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Blackpool F.C.
Season 2009–10 2009–10 in English football The 2009–10 season was the 130th season of competitive football in England.The season began on 8 August 2009 for the Championship, League One and League Two and 15 August 2009 for the Premier League...
League	The Championship Football League Championship The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
Manager	Ian Holloway Ian Holloway Ian Scott Holloway is an English football manager and former player. He became the manager of Blackpool in May 2009. Holloway is well-known amongst football fans for his off-the-wall interviews, with a wide selection of quotes and soundbites being printed. Holloway's playing career spanned 18...
League position	6th (promoted to the Premier League via the play-offs 2010 Football League Championship play-off Final The 2010 Football League Championship play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium in London on 22 May 2010 to decide the third team to be promoted from The Championship to the Premier League for the 2010–11 season.... )
Top goalscorer	League: Adam (17) Combined: Adam (19)
Highest attendance	12,296
Lowest attendance	TBD
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Previous season	← 2008–09
Next season	2010–11 2010–11 Blackpool F.C. season The 2010–11 season was Blackpool F.C.s debut season in the Premier League, after winning the 2009–10 Championship play-off Final in what was their 100th consecutive season in the Football League. It was also their 28th overall season in English football's top tier, but their first since 1971. It... →

The 2009–10

2009–10 in English football

The 2009–10 season was the 130th season of competitive football in England.The season began on 8 August 2009 for the Championship, League One and League Two and 15 August 2009 for the Premier League...

season was Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...

's 103rd season (100th consecutive) in the Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

. It was also their third consecutive season in The Championship

Football League Championship

The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...

, the second tier of English football

Football in England

Association football is a national sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game...

. The club won promotion, via the play-offs

2010 Football League Championship play-off Final

The 2010 Football League Championship play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium in London on 22 May 2010 to decide the third team to be promoted from The Championship to the Premier League for the 2010–11 season....

, to the Premier League for the first time, their 28th overall season in the top tier. Their victory over Cardiff City

Cardiff City F.C.

Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...

in the Final was the club's ninth victory in their last eleven games. It was Ian Holloway

Ian Holloway

Ian Scott Holloway is an English football manager and former player. He became the manager of Blackpool in May 2009. Holloway is well-known amongst football fans for his off-the-wall interviews, with a wide selection of quotes and soundbites being printed. Holloway's playing career spanned 18...

's first season as manager.

Season summary

Ian Holloway returned to his former club QPR for the opening game of the League season. Ben Burgess

Ben Burgess

Benjamin Kieron "Ben" Burgess is an English-born Irish footballer who currently plays for Notts County. He has been capped twice by the Republic of Ireland at Under-21 level.-Early career:...

put the Tangerines ahead late into the first half, and that's how the score remained until Peter Ramage

Peter Ramage

Peter Iain Ramage is an English footballer who plays for Crystal Palace on loan from Queens Park Rangers as a defender. He broke into the first team playing at centre back but is versatile enough to play at full back as well. Ramage began his career with Newcastle United as an academy player...

's 87th-minute leveller.

Three days later, Blackpool began their League Cup

Football League Cup

The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

campaign at Crewe Alexandra

Crewe Alexandra F.C.

Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional football club based in Crewe, Cheshire. Nicknamed The Railwaymen due to the town's links with the rail industry, they currently play in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football, and are based at the Alexandra Stadium.The club...

. Adam Nowland

Adam Nowland

Adam Christopher Nowland is an English footballer who currently plays for Washington Crossfire in the USL Premier Development League.-Early career: Blackpool and Wimbledon:...

, who had returned to the club on a non-contract basis the previous day, broke the deadlock on 52 minutes. Calvin Zola equalised for the Railwaymen in the 74th minute, before Daniel Nardiello

Daniel Nardiello

Daniel Antony Nardiello is an English-born Welsh footballer. A forward who currently plays for Exeter City, he is the son of former Wales international Donato Nardiello and cousin of Reis Ashraf and Michael Nardiello....

