Football League One 2008/09

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Football League One 2008/09
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master Leicester City
Climbers Leicester City
Peterborough United
Scunthorpe United (as play-off winner)
Relegated Northampton Town
Crewe Alexandra
Cheltenham Town
Hereford United
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,516  (ø 2.75 per game)
Top scorer Rickie Lambert ( Bristol Rovers ) / Simon Cox ( Swindon Town )
← Football League One 2007/08
^ Football League Championship 2008/09

The Football League One 2008/09 was the fifth season of the English Football League One , at the same time the 17th season of the second highest division of the Football League after the introduction of the Premier League and 82nd third division season overall. Third division champions Leicester City and next rose the second-placed Peterborough United and after play-off successes against Milton Keynes Dons and Millwall FC, the sixth-placed Scunthorpe United in the Football League Championship .

For the three promoted teams in the following third division season 2009/10, the three second division clubs Norwich City , Southampton FC and Charlton Athletic, ranked in the table below, took their places. Northampton Town , Crewe Alexandra , Cheltenham Town and Hereford United had to relegate from Football League One . Instead of these four clubs, the fourth division champions FC Brentford , behind them Exeter City and Wycombe Wanderers and the play-off winners FC Gillingham took the vacant positions in the following season 2009/10 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Leicester City (A)  46  27  15th  4th 084:450 +39 96
 2. Peterborough United (N)  46  26th  11  9 078:540 +24 89
 3. Milton Keynes Dons (N)  46  26th  9  11 083:470 +36 87
 4th Leeds United  46  26th  6th  14th 077:490 +28 84
 5. Millwall FC  46  25th  7th  14th 063:530 +10 82
 6th Scunthorpe United (A)  46  22nd  10  14th 082:630 +19 76
 7th Tranmere Rovers  46  21st  11  14th 062:490 +13 74
 8th. Southend United  46  21st  8th  17th 058:610  −3 71
 9. Huddersfield Town  46  18th  14th  14th 062:650  −3 68
10. Oldham Athletic  46  16  17th  13 066:650  +1 65
11. Bristol Rovers  46  17th  12  17th 079:610 +18 63
12. Colchester United (A)  46  18th  9  19th 058:580  ± 0 63
13. Walsall FC  46  17th  10  19th 061:660  −5 61
14th Leyton Orient  46  15th  11  20th 045:570 −12 56
15th Swindon Town  46  12  17th  17th 068:710  −3 53
16. Brighton & Hove Albion  46  13  13  20th 055:700 −15 52
17th Yeovil Town  46  12  15th  19th 041:660 −25 51
18th Stockport County (N)  46  16  12  18th 059:570  +2 60
19th Hartlepool United  46  13  11  22nd 066:790 −13 50
20th Carlisle United  46  12  14th  20th 056:690 −13 50
21st Northampton Town  46  12  13  21st 061:650  −4 49
22nd Crewe Alexandra  46  12  10  24 059:820 −23 46
23. Cheltenham Town  46  9  12  25th 051:910 −40 39
24. Hereford United (N)  46  9  7th  30th 042:790 −37 34

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Promoted to the Football League Championship 2009/10
  • Participation in the play-off games for promotion
  • Relegation to Football League Two in 2009/10
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Championship 2007/08
    (N) Newcomer from Football League Two 2007/08

