2009–10 Football League Two

The Football League 2009–10 (called Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons), was the seventeenth season under its current league division format. It began in August 2009 and ended on 8 May 2010.

Football League Two
Season2009–10
ChampionsNotts County
PromotedNotts County
Bournemouth
Rochdale
Dagenham & Redbridge
RelegatedDarlington
Grimsby Town
Matches played557
Goals scored1,463 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerLee Hughes (30)
Biggest home winDag & Red 6–0 Morecambe
Biggest away winChesterfield 0–5 Port Vale
Darlington 0–5 Notts County
Highest scoringBurton Albion 5–6 Cheltenham Town
Longest winning run7 games:
Morecambe
Notts County[1]
Longest unbeaten run16 games:
Notts County[1]
Longest losing run6 games:
Shrewsbury Town
Torquay United
Barnet[1]
Highest attendanceBradford City 2–0 Northampton Town (12,403)[1]
Lowest attendanceMacclesfield Town 0–2 Northampton Town (1,035)[1]
Average attendance3,856[1]

The Football League is contested through three divisions. The third division of these is League Two. The top three teams of League Two were automatically promoted to League One and they were joined by the winner of the League Two play-offs. The bottom two teams in the league were relegated to the highest 'non-league' division, Conference National.

Changes from last season

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From League Two

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Promoted to League One

Relegated to Conference National

To League Two

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Relegated from League One

Promoted from Conference National

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Notts County (C, P) 46 27 12 7 96 31 +65 93 Promotion to Football League One
2 Bournemouth (P) 46 25 8 13 61 44 +17 83
3 Rochdale (P) 46 25 7 14 82 48 +34 82
4 Morecambe 46 20 13 13 73 64 +9 73 Qualification to League Two play-offs
5 Rotherham United 46 21 10 15 55 52 +3 73
6 Aldershot Town 46 20 12 14 69 56 +13 72
7 Dagenham & Redbridge (O, P) 46 20 12 14 69 58 +11 72
8 Chesterfield 46 21 7 18 61 62 −1 70
9 Bury 46 19 12 15 54 59 −5 69
10 Port Vale 46 17 17 12 61 50 +11 68
11 Northampton Town 46 18 13 15 62 53 +9 67
12 Shrewsbury Town 46 17 12 17 55 54 +1 63
13 Burton Albion 46 17 11 18 71 71 0 62
14 Bradford City 46 16 14 16 59 62 −3 62
15 Accrington Stanley 46 18 7 21 62 74 −12 61
16 Hereford United 46 17 8 21 54 65 −11 59
17 Torquay United 46 14 15 17 64 55 +9 57
18 Crewe Alexandra 46 15 10 21 68 73 −5 55
19 Macclesfield Town 46 12 18 16 49 58 −9 54
20 Lincoln City 46 13 11 22 42 65 −23 50
21 Barnet 46 12 12 22 47 63 −16 48
22 Cheltenham Town 46 10 18 18 54 71 −17 48
23 Grimsby Town (R) 46 9 17 20 45 71 −26 44 Relegation to Conference National
24 Darlington (R) 46 8 6 32 33 87 −54 30
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: football-league.co.uk
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

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Semi-finals Final at Wembley
        
7 Dagenham & Redbridge 6 1 7
4 Morecambe 0 2 2
7 Dagenham & Redbridge 3
5 Rotherham United 2
6 Aldershot Town 0 0 0
5 Rotherham United 1 2 3

First leg

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Aldershot Town0–1Rotherham United
(Report) Le Fondre   88'
Attendance: 5,470
Referee: Andy D'Urso

Dagenham & Redbridge6–0Morecambe
Benson   4', 66'
Scott   35', 48', 54', 69'
(Report)
Attendance: 4,566
Referee: Colin Webster

Second leg

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Rotherham United2–0Aldershot Town
Le Fondre   43'
Ellison   68'
(Report)
Attendance: 7,082
Referee: F Graham

Rotherham United win 3–0 on aggregate.


Morecambe2–1Dagenham & Redbridge
Duffy   81'
David Artell   90+1'
(Report) Benson   85'
Attendance: 4,972
Referee: E Ilderton

Dagenham & Redbridge win 7–2 on aggregate.

Final

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Dagenham & Redbridge3–2Rotherham United
Benson  38'
Green   56'
Nurse   70'
(Report) Taylor   39', 61'
Attendance: 32,054

Dagenham & Redbridge are promoted to Football League One.

