2009–10 Southampton F.C. season

Southampton F.C.
2009–10 season
Chairman	Nicola Cortese
Manager	Alan Pardew
Stadium	St Mary's Stadium
League One	7th
FA Cup	Fifth Round
League Cup	Second Round
Football League Trophy	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rickie Lambert (29); All: ; Rickie Lambert (35)
Highest home attendance	31,385 vs Portsmouth; (13 February 2010)
Lowest home attendance	16,402 vs Wycombe Wanderers (1 December 2009)
Average home league attendance	20,108
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was Southampton's fifth consecutive season in The Football League and their first season in League One. Having been relegated the previous season, Southampton looked to reclaim their place in the Championship by being promoted in 2009–10. On 28 March 2010, The Saints won the League Trophy for the first time, defeating Carlisle United 4–1 at Wembley. On 25 April, however, Southampton's hopes of a playoff place were ended after Huddersfield Town beat bottom-place side Stockport County 6–0 to claim the final place. The Saints eventually finished in 7th position, just one place and seven points below the play-offs.

Administration and change of ownership

The club ended the previous season with its parent company, Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC in administration. As a result the club entered the 2009–10 season with a ten-point deduction imposed by The Football League.^[1]

On 8 July 2009 the administrators confirmed that the club had been sold to a buyer "owned and controlled by Markus Liebherr".^[2] On 9 July 2009 Mark Wotte was sacked as Head Coach with Stewart Henderson taking temporary charge. The club confirmed that the search for the new manager had already begun. They said in a statement that the decision is part of a wider strategic plan being implemented to improve all aspects of the club's operations, both on and off the field.^[3]

On 17 July 2009 the club confirmed the appointment of Alan Pardew as the new First Team Manager.^[4] On the opening day of the season Saints forced a 1–1 draw against Millwall, with Matthew Paterson netting the club's first goal in League One. Following this, the Saints made their first big signing under Markus Liebherr as they unveiled new striker Rickie Lambert who was purchased on 10 August 2009, for an initial £800,000, which could rise to £1m subject to appearances, from fellow League One side Bristol Rovers.^[5]

Liebherr also brought in Italian businessman Nicola Cortese to look after the club's business interests on his behalf.^[3]

As well as Rickie Lambert, Pardew was given the funds to complete a string of other signings to rebuild the squad including: Dean Hammond, Radhi Jaïdi, Graeme Murty, Dan Harding, David Connolly, Michail Antonio, Papa Waigo, Lee Barnard, José Fonte, Danny Seaborne, Jon Otsemobor and Jason Puncheon, meaning that by the end of the January transfer window, Southampton had spent over £3 million on players, a significantly larger amount than any other League one club.^[3]

Pre-season

4 July 2009 Friendly	Eastleigh	1–1	Southampton	Eastleigh
15:00 BST	Taggart 89'	Report	Paterson 59'	Stadium: Silverlake Stadium Attendance: 1,714 Referee: Pete Lavelle

7 July 2009 Friendly	Totton	2–2	Southampton	Totton
19:45 BST	Osman 83' Faithfull 90'	Report	Richardson 31' (o.g.) McNish 81'	Stadium: Testwood Park Attendance: 1,746

11 July 2009 Friendly	Bournemouth	2–1	Southampton	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Feeney 56' Igoe 60'	Report	Paterson 51'	Stadium: Dean Court Referee: G. Scott

14 July 2009 Friendly	Cheltenham Town	0–0	Southampton	Cheltenham
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Whaddon Road Referee: G. Scott

18 July 2009 Ted Bates Trophy	Southampton	1–4	Ajax	Southampton
	Mills 15'	Report	Suárez 24' (pen.), 53' de Jong 81' Zeegelaar 83'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

25 July 2009 Friendly	Southampton	3–0	Heart of Midlothian	Southampton
	Lallana 13' Rasiak 64', 78'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 5,158 Referee: Steve Tanner

1 August 2009 Friendly	Queens Park Rangers	3–0	Southampton	London
	Gorkšs 8' Balanta 34' Taarabt 70'	Report		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 3,164 Referee: P. Crossley

