2009–10 Grimsby Town F.C. season

Grimsby Town
Season 2009-10
Chairman	John Fenty
Managers	Mike Newell (until 18 Oct. 2009) Neil Woods
Team captains	Matthew Heywood (until 1 Feb. 2010) Lee Peacock
Home stadium	Blundell Park
Football League Two	23rd place
FA Cup	First Round
League Cup	First Round
Football League Trophy	Regional Quarter Finals
South West Challenge Cup	Final (withdrew)
Lincolnshire Senior Cup	Runner Up
Top goalscorer	League: 0 Michael Coulson, Jamie Devitt, Barry Conlon and Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro (5 goals) All comps: 0 Peter Sweeney (6 goals)
Highest home attendance	7,033 0v0 Barnet 1 May 2010
Highest away attendance	11,321 0v0 Bradford City 13 February 2010
Lowest home attendance	2,103 0v0 Bath City 7 November 2009
Lowest away attendance	1,839 0v0 Accrington Stanley 5 April 2010
← 2008–09 0 0 0 0 0 0 2010-11 →

Grimsby Town Football Club entered the 2009–10 as a member of Football League Two for the 6th season on the trot. The club are still aiming to leave Blundell Park within the next few seasons. Manager Mike Newell brought in eight players in the close season, four of which were on loan at the club the previous season, he also released eight players, the club also offered four contracts to youth team members. Manager Mike Newell also gave new contracts to midfielders Jamie Clarke and Danny Boshell. Also in the close season Assistant Manager, Stuart Watkiss did not have his contract renewed and he joined Hull City as Development Coach, and Brian Stein who was chief scout took on the responsibilities of Stuart Watkiss.

Fixtures and results

Pre season matches

South West Challenge Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
July 15	RRFC Montegnee	Mill Road, Barnstaple	W 1 – 0	212	Clarke
July 17	Yeovil Town	Vicarage Road, Torrington	W 3 – 2	239	Conlon, North, Arnold
July 18	Rushden & Diamonds	Marshford, Appledore	W 4 – 1	–	Forbes, Akpa Akpro, Arnold, North
July 19	Luton Town	The Sports Ground, Bideford	– C – C	–	--------

Lincolnshire Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
July 20	Scunthorpe United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 – 3	859	--------

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
July 21	Leeds United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 – 1	3,416	Akpa Akpro
July 25	Stockport County	Edgeley Park, Stockport	L 0 – 1	1,144	--------
July 28	Doncaster Rovers	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 – 2	1,886	--------
July 30	Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme, Gainsborough	– P – P	–	--------
Aug 01	Winterton Rangers	West Street, Winterton	W 12 – 1	–	Akpa Akpro (4), Conlon (3), North (2), Jarman, Leary, Clarke

Pre Season Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Akpa Akpro	6
2	Conlon	4
=	North	4
3	Arnold	2
=	Clarke	2
4	Forbes	1
=	Jarman	1
=	Leary	1
As of 1 August 2009

Mike Newell took Grimsby Town to the 2009 South West Challenge Cup in Devon, in which the rules allowed him to make ten changes in each match, which he did on each occasion. They started off strong in pre-season with a one-nil win against Belgian side R.R.F.C. Montegnée, with a late free kick from Jamie Clarke. They then played in a five goal thriller against Yeovil Town in which Grimsby Town won 3–2, with Barry Conlon, Danny North, Nathan Arnold all scoring, going on to reach the semi-final and finishing top of their group. Then continuing their strong form they beat Rushden & Diamonds 4–1 with Adrian Forbes, Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro, Nathan Arnold, Danny North all scoring, putting them into the final. After reaching the Final they had to withdraw on the grounds that they could not agree a kick-off time with their opponents Luton Town, in which there would be police at the ground, providing protection for the fans, as fans' safety concerns had been expressed earlier in the tournament. During the 2009 South West Challenge Cup Mike Newell named two trialists in his 23-man squad, who were Nathan Arnold from Mansfield Town in which he impressed by scoring two goals and he also named Swansea City striker Chris Jones in his squad, although he didn't score, he impressed enough to be offered a contact. Also joining for their last match, defender Sol Davis from Luton Town joined up for a trial.

