2009–10 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season

Milton Keynes Dons
2009–10 season
Chairman Pete Winkelman
Manager Paul Ince
Football League One 12th
FA Cup 3st Round
(eliminated by Burnley)
League Cup 1rd Round
(eliminated by Swindon Town)
Football League Trophy Area Finals
(eliminated by Southampton)
Top goalscorer League: Jermaine Easter (19)
All: Jermaine Easter (19)
Average home league attendance 10,290
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was Milton Keynes Dons fifth season and the fourth season in League One under its current name. The club was founded in 2004 after Wimbledon F.C. relocated to Milton Keynes in 2003.

Season overview

It was manager Paul Ince's single season in charge of the club during his second spell as manager. He had replaced former manager, Roberto Di Matteo who had moved to take over the manager's role at West Bromwich Albion.[1] Ince resigned in April 2010 blaming proposed budget cuts as a reason for his departure.[2] Ince's assistant manager was Karl Robinson who would go on to replace him as manager in May 2010.[3]

Top scorer for the season was Welsh striker, Jermaine Easter who was Ince's second singing for the club, in July 2009.[4] Also signed by Ince in July 2009 was former Chelsea and Watford goalkeeper, Stuart Searle who was signed to serve as back-up goalkeeper to Willy Gueret.[5] Milton Keynes Dons finished in 12th position in League One, 20 points outside of the play-off positions.[6] A long injury list and a poor disciplinary record undermined their chances of success. Although in fifth place and in the play-off places on Boxing Day, 2009, following a 4-1 win against Stockport County, they lost their next game, away to Huddersfield Town, and did not regain a place in the play-off positions for the rest of the season.[6] They fell away badly from the league leaders towards the end of the season, failing to win any of their last 11 games.[7] A season total of 236,663 people watched the team play their 23 home League One games giving an average attendance of 10,290 per match, the 7th highest in the league.[8]

MK Dons reached the Third Round of the FA Cup before being beaten 2-1 in Milton Keynes by Burnley. Managed by Owen Coyle the creativity of Chris Eagles and the thrust in attack of Steven Fletcher were prominent features of the game. A goal from Fletcher and a penalty by Graham Alexander won the match with a single goal from MK Dons' Dean Morgan in response.[9]

They played only in the First Round of the League Cup before being eliminated 1-4 by Swindon Town. The defeat was manager Ince's first since returning to the club. The opening goal for Swindon was a 40 yards (37 m) lob of the goalkeeper, Willy Guéret by Jon-Paul McGovern.[10]

They reached the Southern Area Final of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy before being beaten 4-1 on aggregate by Southampton.[11][12]

Club chairman, Pete Winkelman
Manager, Paul Ince

First team squad

Squad at end of season[13] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 England DF Jude Stirling
3 England DF Dean Lewington
4 France DF Mathias Kouo-Doumbé
5 Scotland DF David McCracken
6 England DF Sean O'Hanlon
7 Scotland MF Stephen Gleeson
8 Wales FW Jermaine Easter
9 England FW Aaron Wilbraham
11 England FW Sam Baldock
12 France GK Willy Gueret
13 England MF Mark Carrington
14 England MF Lewis Gobern
15 England DF Danny Woodards
17 England GK Stuart Searle
20 England DF Sol Davis
21 England DF Luke Howell
No. Position Player
22 Scotland MF Peter Leven
23 England DF Darren Powell
24 England FW Dean Morgan
26 England MF Luke Chadwick
27 England MF David King
28 England DF Adam Chicksen
29 England MF Mark Randall
30 England DF Tom Flanagan
31 England FW Martel Powell
33 England DF George Williams
35 England FW Charlie Collins
36 England MF George Baldock
37 England MF Harry Milton
39 Scotland MF Alex Rae
41 England GK Ashley Harrison

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Norwich City (C) (P) 46 29 8 9 89 47+42 95 Promotion to 2010–11 Football League Championship
2 Leeds United (P) 46 25 11 10 77 44+33 86
3 Millwall (P) 46 24 13 9 76 44+32 85 Qualification to 2009–10 Football League One Playoffs
4 Charlton Athletic 46 23 15 8 71 48+23 84
5 Swindon Town 46 22 16 8 73 57+16 82
6 Huddersfield Town 46 23 11 12 82 56+26 80
7 Southampton 46 23 14 9 85 47+38 073*
8 Colchester United 46 20 12 14 64 52+12 72
9 Brentford 46 14 20 12 55 52+3 62
10 Walsall 46 16 14 16 60 63−3 62
11 Bristol Rovers 46 19 5 22 59 70−11 62
12 Milton Keynes Dons 46 17 9 20 60 68−8 60
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 15 14 17 56 60−4 59
14 Carlisle United 46 15 13 18 63 66−3 58
15 Yeovil Town 46 13 14 19 55 59−4 53
16 Oldham Athletic 46 13 13 20 39 57−18 52
17 Leyton Orient 46 13 12 21 53 63−10 51
18 Exeter City 46 11 18 17 48 60−12 51
19 Tranmere Rovers 46 14 9 23 45 72−27 51
20 Hartlepool United 46 14 11 21 59 67−8 050†
21 Gillingham (R) 46 12 14 20 48 64−16 50 Relegation to 2010–11 Football League Two
22 Wycombe Wanderers (R) 46 10 15 21 56 76−20 45
23 Southend United (R) 46 10 13 23 51 72−21 43
24 Stockport County (R) 46 5 10 31 35 95−60 25

Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* 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.[14]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
 † Hartlepool deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.[15]

Results

FA Cup

[12]

League Cup

[12]

Football League Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Ince reappointed as MK Dons boss". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Williams, Bob (16 April 2010). "Paul Ince announces that he will leave MK Dons at the end of the season". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "MK Dons appoint Karl Robinson as new manager". BBC Sport. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Big money strikers are not even fit to lace Easter's boots!". MK Citizen. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "MK Dons sign goalkeeper Searle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Milton Keynes Dons 2009-2010". www.statto.com. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (1 July 2010). The Official Football Yearbook of the English and Scottish Leagues 2010-2011. A&C Black. pp. 294–. ISBN 978-1-4081-2915-9.
  8. ↑ "League One 2009/2010 » Attendance » Home matches". www.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Ronay, Barney (2 January 2010). "Burnley's Steven Fletcher ends MK Dons' FA Cup hopes". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Dons stunned by Swindon". www.skysports.com. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Southampton 3 - 1 MK Dons (agg 4 - 1)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  12. 1 2 3 "Milton Keynes Dons football club match record: 2010". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  13. ↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2009-2010/flone/mkdons.htm
  14. ↑ "Southampton Football Club". The Football League. 23 April 2009. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  15. ↑ "Points deduction rocks Hartlepool". BBC Sport. 5 June 2010. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
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