Results

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Home \ Away ACC ALD BAR BOU BRA BRT BRY CHL CHF CRE D&R DAR GRI HER LIN MAC MOR NOR NTC PTV ROC ROT SHR TOR
Accrington Stanley 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 2–4 4–0 2–0 5–3 0–1 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–4 2–1 1–3 4–2
Aldershot Town 3–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–3 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–2
Barnet 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–1
Bournemouth 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 4–0 0–4 1–0 1–0 2–1
Bradford City 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–3 3–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 2–4 1–3 2–0
Burton Albion 0–2 6–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 5–6 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 5–2 3–2 1–4 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–2
Bury 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–3
Cheltenham Town 1–1 1–2 5–1 0–1 4–5 0–1 5–2 0–1 0–4 1–1 3–3 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–2 1–1
Chesterfield 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 5–2 1–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 5–2 3–2 1–2 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–5 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0
Crewe Alexandra 5–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–3 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–0 4–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 0–3 1–1
Dagenham & Redbridge 3–1 2–5 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 5–0 5–3
Darlington 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–4 1–2 0–5 1–3 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–3
Grimsby Town 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–2 0–3 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–4 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 3–0 0–3
Hereford United 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–4 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0
Lincoln City 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–2 0–0
Macclesfield Town 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–4 2–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 2–1
Morecambe 1–2 1–0 2–1 5–0 0–0 3–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 4–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 2–4 2–1 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 2–0
Northampton Town 4–0 0–3 1–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–0
Notts County 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 5–0 1–1 5–0 5–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 1–1 5–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 5–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2
Port Vale 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 4–0 0–0 0–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–2
Rochdale 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–3 2–0 3–1 0–1 4–1 4–1 1–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 4–0 2–1
Rotherham United 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–3 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1
Shrewsbury Town 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–3 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1
Torquay United 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 5–0 0–2 1–0 2–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 5–0 0–2 2–1
Source: The Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals[2]
1   Lee Hughes Notts County 30
2   Adam Le Fondre Rotherham United 27
3   Brett Pitman Bournemouth 26
4   Chris O'Grady Rochdale 22
5   Shaun Harrad Burton Albion 21
6   Paul Benson Dagenham & Redbridge 20
  Chris Dagnall Rochdale 20
8   Marc Richards Port Vale 19
9   Phil Jevons Morecambe 18
  Ryan Lowe Bury 18

Stadia and locations

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Team Stadium Capacity
Darlington The Darlington Arena 25,294
Bradford City Valley Parade 25,136
Rotherham United Don Valley Stadium 25,000
Notts County Meadow Lane 20,300
Port Vale Vale Park 18,900
Bury Gigg Lane 11,669
Rochdale Spotland 10,249
Lincoln City Sincil Bank 10,127
Crewe Alexandra Alexandra Stadium 10,118
Shrewsbury Town Prostar Stadium 10,000
Grimsby Town Blundell Park 9,546
Bournemouth Dean Court 9,287
Chesterfield Recreation Ground 8,504
Northampton Town Sixfields Stadium 7,653
Aldershot Town Recreation Ground 7,100
Cheltenham Town Whaddon Road 7,066
Burton Albion Pirelli Stadium 7,000
Morecambe Christie Park 6,400
Macclesfield Town Moss Rose 6,335
Torquay United Plainmoor 6,104
Dagenham & Redbridge Victoria Road 6,000
Barnet Underhill Stadium 5,300
Hereford United Edgar Street 5,300
Accrington Stanley Crown Ground 5,057

Kits

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Team Kit maker Sponsor
AFC Bournemouth Carbrini Carbrini
Accrington Stanley Prostar Combined Stabilisation
Aldershot Town Carbrini EBB Paper
Barnet Vandanel Mortgage Express
Bradford City Surridge Map Group UK
Burton Albion TAG Roger Bullivant
Bury Surridge Bury Metropolitan Council
Cheltenham Town Erreà Mira Showers
Chesterfield Bukta Vodka Kick
Crewe Alexandra Lotto Mornflake
Dagenham & Redbridge Vandanel West and Coe
Darlington Erreà Darlington Building Society
Grimsby Town Erreà Young's Frozen Foods
Hereford United Admiral Cargill
Lincoln City Umbro Star Glaze (home), University of Lincoln (away)
Macclesfield Town Adidas Cheshire Building Society
Morecambe Puma Bench.
Northampton Town Erreà Jackson Grundy Estate Agents
Notts County Nike Medoc (home), Octavian Security (away)
Port Vale Vandanel Harlequin Property
Rochdale Carbrini Carbrini
Rotherham United Carlotti Parkgate Shopping Centre (home), Sports Identity (away)
Shrewsbury Town Prostar Greenhous
Torquay United Vandanel Sparkworld

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "English League Two statistics 2009/2010". 18 May 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2010.[dead link]
  2. ^ "English League Two – Top Scorers". ESPN. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2010.