2009–10 Brentford F.C. season

Brentford
2009–10 season
Chairman	Greg Dyke
Manager	Andy Scott
Stadium	Griffin Park
League One	9th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	First round
Top goalscorer	League: MacDonald (15); All: MacDonald (17)
Highest home attendance	9,031
Lowest home attendance	1,960
Average home league attendance	6,018
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

During the 2009–10 English football season, Brentford competed in Football League One. In the Bees' first League One season since 2006–07, the club finished in 9th place and reached the third round of the FA Cup.

Season summary

After promotion back to League One as League Two champions at the end of the 2008–09 season,^[2] Brentford manager Andy Scott immediately cleared all the bit-part and injury-prone players out of his squad, releasing 13.^[3] In came goalkeepers Lewis Price on a season-long loan and Nikki Bull on a one-year contract, three defenders (Alan Bennett, Danny Foster and Leon Legge), midfielder Sam Saunders, left winger Myles Weston and three forwards (Carl Cort, Steve Kabba and Ben Strevens).^[4] Popular forward Nathan Elder departed Griffin Park in early August 2009 and dropped back down to League Two to sign for Shrewsbury Town for an undisclosed fee.^[5] Scott would sign three more players between the beginning of the season and the end of the summer transfer window – teenager Simon Moore as third-choice goalkeeper, centre back James Wilson on a one-month loan and winger Cleveland Taylor for an undisclosed fee from Carlisle United.^[4]

Manager Andy Scott revealed that Brentford's target for the season was "to get to 52 points" and "to do the double over as many teams as possible and make sure no-one does the double over us".^[6] Despite being knocked out of the League Cup in the first round, Brentford started the league season strongly, going third after an opening-day victory over Carlisle United and then going undefeated in the following four matches to consolidate a position in the playoff zone.^[7] A 2–1 victory over promotion hopefuls Norwich City at Griffin Park on 18 August was a notable early-season highlight.^[8] As injuries mounted and some players found it difficult to replicate their League Two form in League One, manager Scott would search for a winning formula by signing 9 players on loan between November 2009 and March 2010,^[4] the most notable of whom being Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny, centre back Pim Balkestein and central midfielder Toumani Diagouraga,^[4] the latter two of whom would sign permanently for the club after the season.^[9]^[10] Out of form attackers Steve Kabba and Cleveland Taylor were sent out on loan to League Two club Burton Albion,^[11] while captain Alan Bennett, who had been out of favour for most of the season, ended the campaign with two spells on loan with Wycombe Wanderers.^[12]

Aside from dropping to a season-low placing of 18th in late November and early December, Brentford trod water in mid-table for much of the season and a run of just one defeat in the final 13 matches of the season elevated the club to a credible 9th-place finish.^[7] The Bees reached the third round of the FA Cup, seeing off Conference Premier strugglers Gateshead in a replay and League One Walsall in the first two rounds, before falling to 1–0 to Championship club Doncaster Rovers in the third round at Griffin Park.^[7] There was some cheer late in the season, when supporter Matthew Benham agreed to invest £1m a year into the club, until the end of the 2013–14 season, in return for preference shares and without increasing the club's debt.^[13]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Southampton	46	23	14	9	85	47	+38	73^[a]
8	Colchester United	46	20	12	14	64	52	+12	72
9	Brentford	46	14	20	12	55	52	+3	62
10	Walsall	46	16	14	16	60	63	−3	62
11	Bristol Rovers	46	19	5	22	59	70	−11	62

Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

Results

Pre-season

8 July 2009	Farnborough	2–1	Brentford	Cherrywood Road
	Ibe	Report	Pitt

11 July 2009	Staines Town	1–0	Brentford	Wheatsheaf Park
15:00	Cumberbatch	Report

15 July 2009	Brentford	1–3	Ipswich Town	Griffin Park
19:45	Strevens	Report	Martin Wickham Rhodes

18 July 2009	Aldershot Town	0–0	Brentford	Recreation Ground
15:00		Report		Attendance: 859

21 July 2009	Brentford	2–2	Crystal Palace	Griffin Park
19:45	Weston Derry o.g.'	Report	Fonte

22 July 2009 Presidents' Cup	Sutton United	1–3	Brentford	Gander Green Lane
19:45	El-Salahi	Report	Ademola Elder Legge	Attendance: 417

