 Nekuvara kwaVan der Sar kwemwedzi miviri yekutanga yemwaka wa2009-10, Foster akapihwa mukana wekubata hembe yenhamba yekutanga mu2009 FA Community Shieldkukundwa neChelsea, uko zvikanganiso zvake zvakatungamirira kuzvinangwa zviviri zveChelsea uye haana kuita kuchengetedza mupenalty shootout. Foster akaramba achitamba muLigi, achitanga nekukunda zuva rekuvhura pamusoro peBirmingham City. Mukukunda Arsenal neManchester City, Foster akagamuchira kutsoropodzwa kwakanyanya nekuda kwekukanganisa kukuru kwakatungamira kuzvinangwa zvevapikisi. Mutungamiri Alex Ferguson akataura kuti anotenda mumano aFoster nekugona; zvisinei, mazuva masere gare gare, Foster akashoropodzwa zvakare nekuda kwekukanganisa kwakakonzera chinangwa cheSunderland mu 2x2 dhizaini, uye akasiyiwa kunze kweEngland squad zuva rakatevera nembabvu dzakapwanyika. Zvisinei, zvichitevera kadhi tsvuku raRobert Green mumutambo wakanangana neUkraine uye kumiswa kwakatevera, Foster akapihwa zvese-zvakachena navanachiremba uye akayeuchidzwa kuchikwata cheEngland kumutambo wakanangana neBelarus musi wa14 Gumiguru. Foster akatamba kaviri chete muna 2009 kuManchester United mushure memutambo weSunderland: kuhwina mukombe weLigi vachipesana nechikwata cheChampionship Barnsley, uye mutambo weChampions League vachipesana neBeşiktaş, neManchester United kufambira mberi kubva muboka ratove rakachengetedzwa. Akadzingwa kubva kuchikwata chekutanga mukusavapo kwaVan der Sar naTomasz Kuszczak, uye pane imwe nguva, muchengeti wepagedhi Ben Amos akatora nzvimbo yaFoster pabhenji rekutsiva. Foster akatanga mutambo wake wekutanga kwemwedzi mitatu vachipesana neWest Ham muna Kukadzi 2010, achichengeta pepa rakachena mukukunda 3 0. 