League One

8 August 2009 1	Southampton	1–1	Millwall	Southampton
12:45 BST	Paterson 51'		Abdou 67'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 20,103 Referee: Mike Russell

15 August 2009 2	Huddersfield Town	3–1	Southampton	Huddersfield
	Rhodes 50', 68' Kay 82'		Lambert 53'	Stadium: Galpharm Stadium Attendance: 12,449 Referee: Andy Haines

18 August 2009 3	Swindon Town	1–0	Southampton	Swindon
	Morrison 9'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,673 Referee: Steven Cook

22 August 2009 4	Southampton	1–1	Brentford	Southampton
	Harding 73'		Taylor 83'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 19,169 Referee: David Phillips

29 August 2009 5	Stockport County	1–1	Southampton	Stockport
	Baker 90' (pen.)		Lambert 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 4,680 Referee: Carl Boyeson

5 September 2009 6	Southampton	0–0	Colchester United	Southampton
				Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 17,070 Referee: Graham Scott

12 September 2009 7	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Southampton	London
	Burton 49'		Lallana 42'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 19,441 Referee: Kevin Wright

19 September 2009 8	Southampton	2–0	Yeovil Town	Southampton
	Lambert 19' (pen.), 52' (pen.)			Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 19,907 Referee: Tony Bates

26 September 2009 9	Carlisle United	1–1	Southampton	Carlisle
	Dobie 69'		Jaïdi 90'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Graham Salisbury

29 September 2009 10	Southampton	2–3	Bristol Rovers	Southampton
	Lallana 34' Waigo 46'		Dickson 42' Kuffour 65' Williams 90'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 19,724 Referee: Darren Deadman

3 October 2009 11	Southampton	4–1	Gillingham	Southampton
	Lambert 13' Waigo 35' Lallana 44', 74'		Rooney 27'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 19,457 Referee: Stuart Attwell

9 October 2009 12	Southend United	1–3	Southampton	Southend
	Friend 27'		Trotman 6' Lallana 32', 45'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8,281 Referee: Grant Hegley

17 October 2009 13	Oldham Athletic	1–3	Southampton	Manchester
	Abbott 65'		Hammond 12' Lambert 23' Connolly 82'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5,341 Referee: Dave Foster

24 October 2009 14	Southampton	3–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Southampton
	Hammond 56' Lambert 74' Connolly 90'		Puncheon 45'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 21,387 Referee: Mike Russell

31 October 2009 15	Leyton Orient	2–2	Southampton	London
	Mkandawire 2' Trotman 56' (o.g.)		Lambert 74', 84'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 7,544 Referee: James Linington

15 November 2009 16	Southampton	1–3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Southampton
16:30 GMT	Lambert 44' (pen.)		Murray 16', 22' Crofts 86'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 21,932 Referee: Kevin Friend

21 November 2009 17	Southampton	2–2	Norwich City	Southampton
	Lallana 11' Connolly 65'		Hoolahan 54' Hughes 75'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 21,362 Referee: Andy Penn

24 November 2009 18	Hartlepool United	1–3	Southampton	Hartlepool
	Monkhouse 16'		Lallana 29', 53' Lambert 82'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,818 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

1 December 2009 19	Southampton	1–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Southampton
	Lambert 41'			Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 16,402 Referee: Dean Whitestone

5 December 2009 20	Walsall	1–3	Southampton	Walsall
	Byfield 66'		Connolly 32' Hammond 38' Lambert 65'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,681 Referee: Craig Pawson

12 December 2009 21	Southampton	3–0	Tranmere Rovers	Southampton
	Harding 51' Lambert 64' (pen.), 70'			Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 19,800 Referee: Danny McDermid

19 December 2009 22	Leeds United	1–0	Southampton	Leeds
	Snodgrass 77'			Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 25,498 Referee: Nigel Miller

26 December 2009 23	Southampton	3–1	Exeter City	Southampton
	James 14' Trotman 30' Waigo 88'		Taylor 68'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,890 Referee: Graham Horwood

