2009–10 Football League
The 2009–10 Football League (known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th completed season of the Football League. It began in August 2009 and concluded in May 2010, with the promotion play-off finals. The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The divisions are the League Championship, League One and League Two. The winner and the runner up of the League Championship will be automatically promoted to the Premier League and they will be joined by the winner of the League Championship playoff. The bottom two teams in League Two will be relegated to the Conference Premier. The league was won by Newcastle United, with West Bromwich Albion as runners up. Both teams were promoted to the Premier League. Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth Argyle and Peterborough United were relegated into League One. Grimsby Town and Darlington were relegated from the Football League. Attendance levels in the Football League in the 2009–10 season were the highest for 50 years, with 17.1m people paying to watch games in the three divisions.[1] Promotion and relegationThe following teams were either promoted or relegated for the 2009–10 season based upon the results of the previous year.
ChampionshipTable
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated Notes: Play-offs
First leg
Second leg
Blackpool win 6–4 on aggregate
Cardiff City 3–3 Leicester City on aggregate. Cardiff City win 4–3 on penalties FinalBlackpool are promoted to the Premier League ResultsFixtures for the 2009–10 season were announced by The Football League on 17 June 2009.[3][4] Managerial changes
League OneTable
Source: The Football League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated Notes: Play-offs
First leg
Second leg
Charlton Athletic 3–3 Swindon Town on aggregate. Swindon Town win 5–4 on penalties.
Millwall win 2–0 on aggregate. Final
Millwall are promoted to the Football League Championship ResultsManagerial changes
League TwoTable
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: football-league.co.uk
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated Play-offs
First leg
Second legRotherham United win 3–0 on aggregate.
Dagenham & Redbridge win 7–2 on aggregate. Final
Dagenham & Redbridge are promoted to Football League One. ResultsManagerial changes
References
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