On their return home they faced Scunthorpe United in the Lincolnshire Senior Cup Semi-Final, in which they were beaten by a strong Scunthorpe United side 3–0, after Mike Newell fielded a weakened team. Their next opponents were Leeds United, in which they drew 1–1 in front of a big crowd after Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro had put them in the lead in the first half.

They faced Stockport County in their next pre-season match and were beaten one-nil, they were without skipper Ryan Bennett, Rob Atkinson and Danny North, in a well worked play eight minutes into the second half, Poole slotted the ball under Grimsby's Nick Colgan. Both Nick Hegarty and Nathan Jarman had good chances to score but were denied by Stockport County's defence. In the second half of the match Stockport County's Matty Mainwaring went off with two fractures to his leg after a tackle from Michael Leary, new striker Chris Jones, came on for Nick Hegarty.

In their last pre-season friendly Grimsby played Northern Counties East Premier League side Winterton Rangers, the Mariners were the dominant force throughout the game with Barry Conlon grabbing a first half hat-trick in under twenty-five minutes after his first goal after eight minutes and completed his hat-trick twenty five minutes later, with a Nathan Jarman goal after his second. Winterton Rangers scored through Gary Jones after he spotted Leigh Overton off his line and chipping it into the back of the net. Nathan Jarman coming off in the first half with a suspected broken toe, which was later confirmed along with a broken metatarsal. In the second half the manager changing his squad totally with the exception of the keeper and Chris Jones, who came on for the injured Nathan Jarman, in the second half Akpa Akpro scoring four after he walked through the defence, Danny North scored a brace after chipping the keeper twice and nearly grabbing his hat-trick only for his effort to be tipped onto the bar but he later set up Michael Leary for a tap in. Clarke scored his second free kick. Grimsby had left sided Watford player Louis Lavers on trial who started in the first half in left back but moved to the left side of midfield in the second half, on the 75th minute Grimsby brought on 14 year-old Jack Barlow from the youth-team.

Football League Two

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Aug 08	Cheltenham Town	Abbey Business Stadium, Cheltenham	L 1 – 2	3,654	Conlon
Aug 15	Crewe Alexandra	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 – 4	5,007	--------
Aug 18	Rotherham United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 – 2	4,156	Sweeney
Aug 22	Bury	Gigg Lane, Bury	W 1 – 0	2,799	Conlon
Aug 29	Aldershot Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 – 2	3,757	Conlon
Sep 05	Port Vale	Vale Park, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent	L 0 – 4	5,056	--------
Sep 12	Hereford United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 1 – 0	3,173	North
Sep 19	Torquay United	Plainmoor, Torquay	W 2 – 0	2.575	Nicholson (OG), Sweeney
Sep 26	Darlington	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 – 1	4,014	Atkinson
Sep 30	Chesterfield	Saltergate, Chesterfield	L 2 – 3	3,329	Proudlock, Sweeney
Oct 03	Barnet	Underhill, Barnet, London	L 0 – 3	2,497	--------
Oct 10	Burton Albion	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 – 2	4,002	Jones
Oct 17	Rochdale	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 – 2	3,754	--------
Oct 24	A.F.C. Bournemouth	Dean Court, Bournemouth	L 1 – 3	5,270	Linwood
Oct 30	Accrington Stanley	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 2 – 2	4,325	Forbes, Conlon
Nov 14	Northampton Town	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton	D 0 – 0	4,028	--------
Nov 21	Lincoln City	Sincil Bank, Lincoln	D 0 – 0	4,981	--------
Nov 24	Bradford City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 – 3	3,646	-------
Nov 28	Macclesfield Town	Moss Rose, Macclesfield	D 0 – 0	1,409	--------
Dec 05	Dagenham & Redbridge	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 – 1	3,090	Coulson
Dec 12	Shrewsbury Town	New Meadow, Shrewsbury	D 0 – 0	4,850	--------
Dec 18	Morecambe	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 – 1	3,119	Sweeney
Dec 28	Port Vale	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 – 2	4,401	Conlon
Jan 02	Bury	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 – 1	3,463	Akpa Akpro
Jan 16	Cheltenham Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 0 – 0	3,334	--------
Jan 23	Rotherham United	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield	L 1 – 2	3,751	Fletcher
Jan 30	Aldershot Town	Recreation Ground, Aldershot	D 1 – 1	3,195	Grant (OG)
Feb 06	Notts County	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 – 1	4,452	--------
Feb 13	Bradford City	Valley Parade, Bradford	D 0 – 0	11,321	--------
Feb 17	Notts County	Meadow Lane, Nottingham	D 1 – 1	5,163	Devitt
Feb 20	Lincoln City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 2 – 2	6,395	Peacock (2)
Feb 23	Macclesfield Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 1 – 1	4,813	Devitt
Feb 27	Dagenham & Redbridge	Victoria Road, Dagenham, London	L 0 – 2	2,190	--------
Mar 06	Shrewsbury Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3 – 0	3,651	Sinclair (2), Akpa Akpro
Mar 09	Crewe Alexandra	Gresty Road, Crewe	L 2 – 4	3,272	Akpa Akpro, Sinclair
Mar 13	Morecambe	Christie Park, Morecambe	D 1 – 1	1,882	Coulson
Mar 20	AFC Bournemouth	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 3 – 2	4,428	Devitt, Coulson, Chambers
Mar 27	Rochdale	Spotland, Rochdale	L 1 – 4	4,724	Chambers
Apr 02	Northampton Town	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 1 – 2	6,482	Coulson
Apr 05	Accrington Stanley	Crown Ground, Accrington	W 3 – 2	1,839	Hudson, Coulson, Devitt
Apr 10	Hereford United	Edgar Street, Hereford	W 1 – 0	2,143	Devitt
Apr 13	Chesterfield	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	D 2 – 2	5,648	T.Wright, Akpa Akpro
Apr 17	Torquay United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 – 3	5,702	--------
Apr 24	Darlington	Darlington Arena, Darlington	W 2 – 0	1,911	Lancashire, Akpa Akpro
May 1	Barnet	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	W 2 – 0	7,033	Atkinson, Hudson
May 8	Burton Albion	Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent	L 0 – 3	4,987	--------