28 December 2009 24	Colchester United	2–1	Southampton	Colchester
	Wordsworth 23' Gillespie 75'		Lambert 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 8,514 Referee: Darren Deadman

16 January 2010 25	Millwall	1–1	Southampton	London
	Trotter 90'		Lambert 90'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 11,524 Referee: Andy Woolmer

26 January 2010 26	Brentford	1–1	Southampton	London
	Legge 83'		James 4'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 6,501 Referee: Chris Sarginson

30 January 2010 27	Southampton	2–0	Stockport County	Southampton
	Lambert 63' Waigo 69'			Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 18,308 Referee: Fred Graham

6 February 2010 28	Exeter City	1–1	Southampton	Exeter
	Taylor 49'		Lallana 37'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 7,654 Referee: Mark Haywood

20 February 2010 29	Norwich City	0–2	Southampton	Norwich
			Barnard 33', 77'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 23,103 Referee: Russell Booth

23 February 2010 30	Wycombe Wanderers	0–0	Southampton	High Wycombe
				Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 6,232 Referee: Darren Deadman

27 February 2010 31	Southampton	5–1	Walsall	Southampton
	Puncheon 8' Barnard 33', 36' Lambert 61' Lallana 89'		Richards 3'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 20,461 Referee: Graham Scott

2 March 2010 32	Southampton	5–0	Huddersfield Town	Southampton
	Lambert 16' Barnard 24' Puncheon 34' Hammond 76' Waigo 84'			Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 19,821 Referee: Pat Miller

6 March 2010 33	Tranmere Rovers	2–1	Southampton	Birkenhead
	Broomes 3' Thomas-Moore 85' (pen.)		Barnard 12'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,187 Referee: Peter Quinn

13 March 2010 34	Southampton	1–0	Leeds United	Southampton
	Harding 25'			Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,794 Referee: Peter Walton

16 March 2010 35	Southampton	0–1	Swindon Town	Southampton
			Austin 56'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 20,752 Referee: Keith Hill

20 March 2010 36	Milton Keynes Dons	0–3	Southampton	Milton Keynes
			Lambert 48', 69' (pen.), 76'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 10,570 Referee: Colin Webster

23 March 2010 37	Southampton	3–2	Hartlepool United	Southampton
	Barnard 13' Lambert 38' Waigo 56'		Monkhouse 10' Austin 57'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 18,072 Referee: Andy D'Urso

1 April 2010 38	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–2	Southampton	Brighton
	Bennett 12' Barnes 66'		Hammond 41' Barnard 89'	Stadium: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 7,784 Referee: Steve Tanner

5 April 2010 39	Southampton	2–1	Leyton Orient	Southampton
15:00 GMT	Lallana 41', 54'		Spicer 2'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 21,559 Referee: Gavin Ward

10 April 2010 40	Southampton	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Southampton
	Antonio 34'			Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 23,061 Referee: Grant Hegley

13 April 2010 41	Bristol Rovers	1–5	Southampton	Bristol
	Hughes 24' (pen.)		Lambert 43', 45' Schneiderlin 53' Lallana 73' Puncheon 75'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,607 Referee: Phil Crossley

17 April 2010 42	Yeovil Town	0–1	Southampton	Yeovil
			Barnard 90'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 7,484 Referee: Oliver Langford

20 April 2010 43	Southampton	0–0	Oldham Athletic	Southampton
				Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 18,366 Referee: Kevin Wright

24 April 2010 44	Southampton	3–2	Carlisle United	Southampton
	Antonio 45', 52' Lambert 46'		Harte 45' Madine 90'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 18,908 Referee: Simon Hooper

1 May 2010 45	Gillingham	2–1	Southampton	Gillingham
	Howe 19' Gowling 51'		Connolly 65'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 9,504 Referee: Mike Russell

8 May 2010 46	Southampton	3–1	Southend United	Southampton
	Lambert 58', 85' (pen.) Lallana 90'		Moussa 56'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 25,289 Referee: Rob Shoebridge

