2009–10 Birmingham City F.C. season


The 2009–10 season was Birmingham City Football Club's sixth season in the Premier League and their 56th in the first tier of English football. The side was managed by former Scotland manager Alex McLeish, who successfully guided the side to promotion from the Championship the previous season.

Review

Carson Yeung takeover

Following his unsuccessful attempt to purchase the club during the 2007–08 season, Carson Yeung returned to complete a deal to purchase Birmingham City.
On 20 August, Carson Yeung's Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed Grandtop International placed a deposit of £3 million ahead of a new proposed takeover bid. This was quickly followed by Yeung's decision to donate £5 million to the club for the purchase of Middlesbrough's Tuncay, but such a gift would have broken HKSE rules, and the player signed for Stoke City instead.
The takeover date was put back from October to mid-November, because of a delay to the EGM required to approve the issue of an additional 50% shares, following his capture of a £57m bridging loan to cover the purchase of the club.
Formal documents outlining Yeung's £1-per-share offer were sent out to club shareholders in mid-September. By 24 September, he had acceptances on 81.7% of the shares, including the holdings of former owners David Sullivan, David Gold and Ralph Gold, and by the closing date of 6 October, the takeover was complete, with acceptances in respect of 94% of the shares, a level allowing a compulsory purchase of the remainder.
At a press conference on 15 October, the board and executive was named as: Yeung himself, president; Michael Wiseman, vice-president; Vico Hui, chairman; Peter Pannu and Sammy Yu, vice chairmen; and Michael Dunford, chief executive. The name of the holding company was changed from Grandtop International to Birmingham International Holdings.

Chronological list of events

The following is a list of all significant events to occur during the 2009–10 season. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfer section, or results, which are listed in the matches section.

Premier League

Match details

DateLeague
position		OpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRefs
16 August 200913thManchester UnitedAL0–175,062
19 August 20099thPortsmouthHW1–0McFadden 90+2' pen.19,922
22 August 20097thStoke CityHD0–021,694
29 August 200911thTottenham HotspurAL1–2Bowyer 75'35,318
13 September 200915thAston VillaHL0–125,196
19 September 200911thHull CityAW1–0O'Connor 75'23,759
26 September 200914thBolton WanderersHL1–2Phillips 84'28,671
3 October 200915thBurnleyAL1–2Larsson 90+5'20,102
17 October 200916thArsenalAL1–3Bowyer 38'60,028
24 October 200914thSunderlandHW2–1Ridgewell 37', McFadden 48'21,723
1 November 200914thManchester CityHD0–021,462
9 November 200915thLiverpoolAD2–2Benítez 26', Jerome 45+3'42,560
21 November 200912thFulhamHW1–0Bowyer 16'23,659
29 November 200911thWolverhampton WanderersAW1–0Bowyer 3'26,668
5 December 20098thWigan AthleticAW3–2Larsson 61', 72', Benítez 66'18,797
12 December 20098thWest Ham UnitedHW1–0Bowyer 52'28,203
15 December 20096thBlackburn RoversHW2–1Jerome 12', 48'23,187
20 December 20097thEvertonAD1–1Larsson 22'33,660
26 December 20098thChelseaHD0–028,958
28 December 20097thStoke CityAW1–0Jerome 50'27,211
9 January 20108thManchester UnitedHD1–1Jerome 39'28,907
27 January 20108thChelseaAL0–341,293
30 January 20108thTottenham HotspurHD1–1Ridgewell 90+1'27,238
7 February 20108thWolverhampton WanderersHW2–1Phillips 80', 85'24,165
10 February 20108thWest Ham UnitedAL0–234,458
21 February 201010thFulhamAL1–2Baird 3' o.g.21,758
27 February 20108thWigan AthleticHW1–0McFadden 45+2' pen.25,921
9 March 20108thPortsmouthAW2–1Jerome 16', 42'18,465
13 March 20108thEvertonHD2–2Jerome 26', Gardner 52'24,579
20 March 20109thSunderlandAL1–3Jerome 60'37,962
24 March 20109thBlackburn RoversAL1–2McFadden 55'23,856
27 March 20109thArsenalHD1–1Phillips 90+2'27,039
4 April 20109thLiverpoolHD1–1Ridgewell 56'27,909
11 April 20109thManchester CityAL1–5Jerome 42'45,209
17 April 20109thHull CityHD0–026,669
25 April 20109thAston VillaAL0–142,788
1 May 20109thBurnleyHW2–1Jerome 29', Benítez 41'24,578
9 May 20109thBolton WanderersAL1–2McFadden 77'22,863

League table

Results summary

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendanceReport
Third round2 January 2010Nottingham ForestAD0–020,975
Third round replay12 January 2010Nottingham ForestHW1–0Ferguson 62'9,399
Fourth round23 January 2010EvertonAW2–1Benítez 7', Ferguson 40'30,875
Fifth round13 February 2010Derby CountyAW2–1Dann 73', Ridgewell 90+3'21,043
Sixth round6 March 2010PortsmouthAL0–220,456

League Cup

Birmingham entered the 2009–10 League Cup in the second round. The draw saw them travel down to the south coast to play League One team Southampton for the second time in consecutive seasons. Goals from midfielders Lee Carsley and Lee Bowyer cancelled out Adam Lallana's strike to see Birmingham progress to the next round 2–1. In the third round, Birmingham visited fellow Premier League side Sunderland. An early goal from Jordan Henderson and a strike by Fraizer Campbell midway through the first half was enough to see Birmingham knocked out of the cup 2–0.
RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendanceReport
Second round25 August 2009SouthamptonAW2–1Bowyer 77', Carsley 80'11,753
Third round22 September 2009SunderlandAL0–220,576

Appearances and goals

Transfers

Before the start of the season, Stephen Carr was given a new two-year contract and Cameron Jerome signed a five-year deal. Youngsters Jacob Rowe and Shaun Timmins were given their first professional one-year contracts and Jared Wilson received a one-year extension.

In

DatePlayerClubFeeRef
12 June 2009Scott DannCoventry CityUndisclosed
24 June 2009Giovanny EspinozaBarcelona SCUndisclosed
25 June 2009Roger JohnsonCardiff City£5m
7 July 2009Christian BenítezSantos LagunaUndisclosed
8 July 2009Lee BowyerFree
13 July 2009Artur KrysiakFree
17 July 2009Barry FergusonRangers£1.2m
10 August 2009Jay O'SheaGalway UnitedUndisclosed
13 August 2009Grégory VignalRC LensUndisclosed
11 January 2010MichelSporting de Gijón£3m
26 January 2010Craig GardnerAston Villa£3m

Out

DatePlayerFeeJoinedRef
12 January 2010Giovanny EspinozaReleased
19 January 2010Krystian PearceFreeHuddersfield Town
29 January 2010Martin TaylorFreeWatford
1 February 2010Damien JohnsonFreePlymouth Argyle
30 June 2010Lee CarsleyReleased
30 June 2010Artur KrysiakReleased
30 June 2010Gary McSheffreyReleased
30 June 2010Franck QueudrueReleased
30 June 2010Jacob RoweReleased
30 June 2010Shaun TimminsReleased
30 June 2010Grégory VignalReleased
30 June 2010Jared WilsonReleased

Loan in

Loan out

Transfer notes