Sunderland 2009–10 football season
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] First-team squad [ edit ] Source:[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Results [ edit ] 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 0 28.95 FA Cup 3 January 2010 23 January 2010 Third round 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 0 50.00 League Cup 24 August 2009 27 October 2009 Second round 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 0 66.67 Total 43 14 11 18 58 59 −1 0 32.56
Premier League [ edit ] Results summary [ edit ] 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
Results by round [ edit ] 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:
[citation needed ] A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss;
P = Postponed
Premier League [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Appearances and goals [ edit ] Goal scorers [ edit ] References [ edit ]
National teams League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 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 Football League cups