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2009–10 Leicester City F.C. season

105th season in existence of Leicester City

Field	Value
club	Leicester City F.C.
season	2009–10
manager	Nigel Pearson
chairman	Milan Mandarić
league	Football League Championship
league result	5th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fourth round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
league topscorer	Martyn Waghorn (12)
season topscorer	Matty Fryatt (13)
highest attendance	31,759 (vs. Nottingham Forest, Championship, 27 February 2010)
lowest attendance	12,307 (vs. Swansea City, FA Cup, 2 January 2010)
average attendance	24,542
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The 2009–10 season was Leicester City F.C.'s 105th season in the English football league system and their 58th in the second tier of English football. It was their first season back in the Championship after promotion from League One as champions in 2008–09. It was also the club's 125th anniversary season.

Having just been promoted, Nigel Pearson's side surprised many by spending most of the season in the play-offs. They eventually finished fifth, reaching the play-offs. This was considered an impressive finish and a stride forward by many, considering Leicester were relegated from the same division two seasons previously. They eventually lost out in the play-off semi-finals to Cardiff City on a penalty shoot-out.

Pre-season

After winning League One by seven points, manager Nigel Pearson sought to strengthen the squad ahead of the Championship campaign. 2008–09 loanees Jack Hobbs and Wayne Brown were quickly signed on permanent deals from Liverpool and Hull City respectively. Veterans Barry Hayles, Bruno Ngotty, Paul Henderson, Patrick Kisnorbo and Marc Edworthy were released at the end of their contracts. The Foxes further added to their squad with the captures of goalkeeper Chris Weale, defender Robbie Neilson and midfielders Richie Wellens and Dany N'Guessan. However, the forward line remained unreinforced until 19-year-old Martyn Waghorn arrived on loan from Sunderland just before the opening game against Swansea City.

Joe Mattock, part of the England squad for the European U-19 Championships, handed in a transfer request just 48 hours before the first match of the season. He eventually moved to fellow Championship club West Bromwich Albion for an undisclosed fee.

Kit and sponsorship

Leicester City's badge for the 2009–10 season.

Leicester City's home kit for the 2009–10 season was unveiled before the final home game of 2008–09 against Scunthorpe United. To mark the 125th anniversary of the club's founding in 1884, the design of the front of the shirt had earlier been put to an online vote, with the fans deciding to keep the home shirt blank and sponsorless. A special badge was created for this kit, to be used for one season only.

The blue and black design of the away kit mirrors the shirts worn in the club's first game in 1884. It is branded with the logo of LOROS, a charity providing hospice care in Leicestershire. The charity will receive a percentage of the sale price of each shirt sold from their shops.

Both strips are manufactured by Joma, following the expiration of the club's previous deal with Jako.

Friendlies

After reporting back for pre-season training on 1 July, the club remained unbeaten through six pre-season games: Dickov
Adams Dyer 2 N'Guessan

Record

2009–10 was Leicester City's 58th season at the second tier of English football. Their record of winning the division on six occasions (although not since 1980) is second only to Manchester City. Prior to the 2009–10 season, their record at this level was:

Relegated	1

Players

2009–10 squad

:Only includes players given a squad number. The squad listed is the squad which Leicester finished the season with.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	From	Fee
29 June 2009	MF	FRA	Dany N'Guessan	Lincoln City	Undisclosed
1 July 2009	DF	ENG	Jack Hobbs	Liverpool	Undisclosed
1 July 2009	DF	ENG	Wayne Brown	Hull City	Free
1 July 2009	GK	ENG	Chris Weale	Bristol City	Free
1 July 2009	MF	SWE	Astrit Ajdarevic	Liverpool	Free
1 July 2009	DF	SCO	Robbie Neilson	Heart of Midlothian	Free
7 July 2009	MF	ENG	Richie Wellens	Doncaster Rovers	£1,200,000
21 August 2009	FW	SCO	Paul Gallagher	Blackburn Rovers	£900,000
24 August 2009	FW	FRA	Yann Kermorgant	Stade de Reims	Free

