2009–10 Walsall F.C. season

Walsall
2009–2010 season
Manager	Jimmy Mullen (until 10 January 2010); Chris Hutchins (from 20 January 2010)
Stadium	Bescot Stadium
League One	10th
FA Cup	2nd Round
League Cup	1st Round
League Trophy	1st Round
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was the 122nd season and their 3rd consecutive season in League One played by Walsall F.C., a football club based in Walsall, West Midlands, England.^[1] Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

Season summary

Walsall finished 13th in the previous season, with caretaker manager Jimmy Mullen being appointed permanently shortly after the end of the season.^[2] However, on 10 January 2009 Mullen was sacked as manager following a run of just four wins in sixteen games. ^[3] On 20 January 2009, Chris Hutchins was appointed as Mullen's successor with Martin O'Connor appointed as his assistant. ^[4] Walsall finished 10th at the end of the season.

Competitions

League One

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Colchester United	46	20	12	14	64	52	+12	72
9	Brentford	46	14	20	12	55	52	+3	62
10	Walsall	46	16	14	16	60	63	−3	62
11	Bristol Rovers	46	19	5	22	59	70	−11	62
12	Milton Keynes Dons	46	17	9	20	60	68	−8	60

Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

FA Cup

7 November 2009 1st Round	Stourbridge	0–1	Walsall	Stourbridge
13:00		Report	Jones 34'	Stadium: War Memorial Athletic Ground Attendance: 2,014 Referee: Dave Foster

28 November 2009 2nd Round	Brentford	1–0	Walsall	Brentford
15:00	Legge 13'	Report		Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 2,611 Referee: Russell Booth

Football League Cup

11 August 2009 1st Round	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Walsall	Accrington
19:45	Grant 53' Mullin 90+1'	Report	Nicholls 9' Weston 23' 35'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,041 Referee: Nigel Miller

Football League Trophy

1 September 2009 1st Round	Walsall	0–0 (4–5 p)	Bury	Walsall
		Report		Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 2,314 Referee: Graham Scott
	Penalties
	Parkin Taundry Deeney Jones Richards		Barry-Murphy Baker Bishop Lowe Dawson

Squad

^[5]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Place of Birth	Signed from	Note
Goalkeepers
1	Clayton Ince	GK	12 July 1972	Arima	Coventry City
21	Rene Gilmartin	GK	31 May 1987	Dublin	none
26	Tim Cooney	GK	6 April 1992	Birmingham	none
31	Mark Oxley	GK	28 September 1990	Sheffield	Hull City	on loan from Hull City
Defenders
2	Rhys Weston		27 October 1980	Kingston upon Thames	Port Vale
3	Netan Sansara		3 August 1989	Darlaston	none
5	Mark Hughes		9 December 1986	Kirkby	Northampton Town
6	Manny Smith		8 November 1988	Birmingham	none
14	Richard Taundry		15 February 1989	Walsall	none
16	Darryl Westlake		1 March 1991	Sutton Coldfield	none
19	Jamie Vincent		18 June 1975	Wimbledon	Swindon Town
28	Clayton McDonald		6 December 1988	Liverpool	Manchester City
Midfielders
4	Stephen Roberts		24 February 1980	Wrexham	Doncaster Rovers	retired in October 2009
8	Dwayne Mattis		31 July 1981	Huddersfield	Barnsley
12	Mark Bradley		14 January 1988	Wordsley	none
15	Josh O'Keefe		22 December 1988	Whalley	Blackburn Rovers
17	Richard Davies		15 May 1990	Willenhall	none
18	Peter Till		7 September 1985	Walsall	Grimsby Town
20	Matt Richards		26 December 1984	Harlow	Ipswich Town
23	Sam Adkins		3 December 1991	Birmingham	none
24	Julian Gray		21 September 1979	Lewisham	Barnsley	signed in February 2010
25	Sean Geddes		13 February 1992	Sandwell	none
Forwards
7	Steve Jones		25 October 1976	Derry	Burnley
9	Sam Parkin		14 March 1981	Roehampton	Luton Town
10	Troy Deeney		29 June 1988	Birmingham	none
11	Alex Nicholls		9 December 1987	Stourbridge	none
22	Will Grigg		3 July 1991	Solihull	Stratford Town
27	Darren Byfield		29 September 1976	Sutton Coldfield	Oldham Athletic