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Nov 07	Bath City	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes	L 0 – 2	2,103	--------

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Aug 11	Tranmere Rovers	Prenton Park, Tranmere	L 0 – 4	3,527	--------

Football League Trophy

Grimsby received a bye into the second round of the competition, in the Northern Section. Due to the new way of determining which teams received byes into the second round of the competition, the teams who received a bye last season, will not receive a bye two seasons in succession, the byes are now determined by recommendation at club meetings.

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Oct 06	Hartlepool United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool	W 2 – 0	1,675	Sweeney, Proudlock
Nov 10	Leeds United	Elland Road, Leeds	L 1 – 3	10,430	Sweeney

League table

Notts County's season mostly made the headlines for all the wrong reasons, as they were involved in an abortive high-spending takeover by a consortium who bought in Sven-Göran Eriksson as Director of Football, and got through four managers during the course of the season. However, they managed to shake off their off-field problems and won the title. Bournemouth continued their revival under Eddie Howe and won promotion in the runners-up spot. The last automatic promotion spot was won by Rochdale, who were promoted for the first time since 1969

Dagenham and Redbridge won the play-offs, reaching the 2nd tier of the Football League for the first time in their 18 year history.

Darlington were unable to recover from losing many of their players during their spell in administration at the end of the previous season, and were relegated in bottom place, becoming only the third club (after Halifax Town and Chester City) to be relegated to the Football Conference on two separate occasions. Grimsby suffered the relegation that they only avoided the previous year due to Luton Town's points deduction; their form improved significantly in the final weeks of the season, but they were ultimately undone by a run of nearly five months without a win earlier in the season, and were relegated to the Blue Square Premier after losing on the final day of the season.

