2008–09 in English football

National Team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

Friendly matches

20 August 2008	England	2–2	Czech Republic	Wembley Stadium, Attendance: 69,738 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Brown  45' J. Cole  90'	(Report)	Baroš  22' Jankulovski  48'

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19 November 2008	Germany	1–2	England	Olympic Stadium, Berlin Attendance: 74,224 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
	Helmes  63'	(Report)	Upson  23' Terry  84'

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11 February 2009	Spain	2–0	England	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Attendance: 42,102 Referee: Stephane Lannoy (France)
	Villa  36' Llorente  82'	(Report)

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28 March 2009	England	4–0	Slovakia	Wembley Stadium, Attendance: 85,512 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
	Heskey  6' Rooney  70', 90' Lampard  82'	(Report)

World Cup qualifiers

England is currently in Group 6 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification process.

6 September 2008	Andorra	0–2	England	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona Attendance: 10,300 Referee: Cüneyt Çakir (Turkey)
		(Report)	J. Cole  49', 55'

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10 September 2008	Croatia	1–4	England	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 35,218 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
	Mandžukić  78'	(Report)	Walcott  26', 59', 82' Rooney  63'

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11 October 2008	England	5–1	Kazakhstan	Wembley Stadium, Attendance: 89,107 Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
	Ferdinand  52' Kuchma  65' (o.g.) Rooney  77', 86' Defoe  90'	(Report)	Kukeev  68'

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15 October 2008	Belarus	1–3	England	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 32,000
	Sitko  28'	(Report)	Gerrard  11' Rooney  50', 74'

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1 April 2009	England	2–1	Ukraine	Wembley Stadium, Attendance: 87,548 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
	Crouch  29' Terry  85'	(Report)	Shevchenko  74'

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6 June 2009	Kazakhstan	0–4	England	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty Attendance: 23,281 Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)
		(Report)	Barry  39' Heskey  45' Rooney  73' Lampard  77' (pen.)

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10 June 2009	England	6–0	Andorra	Wembley Stadium, Attendance: 57,897 Referee: Hendrikus Nijhuis (Netherlands)
	Rooney  4', 39' Lampard  29' Defoe  73', 75' Crouch  80'	(Report)

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Final league tables

Premier League

For the full league details, see Premier League 2008-09.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	38	28	6	4	68	24	+44	90
2	Liverpool	38	25	11	2	77	27	+50	90
3	Chelsea	38	25	8	5	68	24	+44	83
4	Arsenal	38	20	12	6	68	37	+31	72
5	Everton	38	17	12	9	55	37	+18	63
6	Aston Villa	38	17	11	10	54	48	+6	62
7	Fulham	38	14	11	13	39	34	+5	53
8	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	9	15	45	45	0	51
9	West Ham United	38	14	9	15	42	45	-3	51
10	Manchester City	38	15	5	18	58	50	+8	50
11	Wigan Athletic	37	11	9	17	33	45	-12	42
12	Stoke City	38	12	9	17	38	55	-17	45
13	Bolton Wanderers	37	11	8	18	41	52	-11	41
14	Portsmouth	38	10	11	17	38	57	-19	41
15	Blackburn Rovers	38	10	11	17	40	60	-20	41
16	Sunderland	38	9	9	20	34	54	-20	36
17	Hull City	38	8	11	19	39	64	-25	35
18	Newcastle United	38	7	13	18	40	59	-19	34
19	Middlesbrough	38	7	11	20	28	57	-29	32
20	West Bromwich Albion	38	8	8	22	36	67	-31	32

The Championship

For the full league details, see Football League Championship 2008-09.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	27	9	10	80	52	+28	90
2	Birmingham City	46	23	14	9	54	37	+17	83
3	Sheffield United	46	22	14	10	64	39	+25	80
4	Reading	46	21	14	11	72	40	+32	77
5	Burnley	46	21	13	12	72	60	+12	76
6	Preston North End	46	21	11	14	66	54	+12	74
7	Cardiff City	46	19	17	10	65	53	+12	74
8	Swansea City	46	16	20	10	63	50	+13	68
9	Ipswich Town	46	17	15	14	62	53	+9	66
10	Bristol City	46	15	16	15	54	54	0	61
11	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	16	15	42	44	-2	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday	46	16	13	17	51	58	-7	61
13	Watford	46	16	10	20	68	72	-4	58
14	Doncaster Rovers	46	17	7	22	43	54	-11	58
15	Crystal Palace	46	15	12	19	52	55	-3	56 *
16	Blackpool	46	13	17	16	47	58	-11	56
17	Coventry City	46	13	15	18	49	60	-11	54
18	Derby County	46	14	12	20	55	67	-12	54
19	Nottingham Forest	46	13	14	19	50	65	-15	53
20	Barnsley	46	13	13	20	46	59	-13	52
21	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	12	21	44	57	-13	51
22	Norwich City	46	12	10	24	57	70	-13	46
23	Southampton	46	10	15	21	46	69	-23	45
24	Charlton Athletic	46	8	15	23	52	74	-22	39