, eleven minutes from time, scored what proved to be the winner.

On 15 August, Blackpool hosted Cardiff City

Cardiff City F.C.

at Bloomfield Road

Bloomfield Road

Bloomfield Road is an all-seater football stadium in the English town of Blackpool, Lancashire. It has been the permanent home of Blackpool F.C. since 1901 and is named after the road on which the stadium's main entrance used to stand. The stadium has been in a process of redevelopment since 2000...

. Michael Chopra

Michael Chopra

Rocky Michael Chopra is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Ipswich Town. He is of mixed Indian and British descent....

opened the scoring for the visitors, but Seasiders captain Ian Evatt

Ian Evatt

Ian Ross Evatt is an English footballer who currently plays for Blackpool.He began his professional career in 1999 at Derby County and has also played for Northampton Town , Chesterfield and Queens Park Rangers.-Early life:...

equalised in first-half injury time. The match finished 1–1.

Derby County

Derby County F.C.

Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

visited the seaside three days later, and they returned to the East Midlands

East Midlands

The East Midlands is one of the regions of England, consisting of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. It encompasses the combined area of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and most of Lincolnshire...

with a point after a goalless draw.
On 22 August, Blackpool visited the Home Counties for a meeting with Watford

Watford F.C.

Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...

. They came from behind twice to record their fourth-successive draw, Alex Baptiste

Alex Baptiste

Alexander Aaron John "Alex" Baptiste is an English footballer who plays for Blackpool. He usually plays in central defence, but has also played at both full back positions and as a defensive midfielder.-Mansfield Town:...

and Gary Taylor-Fletcher

Gary Taylor-Fletcher

Gary Taylor-Fletcher is an English footballer. He plays for Blackpool and is a midfielder who can also play as a forward...

the scorers.

In the second round of the League Cup, on 26 August, Blackpool hosted Premier League outfit Wigan Athletic

Wigan Athletic F.C.

Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...

. Ishmel Demontagnac

Ishmel Demontagnac

Ishmel Abendigo Demontagnac is an English footballer who plays for Notts County as a winger. Only his first name is displayed on the back of his shirt.Demontagnac previously played for Walsall...

scored his first goal for the club, followed by strikes by Ben Burgess

Ben Burgess

Benjamin Kieron "Ben" Burgess is an English-born Irish footballer who currently plays for Notts County. He has been capped twice by the Republic of Ireland at Under-21 level.-Early career:...

(19 minutes), Charlie Adam (netting his first goal as a permanent Blackpool player), and Gary Taylor-Fletcher. The Latics pulled one back in injury time to make the final score 4–1.

Blackpool's first League victory occurred three days later, when Coventry City

Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

visited Bloomfield Road. The hosts won 3–0, extending their unbeaten start to the season to seven games.

The Tangerines suffered their first defeat of the campaign two weeks later, after an international

FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...

break, at Leicester City

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

. Matty Fryatt

Matty Fryatt

Matthew Charles Fryatt is an English footballer currently playing as a striker for Hull City. A product of Walsall's youth system, Fryatt is a lifelong supporter of Manchester United....

's double – one either side of Charlie Adam's strike just after the half-hour mark – gave the Foxes all three points.

Newcastle United

Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

travelled to Bloomfield Road on 17 September. The Magpies' Andy Carroll

Andy Carroll

Andrew Thomas "Andy" Carroll is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Liverpool and the England national team....

opened the scoring five minutes from the break, only for Brett Ormerod

Brett Ormerod

Brett Ryan Ormerod is an English professional football player who plays as a forward for Blackpool. He is the only player to have scored in all four divisions for the club.-Early career: Accrington Stanley and Blackpool:...

to level matters in first-half injury time. Jason Euell

Jason Euell

Jason Joseph Euell is a Jamaican-English football player who plays for Charlton Athletic. He can play as either a forward or a midfielder...

put Blackpool in front, with his first goal for the club, on 65 minutes, and it proved to be the final goal of the game.

