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The Football League 2008–09

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The Football League 2008–09, entitled the Coca-Cola Football League, is the 17th season under its current league division format. It began in August 2008 and will conclude in May 2009, with the promotion play-off finals.

The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The divisions are the League Championship, League One and League Two. The winner and the runner up of the League Championship will be automatically promoted to the Premier League and they will be joined by the winner of the League Championship playoff. The bottom two teams in League Two will be relegated to the Conference National.

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[edit] Promotion and relegation

[edit] From Premier League

Relegated to Championship

[edit] From Championship

Promoted to Premier League

Relegated to League One

[edit] From Football League One

Promoted to Championship

Relegated to League Two

[edit] From Football League Two

Promoted to League One

Relegated to Conference National

[edit] From Conference National

Promoted to League Two

[edit] League tables

[edit] Championship

Main article: Football League Championship 2008–09
P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 26 18 4 4 54 30 +24 58 Promotion to
Premier League
2 Reading 26 15 6 5 53 24 +29 51
3 Birmingham City 26 15 6 5 34 23 +11 51 Qualification to
League Championship playoffs
4 Cardiff City 26 11 11 4 36 25 +11 44
5 Burnley 26 12 7 7 40 35 +5 43
6 Sheffield United 26 11 8 7 37 25 +12 41
7 Preston North End 26 12 5 9 36 32 +4 41
8 Crystal Palace 26 11 7 8 38 28 +10 40
9 Queens Park Rangers 26 10 8 8 25 26 −1 38
10 Ipswich Town 26 9 8 9 35 28 +7 35
11 Swansea City 26 7 14 5 33 30 +3 35
12 Bristol City 26 8 10 8 30 32 −2 34
13 Sheffield Wednesday 26 9 7 10 25 37 −12 34
14 Coventry City 26 8 9 9 29 31 −2 33
15 Plymouth Argyle 26 9 6 11 27 29 −2 33
16 Barnsley 26 9 5 12 28 32 −4 32
17 Blackpool 26 7 10 9 26 33 −7 31
18 Derby County 26 7 8 11 28 37 −9 29
19 Watford 26 7 6 13 38 44 −6 27
20 Norwich City 26 7 5 14 32 42 −10 26
21 Nottingham Forest 26 5 9 12 26 38 −12 24
22 Doncaster Rovers 26 6 6 14 17 31 −14 24 Relegation to
League One
23 Southampton 26 5 8 13 22 40 −18 23
24 Charlton Athletic 26 4 7 15 28 45 −17 19

Last updated: 29 December 2008
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted.

[edit] League One

Main article: Football League One 2008–09
P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Leicester City 23 15 6 2 43 19 +24 51 Promotion to
Football League Championship
2 Milton Keynes Dons 23 16 1 6 48 23 +25 49
3 Millwall 23 13 5 5 33 26 +7 44 Qualification to
Football League One playoffs
4 Peterborough United 23 12 7 4 45 30 +15 43
5 Oldham Athletic 24 11 9 4 42 27 +15 42
6 Scunthorpe United 23 12 5 6 42 30 +12 41
7 Stockport County 23 10 7 6 34 24 +10 37
8 Tranmere Rovers 23 11 4 8 33 29 +4 37
9 Leeds United 23 11 3 9 39 31 +8 36
10 Huddersfield Town 24 10 6 8 33 35 −2 36
11 Colchester United 23 9 4 10 35 36 −1 31
12 Walsall 23 9 4 10 33 34 −1 31
13 Southend United 23 8 6 9 29 37 −8 30
14 Northampton Town 23 7 8 8 31 30 +1 29
15 Hartlepool United 23 8 5 10 34 38 −4 29
16 Bristol Rovers 23 6 8 9 40 38 +2 26
17 Carlisle United 23 7 4 12 29 36 −7 25
18 Yeovil Town 23 5 9 9 22 33 −11 24
19 Brighton & Hove Albion 23 5 8 10 27 34 −7 23
20 Swindon Town 23 5 8 10 34 42 −8 23
21 Leyton Orient 23 5 7 11 18 29 −11 22 Relegation to
League Two
22 Cheltenham Town 23 5 5 13 26 49 −23 20
23 Hereford United 23 4 5 14 17 36 −19 17
24 Crewe Alexandra 23 4 4 15 26 47 −21 16

Last updated: 03 January 2009
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted.

