2008/2009

League: League One

Manager: Roberto Di Matteo

Assistant Manager: Eddie Newton

Captain: Keith Andrews, Dean Lewington

Player Of The Year: Aaron Wilbraham

Final Position: 3rd (lost in playoff semi final)

The Players

1 Nathan Abbey
2 Jude Stirling
3 Dean Lewington
4 Keith Andrews
4 Miguel Llera
5 Drissa Diallo
6 Sean O'Hanlon
7 Mark Wright
8 Jemal Johnson
9 Aaron Wilbraham
10 Kevin Gallen
11 Florian Sturm

12 Willy Guéret
14 Carl Regan
15 Sam Baldock
16 Donal McDermott
16 Jason Puncheon
17 Shaun Cummings
18 Ali Gerba
19 Stephen Gleeson
19 Carl Magnay
19 Paul Mitchell
20 Alan Navarro

22 Peter Leven
23 Craig Dobson
24 Flavien Belson
25 Danny Swailes
26 Luke Chadwick
27 David King
28 Adam Chicksen
29 Lewis Price
30 Daniel Powell
32 Bondz Ngala
35 Tore André Flo

Goalscorers

Player Appearances Goals
Aaron Wilbraham 36 17
Sam Baldock 44 11
Peter Leven 44 10
Ali Gerba 25 10
Jemal Johnson 37 6
Luke Chadwick 27 6
Mark Wright 37 5
Sean O'Hanlon 44 4
Dean Lewington 46 2
Jude Stirling 38 2
Miguel Llera 38 2
Alan Navarro 41 1
Jason Puncheon 9 1
Kevin Gallen 8 1
Daniel Powell 7 1

The Seasons Results

Date Opponent Result Scorers Att
Sat 9 Aug Leicester City A FL1 0-2   23,351
Tue 12 Aug Norwich City H FLC 1-0 Baldock 6,261
Sat 16 Aug Northampton Town H FL1 1-0 Wilbraham 12,078
Sat 23 Aug Huddersfield Town A FL1 3-1 Stirling, Wright, Leven 13,189
Tue 26 Aug Cardiff City A FLC 1-2 O'Hanlon 6,334
Sat 30 Aug Swindon Town A FL1 1-2 Stirling 8,846
Sat 6 Sep Yeovil Town H FL1 3-0 Leven (2), Baldock 7,959
Sat 13 Sep Oldham Athletic A FL1 0-2   5,530
Sat 20 Sep Colchester United A FL1 3-0 Wilbraham, Baldock (2) 4,888
Sat 27 Sep Peterborough United H FL1 1-2 Gerba 10,876
Sat 4 Oct Millwall A FL1 4-0 O'Hanlon, Baldock (2), Robinson (o.g.) 9,871
Tue 7 Oct Carlisle United H FL1 3-1 Leven (2), Llera 11,194
Sat 11 Oct Crewe Alexandra A FL1 2-2 Baldock, Chadwick 4,055
Sat 18 Oct Bournemouth A JPT 0-1   4,329
Tue 21 Oct Stockport County H FL1 1-2 Gerba 6,931
Tue 28 Oct Leyton Orient A FL1 2-1 Chadwick (2) 3,869
Sat 1 Nov Tranmere Rovers H FL1 1-0 Gallen 8,185
Sat 8 Nov Bradford City H FAC 1-2 Johnson 5,542
Sat 15 Nov Hartlepool United A FL1 3-1 Lewington, Wright, Powell 4,021
Sat 22 Nov Walsall A FL1 3-0 Johnson, Gerba, Wright 5,026
Tue 25 Nov Hereford United H FL1 3-0 Leven, Wright, Johnson 7,189
Sat 6 Dec Scunthorpe United H FL1 0-2   11,550
Fri 12 Dec Brighton & Hove Albion A FL1 4-2 Llera, Johnson, Leven, Puncheon 5,691
Sat 20 Dec Leeds United H FL1 3-1 O'Hanlon, Wilbraham (2) 17,073
Fri 26 Dec Bristol Rovers A FL1 2-1 Wilbraham, Anthony (o.g.) 9,002
Sun 28 Dec Southend United H FL1 2-0 O'Hanlon, Baldock 10,432
Mon 12 Jan Colchester United H FL1 1-1 Wilbraham 8,408
Sat 17 Jan Carlisle United A FL1 2-3 Wilbraham (2) 6,298
Tue 20 Jan Peterborough United A FL1 0-0   8,982
Tue 27 Jan Leyton Orient H FL1 1-2 Chadwick 8,170
Sat 31 Jan Cheltenham Town A FL1 5-3 Johnson (2), Wilbraham (3) 3,681
Tue 3 Feb Stockport County A FL1 1-0 Wilbraham 4,891
Sat 14 Feb Hartlepool United H FL1 3-1 Gerba (2), Lewington 8,657
Sat 21 Feb Tranmere Rovers A FL1 1-1 Leven 5,625
Sat 28 Feb Leicester City H FL1 2-2 Leven (2) 17,717
Sat 7 Mar Swindon Town A FL1 1-1 Wilbraham 7,453
Tue 10 Mar Huddersfield Town H FL1 1-1 Baldock 9,707
Sat 14 Mar Oldham Athletic H FL1 6-2 Wilbraham, Puncheon, Baldock (2), Navarro, Gerba 10,621
Tue 17 Mar Millwall H FL1 0-1   12,238
Sat 21 Mar Yeovil Town A FL1 0-0   9,707
Tue 24 Mar Crewe Alexandra A FL1 2-2 Wilbraham, Puncheon 8,454
Sat 28 Mar Leeds United A FL1 0-2   27,649
Sat 4 Apr Brighton & Hove Albion H FL1 2-0 Gerba, Puncheon 15,842
Fri 10 Apr Southend United A FL1 2-0 Wright (2) 10,241
Mon 13 Apr Bristol Rovers H FL1 2-1 Gerba, Chadwick 10,251
Sat 18 Apr Scunthorpe United A FL1 1-0 Chadwick 4,873
Sat 25 Apr Walsall H FL1 0-1   12,094
Tue 28 Apr Northampton Town A FL1 1-0 Wilbraham 6,054
Sat 2 May Hereford United A FL1 1-0 Howell 3,224
Fri 8 May Scunthorpe United A FL1 P1 1-1 Wilbraham 6,599
Fri 15 May Scunthorpe United H FL1 P2 0-0 AET. Scunthorpe won 7-6 on penalties. 14,479