Three days later, Ian Holloway's men visited the City Ground

City Ground

The City Ground is a football stadium in the West Bridgford area of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, on the banks of the River Trent. It has been home to Nottingham Forest Football Club since 1898, and has a capacity of 30,602 ....

to face Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

. Charlie Adam scored the only goal of the game, nineteen minutes in.

League Cup action resumed on 22 September, with a visit to Premier League side Stoke City

Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

. Blackpool were two goals up courtesy of David Vaughan and Billy Clarke, but the Potters fought back to level matters by the 79th minute. Tony Pulis

Tony Pulis

Anthony Richard "Tony" Pulis is a Welsh former football player and is currently the manager of Stoke City. Pulis obtained his FA coaching badge at the age of 19, followed by his UEFA 'A' licence aged 21 – making him one of the youngest professional players ever to have obtained the qualification...

' men took the lead for the first time on 80 minutes, before Ben Burgess equalised a minute later. Andy Griffin scored what proved to be the winner in injury time.

Back in the League, on 26 September the Tangerines welcomed Peterborough United

Peterborough United F.C.

Peterborough United Football Club are a professional English football club based in Peterborough. Peterborough United formed in 1934 and played in the old Midland League, which they won six times; eventually being admitted to the Football League in 1960, replacing Gateshead. Their home ground is...

to town. Jason Euell opened the scoring after three minutes. Eight minutes later, Hameur Bouazza

Hameur Bouazza

Hamer Bouazza , first name sometimes misspelled as Hameur, is an Algerian footballer who currently plays for Millwall in the Football League Championship. He usually plays as a left winger, but can also play on the right....

opened his account for the club with the second, sealing Pool's third consecutive League victory.

Blackpool travelled to Bristol City
Bristol City F.C.
Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...

three days later, and they suffered their second defeat of the campaign with a 0–2 scoreline.

Another, heavy defeat followed, at Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...

on 3 October. 1–4 was the result at Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park is an English football stadium located in the London suburb of South Norwood in the Borough of Croydon. It is the current home ground of Crystal Palace Football Club. Its present capacity is 26,309.-History:...

.

After a fortnight's break, the Tangerines beat Plymouth Argyle

Plymouth Argyle F.C.

Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...

2–0 at Bloomfield Road, with Marcel Seip and David Vaughan finding the net.

Sheffield United

Sheffield United F.C.

Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...

visited the seaside on 20 October, and they returned to Yorkshire pointless after strikes from Marcel Seip, Jason Euell and Charlie Adam gave Blackpool a 3–0 victory. The result kept Blackpool in the play-off places and preserved their unbeaten home record.

The next game saw Blackpool earn a point away to Swansea in a 0–0 draw, a point that would ultimately determine the fate of both teams come the end of the season. Seven goals in the next two games saw Blackpool earn a 3–3 draw at Doncaster Rovers and a 4–1 home victory over Scunthorpe United. There then followed a slump with the Tangerines earning only one point from the next three games: a defeat away to Reading

Reading F.C.

Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...

, a home draw with local rivals Preston North End, and then the first home defeat of the season, against Barnsley

Barnsley F.C.

Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...

. A win (3–0 at Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

), a defeat at Ipswich, and a win at Derby County

Derby County F.C.

earned a further six points in the last three games of 2009.

