Tottenham Hotspur

2009-10 season
Manager	Harry Redknapp
Chairman	Daniel Levy
Premier League	4th
FA Cup	Third Round
Carling Cup	Quarter-Final
Top goalscorer	League: Jermain Defoe (11) All: Jermain Defoe (12)
Highest home attendance	35,955
Lowest home attendance	35,318
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2009-10 Season is Tottenham Hotspur's 18th season in the Premier League. It is their 31st successive season in the top division of the English football league system.

[edit] Season 2009–2010

[edit] Pre-Season

[edit] Transfers

Tottenham Hotspur's transfer involvement began on the first day of the newly opened transfer window with the release of a number of fringe and youth players, with the most notable being former Portuguese international Ricardo Rocha, who in late August joined Belgian outfit Standard Liege, their outgoing transfers continued into July as versatile midfielder Didier Zokora joined Sevilla for around £8.6 million, swiftly followed by Welsh international right-back Chris Gunter making a £1.75 million move to Nottingham Forest, a team who Gunter had spent the end of the 2008-09 season with on loan. Along with the two, Brazilian left-back Gilberto ended his nightmare spell at Spurs, moving back to Cruzeiro in the Brasileirão.

The first acquisitions made by Spurs in the summer transfer window, were the signings of hot prospects Kyle Naughton and Kyle Walker, both of Sheffield United, Naughton moved straight into the first team, receiving the number 16 shirt whereas Walker received a loan move back to Sheffield United for a years loan to continue his development at the Championship club.

Tottenham's biggest transfer fee of the summer was spent signing Peter Crouch back to club from Portsmouth. Crouch began his career at White Hart Lane before a move to Queens Park Rangers ended his time at Spurs, but with a move of around £9 million, he became the fourth player to make a return to Tottenham after leaving in the past six months. The Money spent on Crouch was quickly recouped with the sale of much-maligned striker Darren Bent, Bent entered into a protracted transfer deal with Sunderland which was threatened, not only by the large bid lodged from Stoke during negotiations, but by comments made by Bent on his Twitter page, criticising chairman Daniel Levy, to which he made a public apology:

"I appreciate that transfers are seldom straightforward and are often complex, However, after a long period of waiting following my withdrawal from the plane to China, I had become incredibly frustrated by the time these things take and I posted inappropriate comments on my Twitter site. I allowed my emotions to get in the way of my better judgement. I regret my actions and did not intend to offend Daniel Levy or anyone with the nature or the content of my posting."

The long saga ended when, on the 5 August, he finally moved to Sunderland for an initial £10.5 million, rising to £16.5 million depending on various add-ons.

Tottenham's summer continued with the arrival of Sebastien Bassong from Newcastle for a fee of £8 million. During their pre-season, Spurs were hit with the double blow of losing both Jonathan Woodgate and Michael Dawson to serious injury and with the permanently semi-injured Ledley King the only fit central defender, the transfer impetus switched to defense, facilitating the arrival of Bassong.

[edit] Friendlies

Tottenham Hotspur began their pre-season schedule on July 15 2009, with an away trip to St. James Park to face Exeter city^[1]. Tottenham won the encounter 3-0 dominating the game against their League One opponents, A first-half goal from Jamie O'Hara set Spurs on their way before two goals in ten minutes from Aaron Lennon and Darren Bent ensured Tottenham's pre-season began with a winning start. Two days later, Tottenham took a south-west trip by facing both Harry Redknapp and Kevin Bond's former club, Bournemouth, Tottenham replicated their result by running out 3-0 winners, Robbie Keane got his first goal of the pre-season campaign half way through the first half, followed, later on, by a goal from Jermain Defoe, returning to his former club with whom he had a successful loan period in the 2000–01 Season. The game was rounded off by a goal from Wilson Palacios, scoring his first ever goal in English football.

