2008-09 Season

Season Overview

Division: Coca-Cola Football League One
Final Position: 8
Chairman: Ron Martin
FA Cup: R3
League Cup: R1
0: JPT R1

Manager

Steve Tilson — from 20 November 2003 to 4 July 2010

Final League Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leicester City	46	27	15	4	84	39	45	96	pr
2	Peterborough United	46	26	11	9	78	54	24	89	pr
3	Milton Keynes Dons	46	26	9	11	83	47	36	87	pl
4	Leeds United	46	26	6	14	77	49	28	84	pl
5	Millwall	46	25	7	14	63	53	10	82	pl
6	Scunthorpe United	46	22	10	14	82	63	19	76	ppl
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	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	50
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	46	12	13	21	61	65	-4	49	r
22	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	10	24	59	82	-23	46	r
23	Cheltenham Town	46	9	12	25	51	91	-40	39	r
24	Hereford United	46	9	7	30	42	79	-37	34	r

Matches

Date		Opponent		Score		Att.
9 July 2008	Away	Gt Wakering Rov	Friendly	2–0	W	600	→
11 July 2008	Away	Canvey Island	Friendly	0–0	D	900	→
12 July 2008	Away	Thurrock FC	Friendly	4–0	W	300	→
15 July 2008	Home	Fulham	Friendly	0–2	L	3104	→
16 July 2008	Away	Witham Town	Friendly	1–0	W	200	→
19 July 2008	Away	Braintree Town	Friendly	0–2	L	400	→
24 July 2008	Away	Billericay Town	Friendly	1–0	W	300	→
28 July 2008	Away	Chelmsford City	Friendly	1–0	W	300	→
2 August 2008	Away	Wycombe Wand.	Friendly	2–1	W	1000	→
9 August 2008	Home	Peterborough Utd	League	1–0	W	8665	→
12 August 2008	Home	Cheltenham	League Cup	0–1	L	2998	→
16 August 2008	Away	Millwall	League	1–1	D	8114	→
22 August 2008	Home	Brighton + H.A.	League	0–2	L	7976	→
30 August 2008	Away	Walsall	League	2–5	L	3843	→
2 September 2008	Home	Leyton Orient	Trophy	2–4	L	3499	→
6 September 2008	Away	Carlisle United	League	1–2	L	6561	→
13 September 2008	Home	Hereford United	League	1–0	W	6393	→
20 September 2008	Away	Crewe Alexandra	League	4–3	W	3574	→
26 September 2008	Home	Leyton Orient	League	3–0	W	9261	→
4 October 2008	Away	Yeovil Town	League	2–1	W	4008	→
11 October 2008	Home	Stockport County	League	1–1	D	7125	→
18 October 2008	Home	Swindon Town	League	2–1	W	7965	→
21 October 2008	Away	Scunthorpe United	League	1–1	D	4324	→
25 October 2008	Away	Bristol Rovers	League	2–4	L	7055	→
28 October 2008	Home	Leeds United	League	1–0	W	10132	→
1 November 2008	Home	Colchester United	League	3–3	D	8920	→
8 November 2008	Away	AFC Telford	FA Cup	2–2	D	3631	→
15 November 2008	Away	Tranmere Rovers	League	2–2	D	5019	→
18 November 2008	Home	AFC Telford	FA Cup	2–0	W	4415	→
22 November 2008	Home	Oldham Athletic	League	1–2	L	7041	→
25 November 2008	Away	Cheltenham	League	0–0	D	2908	→
29 November 2008	Home	Luton Town	FA Cup	3–1	W	4111	→
6 December 2008	Away	Leicester City	League	0–3	L	16836	→
13 December 2008	Home	Huddersfield Town	League	0–1	L	8382	→
19 December 2008	Away	Hartlepool United	League	0–3	L	3123	→
26 December 2008	Home	Northampton Town	League	1–0	W	7767	→
28 December 2008	Away	MK Dons	League	0–2	L	10432	→
3 January 2009	Away	Chelsea	FA Cup	1–1	D	41090	→
14 January 2009	Home	Chelsea	FA Cup	1–4	L	11314	→
17 January 2009	Away	Stockport County	League	1–3	L	5762	→
20 January 2009	Away	Leyton Orient	League	1–1	D	3835	→
24 January 2009	Home	Yeovil Town	League	0–1	L	6409	→
27 January 2009	Away	Leeds United	League	0–2	L	20392	→
31 January 2009	Home	Bristol Rovers	League	1–0	W	7234	→
14 February 2009	Home	Tranmere Rovers	League	2–1	W	6507	→
17 February 2009	Home	Crewe Alexandra	League	0–1	L	6614	→
21 February 2009	Away	Colchester United	League	1–0	W	8651	→
24 February 2009	Home	Scunthorpe United	League	2–0	W	6028	→
28 February 2009	Away	Peterborough Utd	League	2–1	W	7341	→
3 March 2009	Home	Millwall	League	0–1	L	7620	→
7 March 2009	Home	Walsall	League	2–0	W	6973	→
10 March 2009	Away	Brighton + H.A.	League	3–1	W	5035	→
14 March 2009	Away	Hereford United	League	1–0	W	2663	→
17 March 2009	Away	Swindon Town	League	0–3	L	6269	→
21 March 2009	Home	Carlisle United	League	3–0	W	7789	→
27 March 2009	Home	Hartlepool United	League	3–2	W	7227	→
4 April 2009	Away	Huddersfield Town	League	1–0	W	12203	→
10 April 2009	Home	MK Dons	League	0–2	L	10241	→
13 April 2009	Away	Northampton Town	League	3–2	W	5190	→
18 April 2009	Home	Leicester City	League	0–2	L	10089	→
25 April 2009	Away	Oldham Athletic	League	1–1	D	4830	→
2 May 2009	Home	Cheltenham	League	2–0	W	8192	→
5 May 2009	Home	Derby County	Friendly	2–2	D	800	→