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SEASON: 2008-09

Prev Season: 2007-08
This Season: 2008-09
Next Season: 2009-10

DIVISION:: Coca-Cola Championship (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Colin Calderwood, John Pemberton, Billy Davies
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Derby County (H) 2-3)
League Cup:: 2nd Round (Sunderland (H) 1-2)
Player Of The Year:: Chris Cohen

Top Goalscorer:: Robert Earnshaw (17 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	20 times	11 times	5 times	1 time
Conceded	16 times	16 times	3 times	1 time	2 times
Won By	9 times	4 times	1 time	1 time
Lost By	13 times	6 times		1 time	1 time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 29,140
Lowest League Attendance:: 17,568
Average League Attendance:: 22,299
Highest Cup Attendance:: 29,001
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 4,030

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 13
Red cards:: 4
Yellow cards:: 78
Penalties scored:: 2
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

CHAMPIONSHIP (Tier 2)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	27	9	10	80	52	15	5	3	44	21	12	4	7	36	31	28	90	Promoted as Champions	0-1	1-5
2	Birmingham City	46	23	14	9	54	37	14	5	4	30	17	9	9	5	24	20	17	83	Promoted	1-1	0-2
3	Sheffield United	46	22	14	10	64	39	12	6	5	35	22	10	8	5	29	17	25	80		0-1	0-0
4	Reading	46	21	14	11	72	40	12	5	6	40	17	9	9	5	32	23	32	77		0-0	1-0
5	Burnley	46	21	13	12	72	60	14	5	4	42	23	7	8	8	30	37	12	76	Promoted via playoffs	1-2	0-5
6	Preston North End	46	21	11	14	66	54	16	3	4	39	20	5	8	10	27	34	12	74		2-1	1-2
7	Cardiff City	46	19	17	10	65	53	14	5	4	40	23	5	12	6	25	30	12	74		0-1	0-2
8	Swansea City	46	16	20	10	63	50	11	9	3	40	22	5	11	7	23	28	13	68		1-1	1-3
9	Ipswich Town	46	17	15	14	62	53	8	9	6	30	26	9	6	8	32	27	9	66		1-1	1-2
10	Bristol City	46	15	16	15	54	54	7	13	3	30	23	8	3	12	24	31	0	61		3-2	2-2
11	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	16	15	42	44	12	7	4	28	19	3	9	11	14	25	-2	61		2-2	1-2
12	Sheffield Wednesday	46	16	13	17	51	58	11	6	6	26	14	5	7	11	25	44	-7	61		2-1	0-1
13	Watford	46	16	10	20	68	72	11	6	6	42	32	5	4	14	26	40	-4	58		3-2	1-2
14	Doncaster Rovers	46	17	7	22	42	53	9	5	9	16	18	8	2	13	26	35	-11	58		2-4	0-0
15	Crystal Palace	46	15	12	19	52	55	9	8	6	26	19	6	4	13	26	36	-3	57		0-2	2-1
16	Blackpool	46	13	17	16	47	58	5	8	10	25	33	8	9	6	22	25	-11	56		0-0	1-1
17	Coventry City	46	13	15	18	47	58	8	8	7	26	26	5	7	11	21	32	-11	54		1-0	2-2
18	Derby County	46	14	12	20	55	67	9	7	7	31	26	5	5	13	24	41	-12	54		1-3	1-1
19	Nottingham Forest	46	13	14	19	50	65	8	7	8	27	28	5	7	11	23	37	-15	53
20	Barnsley	46	13	13	20	45	58	8	7	8	28	24	5	6	12	17	34	-13	52		1-0	1-1
21	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	12	21	44	57	7	5	11	31	35	6	7	10	13	22	-13	51		2-0	0-1
22	Norwich City	46	12	10	24	57	70	9	5	9	35	28	3	5	15	22	42	-13	46	Relegated	1-2	3-2
23	Southampton	46	10	15	21	46	69	4	10	9	23	29	6	5	12	23	40	-23	45	Relegated	3-1	2-0
24	Charlton Athletic	46	8	15	23	52	74	6	8	9	33	38	2	7	14	19	36	-22	39	Relegated	0-0	2-0