January began with the club's only game in this season's FA Cup, a home defeat to Ipswich Town. The League resumed with two draws: 1–1 at Cardiff City

Cardiff city

Cardiff City may refer to:* Cardiff city centre* Cardiff City Council* Cardiff City F.C.* Cardiff City L.F.C.* Cardiff City Stadium...

and 2–2 at home to QPR, before a rescheduled visit from Sheffield Wednesday resulted in a second home defeat. A 3–2 home win against Watford

Watford F.C.

and a draw at Coventry City was then followed by three straight defeats: against West Brom, Leicester City

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

and Sheffield Wednesday. Then a visit to Deepdale

Deepdale

Deepdale is a stadium in the Deepdale area of Preston, England, the home of Preston North End F.C. and, up to 2010, England's National Football Museum. Preston North End are one of the founder members of the Football League.- History :...

could not separate the local rivals, with Preston and Blackpool playing out a goalless draw. Two 2–0 home victories (against Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough F.C.

and Reading

Reading F.C.

Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...

) followed. Then only four points were taken from the next five games, which saw the team lose games at Barnsley

Barnsley F.C.

Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...

, West Brom and Sheffield United. A home victory was procured over Roy Keane

Roy Keane

Roy Maurice Keane is an Irish former footballer and manager. In his 18-year playing career, he played for Cobh Ramblers in the League of Ireland, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United, before ending his career at Celtic in Scotland....

's Ipswich Town after the Barnsley reversal, and a draw – also at home – against Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace F.C.

Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...

rounded out the sequence.

A 5–1 victory over Swansea City on 23 March was followed four days later by a 2–0 victory in what was a long road trip to Ian Holloway's former employers, Plymouth Argyle.

Another victory ensued, this time 4–2 at Scunthorpe United. A fourth-consecutive win was achieved at home to Doncaster Rovers.

The run was ended on 10 April with a 4–1 defeat at eventual champions Newcastle United.

Blackpool completed a League double over Nottingham Forest on 17 April, with a 3–1 victory at Bloomfield Road.

Seven days later, the Seasiders made it six victories in seven games with a single-goal result at Peterborough United.

On 2 May, in the last game of the regular season, Blackpool faced Bristol City

Bristol City F.C.

Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...

at home. Blackpool were on 69 points in the final play-off position, just one point ahead of Swansea City. Blackpool went behind in the sixteenth minute, but Brett Ormerod tied the game in the second half. The game ended 1–1. Swansea just needed to secure three points at home in their final game against Doncaster Rovers to take the final play-off place, but they were held to a goalless draw by the visitors and Blackpool made the play-offs.

In the first leg of the semi-finals, which took place on 8 May, Blackpool hosted Nottingham Forest at Bloomfield Road. The Seasiders won 2–1. Three days later, they met at the City Ground
City Ground
The City Ground is a football stadium in the West Bridgford area of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, on the banks of the River Trent. It has been home to Nottingham Forest Football Club since 1898, and has a capacity of 30,602 ....

in the second leg. Forest took the lead after seven minutes, but Blackpool equalised eleven minutes into the second half. The hosts regained the lead on 66 minutes, but the visitors drew level again six minutes later. Blackpool went ahead for the first time four minutes later, and extended their lead on 79 minutes, with D. J. Campbell completing his first career hat-trick. Forest pulled one back in injury time, but Blackpool held on for a 4–3 win on the night and a 6–4 aggregate over the two legs and progressed to the final.

The Final
2010 Football League Championship play-off Final
The 2010 Football League Championship play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium in London on 22 May 2010 to decide the third team to be promoted from The Championship to the Premier League for the 2010–11 season....

saw Blackpool face the victors of the other semi-final, Cardiff City
Cardiff City F.C.
Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...

, at Wembley
Wembley Stadium
The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...

on 22 May. The Bluebirds took the lead on nine minutes through Michael Chopra
Michael Chopra
Rocky Michael Chopra is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Ipswich Town. He is of mixed Indian and British descent....

, but Charlie Adam levelled with a free-kick four minutes later. The Welsh side re-took the lead on 37 minutes, but once again their advantage lasted only four minutes, Gary Taylor-Fletcher
Gary Taylor-Fletcher
Gary Taylor-Fletcher is an English footballer. He plays for Blackpool and is a midfielder who can also play as a forward...

heading in from a goal-line scramble. In first-half injury time, Brett Ormerod netted to give the Seasiders the lead for the first time, and that is how the score remained. Blackpool had won promotion to the Premier League for the first time.