Out

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2009	MF	ENG	Joe Cobb	Wycombe Wanderers	Free
1 July 2009	DF	ENG	Marc Edworthy	Burton Albion	Free
1 July 2009	MF	ENG	Lee Cox	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free
1 July 2009	MF	IRE	Jonny Hayes	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free
1 July 2009	MF	ENG	Ryan Beswick	Kettering Town	Free
13 July 2009	FW	JAM	Barry Hayles	Cheltenham Town	Free
22 July 2009	FW	NIR	Billy McKay	Northampton Town	Free
10 August 2009	DF	ENG	Joe Mattock	West Bromwich Albion	£1.2 million
25 January 2010	MF	CIV	Max Gradel	Leeds United	Undisclosed
29 January 2010	FW	JAM	Ricky Sappleton	Macclesfield Town	Free
1 February 2010	FW	SCO	Paul Dickov	Released	Free

Loans in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Nat.	Name	From
7 August 2009	End of season	FW	ENG	Martyn Waghorn	Sunderland F.C.
30 August 2009	End of season	DF	NIR	Ryan McGivern	Manchester City
1 February 2010	End of season	DF	IRE	Alex Bruce	Ipswich Town
10 March 2010	End of season	FW	ENG	James Vaughan	Everton
23 March 2010	End of season	MF	ENG	Jay Spearing	Liverpool

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Nat.	Name	From
1 August 2009	31 December 2009	MF	ENG	Aman Verma	Crewe Alexandra
4 August 2009	End of Season	MF	AUS	James Wesolowski	Hamilton Academical
14 August 2009	End of Season	MF	ENG	Harry Worley	Crewe Alexandra
21 August 2009		FW	ENG	Ashley Chambers	Wycombe Wanderers
28 August 2009	1 January 2010	FW	SCO	Paul Dickov	Derby County
11 September 2009		MF	ENG	Levi Porter	Mansfield Town
17 September 2009		FW	ENG	Craig King	Hereford United
11 September 2009	2 January 2010	MF	CIV	Max Gradel	Leeds United
26 November 2009	31 January 2010	FW	ENG	DJ Campbell	Derby County
15 January 2010	14 February 2010	MF	WAL	Nicky Adams	Leyton Orient
19 January 2010	18 February 2010	DF	ENG	Luke O'Neill	Tranmere Rovers
21 January 2010	End of season		FW	ENG	Ashley Chambers	Wycombe Wanderers
1 February 2010	End of season	DF	ENG	Lathaniel Rowe-Turner	Torquay United
1 February 2010	End of season	FW	ENG	DJ Campbell	Blackpool
1 February 2010	End of season	MF	ENG	Aman Verma	Histon
25 March 2010	End of season	MF	SWE	Astrit Ajdarevic	Hereford United

Results

[[2009-10 Football League Championship|Football League Championship]]