Tottenham continued their encouraging start to the pre-season by facing newly promoted Championship side Peterborough^[2] at the London Road. Spurs ended the match having won 4-0 with goals scored by Darren Bent, Jermain Defoe, Luka Modrić and Roman Pavlyuchenko, taking their tally to ten goals scored in three games and zero conceded.

Beginning in late July, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the inaugural Wembley Cup. Spurs began the tournament by facing off against Spanish giants Barcelona, Barcelona fielded a severely weakened team, featuring a number of young players against a strong Tottenham side. Barcelona dominated the first half, taking the lead through Spanish prodigy Bojan, Tottenham rallied in the second half and earned a draw with a late header through Spurs youngster, Jake Livermore. In the final game of the tournament, Spurs faced Scottish club Celtic. Tottenham suffered their first friendly loss in five years by losing 2-0, an early header from Chris Killen put Celtic 1-0 up, capitalising on Tottenham's lack of defenders through injury, Celtic got their second through Georgios Samaras, a solo run earned the two goal cushion and eventually the win in a game the Scottish side dominated. Egyptian champions Al Ahly were also a part of the tournament but were not be an opponent of Spurs and finished bottom of the final group standings.

Following the Wembley Cup, Tottenham competed in the 2009 Asia Trophy Tournament alongside fellow Premier League outfits West Ham and Hull and Chinese Super League team Beijing Guoan. Tottenham started the tournament against West Ham, winning 1-0 in a match Spurs dominated from the start, goalkeeper Rob Green pulled off a string of wonderful saves before ex-west ham player Jermain Defoe returned to haunt his former club with a finish from close range to send Spurs to the final. Tottenham then claimed the prestigious trophy with a crushing 3-0 win over relegation-survivalists Hull City, Robbie Keane claimed two goals, one clinical finish and one from the penalty spot and Aaron Lennon wrapped up the game with a tap-in, supplied by new boy Kyle Naughton.

The Far-East section of the 2009-10 pre-season was then rounded off with a trip to Hong Kong to play the Hong Kong First Division champions South China, Tottenham lost the match 2-0, with a weakened team fielded, South China took the lead through Chan Siu Ki with a stunning 30-yard volley before Li Haiqiang sealed the game from the penalty spot, with South China goalkeeper, Zhang Chunhui producing an array of great saves to deny Tottenham any sort of comeback.^[3]

Tottenham completed their 2009-10 pre-season by beating Greek opposition Olympiacos 3–0, Spurs enjoy the majority of possession in the game, which gave debuts to Peter Crouch and Sebastien Bassong, before Tottenham took the lead in the second half thanks to Roman Pavlyuchenko's left footed blast. Vedran Corluka's first goal in Spurs colours put daylight between the two teams and then a solo run from Jermain Defoe made the game safe at 3–0 and ended their only home fixture of the pre-season with a win.^[4]

[edit] August

Tottenham began the 2009-10 season with their first home start in five years against Liverpool, Spurs took the lead before half time with a thunderbolt effort from unlikely goalscorer Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Liverpool equalised in the second half thanks to a penalty from Steven Gerrard but Tottenham won all three points with a powerful header from Sebastien Bassong on his debut. Tottenham followed up on the Liverpool win with a 5–1 thrashing of Hull at the KC Stadium, Spurs stormed in front in just ten minutes with a strike from Jermain Defoe, followed soon after by Wilson Palacios scoring his first goal in English football to put Spurs in a commanding position, further goals from Robbie Keane and another two Defoe goals, to earn his first Hat-trick since 2004, completed the rout.

Spurs then faced fierce London rivals West Ham, in a scrappy affair, West Ham took the lead through a stunning Carlton Cole volley, however only minutes later, Cole horrendously mis-placed a pass directly into the path of Jermain Defoe to give Tottenham a way back into the game, Spurs then took all three points when Aaron Lennon cut in from the right to slam the ball past Robert Green. Three wins out the first three games produced Tottenham's most successful start to a season since the double-winning team of 1961^[5] and left them topping the table after the first few games of the season.