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Notts County	46	27	12	7	96	31	+65	93
P	2	Bournemouth	46	25	8	13	61	44	+17	83
P	3	Rochdale	46	25	7	14	82	48	+34	82
	4	Morecambe	46	20	13	13	73	64	+9	73
	5	Rotherham United	46	21	10	15	55	52	+3	73
	6	Aldershot Town	46	20	12	14	69	56	+13	72
P	7	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	20	12	14	69	58	+11	72
	8	Chesterfield	46	21	7	18	61	62	−1	70
	9	Bury	46	19	12	15	54	59	−5	69
	10	Port Vale	46	17	17	12	61	50	+11	68
	11	Northampton Town	46	18	13	15	62	53	+9	67
	12	Shrewsbury Town	46	17	12	17	55	54	+1	63
	13	Burton Albion	46	17	11	18	71	70	+1	62
	14	Bradford City	46	16	14	16	59	62	−3	62
	15	Accrington Stanley	46	18	7	21	62	74	−12	61
	16	Hereford United	46	17	8	21	54	65	−11	59
	17	Torquay United	46	14	15	17	64	55	+9	57
	18	Crewe Alexandra	46	15	10	21	68	73	−5	55
	19	Macclesfield Town	46	12	18	16	49	58	−9	54
	20	Lincoln City	46	13	11	22	42	65	−23	50
	21	Barnet	46	12	12	22	47	63	−16	48
	22	Cheltenham Town	46	10	18	18	54	71	−17	48
R	23	Grimsby Town	46	9	17	20	45	72	−27	44
R	24	Darlington	46	8	6	32	33	87	−54	30

Coaching staff

Role	Nationality	Name
First-Team Manager		Mike Newell (sacked 18 October 2009)
First-Team Manager		Neil Woods (hired 23 November 2009)
First-Team Assistant Manager		Brian Stein (left 30 November 2009)
First-Team Assistant Manager		Chris Casper (hired 1 December 2009)
Reserve-Team Manager		Brian Stein (left 30 November 2009)
Reserve-Team Manager		Chris Casper (hired 1 December 2009)
Youth Team Manager		Neil Woods (promoted to first team manager 23 November 2009)
Chief Scout		Brian Stein (left 30 November 2009)
Goalkeeping Coach		Steve Croudson
Physiotherapist		Dave Moore
Community Sport Coach		Gary Childs
Community Sport Coach		Graham Rodger

Appearances and goals

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		League Two		League Cup		Football League Trophy		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Nick Colgan	38	0	34	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
2		DF	Robbie Stockdale	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
3		DF	Joe Widdowson	39	0	37	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
4		DF	Ryan Bennett	16	0	13	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
4		MF	Dean Sinclair	15	3	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
5		DF	Matthew Heywood	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6		MF	Peter Sweeney	40	6	37	4	1	0	2	2	0	0
7		MF	Adrian Forbes	15	1	13	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
8		FW	Nathan Jarman	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9		FW	Adam Proudlock	29	2	27	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
10		MF	Barry Conlon	19	5	16	5	1	0	1	0	1	0
11		MF	Danny Boshell	9	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
12		DF	Jamie Clarke	16	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
12		DF	Jude Stirling	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13		MF	Nick Hegarty	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
14		MF	Peter Bore	42	0	40	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
15		DF	Matthew Bird	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16		DF	Paul Linwood	29	1	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Grant Normington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18		FW	Chris Jones	8	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Michael Leary	32	0	28	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
20		GK	Josh Lillis	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		MF	Jammal Shahin	7	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
21		GK	Tommy Forecast	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21		MF	Arnaud Mendy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21		FW	Michael Coulson	28	5	28	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
22		DF	Mark Gray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23		DF	Oliver Lancashire	25	1	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
23		FW	Wes Fletcher	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
24		FW	Josh Magennis	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24		DF	Damien McCrory	10	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
24		MF	Jamie Devitt	14	5	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
25		DF	Rob Atkinson	39	2	35	2	1	0	2	0	1	0
26		FW	Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro	39	5	35	5	1	0	2	0	1	0
27		FW	Danny North	20	1	17	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
28		MF	Josh Fuller	7	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
29		DF	Bradley Wood	11	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
30		FW	Nathan Dixon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30		MF	Harry Deane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31		MF	Nicky Featherstone	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32		MF	Mark Hudson	15	2	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
33		FW	Ben Wright	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33		FW	Ashley Chambers	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
34		FW	Paris Cowan-Hall	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35		GK	Leigh Overton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36		FW	Tommy Wright	14	1	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
37		MF	Lee Peacock	16	2	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
38		GK	Mark Oxley	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
#		GK	Ed Eley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
#		MF	Drew Rhoades	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
#		MF	Jamie Steel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Loaned out player stats

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		League		League Cup		Football League Trophy		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
4		DF	Ryan Bennett (on loan at Peterborough United)	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10		FW	Barry Conlon (on loan at Chesterfield)	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
15		DF	Matthew Bird (on loan at Frickley Athletic)	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17		MF	Grant Normington (on loan at Frickley Athletic)	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18		FW	Chris Jones (on loan at Neath)	2	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
--		GK	Ed Eley (on loan at Ilkeston Towm)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--		GK	Ed Eley (on loan at Mansfield Town)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Most frequent starting line-up

Colgan

Bore

Lancashire

Atkinson

Widdowson

Devitt

Leary

Sweeney

Coulson

Proudlock

Akpa Akpro

Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4–4–2. The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.

