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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title"><a href="/wiki/Football_in_England" title="Football in England">Football in England</a></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season</th><td class="infobox-data">2008–09</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Men's football</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Premier_League" title="2008–09 Premier League">Premier League</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Championship" title="2008–09 Football League Championship">Championship</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_One" title="2008–09 Football League One">League One</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Two" title="2008–09 Football League Two">League Two</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_Conference" title="2008–09 Football Conference">Conference National</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Burton_Albion_F.C." title="Burton Albion F.C.">Burton Albion</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_FA_Cup" title="2008–09 FA Cup">FA Cup</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Cup" title="2008–09 Football League Cup">League Cup</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2008_FA_Community_Shield" title="2008 FA Community Shield">Community Shield</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:45%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_in_English_football" title="2007–08 in English football">2007–08</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:45%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_in_English_football" title="2009–10 in English football">2009–10</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2008–09 season</b> was the 129th season of competitive football in England. The <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> started on 16 August 2008, while the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Championship" title="EFL Championship">Championship</a>, <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">League One</a>, and <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">League Two</a> matches started on 9 August 2008. The regular season of the Football League ended on 3 May 2009, while the Premier League ended on 24 May 2009. </p><p>The Premier League title was won by <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Manchester United F.C. season">Manchester United</a>, capturing their 18th top-division title and third in a row. Three teams, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Newcastle_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Newcastle United F.C. season">Newcastle United</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Middlesbrough_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Middlesbrough F.C. season">Middlesbrough</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C._season" title="2008–09 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season">West Bromwich Albion</a> were relegated at the end of the season. They were replaced by three teams from the Championship, being the champion <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a> alongside regular season runner up <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Birmingham City F.C. season">Birmingham City</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Burnley_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Burnley F.C. season">Burnley</a>, which won a four-team playoff for the third promotion spot. Relegated from Championship to League One were <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Norwich_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Norwich City F.C. season">Norwich City</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Southampton_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Southampton F.C. season">Southampton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Charlton_Athletic_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Charlton Athletic F.C. season">Charlton Athletic</a>. The League One teams promoted to the Championship include champions <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Leicester_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Leicester City F.C. season">Leicester City</a>, runners up <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Peterborough_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Peterborough United F.C. season">Peterborough United</a>, and playoff winners <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Scunthorpe_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Scunthorpe United F.C. season">Scunthorpe United</a>. Relegated from League One to League Two were <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Northampton_Town_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Northampton Town F.C. season">Northampton Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">Crewe Alexandra</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Cheltenham_Town_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Cheltenham Town F.C. season">Cheltenham Town</a> and <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Peterborough_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Peterborough United F.C. season">Hereford United</a>. Promoted from League Two were the champions <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Brentford_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Brentford F.C. season">Brentford</a>, runners up <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Exeter_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Exeter City F.C. season">Exeter City</a>, third-place finishers <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Wycombe_Wanderers_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season">Wycombe Wanderers</a>, and playoff winners <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Scunthorpe_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Scunthorpe United F.C. season">Scunthorpe United</a>. Relegated to <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Football_Conference" title="2009–10 Football Conference">Conference</a> were <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Chester_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Chester City F.C. season">Chester City</a> and <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Luton_Town_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Luton Town F.C. season">Luton Town</a> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England national football team</a> played in four friendlies, winning two, losing one, and playing to a draw in the other. During the season, England played seven of its ten <a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_6" title="2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6">Group 6</a> matches for the <a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2010 FIFA World Cup qualification">2010 FIFA World Cup qualification</a>, winning all seven. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_FA_Cup" title="2008–09 FA Cup">FA Cup</a> was won by <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Chelsea_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Chelsea F.C. season">Chelsea</a> who defeated <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Everton_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Everton F.C. season">Everton</a> 2–1 in <a href="/wiki/2009_FA_Cup_final" title="2009 FA Cup final">the final</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Managerial_changes">Managerial changes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Managerial changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_Football_League_managers_by_date_of_appointment" class="mw-redirect" title="List of English Football League managers by date of appointment">List of English Football League managers by date of appointment</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In-season_managerial_changes">In-season managerial changes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: In-season managerial changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Club</th> <th>Date of departure</th> <th>Replacement</th> <th>Date of appointment </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Bond_(English_footballer)" title="Kevin Bond (English footballer)">Kevin Bond</a></td> <td>Bournemouth</td> <td>1 September 2008<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Quinn_(Northern_Irish_footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmy Quinn (Northern Irish footballer)">Jimmy Quinn</a></td> <td>2 September 2008<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Curbishley" title="Alan Curbishley">Alan Curbishley</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a></td> <td>3 September 2008<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gianfranco_Zola" title="Gianfranco Zola">Gianfranco Zola</a></td> <td>11 September 2008<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Keegan" title="Kevin Keegan">Kevin Keegan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a></td> <td>4 September 2008<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Joe Kinnear<sup>1</sup></td> <td>26 September 2008<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Keith_Downing" title="Keith Downing">Keith Downing</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a></td> <td>13 September 2008<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Allen_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin Allen (footballer)">Martin Allen</a></td> <td>15 September 2008<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Buckley" title="Alan Buckley">Alan Buckley</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grimsby_Town_F.C." title="Grimsby Town F.C.">Grimsby Town</a></td> <td>15 September 2008<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Newell_(footballer)" title="Mike Newell (footballer)">Mike Newell</a></td> <td>6 October 2008<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Geraint_Williams" title="Geraint Williams">Geraint Williams</a></td> <td>Colchester United</td> <td>22 September 2008<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Lambert" title="Paul Lambert">Paul Lambert</a></td> <td>9 October 2008<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Sinnott" title="Lee Sinnott">Lee Sinnott</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a></td> <td>22 September 2008<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dean_Glover" title="Dean Glover">Dean Glover</a><sup>2</sup></td> <td>6 October 2008<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Iain_Dowie" title="Iain Dowie">Iain Dowie</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a></td> <td>24 October 2008<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paulo_Sousa" title="Paulo Sousa">Paulo Sousa</a></td> <td>19 November 2008<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Juande_Ramos" title="Juande Ramos">Juande Ramos</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a></td> <td>25 October 2008<sup id="cite_ref-Redknapp_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Redknapp-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Redknapp" title="Harry Redknapp">Harry Redknapp</a></td> <td>26 October 2008<sup id="cite_ref-Redknapp_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Redknapp-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Redknapp" title="Harry Redknapp">Harry Redknapp</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a></td> <td>26 October 2008<sup id="cite_ref-Redknapp_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Redknapp-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Adams_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Adams (footballer)">Tony Adams</a><sup>3</sup></td> <td>28 October 2008<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Ward_(footballer,_born_1951)" title="John Ward (footballer, born 1951)">John Ward</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_United_F.C." title="Carlisle United F.C.">Carlisle United</a></td> <td>3 November 2008<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Abbott_(footballer)" title="Greg Abbott (footballer)">Greg Abbott</a><sup>4</sup></td> <td>5 December 2008<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aidy_Boothroyd" title="Aidy Boothroyd">Aidy Boothroyd</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C.">Watford</a></td> <td>3 November 2008<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Rodgers" title="Brendan Rodgers">Brendan Rodgers</a></td> <td>24 November 2008<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stan_Ternent" title="Stan Ternent">Stan Ternent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Huddersfield Town F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a></td> <td>4 November 2008<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Clark_(footballer)" title="Lee Clark (footballer)">Lee Clark</a></td> <td>11 December 2008<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_Davies_(footballer_born_1974)" class="mw-redirect" title="Simon Davies (footballer born 1974)">Simon Davies</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chester_City_F.C." title="Chester City F.C.">Chester City</a></td> <td>11 November 2008<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Wright_(footballer_born_1963)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Wright (footballer born 1963)">Mark Wright</a></td> <td>14 November 2008<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Malpas" title="Maurice Malpas">Maurice Malpas</a></td> <td>Swindon Town</td> <td>14 November 2008<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Danny Wilson</td> <td>26 December 2008<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Holland_(footballer)" title="Steve Holland (footballer)">Steve Holland</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a></td> <td>18 November 2008<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gudjon_Thordarson" class="mw-redirect" title="Gudjon Thordarson">Gudjon Thordarson</a></td> <td>24 December 2008<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Pardew" title="Alan Pardew">Alan Pardew</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a></td> <td>22 November 2008<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Parkinson" title="Phil Parkinson">Phil Parkinson</a><sup>5</sup></td> <td>31 December 2008<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Roy_Keane" title="Roy Keane">Roy Keane</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a></td> <td>4 December 2008<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Sbragia" title="Ricky Sbragia">Ricky Sbragia</a><sup>6</sup></td> <td>27 December 2008<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Danny_Wilson_(footballer,_born_1960)" title="Danny Wilson (footballer, born 1960)">Danny Wilson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United</a></td> <td>15 December 2008<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Turner_(footballer_born_1958)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Turner (footballer born 1958)">Chris Turner</a></td> <td>15 December 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_McAllister" title="Gary McAllister">Gary McAllister</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_A.F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds United A.F.C.">Leeds United</a></td> <td>21 December 2008<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_Grayson" title="Simon Grayson">Simon Grayson</a></td> <td>23 December 2008<sup id="cite_ref-grayson_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grayson-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_Grayson" title="Simon Grayson">Simon Grayson</a></td> <td>Blackpool</td> <td>23 December 2008<sup id="cite_ref-grayson_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grayson-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Holloway" title="Ian Holloway">Ian Holloway</a></td> <td>21 May 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Colin Calderwood</td> <td>Nottingham Forest</td> <td>26 December 2008<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Davies" title="Billy Davies">Billy Davies</a></td> <td>1 January 2009<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Fairclough" title="Paul Fairclough">Paul Fairclough</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barnet_F.C." title="Barnet F.C.">Barnet</a></td> <td>28 December 2008<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Hendon" title="Ian Hendon">Ian Hendon</a><sup>9</sup></td> <td>21 April 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Paul Jewell</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a></td> <td>29 December 2008</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Clough" title="Nigel Clough">Nigel Clough</a></td> <td>6 January 2009<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Quinn_(Northern_Irish_footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmy Quinn (Northern Irish footballer)">Jimmy Quinn</a></td> <td>Bournemouth</td> <td>31 December 2008<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Howe" title="Eddie Howe">Eddie Howe</a><sup>7</sup></td> <td>19 January 2009<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Mullen_(footballer_born_1952)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmy Mullen (footballer born 1952)">Jimmy Mullen</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a></td> <td>10 January 2009<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Hutchings" title="Chris Hutchings">Chris Hutchings</a></td> <td>20 January 2009<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Roeder" title="Glenn Roeder">Glenn Roeder</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a></td> <td>14 January 2009<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Gunn" title="Bryan Gunn">Bryan Gunn</a><sup>8</sup></td> <td>21 January 2009<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Ling" title="Martin Ling">Martin Ling</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leyton_Orient_F.C." title="Leyton Orient F.C.">Leyton Orient</a></td> <td>18 January 2009<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geraint_Williams" title="Geraint Williams">Geraint Williams</a></td> <td>5 February 2009<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jan_Poortvliet" title="Jan Poortvliet">Jan Poortvliet</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a></td> <td>23 January 2009<sup id="cite_ref-southampton_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-southampton-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Wotte" title="Mark Wotte">Mark Wotte</a></td> <td>23 January 2009<sup id="cite_ref-southampton_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-southampton-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tony Adams</td> <td>Portsmouth</td> <td>9 February 2009<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Hart" title="Paul Hart">Paul Hart</a></td> <td>3 March 2009<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Luiz