2008–09 Darlington F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Darlington 2008–09 Dave Penney The Darlington Arena League Two 12th FA Cup First round Football League Cup Second round Johnstones Paint Trophy Northern Semi Final 2007–08 2009–10 This page shows the progress of Darlington F.C. in the 2008–09 football season. During the season, Darlington competed in League Two in the English league system. League table DAR Results https://www.11v11.com/teams/darlington/tab/matches/season/2009/ Darlington match record: 2009 Football League Two 9 August 2008 1 Darlington 1–1 Exeter City Purdie 40 pen. Seaborne 60 The Darlington Arena Darlington 3,559 D 16 August 2008 2 Notts County 0–0 Darlington Meadow Lane Nottingham 4,352 D 23 August 2008 3 Darlington 1–2 Gillingham Purdie 78 pen. Jackson 21Richards 90 The Darlington Arena Darlington 2,831 L 30 August 2008 4 Macclesfield Town 0–6 Darlington Hessey 0 64 Clarke 26 53 64 pen. 67Walker 56 o.g.Austin 90 Moss Rose Macclesfield 1,554 L 6 September 2008 5 Aldershot Town 2–1 Darlington Morgan 7Soares 27 Hulbert 45 EBB Stadium Aldershot 3,460 L 13 September 2008 6 Darlington 2–1 Port Vale Burgmeier 38Hatch 77 Rodgers 28 The Darlington Arena Darlington 3,040 W 20 September 2008 7 Darlington 3–0 Accrington Stanley Clarke 32 57White 76 The Darlington Arena Darlington 2,814 W 27 September 2008 8 Bournemouth 3–1 Darlington Bartley 15Austin 37 o.g.Pitman 90 Hatch 35 Fitness First Stadium Bournemouth 4,124 L 4 October 2008 9 Darlington 1–1 Shrewsbury Town White 55 Thornton 71 The Darlington Arena Darlington 2,899 D 11 October 2008 10 Luton Town 1–2 Darlington Gnakpa 31 Clarke 15Blundell 90 Kenilworth Road Luton 5,560 W 18 October 2008 11 Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 Darlington McGleish 90 pen. Kennedy 58Ryan 0 77 Adams Park High Wycombe 5,345 D 21 October 2008 12 Darlington 2–1 Bradford City Austin 84Burgmeier 90 Daley 85 The Darlington Arena Darlington 3,034 W 25 October 2008 13 Darlington 3–0 Dagenham & Redbridge Hatch 5 55Kennedy 51 The Darlington Arena Darlington 3,070 W 28 October 2008 14 Rotherham United 0–1 Darlington Ravenhill 61 Don Valley Stadium Sheffield 3,322 W 1 November 2008 15 Grimsby Town 1–2 Darlington Kalala 71 Clarke 7Ravenhill 15 Blundell Park Grimsby 3,509 W 15 November 2008 16 Darlington 2–0 Lincoln City Foster 0 14Hatch 47Foran 90 The Darlington Arena Darlington 3,534 W 22 November 2008 17 Brentford 1–1 Darlington Osborne 90 Foran 60 Griffin Park London 4,837 D 25 November 2008 18 Darlington 1–2 Chester City Purdie 7 Lowe 37Kelly 53 The Darlington Arena Darlington 2,416 L 13 December 2008 19 Morecambe 1–0 Darlington Howe 67 Christie Park Morecambe 1,873 L 20 December 2008 20 Darlington 2–2 Barnet Hatch 8 25 O'Flynn 19Yakubu 76 The Darlington Arena Darlington 2,770 D 26 December 2008 21 Bury 2–2 Darlington Brown 31 o.g.Bishop 55 pen. Miller 44Foran 72 Gigg Lane Bury 3,454 D 28 December 2008 22 Darlington 0–0 Chesterfield The Darlington Arena Darlington 3,352 D 3 January 2009 23 Darlington 2–1 Bournemouth Abbott 83Purdie 90 pen. Hollands 29 The Darlington Arena Darlington 2,571 W 17 January 2009 24 Darlington 5–1 Luton Town Purdie 10 pen. 24Hatch 26Austin 28Blundell 85 Martin 30 The Darlington Arena Darlington 3,319 W 24 January 2009 25 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Darlington Walker 5 Prostar Stadium Shrewsbury 5,140 L 27 January 2009 26 Darlington 1–0 Rotherham United Carlton 22Hulbert 0 57 The Darlington Arena Darlington 2,431 W 31 January 2009 27 Dagenham & Redbridge 0–1 Darlington Abbott 74 Victoria Road