The Carling Cup then took center stage as Tottenham took on Doncaster in the second round, Spurs romped their way to a 5–1 victory over their lower league counterparts with Spurs having the added bonus of five different goal scorers, strikes from Tom Huddlestone, Jamie O'Hara, Peter Crouch, David Bentley and Roman Pavlyuchenko sealed the win and emphatic passage to the next round, In the ensuing draw, it was announced that Tottenham would face Preston in the Third Round of the cup.

Tottenham final game of August was against newly promoted Birmingham, Spurs battled their way to a 2–1 win, with Peter Crouch scoring his first league goal for spurs before a Lee Bowyer tap in made the game 1–1. The match looked to be heading for a draw before Aaron Lennon blasted the winner in the fifth minute of injury time. The game was marred for Spurs however, as it was confirmed that influential midfielder Luka Modrić had suffered a Fracture to his Fibula causing him to miss a number of weeks in the season.

Nearing the end of August, two players left Spurs for new teams in the Premier League, Adaptable defender Pascal Chimbonda left to join Blackburn in £2 million deal and German Kevin-Prince Boateng made a £4 million move to Portsmouth.

Following Tottenham's 2–1 win over Birmingham, in which Luka Modrić suffered a broken leg, Spurs entered the transfer market on deadline day for a midfielder. In the final hours, confirmation was made of the signing of Croatian Niko Kranjčar from Portsmouth for a bargain £2.5 million. This transfer was thought to signal the end of Tottenham's transfer movement until on the 3 September, It was announced that Spurs had signed veteran goalkeeper Jimmy Walker, Walker was a free agent following his release from West Ham.

Throughout the transfer window, a number of loans occurred, Early in the transfer window, young talents, Ryan Mason and Steven Caulker joined Yeovil on loan for six months, followed soon by Adel Taarabt returning to Queens Park Rangers for a season long loan. The transfers continued as Troy Archibald-Henville rejoined Exeter until January 2010, on the same day, it was revealed that goalkeeper Ben Alnwick would join newly-relegated Norwich for three months. After this, young Adam Smith join Wycombe for an initial one month deal, subsequently followed by the development of the deal to send Andros Townsend to long term affiliate Leyton Orient for a period of six months. After a good pre-season with Spurs, midfielder Jake Livermore signed for Derby for a period of a month but later extended to six thanks to a series of good performances. Jon Obika joined his fellow Spurs loanees at Yeovil in mid-August, putting pen to paper for an initial one month loan. The loans continued with Jamie O'Hara joining Portsmouth until January 2010, in an effort to get first team football, followed later by the loan of midfielder Sam Cox to Cheltenham for one month. The last loans of the summer transfer window involved three youth goalkeepers, with David Button, Oscar Jansson and Lee Butcher joining Crewe, Exeter and Grays respectively.

After Spurs' good start to the season, Harry Redknapp and Jermain Defoe were awarded the Manager of the Month award and the Player of the Month award, respectively, for August.^[6]

[edit] Month Summary

[edit] August League Table

Updated to games played on 30 August 2009
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] August Game Stats

[edit] September

Following the International break, Tottenham entered into a run of fixtures to test their mercurial early form, starting with the Champions Manchester United at White Hart Lane. Spurs made a sensational start with Jermain Defoe scoring an overhead kick within the first minute of the game, however Manchester United turned in a masterful performance, taking all three points thanks to goals from Ryan Giggs, Anderson and Wayne Rooney.

After the first loss of the season, Tottenham then had the daunting task of Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, and although Spurs put up a valiant effort, they eventually succumbed to a 3–0 defeat. Tottenham had the chance to immediately bounce back in the League Cup facing Championship side Preston. The game played out on even footing with Preston giving as good as they got but the quality of the Premier League side shone through as they strolled to a 5–1 victory with Peter Crouch scoring a hat-trick in the process.