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

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2010. Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	Swindon Town	46	22	16	8	73	57	+16	82	Qualification for League One play-offs
6	Huddersfield Town	46	23	11	12	82	56	+26	80	Qualification for League One play-offs
7	Southampton	46	23	14	9	85	47	+38	73^[a]
8	Colchester United	46	20	12	14	64	52	+12	72
9	Brentford	46	14	20	12	55	52	+3	62

Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Southampton were given a ten-point deduction for breaching insolvency regulations, regarding their holding company. As they finished in the bottom three last season, the points deduction were applied in the 2009–10 season.^[6]

FA Cup

6 November 2009 Round 1	Bristol Rovers	2–3	Southampton	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Duffy 73' Hughes 90' (pen.)	Report	Connolly 63', 68' Antonio 70'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,446 Referee: Keith Hill

28 November 2009 Round 2	Northampton Town	2–3	Southampton	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Hammond 68' (o.g.) Gilligan 90' (pen.)	Report	Waigo 41' Lallana 43' Hammond 59'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,858 Referee: Steve Tanner

2 January 2010 Round 3	Southampton	1–0	Luton Town	Southampton
15:00 GMT	Lambert 36'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 18,786 Referee: Gavin Ward

23 January 2010 Round 4	Southampton	2–1	Ipswich Town	Southampton
15:00 GMT	Thomas 31' Antonio 74'	Report	Couñago 90'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 20,446 Referee: Andy Hall

13 February 2010 Round 5	Southampton	1–4	Portsmouth	Southampton
12:30 GMT	Lambert 70'	Report	Owusu-Abeyie 66' Dindane 75' Belhadj 82' O'Hara 85'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,385 Referee: Howard Webb

League Cup

11 August 2009 Round 1	Southampton	2–0	Northampton Town	Southampton
19:45 GMT	Lambert 29' Lallana 68'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 10,921 Referee: Simon Hooper

25 August 2009 Round 2	Southampton	1–2	Birmingham City	Southampton
19:45 GMT	Lallana 51'	Report	Bowyer 77' Carsley 80'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 11,753 Referee: Phil Crossley

League Trophy

6 October 2009 Round 2	Southampton	2–2 (5–3 p)	Torquay United	Southampton
19:00 BST	Waigo 59', 69'	Report	Sills 21' Wroe 42' (pen.)	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 9,319 Referee: Trevor Kettle
	Penalties
	Lambert Waigo James Mills Wotton		Wroe Robertson Nicholson Mansell

11 November 2009 Area Quarter-Final	Southampton	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Southampton
19:45 GMT	Thomas 34' Lambert 63'	Report	McKenzie 90'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 13,906 Referee: Paul Taylor

15 December 2009 Area Semi-Final	Southampton	2–2 (6–5 p)	Norwich City	Southampton
19:45 GMT	Waigo 14' Waigo 90'	Report	Doherty 33' C. Martin 55'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 15,453 Referee: Kevin Wright
	Penalties
	Lambert Waigo James Lallana Wotton Hammond Antonio Thomas		Holt R. Martin C. Martin Nelson Russell Otsemobor Gill McDonald

20 January 2010 Area Final Leg 1	Milton Keynes Dons	0–1	Southampton	Milton Keynes
19:00 GMT		Report	Antonio 26'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 7,918 Referee: Jonathan Moss

9 February 2010 Area Final Leg 2	Southampton	3–1 (4–1 agg.)	Milton Keynes Dons	Southampton
GMT	Lambert 15' Woodards 30' (o.g.) Lallana 87'	Report	Randall 44'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 29,901 Referee: Grant Hegley

28 March 2010 Final	Carlisle United	1–4	Southampton	London
13:30 GMT	Madine 84'	[Report]	Lambert 15' (pen.) Lallana 44' Waigo 50' Antonio 60'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 73,476 Referee: Scott Mathieson

