Plymouth Argyle, 90+2:26 minutes (15 August 2009) First penalty kick of the season: Paul Hartley (scored) for Bristol City against Preston North End, 48:35 (8 August 2009) Widest winning margin: 6 Bristol City 0–6 Cardiff City (26 January 2010) Reading 6–0 Peterborough United (17 April 2010) Most goals in one half: 6 Newcastle United 6–1 Barnsley (5 March 2010) Bristol City 2–5 Doncaster Rovers (5 March 2010) Most goals in one half by a single team: 5 Newcastle United 6–1 Barnsley (5 March 2010) Most goals scored by losing team: 3 Sheffield United 3–4 Cardiff City (24 October 2009) Sheffield United 4–3 Plymouth Argyle (27 February 2010) Bristol City 5–3 Barnsley (23 March 2010) Doncaster Rovers 4–3 Scunthorpe United (24 April 2010) Nottingham Forest 3–4 Blackpool (11 May 2010) Most goals scored by one player in a match: 4 Michael Chopra (Cardiff City vs. Derby County) – 36, 57, 62, 75 minutes (29 September 2009) Discipline First yellow card of the season: Rhys Williams for Middlesbrough against Sheffield United, 49:15 minutes (7 August 2009) First red card of the season: Luke Chambers for Nottingham Forest against Reading, 87:41 minutes (8 August 2009) Card given at latest point in a game: Wes Morgan (yellow) at 90+7:07 minutes for Nottingham Forest against Bristol City (3 April 2010) Most yellow cards in a single match: 9 Bristol City 2–3 Sheffield United – 4 for Bristol City (Lee Johnson, Louis Carey, Jamie McAllister and Ivan Sproule) and 5 for Sheffield United (Jamie Ward, Kyle Walker, Darius Henderson, Jordan Stewart and Stephen Quinn) (28 November 2009) Cardiff City 2–3 Leicester City – 3 for Cardiff City (Paul Quinn, Mark Hudson, Stephen McPhail) and 6 for Leicester City (Alex Bruce, Nolberto Solano, Andy King, Lloyd Dyer, Richie Wellens, Steve Howard) (11 May 2010) Quickest card given at the start of the match: 26 Seconds – Nicky Maynard for Bristol City against Nottingham Forest (7 November 2009) Quickest card given after coming on: 1:07 minutes – Alassane N'Diaye for Crystal Palace against Blackpool (20 March 2010) Most fouls: Jay Bothroyd 103 fouls Total number of yellow cards: 1636 Total number of red cards: 86 Monthly awards Team of the Year {| class="sortable" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- !class="unsortable" width=24px|No. !class="unsortable" width=24px|Nat. !class="unsortable" |Position !class="unsortable" width=170px|Name !class="unsortable" |Club |- | 1 | |