25 July 2009	Croydon Athletic	0–1	Brentford	Keith Tuckey Stadium
15:00		Report	Ademola

1 August 2009	Hayes & Yeading United	0–3	Brentford	Beaconsfield Road
15:00		Report	Weston Lucas

Football League One

Results by round

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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	D
Position	3	5	5	5	6	8	9	11	15	10	14	12	17	15	16	16	16	18	16	18	17	14	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	14	15	16	15	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League position graph

Matches

8 August 2009 1	Carlisle United	1–3	Brentford	Brunton Park
15:00	Harte 17' (pen.)	Report	Weston 12', 47' Wood 64'	Attendance: 6,367 Referee: Mark Haywood

15 August 2009 2	Brentford	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Griffin Park
15:00		Report		Attendance: 6,950 Referee: Trevor Kettle

18 August 2009 3	Brentford	2–1	Norwich City	Griffin Park
19:45	Dickson 51' Hunt 71'	Report	Tudur Jones 90'	Attendance: 7,395 Referee: Graham Scott

22 August 2009 4	Southampton	1–1	Brentford	St Mary's Stadium
15:00	Harding 73'	Report	Taylor 83'	Attendance: 19,169 Referee: David Phillips

28 August 2009 5	Brentford	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Griffin Park
15:00	O'Connor 43' (pen.)	Report	Blackman 52'	Attendance: 5,125 Referee: Grant Hegley

5 September 2009 6	Charlton Athletic	2–0	Brentford	The Valley
12:15	Burton 11' Sam 30'	Report		Attendance: 16,399 Referee: James Linington

12 September 2009 7	Huddersfield Town	0–0	Brentford	Kirklees Stadium
15:00		report		Attendance: 12,020 Referee: David Webb

19 September 2009 8	Brentford	1–3	Bristol Rovers	Griffin Park
15:00	MacDonald 58'	Report	Dickson 11', 27' Lescott 41'	Attendance: 6,528 Referee: Simon Hooper

26 September 2009 9	Yeovil Town	2–0	Brentford	Huish Park
15:00	Alcock 25' Welsh 51'	Report		Attendance: 4,249 Referee: Roger East

29 September 2009 10	Brentford	2–1	Southend United	Griffin Park
19:45	O'Connor 69' (pen.), 90' (pen.)	Report	Francis 9'	Attendance: 5,578 Referee: Pat Miller

3 October 2009 11	Brentford	2–3	Swindon Town	Griffin Park
15:00	Cort 77' MacDonald 82'	Report	Revell 8', 79' Hutchinson 21'	Attendance: 6,471 Referee: Oliver Langford

9 October 2009 12	Hartlepool United	0–0	Brentford	Victoria Park
19:45		Report		Attendance: 3,105 Referee: Graham Salisbury

17 October 2009 13	Leyton Orient	2–1	Brentford	Brisbane Road
15:00	McGleish 36' Foster 65' (o.g.)	Report	Cort 4'	Attendance: 4,781 Referee: Andy D'Urso

24 October 2009 14	Brentford	2–0	Stockport County	Griffin Park
15:00	MacDonald 45' Weston 70'	Report		Attendance: 5,045 Referee: Gavin Ward

31 October 2009 15	Exeter City	3–0	Brentford	St James Park
15:00	Cozic 7' Tully 45' Noone 69'	Report		Attendance: 5,355 Referee: Dean Whitestone

14 November 2009 16	Brentford	2–2	Millwall	Griffin Park
15:00	Bostock 9', 25'	Report	Robinson 15' Henry 89'	Attendance: 6,408 Referee: Andy Woolmer

21 November 2009 17	Brentford	1–1	Walsall	Griffin Park
15:00	Strevens 11'	Report	Jones 68'	Attendance: 4,492 Referee: Gary Sutton

24 November 2009 18	Wycombe Wanderers	1–0	Brentford	Adams Park
19:45	Harrold 48' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 5,181 Referee: Keith Stroud