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    BHA BRR CRL CHT COL CRE HPL HER HUD LEE LEI LEY Mil MKD NTO OLD PET SCU SOE STC SWI TRA WHALE YEO
    Brighton & Hove Albion 1: 1 0: 2 3: 3 1: 2 0: 4 2: 1 0-0 0: 1 0: 2 3: 2 0-0 4: 1 2: 4 1: 1 3: 1 2: 4 1: 4 1: 3 1-0 2: 3 0-0 0: 1 5-0
    Bristol Rovers 1: 2 2: 3 3: 2 0-0 0-0 4: 1 6: 1 1: 2 2: 2 0: 1 2: 1 4: 2 1: 2 1-0 2-0 0: 1 1: 2 4: 2 2-0 2: 2 2-0 1: 3 3-0
    Carlisle United 3: 1 1: 1 1-0 0: 2 4: 2 0: 1 1: 2 3-0 0: 2 1: 2 1: 3 2-0 3: 2 1: 1 1: 1 3: 3 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 4: 1
    Cheltenham Town 2: 2 2: 1 1: 1 4: 3 1-0 2-0 2: 3 1: 2 0: 1 0: 4 0: 1 1: 3 3: 5 0: 1 1: 1 3: 6 1: 2 0-0 2: 2 2-0 1-0 0-0 1-0
    Colchester United 0: 1 0: 1 5-0 3: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 2 0-0 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 1: 2 0: 3 2: 1 2: 2 0: 1 0-0 0: 1 1-0 3: 2 0: 1 0: 2 1-0
    Crewe Alexandra 1: 2 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2 2-0 0-0 2: 1 3: 1 2: 3 0: 3 0: 2 0: 1 2: 2 1: 3 0: 3 1: 1 3: 2 3: 4 0: 3 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 2-0
    Hartlepool United 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 4: 1 4: 2 1: 4 4: 2 5: 3 0: 1 2: 2 0: 1 2: 3 1: 3 2-0 3: 3 1: 2 2: 3 3-0 0: 1 3: 3 2: 1 2: 2 0-0
    Hereford United 1: 2 0: 3 1-0 3-0 0: 2 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 2-0 1: 3 2: 1 0: 2 0: 1 0: 2 5-0 0: 1 1: 2 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 2: 2 0-0 1: 2
    Huddersfield Town 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 2: 2 3: 2 1: 1 2-0 1-0 2: 3 0: 1 1: 2 1: 3 3: 2 1: 1 1-0 2-0 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 0-0
    Leeds United 3: 1 2: 2 0: 2 2-0 1: 2 5: 2 4: 1 1-0 1: 2 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 2-0 3-0 0: 2 3: 1 3: 2 2-0 1-0 1-0 3: 1 3-0 4-0
    Leicester City 0-0 2: 1 2: 2 4-0 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 4: 2 1-0 3-0 0: 1 2-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 2: 2 3-0 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 2: 2 1-0
    Leyton Orient 2: 1 1: 2 0-0 1: 2 2: 1 1-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2 1: 3 0-0 1: 2 1: 3 2: 1 2: 3 2: 2 1: 1 0: 3 1: 2 0: 1 0: 1 0: 1
    Millwall FC 0: 1 3: 2 1-0 2-0 0: 1 0-0 2-0 1-0 2: 1 3: 1 0: 1 2: 1 0: 4 1-0 2: 3 2-0 1: 2 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 1-0 3: 1 1: 1
    Milton Keynes Dons 2-0 2: 1 3: 1 3: 1 1: 1 2: 2 3: 1 3-0 1: 1 3: 1 2: 2 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 6: 2 1: 2 0: 2 2-0 1: 2 1: 2 1-0 0: 1 3-0
    Northampton Town 2: 2 0-0 1-0 4: 2 1: 2 5: 1 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 0-0 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 3: 3 2: 3 4-0 3: 4 1: 1 0: 2 3-0
    Oldham Athletic 1: 1 0: 2 0-0 4-0 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 4-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 4: 3 2-0 2: 1 1: 2 3-0 1: 1 3: 1 0-0 0: 2 3: 2 0: 2
    Peterborough United 0-0 5: 4 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 4: 2 1: 2 2-0 4-0 2-0 2-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 2: 2 2: 1 1: 2 1-0 2: 2 2: 2 1-0 1: 3
    Scunthorpe United 2-0 0: 2 2: 1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 1: 2 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 3: 2 0: 1 4: 4 2-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 3: 3 1: 1 1: 1 2-0
    Southend United 0: 2 1-0 3-0 2-0 3: 3 0: 1 3: 2 1-0 0: 1 1-0 0: 2 3-0 0: 1 0: 2 1-0 1: 2 1-0 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 0: 1
    Stockport County 2-0 3: 1 3-0 1-0 1: 2 4: 3 2: 1 4: 1 1: 1 1: 3 0-0 0: 1 2: 2 0: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1: 3 0: 3 3: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 2 0-0
    Swindon Town 0: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2 1: 3 0-0 0: 1 3-0 1: 3 1: 3 2: 2 0: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 2: 2 4: 2 3-0 1: 1 3: 1 3: 2 2: 3
    Tranmere Rovers 1-0 2-0 4: 1 2-0 3: 4 2-0 1-0 2: 1 3: 1 2: 1 2-0 0-0 1: 3 1: 1 4: 1 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 2: 2 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 1: 1
    Walsall FC 3-0 0: 5 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 2: 3 1: 1 2: 3 1-0 1: 4 0: 2 1: 2 0: 3 3: 1 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 5: 2 1-0 2: 1 0: 1 2-0
    Yeovil Town 1: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 3: 2 2: 3 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 0: 2 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 2: 2 0: 1 1: 2 1: 2 2: 4 1-0 1-0 1: 1

    Play-off games for participation in the Football League Championship

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Final at Wembley Stadium
                         
    3  Milton Keynes Dons 1 0 1    
    6th  Scunthorpe United 1 0 1  
    6th  Scunthorpe United 3
      5  Millwall FC 2
    4th  Leeds United 0 1 1
    5  Millwall FC 1 1 2  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 IrelandIreland Simon Cox Swindon Town 29
    = EnglandEngland Rickie Lambert Bristol Rovers =
    3 EnglandEngland Matty Fryatt Leicester City 27
    4th JamaicaJamaica Jermaine Beckford Leeds United 26th
    5 EnglandEngland Gary Hooper Scunthorpe United 24

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ Top Scorers League One 2008-09 (ESPN)
    3. ↑ Stockport County was deducted ten points after going into bankruptcy.
    4. ↑ Scunthorpe United won 7-6 goals on penalties .