Felipe Scolari</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a></td> <td>9 February 2009<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guus_Hiddink" title="Guus Hiddink">Guus Hiddink</a></td> <td>11 February 2009<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Russell_Slade" title="Russell Slade">Russell Slade</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_F.C." title="Yeovil Town F.C.">Yeovil Town</a></td> <td>16 February 2009<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Terry_Skiverton" title="Terry Skiverton">Terry Skiverton</a></td> <td>18 February 2009<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Micky_Adams" title="Micky Adams">Micky Adams</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a></td> <td>21 February 2009<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Russell_Slade" title="Russell Slade">Russell Slade</a></td> <td>6 March 2009<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Sheridan_(footballer)" title="John Sheridan (footballer)">John Sheridan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a></td> <td>15 March 2009<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Royle" title="Joe Royle">Joe Royle</a></td> <td>15 March 2009<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paulo_Sousa" title="Paulo Sousa">Paulo Sousa</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a></td> <td>9 April 2009<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Magilton" title="Jim Magilton">Jim Magilton</a></td> <td>3 June 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jim Magilton</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a></td> <td>21 April 2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roy_Keane" title="Roy Keane">Roy Keane</a></td> <td>22 April 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Graham_Turner" title="Graham Turner">Graham Turner</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hereford_United_F.C." title="Hereford United F.C.">Hereford United</a></td> <td>24 April 2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Trewick" title="John Trewick">John Trewick</a></td> <td>24 April 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Joe Royle</td> <td>Oldham Athletic</td> <td>30 April 2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Penney" title="Dave Penney">Dave Penney</a></td> <td>30 April 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dave Penney</td> <td>Darlington</td> <td>30 April 2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Todd" title="Colin Todd">Colin Todd</a></td> <td>20 May 2009 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="End-of-season_managerial_changes">End-of-season managerial changes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: End-of-season managerial changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Club</th> <th>Date of departure</th> <th>Replacement</th> <th>Date of appointment </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dean_Glover" title="Dean Glover">Dean Glover</a></td> <td>Port Vale</td> <td>2 May 2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Micky_Adams" title="Micky Adams">Micky Adams</a></td> <td>1 June 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gannon" title="Jim Gannon">Jim Gannon</a></td> <td>Stockport County</td> <td>6 May 2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Ablett_(English_footballer)" title="Gary Ablett (English footballer)">Gary Ablett</a></td> <td>8 July 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Richardson_(footballer)" title="Lee Richardson (footballer)">Lee Richardson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C." title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield</a></td> <td>6 May 2009</td> <td>John Sheridan</td> <td>9 June 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Coppell" title="Steve Coppell">Steve Coppell</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a></td> <td>12 May 2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Rodgers" title="Brendan Rodgers">Brendan Rodgers</a></td> <td>5 June 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ricky Sbragia</td> <td>Sunderland</td> <td>24 May 2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Bruce" title="Steve Bruce">Steve Bruce</a></td> <td>2 June 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Guus Hiddink</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a></td> <td>30 May 2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlo_Ancelotti" title="Carlo Ancelotti">Carlo Ancelotti</a></td> <td>1 June 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Bruce" title="Steve Bruce">Steve Bruce</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a></td> <td>2 June 2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Roberto Martínez">Roberto Martínez</a></td> <td>16 June 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Rodgers" title="Brendan Rodgers">Brendan Rodgers</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C.">Watford</a></td> <td>5 June 2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malky_Mackay" title="Malky Mackay">Malky Mackay</a></td> <td>15 June 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Moore" title="Ronnie Moore">Ronnie Moore</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tranmere_Rovers_F.C." title="Tranmere Rovers F.C.">Tranmere Rovers</a></td> <td>5 June 2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Barnes_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Barnes (footballer)">John Barnes</a></td> <td>15 June 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Roberto Martínez">Roberto Martínez</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a></td> <td>16 June 2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paulo_Sousa" title="Paulo Sousa">Paulo Sousa</a></td> <td>29 June 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Mowbray" title="Tony Mowbray">Tony Mowbray</a></td> <td>West Bromwich Albion</td> <td>17 June 2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Di_Matteo" title="Roberto Di Matteo">Roberto Di Matteo</a></td> <td>1 July 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Wright_(footballer_born_1963)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Wright (footballer born 1963)">Mark Wright</a></td> <td>Chester City</td> <td>22 June 2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mick_Wadsworth" title="Mick Wadsworth">Mick Wadsworth</a></td> <td>29 June 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Di_Matteo" title="Roberto Di Matteo">Roberto Di Matteo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C." title="Milton Keynes Dons F.C.">Milton Keynes Dons</a></td> <td>1 July 2009</td> <td>Paul Ince</td> <td>3 July 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Wotte" title="Mark Wotte">Mark Wotte</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a></td> <td>9 July 2009</td> <td>Alan Pardew</td> <td>17 July 2009 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><sup>1</sup> Joe Kinnear was named interim manager on 26 September, and signed as permanent manager on 28 November.</li> <li><sup>2</sup> Dean Glover had previously been caretaker manager at Port Vale since Sinnott's departure.</li> <li><sup>3</sup> Tony Adams had previously been caretaker manager at Portsmouth since Redknapp's departure.</li> <li><sup>4</sup> Greg Abbott had previously been caretaker manager at Carlisle United since Ward's departure.</li> <li><sup>5</sup> Phil Parkinson had previously been caretaker manager at Charlton Athletic since Pardew's departure.</li> <li><sup>6</sup> Ricky Sbragia had previously been caretaker manager at Sunderland since Keane's departure.</li> <li><sup>7</sup> Eddie Howe had previously been caretaker manager at Bournemouth since Quinn's departure.</li> <li><sup>8</sup> Bryan Gunn had previously been caretaker manager at Norwich City since Roeder's departure.</li> <li><sup>9</sup> Ian Hendon had previously been caretaker manager at Barnet since Fairclough's departure.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_team">National team</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: National team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Friendly_matches">Friendly matches</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Friendly matches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r997937747">.mw-parser-output .footballbox{clear:both;overflow:auto}.mw-parser-output .footballbox tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .footballbox time{display:block;overflow:auto}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .ftitle{text-align:center;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fevent{width:100%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fevent,.mw-parser-output .footballbox 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.footballbox .fright{font-size:85%;width:24%}}</style><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="2008-08-20T00:00:00+00:00"><div class="fdate">20 August 2008</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore">2–2</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_national_football_team" title="Czech Republic national football team">Czech Republic</a></span></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><a href="/wiki/Wes_Brown" title="Wes Brown">Brown</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1194938686">.mw-parser-output .fb-goal>span{}</style><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>45'</span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_Cole" title="Joe Cole">J. Cole</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>90'</span></span></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/Archive/matchstats.html?m=865">(Report)</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><a href="/wiki/Milan_Baro%C5%A1" title="Milan Baroš">Baroš</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>22'</span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Marek_Jankulovski" title="Marek Jankulovski">Jankulovski</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>48'</span></span></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address">Wembley Stadium, London</span></div><div>Attendance: 69,738</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Terje_Hauge" title="Terje Hauge">Terje Hauge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Association of Norway">Norway</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="2008-11-19T00:00:00+00:00"><div class="fdate">19 November 2008</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore">1–2</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a></span></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Helmes" title="Patrick Helmes">Helmes</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>63'</span></span></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/GerEng_report.htm">(Report)</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Upson" title="Matthew Upson">Upson</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>23'</span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/John_Terry" title="John Terry">Terry</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>84'</span></span></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Stadium_(Berlin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic Stadium (Berlin)">Olympic Stadium</a>, Berlin</span></div><div>Attendance: 74,224</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Massimo_Busacca" title="Massimo Busacca">Massimo Busacca</a> (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Football_Association" title="Swiss Football Association">Switzerland</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="2009-02-11T00:00:00+00:00"><div class="fdate">11 February 2009</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Spain_national_football_team" title="Spain national football team">Spain</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore">2–0</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a></span></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><a href="/wiki/David_Villa" title="David Villa">Villa</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>36'</span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Fernando_Llorente" title="Fernando Llorente">Llorente</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>82'</span></span></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7874902.stm">(Report)</a></td> <td class="fagoal"></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Estadio_Ram%C3%B3n_S%C3%A1nchez_Pizju%C3%A1n" class="mw-redirect" title="Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán">Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seville" title="Seville">Seville</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 42,102</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Stephane_Lannoy" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephane Lannoy">Stephane Lannoy</a> (<a href="/wiki/French_Football_Federation" title="French Football Federation">France</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="2009-03-28T00:00:00+00:00"><div class="fdate">28 March 2009</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore">4–0</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovakia_national_football_team" title="Slovakia national football team">Slovakia</a></span></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><a href="/wiki/Emile_Heskey" title="Emile Heskey">Heskey</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>6'</span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Rooney" title="Wayne Rooney">Rooney</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>70'</span>, <span>90'</span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lampard" title="Frank Lampard">Lampard</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>82'</span></span></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7967094.stm">(Report)</a></td> <td class="fagoal"></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address">Wembley Stadium, London</span></div><div>Attendance: 85,512</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Alain_Hamer" title="Alain Hamer">Alain Hamer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_Football_Federation" title="Luxembourg Football Federation">Luxembourg</a>)</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Cup_qualifiers">World Cup qualifiers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: World Cup qualifiers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>England is currently in Group 6 of the <a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2010 FIFA World Cup">2010 FIFA World Cup</a> qualification process.<sup id="cite_ref-wcqbrackets_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wcqbrackets-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="2008-09-06T00:00:00+00:00"><div class="fdate">6 September 2008</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Andorra_national_football_team" title="Andorra national football team">Andorra</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/22px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/33px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/43px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore">0–2</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a></span></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/Archive/matchstats.html?m=866">(Report)</a></td> <td class="fagoal">J. Cole <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>49'</span>, <span>55'</span></span></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Estadi_Ol%C3%ADmpic_Llu%C3%ADs_Companys" title="Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys">Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcelona</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 10,300</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/C%C3%BCneyt_%C3%87ak%C4%B1r" title="Cüneyt Çakır">Cüneyt Çakır</a> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_Football_Federation" title="Turkish Football Federation">Turkey</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="2008-09-10T00:00:00+00:00"><div class="fdate">10 September 2008</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Croatia_national_football_team" title="Croatia national football team">Croatia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore">1–4</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a></span></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><a href="/wiki/Mario_Mand%C5%BEuki%C4%87" title="Mario Mandžukić">Mandžukić</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>78'</span></span></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/Archive/matchstats.html?m=867">(Report)</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><a href="/wiki/Theo_Walcott" title="Theo Walcott">Walcott</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>26'</span>, <span>59'</span>, <span>82'</span></span><br />Rooney <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>63'</span></span></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Maksimir_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Maksimir Stadium">Maksimir Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zagreb" title="Zagreb">Zagreb</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 35,218</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/%C4%BDubo%C5%A1_Miche%C4%BE" title="Ľuboš Micheľ">Ľuboš Micheľ</a> (<a href="/wiki/Slovak_Football_Association" title="Slovak Football Association">Slovakia</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="2008-10-11T00:00:00+00:00"><div class="fdate">11 October 2008</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore">5–1</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_national_football_team" title="Kazakhstan national football team">Kazakhstan</a></span></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><a href="/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand">Ferdinand</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>52'</span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Kuchma" title="Aleksandr Kuchma">Kuchma</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>65' (<a href="/wiki/Own_goal#Association_football" title="Own goal">o.g.