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sun Aug 10, 2008	Reading	H	0-0	Draw	21,571	13
2	Sat Aug 16, 2008	Swansea City	A	1-3	Loss	16,611	20	Perch (35)
3	Sat Aug 23, 2008	Watford	H	3-2	Win	20,005	14	Martin (10), Earnshaw (35), Tyson (69)
4	Sat Aug 30, 2008	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-5	Loss	25,301	16	Richard Stearman (55 OG)
5	Sat Sep 13, 2008	Burnley	H	1-2	Loss	20,504	21	Earnshaw (52)
6	Tue Sep 16, 2008	Preston North End	A	1-2	Loss	13,145	22	Youl Mawene (67 OG)
7	Sat Sep 20, 2008	Charlton Athletic	H	0-0	Draw	18,771	23
8	Sat Sep 27, 2008	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-1	Loss	12,594	24
9	Tue Sep 30, 2008	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-1	Loss	20,823	24
10	Sat Oct 04, 2008	Crystal Palace	H	0-2	Loss	22,811	24
11	Sat Oct 18, 2008	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	Loss	15,122	24	McGugan (84)
12	Tue Oct 21, 2008	Ipswich Town	H	1-1	Draw	19,455	24	McCleary (31)
13	Sat Oct 25, 2008	Cardiff City	H	0-1	Loss	19,468	24
14	Tue Oct 28, 2008	Crystal Palace	A	2-1	Win	15,162	23	Cohen (28), Thornhill (81)
15	Sun Nov 02, 2008	Derby County	A	1-1	Draw	33,070	23	Emanuel Villa (55 OG)
16	Sat Nov 08, 2008	Birmingham City	H	1-1	Draw	21,415	23	Perch (52)
17	Sat Nov 15, 2008	Bristol City	A	2-2	Draw	17,440	23	Garner (11), Tyson (47)
18	Sat Nov 22, 2008	Norwich City	H	1-2	Loss	18,566	24	Anderson (38)
19	Tue Nov 25, 2008	Doncaster Rovers	A	0-0	Draw	12,612	24
20	Sat Nov 29, 2008	Barnsley	H	1-0	Win	24,974	23	Garner (36)
21	Sat Dec 06, 2008	Coventry City	A	2-2	Draw	17,542	23	Earnshaw (27), Garner (61)
22	Tue Dec 09, 2008	Sheffield United	H	0-1	Loss	19,541	23
23	Sat Dec 13, 2008	Blackpool	H	0-0	Draw	19,103	22
24	Sat Dec 20, 2008	Southampton	A	2-0	Win	26,580	22	Morgan (42), Garner (75)
25	Fri Dec 26, 2008	Doncaster Rovers	H	2-4	Loss	26,501	22	Sam Hird (68 OG), Garner (85)
26	Sun Dec 28, 2008	Norwich City	A	3-2	Win	25,475	21	Thornhill (17), McGugan (30), Earnshaw (89)
27	Sat Jan 10, 2009	Charlton Athletic	A	2-0	Win	24,553	20	Tyson (34), Earnshaw (36)
28	Sat Jan 17, 2009	Plymouth Argyle	H	2-0	Win	20,392	18	Earnshaw (24), Anderson (51)
29	Tue Jan 27, 2009	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-1	Win	22,618	17	Tyson (34), Chambers (75)
30	Sat Jan 31, 2009	Cardiff City	A	0-2	Loss	18,779	17
31	Sat Feb 07, 2009	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-2	Draw	25,859	18	McGugan (45 pen), Cohen (67)
32	Sat Feb 14, 2009	Birmingham City	A	0-2	Loss	17,631	19
33	Wed Feb 18, 2009	Ipswich Town	A	1-2	Loss	19,930	20	Tyson (77)
34	Sat Feb 21, 2009	Derby County	H	1-3	Loss	29,140	21	Earnshaw (87)
35	Sat Feb 28, 2009	Reading	A	1-0	Win	21,196	21	McGugan (61)
36	Tue Mar 03, 2009	Preston North End	H	2-1	Win	17,568	18	Earnshaw (58, 71)
37	Sat Mar 07, 2009	Swansea City	H	1-1	Draw	20,475	20	McGugan (76)
38	Tue Mar 10, 2009	Watford	A	1-2	Loss	14,730	20	Thornhill (17)
39	Sat Mar 14, 2009	Burnley	A	0-5	Loss	13,055	21
40	Sat Mar 21, 2009	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-1	Loss	24,510	22
41	Sat Apr 04, 2009	Barnsley	A	1-1	Draw	19,681	22	Earnshaw (68)
42	Sat Apr 11, 2009	Bristol City	H	3-2	Win	22,776	21	Earnshaw (32), Garner (83), Blackstock (90)
43	Mon Apr 13, 2009	Sheffield United	A	0-0	Draw	28,374	22
44	Sat Apr 18, 2009	Coventry City	H	1-0	Win	27,856	20	Perch (46)
45	Sat Apr 25, 2009	Blackpool	A	1-1	Draw	9,279	20	Blackstock (9)
46	Sun May 03, 2009	Southampton	H	3-1	Win	29,008	19	Garner (73), Chambers (87), Earnshaw (90)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 03, 2009	Manchester City	3			A	3-0	Win	31,869	Tyson (38), Earnshaw (42), Garner (75)
Fri Jan 23, 2009	Derby County	4			A	1-1	Draw	32,035	Earnshaw (64)
Wed Feb 04, 2009	Derby County	4	Y	1	H	2-3	Loss	29,001	Cohen (2), Tyson (14 pen)