Scorers

All

Scorer	Goals
Peter Sweeney	6
Michael Coulson	5
Jamie Devitt
Barry Conlon
Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro
Dean Sinclair	3
Adam Proudlock	2
Lee Peacock
Ashley Chambers
Rob Atkinson
Mark Hudson
Danny North	1
Chris Jones
Paul Linwood
Adrian Forbes
Wes Fletcher
Tommy Wright
Oliver Lancashire

League

Scorer	Goals
Michael Coulson	5
Jamie Devitt
Barry Conlon
Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro
Peter Sweeney	4
Dean Sinclair	3
Lee Peacock	2
Ashley Chambers
Rob Atkinson
Mark Hudson
Danny North	1
Adam Proudlock
Chris Jones
Paul Linwood
Adrian Forbes
Wes Fletcher
Tommy Wright
Oliver Lancashire

Domestic Cups

Scorer	Goals
Peter Sweeney	2
Adam Proudlock	1

Transfers

In

Pre-Season

#	Position	Player	Previous club	Age	Fee
01	GK	Nick Colgan	Sunderland	35	Free Transfer
03	DF	Joe Widdowson	West Ham United	19	Free Transfer
06	MF	Peter Sweeney	Leeds United	24	Free Transfer
07	MF	Adrian Forbes	Millwall	30	Free Transfer
10	FW	Barry Conlon	Bradford City	30	Signed as Free Agent
18	FW	Chris Jones	Swansea City	19	Signed as Free Agent
16	DF	Paul Linwood	Chester City	25	Free Transfer
19	MF	Michael Leary	Barnet	26	Signed as Free Agent
	GK	Ed Eley	Grimsby Town Youth Academy	18	Pro Contract
	MF	Drew Rhoades	Grimsby Town Youth Academy	18	Pro Contract
	MF	Jamie Steel	Grimsby Town Youth Academy	18	Pro Contract

Mid Season

#	Position	Player	From	Age	Fee
04	MF	Dean Sinclair	Charlton Athletic	25	Loan
12	DF	Jude Stirling	MK Dons	27	Loan
20	GK	Josh Lillis	Scunthorpe United	22	Loan
20	MF	Jammal Shahin	Armthorpe Welfare	20	Signed
21	GK	Tommy Forecast	Southampton	22	Loan
21	MF	Arnaud Mendy	Derby County	19	Loan
21	FW	Michael Coulson	Barnsley	21	Loan
22	DF	Mark Gray	Grimsby Town Youth Academy	17	Pro Contract
23	DF	Oliver Lancashire	Southampton	20	Loan
23	DF	Oliver Lancashire	Southampton	20	Loan
23	FW	Wes Fletcher	Burnley	18	Loan
24	FW	Josh Magennis	Cardiff City	19	Loan
24	DF	Damien McCrory	Plymouth Argyle	19	Loan
24	MF	Jamie Devitt	Hull City	19	Loan
30	FW	Nathan Dixon	Grimsby Town Youth Academy	17	Pro Contract
30	MF	Harry Deane	Grimsby Town Youth Academy	17	Pro Contract
31	MF	Nicky Featherstone	Hull City	21	Loan
31	MF	Nicky Featherstone	Hull City	21	Loan
32	MF	Mark Hudson	Gainsborough Trinity	29	Free Transfer
33	FW	Ben Wright	Peterborough United	21	Loan
33	FW	Ashley Chambers	Leicester City	19	Loan
34	FW	Paris Cowan-Hall	Portsmouth	19	Loan
34	FW	Paris Cowan-Hall	Portsmouth	19	Loan
36	FW	Tommy Wright	Aberdeen	25	Free Transfer
37	MF	Lee Peacock	Swindon Town	33	Free Transfer
38	GK	Mark Oxley	Hull City	19	Loan