</a>)</span></span><br />Rooney <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>77'</span>, <span>86'</span></span><br />Defoe <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>90'</span></span></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081012203052/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/matches/round=250471/match=300040538/index.html">(Report)</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><a href="/wiki/Zhambyl_Kukeev" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhambyl Kukeev">Kukeev</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>68'</span></span></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address">Wembley Stadium, London</span></div><div>Attendance: 89,107</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Allaerts" title="Paul Allaerts">Paul Allaerts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Belgian_Football_Association" title="Royal Belgian Football Association">Belgium</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="2008-10-15T00:00:00+00:00"><div class="fdate">15 October 2008</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Belarus_national_football_team" title="Belarus national football team">Belarus</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore">1–3</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a></span></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><a href="/wiki/Pavel_Sitko" title="Pavel Sitko">Sitko</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>28'</span></span></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/results/default.stm">(Report)</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Gerrard" title="Steven Gerrard">Gerrard</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>11'</span></span><br />Rooney <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>50'</span>, <span>74'</span></span></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Dinamo_Stadium_(Minsk)" title="Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)">Dinamo Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minsk" title="Minsk">Minsk</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 32,000</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="2009-04-01T00:00:00+00:00"><div class="fdate">1 April 2009</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore">2–1</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ukraine_national_football_team" title="Ukraine national football team">Ukraine</a></span></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Crouch" title="Peter Crouch">Crouch</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>29'</span></span><br />Terry <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>85'</span></span></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/results/default.stm">(Report)</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><a href="/wiki/Andriy_Shevchenko" title="Andriy Shevchenko">Shevchenko</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>74'</span></span></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address">Wembley Stadium, London</span></div><div>Attendance: 87,548</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Claus_Bo_Larsen" title="Claus Bo Larsen">Claus Bo Larsen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Danish_Football_Association" title="Danish Football Association">Denmark</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="2009-06-06T00:00:00+00:00"><div class="fdate">6 June 2009</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_national_football_team" title="Kazakhstan national football team">Kazakhstan</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore">0–4</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a></span></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8077218.stm">(Report)</a></td> <td class="fagoal"><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Barry" title="Gareth Barry">Barry</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>39'</span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Emile_Heskey" title="Emile Heskey">Heskey</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>45'</span></span><br />Rooney <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>73'</span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lampard" title="Frank Lampard">Lampard</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>77' (<a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">pen.</a>)</span></span></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Almaty_Central_Stadium" title="Almaty Central Stadium">Almaty Central Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Almaty" title="Almaty">Almaty</a></span></div><div>Attendance: 23,281</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Kristinn_Jakobsson" title="Kristinn Jakobsson">Kristinn Jakobsson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Iceland" title="Football Association of Iceland">Iceland</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="2009-06-10T00:00:00+00:00"><div class="fdate">10 June 2009</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore">6–0</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/22px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/33px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/43px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Andorra_national_football_team" title="Andorra national football team">Andorra</a></span></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal">Rooney <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>4'</span>, <span>39'</span></span><br />Lampard <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>29'</span></span><br />Defoe <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>73'</span>, <span>75'</span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Peter_Crouch" title="Peter Crouch">Crouch</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1194938686"><span class="fb-goal"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Goal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/13px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/20px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Soccerball_shade.svg/26px-Soccerball_shade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> <span>80'</span></span></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8087976.stm">(Report)</a></td> <td class="fagoal"></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address">Wembley Stadium, London</span></div><div>Attendance: 57,897</div><div>Referee: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hendrikus_Nijhuis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hendrikus Nijhuis (page does not exist)">Hendrikus Nijhuis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Football_Association" title="Royal Dutch Football Association">Netherlands</a>)</div></div></div> <hr /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diary_of_the_season">Diary of the season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Diary of the season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>5 July 2008 - Former <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C."> Liverpool</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a> winger <a href="/wiki/Harry_Kewell" title="Harry Kewell">Harry Kewell</a> joins Galatasaray. </p><p>9 July 2008 - Journeyman forward <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Phillips_(English_footballer)" title="Kevin Phillips (English footballer)">Kevin Phillips</a> swaps Midlands sides, joining newly relegated <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a> from <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a>. </p><p>11 July 2008 - <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> complete the signing of Frenchman <a href="/wiki/Samir_Nasri" title="Samir Nasri">Samir Nasri</a> from Marseille. </p><p>9 August 2008 - The Football League kicks-off, with two promotion favourites, Birmingham City and Sheffield United, locking horns. Kevin Phillips' 90th-minute goal gave the Blues the perfect start, winning 1-0. </p><p>16 August 2008 - The Premier League began, with Arsenal defeating West Brom 1-0 at the Emirates to open the season off. Hull City's first ever top flight appearance saw an inspired display by Giovani help them to a 2-1 win over Fulham. </p><p>31 August 2008 - </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> completed their takeover with The Abu Dhabi United Group. City completed their signing of Robinho and appointed former Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Manchester United star Mark Hughes as manager.</li> <li>August ends with Chelsea ahead of Liverpool on goal difference at the top of the table, with Manchester City and Arsenal competing the top four. West Han United, Middlesbrough, tipped by many to struggle, and Aston Villa completing the top seven. Manchester United were a lowly ninth after a slow start, albeit with a game in hand. West Bromwich Albion and Tottenham Hotspur prop up the division without a point on the board, with Sunderland joining them in the drop zone on goal scored, which simultaneously kept Everton out of the bottom three. Wolverhampton Wanderers led the Championship on goal difference, with Preston heading Birmingham on the same virtue to stand second. Bristol City, Sheffield United and Reading competed the top six, with pressure from Swansea, Watford, QPR and Doncaster. Derby County, statistically the worst Premier League ever after their turgid <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Premier_League" title="2007–08 Premier League">2007-08 Premier League</a> campaign, struggled to stave off their drop and stand at the foot of the Championship, with Burnley and Crystal Palace joining them in the drop zone.</li></ul> <p>4 September 2008 - Two Premier League managers in succession resigned. <a href="/wiki/Alan_Curbishley" title="Alan Curbishley">Alan Curbishley</a> quit after almost two years as West Ham manager, with <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Keegan" title="Kevin Keegan">Kevin Keegan</a> abrupt second spell as Newcastle United manager ended. </p><p>11 September 2008 - <a href="/wiki/Gianfranco_Zola" title="Gianfranco Zola">Gianfranco Zola</a> was named as Alan Curbishley's successor at West Ham. </p><p>13 September 2008 - Liverpool moved six points clear of rivals Manchester United after a 2-1 victory at Anfield. Liverpool kept up the head on Chelsea, staying level on points, but United's title defence took a stuttering start, lying 14th in the Premier League table. </p><p>26 September 2008 - Joe Kinnear became the new manager of Newcastle United. </p><p>27 September 2008 - Liverpool won the first Merseyside derby of the season, triumphing 2-0 at Goodison Park. Hull City's bright start to the campaign saw them defeat Arsenal 2-1 in their first visit to the Emirates. </p><p>30 September 2008 - Goal difference continued to separate both Chelsea and Liverpool at the top of the Premier League, with Aston Villa and Arsenal competing the top four. West Ham remained fifth and Hull City, tipped by many to be the leagues whipping boys in their first top flight campaign, sat sixth. Blackburn held the final European place. Tottenham Hotspur, still without a win, sat at the foot of the table, growing pressure on Juande Ramos. Newcastle United and Stoke City, playing their first top division campaign in 20 years, ended September in the drop zone. Wolves opened up a two points lead at the top of the Championship, as Midlands rivals Birmingham City sitting second. Reading, Burnley, recovering from their slow start, Sheffield Wednesday and Steel City rivals Sheffield United completing the top six. Nottingham Forest ended September at the foot of the Championship, joint in the drop zone by Barnsley and Doncaster. </p><p>25 October 2008 - With Tottenham's start to the season not getting better, Juande Ramos was relieved of his duties as manager. Harry Redknapp quit fellow Premier League side <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a> to become his successor. </p><p>26 October 2008 - Chelsea's historic 86-game unbeaten run at Stamford Bridge ended, as Xavi Alonso's strike earned Liverpool a 1-0 win in London. </p><p>28 October 2008 - Redknapp's successor at Portsmouth was former Arsenal defender and captain <a href="/wiki/Tony_Adams" title="Tony Adams">Tony Adams</a> </p><p>31 October 2008 - Liverpool opened up a three point lead over Chelsea after winning all their games in October. The West Londoners remained second, with Arsenal climbing above Aston Villa in an unchanged top four. Hull's fast start showed no sign of slowing down as they were only kept out of the Champions League spots on goal difference. Manchester United began to pick up pace as they sat sixth, still eight points off the top. Tottenham remained bottom, but had renewed optimism with Harry Redknapp's appointment. Bolton Wanderers and Wigan Athletic completing the bottom three. Wolves had their lead at the top cut to one point by Birmingham, but both have opened a comfortable gap over the chasing pack. Cardiff, Reading, Burnley and Sheffield United competing the play-off places. Doncaster became the side rooted to the foot of the division, with Nottingham Forest and Southampton competing the drop zone. </p><p>30 November 2008 - Manchester United defeated City in the first Manchester derby of the season, winning 1-0 at the Etihad Stadium. This win moved United into third, and still five points behind leaders, this time which was Chelsea. Liverpool were second, level on points, but with a game in hand. Arsenal completed the top four. Aston Villa, Hull and Everton competed the European places. West Brom sank to the foot, staring down the barrels of an immediate return to the Championship. Blackburn, whom were challenging for Europe two months prior, and Sunderland completed the drop zone, with Newcastle ahead of their North East rivals on goal difference. Wolves opened up a six point lead on Birmingham City and thirteen on third placed Reading, citing their credentials as a Premier League place looks likely. Burnley, Sheffield United and Preston competing the top six. Doncaster and Nottingham Forest's battle remained gloomy, with Charlton, just two years after Premier League relegation, completing the bottom three. </p><p>4 December 2008 - Roy Keane departed his post as Sunderland manager, with the team in the Premier League drop zone. His successor was Scotsman Ricky Sbragia. Initially temporary, he took the role until the end of the season. </p><p>26 December 2008 - The highlight of the Boxing Day football was Hull City manager Phil Brown giving his side a public dressing down at half-time, as his side were 4-0 down at half-time at Manchester City. It didn't change much, as City ran out 5-1 winners. </p><p>31 December 2008 - Liverpool ended the year as the Premier League leaders, ahead of Chelsea by three points and Manchester United by eight points, although United had two games in hand. Aston Villa competed the top four. Arsenal, Everton and Wigan, a little over a month after being in the drop zone, competing the European places. West Brom remained bottom, with Blackburn and Stoke in the drop zone, although Middlesbrough, Tottenham, Sunderland and Newcastle close by. Wolves lead was cut to seven points for promotion, with Reading edging Birmingham out of the top two on goal difference. Cardiff, Burnley and Sheffield United ending 2008 in the play-offs, with close battles from Preston and Crystal Palace. Charlton were rooted to the foot of the table. Debt-riddled Southampton joined the Addicks below the dreaded line, and Doncaster's fortunes had upturned, now 22nd and in the drop zone on goal difference. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Competition </th> <th>Winner </th> <th>Details </th> <th>Match Report </th></tr> <tr> <td>FA Cup </td> <td>Chelsea </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FA_Cup_2008%E2%80%9309" class="mw-redirect" title="FA Cup 2008–09">FA Cup 2008–09</a><br />Beat Everton 2–1 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/8060989.stm">Report</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Cup">League Cup</a> </td> <td>Manchester United </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Cup_2008%E2%80%9309" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Cup 2008–09">Football League Cup 2008–09</a><br />Beat Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 on penalties (0–0 final score) </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/7905889.stm">Report</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Premier League </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester United">Manchester United</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_2008%E2%80%9309" class="mw-redirect" title="Premier League 2008–09">Premier League 2008–09</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8038259.stm">Report</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Football League Championship </td> <td>Wolverhampton Wanderers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Championship_2008%E2%80%9309" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Championship 2008–09">Football League Championship 2008–09</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8015237.stm">Report</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Football League One </td> <td>Leicester City </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_League_One_2008%E2%80%9309" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League One 2008–09">Football League One 2008–09</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/7990038.stm">Report</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Football League Two </td> <td>Brentford </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Two_2008%E2%80%9309" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Two 2008–09">Football League Two 2008–09</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_3/8002128.stm">Report</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>FA Community Shield </td> <td>Manchester United </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_FA_Community_Shield" title="2008 FA Community Shield">2008 FA Community Shield</a><br />Beat Portsmouth 3–1 on penalties (0–0 final score) </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7549022.stm">Report</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Trophy">Football League Trophy</a> </td> <td>Luton Town </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Trophy" title="2008–09 Football League Trophy">Football League Trophy 2008–09</a><br />Beat Scunthorpe United 3–2 a.e.t </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7975143.stm">Report</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FA_Trophy" title="FA Trophy">FA Trophy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stevenage_Borough_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Stevenage Borough F.C.">Stevenage Borough</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FA_Trophy_2008%E2%80%9309" class="mw-redirect" title="FA Trophy 2008–09">FA Trophy 2008–09</a><br />Beat <a href="/wiki/York_City_F.C." title="York City F.C.">York City</a> 2–0 </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8036407.stm">Report</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_League_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference League Cup">Conference League Cup</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A.F.C._Telford_United" class="mw-redirect" title="A.F.C. Telford United">A.F.C. Telford United</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_League_Cup_2008%E2%80%9309" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference League Cup 2008–09">Conference League Cup 2008–09</a><br />Beat <a href="/wiki/Forest_Green_Rovers" class="mw-redirect" title="Forest Green Rovers">Forest Green Rovers</a> 3–0 on penalties. (0–0 final