2009–10 Darlington F.C. season
| 2009–10 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Raj Singh |
| Manager | Colin Todd (until 26 September 2009) Steve Staunton (until 21 March 2010) Craig Liddle and Neil Maddison (caretakers, until 1 April) Simon Davey |
| League Two | 24th |
| FA Cup | First round (eliminated by Barnet) |
| League Cup | First round (eliminated by Leeds United) |
| FL Trophy | Second round (eliminated by Leeds United) |
| Top goalscorer | League: Tadhg Purcell (9) All: Tadhg Purcell (9) |
| Highest home attendance | 2,744 (vs Bradford City, 5 December 2009) |
| Lowest home attendance | 1,296 (vs Aldershot Town, 23 March 2010) |
| Average home league attendance | 1,943 |
The 2009–10 season is Darlington Football Club's 81st season in the Football League and their 18th consecutive season in the fourth tier of English football, currently called Football League Two. It covers the period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010.
Background and summary
In February 2009, Darlington went into administration, which meant the Football League deducted 10 points from their total.[1] The club finished the 2008–09 season in 12th place in League Two, only seven points below the promotion playoff places.[2]
On 3 May, a charity game was played featuring international footballer Paul Gascoigne, as well as former players Bernie Slaven and Marco Gabbiadini. This match attracted a crowd of over 3,000 and helped keep the club going.[3] On 7 May, it was announced that no buyer had been found for the football club.[4] On 8 May, it was revealed Darlington's administrators Brackenbury Clark and Company had released the "majority of the first-team squad" from their contracts to cut costs, with immediate effect, as well as the club's coaching staff and administrative staff including caretaker manager Martin Gray, leaving Craig Liddle and Neil Maddison as joint temporary caretaker managers.[5]
On 20 May, former chairman George Houghton returned to the club as owner and chairman and appointed former Middlesbrough boss Colin Todd as manager.[6] However, he kept the club for sale and on 7 August, the club officially came out of administration and were given permission by the Football League to do so with Raj Singh officially taking over as new chairman of the club. New contracts for players such as Lee Thorpe and Jeff Smith and assistant player manager Dean Windass were sanctioned.[7] However, on 26 September, Todd left the club after failing to find a win during the first two months of the season.[8]
He was replaced by former Republic of Ireland manager Steve Staunton until the end of that season, with new assistant Kevin Richardson.[9] Staunton brought in new players including Irish trialists St Patrick's Athletic's midfielder Gary Dempsey, former Shamrock Rovers' striker Tadhg Purcell,[10] teenage defender Simon Madden, a return for former Darlo player Alan White.[11] Spennymoor Town midfielder Gary Waite and former Hibernian Scottish teenage striker Patrick Deane, also on six-month deals until the end of the season.[12] And on the day of the winter transfer deadline 1 February about half an hour or so before the actual 5pm deadline it was announced that the club had signed another Irish player who was former Inverness Caledonian Thistle defender Richie Byrne.[13]
Review
Pre-season
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August
On 7 August it was announced that the club had officially come out of administration and were given permission by the Football League to do so with Raj Singh officially taking over owner and chairmanship of the club it was also confirmed that the Singh consortium were confident enough to appoint manager Colin Todd in the interim period, as well as sanctioning contracts for players such as Lee Thorpe and Jeff Smith and assistant player manager Dean Windass.[7]
September
However, on 26 September it was announced that the club had agreed to let manager Colin Todd resign by mutual consent although Todd was adamant he was sacked and that he didn't agree to anything about resiging by mutual consent whereas the club released a statement saying that they and Todd agreed to let him resign by mutual consent.[8]
October
On 5 October it was announced that former Republic of Ireland manager Steve Staunton took over as the new permanent manager until the end of that season as well as bringing in Staunton the club bought in an assistant to him who was former Sunderland coach Kevin Richardson coming in on the same deal as Staunton.[9]
November
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December
On 2 December it was announced that a contract row had erupted at the club between manager Steve Staunton and captain Steve Foster, because of this Staunton confirmed he would take away Foster's duties as captain, and would not play him again until a clause in his contract was removed, due to the financial issues at the club, that meant they couldn't agree to his terms, whereas Foster felt he had the legitimacy to have a new contract with these terms, because he stuck with the club through and through during its difficult times (the contracts clause was that if Staunton picked Foster to start the next two games which would be his 20th game of that season that he had the right to sign an immediate one-year contract extension on top of his current deal whatever that may be).[14] So due to this Ian Miller was named as the new skipper replacing Foster for the game at home against Bradford City on 5 December a few days later until the issue had been resolved for Foster to play again, but due to his injury, Mark Bower was named as his replacement for the game as well as vice-captain for the injured Chris Lumsdon a few days later.