[edit] League Two

Main article: Football League Two 2008–09
P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Wycombe Wanderers 24 13 10 1 33 14 +19 49 Promotion to
League One
2 Brentford 22 11 8 3 29 15 +14 41
3 Bradford City 24 11 7 6 40 27 +13 40
4 Dagenham and Redbridge 23 11 5 7 46 24 +22 38 Qualification to
League Two playoffs
5 Shrewsbury Town 24 10 8 6 38 20 +18 38
6 Darlington 23 10 8 5 37 23 +14 38
7 Rochdale 23 10 8 5 38 28 +10 38
8 Bury 24 10 6 8 35 27 +8 36
9 Exeter City 22 10 6 6 31 26 +5 36
10 Gillingham 23 9 7 7 32 33 −1 34
11 Aldershot Town 22 10 4 8 33 35 −2 34
12 Lincoln City 23 8 6 9 27 25 +2 30
13 Chesterfield 23 7 7 9 37 35 +2 28
14 Macclesfield Town 23 8 3 12 29 47 −18 27
15 Port Vale 23 8 2 13 24 37 −13 26
16 Morecambe 23 5 10 8 25 34 −9 25
17 Notts County 23 5 9 9 25 35 −10 24
18 Chester City 23 6 5 12 26 39 −13 23
19 Accrington Stanley 23 6 4 13 26 37 −11 22
20 Rotherham United 23 10 7 6 31 24 +7 20*
21 Barnet 23 4 7 12 26 47 −21 19
22 Grimsby Town 23 2 8 13 19 42 −23 14
23 Bournemouth 24 5 9 10 26 36 −10 7* Relegation to
Conference National
24 Luton Town 23 7 8 8 30 33 −3 -1*

Last updated: 03 January 2009
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
* Bournemouth deducted 17 points[1]; Rotherham United deducted 17 points[2]; Luton Town deducted 30 points[3]
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted.

[edit] Results

[edit] Championship

Home \ Away1 BAR BIR BPL BRC BLY CDC CHA COV CRY DER DON IPS NWC NTF PLY PNE QPR REA SHU SHW SOT SWA WAT WOL
Barnsley 0–0 3–2 0–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1
Birmingham City 2–0 0–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–2
Blackpool 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 0–1 1–3 1–3 0–2 1–1 2–2
Bristol City 1–2 a 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–4 0–0 0–0 1–1
Burnley 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 3–0 0–0 0–3 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–2 3–2
Cardiff City 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 a 1–2
Charlton Athletic 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 a 2–2 2–1 2–2 4–2 2–5 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–3
Coventry City 0–3 1–3 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–1
Crystal Palace 3–0 4–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–0
Derby County 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–0
Doncaster Rovers 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–1
Ipswich Town 3–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 a 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–2
Norwich City 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–3 5–2
Nottingham Forest 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–4 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 3–2
Plymouth Argyle 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 0–1 2–2
Preston North End 2–1 1–0 a 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–3 0–2 2–0 1–3
Queens Park Rangers 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 3–2 4–1 0–0 1–0
Reading 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 4–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 6–0 1–2 4–0
Sheffield United 3–0 2–3 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 a 0–0 2–1 1–3
Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0
Southampton 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–2
Swansea City 2–2 2–3 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 3–1
Watford 3–4 2–4 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–3
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 5–1 0–3 1–1 4–1 2–1

Source: The Football League
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; White = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

[edit] League One

Home \ Away1 BHA BRR CLU CHL COL CRW HPL HER HUD LEE LEI LEY MIL MKD NHT OLD PET SCU SOU SPC SWI TRA WAL YEO
Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 3–3 1–2 0–0 0–1 3–2 0–0 4–1 2–4 1–4 0–1
Bristol Rovers 2–3 0–0 6–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 4–2 2–2 2–0 1–3
Carlisle United 3–1 1–0 4–2 0–1 3–0 0–2 1–2 3–3 2–1 1–2 4–1
Cheltenham Town 2–1 4–3 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–4 3–6 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0
Colchester United 0–1 5–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–0
Crewe Alexandra 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–3 0–3 1–1 3–4 0–3 1–0 2–1
Hartlepool United 1–0 1–1 4–1 4–2 1–4 5–3 1–3 3–3 3–0 0–1 3–3 0–0
Hereford United 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–2
Huddersfield Town 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–3 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–0
Leeds United 3–1 2–2 1–2 5–2 4–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–0
Leicester City 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 4–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 1–0
Leyton Orient 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–3 1–2 0–1
Millwall 3–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–4 1–1 1–0 1–1
Milton Keynes Dons 3–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 3–0
Northampton Town 2–2 0–0 1–0 4–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0
Oldham Athletic 1–1 0–0 4–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–3 2–0 3–0 3–2 0–2
Peterborough United 0–0 5–4 2–1 1–2 2–0 4–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 2–2
Scunthorpe United 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 3–2 0–2 4–4 1–0 1–1 3–3 2–0
Southend United 0–2 3–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1
Stockport County 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–3 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–3 1–1 0–0
Swindon Town 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–3 1–3 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–3
Tranmere Rovers 1–0 2–0 3–4 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 4–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–1
Walsall 2–1 2–3 0–2 1–2 0–3 3–1 1–2 2–1 5–2 1–0 2–1
Yeovil Town 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–4 1–0 1–1