Leicester City scores given first

Game	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Points	Position	Report	Notes
1	8 August 2009	Home	Swansea City	2–1	Waghorn 69', N'Guessan 72'	26,171	3	3rd	LCFC.com
2	15 August 2009	Away	Ipswich Town	0–0		22,454	4	6th	LCFC.com
3	18 August 2009	Away	Sheffield United	1–1	Fryatt 52'	26,069	5	8th	LCFC.com
4	22 August 2009	Home	Barnsley	1–0	Fryatt 54'	21,799	8	5th	LCFC.com
5	31 August 2009	Away	Newcastle United	0–1		38,813	8	9th	LCFC.com	Live on Sky Sports
6	12 September 2009	Home	Blackpool	2–1	Fryatt 26', 58'	22,827	11	6th	LCFC.com
7	15 September 2009	Home	Peterborough United	1–1	Fryatt 47 '(pen.)	21,485	12	7th	LCFC.com
8	19 September 2009	Away	Watford	3–3	Fryatt 20' (pen.), 40', N'Guessan 90+1'	14,647	13	9th	LCFC.com
9	26 September 2009	Home	Preston North End	1–2	Berner 90'	20,623	13	10th	LCFC.com
10	29 September 2009	Away	Middlesbrough	1–0	Dyer 83'	18,577	16	8th	LCFC.com
11	4 October 2009	Away	Coventry City	1–1	Waghorn 71'	22,209	17	5th	LCFC.com	M69 Derby
12	17 October 2009	Home	Derby County	0–0		28,875	18	8th	LCFC.com
13	20 October 2009	Home	Crystal Palace	2–0	Gallagher 59', 81'	22,220	21	8th	LCFC.com
14	26 October 2009	Away	Reading	1–0	Waghorn 45'	16,192	24	5th	LCFC.com	Live on Sky Sports
15	30 October 2009	Away	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Fryatt 37', 64'	17,082	27	2nd	LCFC.com	Live on Sky Sports
16	7 November 2009	Home	West Bromwich Albion	1–2	Berner 90+4'	28,748	27	6th	LCFC.com
17	21 November 2009	Home	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	King 90+4'	27,174	30	3rd	LCFC.com
18	28 November 2009	Away	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Waghorn 3'	6,884	31	3rd	LCFC.com
19	5 December 2009	Away	Nottingham Forest	1–5	Waghorn 64' (pen.)	28,626	31	4th	LCFC.com
20	8 December 2009	Home	Bristol City	1–3	Fryatt 90+3'	19,394	31	7th	LCFC.com
21	12 December 2009	Home	Sheffield Wednesday	3–0	Howard 8', King 25', 73'	22,236	34	4th	LCFC.com
–	19 December 2009	Away	Cardiff City	P–P		–	–	–		Match postponed due to frozen pitch
22	26 December 2009	Home	Sheffield United	2–1	Morrison 23', Fryatt 37'	23,999	37	4th	LCFC.com	Live on Sky Sports
–	28 December 2009	Away	Doncaster Rovers	P–P		–	–	–		Match postponed due to frozen pitch
23	10 January 2010	Home	Ipswich Town	1–1	Howard 38'	20,758	38	5th	LCFC.com	Live on Sky Sports
24	16 January 2010	Away	Swansea City	0–1		15,037	38	7th	LCFC.com
25	26 January 2010	Away	Barnsley	0–1		12,065	38	8th	LCFC.com
26	30 January 2010	Home	Newcastle United	0–0		29,067	39	8th	LCFC.com	Live on Sky Sports
27	6 February 2010	Away	Blackpool	2–1	N'Guessan 15', Dyer 78'	8,484	42	6th	LCFC.com
28	9 February 2010	Home	Doncaster Rovers	0–0		18,928	43	6th	LCFC.com
29	13 February 2010	Home	Scunthorpe United	5–1	Morrison 6', Gallagher 16', 25', 73', Waghorn 34'	21,626	46	6th	LCFC.com
30	16 February 2010	Away	Bristol City	1–1	Dyer 90+2'	13,746	47	6th	LCFC.com
31	20 February 2010	Away	Plymouth Argyle	1–1	o.g. 32'	11,581	48	6th	LCFC.com
32	23 February 2010	Away	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Waghorn 12'	11,027	51	5th	LCFC.com
33	27 February 2010	Home	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Berner 68', Gallagher 79', King 81'	31,759	54	5th	LCFC.com
34	6 March 2010	Away	Sheffield Wednesday	0–2		21,647	54	5th	LCFC.com
35	13 March 2010	Home	Cardiff City	1–0	Waghorn 29'	22,767	57	5th	LCFC.com
36	16 March 2010	Away	Crystal Palace	1–0	Berner 53'	12,721	60	4th	LCFC.com
37	21 March 2010	Home	Coventry City	2–2	King 4', 19'	23,093	61	4th	LCFC.com	M69 Derby, Live on BBC
38	24 March 2010	Home	Reading	1–2	Waghorn 40'	20,108	61	4th	LCFC.com
39	27 March 2010	Away	Derby County	0–1		30,259	61	6th	LCFC.com
40	30 March 2010	Away	Cardiff City	1–2	Howard 52'	20,438	61	6th	LCFC.com
41	2 April 2010	Away	West Bromwich Albion	0–3		23,334	61	6th	LCFC.com	Live on Sky Sports
42	5 April 2010	Home	Queens Park Rangers	4–0	King 5', Waghorn 45', 50', Howard 78'	22,079	64	6th	LCFC.com
43	10 April 2010	Away	Peterborough United	2–1	Howard 40', King 66'	9,651	67	5th	LCFC.com
44	17 April 2010	Home	Watford	4–1	Waghorn 36' (pen.), Gallagher 41', Spearing 51', Vaughan 67'	24,765	70	5th	LCFC.com
45	24 April 2010	Away	Preston North End	1–0	King 63'	14,926	73	5th	LCFC.com
46	2 May 2010	Home	Middlesbrough	2–0	Kermorgant 41', Wellens 86' (pen.)	30,223	76	5th	LCFC.com