January
A month after the reported incident on 4 January 2010, it was announced that former skipper Steve Foster decided that he would remove the clause and terms from his contract as he wanted to resolve his contract issue with and to play for the club again, but he also did this because of the circulating rumours surrounding his position at the club with the winter transfer window that had been open for a few days at that time.[15] After former captain Steve Foster's comments earlier that week on 7 January, manager Steve Staunton announced that he wanted Foster to play just as much as the former skipper but he would only do so if he took the clause out of his contract, as Staunton didn't want to hold the club out to financial ransom, but even though Foster had remained professional throughout the whole situation, kept himself in good shape and available for selection it would be up to him to remove the clause from his contract to enable him to play again.[16] On the same day after weeks of speculation the identity of the two League of Ireland trialists Staunton had brought in was revealed and they were former St Patrick's Athletic's midfielder Gary Dempsey and former Shamrock Rovers' striker Tadhg Purcell and it was also announced the club would sign a former player sometime during the next week and he was former captain and midfielder Clark Keltie after he had been training with the club since the trialists had as well after being released from Rochdale and having short loan spells with Chester City and Gateshead it was expected he would sign a six-month deal until the end of the season as the other two new signings did.[10] Although on 14 January it was announced that at the club arranged Fans Footy Night the night previous, Staunton admitted his frustration at failing to sign Keltie after he agreed that he would sign for the club earlier the next week but instead had a successful trial at Lincoln City which lead to the midfielder making a u-turning decision to opt to sign for them instead but it was all bad news as Staunton also announced another new signing who was another League of Ireland trialist and he was former Leeds United trainee and team mate to Tadhg Purcell at Shamrock Rovers, teenage defender Simon Madden but as well as him Staunton was still interested in another defender who was former vice-captain Alan White after the other club's manager Richard Money told him he was surplus to requirements at Conference National club Luton Town but Staunton also admitted he had talked to the club and their manager about signing the player.[11] Which he did the next day on 15 January on a six-month loan deal from his parent club.[17] On the same day it was announced that as well as signing the former defender and vice-captain, he also signed former Spennymoor Town midfielder Gareth Waite and former Hibernian Scottish teenage striker Patrick Dean, also on six-month deals until the end of the season but instead on permanent ones unlike White.[12] Still on the same day Staunton announced he was interested in signing a goalkeeper and had a number of potential options at his disposal one of which he hoped would signing for the club during the following week.[18] On 18 January it was announced that the club was annoyed that the game against Aldershot Town a few days previous at the weekend was postponed after two pitch inspections by referee Colin Webster, and a lot of work before and after the calling off of the fixture by groudsman Gary Ventress and his staff, as well as being able to hold a training session on it after the match was deemed unplayable by the referee. What angered the club was the fact that the referee deemed the pitch playable after some of the snow had been cleared from the pitch and surrounding areas, due to help from volunteers, and the thaw of the snow over previous days, at 10am, but called a second inspection at 12noon to see if the conditions would improve, but after the groudstaff had worked on it for an hour until the next inspection, it kept raining so the condition of the pitch deteriorated, so the referee called the game off, but immediately after the inspection it stopped raining, so the groudstaff continued to work on the pitch for a further hour, so groudsman thought the pitch was in good condition, so much so that the club decided to hold a training session on it, which went well, which is what angered the club about the match being postponed in the first place.[19]
Match results
Legend