score) </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/7629868.stm">Report</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="League_tables">League tables</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: League tables"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Premier_League">Premier League</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Premier League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Premier_League" title="2008–09 Premier League">2008–09 Premier League</a></div> <p>Manchester United won their 18th league title, drawing level with Liverpool for the record of most league titles. Liverpool pushed them all the way; they actually had a superior goal difference and completed the double over United, even winning 4–1 at Old Trafford in March, but also suffered 11 draws which enabled United to overtake and win the title. Chelsea broke records for all the wrong reasons as their 86-game unbeaten home record finally came to an end, with several surprise away losses effectively ending their title challenge (as well as resulting in manager Luiz Felipe Scolari being sacked), though they did win the FA Cup under caretaker manager Guus Hiddink. Arsenal finished fourth to claim the final Champions League spot, which meant that last season's top 4 all qualified for Europe's elite for the fifth time in six seasons. </p><p>Aston Villa had looked like breaking into the Champions League spots for most of the season, but a late collapse that saw them win just twice in their last 13 league games saw them join FA Cup finalists Everton in qualifying for the newly formed <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Europa League</a> (which replaced the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA Cup">UEFA Cup</a>). Fulham were the other team to qualify for Europe, marking a remarkable turnaround since <a href="/wiki/Roy_Hodgson" title="Roy Hodgson">Roy Hodgson</a> had taken over 18 months earlier when relegation from the Premier League looked a certainty. This was not only the first time they had qualified for Europe via their league position, but in finishing 7th in the first tier, this was also the highest ever league finish in the club's history. Stoke City, despite being pre-season relegation favourites for many, defied their critics and finishing comfortably in mid-table. </p><p>West Bromwich Albion made an immediate return to the Championship after propping up the table for most of the season. Joining them on the final day were Middlesbrough and Newcastle United, ending 11 and 16-year spells in the top flight respectively, the latter going through four managers in Kevin Keegan, Joe Kinnear, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hughton" title="Chris Hughton">Chris Hughton</a> and even former striker <a href="/wiki/Alan_Shearer" title="Alan Shearer">Alan Shearer</a> during the campaign. Sunderland survived relegation, thanks to the efforts of caretaker manager Ricky Sbragia after Roy Keane's surprise resignation in December; meaning next season they would be the only North-East team in top flight football. 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<td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">39 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">34 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">+5 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCF9FF;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;" rowspan="1">Qualification for the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Europa_League#Third_qualifying_round" title="2009–10 UEFA Europa League">Europa League third qualifying round</a><sup id="cite_ref-table_note_res_ELPR0.91425783602253_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-table_note_res_ELPR0.91425783602253-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">51 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="10"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">51 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">5 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">58 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">34 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−11 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">55 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−17 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">41 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−12 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">41 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">57 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−19 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">41 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">40 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">60 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−20 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">41 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">34 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">54 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−20 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">36 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">39 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">64 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−25 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">35 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">18 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(R)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">40 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">59 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−19 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">34 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;" rowspan="3">Relegation to <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Football_League_Championship" title="2009–10 Football League Championship">Football League Championship</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">19 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(R)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">28 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">57 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−29 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">32 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">20 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(R)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">36 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">67 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−31 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">32 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.premierleague.com/tables?co=1&se=17&mw=-1&ha=-1">Premier League</a><br />Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold">(C)</span> Champions; <span style="font-weight:bold">(R)</span> Relegated<br />Notes:</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/2009_FA_Cup_final" title="2009 FA Cup final">finalists</a> of <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_FA_Cup" title="2008–09 FA Cup">the FA Cup</a> (Chelsea and Everton) and the <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Cup" title="2008–09 Football League Cup">League Cup</a> <a href="/wiki/2009_Football_League_Cup_final" title="2009 Football League Cup final">winners</a> (Manchester United) qualified for the European competitions based on their league position, the sixth-placed team (Aston Villa) received a berth in the Europa League play-off round and the seventh-placed team (Fulham) received a berth in the Europa League third qualifying round.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p>Leading goalscorer: <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Anelka" title="Nicolas Anelka">Nicolas Anelka</a> (Chelsea) – 19 </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football_League_Championship">Football League Championship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Football League Championship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Championship" title="2008–09 Football League Championship">2008–09 Football League Championship</a></div> <p>Five years after being relegated from the Premier League, Wolverhampton Wanderers returned to the top flight in style as champions, having been in the top 2 for virtually all the season since August. Birmingham City were runners-up, making this the fourth season in a row that they had swapped divisions. Burnley joined them by beating Sheffield United in the play-off final, earning their place in the top flight after a 33-year absence. </p><p>Cardiff City occupied a play-off position for much of the season, but agonisingly slipped out of them on the final day after obtaining just one point in their final four league games. Preston North End in contrast, took twelve points from their final four league games, including a 6–0 win over Cardiff to finish ahead of them by courtesy of having scored one goal more throughout the season. Doncaster Rovers who were favourites to go straight back down and in the second tier after half a century out, achieved a respectable mid-table finish ahead of former Premier League teams in Crystal Palace, Coventry City, Derby County, Nottingham Forest and Barnsley. </p><p>Charlton suffered their second relegation in three years, despite a run of just one loss out of eight games at the end of the season. Southampton also crashed out of the division amid financial worries, which also meant they would be starting the 2009–10 season in League One with a ten-point deduction for entering administration. Norwich were the third relegated club, meaning that all three relegated clubs had been in the Premier League as recently as 2005 and had long left the third tier (Charlton last competed in the third tier in 1981, Southampton and Norwich in 1960). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:right"><ul class="navbar-brackets"><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Championship" title="2008–09 Football League Championship"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Talk:2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Championship" title="Talk:2008–09 Football League Championship"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Championship" title="Special:EditPage/2008–09 Football League Championship"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Promotion, qualification or relegation </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(C, P)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">27 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">80 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">52 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+28 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">90 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="2">Promotion to the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Premier_League" title="2009–10 Premier League">Premier League</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(P)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">54 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">37 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+17 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">83 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">64 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">39 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+25 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">80 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;" rowspan="4">Qualification for <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Championship##Play-offs" title="2008–09 Football League Championship">Championship play-offs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">72 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">40 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+32 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">77 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Burnley_F.C." title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(O, P)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">72 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">60 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+12 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">76 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Preston_North_End_F.C." title="Preston North End F.C.">Preston North End</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">54 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+12 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">74 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">65 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+12 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">74 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="15"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">63 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+13 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">68 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+9 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">54 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">54 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">61 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">44 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">61 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">51 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">58 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−7 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">61 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C.">Watford</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">68 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">72 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−4 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">58 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−11 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">58 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">52 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">55 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">56<sup id="cite_ref-table_hth_CRY0.34591938571349_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-table_hth_CRY0.34591938571349-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">47 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">58 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−11 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">56 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">47 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">58 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−11 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">54 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">55 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">67 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−12 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">54 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">65 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−15 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Barnsley_F.C." title="Barnsley F.C.">Barnsley</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">58 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−13 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">52 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">44 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">57 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−13 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">51 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">22 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(R)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">24 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">57 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">70 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−13 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;" rowspan="3">Relegation to <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Football_League_One" title="2009–10 Football League One">Football League One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">23 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(R)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">69 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−23 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">45<sup id="cite_ref-table_hth_SOU0.34591938571349_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-table_hth_SOU0.34591938571349-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">24 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(R)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">52 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">74 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−22 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">39 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2009. Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/DivisionalLeagueTable/0,,10794~20087,00.html">The Football League</a><br />Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold">(C)</span> Champions; <span style="font-weight:bold">(O)</span> Play-off winners; <span style="font-weight:bold">(P)</span> Promoted; <span style="font-weight:bold">(R)</span> Relegated<br />Notes:</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-table_hth_CRY0.34591938571349-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-table_hth_CRY0.34591938571349_65-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Crystal Palace were give a one-point deduction for using an ineligible player during a match against Sheffield United on 3 May 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-table_hth_SOU0.34591938571349-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-table_hth_SOU0.34591938571349_67-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Southampton were given a ten-point deduction for breaching insolvency regulations, regarding their holding company. As they finished in the bottom three in the 2008–09 season, the points deduction was applied during the 2009–10 season in League One.