2009–10 Walsall F.C. season

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.

Walsall
2009–2010 season
ManagerJimmy Mullen (until 10 January 2010)
Chris Hutchins (from 20 January 2010)
StadiumBescot Stadium
League One10th
FA Cup2nd Round
League Cup1st Round
League Trophy1st Round

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 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.

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 Nat 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

References

  1. "History". Statto.
  2. "Mullen named new Walsall manager". 22 May 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. "Mullen sacked as Walsall manager". BBC Sport. 10 January 2009.
  4. "Walsall appoint Hutchings as boss". BBC Sport. 20 January 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
  5. "FootballSquads - Walsall - 2009/10". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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