| Win | Draw | Loss |
Football League Two
| 8 August 2009 | Aldershot Town | 3–1 | Darlington | Recreation Ground, Aldershot |
Morgan  3'Sandell 30'Soares 47' |
(Report) | Dowson 85' |
Attendance: 2,866 |
| 18 August 2009 | Darlington | 0–1 | Crewe Alexandra | The Darlington Arena |
| (Report) | Zola 87' |
Attendance: 1,821 |
| 29 August 2009 | Darlington | 1–1 | Cheltenham Town | The Darlington Arena |
| Gall 71' |
(Report) | Richards 32' |
Attendance: 1,840 |
| 5 September 2009 | Lincoln City | 3–0 | Darlington | Sincil Bank, Lincoln |
| Howe 3', 30' Fagan 55' |
(Report) | Attendance: 3,005 |
| 11 September 2009 | Accrington Stanley | 2–1 | Darlington | Crown Ground, Accrington |
| Procter 21' Kee 84' |
(Report) | Gall 59' |
Attendance: 3,228 |
| 19 September 2009 | Darlington | 0–2 | A.F.C. Bournemouth | The Darlington Arena |
| (Report) | Pitman 15', 71' (pen.) |
Attendance: 1,999 |
| 26 September 2009 | Grimsby Town | 1–1 | Darlington | Blundell Park, Grimsby |
| Atkinson 21' |
(Report) | Main 81' |
Attendance: 4,014 |
| 29 September 2009 | Darlington | 0–2 | Rochdale | The Darlington Arena |
| (Report) | Buckley 60' O'Grady 81' |
Attendance: 1,748 |
| 3 October 2009 | Darlington | 0–1 | Macclesfield Town | The Darlington Arena |
| (Report) | J. Smith 15' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 1,763 |
| 10 October 2009 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 2–0 | Darlington | Victoria Road, Dagenham |
| Green 17' Scott 18' |
(Report) | Attendance: 1,981 |
| 17 October 2009 | Darlington | 2–1 | Shrewsbury Town | The Darlington Arena |
| Devitt 26' Thomas 56' |
(Report) | Neal 2' |
Attendance: 1,958 |
| 24 October 2009 | Barnet | 3–0 | Darlington | Underhill Stadium, Barnet |
| Yakubu 62' Deverdics 80'Bolasie 82' |
(Report) | Attendance: 2,313 |
| 31 October 2009 | Hereford United | 2–1 | Darlington | Edgar Street, Hereford |
| Lowe 41' Jones 47' |
(Report) | Collins 72' |
Attendance: 2,238 |
| 14 November 2009 | Darlington | 1–0 | Burton Albion | The Darlington Arena |
| Main 7' |
(Report) | Attendance: 2,404 |
| 21 November 2009 | Chesterfield | 5–2 | Darlington | Saltergate, Chesterfield |
| Page 37' Allott 45+2'Djilali 67'Boden 89', 90+1' |
(Report) | Collins 59' Hogg 87' |
Attendance: 3,460 |
| 28 November 2009 | Darlington | 0–4 | Morecambe | The Darlington Arena |
| (Report) | Jevons 56' Wilson 64'Drummond 80'Curtis 85' |
Attendance: 1,698 |
| 1 December 2009 | Notts County | 4–0 | Darlington | Meadow Lane, Nottingham |
| Rodgers 12' Hughes 14', 79'Davies 17' |
(Report) | Attendance: 4,606 |
| 5 December 2009 | Darlington | 0–1 | Bradford City | The Darlington Arena |
| (Report) | Williams 23' |
Attendance: 2,744 |
| 12 December 2009 | Torquay United | 5–0 | Darlington | Plainmoor, Torquay |
| Zebroski 17', 69' Carlisle 31'Rendell 45+3'Benyon 77' |
(Report) | Attendance: 2,434 |
| 19 January 2010 | Rotherham United | 1–2 | Darlington | Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield |
| Cummins 78' |
(Report) | Purcell 47' G. Smith 63' |
Attendance: 3,234 |
| 23 January 2010 | Crewe Alexandra | 3–0 | Darlington | Alexandra Stadium, Crewe |
| Zola 25', 34' Grant 30' |
(Report) | Attendance: 3,717 |
| 26 January 2010 | Darlington | 1–2 | Northampton Town | The Darlington Arena |
| Purcell 29' |
(Report) | McKay 55' Gilligan 70' |
Attendance: 1,694 |
| 6 February 2010 | Darlington | 2–0 | Rotherham United | The Darlington Arena |
| Purcell 19' Waite 52' |
(Report) | Attendance: 2,231 |
| 9 February 2010 | Darlington | 1–1 | Lincoln City | The Darlington Arena |
| Dempsey 38' |
(Report) | Hone 90+7' |
Attendance: 1,697 |
| 13 February 2010 | Morecambe | 2–0 | Darlington | Christie Park, Morecambe |
| Jevons 9' Mullin 58' |
(Report) | Attendance: 1,741 |
| 20 February 2010 | Darlington | 2–3 | Chesterfield | The Darlington Arena |
| Purcell 27', 53' |
(Report) | Whaley 80' Talbot 81'Byrne 87' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 2,209 |
| 27 February 2010 | Bradford City | 1–0 | Darlington | Valley Parade, Bradford |
| Hanson 26' |
(Report) | Attendance: 11,532 |
| 2 March 2010 | Darlington | 1–3 | Port Vale | The Darlington Arena |
| Purcell 6' |
(Report) | Loft 67' Dodds 72'Haldane 81' |
Attendance: 1,582 |
| 6 March 2010 | Darlington | 1–3 | Torquay United | The Darlington Arena |
| Main 54' |
(Report) | Ellis 10' O'Kane 45+2'Carayol 85' |
Attendance: 1,819 |
| 9 March 2010 | Bury | 1–1 | Darlington | Gigg Lane, Bury |
| Lowe 42' (pen.) |
(Report) | Purcell 32' (pen.) |
