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The Football League 2008–09 (named Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons), was the seventeenth season under its current league division format. It began in August 2008 and concluded in May 2009, with the promotion play-off finals.

The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The second division of these is League One. The winner and the runner up of League One will be automatically promoted to the Football League Championship and they will be joined by the winner of the League One playoff. The bottom four teams in the league will be relegated to the third division, League Two.

Leicester City played at this level for the first time in their history having spent all their time in the top two divisions. In the opposite direction, Hereford United made their first appearance in the third tier since 1978, after many seasons in non-league and lower-league football.

Contents

Changes from last season

From League One

Promoted to Championship

Relegated to League Two

To League One

Relegated from Championship

Promoted from League Two

League table

P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Leicester City  (C) (P) 46 27 15 4 84 39 +45 96 Promotion to Football League Championship 2009–10
2 Peterborough United  (P) 46 26 11 9 78 54 +24 89
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 26 9 11 83 47 +36 87 Qualification to Football League One playoffs
4 Leeds United 46 26 6 14 77 49 +28 84
5 Millwall 46 25 7 14 63 53 +10 82
6 Scunthorpe United  (P) (O) 46 22 10 14 82 63 +19 76
7 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 11 14 62 49 +13 74
8 Southend United 46 21 8 17 58 61 −3 71
9 Huddersfield Town 46 18 14 14 62 65 −3 68
10 Oldham Athletic 46 16 17 13 66 65 +1 65
11 Bristol Rovers 46 17 12 17 79 61 +18 63
12 Colchester United 46 18 9 19 58 58 0 63
13 Walsall 46 17 10 19 61 66 −5 61
14 Leyton Orient 46 15 11 20 45 57 −12 56
15 Swindon Town 46 12 17 17 68 71 −3 53
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 13 13 20 55 70 −15 52
17 Yeovil Town 46 12 15 19 41 66 −25 51
18 Stockport County 46 16 12 18 59 57 +2 050*
19 Hartlepool United 46 13 11 22 66 79 −13 50
20 Carlisle United 46 12 14 20 56 69 −13 50
21 Northampton Town  (R) 46 12 13 21 61 65 −4 49 Relegation to League Two
22 Crewe Alexandra  (R) 46 12 10 24 59 82 −23 46
23 Cheltenham Town  (R) 46 9 12 25 51 91 −40 39
24 Hereford United  (R) 46 9 7 30 42 79 −37 34

Updated to games played on 2 May 2009
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
* Stockport County deducted 10 points[1];
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Play-offs

  Semi-finals Final
                     
6  Scunthorpe United 1 0 (7) 1  
3  Milton Keynes Dons 1 0 (6) 1  
    6  Scunthorpe United 3
  5  Millwall 2
5  Millwall 1 1 2
4  Leeds United 0 1 1  

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 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 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 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

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

Top scorers

Correct as of 8 May 2009[2]

Pos Player Club Goals
1 England Rickie Lambert Bristol Rovers 29
England Simon Cox Swindon Town
3 England Matty Fryatt Leicester City 27
England Jermaine Beckford Leeds United
5 England Gary Hooper Scunthorpe United 24
6 England Craig Mackail-Smith Peterborough United 23
7 England Lee Hughes Oldham Athletic 18
England Aaron McLean Peterborough United
Australia Joel Porter Hartlepool United
10 England Paul Hayes Scunthorpe United 17

Dubious goals panel

  • On 30 August 2008 Leeds drew 2-2 with Bristol Rovers. The first goal was a Jermaine Beckford shot which deflected off Steven Elliot. The goal was originally an Elliot own goal, but was later awarded to Beckford.
  • On 7 April 2009 Leyton Orient drew 2-2 with Leeds United. Leyton Orient's first goal was from a Sean Thornton Free Kick but it took a slight deflection from Simon Church on its way in. BBC Sport awarded the goal to Sean Thornton but it is still unclear what the final decision will be regarding the actual scorer. Church later claimed the goal and stated that he definitely got a vital touch on the ball.
  • On 11 April 2009 Leyton Orient beat Colchester United 2-1. Leyton Orient's second goal was credited to Jimmy Smith, but it looked to have been put over the line by Scott McGleish, but it is unclear what the decision on the goalscorer will be at present.