Transfers In

Date Player From Fee
01 July 2008 Peter Leven Chesterfield Free transfer
23 July 2008 Florian Sturm Free agent  
04 August 2008 Shaun Cummings Chelsea End of season
07 August 2008 Ali Gerba Free agent  
20 August 2008 Flavien Belson Free agent  
01 September 2008 Miguel Llera Free agent  
11 September 2008 Donal McDermott Manchester City Loan to 11/10/2008
01 October 2008 Luke Chadwick Norwich City Loan to 1 January 2009
24 October 2008 Jason Puncheon Plymouth Argyle Loan to end of season
27th October 2008 Lewis Price Derby County 1 month loan
13 November 2008 Bondz N'Gala West Ham United Loan to 13/12/2008
21 November 2008 Tore André Flo Free agent  
01 January 2009 Luke Chadwick Free agent  
30 January 2009 Carl Magnay Chelsea
25 March 2009 Stephen Gleeson Wolverhampton Wdrs Loan to end of season

Transfers Out

Date Player To Fee
01 July 2008 Lloyd Dyer Released  
01 July 2008 Colin Cameron Released  
14 July 2008 Mustapha Carayol Torquay United Undisclosed
28 August 2008 Keith Andrews Blackburn Rovers £1,300,000
29th August 2008 Paul Mitchell Barnet Month loan
02 January 2009 Craig Dobson Released  
06 January 2009 Paul Mitchell Retired  
12 January 2009 Kevin Gallen Released  
15 January 2009 Drissa Diallo Released
30th January 2009 Florian Sturm Released

Final League Table

  Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Leicester City  46 27 15 4 84 39 45 96
2 Peterborough Utd  46 26 11 9 78 54 24 89
3 MK Dons 46 26 9 11 83 47 36 87
4 Leeds United 46 26 6 14 77 49 28 84
5 Millwall 46 25 7 14 63 53 10 82
P Scunthorpe Utd 46 22 10 14 82 63 19 76
7 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 11 14 62 49 13 74
8 Southend United 46 21 8 17 58 61 −3 71
9 Huddersfield Town 46 18 14 14 62 65 −3 68
10 Oldham Athletic 46 16 17 13 66 65 1 65
11 Bristol Rovers 46 17 12 17 79 61 18 63
12 Colchester United 46 18 9 19 58 58 0 63
13 Walsall 46 17 10 19 61 66 −5 61
14 Leyton Orient 46 15 11 20 45 57 −12 56
15 Swindon Town 46 12 17 17 68 71 −3 53
16 Brighton & Hove Alb 46 13 13 20 55 70 −15 52
17 Yeovil Town 46 12 15 19 41 66 −25 51
18 Stockport County 46 16 12 18 59 57 2 50*
19 Hartlepool United 46 13 11 22 66 79 −13 50
20 Carlisle United 46 12 14 20 56 69 −13 50
R Northampton Town 46 12 13 21 61 65 −4 49
R Crewe Alexndra 46 12 10 24 59 82 −23 46
R Cheltenham Town 46 9 12 25 51 91 −40 39
R Hereford United 46 9 7 30 42 79 −37 34