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.
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 .
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Appearances and goals [ 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