During the 2009–10 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship.

The 2009–10 football season marked the 131st year of existence of Ipswich Town Football Club. Additionally, it marked the club's 74th anniversary of turning professional and was the club's 71st consecutive season in the English football league system.Ipswich Town's official club history

The 2009–10 season was Roy Keane's first full season as manager of Ipswich Town. Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship, finishing 15th out of the 24 teams. The club also competed in the Football League Cup, where it was eliminated in the second round, and the FA Cup, where it was eliminated in the fourth round.

Players First-team squad Squad at end of season

Walters was born in Moreton, England, but also qualified to represent Republic of Ireland internationally through his mother and represented them at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in November 2010.

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Coaching staff PositionNameManager Roy KeaneAssistant Manager Tony LoughlanAssistant Manager Ian McParlandGoalkeeping Coach James HollmanSpecialist Skills Coach Steve FoleyFitness Coach Antonio GomezFitness Coach Simon ThadaniHead Physiotherapist Matt Byard

Pre-season Ipswich traveled to the Republic of Ireland for pre-season in 2009, playing friendlies against Irish sides Finn Harps, Waterford and Cork City. The squad also spent time in Portugal on a four-day training camp. On the 25 July Ipswich played Colchester United in a testimonial match for retired former player Fabian Wilnis, a match which Ipswich won 2–0.

Legend WinDrawLoss

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 7 July 2009 Finn HarpsA1–2UnknownWickham (pen) 15 July 2009 BrentfordA3–1UnknownMartin, Wickham, Rhodes 17 July 2009 WaterfordA3–0UnknownGarvan (2), Lisbie 19 July 2009Cork CityA0–23,262 22 July 2009 Southend UnitedA2–0UnknownTrotter (2) 25 July 2009 Colchester UnitedH2–0UnknownOkuonghae (o.g.), Rhodes 28 July 2009 Charlton AthleticA1–2UnknownNorris 31 July 2009 Real ValladolidH3–15,873Balkestein, Wickham, Prieto (o.g.)

Competitions Football League Championship

League table

Legend WinDrawLoss Ipswich Town's score comes first

Matches DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 9 August 2009 Coventry City A 1–2 16,279 Walters 15 August 2009 Leicester City H 0–0 22,454 18 August 2009 Crystal Palace H 1–3 20,348 Bruce 22 August 2009 West Bromwich Albion A 0–2 19,390 29 August 2009 Preston North End H 1–1 19,454 Walters 12 September 2009 Middlesbrough A 1–3 19,742 Walters (pen) 15 September 2009 Nottingham Forest H 1–1 21,130 Leadbitter 19 September 2009 Doncaster Rovers A 3–3 10,711 Colback, Priskin, Martin 26 September 2009 Newcastle United H 0–4 27,059 29 September 2009 Sheffield United A 3–3 28,366 Walters, Leadbitter, McAuley 3 October 2009 Barnsley A 1–2 12,224 Rosenior 17 October 2009 Swansea City H 1–1 19,667 Couñago 20 October 2009 Watford H 1–1 19,283 McAuley 24 October 2009 Plymouth Argyle A 1–1 10,875 Stead 31 October 2009 Derby County H 1–0 20,299 Wright 7 November 2009 Reading A 1–1 19,053 Stead 21 November 2009 Sheffield Wednesday H 0–0 19,636 29 November 2009 Cardiff City A 2–1 19,463 Walters, Stead 5 December 2009 Bristol City A 0–0 14,287 8 December 2009 Peterborough United H 0–0 19,975 12 December 2009 Blackpool H 3–1 19,831 Stead, Colback, McAuley 26 December 2009 Crystal Palace A 1–3 16,496 Peters 28 December 2009 Queens Park Rangers H 3–0 25,349 Walters, Stead (2) 10 January 2010 Leicester City A 1–1 20,758 Norris 16 January 2010 Coventry City H 3–2 20,135 John, Colback, Couñago 26 January 2010 West Bromwich Albion H 1–1 19,574 Leadbitter 30 January 2010 Preston North End A 0–2 12,087 6 February 2010 Middlesbrough H 1–1 21,243 Murphy 9 February 2010 Queens Park Rangers A 2–1 10,940 Norris, Murphy 16 February 2010 Peterborough United A 1–3 9,428 Murphy 20 February 2010 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–0 21,641 Edwards 23 February 2010 Scunthorpe United A 1–1 5,828 Healy 27 February 2010 Bristol City H 0–0 20,302 6 March 2010 Blackpool A 0–1 8,635 9 March 2010 Cardiff City H 2–0 19,997 Murphy (2) 13 March 2010 Scunthorpe United H 1–0 19,378 Wickham 16 March 2010 Watford A 1–2 13,996 Colback 20 March 2010 Barnsley H 1–0 20,558 Murphy 23 March 2010 Plymouth Argyle H 0–2 19,316 27 March 2010 Swansea City A 0–0 14,902 3 April 2010 Reading H 2–1 21,403 McAuley, Walters 5 April 2010 Derby County A 3–1 28,137 McAuley, Edwards, Wickham 10 April 2010 Nottingham Forest A 0–3 23,459 17 April 2010 Doncaster Rovers H 1–1 19,943 Wickham 24 April 2010 Newcastle United A 2–2 52,181 Wickham, Walters 2 May 2010 Sheffield United H 0–3 23,003

FA Cup

As in the League Cup, Ipswich only progressed through one round of the FA Cup, falling to a 2–1 defeat against Southampton at St Mary's. This meant Ipswich was only left with trying to improve its league position. Round Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref. Third 2 January Blackpool Bloomfield Road 2–1 Colback 3', Garvan 77' 7,332 Fourth 23 January Southampton St Mary's 1–2 Couñago 90' 20,446

League Cup

Ipswich Town's League Cup campaign was disappointing. After winning a thrilling first round tie against Shrewsbury Town, Ipswich was knocked out of the competition by Peterborough United at London Road after Ipswich striker Tamas Priskin missed a vital penalty.

