Football League One 2008/09
Football League One 2008/09 | |
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 |
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1. | Leicester City (A) | 46 | 27 | 15th | 4th | 84:45 | +39 | 96 |
2. | Peterborough United (N) | 46 | 26th | 11 | 9 | 78:54 | +24 | 89 |
3. | Milton Keynes Dons (N) | 46 | 26th | 9 | 11 | 83:47 | +36 | 87 |
4th | Leeds United | 46 | 26th | 6th | 14th | 77:49 | +28 | 84 |
5. | Millwall FC | 46 | 25th | 7th | 14th | 63:53 | +10 | 82 |
6th | Scunthorpe United (A) | 46 | 22nd | 10 | 14th | 82:63 | +19 | 76 |
7th | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 21st | 11 | 14th | 62:49 | +13 | 74 |
8th. | Southend United | 46 | 21st | 8th | 17th | 58:61 | −3 | 71 |
9. | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 18th | 14th | 14th | 62:65 | −3 | 68 |
10. | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 16 | 17th | 13 | 66:65 | +1 | 65 |
11. | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 17th | 12 | 17th | 79:61 | +18 | 63 |
12. | Colchester United (A) | 46 | 18th | 9 | 19th | 58:58 | ± 0 | 63 |
13. | Walsall FC | 46 | 17th | 10 | 19th | 61:66 | −5 | 61 |
14th | Leyton Orient | 46 | 15th | 11 | 20th | 45:57 | −12 | 56 |
15th | Swindon Town | 46 | 12 | 17th | 17th | 68:71 | −3 | 53 |
16. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20th | 55:70 | −15 | 52 |
17th | Yeovil Town | 46 | 12 | 15th | 19th | 41:66 | −25 | 51 |
18th | Stockport County (N) | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18th | 59:57 | +2 | 60 |
19th | Hartlepool United | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22nd | 66:79 | −13 | 50 |
20th | Carlisle United | 46 | 12 | 14th | 20th | 56:69 | −13 | 50 |
21st | Northampton Town | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21st | 61:65 | −4 | 49 |
22nd | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 59:82 | −23 | 46 |
23. | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 9 | 12 | 25th | 51:91 | −40 | 39 |
24. | Hereford United (N) | 46 | 9 | 7th | 30th | 42:79 | −37 | 34 |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
(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 | |
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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 | Simon Cox | Swindon Town | 29 |
= | Rickie Lambert | Bristol Rovers | = |
3 | Matty Fryatt | Leicester City | 27 |
4th | Jermaine Beckford | Leeds United | 26th |
5 | Gary Hooper | Scunthorpe United | 24 |
Web links
References and footnotes
- ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
- ↑ Top Scorers League One 2008-09 (ESPN)
- ↑ Stockport County was deducted ten points after going into bankruptcy.
- ↑ Scunthorpe United won 7-6 goals on penalties .