2009–10 Football League Championship

Football League Championship 2009-10
Season information
Winners	Newcastle United
Promoted	West Bromwich Albion Blackpool
Relegated	Sheffield Wednesday Plymouth Argyle Peterborough United
Season statistics
Matches played	514
Goals scored	1317
Average	(2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Peter Whittingham (19)
Biggest home win	Cardiff 6-1 Derby WBA 5-0 Watford Forest 5-0 QPR Newcastle 6-1 Barnsley Reading 5-0 Sheff Wed
Biggest away win	Bristol City 0-6 Cardiff City
Highest scoring	Peterborough 4-4 Cardiff Derby 5-3 Preston Bristol City 5-3 Barnsley
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Promotion and relegation

Start of season

Teams promoted to Premier League 2009-10

• Wolverhampton Wanderers (Champions)
• Birmingham City (Runners-up)
• Burnley (Playoff winners)

Teams promoted from League One 2008-09

• Leicester City (Champions)
• Peterborough United (Runners-up)
• Scunthorpe United (Playoff winners)

End of season

Teams relegated from Premier League 2009-10

• Burnley
• Hull City
• Portsmouth

Teams relegated to League One 2010-11

• Sheffield Wednesday
• Plymouth Argyle
• Peterborough United

Current league table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Newcastle United (C) (P)	46	30	12	4	90	35	+55	102	Promotion to Premier League
2	West Bromwich Albion (P)	46	26	13	7	89	48	+41	91
3	Nottingham Forest	46	22	13	11	65	40	+25	79	Qualification to League Championship playoffs
4	Cardiff City	46	22	10	14	73	54	+19	76
5	Leicester City	46	21	13	12	61	45	+16	76
6	Blackpool (P)	46	19	13	14	74	58	+16	70
7	Swansea City	46	17	18	11	40	37	+3	69
8	Sheffield United	46	17	14	15	62	55	+7	65
9	Reading	46	17	12	17	68	63	+5	63
10	Bristol City	46	15	18	13	56	65	-9	63
11	Middlesbrough	46	16	14	16	58	50	+8	62
12	Doncaster Rovers	46	15	15	16	59	58	+1	60
13	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	15	17	58	65	-7	57
14	Derby County	46	15	11	20	53	63	-10	56
15	Ipswich Town	46	12	20	14	50	61	-11	56
16	Watford	46	14	12	20	61	68	-7	54
17	Preston North End	46	13	15	18	58	73	-15	54
18	Barnsley	46	14	12	20	53	69	-16	54
19	Coventry City	46	13	15	18	47	64	-17	54
20	Scunthorpe United	46	14	10	22	62	84	-22	52
21	Crystal Palace	46	14	17	15	50	53	-3	49*
22	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	46	11	14	21	49	69	-20	47	Relegated to League One
23	Plymouth Argyle (R)	46	11	8	27	43	68	-25	41
24	Peterborough United (R)	46	8	10	28	46	80	-34	34

Source: Coca-Cola Football League Championship
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored.
^* Crystal Palace were given a ten point deduction for entering administration.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Football League Championship 2009-10 Winners
Newcastle United 1st Championship title 3th second tier English title

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Finals
	6	Blackpool	2 4 (6)
	3	Nottingham Forest	1 3 (4)
						6	Blackpool	3
						4	Cardiff City	2
	5	Leicester City	0 3 (3) (3)*
	4	Cardiff City	1 2 (3) (4)*

• *After extra time and penalties.

Top goalscorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Peter Whittingham	21	Cardiff City
Nicky Maynard	20	Bristol City
Gary Hooper	19	Scunthorpe United
Charlie Adam	17	Blackpool
Andy Carroll		Newcastle United
Kevin Nolan		Newcastle United
Gylfi Sigurðsson		Reading
Michael Chopra	16	Cardiff City
Darren Ambrose	15	Crystal Palace
Robert Earnshaw		Nottingham Forest
Billy Sharp		Doncaster Rovers