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref. First 11 August Shrewsbury Town New Meadow 3–3 (won 4–2 on Penalties) Wickham (2) 11', 59', Quinn 32' 4,184 Second 25 August Peterborough United London Road 1–2 Priskin 14' 5,451

Transfers Transfers in DatePosNameFromFeeRef1 July 2009DF Troy Brown FulhamFree transfer2 July 2009DF Damien Delaney Queens Park RangersUndisclosed6 July 2009MF Lee Martin Manchester United£1,500,00024 July 2009MF Colin Healy Cork CityUndisclosed27 July 2009DF Shane O'Connor LiverpoolFree transfer6 August 2009FW Tamás Priskin Watford£1,200,00021 August 2009GK Arran Lee-Barrett Hartlepool UnitedFree transfer1 September 2009MF Carlos Edwards Sunderland£1,350,0001 September 2009MF Grant Leadbitter Sunderland£2,600,0006 November 2009GK Brian Murphy BohemianFree transfer Total transfer spending: £6,650,000+

Loans in Date fromPosNameFromDate untilRef6 August 2009MF Jack Colback Sunderland30 June 201014 October 2009GK Asmir Begović Portsmouth23 November 200926 November 2009FW Stern John Crystal Palace1 February 20102 September 2009DF Liam Rosenior Reading1 June 20101 February 2010FW Daryl Murphy Sunderland30 June 20101 February 2010FW David Healy Sunderland30 June 2010

Transfers out DatePosNameToFeeRef8 May 2009MF Tommy Miller Sheffield WednesdayFree transfer8 May 2009DF Chris Casement Dundee UnitedFree transfer8 May 2009FW Dean Bowditch Yeovil TownFree transfer8 May 2009DF Iván Campo AEK LarnacaFree transfer8 May 2009FW Billy Clarke BlackpoolFree transfer8 May 2009DF Kurt Robinson Rushden & DiamondsFree transfer8 May 2009MF Jai Reason Cambridge UnitedFree transfer14 May 2009MF Matt Richards WalsallFree transfer21 May 2009DF Dan Harding SouthamptonFree transfer13 July 2009FW Danny Haynes Bristol CityUndisclosed31 July 2009FW Jordan Rhodes Huddersfield Town£350,0004 August 2009MF Veliče Šumulikoski Preston North End£400,00020 August 2009GK Shane SuppleRetired26 February 2010DF Ben ThatcherFree agentContract terminated Total transfer income: £750,000+

Loans out Date fromPosNameFromDate untilRef3 August 2009FW Kevin Lisbie Colchester United30 June 20106 November 2009DF Jack Ainsley Rushden & Diamonds1 January 201020 November 2009DF Pim Balkestein Brentford31 December 20094 January 2010MF Liam Trotter Millwall30 June 20107 January 2010DF Tommy Smith Brentford30 June 201012 January 2010MF Colin Healy Falkirk30 June 20101 February 2010DF Alex Bruce Leicester City30 June 20101 February 2010FW Tamás Priskin Queens Park Rangers30 June 201015 February 2010FW Jon Stead Coventry City30 June 201012 March 2010MF Ed Upson Barnet30 June 201025 March 2010DF Pim Balkestein Brentford30 June 2010

Squad statistics All statistics updated as of end of season

Appearances and goals

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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

Goalscorers No.PosNatPlayerChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotal19FW Jonathan Walters800840FW Connor Wickham412714FW Jon Stead600621FW Daryl Murphy60074DF Gareth McAuley500517MF Jack Colback41056MF Grant Leadbitter30039FW Pablo Couñago210323MF Carlos Edwards210310MF David Norris200216FW Tamás Priskin10122DF David Wright10015DF Alex Bruce10017MF Owen Garvan01018MF Lee Martin100112DF Jamie Peters100120FW David Healy100121FW Stern John100122DF Liam Rosenior100125MF Alan Quinn0011Total505459

Clean sheets NumberNationNameChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotal1 Richard Wright100126 Brian Murphy600627 Asmir Begović200228 Arran Lee-Barrett3003Total120012

Disciplinary record No. Pos. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total 2DF David Wright300000303DF Damien Delaney400000404DF Gareth McAuley410000415DF Alex Bruce300010406MF Grant Leadbitter10010001107MF Owen Garvan200000208MF Lee Martin200000209FW Pablo Couñago2010003010MF David Norris8000008012DF Jamie Peters1000001014FW Jon Stead0100000115DF Pim Balkestein0000101016FW Tamás Priskin2000002017MF Jack Colback6000006019FW Jonathan Walters8000008021FW Stern John1000001022DF Liam Rosenior3000003026GK Brian Murphy1000001028GK Arran Lee-Barrett1010002035DF Tommy Smith1000001040FW Connor Wickham3010004041DF Tom Eastman01000001Total6534020713

Awards Player awards AwardPlayerRefPlayer of the Year Gareth McAuleyPlayers' Player of the Year Jack ColbackYoung Player of the Year Tom EastmanGoal of the Season Jack Colback

Football League Young Player of the Month MonthPlayerRefApril Connor Wickham

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