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.

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
 * Relegated to Championship
 * Newcastle United
 * Middlesbrough
 * West Bromwich Albion


 * From Championship
 * Promoted to Premier League
 * Wolverhampton Wanderers
 * Birmingham City
 * Burnley
 * Relegated to League One
 * Norwich City
 * Southampton
 * Charlton Athletic


 * From Football League One
 * Promoted to Championship
 * Leicester City
 * Peterborough United
 * Scunthorpe United
 * Relegated to League Two
 * Northampton Town
 * Crewe Alexandra
 * Cheltenham Town
 * Hereford United


 * From Football League Two
 * Promoted to League One
 * Brentford
 * Exeter City
 * Wycombe Wanderers
 * Gillingham
 * Relegated to Conference Premier
 * Chester City
 * Luton Town


 * From Conference Premier
 * Promoted to League Two
 * Burton Albion
 * Torquay United