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p>Leading goalscorer: <a href="/wiki/Sylvan_Ebanks-Blake" title="Sylvan Ebanks-Blake">Sylvan Ebanks-Blake</a> (Wolverhampton Wanderers) – 25 </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football_League_One">Football League One</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Football League One"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_One" title="2008–09 Football League One">2008–09 Football League One</a></div> <p>Leicester comfortably won promotion in their first-ever season at this level, leading the table for virtually the entire season, going half the season (23 consecutive games) unbeaten and losing just 4 games in the process. <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Pearson" title="Nigel Pearson">Nigel Pearson</a> brought stability to the club in becoming their first manager in five years to last an entire season as they looked to turn the corner after several years of struggle. Peterborough were runners-up, winning their second successive promotion and entering the second tier for only the second time in their history. Scunthorpe grabbed the final play-off place on the last day of the season in a winner takes all match v 7th place Tranmere Rovers and won promotion through them, making an immediate return to the Championship after being relegated the previous year. </p><p>Stockport went into administration before the final match of the season and so suffered a 10-point penalty; however, there was no real chance of them being relegated as a result of this penalty, barring an extremely unlikely set of results on the final day. </p><p>Hereford made an immediate return to League Two, finishing bottom in their first campaign at this level for thirty years. Cheltenham improved late in the season, but it proved too late to prevent relegation. Crewe suffered a late collapse and went down to League Two, having looked safe a few weeks previously. Northampton were relegated on the final day of the season after losing at Leeds and other results went against them. Brighton had looked certainties for relegation in the closing weeks, but the appointment of <a href="/wiki/Russell_Slade" title="Russell Slade">Russell Slade</a> as manager saw them claim 16 points out of a possible 21 to survive. Carlisle and Hartlepool both survived on the last day. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:right"><ul class="navbar-brackets"><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_One" title="2008–09 Football League One"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Talk:2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_One" title="Talk:2008–09 Football League One"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_One" title="Special:EditPage/2008–09 Football League One"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Promotion or relegation </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(C, P)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">27 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">84 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">39 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+45 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">96 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="2">Promotion to <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Football_League_Championship" title="2009–10 Football League Championship">Football League Championship</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_United_F.C." title="Peterborough United F.C.">Peterborough United</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(P)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">26 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">78 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">54 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+24 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">89 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C." title="Milton Keynes Dons F.C.">Milton Keynes Dons</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">26 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">83 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">47 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+36 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">87 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;" rowspan="4">Qualification for League One play-offs </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">26 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">49 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+28 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">84 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">25 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">63 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">82 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(O, P)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">82 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">63 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+19 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">76 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Tranmere_Rovers_F.C." title="Tranmere Rovers F.C.">Tranmere Rovers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">49 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+13 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">74 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="14"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">58 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">61 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">71 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">65 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">68 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">65 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+1 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">65 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C.">Bristol Rovers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">79 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">61 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+18 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">63 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">58 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">58 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">63 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">61 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−5 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">61 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Leyton_Orient_F.C." title="Leyton Orient F.C.">Leyton Orient</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">57 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−12 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">56 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">68 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">71 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">55 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">70 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−15 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">52 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_F.C." title="Yeovil Town F.C.">Yeovil Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">41 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−25 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">51 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Stockport_County_F.C." title="Stockport County F.C.">Stockport County</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">59 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">57 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50<sup id="cite_ref-table_hth_STP0.087692895479357_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-table_hth_STP0.087692895479357-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">79 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−13 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_United_F.C." title="Carlisle United F.C.">Carlisle United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">56 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">69 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−13 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">21 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C." title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(R)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">61 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">65 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−4 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">49 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;" rowspan="4">Relegation to <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Football_League_Two" title="2009–10 Football League Two">Football League Two</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">22 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(R)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">24 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">59 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">82 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−23 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">23 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(R)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">25 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">51 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">91 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−40 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">39 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">24 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Hereford_United_F.C." title="Hereford United F.C.">Hereford United</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(R)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">30 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">79 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−37 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">34 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2009. Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/DivisionalLeagueTable/0,,10794~20077,00.html">The Football League </a><br />Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold">(C)</span> Champions; <span style="font-weight:bold">(O)</span> Play-off winners; <span style="font-weight:bold">(P)</span> Promoted; <span style="font-weight:bold">(R)</span> Relegated<br />Notes:</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-table_hth_STP0.087692895479357-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-table_hth_STP0.087692895479357_69-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stockport County deducted 10 points for entering administration.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p>Leading goalscorer: <a href="/wiki/Simon_Cox_(footballer_born_1987)" class="mw-redirect" title="Simon Cox (footballer born 1987)">Simon Cox</a> (Swindon Town) – 29, and <a href="/wiki/Rickie_Lambert" title="Rickie Lambert">Rickie Lambert</a> (Bristol Rovers) – 29 </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football_League_Two">Football League Two</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Football League Two"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Two" title="2008–09 Football League Two">2008–09 Football League Two</a></div> <p>Brentford made a return to League One as champions, the second club to win the fourth tier three times since Doncaster Rovers. Exeter won their second successive promotion, and on the final day of the season managed to pip Wycombe Wanderers for the runners-up spot. Wycombe themselves managed the final automatic promotion spot by virtue of a single goal over Bury. The play-offs were won by Gillingham, who made an immediate return to League One after the previous season's relegation. </p><p>Several teams suffered heavy points deductions during the season. Rotherham were docked 17 points at the start of the season and <a href="/wiki/Darlington_F.C." title="Darlington F.C.">Darlington</a> 10 points later on. Without these penalties they would have both qualified for the play-offs, but instead managed only mid table. Bournemouth also suffered a 17-point deduction pre-season, and halfway through it looked to be enough to cost them their League status; however, a fightback under new manager Eddie Howe saw them climb to safety and secure survival with a game to spare. </p><p>Luton suffered the heaviest deduction however, and the loss of 30 points proved too much for them to survive (though they would still have been relegated, albeit while finishing a place higher, had they only suffered the same 17-point deduction as Bournemouth and Rotherham). They suffered their third successive relegation and dropped out of the league, making them only the third English team to suffer three successive relegations, and the first to drop from the second tier to the Conference in successive years. The other relegated team was Chester City, who were statistically the worst team in the division and returned to the Conference after only five years. This would ultimately be the final season that the club completed, as they folded in March 2010, before the end of the following campaign. Grimsby would also have suffered relegation, if not for Luton's points deduction. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:right"><ul class="navbar-brackets"><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Two" title="2008–09 Football League Two"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Talk:2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Two" title="Talk:2008–09 Football League Two"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Two" title="Special:EditPage/2008–09 Football League Two"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Promotion, qualification or relegation </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(C, P)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">65 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">36 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+29 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">85 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="3">Promotion to <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Football_League_One" title="2009–10 Football League One">Football League One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><a href="/wiki/Exeter_City_F.C." title="Exeter City F.C.">Exeter City</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(P)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">65 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">50 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+15 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">79 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><a href="/wiki/Wycombe_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wycombe Wanderers F.C.">Wycombe Wanderers</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(P)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">54 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">33 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+21 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">78 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Bury_F.C." title="Bury F.C.">Bury</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">63 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">43 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+20 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">78 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;" rowspan="4">Qualification for League Two play-offs </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(O, P)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">58 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">55 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">75 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Rochdale_A.F.C." title="Rochdale A.F.C.">Rochdale</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">70 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">59 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+11 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">70 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">61 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">44 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+17 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">69 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_%26_Redbridge_F.C." title="Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.">Dagenham & Redbridge</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+24 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">68 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="15"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bradford_City_A.F.C." title="Bradford City A.F.C.">Bradford City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">55 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+11 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">67 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C." title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">57 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+5 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">63 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Morecambe_F.C." title="Morecambe F.C.">Morecambe</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">56 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">63 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Darlington_F.C." title="Darlington F.C.">Darlington</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">61 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">44 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+17 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62<sup id="cite_ref-table_hth_DAR0.99836481455637_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-table_hth_DAR0.99836481455637-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_City_F.C." title="Lincoln City F.C.">Lincoln City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">52 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+1 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">59 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C." title="Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">60 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+14 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">58<sup id="cite_ref-table_hth_ROT0.99836481455637_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-table_hth_ROT0.99836481455637-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Aldershot_Town_F.C." title="Aldershot Town F.C.">Aldershot Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">59 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">80 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−21 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">54 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Accrington_Stanley_F.C." title="Accrington Stanley F.C.">Accrington Stanley</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">59 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−17 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Barnet_F.C." title="Barnet F.C.">Barnet</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">56 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">74 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−18 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">48 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">24 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">44 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−22 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">48 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">49 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">69 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−20 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">47 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_Town_F.C." title="Macclesfield Town F.C.">Macclesfield Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">25 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−32 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">47 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/A.F.C._Bournemouth" class="mw-redirect" title="A.F.C. Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">59 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">51 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46<sup id="cite_ref-table_hth_BOU0.99836481455637_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-table_hth_BOU0.99836481455637-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">22 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Grimsby_Town_F.C." title="Grimsby Town F.C.">Grimsby Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">51 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">69 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−18 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">41 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">23 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Chester_City_F.C." title="Chester City F.C.">Chester City</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(R)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">25 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">43 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">81 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−38 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">37 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;" rowspan="2">Relegated to <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Football_Conference#Conference_National" title="2009–10 Football Conference">Conference National</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">24 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(R)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">58 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">65 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−7 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">26<sup id="cite_ref-table_hth_LUT0.99836481455637_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-table_hth_LUT0.99836481455637-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/DivisionalLeagueTable/0,,10794~20077,00.html">The Football League</a><br />Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold">(C)</span> Champions; <span style="font-weight:bold">(O)</span> Play-off winners; <span style="font-weight:bold">(P)</span> Promoted; <span style="font-weight:bold">(R)</span> Relegated<br />Notes:</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-table_hth_DAR0.99836481455637-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-table_hth_DAR0.99836481455637_71-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Darlington deducted 10 points for entering administration.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-table_hth_ROT0.99836481455637-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-table_hth_ROT0.99836481455637_73-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rotherham United deducted 17 points for leaving administration without a Company Voluntary Agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-table_hth_BOU0.99836481455637-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-table_hth_BOU0.99836481455637_75-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bournemouth deducted 17 points for leaving administration without a Company Voluntary Agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-table_hth_LUT0.99836481455637-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-table_hth_LUT0.99836481455637_77-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Luton Town deducted 30 points; 20 points for leaving administration without a Company Voluntary Agreement, and 10 points for making illegal payments to agents.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p>Leading goalscorers: <a href="/wiki/Simeon_Jackson" title="Simeon Jackson">Simeon Jackson</a> (Gillingham) – 20, <a href="/wiki/Grant_Holt" title="Grant Holt">Grant Holt</a> (Shrewsbury Town) – 20, and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lester" title="Jack Lester">Jack Lester</a> (Chesterfield) – 20 </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Movements_for_the_2009–10_season"><span id="Movements_for_the_2009.E2.80.9310_season"></span>Movements for the 2009–10 season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Movements for the 2009–10 season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Competition </th> <th>Promoted </th> <th>Playoffs </th> <th>Relegated </th></tr> <tr> <td>Premier League </td> <td align="center">N/A </td> <td align="center">N/A </td> <td>Newcastle, Middlesbrough, West Bromwich Albion </td></tr> <tr> <td>Football League Championship </td> <td>Wolverhampton Wanderers, Birmingham City </td> <td>Burnley </td> <td>Charlton Athletic, Southampton, Norwich City </td></tr> <tr> <td>Football League One </td> <td>Leicester City, Peterborough United </td> <td>Scunthorpe United </td> <td>Northampton Town, Crewe Alexandra, Cheltenham Town, Hereford United </td></tr> <tr> <td>Football League Two </td> <td>Brentford, Exeter City, Wycombe Wanderers </td> <td>Gillingham </td> <td>Chester City, Luton Town </td></tr> <tr> <td>Conference National </td> <td>Burton Albion </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Woking_F.C." title="Woking F.C.">Woking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northwich_Victoria_F.C." title="Northwich Victoria F.C.">Northwich Victoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Weymouth_F.C." title="Weymouth F.C.">Weymouth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lewes_F.C." title="Lewes F.C.">Lewes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference North">Conference North</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamworth_F.C." title="Tamworth F.C.">Tamworth</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gateshead_F.C." title="Gateshead 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You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2010</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>1 November 2008 – <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Henderson" title="Jordan Henderson">Jordan Henderson</a>, 18-year-old midfielder, makes his debut as a substitute in Sunderland's 5–0 Premier League defeat at Chelsea.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retirements">Retirements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Retirements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>14 July 2008 – <a href="/wiki/Neil_Moss_(footballer)" title="Neil Moss (footballer)">Neil Moss</a>, 33, former Bournemouth goalkeeper.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>20 August 2008 – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Stubbs" title="Alan Stubbs">Alan Stubbs</a>, 36, former <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic</a>, Everton, Sunderland and Derby County defender.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>28 August 2008 – <a href="/wiki/Andy_Cooke" title="Andy Cooke">Andy Cooke</a>, 34, former Burnley, Stoke City, <a href="/wiki/Bradford_City_A.F.C." title="Bradford City A.F.C.">Bradford City</a>, Darlington and Shrewsbury Town striker.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3 September 2008 – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Clare" title="Robert Clare">Rob Clare</a>, 25, former Stockport County and Blackpool defender.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3 September 2008 – <a href="/wiki/Antti_Niemi_(footballer)" title="Antti Niemi (footballer)">Antti Niemi</a>, 36, former Southampton and <a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a> goalkeeper.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>25 September 2008 – <a href="/wiki/Christian_Roberts" title="Christian Roberts">Christian Roberts</a>, 28, former Cardiff City, Exeter City, <a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon</a> striker.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3 October 2008 – <a href="/wiki/Damien_Francis" title="Damien Francis">Damien Francis</a>, 29, former <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_F.C." title="Wimbledon F.C.">Wimbledon</a>, Norwich City, Wigan Athletic and Watford defensive midfielder.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>11 November 2008 – <a href="/wiki/Andy_Cole" title="Andy Cole">Andy Cole</a>, 37, former Arsenal, Fulham, Bristol City, Newcastle United, Manchester United, Manchester City, Portsmouth, Sunderland, Birmingham City, Burnley and Nottingham Forest striker.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>6 December 2008 – Darren Anderton, 36, former Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Birmingham City, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bournemouth attacking midfielder.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>6 January 2009 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Mitchell_(footballer_born_1981)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Mitchell (footballer born 1981)">Paul Mitchell</a>, 27, former Wigan Athletic, <a href="/wiki/Halifax_Town_A.F.C." title="Halifax Town A.F.C.">Halifax Town</a>, Swindon, <a href="/wiki/Wrexham_A.F.C." title="Wrexham A.F.C.">Wrexham</a>, Barnet and Milton Keynes Dons defender and midfielder.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>21 January 2009 – <a href="/wiki/Shane_Tudor" title="Shane Tudor">Shane Tudor</a>, 26, former Wolverhampton Wanderers, <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_United_F.C." title="Cambridge United F.C.">Cambridge United</a>, Leyton Orient and Port Vale winger.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>22 April 2009 – <a href="/wiki/Andy_Booth" title="Andy Booth">Andy Booth</a>, 35, former Huddersfield Town, <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a> and Tottenham Hotspur striker.</li> <li>25 April 2009 – <a href="/wiki/Fabian_Wilnis" title="Fabian Wilnis">Fabian Wilnis</a>, 38, former Ipswich Town and <a href="/wiki/Grays_Athletic_F.C." title="Grays Athletic F.C.">Grays Athletic</a> defender.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>15 May 2009 – <a href="/wiki/Martin_Laursen" title="Martin Laursen">Martin Laursen</a>, 31, former Aston Villa defender.</li> <li>End of season – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Barker_(footballer_born_1975)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Barker (footballer born 1975)">Richie Barker</a>, 34, former <a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a>, Brighton & Hove Albion, <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_Town_F.C." title="Macclesfield Town F.C.">Macclesfield Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mansfield_Town_F.C." title="Mansfield Town F.C.">Mansfield Town</a>, Hartlepool United and Rotherham United striker.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div style="float: left;"> « <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_in_English_football" title="2007–08 in English football">2007–08</a></div> <div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_in_English_football" title="2009–10 in English football">2009–10</a> » </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2010 FIFA World Cup">2010 FIFA World Cup</a> <a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)" title="2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)">qualification</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_6" title="2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6">UEFA Group 6</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabio_Capello" title="Fabio Capello">Fabio Capello</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">League<br />competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 1</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Premier_League" title="2008–09 Premier League">Premier League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Levels 2–4</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League" title="2008–09 Football League">Football League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Championship" title="2008–09 Football League Championship">Championship</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_One" title="2008–09 Football League One">League One</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Two" title="2008–09 Football League Two">League Two</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_Football_League_play-offs" title="2009 Football League play-offs">play-offs</a></span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Levels 5–6</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_Conference" title="2008–09 Football Conference">Football Conference</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_Conference#Conference_Premier" title="2008–09 Football Conference">Premier</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_Conference#Conference_North" title="2008–09 Football Conference">North</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_Conference#Conference_South" title="2008–09 Football Conference">South</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Levels 7–8</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Isthmian_League" title="2008–09 Isthmian League">Isthmian League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Isthmian_League#Premier_Division" title="2008–09 Isthmian League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Isthmian_League#Division_One_North" title="2008–09 Isthmian League">North</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Isthmian_League#Division_One_South" title="2008–09 Isthmian League">South</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Northern_Premier_League" title="2008–09 Northern Premier League">Northern Premier League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Northern_Premier_League#Premier_Division" title="2008–09 Northern Premier League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Northern_Premier_League#Division_One_North" title="2008–09 Northern Premier League">North</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Northern_Premier_League#Division_One_South" title="2008–09 Northern Premier League">South</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Southern_Football_League" title="2008–09 Southern Football League">Southern Football League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Southern_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="2008–09 Southern Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Southern_Football_League#Division_One_Midlands" title="2008–09 Southern Football League">Midlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Southern_Football_League#Division_One_South_&_West" title="2008–09 Southern Football League">South & West</a></span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Levels 9–10</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Combined_Counties_Football_League" title="2008–09 Combined Counties Football League">Combined Counties League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Combined_Counties_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="2008–09 Combined Counties Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Combined_Counties_Football_League#Division_One" title="2008–09 Combined Counties Football League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_East_Midlands_Counties_Football_League" title="2008–09 East Midlands Counties Football League">East Midlands Counties League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 10 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Eastern_Counties_Football_League" title="2008–09 Eastern Counties Football League">Eastern Counties League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Eastern_Counties_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="2008–09 Eastern Counties Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Eastern_Counties_Football_League#Division_One" title="2008–09 Eastern Counties Football League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Essex_Senior_Football_League" title="2008–09 Essex Senior Football League">Essex Senior League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 9 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Hellenic_Football_League" title="2008–09 Hellenic Football League">Hellenic League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Hellenic_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="2008–09 Hellenic Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Hellenic_Football_League#Division_One_East" title="2008–09 Hellenic Football League">One East</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Hellenic_Football_League#Division_One_West" title="2008–09 Hellenic Football League">One West</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Kent_Football_League" title="2008–09 Kent Football League">Kent League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 9 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Midland_Football_Alliance" title="2008–09 Midland Football Alliance">Midland Alliance</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 9 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Midland_Football_Combination" title="2008–09 Midland Football Combination">Midland Football Combination</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 10 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_North_West_Counties_Football_League" title="2008–09 North West Counties Football League">North West Counties League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_North_West_Counties_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="2008–09 North West Counties Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_North_West_Counties_Football_League#Division_One" title="2008–09 North West Counties Football League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Northern_Counties_East_Football_League" title="2008–09 Northern Counties East Football League">Northern Counties East League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Northern_Counties_East_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="2008–09 Northern Counties East Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Northern_Counties_East_Football_League#Division_One" title="2008–09 Northern Counties East Football League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Northern_Football_League" title="2008–09 Northern Football League">Northern League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Northern_Football_League#Division_One" title="2008–09 Northern Football League">One</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Northern_Football_League#Division_Two" title="2008–09 Northern Football League">Two</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_South_West_Peninsula_League" title="2008–09 South West Peninsula League">South West Peninsula League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 10 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Spartan_South_Midlands_Football_League" title="2008–09 