The 2009–10 season was Leeds United's third consecutive season in the third tier of English football, which saw them finish second, winning promotion to the Championship.

Season summary

Simon Grayson became the first manager in four years to complete a full season as Leeds boss and celebrated it by winning the club's first promotion in twenty years. For the third season in a row, Jermaine Beckford was the club's top goalscorer with 31 goals in all competitions; Beckford was again named the League One Player of the Year, however lost out on the club's Player of the Year to Patrick Kisnorbo.

Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2008–09 season, presented in chronological order (starting from 15 May 2009 and ending on the final day of the club's final match in the 2009–10 season). This list does not include transfers or new contracts, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the matches section.

May

June

July

August

September

October

December

January

February

March

April

May

Pre-season

Competitions

League One

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

FA Cup

League Cup

Football League Trophy

First-team squad

Squad information

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in The Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. 1Player first came to the club on loan and was transferred the following year. 2Player joined the club in 2008 as a scholar. He is presently a 2nd year scholar and is not currently signed to the club on professional terms. Squad includes players registered with the club on the last day of the season (8 May 2010) only.

Squad stats

Assists

Last updated:10 May 2010 Source:

Disciplinary record

Suspensions

Transfers

In

<Sup>1 Transfer fee was officially undisclosed, however it was reported by The Times that the fee was £250,000. 2The club has the option of extending the player's contact by an additional year.

Loans in

Loans out

Out

<Sup>1 The Professional Football Compensation Committee decided that Everton should pay Leeds an initial compensation fee of £600,000 followed by £200,000 upon Garbutt's first full international appearance and £150,000 after the player has made 5, 10, 20, 30 and 40 appearances (thus totalling £750,000 from this final clause). It was also ruled that Leeds should receive 20% of any profit that Everton makes from future sale of the player. <Sup>2 Transfer fee was officially undisclosed, however it was reported by The Guardian that the fee was approximately an upfront £6 million with an additional £2 million in variables. <Sup>3 The total compensation fee for the two academy players was reported to be £800,000.

New Contracts

Awards

Internal Awards

Official Player of the Year Awards

The results of the 2009–10 Leeds United A.F.C. Player of the Year Awards were announced at a dinner on 8 May 2010 at Elland Road.

External Awards

League One Team of the Week

The following Leeds players have been selected in the official League One team of the week.

Other Awards