham Salisbury
5 April 2010 42Crystal Palace3–1Preston North EndLondon
15:00 Danns  40'
Ambrose  50'
Andrew  84'		 (Report) Treacy  8' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 16,642
Referee: Roger East
10 April 2010 43Crystal Palace0–2Queens Park RangersLondon
15:00 (Report) Buzsáky  11'
Gorkšs  60'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 20,430
Referee: Nigel Miller
17 April 2010 44Derby County1–1Crystal PalaceDerby
15:00 Anderson  6' (Report) John  86' Stadium: Pride Park
Attendance: 30,255
Referee: Anthony Bates
26 April 2010 45Crystal Palace1–1West Bromwich AlbionLondon
20:00 Reid  17' (o.g.)
Danns  83'		 (Report) Tamaş  21' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 17,798
Referee: Dean Whitestone
2 May 2010 46Sheffield Wednesday2–2Crystal PalaceSheffield
13:00 Clarke  43'
Purse  87'		 (Report) Lee  24'
Ambrose  63'		 Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 37,121
Referee: Mike Dean

Football League Cup
Main article: 2009–10 Football League Cup
11 August 2009 Round 1Crystal Palace2–1Torquay UnitedLondon
19:30 Ambrose  65', 78' (pen.) (Report) Sills  74' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 3,140
Referee: David Phillips
27 August 2009 Round 2Crystal Palace0–2Manchester CityLondon
20:00 (Report) Wright-Phillips  50'
Tevez  71'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,725
Referee: Darren Deadman

FA Cup
Main article: 2009–10 FA Cup
2 January 2010 Round 3Sheffield Wednesday1–2Crystal PalaceSheffield
15:00 Hill  44' (o.g.) (Report) Danns  19'
Andrew  68'		 Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 8,690
Referee: Nigel Miller
23 January 2010 Round 4Wolverhampton Wanderers2–2Crystal PalaceWolverhampton
15:00 David Jones  37'
Zubar  84'		 (Report) Lee  3'
Ambrose  49'		 Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 14,449
Referee: Chris Foy
2 February 2010 Round 4 replayCrystal Palace3–1Wolverhampton WanderersLondon
19:45 Butterfield  62', 65', 68' (Report) Henry  90' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 10,282
Referee: Lee Mason
14 February 2010 Round 5Crystal Palace2–2Aston VillaLondon
15:45 Ertl  24'
Ambrose  70'		 (Report) Collins  35'
Petrov  87'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 20,486
Referee: Kevin Friend
24 February 2010 Round 5 replayAston Villa3–1Crystal PalaceBirmingham
19:45 Agbonlahor  42'
Carew  81' (pen.), 89' (pen.)		 (Report) Ambrose  73' (pen.) Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 31,874
Referee: Martin Atkinson

End of season awards
Award Winner
Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year Julián Speroni
Crystal Palace F.C. Young Player of the Year Nathaniel Clyne
Vice Presidents' Player of the Year Julián Speroni
Vice Presidents' Young Player of the Year Jack Holland
Scholar Player of the Year Jack Holland
Academy Player of the Year Ghassimu Sow
Crystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season Darren Ambrose v Aston Villa (14–02–10)
Football League Special Achievement Award Terry Byfield for 25 years' service to the club
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References
  1. http://espnfc.com/team/squad/_/id/384/season/2009/league/all/crystal-palace?cc=5739
  2. "Crystal Palace in Administration". Football League. 28 January 2010. Archived from the original on 31 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.

Notes
  1. Moses was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but obtained asylum in England at the age of 11, and represented them at youth level before making his international debut for Nigeria in 2012.
  2. Scannell was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland internationally through his father, as well as Jamaica, and has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth and B level.
  3. Zaha was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, but was raised in England from the age of 4, and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for England in November 2012. He would switch his international allegiance back to the Ivory Coast in November 2016 and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in January 2017.
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