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Aug 13, 2008	Morecambe	1				H	4-0	Win	4,030	Cohen (14), Earnshaw (62, 89), Newbold (81)
Wed Aug 27, 2008	Sunderland	2				H	1-2	Loss	9,198	Earnshaw (60)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Fri Jul 18, 2008	Offenbach Kickers	Germany	A	2-1	Win	5,000	McCleary (?), Davies (?)
Tue Jul 22, 2008	Burton Albion	England	A	3-1	Win	2,340	Davies (23), McGugan (47), Tyson (81)
Wed Jul 23, 2008	Telford United	England	A	4-1	Win	1,441	Thornhill (7), Sinclair (8), McCleary (20), Newbold (37)
Fri Jul 25, 2008	Everton	England	H	1-1	Draw	15,448	Nuno Valente (56 OG)
Mon Jul 28, 2008	Curzon Ashton	England	A	1-2	Loss	524	Sinclair (68)
Wed Jul 30, 2008	Sunderland	England	H	0-1	Loss	12,573
Sat Aug 02, 2008	Notts County	England	A	3-2	Win	7,665	Earnshaw (27, 74), Bennett (34)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Thu Oct 09, 2008	Republic of Ireland XI	Ireland	A	0-2	Loss	4,040

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (27)				Out (16)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Aaron Mitchell	Bought			Andy Cole	Retired
	Andy Cole	Bought			Barry Richardson	Released
	Hughes (2008)	Bought			Dale Roberts	Sold
	Lee Camp	Loan In			Hughes (2008)	Sold
	Lee Camp	Bought			Patrick Gamble	Sold
	Mickael Darnet	Bought			Sahr Senesie	Sold
	Paul Anderson	Bought		Jul 23, 2008	Reece Staples	Released
	Ryan Whitehurst	Bought		May 03, 2009	Ian Breckin	Released
	Sahr Senesie	Bought		May 14, 2009	Adam Newbold	Released
Jan 10, 2008	James Dunne	Loan In		May 14, 2009	Emile Sinclair	Released
Jul 18, 2008	Guy Moussi	Bought	£245,000	May 14, 2009	Hamza Bencherif	Released
Jul 18, 2008	Robert Earnshaw	Bought	£2,650,000	May 14, 2009	Liam Hook	Released
Jul 28, 2008	Richard Tait	Bought		May 14, 2009	Paddy Greenwood	Released
Aug 13, 2008	Lee Martin	Loan In		May 14, 2009	Richard Tait	Released
Sep 30, 2008	Joel Lynch	Loan In	£175,000	May 14, 2009	Ryan Whitehurst	Released
Oct 09, 2008	Joe Garner	Bought	£1,130,000	May 14, 2009	Tom Sharpe	Released
Oct 18, 2008	Carl Fletcher	Loan In
Oct 18, 2008	Paul Anderson	Loan In
Mar 03, 2009	Isaiah Osbourne	Loan In
Mar 07, 2009	Gary McSheffrey	Loan In
Mar 14, 2009	Chris Gunter	Loan In
Mar 21, 2009	Iain Turner	Loan In
Mar 26, 2009	Dexter Blackstock	Loan In
Jul 20, 2009	Chris Gunter	Bought	£1,750,000
Jul 21, 2009	Joel Lynch	Bought	£200,000
Jul 22, 2009	Dexter Blackstock	Bought
Aug 09, 2014	Karl Darlow	Loan In