1 December 2009 19	Brentford	1–0	Colchester United	Griffin Park
19:45	MacDonald 15'	Report		Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Graham Scott

5 December 2009 20	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Brentford	Prenton Park
15:00	Curran 60'	report		Attendance: 4,839 Referee: Chris Sarginson

12 December 2009 21	Brentford	0–0	Leeds United	Griffin Park
15:00		Report		Attendance: 9,031 Referee: Darren Deadman

19 December 2009 22	Milton Keynes Dons	0–1	Brentford	Stadium:mk
15:00		Report	MacDonald 87'	Attendance: 9,520 Referee: Andy Penn

26 December 2009 23	Gillingham	0–1	Brentford	Priestfield Stadium
12:30		Report	Strevens 42'	Attendance: 7,019 Referee: Fred Graham

28 December 2009 24	Brentford	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Griffin Park
15:00	Cort 49'	Report	Bailey 58' (pen.)	Attendance: 8,387 Referee: Andy D'Urso

16 January 2010 25	Brentford	3–1	Carlisle United	Griffin Park
15:00	Weston 31', 55' Dickson 90'	Report	Harte 81' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,089 Referee: Roger East

23 January 2010 26	Norwich City	1–0	Brentford	Carrow Road
15:00	Martin 77'	Report		Attendance: 24,979 Referee: Steven Rushton

26 January 2010 27	Brentford	1–1	Southampton	Griffin Park
19:45	Legge 83'	Report	James 4'	Attendance: 6,501 Referee: Chris Sarginson

6 February 2010 28	Brentford	4–0	Gillingham	Griffin Park
15:00	MacDonald 10' (pen.), 33' (pen.) Weston 35', 79'	Report		Attendance: 6,036 Referee: Pat Miller

13 February 2010 29	Brentford	1–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Griffin Park
15:00	Weston 75'	Report	Betsy 27'	Attendance: 5,740 Referee: Carl Boyeson

20 February 2010 30	Walsall	2–1	Brentford	Bescot Stadium
15:00	Nicholls 35' Deeney 84'	Report	MacDonald 17'	Attendance: 3,616 Referee: Jonathan Moss

6 March 2010 31	Leeds United	1–1	Brentford	Elland Road
15:00	Beckford 72'	Report	Strevens 60'	Attendance: 25,445 Referee: Oliver Langford

13 March 2010 32	Brentford	3–3	Milton Keynes Dons	Griffin Park
15:00	Wood 27' Strevens 70' Cort 90'	Report	Wilbraham 11', 90' Easter 55' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,209 Referee: Mike Russell

16 March 2010 33	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–0	Brentford	Withdean Stadium
19:45	Murray 33' Forster 90' (pen.) Virgo 90'	Report		Attendance: 5,539 Referee: Danny McDermid

20 March 2010 34	Stockport County	0–1	Brentford	Edgeley Park
15:00		Report	MacDonald 46'	Attendance: 3,707 Referee: Nigel Miller

23 March 2010 35	Colchester United	3–3	Brentford	Colchester Community Stadium
19:45	Hunt 32' (o.g.) Wordsworth 45' Prutton 76'	Report	Hunt 13' Legge 17' MacDonald 57'	Attendance: 3,915 Referee: Fred Graham

27 March 2010 36	Brentford	1–0	Leyton Orient	Griffin Park
15:00	Grabban 43'	Report		Attendance: 6,369 Referee: Keith Stroud

30 March 2010 37	Oldham Athletic	2–3	Brentford	Boundary Park
19:45	Abbott 22' Abbott 82'	Report	MacDonald 30', 69' Balkestein 64'	Attendance: 2,833 Referee: Anthony Bates

2 April 2010 38	Millwall	1–1	Brentford	The Den
19:45	Robinson 75'	Report	Cort 32'	Attendance: 14,025 Referee: Paul Taylor

5 April 2010 39	Brentford	0–0	Exeter City	Griffin Park
15:00		Report		Attendance: 6,017 Referee: Mike Russell

10 April 2010 40	Brentford	3–0	Huddersfield Town	Griffin Park
15:00	MacDonald 71' (pen.), 84' Grabban 82'	Report		Attendance: 5,209 Referee: Andy Hall