[[Football League Championship play-offs#2010|Football League Championship play-offs]]

Leicester City scores given first
Away goals do not count.

Round	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Agg.	Scorers	Attendance	Report	Notes
SF1	9 May 2010	Home	Cardiff City	0–1	0–1		29,165	LCFC.com	Live on Sky Sports
SF2	12 May 2010	Away	Cardiff City	3–2	3–3	Fryatt 25', o.g. 36', King 49'	26,033	LCFC.com	Leicester lost 3–4 on penalties. Live on Sky Sports

[[2009-10 FA Cup|FA Cup]]

Leicester City scores given first

Round	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Report	Notes
3	2 January 2010	Home	Swansea City	2–1	King 39', N'Guessan 89'	12,307	LCFC.com
4	23 January 2010	Away	Cardiff City	2–4	Morrison 34', N'Guessan 39'	10,961	LCFC.com

[[2009-10 Football League Cup|League Cup]]

Leicester City scores given first

Round	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Report	Notes
1	12 August 2009	Away	Macclesfield Town	2–0	N'Guessan 58', Fryatt 71'	2,197	LCFC.com
2	25 August 2009	Away	Preston North End	1–2	Adams 6'	6,977	LCFC.com

Awards

Club awards

At the end of the season, Leicester's annual award ceremony including categories voted for by the players and backroom staff, the supporters and the supporters club, saw the following players recognised for their achievements for the club throughout the 2009–10 season.

Goal of the Season	SCO Paul Gallagher (vs. Nottingham Forest, 27 February 2010)

Divisional awards

Date	Award	Winner
February 2010	Championship Manager of the Month	ENG Nigel Pearson
February 2010	Championship Player of the Month	SCO Paul Gallagher