September ended with a home visit of newly promoted Burnley. Spurs romped their way to victory with a 5–0 victory, Tottenham dominated the game, with Robbie Keane scoring four of the goals and ended the month with a win, retaining their place in the top four.

[edit] Month Summary

[edit] September League Table

Updated to games played on 28 September 2009
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] September Game Stats

[edit] October

October for Tottenham Hotspur began with the always tricky trip to the Reebok Stadium to face Bolton Wanderers, Bolton took the lead within five minutes when a poorly defended throw-in landed at the feet of Ricardo Gardner who smashed the ball in the roof of the net. Tottenham battled back to find an equaliser through a Niko Kranjcar volley, Starting with a Wilson Palacios cross, Peter Crouch's downward header was met by the on-rushing Kranjcar to score his first Tottenham Hotspur goal. Early in the second half, slick football from Bolton earned them the lead for the second time, intricate play from Ricardo Gardner and Lee Chung-Yong, set up a back-post header for Kevin Davies which squirmed over the line. Spurs rallied in the difficult circumstances and struck another equaliser from a Vedran Corluka header to earn a point.

Following the draw at Bolton, Tottenham travelled to Fratton Park to play Harry Redknapp's former club, Portsmouth. Portsmouth had started the season very poorly and experiencing off-field trouble involving various owners of the club, Tottenham took the lead early in the game on the 29th minute mark with Ledley King powering in a header from a Niko Kranjcar Corner, Spurs doubled their lead on half time with Jermain Defoe sliding the ball home from a Jermaine Jenas through-ball. Portsmouth began to battle in the second half and scored a goal through ex-Tottenham player Kevin-Prince Boateng and following Jermain Defoe's red card for a stamp on Aaron Mokoena, a tense finished ensued, however Tottenham battled and after the injury time sending off of Michael Brown, Tottenham secured the three points.

After two away games, Spurs returned to White Hart Lane to face Stoke, In what would be the most frustrating game of the season so far, Tottenham dominated the game, monopolising possession and creating a plethora of chances to which either poor finishing, bad luck or fantastic goalkeeping, prevented Tottenham from taking the lead. Late in the second half, Spurs went down to ten men after Aaron Lennon sustained an injury and all three allocated substitutions had been made and Stoke took advantage with substitute Glenn Whelan hammering home the winner for Stoke to claim a famous smash and grab win. Tottenham rebounded from the disappointment of the loss three days later with a win over Everton in the Carling Cup, goals from Tom Huddlestone and Robbie Keane ensured safe passage into the quarter finals to which Tottenham were drawn against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Tottenham Hotspur ended October with a North London derby against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, Spurs entered the game without Luka Modric, Aaron Lennon and the suspended Jermain Defoe and the absences meant that David Bentley made his first start of the season against his former club. The first half played out on level pegging until late in the half when a poorly defended cross let Robin Van Persie poke the ball home to give Arsenal the lead. Immediately following, absolutely shambolic defending from Spurs allowed Francesc Fabregas to double Arsenal's lead, just eleven seconds later. Shell-shocked from the quick-fire double, Tottenham entered the second half with a mountain to climb, however the game was over when more horrendous defending allowed Robin Van Persie to score his second and Arsenal's third. The game ended 3–0 and Spurs ended the month in 5th place in the table.

[edit] Month Summary

[edit] October League Table

Updated to games played on 31 October 2009
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] October Game Stats

[edit] Premier League table

Updated to games played on 22 November 2009
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date Player Previous Club Cost 9 July 2009 Anton Blackwood Arsenal Free[7] 22 July 2009 Kyle Naughton Sheffield United Undisclosed[8] 22 July 2009 Kyle Walker Sheffield United Undisclosed[8] 27 July 2009 Peter Crouch Portsmouth £9 million[9] 6 August 2009 Sébastien Bassong Newcastle £8 million[10] 1 September 2009 Niko Kranjcar Portsmouth £2.5 million[11] 3 September 2009 Jimmy Walker West Ham Free[12] Total £19.5 million +