13 April 2010 41	Southend United	2–2	Brentford	Roots Hall
19:45	Laurent 56', 63'	Report	MacDonald 21' Cort 62'	Attendance: 6,838 Referee: Trevor Kettle

17 April 2010 42	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Brentford	Memorial Stadium
15:00		Report		Attendance: 6,048 Referee: Paul Tierney

20 April 2010 43	Brentford	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Griffin Park
19:45	O'Connor 49' Strevens 86'	Report	Labadie 62'	Attendance: 4,341 Referee: David Phillips

24 April 2010 44	Brentford	1–1	Yeovil Town	Griffin Park
15:00	Saunders 76'	Report	Tomlin 3' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,395 Referee: Graham Horwood

1 May 2010 45	Swindon Town	3–2	Brentford	The County Ground
15:00	Paynter 8', 58' Ward 45'	Report	Hunt 33' Strevens 60'	Attendance: 10,465 Referee: Andy Woolmer

8 May 2010 46	Brentford	0–0	Hartlepool United	Griffin Park
15:00		Report		Attendance: 6,893 Referee: Danny McDermid

FA Cup

7 November 2009 1st Round	Gateshead	2–2	Brentford	Gateshead International Stadium
15:00	Price 57' (o.g.) Winn 90'	Report	Cort 61' O'Connor 70'	Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Jock Waugh

17 November 2009 1st Round Replay	Brentford	5–2	Gateshead	Griffin Park
19:45	Strevens 42' MacDonald 45', 60' Weston 67', 73'	Report	Armstrong 58', 81'	Attendance: 1,960 Referee: James Linington

28 November 2009 2nd Round	Brentford	1–0	Walsall	Griffin Park
15:00	Legge 13'	Report		Attendance: 2,611 Referee: Russell Booth

19 January 2010 3rd Round	Brentford	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	Griffin Park
19:45		Report	O'Connor 87'	Attendance: 2,883 Referee: Grant Hegley

Football League Cup

11 August 2009 1st Round	Brentford	0–1	Bristol City	Griffin Park
19:45		Report	Maynard 58'	Attendance: 3,024 Referee: Phil Crossley

Football League Trophy

1 September 2009 1st Round	Norwich City	1–0	Brentford	Carrow Road
19:45	Martin 30'	Report		Attendance: 12,540 Referee: Gavin Ward

Source: brentfordfc.co.uk

Playing squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2009–10 season.

