2009–10 Premier Reserve League

Football league season
Premier Reserve League
Season2009–10
ChampionsManchester United
Goals scored479
Average goals/game2.94
Top goalscorerEngland Ryan Noble (10)
Biggest home winWest Ham United 6–0 Birmingham City (8 September 2009)
Biggest away winChelsea 0–4 Aston Villa (25 August 2009)
Birmingham City 0-4 Arsenal (1 September 2009)
Sunderland 1–5 Hull City (1 September 2009)
Sunderland 0–4 Manchester United (21 January 2010)
Highest scoringPortsmouth 2–5 Chelsea (1 September 2009)
Wigan Athletic 3-4 Man City (15 September 2009)
Sunderland 6–1 Bolton (3 November 2009)
Wigan 2–5 Everton (10 November 2009)
West Ham 5–2 Stoke (24 November 2009)
Manchester United 6–1 Hull City (8 April 2010)
Longest winning run7 games - Liverpool
(2 September 2009 – 10 November 2009)
Longest unbeaten run15 games - Aston Villa
(25 August 2009 – 15 April 2010)
Longest losing run7 games - Bolton Wanderers
(19 October 2009 – 15 February 2010)
Highest attendance2,803 – Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United (24 February 2010)
Lowest attendance87 – Portsmouth v Stoke City (16 March 2010)

The 2009–10 Premier Reserve League (officially known as the 2009–10 Barclays Premier Reserve League for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season since the establishment of the Premier Reserve League. The season began on 24 August 2009 and ended with the play-off final being hosted by the Northern League champions on 3 May 2010[1] (The venue for the final alternates between the Northern & Southern champions).

The events in the senior leagues during the 2008–09 season saw Middlesbrough, Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion all relegated and replaced by the promoted teams Burnley, Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Birmingham City. Tottenham Hotspur will not be entering a team for this season.[2]

On 12 April 2010, in a behind closed doors fixture at their Bodymoor Heath training ground, Aston Villa beat Fulham 2-1 with goals from Barry Bannan and Ciaran Clark to book their place in the playoff final with 2 league games to spare.[3][4]

On 20 April, Liverpool lost 1-0 [5] at home to Everton. This was their 4th defeat in a row[6] and it handed the Premier Reserve League North title to Manchester United.[7]

The playoff final went to a penalty shoot out where Manchester United beat Aston Villa 3-2. Goalkeeper, Ben Foster scoring the decisive penalty kick. The match had finished 3-3 in normal time.

Tables

Premier Reserve League North

Final table as of 4 May 2010

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Manchester United Reserves (C) 18 13 2 3 35 10 +25 41
2 Manchester City Reserves 18 10 5 3 34 20 +14 35
3 Liverpool Reserves 18 10 2 6 28 20 +8 32
4 Blackburn Rovers Reserves 18 8 5 5 35 24 +11 29
5 Sunderland Reserves 18 7 1 10 25 32 −7 22
6 Wigan Athletic Reserves 18 6 3 9 28 35 −7 21
7 Burnley Reserves 18 6 3 9 22 36 –14 21
8 Hull City Reserves 18 6 2 10 22 26 –4 20
9 Everton Reserves 18 5 3 10 17 30 –13 18
10 Bolton Wanderers Reserves 18 5 2 11 24 37 –13 17

Premier Reserve League South

Final table as of 27 April 2010

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Aston Villa Reserves (C) 16 11 4 1 34 12 +22 37
2 Arsenal Reserves 16 10 2 4 28 14 +14 32
3 Fulham Reserves 16 8 4 4 25 19 +6 28
4 Chelsea Reserves 16 7 1 8 27 26 +1 22
5 Portsmouth Reserves 16 6 3 7 21 27 –6 21
6 West Ham United Reserves 16 5 4 7 26 27 –1 19
7 Birmingham City Reserves 16 4 3 9 14 34 −20 15
8 Wolves Reserves 16 3 5 8 16 21 −5 14
9 Stoke City Reserves 16 3 4 9 13 24 –11 13

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; C = Champions

Play-off Final

Manchester United Reserves3 – 3Aston Villa Reserves
Diouf 43', 88'
Macheda 60' (pen.)		 Report Delfouneso 22', 55'
Clark 82'
Penalties
Macheda soccer ball with check mark
Possebon soccer ball with check mark
Keane soccer ball with red X
Foster soccer ball with check mark
Evans soccer ball with red X		 3 – 2 soccer ball with check mark Bannan
soccer ball with red X Albrighton
soccer ball with check mark Weimann
soccer ball with red X Delfouneso
soccer ball with red X Collins
Attendance: 2,165