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK	1	Paul Smith (2006-11)	33	10	7	16						13
GK	20	Iain Turner	3	1	1	1							On loan from Everton (March to June 09)
GK	21	Lee Camp	15	4	7	4		1					On loan from Queens Park Rangers (Oct to Dec)
GK	30	Dale Roberts										7	Went on loan to Rushden and Diamonds (Oct to June)
GK	30	Karl Darlow
GK	31	Patrick Gamble										13	Went on loan to Mansfield (Aug to Dec)
GK	39	Barry Richardson
GK	40	Shane Redmond										3	Went on loan to Eastwood Town (Sep to June)
D	4	Luke Chambers	44	13	14	17	2	4		6	7	6
D	5	Wes Morgan	46	13	13	20	1	7	1	1
D	6	Ian Breckin	28	12	6	10		4		2	6	9
D	25	Richard Tait
D	32	Hamza Bencherif										1
D	35	Tom Sharpe											Went on loan to Stalybridge Celtic (Sep to June)
D	39	Gavin Kavanagh
D	45	Aaron Mitchell
M		Hughes (2008)
M	2	Kelvin Wilson	39	8	13	18		2	1	3	2	2
M	3	Joel Lynch	24	7	9	8		3		6	3	3	On loan from Brighton (Sept to June)
M	7	James Perch	42	11	12	19	3	9		6	1	1
M	17	Chris Gunter	8	3	3	2		1					On loan from Tottenham (March to June)
M	18	Isaiah Osbourne	8	2	4	2				3	1		On loan from Aston Villa (March 09 to June 09)
M	19	Guy Moussi	17	5	3	9		2		6	1		Bought from Angers SCO in July
M	20	Carl Fletcher	5		3	2		1		2	1		On loan from Crystal Palace (Oct to Nov)
M	24	Mark Byrne	2		1	1					2	7
M	26	Matt Thornhill	28	10	7	11	3	2	1	7	12	14
M	27	Brendan Moloney	12	4	3	5		4		4	3	4	Went on loan to Rushden and Diamonds (Oct to Nov)
M	29	Julian Bennett	13	1	4	8		2		3	2	2
M	33	Liam Hook
M	34	Reece Staples
M	36	Joe Heath	12	4	3	5				4	2	4
M	38	Mickael Darnet
M	41	James Reid	1	1							1
M	42	Ryan Whitehurst
M	46	James Dunne											On loan from Arsenal (Oct to Dec)
F		Andy Reid										3
F		Sahr Senesie
F	8	Lewis McGugan	36	13	11	12	5	3	1	10	8
F	9	Nathan Tyson	39	9	10	20	7	4		8	8
F	10	Robert Earnshaw	36	14	10	12	17	1		15	6	1	Bought from Derby County in May
F	11	Paul Anderson	28	11	10	7	2	2		11	2		On loan from Liverpool (June 2008 - June 2009)
F	12	Garath McCleary	43	11	13	19	1	4		10	27	6
F	14	Arron Davies	16	7	4	5		1		4	12	6
F	15	Chris Cohen	46	13	13	20	4	7		3			Player Of The Year
F	16	Joe Garner	30	11	10	9	8	8		11	11	4	Bought from Carlisle United in July
F	17	Lee Martin	14	2	4	8	1	1		6	4	2	On loan from Manchester United (Aug to Dec)
F	18	Andy Cole	11	1	2	8		3		2	6		Bought from Sunderland in July; Retired in October
F	22	Gary McSheffrey	4		1	3				3			On loan from Birmingham City (March)
F	23	Dexter Blackstock	6	3	3		2	1		2			On loan from Queens Park Rangers (March to June)
F	28	Emile Sinclair	4	1	1	2					4	3	Went on loan to Mansfield (Oct to June)
F	37	Adam Newbold	6	1	1	4	1	1			6	3

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
17	Robert Earnshaw	36
8	Joe Garner	30
7	Nathan Tyson	39
5	Lewis McGugan	36
4	Chris Cohen	46
3	James Perch	42
3	Matt Thornhill	28
2	Dexter Blackstock	6
2	Luke Chambers	44
2	Paul Anderson	28
1	Adam Newbold	6
1	Garath McCleary	43
1	Lee Martin	14
1	Wes Morgan	46

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

2008-09

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Southampton	Sat Dec 20, 2008	A	2-0	Sun May 03, 2009	H	3-1