No	Position	Name	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Lewis Price	(1984-07-19)19 July 1984 (aged 25)	Derby County	2009	On loan from Derby County
21	GK	Nikki Bull	(1981-10-02)2 October 1981 (aged 27)	Aldershot Town	2009
31	GK	Simon Moore	(1990-05-19)19 May 1990 (aged 19)	Farnborough	2009
53	GK	Wojciech Szczęsny	(1990-04-18)18 April 1990 (aged 19)	Arsenal	2009	On loan from Arsenal
Defenders
3	DF	Ryan Dickson	(1986-12-14)14 December 1986 (aged 22)	Plymouth Argyle	2007
5	DF	Mark Phillips	(1982-01-27)27 January 1982 (aged 27)	Millwall	2008
6	DF	Alan Bennett (c)	(1981-10-04)4 October 1981 (aged 27)	Reading	2009	Loaned to Wycombe Wanderers
14	DF	Danny Foster	(1984-09-23)23 September 1984 (aged 24)	Dagenham & Redbridge	2009
22	DF	Karleigh Osborne	(1988-03-19)19 March 1988 (aged 21)	Youth	2004
24	DF	Lewis Ferrell	(1991-03-08)8 March 1991 (aged 18)	Youth	2009
25	DF	Fraser Franks	(1990-11-22)22 November 1990 (aged 18)	Youth	2008	Loaned to Basingstoke Town
27	DF	Ryan Blake	(1991-12-08)8 December 1991 (aged 17)	Youth	2009
29	DF	Pim Balkestein	(1987-04-29)29 April 1987 (aged 22)	Ipswich Town	2009	On loan from Ipswich Town
32	DF	Leon Legge	(1985-07-01)1 July 1985 (aged 24)	Tonbridge Angels	2009
Midfielders
2	MF	Kevin O'Connor	(1982-02-24)24 February 1982 (aged 27)	Youth	2000
4	MF	Marcus Bean	(1984-11-02)2 November 1984 (aged 24)	Blackpool	2008
7	MF	Sam Saunders	(1983-08-29)29 August 1983 (aged 25)	Dagenham & Redbridge	2009
11	MF	Myles Weston	(1988-03-12)12 March 1988 (aged 21)	Notts County	2009
12	MF	Cleveland Taylor	(1983-09-09)9 September 1983 (aged 25)	Carlisle United	2009	Loaned to Burton Albion
13	MF	David Hunt	(1982-09-10)10 September 1982 (aged 26)	Shrewsbury Town	2009
16	MF	Sam Wood	(1986-08-09)9 August 1986 (aged 22)	Bromley	2008
20	MF	Toumani Diagouraga	(1987-06-20)20 June 1987 (aged 22)	Peterborough United	2010	On loan from Peterborough United
28	MF	James McCluskey	(1991-11-10)10 November 1991 (aged 17)	Youth	2009
Forwards
8	FW	Steve Kabba	(1981-03-07)7 March 1981 (aged 28)	Watford	2009	Loaned to Burton Albion
9	FW	Carl Cort	(1977-11-01)1 November 1977 (aged 31)	Norwich City	2009
10	FW	Charlie MacDonald	(1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 28)	Southend United	2008
18	FW	Ben Strevens	(1980-05-24)24 May 1980 (aged 29)	Dagenham & Redbridge	2009
Players who left the club mid-season
17	MF	Lionel Ainsworth	(1987-10-01)1 October 1987 (aged 21)	Huddersfield Town	2010	Returned to Huddersfield Town after loan
17	MF	John Bostock	(1992-01-15)15 January 1992 (aged 17)	Tottenham Hotspur	2009	Returned to Tottenham Hotspur after loan
19	FW	Moses Ademola	(1989-07-18)18 July 1989 (aged 20)	Croydon Athletic	2008	Loaned to Woking, transferred to Woking
19	FW	John Akinde	(1989-07-08)8 July 1989 (aged 20)	Bristol City	2010	Returned to Bristol City after loan
23	FW	Lewis Grabban	(1988-01-12)12 January 1988 (aged 21)	Millwall	2010	Returned to Millwall after loan
23	DF	Tommy Smith	(1990-03-31)31 March 1990 (aged 19)	Ipswich Town	2010	Returned to Ipswich Town after loan
23	DF	James Wilson	(1989-02-26)26 February 1989 (aged 20)	Bristol City	2009	Returned to Bristol City after loan
26	MF	Marvin Williams	(1987-08-12)12 August 1987 (aged 21)	Yeovil Town	2008	Released
37	FW	Rhys Murphy	(1990-11-06)6 November 1990 (aged 18)	Arsenal	2009	Returned to Arsenal after loan

Source: Soccerbase

Coaching staff

Name	Role
Andy Scott	Manager
Terry Bullivant	Assistant manager
Steve Smith	Goalkeeping coach
Andy Harris	Chief scout
Dave Appanah	Physiotherapist
Alasdair Lane	Fitness Coach
Mick Quinn	Sports Therapist
Dave Carter	Kit Man

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Substitute appearances in brackets.