Attendance: 2,123 |
| 13 March 2010 | Northampton Town | 2–0 | Darlington | Sixfields Stadium, Northampton |
| Johnson 20' Osman 39' |
(Report) | Attendance: 4,755 |
| 20 March 2010 | Darlington | 1–2 | Barnet | The Darlington Arena |
| Breen 57' (o.g.) |
(Report) | Livermore 23' Adomah 32' |
Attendance: 1,463 |
| 23 March 2010 | Darlington | 1–2 | Aldershot Town | The Darlington Arena |
| Arnison 85' |
(Report) | Brown 25' Morgan 41' |
Attendance: 1,296 |
| 27 March 2010 | Shrewsbury Town | 0–2 | Darlington | New Meadow, Shrewsbury |
| (Report) | Purcell 8' Diop 87' |
Attendance: 5,081 |
| 3 April 2010 | Burton Albion | 1–2 | Darlington | Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent |
| Pearson 45+1' (pen.) |
(Report) | Gray 22' White 32' |
Attendance: 2,779 |
| 5 April 2010 | Darlington | 0–1 | Hereford United | The Darlington Arena |
| (Report) | Pugh 74' |
Attendance: 2,131 |
| 10 April 2010 | Darlington | 0–0 | Accrington Stanley | The Darlington Arena |
| (Report) | Attendance: 1,545 |
| 17 April 2010 | A.F.C. Bournemouth | 2–0 | Darlington | Dean Court, Bournemouth |
| Robinson 56' Pitman 71' (pen) |
(Report) | Attendance: 6,464 |
| 20 April 2010 | Cheltenham Town | 3–3 | Darlington | Whaddon Road, Cheltenham |
| Pook 29' Richards 46'Elito 64' |
(Report) | Purcell 2' Eastham 5' (o.g.)Diop 27' |
Attendance: 2,836 |
| 24 April 2010 | Darlington | 0–2 | Grimsby Town | The Darlington Arena |
| (Report) | Lancashire 20' Akpa Akpro 45+3' |
Attendance: 1,911 |
| 27 April 2010 | Darlington | 0–5 | Notts County | The Darlington Arena |
| (Report) | Jackson 33' Edwards 70'Westcarr 75'Rodgers 78', 81' |
Attendance: 2,112 |
| 1 May 2010 | Macclesfield Town | 0–2 | Darlington | Moss Rose, Macclesfield |
| (Report) | Miller 9' M. Smith 79' |
Attendance: 1,716 |
| 8 May 2010 | Darlington | 0–2 | Dagenham & Redbridge | The Darlington Arena |
| (Report) | Nurse 31' Scott 75' |
Attendance: 2,720 |
FA Cup
- First Round
| 7 November 2009 | Barnet | 3–1 | Darlington | Underhill Stadium, Barnet |
| O'Flynn 18' 66' Hyde 47' |
(Report) | Diop 73' |
Attendance: 1,654 |
League Cup
- First Round
| 10 August 2009 | Darlington | 0–1 | Leeds United | The Darlington Arena |
| (Report) | Showunmi 54' |
Attendance: 4,487 |
Football League Trophy
- First Round
| 1 September 2009 | Darlington | 1–0 | Lincoln City | The Darlington Arena |
| (Report) | Thorpe 27' |
Attendance: 828 |
- Second Round
| 6 October 2009 | Leeds United | 2–1 | Darlington | Elland Road, Leeds |
| Robinson 25' Kandol 28' |
(Report) | Convery 45+1' |
Attendance: 8,429 |
Player details
- Source:[20]
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | Total | Discipline | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | 
|
| |||
| 2 | DF | Paul Arnison | 17 (1) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 20 (1) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Rikki Bains | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Corey Barnes | 4 (2) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 6 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Moses Barnett | 4 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | James Bennett | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Mark Bower | 12 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 13 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Dan Burn | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Richie Byrne | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Jamie Chandler | 12 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 14 (2) | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Ross Chisholm | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | James Collins | 5 (2) | 2 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (2) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Mark Convery | 9 (12) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 11 (13) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Jordan Cook | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | David Davis | 5 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Patrick Deane | 0 (10) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (10) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Gary Dempsey | 24 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 24 (0) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Jamie Devitt | 5 (1) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 6 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Mor Diop | 18 (5) | 2 | 0 (1) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 18 (6) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | David Dowson | 6 (4) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 7 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Steve Foster | 15 (1) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 18 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Kevin Gall | 9 (1) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 11 (1) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Stuart Giddings | 22 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 22 (0) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Josh Gray | 10 (17) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 10 (18) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Danny Groves | 8 (8) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 9 (8) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Danny Hall | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Paul Harsley | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Jonathan Hogg | 5 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (0) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Russell Hoult | 6 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Ashlee Jones | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Tony Kane | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | David Knight | 7 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 9 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Nick Liversedge | 13 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 15 (0) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Chris Lumsdon | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Simon Madden | 13 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 13 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Curtis Main | 12 (14) | 3 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 12 (17) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Marshall | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | John McReady | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Ian Miller | 40 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 43 (0) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Andrew Milne | 12 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 12 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Chris Moore | 8 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 8 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Nathan Mulligan | 10 (6) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 10 (6) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Matty Plummer | 5 (3) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 8 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Nathan Porritt | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Tadhg Purcell | 22 (0) | 9 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 22 (0) | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Shane Redmond | 19 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 19 (0) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Gary Smith | 32 (2) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 36 (2) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Jeff Smith | 22 (2) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 25 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Michael Smith | 3 (4) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Simon Thomas | 7 (0) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 8 (0) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Lee Thorpe | 7 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 1 | 9 (1) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Gareth Waite | 14 (0) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 14 (0) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Noel Whelan | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Alan White | 23 (1) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 23 (1) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Dean Windass | 3 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Transfers
Because the Football League accepted the club's exit from administration only in August 2009, although deals had been agreed with a number of players, who had appeared for the club in pre-season matches, these players were not officially registered for the club until 3 August 2009. These registrations also included those of players whose contracts could not be renewed until the club came out of administration.