The five players who were on loan to Blackpool at the end of the season – D. J. Campbell (from Leicester City), Andy Butler

Andy Butler

Andrew Peter "Andy" Butler is an English professional footballer currently playing for Football League One side Walsall. He is a left-footed central defender.-Scunthorpe United:...

(Huddersfield Town), Barry Bannan

Barry Bannan

Barry Bannan is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for English Premier League club Aston Villa. He plays as a midfielder and is a Scotland full international, and also represented under-21 and B levels...

(Aston Villa), Séamus Coleman

Séamus Coleman

Séamus Coleman is an Irish footballer who plays for Everton and the Republic of Ireland.- Sligo Rovers :Originally a Gaelic footballer, Coleman was spotted by Sligo Rovers when he lined up for his hometown association football side, St. Catherine’s of Killybegs, in a friendly match against Sligo...

(Everton) and Stephen Dobbie

Stephen Dobbie

Stephen Dobbie is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Swansea City.Dobbie began his career with Rangers in 2002, but did not play in a first team match. He had more opportunities at Hibernian, whom he joined in 2003 and then St. Johnstone whom he joined, initially on loan, in 2005....

(Swansea City) – remained at the club until the conclusion of the civic reception that was held for the team in Blackpool on 24 May. On 26 May, Stephen McPhee

Stephen McPhee

Stephen McPhee is a Scottish former footballer. In a ten year career he has played for clubs in Scotland, England and Portugal. And has been capped for his country at under-21 level. A forward, he scored 55 goals in 249 games in all competitions.Starting his career at Coventry City, following a...

, who had been out injured since January 2009, announced his retirement from the game at the age of 28. The same day, Blackpool announced that five players would not be offered new contracts when they expired. As such, they left the club on 1 July. The players in question were Al Bangura, Hameur Bouazza

Hameur Bouazza

, Joe Martin

Joe Martin (footballer)

Joseph "Joe" Martin is an English professional footballer for Gillingham. He is a left-sided midfielder and can also play at left-back...

, Danny Mitchley

Danny Mitchley

Daniel "Danny" Mitchley is an English footballer who plays as a forward.-From youth team to first team at Blackpool:Born in Liverpool, Mitchley played at Skelmersdale United until he was 15 years old...

and Daniel Nardiello

Daniel Nardiello

Championship
2009–10 Football League Championship
The Football League Championship season 2009–10 is the sixth season of the league under its current title and eighteenth season under its current league division format...

results

Final table

55
			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...	46	30	12	4	90	35
102
P	2	West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...	46	26	13	7	89	48
91
	3	Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...	46	22	13	11	65	40
79
	4	Cardiff City Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...	46	22	10	14	73	54
76
	5	Leicester City Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...	46	21	13	12	61	45
76
	6	Blackpool Blackpool F.C. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...	46	19	13	14	74	58
70
	7	Swansea City Swansea City A.F.C. Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position...	46	17	18	11	40	37
69
	8	Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...	46	17	14	15	61	54
65
	9	Reading Reading F.C. Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...	46	17	12	17	68	63
63
	10	Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...	46	15	18	13	56	65	−9	63
	11	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough F.C. Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...	46	16	14	16	58	50
62
	12	Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers F.C. Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...	46	15	15	16	59	58
60
	13	Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...	46	14	15	17	58	65	−7	57
	14	Derby County Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...	46	15	11	20	53	63	−10	56
	15	Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....	46	12	20	14	50	61	−11	56
	16	Watford Watford F.C. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...	46	14	12	20	61	68	−7	54
	17	Preston North End Preston North End F.C. Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...	46	13	15	18	58	73	−15	54
	18	Barnsley Barnsley F.C. Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...	46	14	12	20	53	69	−16	54
	19	Coventry City Coventry City F.C. Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...	46	13	15	18	47	64	−17	54
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A – Crystal Palace deducted 10 points for entering administration