* Crystal Palace deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player.

League One

For the full league details, see Football League One 2008-09.

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

* Stockport County deducted 10 points for being administrated.

League Two

For the full league details, see Football League Two 2008-09.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brentford	46	23	16	7	65	36	+29	85
2	Exeter City	46	22	13	11	65	50	+15	79 1
3	Wycombe Wanderers	46	20	18	8	54	33	+21	78
4	Bury	46	21	15	10	63	43	+20	78
5	Gillingham	46	21	12	13	58	55	+3	75
6	Rochdale	46	19	13	14	70	59	+11	70
7	Shrewsbury Town	46	17	18	11	61	44	+17	69
8	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	19	11	16	77	53	+24	68
9	Bradford City	46	18	13	15	66	55	+11	67
10	Chesterfield	46	16	15	15	62	57	+5	63
11	Morecambe	46	15	18	13	53	56	-3	63
12	Darlington	46	20	12	14	61	44	+17	62 2
13	Lincoln City	46	14	17	15	53	52	+1	59
14	Rotherham United	46	21	12	13	60	46	+14	58 3
15	Aldershot Town	46	14	12	20	59	80	-21	54
16	Accrington Stanley	46	13	11	22	42	59	-17	50
17	Barnet	46	11	15	20	56	74	-18	48
18	Port Vale	46	13	9	24	44	66	-22	48
19	Notts County	46	11	14	21	49	69	-20	47
20	Macclesfield Town	46	13	8	25	45	77	-32	47
21	Bournemouth	46	17	12	17	59	51	+8	46 3
22	Grimsby Town	46	9	14	23	51	69	-18	41
23	Chester City	46	8	13	25	43	81	-38	37
24	Luton Town	46	13	17	16	58	65	-7	26 4

1 Exeter City had 1 league match abandoned without a kick-off.

2 Darlington deducted 10 points for administrated.

3 Rotherham United and Bournemouth both deducted 17 points for failing to follow the Football League insolvency rules.

4 Luton Town deducted 30 points; 20 for avoiding administration without a Company Voluntary Arrangement, and 10 for making illegal payments to agents.

Conference National

Main article:Conference National 2008-09

Cup finals

FA Cup

For the full cup details, see FA Cup 2008-09.

May 30, 2010 15:00	Chelsea	2 - 1	Everton	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 89,391 Referee: Howard Webb
	Drogba  21' Lampard  72'		Saha  1'

FA Community Shield

Main article:FA Community Shield 2008

August 9, 2009 15:00	Chelsea	2 - 2	Manchester United	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 85,896 Referee: Chris Foy
	Carvalho  52' Lampard  71'		Nani  10' Rooney  90'

		Penalties
	Lampard Ballack Drogba Kalou	4 – 1	Giggs Carrick Evra

FA Trophy

For the full cup details, see FA Trophy 2008-09.

May 9, 2009 14:00	Stevenage Borough	2 - 0	York City	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 27,102 Referee: Michael Jones
	Morison  69' Boylan  90'

Football League Cup

For the full cup details, see Football League Cup 2008-09.

March 1, 2009 15:00	Manchester United	0 - 0 (a.e.t.)	Tottenham Hotspur	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 88,217 Referee: Chris Foy

		Penalties
	Giggs Tévez Ronaldo Anderson	4 - 1	O'Hara Ćorluka Bentley

Football League Trophy

For the full cup details, see Football League Trophy 2008-09.

April 5, 2009 13:15	Luton Town	3 - 2 (a.e.t.)	Scunthorpe United	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 55,378 Referee: Phil Crossley
	Martin  32' Craddock  70' Gnakpa  95'		Hooper  14' McCann  88'

See also

• English Managerial changes 2008-09