In
| Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2009 | DF | Paul Arnison | Bradford City | Free | [21] |
| 3 August 2009 | MF | James Bennett | Hull City | Free | [21] |
| 3 August 2009 | DF | Mark Bower | Bradford City | Free | [21] |
| 3 August 2009 | DF | Mark Convery | Newcastle Blue Star | Free | [21] |
| 3 August 2009 | DF | Steve Foster | Free | [21] | |
| 3 August 2009 | GK | David Knight | Mansfield Town | Free | [21] |
| 3 August 2009 | GK | Nick Liversedge | Free | [21] | |
| 3 August 2009 | MF | Chris Lumsdon | Free | [21] | |
| 3 August 2009 | DF | Ian Miller | Free | [21] | |
| 3 August 2009 | MF | Matty Plummer | Free | [21] | |
| 3 August 2009 | MF | Gary Smith | Free | [21] | |
| 3 August 2009 | MF | Jeff Smith | Free | [21] | |
| 3 August 2009 | FW | Lee Thorpe | Free | [21] | |
| 10 August 2009 | DF | Dan Burn | Free | [A][21] | |
| 14 August 2009 | DF | Rikki Bains | Free | [21] | |
| 21 August 2009 | FW | Kevin Gall | Free | [22][C] | |
| 24 August 2009 | FW | Curtis Main | Free | [21] | |
| 9 October 2009 | FW | Noel Whelan | Free | [23][B] | |
| 22 October 2009 | FW | Serigne Diop | SE Eivissa-Ibiza | [24] | |
| 29 October 2009 | GK | Ashlee Jones | [25] | ||
| 29 October 2009 | MF | Nathan Mulligan | Norton & Stockton Ancients | [25] | |
| 7 January 2010 | MF | Gary Dempsey | St Patrick's Athletic | Free | [26] |
| 7 January 2010 | FW | Tadhg Purcell | Shamrock Rovers | Free | [26] |
| 15 January 2010 | DF | Simon Madden | Shamrock Rovers | Free | [27] |
| 15 January 2010 | MF | Gareth Waite | Spennymoor Town | [27] | |
| 15 January 2010 | FW | Patrick Deane | Hibernian | Free | [27] |
| 1 February 2010 | DF | Richie Byrne | Free | [28] | |
| 2 March 2010 | MF | Ross Chisholm | Shamrock Rovers | Free | [29] |
| 11 March 2010 | MF | Chris Moore | Whitley Bay | [30] |
Out
| Date | Pos | Name | To | Fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 October 2009 | FW | Kevin Gall | York City | Contract expired | [31] |
| 9 December 2009 | GK | David Knight | Histon | Mutual consent | [32][33] |
| 9 December 2009 | MF | James Bennett | Ossett Town | Mutual consent | [32][34] |
| 9 December 2009 | DF | Matty Plummer | North Ferriby United | Mutual consent | [32][35] |
| 16 February 2010 | GK | Ashlee Jones | Mutual consent | [36] | |
| 27 February 2010 | DF | Steve Foster | Blyth Spartans | Mutual consent | [36][37] |
| 27 February 2010 | FW | Lee Thorpe | Fleetwood Town | Mutual consent | [36][37] |
| 19 March 2010 | MF | Jeff Smith | Contract cancelled | [38] | |
| 5 April 2010 | FW | Noel Whelan | Released | [39] | |
| 12 April 2010 | MF | Ross Chisholm | Released | [40] | |
| 12 April 2010 | FW | Patrick Deane | Released | [40] |
Loans in
| Date | Pos | Name | From | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2009 | MF | Jamie Chandler | Sunderland | Three months | [41] |
| 7 August 2009 | FW | David Dowson | Sunderland | Three months | [41] |
| 17 August 2009 | MF | Nathan Porritt | Middlesbrough | One month | [42] |
| 18 August 2009 | FW | Jordan Cook | Sunderland | Six months | [43][A] |
| 15 September 2009 | MF | Jamie Devitt | Hull City | One month | [44] |
| 16 September 2009 | GK | Russell Hoult | Notts County | One month | [45] |
| 17 September 2009 | DF | Tony Kane | Carlisle United | One month | [46] |
| 9 October 2009 | DF | Moses Barnett | Everton | One month | [47] |
| 16 October 2009 | FW | Simon Thomas | Crystal Palace | Three months | [48] |
| 22 October 2009 | FW | James Collins | Aston Villa | Three months | [24] |
| 22 October 2009 | MF | David Davis | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Two months | [24] |
| 19 November 2009 | MF | Jonathan Hogg | Aston Villa | Six weeks | [49] |
| 26 November 2009 | DF | Andrew Milne | Leeds United | Six weeks | [50][51] |
| 26 November 2009 | MF | Paul Harsley | Chesterfield | Six weeks | [52] |
| 26 November 2009 | DF | Danny Hall | Chesterfield | Six weeks | [53] |
| 15 January 2010 | DF | Alan White | Luton Town | Season | [54] |
| 26 January 2010 | GK | Shane Redmond | Nottingham Forest | One month | [55] |
| 5 March 2010 | DF | Andrew Milne | Leeds United | Season | [56] |
- A. Cook's loan was arranged for six months, but was terminated early following a serious injury.[57]
Loans out
| Date | Pos | Name | To | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 November 2009 | DF | Rikki Bains | Blyth Spartans | Two months | [58][59] |
| 15 January 2010 | DF | Rikki Bains | Gateshead | End of season | [60] |
| 29 January 2010 | MF | Dan Riley | Billingham Town | One month | [28] |
See also
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