No	Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total
No	Pos	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	MF		Kevin O'Connor	43	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	49	5
3	DF		Ryan Dickson	26 (1)	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	31 (1)	2
4	MF		Marcus Bean	25 (6)	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	30 (6)	0
5	DF		Mark Phillips	19 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	20 (3)	0
6	DF		Alan Bennett	11 (2)	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	15 (2)	0
7	MF		Sam Saunders	15 (11)	1	1 (1)	0	1	0	1	0	18 (12)	1
8	FW		Steve Kabba	3 (7)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5 (7)	0
9	FW		Carl Cort	16 (12)	6	1 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	17 (13)	7
10	FW		Charlie MacDonald	39 (1)	15	3	2	0	0	0	0	42 (1)	17
11	MF		Myles Weston	32 (8)	8	3	2	1	0	1	0	37 (8)	10
12	MF		Cleveland Taylor	8 (4)	1	1 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	10 (5)	1
13	MF		David Hunt	18 (6)	3	0 (4)	0	1	0	1	0	20 (10)	3
14	DF		Danny Foster	32 (4)	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	38 (4)	0
16	MF		Sam Wood	37 (6)	2	3	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	41 (7)	2
18	FW		Ben Strevens	20 (5)	6	3 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	23 (6)	7
21	GK		Nikki Bull	5 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6 (1)	0
22	DF		Karleigh Osborne	13 (6)	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	15 (7)	0
26	MF		Marvin Williams	0	0	—		0 (1)	0	—		0 (1)	0
27	DF		Ryan Blake	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
31	GK		Simon Moore	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
32	DF		Leon Legge	28 (1)	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	32 (1)	3
Players loaned in during the season
1	GK		Lewis Price	13	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	18	0
17	MF		Lionel Ainsworth	1 (8)	0	—		—		—		1 (8)	0
17	MF		John Bostock	9	2	1	0	—		—		10	2
19	FW		John Akinde	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
20	MF		Toumani Diagouraga	20	0	—		—		—		20	0
23	FW		Lewis Grabban	7	2	—		—		—		7	2
23	DF		Tommy Smith	8	0	—		—		—		0	0
23	DF		James Wilson	13	0	1	0	—		0	0	14	0
29	DF		Pim Balkestein	14	1	0	0	—		—		14	1
37	FW		Rhys Murphy	1 (4)	0	0 (1)	0	—		—		1 (5)	0
53	GK		Wojciech Szczęsny	28	0	—		—		—		28	0

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: Soccerbase

Goalscorers

No	Pos	Player	FL1	FAC	FLC	FLT	Total
10	FW	Charlie MacDonald	15	2	0	0	17
11	MF	Myles Weston	8	2	0	0	10
9	FW	Carl Cort	6	1	0	0	7
18	FW	Ben Strevens	6	1	0	0	7
2	MF	Kevin O'Connor	4	1	0	0	5
13	MF	David Hunt	3	0	0	0	3
32	DF	Leon Legge	2	1	0	0	3
23	FW	Lewis Grabban	2	—	—	—	2
17	MF	John Bostock	2	0	—	—	2
3	DF	Ryan Dickson	2	0	0	0	2
16	MF	Sam Wood	2	0	0	0	2
29	DF	Pim Balkestein	1	0	—	—	1
7	MF	Sam Saunders	1	0	0	0	1
12	MF	Cleveland Taylor	1	0	0	0	1
Total			55	8	0	0	63

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: Soccerbase

Discipline

No	Pos	Nat	Player	FL1		FAC		FLC		FLT		Total		Pts
No	Pos	Nat	Player											Pts
4	MF		Marcus Bean	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	9
2	MF		Kevin O'Connor	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
32	DF		Leon Legge	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
14	DF		Danny Foster	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
5	DF		Mark Phillips	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
3	DF		Ryan Dickson	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
10	FW		Charlie MacDonald	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
6	DF		Alan Bennett	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
53	GK		Wojciech Szczęsny	3	0	—		—		—		3	0	3
13	MF		David Hunt	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
22	DF		Karleigh Osborne	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
18	FW		Ben Strevens	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
11	MF		Myles Weston	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
23	DF		James Wilson	0	1	0	0	—		0	0	0	1	3
20	MF		Toumani Diagouraga	1	0	—		—		—		1	0	1
23	DF		Tommy Smith	1	0	—		—		—		1	0	1
29	DF		Pim Balkestein	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0	1
17	MF		John Bostock	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0	1
1	GK		Lewis Price	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
7	MF		Sam Saunders	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
12	MF		Cleveland Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
16	MF		Sam Wood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Total				53	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	56	3	75

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: ESPN FC

Management

Name	Nat	From	To	Record All Comps					Record League
Name	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	W %	P	W	D	L	W %
Andy Scott		8 August 2009	8 May 2010	52	16	21	15	030.77	46	14	20	12	030.43