Championship statistics

Championship table

Club standings

Club statistics

Appearances

No.	Nat.	Name	FLC	PO	FAC	LC	Total
1	ENG	Chris Weale	45	2	2	2	51
2	SCO	Robbie Neilson	19	0	2	0	21
3	NIR	Ryan McGivern	9 (3)	0	0	2	11 (3)
4	ENG	Michael Morrison	30 (1)	0	2	2	34 (1)
5	BUL	Aleksander Tunchev	1 (1)	0	1	0	2 (1)
6	ENG	Wayne Brown	38 (1)	0	0	1	39 (1)
7	CIV	Max Gradel*	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)
7	PER	Nolberto Solano	6 (5)	2	0	0	8 (5)
8	ENG	Matt Oakley	37 (1)	0	2	2	41 (1)
9	SCO	Steve Howard	17 (18)	1	1	1	20 (18)
10	WAL	Andy King	37 (6)	2	1	1	41 (6)
11	ENG	Lloyd Dyer	25 (8)	2	0 (1)	1	28 (9)
12	ENG	Matty Fryatt	26 (3)	1 (1)	2	1 (1)	30 (5)
13	IRE	Conrad Logan	1 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)
15	SWI	Bruno Berner	34 (1)	2	0	0	36 (1)
16	WAL	Nicky Adams	1 (17)	0	2	0	3 (17)
17	FRA	Dany N'Guessan	16 (11)	0 (1)	2	1 (1)	19 (13)
18	ENG	Martyn Waghorn	27 (15)	1 (1)	1	0 (1)	29 (17)
19	ENG	Richie Wellens	41	2	2	1	46
20	ENG	Luke O'Neill	0 (1)	0	1	0	1 (1)
22	FRA	Yann Kermorgant	9 (11)	0 (2)	1 (1)	0 (1)	10 (15)
23	ENG	DJ Campbell	0 (3)	0	0	0	0 (3)
24	SCO	Paul Gallagher	31 (10)	2	0 (1)	2	35 (11)
25	ENG	Jack Hobbs	44	2	1	2	49
27	SCO	Paul Dickov*	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)
27	ENG	James Vaughan	2 (6)	0	0	0	2 (6)
29	ENG	Chris Powell	2	0	0	0	2
33	IRE	Alex Bruce	2 (1)	2	0	0	4 (1)
34	ENG	Jay Spearing	6 (1)	1 (1)	0	0	7 (2)

Note:

Substitute appearances given in brackets.
Asterisk indicates player left the club mid-season.

Top scorers

Pos.	Nat.	Player	FLC	PO	FAC	LC	Total
1	ENG	Matty Fryatt	11	1	0	1	13
2	ENG	Martyn Waghorn	12	0	0	0	12
3	WAL	Andy King	9	1	1	0	11
4	SCO	Paul Gallagher	7	0	0	0	7
5	FRA	Dany N'Guessan	3	0	2	1	6
6	SCO	Steve Howard	5	0	0	0	5
7	SWI	Bruno Berner	4	0	0	0	4
8	ENG	Michael Morrison	2	0	1	0	3
=	ENG	Lloyd Dyer	3	0	0	0	3
10	WAL	Nicky Adams	0	0	0	1	1
=	ENG	Jay Spearing	1	0	0	0	1
=	ENG	James Vaughan	1	0	0	0	1
=	ENG	Richie Wellens	1	0	0	0	1
=	FRA	Yann Kermorgant	1	0	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

Nat.	Player
ENG	Richie Wellens
ENG	Martyn Waghorn
SCO	Steve Howard
ENG	Matt Oakley
SWI	Bruno Berner
ENG	Matt Oakley
ENG	Wayne Brown
NIR	Ryan McGivern
SCO	Paul Gallagher
ENG	Michael Morrison
SCO	Robbie Neilson
ENG	Lloyd Dyer
FRA	Dany N'Guessan
ENG	Jack Hobbs
WAL	Andy King
PER	Nolberto Solano
ENG	Matty Fryatt
ENG	James Vaughan
IRE	Alex Bruce

All Stats obtained from LCFC.com

References

(2009-04-24). "Hobbs makes Leicester switch permament [sic] - Liverpool FC".
(2009-04-28). "Brown seals permanent Foxes deal". BBC Sport.
(2009-05-22). "Hearts' Neilson joins Leicester". BBC Sport.
(2009-08-21). "Foxes sign Blackburn's Gallagher". BBC Sport.
(2009-08-24). "Leicester sign striker Kermorgant". BBC Sport.
(2010-01-25). "Leeds sign Gradel from Leicester". BBC Sport.
(2010-02-01). "Dickov released by Foxes".
(2010-03-11). "James Vaughan joins Leicester on one-month loan from Everton". The Guardian.
(2009-10-20). "Gradel joins Leeds on loan deal". BBC Sport.
(2009-11-26). "Derby complete Campbell loan deal". BBC Sport.

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