Spartan South Midlands Football League">Spartan South Midlands League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Spartan_South_Midlands_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="2008–09 Spartan South Midlands Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Spartan_South_Midlands_Football_League#Division_One" title="2008–09 Spartan South Midlands Football League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Sussex_County_Football_League" title="2008–09 Sussex County Football League">Sussex County League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Sussex_County_Football_League#Division_One" title="2008–09 Sussex County Football League">One</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Sussex_County_Football_League#Division_Two" title="2008–09 Sussex County Football League">Two</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_United_Counties_League" title="2008–09 United Counties League">United Counties League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_United_Counties_League#Premier_Division" title="2008–09 United Counties League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_United_Counties_League#Division_One" title="2008–09 United Counties League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Wessex_Football_League" title="2008–09 Wessex Football League">Wessex League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Wessex_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="2008–09 Wessex Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Wessex_Football_League#Division_One" title="2008–09 Wessex Football League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_West_Midlands_(Regional)_League" title="2008–09 West Midlands (Regional) League">West Midlands (Regional) League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 10 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Western_Football_League" title="2008–09 Western Football League">Western League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Western_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="2008–09 Western Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Western_Football_League#Division_One" title="2008–09 Western Football League">One</a></span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cup competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">FA cups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_FA_Cup" title="2008–09 FA Cup">FA Cup</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_FA_Cup_qualifying_rounds" title="2008–09 FA Cup qualifying rounds">Qualifying rounds</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_FA_Cup_final" title="2009 FA Cup final">Final</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_FA_Community_Shield" title="2008 FA Community Shield">FA Community Shield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_FA_Trophy" title="2008–09 FA Trophy">FA Trophy</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/2009_FA_Trophy_final" title="2009 FA Trophy final">Final</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008%E2%80%9309_FA_Vase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008–09 FA Vase (page does not exist)">FA Vase</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/2009_FA_Vase_final" title="2009 FA Vase final">Final</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Football League cups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Cup" title="2008–09 Football League Cup">Football League Cup</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/2009_Football_League_Cup_final" title="2009 Football League Cup final">Final</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Trophy" title="2008–09 Football League Trophy">Football League Trophy</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/2009_Football_League_Trophy_final" title="2009 Football League Trophy final">Final</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Youth competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_FA_Youth_Cup" title="2008–09 FA Youth Cup">FA Youth Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Premier_Academy_League" title="2008–09 Premier Academy League">Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Premier_Reserve_League" title="2008–09 Premier Reserve League">Reserve</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div id="Club_seasons"><b>Club seasons</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Premier_League" title="2008–09 Premier League">Premier<br />League</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Arsenal_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Arsenal F.C. season">Arsenal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Aston_Villa_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Aston Villa F.C. season">Aston Villa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Blackburn_Rovers_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season">Blackburn Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Bolton_Wanderers_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season">Bolton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Chelsea_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Chelsea F.C. season">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Everton_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Everton F.C. season">Everton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Fulham_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Fulham F.C. season">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Hull_City_A.F.C._season" title="2008–09 Hull City A.F.C. season">Hull City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Liverpool_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Liverpool F.C. season">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Manchester City F.C. season">Manchester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Manchester United F.C. season">Manchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Middlesbrough_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Middlesbrough F.C. season">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Newcastle_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Newcastle United F.C. season">Newcastle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Portsmouth_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Portsmouth F.C. season">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Stoke City F.C. season">Stoke City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Sunderland_A.F.C._season" title="2008–09 Sunderland A.F.C. season">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season">Tottenham Hotspur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C._season" title="2008–09 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season">West Bromwich Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_West_Ham_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 West Ham United F.C. season">West Ham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Wigan_Athletic_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Wigan Athletic F.C. season">Wigan Athletic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Championship" title="2008–09 Football League Championship">Championship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Barnsley_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Barnsley F.C. season">Barnsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Birmingham City F.C. season">Birmingham City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Blackpool F.C. season">Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Bristol_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Bristol City F.C. season">Bristol City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Burnley_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Burnley F.C. season">Burnley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Cardiff_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Cardiff City F.C. season">Cardiff City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Charlton_Athletic_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Charlton Athletic F.C. season">Charlton Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Coventry_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Coventry City F.C. season">Coventry City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Crystal_Palace_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Crystal Palace F.C. season">Crystal Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Derby_County_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Derby County F.C. season">Derby County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Doncaster_Rovers_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season">Doncaster Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Ipswich_Town_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Ipswich Town F.C. season">Ipswich Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Norwich_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Norwich City F.C. season">Norwich City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Nottingham_Forest_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Nottingham Forest F.C. season">Nottingham Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Plymouth_Argyle_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season">Plymouth Argyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Preston_North_End_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Preston North End F.C. season">Preston North End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season">Queens Park Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Reading_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Reading F.C. season">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Sheffield_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Sheffield United F.C. season">Sheffield United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season">Sheffield Wednesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Southampton_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Southampton F.C. season">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Swansea_City_A.F.C._season" title="2008–09 Swansea City A.F.C. season">Swansea City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Watford_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Watford F.C. season">Watford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_One" title="2008–09 Football League One">League One</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season">Brighton & Hove Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Bristol_Rovers_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Bristol Rovers F.C. season">Bristol Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Carlisle_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Carlisle United F.C. season">Carlisle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Cheltenham_Town_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Cheltenham Town F.C. season">Cheltenham Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Colchester_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Colchester United F.C. season">Colchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">Crewe Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Hartlepool_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Hartlepool United F.C. season">Hartlepool United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Hereford_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Hereford United F.C. season">Hereford United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C._season" title="2008–09 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season">Huddersfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Leeds_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Leeds United F.C. season">Leeds United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Leicester_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Leicester City F.C. season">Leicester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Leyton_Orient_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Leyton Orient F.C. season">Leyton Orient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Millwall_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Millwall F.C. season">Millwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season">Milton Keynes Dons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Northampton_Town_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Northampton Town F.C. season">Northampton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C._season" title="2008–09 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season">Oldham Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Peterborough_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Peterborough United F.C. season">Peterborough United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Scunthorpe_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Scunthorpe United F.C. season">Scunthorpe United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Southend_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Southend United F.C. season">Southend United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Stockport_County_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Stockport County F.C. season">Stockport County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Swindon_Town_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Swindon Town F.C. season">Swindon Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Tranmere_Rovers_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season">Tranmere Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Walsall_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Walsall F.C. season">Walsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Yeovil_Town_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Yeovil Town F.C. season">Yeovil Town</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_Two" title="2008–09 Football League Two">League Two</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Accrington_Stanley_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Accrington Stanley F.C. season">Accrington Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Aldershot_Town_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Aldershot Town F.C. season">Aldershot Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Barnet_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Barnet F.C. season">Barnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_A.F.C._Bournemouth_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2008–09 A.F.C. Bournemouth season">Bournemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Bradford_City_A.F.C._season" title="2008–09 Bradford City A.F.C. season">Bradford City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Brentford_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Brentford F.C. season">Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Bury_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Bury F.C. season">Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Chester_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Chester City F.C. season">Chester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Chesterfield_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Chesterfield F.C. season">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Dagenham_%26_Redbridge_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. season">Dagenham & Redbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Darlington_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Darlington F.C. season">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Exeter_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Exeter City F.C. season">Exeter City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Gillingham F.C. season">Gillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Grimsby_Town_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Grimsby Town F.C. season">Grimsby Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Lincoln_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Lincoln City F.C. season">Lincoln City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Luton_Town_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Luton Town F.C. season">Luton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Macclesfield_Town_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Macclesfield Town F.C. season">Macclesfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Morecambe_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Morecambe F.C. season">Morecambe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Notts_County_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Notts County F.C. season">Notts County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Port Vale F.C. season">Port Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Rochdale_A.F.C._season" title="2008–09 Rochdale A.F.C. season">Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Rotherham_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Rotherham United F.C. season">Rotherham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Shrewsbury_Town_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season">Shrewsbury Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Wycombe_Wanderers_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season">Wycombe Wanderers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Non-League_football" title="Non-League football">Non-League</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Cambridge_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Cambridge United F.C. season">Cambridge United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Torquay_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Torquay United F.C. season">Torquay United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_York_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 York City F.C. season">York City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_football_transfers_summer_2008" title="List of English football transfers summer 2008">Summer 2008 transfers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_football_transfers_winter_2008%E2%80%9309" title="List of English football transfers winter 2008–09">Winter 2008–09 transfers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_football_transfers_summer_2009" title="List of English football transfers summer 2009">Summer 2009 transfers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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football">1872–73</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1873%E2%80%9374_in_English_football" title="1873–74 in English football">1873–74</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1874%E2%80%9375_in_English_football" title="1874–75 in English football">1874–75</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1875%E2%80%9376_in_English_football" title="1875–76 in English