d00026{| class="infobox" style="font-size:89%; width:300px;" |-valign="top" ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#d00026; color:#ffffff; font-size:120%; padding:1em;" | 2009-10 season |-valign="top" ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#d00026; color:#ffffff;" | General information |-valign="top" || Manager ||
John McMahon |-valign="top" || Captain ||
Jay Spearing |-valign="top" ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#d00026; color:#ffffff;" | Performance |-valign="top" || Premiership Reserves North Division ||
3rd |-valign="top" || Lancashire Senior Cup ||
Winners |-valign="top" || Liverpool Senior Cup ||
Winners |-valign="top" | |-valign="top" | |-valign="top" ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#d00026; color:#ffffff;" | Top scorers |-valign="top" || League ||
Eccleston (4) |-valign="top" || Lancashire Senior Cup ||
Eight players (1) |-valign="top" || Liverpool Senior Cup ||
Nine players (1) |-valign="top" | |-valign="top" | |-valign="top" || Overall ||
Eccleston (5)
Amoo (5)
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The 2009-10 Reserves season was the first to see John McMahon coach the Reds' second string team. Liverpool greatly improved on their seventh place League finish of the previous season by claiming third spot in the Reserves North Division. Liverpool had in fact looked on course to win the division after a run of seven straight victories at the start of the season following an opening day loss, but then lost five matches in a row at the end of the season to finish nine points adrift of champions Manchester United. Liverpool won both of the local cup competitions during the season- successfully defending their Liverpool Senior Cup whilst knocking out holders Man Utd on penalties on their way to claiming an eleventh Lancashire Senior Cup.
After Liverpool's League campaign had ended, a group of Reserve players were taken to Germany to compete in the RUHR Cup. Liverpool were one of eight teams invited to take part in the competition which uses 60 minute matches- 30 minutes per half. Liverpool performed fairly well in their group, picking up four points of a possible nine, however this was not enough to see them qualify for the knockout round and so Liverpool were eliminated at the group stage.
Friendlies[]
| Date | Opponent | Score | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2009 | Aberystwyth | 4-1 | Weijl (24), Bruna (?), Eccleston (?), Crowther (?) |
| 24 July 2009 | Tranmere | 2-2 | Gerrard (56), Hammill (pen 90) |
| 28 July 2009 | Cambridge | 1-0 | Bruna (73) |
| 31 July 2009 | Notts County | 2-2 | Pacheco (?), Simon (?) |
| 3 August 2009 | Bristol Rovers | 3-4 | Hammill (?), Flora (?), Simon (?) |
| 6 August 2009 | Dunmanay Town | 1-0 | Pacheco (10) |
| 11 August 2009 | Partick Thistle | 1-1 | Eccleston (42) |
| 17 August 2009 | Bohemian FC | 2-0 | Nemeth (90), Pacheco (pen 90) |
| 6 May 2010 | Badajoz | 0-1 |
RUHR Cup[]
Group stage[]
| Date | Opponent | Score | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2010 | Schalke | 1-0 | Ayala (?) |
| 21 May 2010 | Bayern Munich | 0-1 | |
| 22 May 2010 | AC Milan | 1-1 | Amoo (?) |
Results[]
League[]
| Date | Opponent | Score | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2009 | Blackburn | 2-3 | Eccleston (?, ?) |
| 2 September 2009 | Bolton | 3-1 | Bruna (15), Brouwer (54), Kacaniklic (82) |
| 17 September 2009 | Man Utd | 1-0 | N'Gog (4) |
| 29 September 2009 | Man City | 2-0 | N'Gog (7), Irwin (?) |
| 7 October 2009 | Burnley | 1-0 | Pacheco (90) |
| 21 October 2009 | Sunderland | 2-0 | Pacheco (45), Threlfall (85) |
| 3 November 2009 | Everton | 1-0 | Eccleston (44) |
| 10 November 2009 | Hull | 4-1 | Amoo (29, 76), Eccleston (48), Saric (50) |
| 21 January 2010 | Man City | 3-3 | Spearing (?), Pacheco (?), Saric (?) |
| 23 March 2010 | Hull | 1-0 | Brouwer (7) |
| 25 March 2010 | Wigan | 1-1 | Kelly (56) |
| 29 March 2010 | Bolton | 2-1 | N'Gog (63), Bennett (og ?) |
| 7 April 2010 | Wigan | 2-3 | Bruna (pen ?), Kohlert (?) |
| 13 April 2010 | Man Utd | 0-1 | |
| 16 April 2010 | Burnley | 1-3 | Saric (?) |
| 20 April 2010 | Everton | 0-1 | |
| 27 April 2010 | Blackburn | 1-2 | Amoo (14) |
| 4 May 2010 | Sunderland | 1-0 | Dalla Valle (34) |
Liverpool Senior Cup[]
| Round | Date | Opponent | Score | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter-final | 27 January 2010 | Ashton Town | 4-0 | Kacaniklic (14), Brouwer (47), Spearing (58), Mendy (83) |
| Semi-final | 10 March 2010 | Tranmere | 3-0 | Dalla Valle (45), Amoo (?), ? (og ?) |
| Final | 31 July 2010 | Skelmersdale | 3-2 | Coady (?), Bruna (?), Cooper (?) |
Lancashire Senior Cup[]
| Round | Date | Opponent | Score | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | 29 October 2009 | Man Utd | 1-1 | Eccleston (30) Liverpool win 4-3 on penalties. |
| Quarter-final | 1 February 2010 | Bolton | 2-0 | Amoo (?), Plessis (?) |
| Semi-final | 17 March 2010 | Wigan | 2-0 | Dalla Valle (62), Pacheco (88) |
| Final | 24 July 2010 | Oldham | 3-0 | Silva (?), Bruna (?), Cooper (?) |
Player stats[]
| Pos. | Name | League | Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| DF | Daniel Agger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | David Amoo | 16 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 5 |
| MF | Alberto Aquilani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Daniel Ayala | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| GK | Dean Bouzanis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Jordy Brouwer | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
| FW | Gerardo Bruna | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 |
| DF | Christopher Buchtmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Conor Coady | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| DF | Alex Cooper | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| FW | Lauri Dalla Valle | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3 |
| DF | Stephen Darby | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| DF | Philipp Degen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Francisco Duran | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| FW | Nathan Eccleston | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| MF | Nabil El Zhar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Jon Flanagan | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| FW | Vitor Flora | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Peter Gulacsi | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| GK | Martin Hansen | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | Steven Irwin | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| GK | Liam Jacob | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Alex Kacaniklic | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 2 |
| DF | Martin Kelly | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| MF | Nicolaj Kohlert | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| DF | Sotirios Kyrgiakos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | David Martin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Chris Mavinga | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| DF | Emmanuel Mendy | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| FW | David N'Gog | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| FW | Michael Ngoo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Chris Oldfield | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Dani Pacheco | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| DF | Victor Palsson | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| MF | Damien Plessis | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| MF | Zsolt Poloskei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Michael Roberts | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Nikola Saric | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| MF | Toni Silva | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| DF | Jakub Sokolik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Jay Spearing | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| DF | Robbie Threlfall | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| DF | Vincent Weijl | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Andre Wisdom | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
League table[]
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Man City | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 32 |
| 4 | Blackburn | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 29 |