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK		Kelvin Davis	40	0	4	0	2	0	4	0	50	0	5	0
2	DF		Dan Harding	42	3	4	0	2	0	5	1	53	4	8	0
3	DF		Wayne Thomas	10(5)	0	4	1	2	0	4(1)	1	20(6)	2	6	0
4	MF		Jason Puncheon	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5	DF		Chris Perry	11(1)	0	4	0	1	0	3(1)	0	19(2)	0	2	0
6	DF		Radhi Jaïdi	26(1)	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	33(1)	1	5	0
7	FW		Rickie Lambert	44(1)	29	5	2	2	1	6	3	57(1)	35	2	0
8	MF		Simon Gillett	0(2)	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	1(5)	0	0	0
9	FW		Papa Waigo	11(24)	6	3	1	0	0	4(2)	4	18(26)	11	3	0
10	MF		Paul Wotton	12(14)	0	2(1)	0	2	0	3(2)	0	19(17)	0	0	0
11	MF		Lee Holmes	2(3)	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	3(5)	0	1	0
12	DF		José Fonte	21	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	24	0	5	0
13	GK		Tommy Forecast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Dean Hammond	40	5	4	1	0	0	5	0	49	6	8	0
16	DF		Graeme Murty	5(1)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	8(1)	0	0	0
17	FW		Lee Barnard	14(6)	9	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	15(7)	9	3	0
18	DF		Joseph Mills	8(8)	0	1(2)	0	0	0	2(1)	0	11(11)	0	3	0
19	MF		Morgan Schneiderlin	35(2)	1	4	0	1(1)	0	4	0	44(3)	1	8	2
20	MF		Adam Lallana	44	15	5	1	2	2	5	2	56	20	4	0
21	MF		Anthony Pulis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Lloyd James	28(2)	2	3	0	2	0	4(1)	0	37(3)	2	5	0
24	FW		Kayne McLaggon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW		Jake Thomson	0(4)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(5)	0	0	0
27	FW		Jamie White	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK		Bartosz Białkowski	6(1)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	9(1)	0	0	0
29	MF		Oscar Gobern	0(4)	0	0(2)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(7)	0	1	0
30	MF		Jack Boyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Ryan Doble	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK		Andrej Pernecký	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Jack Saville	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Callum McNish	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
35	DF		Danny Seaborne	11(5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11(5)	0	1	0
36	MF		Garyn Preen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Michail Antonio	14(14)	3	3(2)	2	0	0	5(1)	2	22(17)	7	2	0
38	FW		David Connolly	9(11)	5	1	2	0	0	1(1)	0	11(12)	7	1	0
40	DF		Jon Otsemobor	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0
41	MF		Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0
44	MF		Ben Reeves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players with appearances who finished their season out on loan
15	DF		Olly Lancashire	1(1)	0	0(2)	0	1	0	0	0	2(3)	0	0	0
22	DF		Lee Molyneux	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK		Michael Poke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF		Aaron Martin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
Players with appearances who left the club before the end of the season
4	FW		Marek Saganowski	3(3)	0	0	0	1	0	0(1)	0	4(4)	0	0	0
9	FW		Grzegorz Rasiak	1(2)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1(3)	0	0	0
12	DF		Neal Trotman	17(1)	2	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	18(2)	2	6	0
17	FW		Matt Paterson	4(3)	1	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	0	0	5(5)	1	2	0
35	MF		Jacob Mellis	7(5)	0	0	0	1	0	1(1)	0	9(6)	0	1	0

Most appearances

	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total
	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Strt.	Sub.	Strt.	Sub.	Strt.	Sub.	Strt.	Sub.	Strt.	Sub.	Total
1	FW		Rickie Lambert	44	1	5	0	2	0	6	0	57	1	58
2	MF		Adam Lallana	44	0	5	0	2	0	5	0	56	0	56
3	DF		Dan Harding	42	0	4	0	2	0	5	0	53	0	53
4	GK		Kelvin Davis	40	0	4	0	2	0	4	0	50	0	50
5	MF		Dean Hammond	40	0	4	0	0	0	5	0	49	0	49
6	MF		Morgan Schneiderlin	35	2	4	0	1	1	4	0	44	3	47
7	FW		Papa Waigo	11	24	3	0	0	0	4	2	18	26	44
8	MF		Lloyd James	28	2	3	0	2	0	4	1	37	3	40
9	MF		Michail Antonio	14	14	3	2	0	0	5	1	22	17	39
10	MF		Paul Wotton	12	14	2	1	2	0	3	2	19	17	36