Play-off results

League Cup results

FA Cup results

League

Charlie Adam – 43
Al Bangura – 9
Barry Bannan – 20
Alex Baptiste – 42
Hameur Bouazza – 19
Ben Burgess – 35
D. J. Campbell – 15
Billy Clarke – 18
Danny Coid – 1
Seamus Coleman – 9
Stephen Crainey – 41
Ishmel Demontagnac – 8
Stephen Dobbie – 16
Neal Eardley – 24
Ashley Eastham – 1
Rob Edwards – 21
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas – 11
Jason Euell – 33
Ian Evatt – 36
Matthew Gilks – 26
Stephen Husband – 3
Joe Martin – 6
Daniel Nardiello – 5
Brett Ormerod – 36
Paul Rachubka – 20
Marcel Seip – 7
Keith Southern – 45
Gary Taylor-Fletcher – 32
David Vaughan – 41

Players used: 29

Play-offs

Matthew Gilks – 3
Alex Baptiste – 3
Stephen Crainey – 3
Ian Evatt – 3
Seamus Coleman – 3
Keith Southern – 3
Charlie Adam – 3
David Vaughan – 3
Gary Taylor-Fletcher – 3
Ben Burgess – 3
D. J. Campbell – 3
Stephen Dobbie – 3
Brett Ormerod – 3
Barry Bannan – 2
Rob Edwards – 1

Players used: 15

FAAFALTU Cup

Charlie Adam – 13
Alex Baptiste – 12
Stephen Crainey – 01
Ishmel Demontagnace – 1
Neal Eardley – 1
Rob Edwards – 1
Jason Euell – 1
Ian Evatt – 1
Joe MMartin – 1
Brett Ormerod – 1
Paul Rachubka – 1
Keith Southern – 1
Gary Taylor-Fletcher – 1

Players used: 13333

League Cup

Charlie Adam – 2
Louis Almond – 1
Al Bangura – 2
Alex Baptiste – 3
Hameur Bouazza – 1
Ben Burgess – 2
Billy Clarke – 3
Stephen Crainey – 1
Ishmel Demontagnac – 2
Neal Eardley – 2
Ashley Eastham – 1
Rob Edwards – 3
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas – 1
Jason Euell – 1
Ian Evatt – 1
Matthew Gilks – 3
Mark Hudson – 1
Joe Martin – 2
Daniel Nardiello – 1
Adam Nowland – 1
Brett Ormerod – 2
Keith Southern – 1
Gary Taylor-Fletcher – 2
David Vaughan – 1

Players used: 24

League

Charlie Adam – 16
Barry Bannan – 1
Alex Baptiste – 3
Hameur Bouazza – 1
Ben Burgess – 6
D. J. Campbell – 8
Billy Clarke – 1
Seamus Coleman – 1
Stephen Dobbie – 4
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas – 1
Jason Euell – 4
Ian Evatt – 4
Brett Ormerod – 11
Marcel Seip – 2
Keith Southern – 2
Gary Taylor-Fletcher – 6
David Vaughan – 1

Total League goals scored: 72 (plus two own-goals)

Play-offs

D. J. Campbell – 3
Charlie Adam – 2
Stephen Dobbie – 1
Brett Ormerod – 1
Keith Southern – 1
Gary Taylor-Fletcher – 1

Total play-offs goals scored: 9

League Cup

Charlie Adam – 1
Ben Burgess – 2
Billy Clarke – 1
Ishmel Demontagnac – 1
Daniel Nardiello – 1
Adam Nowland – 1
Gary Taylor-Fletcher – 1
David Vaughan – 1

Total League Cup goals scored: 9

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