[edit] Out

Date Player New Club Cost 1 June 2009 Simon Dawkins Unattached Released[13] 1 June 2009 Takura Mtandari Unattached Released[13] 1 June 2009 Kyle Fraser-Allen Hayes & Yeading Free[13] 1 June 2009 Ricardo Rocha Standard Liege Free[13][14] 1 June 2009 David Hutton Cheltenham Free[13][15] 12 June 2009 Danny Hutchins Yeovil Free[13][16] 25 June 2009 Cian Hughton Lincoln Free[13][17] 8 July 2009 Didier Zokora Sevilla £8.62 million[18][19] 16 July 2009 Jacques Maghoma Burton Albion Free[13][20] 17 July 2009 Chris Gunter Nottingham Forest £1.75 million[21] 20 July 2009 Yuri Berchiche Real Valladolid Free[22] 24 July 2009 Gilberto Cruzeiro Free[23][24] 5 August 2009 Darren Bent Sunderland £16.5 million[25][26] 27 August 2009 Pascal Chimbonda Blackburn £2 million[27] 28 August 2009 Kevin-Prince Boateng Portsmouth £4 million[28] Total £32.87 million +

[edit] Loaned Out

Date Player Club Return Date 13 July 2009 Ryan Mason Yeovil Town End of 2009-10 season [29][30][31][32] 13 July 2009 Steven Caulker Yeovil Town End of 2009-10 season[29][30][31][32] 22 July 2009 Adel Taarabt Queens Park Rangers End of 2009-10 season [33] 22 July 2009 Kyle Walker Sheffield United End of 2009-10 season [34] 24 July 2009 Troy Archibald-Henville Exeter City January 2010 [35] 6 August 2009 Andros Townsend Leyton Orient January 2010 [36][37] 10 August 2009 Jake Livermore Derby January 2010 [38][39] 11 August 2009 Jonathan Obika Yeovil Town End of 2009-10 season [40][32] 28 August 2009 Jamie O'Hara Portsmouth January 2010 [41] 1 September 2009 Oscar Jansson Exeter City December 2009 [42][43][44] 14 October 2009 Lee Butcher Leyton Orient November 2009 [45] 9 November 2009 Mirko Ranieri Ipswich End of 2009-10 season [46] 13 November 2009 John Bostock Brentford December 2009 [47] 13 November 2009 Sam Cox Histon December 2009 [48] 20 November 2009 David Button Shrewsbury January 2010 [49] 20 November 2009 Adam Smith Torquay January 2010 [50] [edit] Completed Loans Date Player Club Return Date 22 July 2009 David Button Crewe Alexandra 20 August 2009 [51][52] 24 July 2009 Ben Alnwick Norwich 05 September 2009 [53][54] 6 August 2009 Adam Smith Wycombe Wanderers 05 September 2009 [55] 1 September 2009 Sam Cox Cheltenham 12 October 2009 [56][57] 1 September 2009 Lee Butcher Grays Athletic 13 October 2009 [58] 17 September 2009 Dean Parrett Aldershot 23 October 2009 [59][60] 1 September 2009 David Button Crewe Alexandra 27 October 2010 [61][62][63] 29 September 2009 Danny Rose Peterborough 11 November 2010 [64] [edit] Squad list No. Position Player 1 GK Heurelho Gomes 2 DF Alan Hutton 3 DF Gareth Bale 5 MF David Bentley 6 MF Tom Huddlestone 7 MF Aaron Lennon 8 MF Jermaine Jenas 9 FW Roman Pavlyuchenko 10 FW Robbie Keane (captain) 12 MF Wilson Palacios 13 GK Jimmy Walker 14 MF Luka Modrić 15 FW Peter Crouch No. Position Player 16 DF Kyle Naughton 17 MF Giovani Dos Santos 18 FW Jermain Defoe 19 DF Sébastien Bassong 20 DF Michael Dawson 21 MF Niko Kranjcar 22 DF Vedran Ćorluka 23 GK Carlo Cudicini 25 MF Danny Rose 26 DF Ledley King (vice-captain) 30 DF Dorian Dervite 32 DF Benoît