football">1875–76</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1876%E2%80%9377_in_English_football" title="1876–77 in English football">1876–77</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1877%E2%80%9378_in_English_football" title="1877–78 in English football">1877–78</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1878%E2%80%9379_in_English_football" title="1878–79 in English football">1878–79</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1880s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1879%E2%80%9380_in_English_football" title="1879–80 in English football">1879–80</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1880%E2%80%9381_in_English_football" title="1880–81 in English football">1880–81</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1881%E2%80%9382_in_English_football" title="1881–82 in English football">1881–82</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1882%E2%80%9383_in_English_football" title="1882–83 in English football">1882–83</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1883%E2%80%9384_in_English_football" title="1883–84 in English football">1883–84</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1884%E2%80%9385_in_English_football" title="1884–85 in English football">1884–85</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1885%E2%80%9386_in_English_football" title="1885–86 in English football">1885–86</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1886%E2%80%9387_in_English_football" title="1886–87 in English football">1886–87</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1887%E2%80%9388_in_English_football" title="1887–88 in English football">1887–88</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1888%E2%80%9389_in_English_football" title="1888–89 in English football">1888–89</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1890s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1889%E2%80%9390_in_English_football" title="1889–90 in English football">1889–90</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1890%E2%80%9391_in_English_football" title="1890–91 in English football">1890–91</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1891%E2%80%9392_in_English_football" title="1891–92 in English football">1891–92</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1892%E2%80%9393_in_English_football" title="1892–93 in English football">1892–93</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1893%E2%80%9394_in_English_football" title="1893–94 in English football">1893–94</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1894%E2%80%9395_in_English_football" title="1894–95 in English football">1894–95</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_in_English_football" title="1895–96 in English football">1895–96</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1896%E2%80%9397_in_English_football" title="1896–97 in English football">1896–97</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1897%E2%80%9398_in_English_football" title="1897–98 in English football">1897–98</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1898%E2%80%9399_in_English_football" title="1898–99 in English football">1898–99</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1900s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1899%E2%80%931900_in_English_football" title="1899–1900 in English football">1899–1900</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1900%E2%80%9301_in_English_football" title="1900–01 in English football">1900–01</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1901%E2%80%9302_in_English_football" title="1901–02 in English football">1901–02</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1902%E2%80%9303_in_English_football" title="1902–03 in English football">1902–03</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1903%E2%80%9304_in_English_football" title="1903–04 in English football">1903–04</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1904%E2%80%9305_in_English_football" title="1904–05 in English football">1904–05</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1905%E2%80%9306_in_English_football" title="1905–06 in English football">1905–06</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1906%E2%80%9307_in_English_football" title="1906–07 in English football">1906–07</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1907%E2%80%9308_in_English_football" title="1907–08 in English football">1907–08</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1908%E2%80%9309_in_English_football" title="1908–09 in English football">1908–09</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1910s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1909%E2%80%9310_in_English_football" title="1909–10 in English football">1909–10</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1910%E2%80%9311_in_English_football" title="1910–11 in English football">1910–11</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1911%E2%80%9312_in_English_football" title="1911–12 in English football">1911–12</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1912%E2%80%9313_in_English_football" title="1912–13 in English football">1912–13</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1913%E2%80%9314_in_English_football" title="1913–14 in English football">1913–14</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1914%E2%80%9315_in_English_football" title="1914–15 in English football">1914–15</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1915%E2%80%9316_in_English_football" title="1915–16 in English football">1915–16</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1916%E2%80%9317_in_English_football" title="1916–17 in English football">1916–17</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1917%E2%80%9318_in_English_football" title="1917–18 in English football">1917–18</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1918%E2%80%9319_in_English_football" title="1918–19 in English football">1918–19</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1919%E2%80%9320_in_English_football" title="1919–20 in English football">1919–20</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1920%E2%80%9321_in_English_football" title="1920–21 in English football">1920–21</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1921%E2%80%9322_in_English_football" title="1921–22 in English football">1921–22</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1922%E2%80%9323_in_English_football" title="1922–23 in English football">1922–23</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1923%E2%80%9324_in_English_football" title="1923–24 in English football">1923–24</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1924%E2%80%9325_in_English_football" title="1924–25 in English football">1924–25</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1925%E2%80%9326_in_English_football" title="1925–26 in English football">1925–26</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1926%E2%80%9327_in_English_football" title="1926–27 in English football">1926–27</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1927%E2%80%9328_in_English_football" title="1927–28 in English football">1927–28</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1928%E2%80%9329_in_English_football" title="1928–29 in English football">1928–29</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1929%E2%80%9330_in_English_football" title="1929–30 in English football">1929–30</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1930%E2%80%9331_in_English_football" title="1930–31 in English football">1930–31</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1931%E2%80%9332_in_English_football" title="1931–32 in English football">1931–32</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1932%E2%80%9333_in_English_football" title="1932–33 in English football">1932–33</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1933%E2%80%9334_in_English_football" title="1933–34 in English football">1933–34</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1934%E2%80%9335_in_English_football" title="1934–35 in English football">1934–35</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1935%E2%80%9336_in_English_football" title="1935–36 in English football">1935–36</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%9337_in_English_football" title="1936–37 in English football">1936–37</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1937%E2%80%9338_in_English_football" title="1937–38 in English football">1937–38</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1938%E2%80%9339_in_English_football" title="1938–39 in English football">1938–39</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1939%E2%80%9340_in_English_football" title="1939–40 in English football">1939–40</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1940%E2%80%9341_in_English_football" title="1940–41 in English football">1940–41</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1941%E2%80%9342_in_English_football" title="1941–42 in English football">1941–42</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1942%E2%80%9343_in_English_football" title="1942–43 in English football">1942–43</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1943%E2%80%9344_in_English_football" title="1943–44 in English football">1943–44</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1944%E2%80%9345_in_English_football" title="1944–45 in English football">1944–45</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1945%E2%80%9346_in_English_football" title="1945–46 in English football">1945–46</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1946%E2%80%9347_in_English_football" title="1946–47 in English football">1946–47</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348_in_English_football" title="1947–48 in English football">1947–48</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1948%E2%80%9349_in_English_football" title="1948–49 in English football">1948–49</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1949%E2%80%9350_in_English_football" title="1949–50 in English football">1949–50</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_in_English_football" title="1950–51 in English football">1950–51</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_in_English_football" title="1951–52 in English football">1951–52</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1952%E2%80%9353_in_English_football" title="1952–53 in English football">1952–53</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_in_English_football" title="1953–54 in English football">1953–54</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_in_English_football" title="1954–55 in English football">1954–55</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_in_English_football" title="1955–56 in English football">1955–56</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_in_English_football" title="1956–57 in English football">1956–57</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_in_English_football" title="1957–58 in English football">1957–58</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_in_English_football" title="1958–59 in English football">1958–59</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_in_English_football" title="1959–60 in English football">1959–60</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_in_English_football" title="1960–61 in English football">1960–61</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_in_English_football" title="1961–62 in English football">1961–62</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_in_English_football" title="1962–63 in English football">1962–63</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_in_English_football" title="1963–64 in English football">1963–64</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_in_English_football" title="1964–65 in English football">1964–65</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_in_English_football" title="1965–66 in English football">1965–66</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_in_English_football" title="1966–67 in English football">1966–67</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_in_English_football" title="1967–68 in English football">1967–68</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_in_English_football" title="1968–69 in English football">1968–69</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_in_English_football" title="1969–70 in English football">1969–70</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_in_English_football" title="1970–71 in English football">1970–71</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_in_English_football" title="1971–72 in English football">1971–72</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_in_English_football" title="1972–73 in English football">1972–73</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_in_English_football" title="1973–74 in English football">1973–74</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_in_English_football" title="1974–75 in English football">1974–75</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_in_English_football" title="1975–76 in English football">1975–76</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_in_English_football" title="1976–77 in English football">1976–77</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_in_English_football" title="1977–78 in English football">1977–78</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_in_English_football" title="1978–79 in English football">1978–79</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_in_English_football" title="1979–80 in English football">1979–80</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_in_English_football" title="1980–81 in English football">1980–81</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_in_English_football" title="1981–82 in English football">1981–82</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_in_English_football" title="1982–83 in English football">1982–83</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_in_English_football" title="1983–84 in English football">1983–84</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_in_English_football" title="1984–85 in English football">1984–85</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_in_English_football" title="1985–86 in English football">1985–86</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_in_English_football" title="1986–87 in English football">1986–87</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_in_English_football" title="1987–88 in English football">1987–88</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football" title="1988–89 in English football">1988–89</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_in_English_football" title="1989–90 in English football">1989–90</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_in_English_football" title="1990–91 in English football">1990–91</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_in_English_football" title="1991–92 in English football">1991–92</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_in_English_football" title="1992–93 in English football">1992–93</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_in_English_football" title="1993–94 in English football">1993–94</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_in_English_football" title="1994–95 in English football">1994–95</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_in_English_football" title="1995–96 in English football">1995–96</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_in_English_football" title="1996–97 in English football">1996–97</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_in_English_football" title="1997–98 in English football">1997–98</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_in_English_football" title="1998–99 in English football">1998–99</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_in_English_football" title="1999–2000 in English football">1999–2000</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_in_English_football" title="2000–01 in English football">2000–01</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_in_English_football" title="2001–02 in English football">2001–02</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_in_English_football" title="2002–03 in English football">2002–03</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_in_English_football" title="2003–04 in English football">2003–04</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_in_English_football" title="2004–05 in English football">2004–05</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_in_English_football" title="2005–06 in English football">2005–06</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_in_English_football" title="2006–07 in English football">2006–07</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_in_English_football" title="2007–08 in English football">2007–08</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008–09</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_in_English_football" title="2009–10 in English football">2009–10</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_in_English_football" title="2010–11 in English football">2010–11</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_in_English_football" title="2011–12 in English football">2011–12</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_in_English_football" title="2012–13 in English football">2012–13</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_in_English_football" title="2013–14 in English football">2013–14</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_in_English_football" title="2014–15 in English football">2014–15</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_in_English_football" title="2015–16 in English football">2015–16</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_in_English_football" title="2016–17 in English football">2016–17</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_in_English_football" title="2017–18 in English football">2017–18</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_in_English_football" title="2018–19 in English football">2018–19</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_in_English_football" title="2019–20 in English football">2019–20</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_in_English_football" title="2020–21 in English football">2020–21</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_in_English_football" title="2021–22 in English football">2021–22</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_in_English_football" title="2022–23 in English football">2022–23</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_in_English_football" title="2023–24 in English football">2023–24</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <b><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_in_English_football" title="2024–25 in English football">2024–25</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td 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