Source: The Football League
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; White = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

[edit] League Two

Home \ Away1 ACC ALD BRN BOU BRA BRE BRY CHC CHF D&R DAR EXE GIL GRI LIN LUT MAC MOR NTC PTV ROC ROT SHR WYC
Accrington Stanley 0–1 3–0 2–3 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–3 2–1 0–1
Aldershot Town 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–3 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–2
Barnet 2–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–4 1–1
Bournemouth 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0
Bradford City 3–3 1–3 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–0 0–0
Brentford 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–1
Bury 1–0 2–2 0–1 4–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–0
Chester City 2–0 0–1 5–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–2
Chesterfield 1–1 5–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 2–4 3–1 1–0 2–2 0–1
Dagenham and Redbridge 0–0 2–0 1–3 6–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 6–1 1–1 1–1
Darlington 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–1
Exeter City 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–6 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 4–1 1–1 1–2
Gillingham 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 5–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–1
Grimsby Town 0–1 3–3 1–3 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1
Lincoln City 5–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0
Luton Town 1–2 3–1 3–1 3–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–3
Macclesfield Town 4–2 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–4 0–6 1–4 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2
Morecambe 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–3 1–0
Notts County 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 2–2 0–2
Port Vale 0–2 0–0 3–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–4 2–1 1–2 2–1
Rochdale 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 6–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
Rotherham United 3–4 0–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0
Shrewsbury Town 1–0 2–2 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 7–0 3–0 4–0 1–2 1–0 0–1
Wycombe Wanderers 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–1 4–2

Source: Football League
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; White = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

[edit] Other details

[edit] Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Championship
Queens Park Rangers Flag of Northern Ireland Iain Dowie Sacked 24 October 2008[4] Flag of Portugal Paulo Sousa 19 November 2008[5] 9th
Watford Flag of England Aidy Boothroyd Mutual consent 3 November 2008[6] Flag of Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers 24 November 2008[7] 21st
Charlton Athletic Flag of England Alan Pardew Mutual Consent 22 November 2008[4] Flag of England Phil Parkinson 31 December 2008[8] 22nd
Blackpool Flag of England Simon Grayson Signed by Leeds United (Mutual Consent) 23 December 2008[9] 16th
Nottingham Forest Flag of Scotland Colin Calderwood Sacked 26 December 2008[10] Flag of Scotland Billy Davies 1 January 2009[11] 22nd
Derby County Flag of England Paul Jewell Resigned 28 December 2008[12] Flag of England Nigel Clough 6 January 2009[13] 18th
League One
Milton Keynes Dons Flag of England Paul Ince Signed by Blackburn Rovers (mutual consent) 22 June 2008[14] Flag of Italy Roberto Di Matteo 2 July 2008[15] Pre-season
Cheltenham Town Flag of England Keith Downing Mutual consent 13 September 2008[16] Flag of England Martin Allen 15 September 2008[17] 24th
Colchester United Flag of Wales Geraint Williams Mutual consent 22 September 2008[18] Flag of Scotland Paul Lambert 9 October 2008[19] 23rd
Carlisle United Flag of England John Ward Mutual consent 3 November 2008[20] Flag of England Greg Abbott 5 December 2008[21] 20th
Huddersfield Town Flag of England Stan Ternent Sacked 4 November 2008[22] Flag of England Lee Clark 11 December 2008[23] 16th
Swindon Town Flag of Scotland Maurice Malpas Mutual consent 14 November 2008[24] Flag of Northern Ireland Danny Wilson 26 December 2008[25] 17th
Crewe Alexandra Flag of England Steve Holland 18 November 2008[26] Flag of Iceland Guðjón Thórðarson 24 December 2008[27] 24th
Hartlepool United Flag of Northern Ireland Danny Wilson Sacked 15 December 2008[28] 13th
Leeds United Flag of Scotland Gary McAllister Sacked 21 December 2008[29] Flag of England Simon Grayson 23 December 2008[9] 9th
League Two
Bournemouth Flag of England Kevin Bond Sacked 1 September 2008[30] Flag of Northern Ireland Jimmy Quinn 2 September 2008[31] 23rd
Grimsby Town Flag of England Alan Buckley Sacked 15 September 2008[32] Flag of England Mike Newell 6 October 2008[33] 20th
Port Vale Flag of England Lee Sinnott Mutual consent 22 September 2008[34] Flag of England Dean Glover 6 October 2008[35] 16th
Chester City Flag of Wales Simon Davies Sacked 11 November 2008[36] Flag of England Mark Wright 14 November 2008[37] 19th
Barnet Flag of England Paul Fairclough Resigned 28 December 2008[38] 21st
Bournemouth Flag of Northern Ireland Jimmy Quinn Sacked 31 December 2008[39] 23rd

[edit] Top scorers