Assou-Ekotto 39 DF Jonathan Woodgate [edit] Season 2009-10 Long-term injury list Date Injured Player Injury Return Date 3 June 2009 Gareth Bale Knee meniscus tear 17 September 2009[65][66] 23 June 2009 Michael Dawson Achilles Injury 22 September 2009[67][68] 23 June 2009 Jonathan Woodgate Groin Injury 24 October 2009[67][69] 19 August 2009 Heurelho Gomes Groin Strain 17 September 2009[70][71] 29 August 2009 Luka Modrić Fibula Fracture November 2009[72] 23 September 2009 Giovani Dos Santos Ankle Injury December 2009[73] 12 November 2009 Carlo Cudicini Broken Pelvis & Wrist Fractures End of 2009-10 season[74] [edit] Starting 11 Most used team of 2009-10 season. No. Pos. Name Starts 1 GK Gomes, HeurelhoHeurelho Gomes 9 22 DF Corluka, VedranVedran Corluka 14 26 DF King, LedleyLedley King 8 19 DF Bassong, SebastienSebastien Bassong 13 32 DF Assou-Ekotto, BenoitBenoit Assou-Ekotto 14 7 MF Lennon, AaronAaron Lennon 11 12 MF Palacios, WilsonWilson Palacios 14 8 MF Huddlestone, TomTom Huddlestone 16 21 MF Kranjcar, NikoNiko Kranjcar 6 18 FW Defoe, JermainJermain Defoe 11 10 FW Keane, RobbieRobbie Keane 13 Gomes Corluka King Bassong Assou-Ekotto Lennon Palacios Huddlestone Kranjcar Defoe Keane . [edit] Match results [edit] Pre-season Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance 15 July 2009 Exeter A 0–3 O'Hara 31', Lennon 68', Bent 80' 8,636 17 July 2009 Bournemouth A 0–3 Keane 27', Defoe 55', Palacios 67' 9,074 21 July 2009 Peterborough A 0–4 Bent 36', Defoe 65', Modrić 68', Pavlyuchenko 74' 7,688 24 July 2009 Barcelona N 1–1 Livermore 82' 57,932 26 July 2009 Celtic N 0-2 64,562 29 July 2009 West Ham N 0-1 Defoe 74' 10,005 31 July 2009 Hull City N 0–3 Keane 16', 69' (pen), Lennon 88' 10,056 2 August 2009 South China A 0-2 23,025 9 August 2009 Olympiacos H 3–0 Pavlyuchenko 66', Corluka 68', Defoe 77' 26,462 [edit] Premier League Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance 16 August 2009 Liverpool H 2–1 Assou-Ekotto 44', Bassong 59' 35,935 19 August 2009 Hull A 1–5 Defoe 10', 45', 90+4', Palacios 14', Keane 78' 24,735 23 August 2009 West Ham A 1-2 Defoe 54', Lennon 79' 33,095 29 August 2009 Birmingham H 2–1 Crouch 71', Lennon 90' 35,318 12 September 2009 Manchester United H 1–3 Defoe 1' 35,785 20 September 2009 Chelsea A 3–0 41,623 26 September 2009 Burnley H 5–0 Keane 18' (pen), 74', 77', 87', Jenas 33' 35,462 3 October 2009 Bolton A 2–2 Kranjcar 34', Corluka 73' 21,305 17 October 2009 Portsmouth A 1–2 King 29' , Defoe 45' 20,821 24 October 2009 Stoke H 0–1 36,031 31 October 2009 Arsenal A 3–0 60,103 7 November 2009 Sunderland H 2–0 Keane 12', Huddlestone 68' 35,955 22 November 2009 Wigan H 9–1 Crouch 9', Defoe 51', 54', 58', 69', 87', Kirkland 88' (o.g), Kranjcar 90' 35,650 Upcoming Premier League Fixtures are the intellectual property of the Premier League. For upcoming Premier League fixtures see Official Fixture List [edit] FA Cup Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance Third Round January 2010 TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC [edit] League Cup Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance Second Round 26 August 2009 Doncaster A 1–5 Huddlestone 9', O'Hara 11', Crouch 37', Bentley 52', Pavlyuchenko 69' 12,923 Third Round 23 September 2009 Preston A 1–5 Crouch 14', 77', 90', Defoe 37', Keane 87' 16,533 Fourth Round 27 October 2009 Everton H 2–0 Huddlestone 31', Keane 57' 35,843 Fifth Round 1 December 2009 Manchester United A [edit] Player statistics No. Pos. Nationality Player PL FA LC Total 1 GK Brazil Gomes, HeurelhoHeurelho Gomes 7 0 2 9 0 2 0 2 DF Scotland Hutton, AlanAlan Hutton 5 0 3 8 0 3 0 3 DF Wales Bale, GarethGareth Bale 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 5 MF England Bentley, DavidDavid Bentley 3 0 3 6 1 0 0 6 MF England Huddlestone, TomTom Huddlestone 13 0 3 16 3 2 0 7 MF England Lennon, AaronAaron Lennon 11 0 1 12 3 0 0 8 MF England Jenas, JermaineJermaine Jenas 9 0 1 10 1 4 0 9 FW Russia Pavlyuchenko, RomanRoman Pavlyuchenko 4 0 2 6 1 0 0 10 FW Ireland Keane, RobbieRobbie Keane 12 0 2 14 8 1 0 12 MF Honduras Palacios, WilsonWilson Palacios 13 0 2 15 1 3 0 13 GK England Walker, JimmyJimmy Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 MF Croatia Modrić, LukaLuka Modrić 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 15 FW England Crouch, PeterPeter Crouch 13 0 2 15 6 1 0 16 DF England Naughton, KyleKyle Naughton 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 17 MF Mexico dos Santos, GiovaniGiovani dos Santos 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 18 FW England Defoe, JermainJermain Defoe 11 0 1 12 12 0 1 19 DF Cameroon Bassong, SébastienSébastien Bassong 12 0 2 14 1 1 0 20 DF England Dawson, MichaelMichael Dawson 5 0 2 7 0 0 0 21 MF Croatia Kranjčar, NikoNiko Kranjčar 8 0 0 8 2 1 0 22 DF Croatia Ćorluka, VedranVedran Ćorluka 13 0 2 15 1 0 0 23 GK Italy Cudicini, CarloCarlo Cudicini 7 0 1 8 0 0 0 24 MF England O'Hara, JamieJamie O'Hara 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 25 MF England Rose, DannyDanny Rose 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 26 DF England King, LedleyLedley King 8 0 0 8 1 1 0 28 MF Germany Boateng, Kevin-PrinceKevin-Prince Boateng 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 31 MF England Bostock, JohnJohn Bostock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 DF Cameroon Assou-Ekotto, BenoîtBenoît Assou-Ekotto 13 0 1 14 1 2 0 35 GK England Button, DavidDavid Button 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 39 DF England Woodgate, JonathanJonathan Woodgate 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 No. Pos. Nationality Player PL FA LC Total Last Update: 22 November 2009 Data includes all competitions Substitution appearances included as full PL - Premier League FA - FA Cup LC - League Cup Ast - Assists [edit] Top scorer As of 22 November 2009 P. Player Position Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total 1 Jermain Defoe Forward 11 0 1 12 2 Robbie Keane Forward 6 0 2 8 3 Peter Crouch Forward 2 0 4 6 4 Aaron Lennon Midfielder 3 0 0 3 5 Tom Huddlestone Midfielder 1 0 2 3 [edit] Most appearances As of 22 November 2009 P. 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