Top goalscorers

	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total
	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Gls.	Apps.	Gls.	Apps.	Gls.	Apps.	Gls.	Apps.	Gls.	Apps.	GPG
1	FW		Rickie Lambert	29	45	2	5	1	2	3	6	35	58	0.60
2	MF		Adam Lallana	15	44	1	5	2	2	2	5	20	56	0.35
3	FW		Papa Waigo	6	35	1	3	0	0	4	6	11	44	0.25
4	FW		Lee Barnard	9	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	9	22	0.40
5	FW		David Connolly	5	20	2	1	0	0	0	2	7	23	0.30
5	MF		Michail Antonio	3	28	2	5	0	0	2	6	7	39	0.17
7	MF		Dean Hammond	5	40	1	4	0	0	0	5	6	49	0.12
8	DF		Dan Harding	3	42	0	4	0	2	1	5	4	53	0.07
9	MF		Jason Puncheon	3	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19	0.15
10	DF		Neal Trotman	2	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	20	0.10
	DF		Wayne Thomas	0	15	1	4	0	2	1	5	2	26	0.07
	MF		Lloyd James	2	30	0	3	0	2	0	5	2	40	0.05

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
10 August 2009	FW	Rickie Lambert	Bristol Rovers	£1 million	^[7]
19 August 2009	MF	Dean Hammond	Colchester United	Undisclosed	^[8]
4 November 2009	DF	Aaron Martin	Eastleigh	Undisclosed	^[9]
9 January 2010	DF	José Fonte	Crystal Palace	Undisclosed	^[10]
13 January 2010	DF	Danny Seaborne	Exeter City	Undisclosed	^[11]
14 January 2010	DF	Jon Otsemobor	Norwich City	Free	^[12]
22 January 2010	FW	Lee Barnard	Southend United	Undisclosed	^[13]
30 January 2010	MF	Jason Puncheon	Plymouth Argyle	Undisclosed	^[14]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
2 June 2009	MF	Nathan Dyer	Swansea City	£400,000	^[15]
29 June 2009	FW	David McGoldrick	Nottingham Forest	£1 million	^[16]
1 July 2009	MF	Andrew Surman	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£1.2 million	^[17]
21 July 2009	FW	Jason Euell	Blackpool	Free	^[18]
27 August 2009	FW	Grzegorz Rasiak	Reading	Undisclosed	^[19]
22 January 2010	FW	Matt Paterson	Southend United	Exchange	^[20]
27 January 2010	FW	Marek Saganowski	Atromitos	Free	^[21]
Free agents signed
Date	Pos.	Name	Former club	Date released	Ref.
21 July 2009	DF	Dan Harding	Ipswich Town	21 May 2009	^[22]
5 August 2009	DF	Graeme Murty	Reading	15 May 2009	^[23]
2 September 2009	DF	Radhi Jaïdi	Birmingham City	15 May 2009	^[24]
8 October 2009	FW	David Connolly	Sunderland	1 June 2009	^[25]
Players loaned in
Start date	Pos.	Name	Club	End date	Ref.
14 August 2009	MF	Jacob Mellis	Chelsea	2 January 2010	^[26]
20 August 2009	DF	Neal Trotman	Preston North End	2 January 2010	^[27]^[28]
8 September 2009	FW	Papa Waigo	Fiorentina	End of season	^[29]
5 October 2009	MF	Michail Antonio	Reading	End of season	^[30]^[31]
Players loaned out
Start date	Pos.	Name	Club	End date	Ref.
14 August 2009	GK	Tommy Forecast	Grimsby Town	14 September 2009	^[26]
1 September 2009	GK	Michael Poke	Torquay United	End of season	^[32]^[33]
17 September 2009	MF	Oscar Gobern	Milton Keynes Dons	17 October 2009	^[34]
28 September 2009	GK	Bartosz Białkowski	Barnsley	5 October 2009	^[35]
2 October 2009	DF	Ryan Tafazolli	Salisbury City	2 November 2009	^[36]
7 October 2009	MF	Anthony Pulis	Lincoln City	7 January 2010	^[37]^[38]
9 October 2009	FW	Jamie White	Eastleigh	9 December 2009	^[39]^[40]
12 October 2009	MF	Simon Gillett	Doncaster Rovers	12 December 2009	^[41]
24 October 2009	DF	Olly Lancashire	Grimsby Town	24 December 2009	^[42]
27 October 2009	MF	Jake Thomson	Torquay United	27 January 2010	^[43]^[44]
1 February 2010	DF	Olly Lancashire	Grimsby Town	End of season	^[45]
3 March 2010	DF	Aaron Martin	Salisbury City	End of season	^[46]^[47]
25 March 2010	DF	Lee Molyneux	Port Vale	End of season	^[48]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
25 June 2009	DF	Michael Svensson	Halmstad	1 August 2011	^[49]
30 June 2009	FW	Bradley Wright-Phillips	Plymouth Argyle	15 July 2009	^[50]
30 June 2009	FW	Stern John	Crystal Palace	30 July 2009	^[51]