Key events

30 April 2009 - Stockport County are docked 10 points by the FA for entering administration

Stadia

Team Stadium Capacity
Leeds United Elland Road 39,460
Leicester City Walkers Stadium 32,500
Huddersfield Town Galpharm Stadium 24,500
Milton Keynes Dons stadium:mk 22,000
Millwall The New Den 20,146
Carlisle United Brunton Park Stadium 16,981
Tranmere Rovers Prenton Park 16,567
Swindon Town The County Ground 15,728
Peterborough United London Road Stadium 15,460
Southend United Roots Hall 12,306
Bristol Rovers Memorial Stadium 11,916
Walsall Bescot Stadium 11,300
Stockport County Edgeley Park 10,651
Oldham Athletic Boundary Park 10,638
Crewe Alexandra Alexandra Stadium 10,046
Colchester United Colchester Community Stadium 10,000
Yeovil Town Huish Park 9,978
Leyton Orient Brisbane Road 9,271
Scunthorpe United Glanford Park 9,183
Brighton & Hove Albion Withdean Stadium 8,850
Hartlepool United Victoria Park 7,691
Northampton Town Sixfields Stadium 7,653
Cheltenham Town Whaddon Road 7,408
Hereford United Edgar Street 7,100

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Milton Keynes Dons England Paul Ince Signed by Blackburn Rovers (mutual consent) 22 June 2008[3] Italy Roberto Di Matteo 2 July 2008[4] Pre-season
Cheltenham Town England Keith Downing Mutual consent 13 September 2008[5] England Martin Allen 15 September 2008[6] 24th
Colchester United Wales Geraint Williams Mutual consent 22 September 2008[7] Scotland Paul Lambert 24 September 2008[8] 23rd
Carlisle United England John Ward Mutual consent 3 November 2008[9] England Greg Abbott 5 December 2008[10] 20th
Huddersfield Town England Stan Ternent Mutual consent 4 November 2008[11] England Lee Clark 11 December 2008[12] 16th
Swindon Town Scotland Maurice Malpas Mutual consent 14 November 2008[13] Northern Ireland Danny Wilson 26 December 2008[14] 16th
Crewe Alexandra England Steve Holland Contract terminated[15] 18 November 2008[16] Iceland Guðjón Þórðarson 24 December 2008[17] 24th
Hartlepool United Northern Ireland Danny Wilson Contract terminated 15 December 2008[18] 13th
Leeds United Scotland Gary McAllister Contract terminated 21 December 2008[19] England Simon Grayson 23 December 2008[20] 9th
Walsall England Jimmy Mullen Contract terminated 10 January 2009[21] England Chris Hutchings 20 January 2009[22] 12th
Leyton Orient England Martin Ling Mutual Consent 18 January 2009[23] Wales Geraint Williams 5 February 2009[24] 21st
Yeovil Town England Russell Slade Contract terminated 16 February 2009[25] England Terry Skiverton 18 February 2009[26] 16th
Brighton & Hove Albion England Micky Adams Contract terminated 21 February 2009[27] England Russell Slade 6 March 2009[28] 21st
Oldham Athletic Republic of Ireland John Sheridan Mutual Consent 15 March 2009[29] England Joe Royle 15 March 2009[30] 8th

