West Bromwich Albion

2009–10 season
Manager	Roberto Di Matteo
Chairman	Jeremy Peace
FA Cup	Currently in 3rd round
Carling Cup	3rd round
Top goalscorer	League: Chris Brunt (7) All: Chris Brunt (7)
Highest home attendance	23,502 vs Newcastle United, 8 August
Lowest home attendance	10,659 vs Rotherham United, 26 August
Home colours Away colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season will be West Bromwich's 107th season in the Football League. West Bromwich returned to the Championship after being relegated from the Premier League.

[edit] Season Review

[edit] Kit

West Bromwich continue with Umbro as the shirt designers and continue the new season without a sponsor.

[edit] Events

• 16 June 2009 - Tony Mowbray leaves West Bromwich to join Celtic as new manager.
• 30 June 2009 - Chelsea legend Roberto Di Matteo replaces Mowbray as manager.

[edit] League

West Bromwich began their season with a 1-1 draw against Newcastle United. They then travelled to City Ground to play Nottingham Forest who they beat, followed by another away win. West Bromwich's second home game was against Ipswich Town which they won 2-0. This was followed by a draw at Sheffield United. They then came back from against Plymouth Argyle, they then beat Doncaster Rovers. West Bromwich then won one of their most remarable games in a 5-0 win over Middlesbrough. West Bromwich lost their next two games against Crystal Palace and Barnsley.

The first game of October saw West Brom draw against Preston North End. This was followed by a 3-1 win over Reading. Former Baggie Craig Beattie scored the only goal in a 1-0 loss to Swansea City. This was followed with a 0-0 draw with Coventry City. The Baggies bounced back by thrashing Watford 5-0. A 2-1 win over Leiecester City kept the Baggies second. The Baggies trashed Bristol City 4-1, and then became the top goal scorers in the top 4 division of English football when they humiliated Sheffield Wednesday 4-0, scoring 15 goals in 4 games.

December began with a draw against Derby County.

[edit] League Cup

In the first round they faced League Two side Bury, who they beat 2-0. In the second round they were taken to extra time by another League Two, Rotherham United, where Simon Cox scored his first goal for the club. The final score was 4-3. They were knocked out in the third round as they lost 2-0 against Arsenal.

[edit] 2009-10 Squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Dean Kiely 2 DF Joe Mattock 3 DF Jonas Olsson (vice-captain)[1] 4 DF Marek Čech 5 DF Leon Barnett (on loan to Coventry City) 6 DF Neil Clement 7 MF Robert Koren 8 MF Jonathan Greening (on loan to Fulham) 9 FW Roman Bednář 10 FW Ishmael Miller 11 MF Chris Brunt 13 GK Luke Daniels (on loan to Tranmere Rovers) 14 MF Jerome Thomas 15 FW Chris Wood 16 FW Luke Moore 17 MF Graham Dorrans 18 FW Reuben Reid

No. Position Player 19 GK Scott Carson (club captain)[1] 20 MF Filipe Teixeira 21 MF Youssuf Mulumbu 22 DF Gianni Zuiverloon 23 DF Abdoulaye Méïté 24 DF Shelton Martis 25 MF Joss Labadie (on loan to Cheltenham Town) 27 MF James Morrison 28 MF Borja Valero (on loan to RCD Mallorca) 29 MF David Worrall 30 DF Paul Downing 31 FW Simon Cox 32 MF Lateef Elford-Alliyu 33 DF Dwayne Samuels 34 MF Josh Knight 35 MF Romaine Sawyers 36 DF Gonzalo Jara 37 MF George Thorne

[edit] Player statistics

As of 25 October 2009.

No.	Nat.	Position	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Dean Kiely	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2		DF	Joe Mattock	19	0	17	0	0	0	2	0
3		DF	Jonas Olsson	21	3	19	3	0	0	2	0
4		DF	Marek Čech	16	2	15	2	0	0	1	0
5		DF	Leon Barnett	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
6		MF	Neil Clement	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7		MF	Robert Koren	15	1	14	1	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Jonathan Greening	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	-
9		FW	Roman Bednář	11	3	10	3	0	0	1	0
10		FW	Ishmael Miller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11		MF	Chris Brunt	14	7	14	7	0	0	0	0
12		FW	Craig Beattie*	5	2	3	0	0	0	2	2
13		GK	Luke Daniels	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
14		MF	Jerome Thomas	14	5	13	5	0	0	1	0
15		FW	Chris Wood	14	1	11	1	0	0	3	0
16		FW	Luke Moore	16	3	15	3	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Graham Dorrans	21	5	18	3	0	0	3	2
18		FW	Reuben Reid	6	0	4	0	0	0	2	0
19		GK	Scott Carson	19	0	19	0	0	0	0	0
20		MF	Filipe Teixeira	10	0	8	0	0	0	2	0
21		MF	Youssuf Mulumbu	18	3	16	3	0	0	2	0
22		DF	Gianni Zuiverloon	18	1	16	1	0	0	2	0
23		DF	Abdoulaye Méïté	10	0	8	0	0	0	2	0
24		DF	Shelton Martis	12	2	11	2	0	0	1	0
25		MF	Joss Labadie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26		DF	Shaun Cummings*	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
27		MF	James Morrison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28		MF	Borja Valero	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
29		MF	David Worrall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30		DF	Paul Downing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31		FW	Simon Cox	12	5	9	4	0	0	3	1
32		MF	Lateef Elford-Alliyu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33		DF	Dwayne Samuels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34		MF	Josh Knight	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35		MF	Romaine Sawyers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36		DF	Gonzalo Jara	12	1	11	1	0	0	1	0
37		FW	George Thorne	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

• * Player left club during the season

[edit] Transfers

[edit] Summer Transfers In

#	Player	Club	Fee
31	Simon Cox	Swindon Town	Undisclosed
2	Joe Mattock	Leicester City	Undisclosed
14	Jerome Thomas	Unattached	Free
18	Reuben Reid	Unattached	Free
21	Youssuf Mulumbu	Paris St-Germain	£750,000
36	Gonzalo Jara	Colo-Colo	£3 million

[edit] Summer Transfers Out

#	Player	Club	Fee
	Kim Do-Heon	Suwon Bluewings	£360,000
	Sherjill MacDonald	K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot	£650,000
	Craig Beattie	Swansea City	£500,000

[edit] Loans In

#	Player	Club	Arrival Date	Return Date
26	Shaun Cummings	Chelsea	17 September	17 October

[edit] Loans Out

#	Player	Club	Arrival Date	Return Date
	Paul Robinson	Bolton Wanderers	12 July	End of Season
13	Luke Daniels	Tranmere Rovers	21 July	End of Season
25	Joss Labadie	Shrewsbury Town	3 August	3 September
29	David Worrall	Shrewsbury Town	6 August	6 September
8	Jonathan Greening	Fulham	22 August	End of Season
28	Borja Valero	RCD Mallorca	31 August	End of Season
25	Joss Labadie	Shrewsbury Town	6 September	6 January
5	Leon Barnett	Coventry City	4 November	31 January
25	Joss Lababie	Cheltenham Town	20 November	20 December

[edit] Fixtures & Results

      Win       Draw       Loss

[edit] Pre-Season Friendlies

[edit] Championship

[edit] League Cup

[edit] See also

• West Bromwich Albion F.C. seasons
• 2009–10 Football League Championship

[edit] References