2009–10 Football League


The 2009–10 Football League 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.

Promotion and relegation

The following teams were either promoted or relegated for the 2009–10 season based upon the results of the previous year.
; From Premier League
; From Championship
; From Football League One
; From Football League Two
; From Conference Premier

Table

Play-offs

Results

Managerial changes

League One

Table

Play-offs

Results

Managerial changes

League Two

Table

Play-offs

Results

Managerial changes