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2009–10 Scunthorpe United F.C. season

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Scunthorpe United
2009–10 season
ChairmanJ. Steven Wharton
ManagerNigel Adkins
StadiumGlanford Park
Football League Championship20th
FA CupFourth round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerGary Hooper (19)

During the 2009–10 English football season, Scunthorpe United F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

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Scunthorpe struggled all season on their return to the Championship, but eventually managed to survive. The goals of Gary Hooper, who was third-highest top-scorer in the Championship with 19, ahead of the likes of Charlie Adam and Andy Carroll, were crucial to the club's survival, but he left at the end of the season to join Scottish giants Celtic. His strike partner, Paul Hayes, also left, to Preston North End, making Scunthorpe's task of surviving in the Championship for a second consecutive season all the more difficult.

Kit

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Scunthorpe's kit was manufactured by Carlotti and sponsored by Rainham Steel, with Smith's Fashion as secondary kit sponsors. Scunthorpe's home kits reverted to stripes for the first time since 1992, with the home kits featuring blue shirts, black shorts and blue socks with black turnovers.

Squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Joe Murphy
2 MF England ENG Andrew Wright
3 DF England ENG Marcus Williams
4 MF England ENG Sam Togwell
5 DF Scotland SCO Kenny Milne
6 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Cliff Byrne (captain)
7 MF England ENG Matthew Sparrow
8 MF Northern Ireland NIR Grant McCann
9 FW England ENG Paul Hayes
10 FW England ENG Gary Hooper
11 MF England ENG Garry Thompson
12 DF England ENG Rob Jones
14 FW Barbados BRB Jonathan Forte
15 DF England ENG David Mirfin
16 MF England ENG Martyn Woolford
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW England ENG Ben May
18 MF Northern Ireland NIR Michael O'Connor
19 MF England ENG Josh Wright
20 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Donal McDermott (on loan from Manchester City)
21 DF England ENG Jake Picton
22 GK England ENG Josh Lillis
23 GK England ENG Sam Slocombe
24 FW England ENG Matt Godden
26 DF England ENG Niall Canavan
27 MF England ENG Ian Morris
28 DF England ENG Rory Coleman
29 FW England ENG Adam Boyes
30 DF England ENG Andy Crosby
32 DF England ENG Michael Raynes
33 DF Scotland SCO Jimmy McNulty (on loan from Brighton)

Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF England ENG Kevan Hurst (to Carlisle United)
20 DF England ENG Jordan Spence (on loan from West Ham United)
25 FW England ENG Peter Winn (on loan to Gateshead)
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 DF England ENG George Friend (on loan from Wolves)
31 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Brendan Moloney (on loan from Forest)
32 DF England ENG Bondz N'Gala (on loan from West Ham United)

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Result 0–4 3–2 0–2 0–4 0–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 1–4 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–3
Position 24 10 15 18 20 18 12 13 15 17 19 18 14 16 18 19 21 20 18 18 18 20 21
Round 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Result 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–5 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–4 0–3 2–3 3–0 2–2 3–4 2–2
Position 19 19 18 16 19 21 21 17 18 17 19 22 22 20 19 19 19 19 20 19 19 20 20

August

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8 August 2009 Cardiff City 4–0 Scunthorpe United Cardiff, Wales
15:00 BST Chopra 21', 45'
Bothroyd 31'
Whittingham 90'
Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 22,264
Referee: Jonathan Moss
15 August 2009 Scunthorpe United 3–2 Derby County Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
15:00 BST Hooper 17', 45'
Woolford 82'
Report Green 20'
Commons 60'
Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 7,352
Referee: Graham Horwood
18 August 2009 Scunthorpe United 0–2 Middlesbrough Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
19:45 BST Report Johnson 28' (53) Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 8,274
Referee: Michael Oliver
29 August 2009 Scunthorpe United 0–1 QPR Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
15:00 BST Report Taarabt 3' Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 5,866
Referee: Graham Salisbury

A bruising return to life back in the Championship for Scunthorpe began with a 0–4 thrashing at the brand new Cardiff City Stadium which saw them immediately sink to the bottom of the table, although a win at home to Derby offered some form of redemption as well as hope that survival may not be beyond them. Defeats at home to recently relegated Middlesbrough and QPR, interspersed with another mauling on their travels at Sheffield Wednesday, meant that the Iron ended August having lost 4 out of 5 league games. Two wins in the League Cup provided some light relief as Scunny progressed into the third round of the competition.

September

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12 September 2009 Crystal Palace 0–4 Scunthorpe United Croydon, London
15:00 BST Report Forte 4'
Hayes 58'
Togwell 66'
O'Connor 68'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,912
Referee: Grant Hegley
15 September 2009 Scunthorpe United 3–1 Preston North End Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
19:45 BST McCann 12'
Hooper 42' (53)
Report Parkin 58' Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 5,383
Referee: Keith Hill
19 September 2009 Bristol City 1–1 Scunthorpe Ashton Gate, Bristol
15:00 BST Saborio 50' Report McCann 90+3' Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 14,203
Referee: Danny McDermid
26 September 2009 Scunthorpe United 2–2 Doncaster Rovers Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
15:00 BST Byrne 72'
McCann 90+3'
Report Woods 13'
Sharp 61'
Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 7,945
Referee: Keith Stroud
30 September 2009 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Scunthorpe West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
19:45 BST Chambers 71'
Blackstock 76'
Report Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 18,332
Referee: David Webb

September began with a much greater encouragement as Scunthorpe kickstarted their season with an impressive 4–0 win at Crystal Palace, followed up with victory over Preston at Glanford Park. A pair of injury-time equalisers (both from Grant McCann), first at Bristol City then again at home to Doncaster, pushed them up to 15th in the early season table, before their 4-match unbeaten run was ended by Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

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