References

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  2. ^ "League One Top Scorers". Football-League.co.uk. 2008-12-15. http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/DivisionalScorers/0,,10794~200825,00.html. Retrieved 2009-03-02. 
  3. ^ "Blackburn appoint Ince as manager". BBC Sport. 2008-06-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/7457696.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-10. 
  4. ^ "Di Matteo appointed MK Dons coach". BBC Sport. 2008-06-30. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/milton_keynes_dons/7484484.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-10. 
  5. ^ "Manager Downing leaves Cheltenham". BBC Sport. 2008-09-13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/cheltenham_town/7614259.stm. Retrieved 2008-09-14. 
  6. ^ "Allen named new Cheltenham boss". BBC Sport. 2008-09-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/cheltenham_town/7615732.stm. Retrieved 2008-09-15. 
  7. ^ "Boss Williams departs Colchester". BBC Sport. 2008-09-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/7629198.stm. Retrieved 2008-09-23. 
  8. ^ "Us appoint Lambert as manager". Colchester United website. 2008-09-24. http://www.cu-fc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10424~1417363,00.html. 
  9. ^ "Carlisle part company with Ward". BBC Sport. 2008-11-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/carlisle_united/7705853.stm. 
  10. ^ "Abbott appointed Carlisle manager". BBC Sport. 2008-12-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/carlisle_united/7767539.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-05. 
  11. ^ "Ternent leaves Huddersfield post". BBC Sport. 2008-11-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/huddersfield_town/7707920.stm. 
  12. ^ "Clark named new Huddersfield boss". BBC Sport. 2008-12-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/huddersfield_town/7775201.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-11. 
  13. ^ "Swindon part company with Malpas". BBC Sport. 2008-11-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/7728908.stm. 
  14. ^ "Wilson appointed Swindon manager". BBC Sport. 2008-12-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/7800303.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-26. 
  15. ^ "Crewe Board to meet over new boss". BBC Sport. 2008-12-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crewe_alexandra/7777717.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-15. 
  16. ^ "Gradi replaces Holland at Crewe". BBC Sport. 2008-11-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crewe_alexandra/7736343.stm. Retrieved 2008-11-19. 
  17. ^ "Thordarson appointed Crewe boss". BBC Sport. 2008-12-24. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/low/football/teams/c/crewe_alexandra/7799134.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-26. 
  18. ^ "Hartlepool dismiss manager Wilson". BBC Sport. 2008-12-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/7784326.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-15. 
  19. ^ "Leeds dismiss manager McAllister". BBC Sport. 2008-12-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/7794419.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-21. 
  20. ^ "Grayson appointed Leeds manager". BBC Sport. 2008-12-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/7796182.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-23. 
  21. ^ "Mullen sacked as Walsall manager". BBC Sport. 2009-01-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/7822043.stm. Retrieved 2009-01-10. 
  22. ^ "Walsall appoint Hutchings as boss". BBC Sport. 2009-01-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/7838623.stm. Retrieved 2009-01-20. 
  23. ^ "Leyton Orient manager Ling leaves". BBC Sport. 2009-01-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leyton_orient/7836234.stm. Retrieved 2009-01-18. 
  24. ^ "Orient appoint Williams as boss". BBC Sport. 2009-02-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leyton_orient/7871651.stm. Retrieved 2009-02-05. 
  25. ^ "Yeovil split with manager Slade". BBC Sport. 2009-02-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/yeovil/7892607.stm. Retrieved 2009-02-16. 
  26. ^ "Skiverton appointed Yeovil boss". BBC Sport. 2009-02-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/yeovil/7898362.stm. Retrieved 2009-02-18. 
  27. ^ "Brighton part company with Adams". BBC Sport. 2009-02-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/brighton/7903287.stm. Retrieved 2009-02-21. 
  28. ^ "Slade appointed new Brighton boss". BBC Sport. 2009-03-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/brighton/7927704.stm. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 
  29. ^ "Oldham boss Sheridan leaves club". BBC Sport. 2009-03-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oldham_athletic/7944877.stm. Retrieved 2009-03-15. 
  30. ^ "Royle replaces Sheridan at Oldham". BBC Sport. 2009-03-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oldham_athletic/7945172.stm. Retrieved 2009-03-15. 
v • d • e
2008–09 in English football
FA competitions
Premier League and
Football League
Football Conference
Lower leagues
European competitions
Related to national team
Club seasons
Premier League
Championship
Barnsley · Birmingham City · Blackpool · Bristol City · Burnley · Cardiff City · Charlton Athletic · Coventry City · Crystal Palace · Derby County · Doncaster Rovers · Ipswich Town · Norwich City · Nottingham Forest · Plymouth Argyle · Preston North End · Queens Park Rangers · Reading · Sheffield United · Sheffield Wednesday · Southampton · Swansea City · Watford · Wolverhampton Wanderers
League One
Brighton & Hove Albion · Bristol Rovers · Carlisle United · Cheltenham Town · Colchester United · Crewe Alexandra · Hartlepool United · Hereford United · Huddersfield Town · Leeds United · Leicester City · Leyton Orient · Millwall · Milton Keynes Dons · Northampton  Town · Oldham Athletic · Peterborough United · Scunthorpe United · Southend United · Stockport County · Swindon Town · Tranmere Rovers · Walsall · Yeovil Town
League Two
Accrington Stanley · Aldershot Town · Barnet · Bournemouth · Bradford City · Brentford · Bury · Chester City · Chesterfield · Dagenham & Redbridge · Darlington · Exeter City · Gillingham · Grimsby Town · Lincoln City · Luton Town · Macclesfield Town · Morecambe · Notts County · Port Vale · Rochdale · Rotherham United · Shrewsbury Town · Wycombe Wanderers
Conference National
Altrincham · Barrow · Burton Albion · Cambridge United · Crawley Town · Eastbourne Borough · Ebbsfleet United · Forest Green Rovers · Grays Athletic · Histon · Kettering Town · Kidderminster Harriers · Lewes · Mansfield Town · Northwich Victoria · Oxford United · Rushden & Diamonds · Salisbury City · Stevenage Borough · Torquay United · Weymouth · Woking · Wrexham · York City
Football Conference
Summer 2008 transfers · Winter 2008–09 transfers

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