Results

Premier Reserve League North

Bla Bol Bur Eve Hul Liv MCi MUn Sun Wig
Bla 1–2 4–0 4-0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–2
Bol 3–3 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–3 2–1 3–0
Bur 3–2 3–3 2–3 2–1 3–1 1–4 0-1 0–1 2–2
Eve 0–3 1–2 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–4
Hul 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 3–0
Liv 1-2 3–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 1–1
MCi 0–0 2–0 1–2 4–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0
MUn 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 6–1 1–0 2–2 4–0 2–1
Sun 3–1 6–1 0–1 2–0 1–5 0–1 2–3 0–4 3–0
Wig 0–3 2–0 5–0 2–5 2–1 3–2 3–4 1–0 0–1

Premier Reserve League South

Ars Ast Bir Che Ful Por Sto Wes Wol
Ars 1–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–0
Ast 1–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1
Bir 0–4 3–3 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–0
Che 1–2 0–4 1–2 3–3 1–0 3–0 4–1 2–0
Ful 1–0 0–3 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1
Por 0–3 3–1 2–1 2–5 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–2
Sto 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–3 4–0 0–0 1–0
Wes 2–4 0–1 6–0 2–1 3-2 1–1 5–2 0–0
Wol 2–2 0–3 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 4–1

Top scorers

Premier Reserve League North

Rank Player Team Goals
1 England Ryan Noble Sunderland Reserves 10
2 England David Ball Manchester City Reserves 7
Poland Tomasz Kupisz Wigan Athletic Reserves 7
4 Senegal Mame Diouf Manchester United Reserves 6
Liberia Alex Nimely Manchester City Reserves 6
6 England Wes Fletcher Burnley Reserves 5
Slovakia Róbert Mak Manchester City Reserves 5
France Frédéric Nimani Burnley Reserves 5
England James Poole Manchester City Reserves 5
England Danny Ward Bolton Wanderers Reserves 5
11 Poland Tomasz Cywka Wigan Athletic Reserves 4
Republic of Ireland Aaron Doran Blackburn Rovers Reserves 4
England David Dowson Sunderland Reserves 4
England Nathan Eccleston Liverpool Reserves 4
Norway Magnus Eikrem Manchester United Reserves 4
Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Sunderland Reserves 4
Netherlands Maceo Rigters Blackburn Rovers Reserves 4
Serbia Zoran Tošić Manchester United Reserves 4
Portugal Ricardo Vaz Tê Bolton Wanderers Reserves 4

Premier Reserve League South

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Austria Andreas Weimann Aston Villa Reserves 9
2 England Louis Moult Stoke City Reserves 7
3 England Nathan Delfouneso Aston Villa Reserves 6
4 Italy Fabio Borini Chelsea Reserves 5
England Daniel Sturridge Chelsea Reserves 5
England Sanchez Watt Arsenal Reserves 5
7 Netherlands Nacer Barazite Arsenal Reserves 4
England Ciaran Clark Aston Villa Reserves 4
Netherlands Danny Hoesen Fulham Reserves 4
France Frédéric Piquionne Portsmouth Reserves 4
France Gilles Sunu Arsenal Reserves 4

Promotion and relegation

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "avfc.co.uk » Reserves playoff date set". avfc.co.uk. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  2. ^ "TottenhamHotspur.com » Spurs pull out of reserve league". tottenhamhotspur.com. 2009-06-12. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
  3. ^ "avfc.co.uk » Reserves 2 -1 Fulham". avfc.co.uk. 12 April 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  4. ^ "fulhamfc.com » Aston Villa Res. 2-1 Fulham Res". fulhamfc.com. 2010-04-12. Archived from the original on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  5. ^ "liverpoolfc.tv » Blues stun young Reds". liverpoolfc.tv. 2010-04-20. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
  6. ^ "liverpoolfc.tv.com » Reserves results". liverpoolfc.tv. 2010-04-20. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
  7. ^ "manutd.com » Reds take reserve league title". manutd.com. 2010-04-20. Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
  8. ^ "yahoo.com » Hull City relegated from English Premier League". yahoo.com. 2010-05-03. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
  9. ^ "yahoo.com » Burnley relegated from English Premier League". yahoo.com. 2010-04-25. Retrieved 2010-04-25. [dead link]
  10. ^ "bbc.co.uk » West Ham win relegates Portsmouth". bbc.co.uk. 2010-04-10. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  11. ^ "bbc.co.uk » Newcastle secure promotion". bbc.co.uk. 2010-04-06. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  12. ^ "bbc.co.uk » West Bromwich Albion secure promotion". bbc.co.uk. 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  13. ^ "premierleague.com » Blackpool promoted to Premier League". premierleague.com. 2010-05-22. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-22.

External links

  • Current league tables  (North)  (South)
  • Fixtures and results  (North)  (South)

Match reports

Match reports can be found at each club's official website:

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