| Football League Two 2008-09 | ||
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| Season information | ||
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| Winners | Brentford | |
| Promoted | Brentford Exeter City Wycombe Wanderers Gillingham | |
| Relegated | Chester City Luton Town | |
| Season statistics | ||
| Matches played | 557 | |
| Top goalscorer | Simeon Jackson (20) | |
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The Football League 2008–09, known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons, is the 17th 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 third division of these is League Two. The winner, runner up and third-placed team of League Two will be automatically promoted to Football League One and they will be joined by the winner of the League Two playoff. The bottom two teams in the league will be relegated from the Football League to the Conference National for the 2009–10 season.
Before the season started, Luton Town, Rotherham United and A.F.C. Bournemouth were all deducted points for the League Two season for, in all cases, financial problems and additionally, in the case of Luton, for criminal matters regarding transfers of players. Bournemouth and Rotherham both started on −17 points while Luton had to begin on −30 points. On 25 January, Darlington were deducted ten points after going into administration.
Changes from last season[]
From League Two[]
Promoted to League One
Relegated to Conference National
To League Two[]
Relegated from League One
Promoted from Conference National
League table[]
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brentford (C) (P) | 46 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 85 | |
| 2 | Exeter City (P) | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 65 | 50 | +15 | 79 | |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers (P) | 46 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 78 | |
| 4 | Bury | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 78 | |
| 5 | Gillingham (P) (O) | 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* | |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 59 | |
| 14 | Rotherham United | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 58* | |
| 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* | |
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 41 | |
| 23 | Chester City (R) | 46 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 43 | 81 | −38 | 37 | |
| 24 | Luton Town (R) | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 58 | 65 | −7 | 26* |
Updated to games played on 2 May 2009
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament
Playoffs[]
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 0 1 (4) (1) | |||||||||||
| 5 | Bury | 0 0 (3) (1) | |||||||||||
| Shrewsbury Town | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Gillingham | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Rochdale | 0 1 (1) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Gillingham | 0 2 (2) | |||||||||||
Stadiums and locations[]
| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Darlington | The Darlington Arena | 25,294* |
| Bradford City | Valley Parade | 25,136 |
| Rotherham United | Don Valley Stadium | 25,000 |
| Port Vale | Vale Park | 22,356 |
| Notts County | Meadow Lane | 19,588 |
| Brentford | Griffin Park | 12,763 |
| Bury | Gigg Lane | 11,840 |
| Gillingham | Priestfield Stadium | 11,582 |
| Bournemouth | Dean Court | 10,700 |
| Luton Town | Kenilworth Road | 10,260 |
| Rochdale | Spotland Stadium | 10,249 |
| Lincoln City | Sincil Bank | 10,127 |
| Wycombe Wanderers | Adams Park | 10,000 |
| Shrewsbury Town | New Meadow | 9,875 |
| Grimsby Town | Blundell Park | 9,106 |
| Exeter City | St James Park | 9,036 |
| Chesterfield | Saltergate | 8,504 |
| Aldershot Town | Recreation Ground | 7,100 |
| Morecambe | Christie Park | 6,400 |
| Macclesfield Town | Moss Rose | 6,335 |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | Victoria Road | 6,000 |
| Barnet | Underhill Stadium | 5,568 |
| Chester City | Deva Stadium | 5,376 |
| Accrington Stanley | Crown Ground | 5,057 |
*Capacity limited to 6,000 because of planning regulations
Results[]
| Home \ Away | ACC | ALD | BRN | BOU | BRA | BRE | BRY | CHE | CHF | D&R | DAR | EXE | GIL | GRI | LIN | LUT | MAC | MOR | NTC | PTV | ROC | ROT | SHR | WYC |
| Accrington Stanley | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Aldershot Town | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | |
| Barnet | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Bournemouth | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| Bradford City | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Brentford | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | |
| Bury | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| Chester City | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
| Chesterfield | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
| Darlington | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Exeter City | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–6 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Gillingham | 1–0 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Grimsby Town | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Lincoln City | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Luton Town | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | |
| Macclesfield Town | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–6 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |
| Morecambe | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Notts County | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | |
| Port Vale | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Rochdale | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Rotherham United | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| Shrewsbury Town | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 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[]
| Pos | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simeon Jackson | Gillingham | 20 |
| 2 | Grant Holt | Shrewsbury Town | 20 |
| 3 | Jack Lester | Chesterfield | 20 |
| 4 | Adam le Fondre | Rochdale | 17 |
| 5 | John O'Flynn | Barnet | 17 |
| 6 | Reuben Reid | Rotherham United | 17 |
| 7 | Charlie MacDonald | Brentford | 16 |
| 8 | Andy Bishop | Bury | 15 |
| Peter Thorne | Bradford City | ||
| 10 | Paul Benson | Dagenham & Redbridge | 14 |
| Ryan Lowe | Chester City | ||
| Brett Pitman | Bournemouth | ||
| Jamie Ward | Chesterfield |
Monthly awards[]
| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
| August | Mark Robins | Rotherham United | Solomon Taiwo | Dagenham & Redbridge | |
| September | Alan Knill | Bury | Matthew Gill | Exeter City | |
| October | Peter Jackson | Lincoln City | Jamie Ward | Chesterfield | |
| November | Peter Taylor | Wycombe Wanderers | Grant Holt | Shrewsbury Town | |
| December | John Still | Dagenham & Redbridge | Marcus Bean | Brentford | |
| January | Alan Knill | Bury | Dany N'Guessan | Lincoln City | |
| February | Sammy McIlroy | Morecambe | Charlie MacDonald | Brentford | |
| March | Lee Richardson | Chesterfield | Reuben Reid | Rotherham United | |
| April | Andy Scott | Brentford | Sam Saunders | Dagenham & Redbridge | |
Key events[]
25 February 2009 – Darlington are docked 10 points by the FA for entering administration
2 May 2009 – Brentford crowned Champions of League 2 after 3–1 win at Darlington.
Managerial changes[]
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth | Kevin Bond | Contract terminated | 1 September 2008 | Jimmy Quinn | 2 September 2008 | 23rd |
| Grimsby Town | Alan Buckley | Contract terminated | 15 September 2008 | Mike Newell | 6 October 2008 | 20th |
| Port Vale | Lee Sinnott | Mutual consent | 22 September 2008 | Dean Glover | 6 October 2008 | 16th |
| Chester City | Simon Davies | Contract terminated | 11 November 2008 | Mark Wright | 14 November 2008 | 19th |
| Barnet | Paul Fairclough | Resigned | 28 December 2008 | Ian Hendon | 21 April 200 | 16th |
| Bournemouth | Jimmy Quinn | Contract terminated | 31 December 2008 | Eddie Howe | 31 December 2008 | 23rd |
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