Summary

Games played	52 (46 League One, 4 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy)
Games won	16 (14 League One, 2 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy)
Games drawn	21 (20 League One, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy)
Games lost	15 (12 League One, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy)
Goals scored	51 (55 League One, 8 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy)
Goals conceded	51 (52 League One, 5 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy)
Clean sheets	16 (15 League One, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy)
Biggest league win	4–0 versus Gillingham, 6 February 2010
Worst league defeat	3–0 on two occasions
Most appearances	49, Kevin O'Connor (43 League One, 4 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy)
Top scorer (league)	15, Charlie MacDonald
Top scorer (all competitions)	17, Charlie MacDonald

Transfers & loans

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2009	DF	Danny Foster	Dagenham & Redbridge	Free	^[15]
1 July 2009	DF	Leon Legge	Tonbridge Angels	n/a	^[16]
1 July 2009	MF	Sam Saunders	Dagenham & Redbridge	Free	^[15]
1 July 2009	FW	Ben Strevens	Dagenham & Redbridge	Free	^[15]
2 July 2009	MF	Myles Weston	Notts County	£75,000	^[17]
30 July 2009	DF	Alan Bennett	Reading	Free	^[18]
3 August 2009	GK	Nikki Bull	Aldershot Town	Free	^[19]
4 August 2009	FW	Carl Cort	Norwich City	Free	^[20]
6 August 2009	FW	Steve Kabba	Watford	Free	^[21]
10 August 2009	GK	Simon Moore	Farnborough	Free	^[22]
13 August 2009	MF	Cleveland Taylor	Carlisle United	Undisclosed	^[23]
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
8 July 2009	GK	Lewis Price	Derby County	End of season	^[24]
20 August 2009	DF	James Wilson	Bristol City	1 January 2010	^[25]
13 November 2009	MF	John Bostock	Tottenham Hotspur	18 January 2010	^[26]
20 November 2009	DF	Pim Balkestein	Ipswich Town	30 December 2009	^[27]
20 November 2009	GK	Wojciech Szczęsny	Arsenal	End of season	^[28]
24 November 2009	FW	Rhys Murphy	Arsenal	8 January 2010	^[29]
8 January 2010	DF	Tommy Smith	Ipswich Town	15 March 2010	^[30]
21 January 2010	MF	Toumani Diagouraga	Peterborough United	End of season	^[31]
27 January 2010	MF	Lionel Ainsworth	Huddersfield Town	27 April 2010	^[32]
1 February 2010	FW	John Akinde	Bristol City	1 March 2010	^[33]
25 March 2010	DF	Pim Balkestein	Ipswich Town	End of season	^[4]
25 March 2010	FW	Lewis Grabban	Millwall	19 April 2010	^[34]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
4 August 2009	FW	Nathan Elder	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed	^[5]
29 January 2010	FW	Moses Ademola	Woking	29 January 2010	^[35]
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
1 August 2009	FW	Moses Ademola	Woking	28 January 2010	^[36]
18 September 2009	DF	Fraser Franks	Basingstoke Town	December 2009	^[37]
26 November 2009	FW	Steve Kabba	Burton Albion	End of season	^[38]
15 January 2010	MF	Cleveland Taylor	Burton Albion	End of season	^[39]
2 February 2010	DF	Chris Bush	Salisbury City	n/a	^[40]
16 February 2010	DF	Alan Bennett	Wycombe Wanderers	16 March 2010	^[12]
25 March 2010	DF	Alan Bennett	Wycombe Wanderers	End of season	^[41]
30 March 2010	MF	Pelayo Gomez Pico	Carshalton Athletic	End of season	^[42]
30 March 2010	MF	James McCluskey	Cheshunt	End of season	^[42]
30 March 2010	FW	David Pitt	Worthing	End of season	^[42]
30 March 2010	DF	Ricky Valentine	Cheshunt	End of season	^[42]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
2 September 2009	MF	Marvin Williams	Torquay United	2 September 2009	^[43]
30 June 2010	DF	Lewis Ferrell	Hayes & Yeading United	2010	^[44]
30 June 2010	DF	Fraser Franks	AFC Wimbledon	29 July 2010	^[44]
30 June 2010	FW	Steve Kabba	Barnet	31 August 2010	^[44]
30 June 2010	DF	Mark Phillips	Southend United	2 August 2010	^[44]