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[table_hth_SOU0.27655341209683-7] Southampton were given a ten-point deduction for breaching insolvency regulations, regarding their holding company. As they finished in the bottom three last season, the points deduction were applied in the 2009–10 season.^[6]

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[interview-3] "An interview with former Southampton Football Club Executive Chairman Nicola Cortese". barclays.com. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

[4] "Southampton | News | Latest News | Latest News | New Manager Appointed". Archived from the original on 20 July 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2010.

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[6] "Southampton Football Club". The Football League. 23 April 2009. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.

[8] "Southampton sign striker Lambert". BBC Sport. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[9] "Saints sign Colchester's Hammond". BBC Sport. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[10] "Saints complete Martin transfer". BBC Sport. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[11] "Southampton sign Jose Fonte from Crystal Palace". BBC Sport. 9 January 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[12] "Seaborne becomes a Saint". This is Exeter. 13 January 2010. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[13] "Southampton sign Jon Otsemobor from Norwich City". BBC Sport. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[14] "Southampton sign Southend striker Lee Barnard". BBC Sport. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[15] "Southampton sign Plymouth midfielder Jason Puncheon". BBC Sport. 30 January 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[16] "Dyer completes switch to Swansea". BBC Sport. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[17] "Forest capture striker McGoldrick". BBC Sport. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[18] "Midfielder Surman moves to Wolves". BBC Sport. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[19] "Blackpool complete Euell transfer". BBC Sport. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[20] "Reading sign McAnuff and Rasiak". BBC Sport. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[21] "Southampton to sign Lee Barnard while Matt Paterson moves to Southend". Southern Daily Echo. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[22] "Southampton striker Marek Saganowski joins Atromios". BBC Sport. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[23] "Southampton complete Harding deal". BBC Sport. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[24] "Murty completes Southampton move". BBC Sport. 5 August 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[25] "Jaidi waits on Southampton switch". BBC Sport. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[26] "Southampton sign striker Connolly". BBC Sport. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

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[40] "Eastleigh secure loan deal for Saints striker". Southern Daily Echo. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[41] "Eastleigh extend White loan spell". BBC Sport. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[42] "Doncaster seal Gillett loan deal". BBC Sport. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[43] "Grimsby bring in Saints defender". BBC Sport. 24 October 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[44] "Torquay scoop Saints midfielder". BBC Sport. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[45] "Torquay United re-sign Jake Thomson from Southampton". BBC Sport. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[46] "Grimsby sign Oliver Lancashire and release four players". BBC Sport. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[47] "Salisbury City loan Southampton defender Aaron Martin". BBC Sport. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[48] "Salisbury extend Arron Martin loan from Southampton". BBC Sport. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[49] "Southampton loan defender Lee Molyneux to Port Vale". BBC Sport. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[50] "Michael Svensson Football Stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[51] "Wright-Phillips signs for Argyle". BBC Sport. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

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