Out

Pre-Season

#	Position	Player	New Club	Age	Fee
03	DF	Tom Newey	Bury	26	Released
07	MF	Peter Till	Walsall	23	Released
08	MF	Paul Bolland	Macclesfield Town	29	Free Transfer
10	MF	Chris Llewellyn	Neath Athletic	28	Free Transfer
14	MF	James Hunt	Gainsborough Trinity	32	Released
20	FW	Andy Taylor	Brigg Town	20	Released
27	MF	Mickael Buscher	–	22	Released
34	GK	Jonathan Lund	Burnley	22	Released

Mid Season

#	Position	Player	From	Age	Fee
04	DF	Ryan Bennett	Peterborough United	19	Loan
04	DF	Ryan Bennett	Peterborough United	19	£500,000
05	DF	Matthew Heywood	–	30	Released
10	FW	Barry Conlon	Chesterfield	31	Loan
10	FW	Barry Conlon	Chesterfield	31	Free Transfer
11	MF	Danny Boshell	Chesterfield	28	Free Transfer
12	DF	Jamie Clarke	York City	27	Free Transfer
15	DF	Matthew Bird	Frickley Athletic	19	Loan
17	MF	Grant Normington	Frickley Athletic	19	Loan
17	MF	Grant Normington	Frickley Athletic	19	Released
18	FW	Chris Jones	Neath Athletic	20	Loan
27	FW	Danny North	Alfreton Town	22	Released
–	GK	Ed Eley	Ilkeston Town	18	Loan
–	GK	Ed Eley	Mansfield Town	18	Loan
–	GK	Ed Eley	Mansfield Town	18	Loan
–	GK	Ed Eley	Eastwood Town	18	Free Transfer
–	MF	Jamie Steel	Grimsby Borough	18	Released

Trialists

Manager Mike Newell took two of the trialists Nathan Arnold, Chris Jones in his 23-man squad to the 2009 South West Challenge Cup and defender Sol Davis joined up with the squad mini way through the 2009 South West Challenge Cup and was given 45 minutes to impress. Before the 2009 South West Challenge Cup Mike Newell had a number of strikers on trial, but none of them were offered a contract. Although not scoring Chris Jones impressed enough to be offered a contract by the club and which was later accepted.

Pre-Season

#	Nat.	Pos.	Name	From	Age	Apps	Goals	Result
#		MF	Nathan Arnold	Mansfield Town	22	4	2	Contract Offered but Declined
#		FW	Graham Barrett	St. Johnstone	27	0	0	No Contract Offered
#		DF	Sol Davis	Luton Town	29	1	0	No Contract Offered
#		FW	Chris Jones	Swansea City	19	3	0	Contract Offered & Accepted
#		DF	Louis Lavers	Watford	18	2	0	No Contract Offered
#		FW	Andy Smith	Portadown	28	0	0	No Contract Offered
#		GK	Kevin Strukelj	Sydney United	24	0	0	No Contract Offered

Mid-Season

#	Nat.	Pos.	Name	From	Age	Apps	Goals	Result
#		MF	Chris Arthur	Queens Park Rangers	19	1	1	No contract offered
#		FW	Steve Lozano-Calderon	Charlton Athletic	–	1	1	No contract offered
#		DF	Chris Ramsey	Manchester City	–	2	0	No contract offered
#		DF	Darren Williams	Dundee	32	1	0	No contract offered
#		MF	Ryan Crowther	Liverpool	21	1	0	No contract offered
#		MF	Ben Osman	Exeter City	19	1	0	No contract offered
#		MF	Mark Hudson	Gainsborough Trinity	29	1	0	Contract Offered & Accepted
#		FW	Sean Evans	Stourbridge	N/A	1	0	No contract offered
#		MF	James Cronesberry	Middlesbrough	19	1	0	No contract offered
#		MF	Tam McManus	Derry City	28	2	0	No contract offered
#		FW	Ross Campbell	Ostersunds FK	22	0	0	No contract offered
#		MF	Mark Doninger	Blyth Spartans	19	1	0	No contract offered
#		DF	Curtley Williams	Ipswich Town	19	1	0	No contract offered
#		MF	Ryan Smith	Crystal Palace	23	1	0	No contract offered
#		DF	Timothy Cathalina	FC Emmen	25	1	0	No contract offered