Dagenham 1,832 W 17 February 2009 28 Bradford City 0–0 Darlington Coral Windows Stadium Bradford 12,782 D 21 February 2009 29 Darlington 1–0 Grimsby Town Main 87 The Darlington Arena Darlington 3,418 W 24 February 2009 30 Darlington 1–2 Rochdale Abbott 60Ravenhill 0 63 Le Fondre 28Rundle 62 The Darlington Arena Darlington 2,858 L 28 February 2009 31 Exeter City 2–0 Darlington Gill 72 pen.McAllister 83 White 0 88 St James Park Exeter 4,851 L 3 March 2009 32 Darlington 1–0 Notts County Hulbert 5 The Darlington Arena Darlington 2,450 W 7 March 2009 33 Darlington 1–2 Macclesfield Town Poole 61 Evans 40 67 pen. The Darlington Arena Darlington 2,995 L 10 March 2009 34 Gillingham 1–0 Darlington Jackson 90 pen. Priestfield Gillingham 4,730 L 14 March 2009 35 Port Vale 3–1 Darlington Dodds 45Taylor 51Richards 78 Carlton 26 Vale Park Stoke on Trent 4,860 L 17 March 2009 36 Lincoln City 0–1 Darlington Carlton 7 Sincil Bank Lincoln 2,835 W 21 March 2009 37 Darlington 2–0 Aldershot Town Main 45Carlton 72 The Darlington Arena Darlington 2,532 W 24 March 2009 38 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Darlington Ryan 22 Crown Ground Accrington 1,086 L 28 March 2009 39 Barnet 0–1 Darlington Abbott 66 Underhill London 2,069 W 4 April 2009 40 Darlington 0–0 Morecambe The Darlington Arena Darlington 2,560 D 7 April 2009 41 Darlington 1–2 Wycombe Wanderers Kennedy 60 Akinde 39Zebroski 90 The Darlington Arena Darlington 2,180 L 11 April 2009 42 Chesterfield 0–0 Darlington Saltergate Chesterfield 3,642 D 13 April 2009 43 Darlington 2–2 Bury Kennedy 38Abbott 74 Hurst 8Sodje 53 The Darlington Arena Darlington 2,927 D 18 April 2009 44 Rochdale 0–2 Darlington Kennedy 4McArdle 66 o.g. Spotland Rochdale 3,789 W 25 April 2009 45 Darlington 1–3 Brentford White 0 2Abbott 59 Bennett 35Clarke 43 54 The Darlington Arena Darlington 3,868 L 2 May 2009 46 Chester City 1–2 Darlington Miller 89 o.g. Abbott 71 90 Deva Stadium Chester 1,945 W FA Cup 2008–09 FA Cup 8 November 2008 Round 1 Darlington 0–0 Droylsden The Darlington Arena Darlington 2,479 D 2 December 2008 Round 2 Droylsden 1–0 Darlington Tipton 26 Butcher's Arms Ground Droylsden 1,672 L League Cup 2008–09 Football League Cup 12 August 2008 Round 1 Walsall 1–2 Darlington Ricketts 11 0 38 Kennedy 31Clarke 67 Banks's Stadium Walsall 2,702 W 26 August 2008 Round 1 Watford 2–1 yes Darlington Francis 37O'Toole 116 Blundell 90 Vicarage Road Watford 5,236 L Football League Trophy 2008–09 Football League Trophy 7 October 2008 Northern Section Round 2 Darlington 1–0 Huddersfield Town White 45 The Darlington Arena Darlington 1,791 W 4 November 2008 Northern Section Quarter Final Darlington 1–0 Bury White 53 The Darlington Arena Darlington 1,651 W 26 August 2008 Northern Section Semi Final Rotherham United 1–1 4–2 Darlington Harrison 74 Foster 35 Don Valley Stadium Sheffield 2,706 L Players http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2008-2009/fltwo/darli.htm FootballSquads - Darlington - 2008/09 First-team squad Includes all players who were awarded squad numbers during the season. 1 IRL GK Andy Oakes 2 ENG DF Neil Austin 3 ENG DF Clayton Fortune 4 ENG DF Alan White 5 ENG DF Steve Foster 6 ENG DF Ian Miller 7 ENG MF Jason Kennedy 8 ENG FW Gregg Blundell 9 POL FW Paweł Abbott 10 ENG FW Danny Carlton on loan from Carlisle United 11 ENG MF Rob Purdie 12 WAL DF Ryan Valentine 13 POL GK Przemysław Kazimierczak 14 IRL MF Ricky Ravenhill 15 ENG GK Nick Liversedge 16 ENG FW David Poole 17 ENG DF Adam Griffin 18 LIE MF Franz Burgmeier 19 ENG MF Corey Barnes 20 ENG MF John McReady 21 ENG MF Danny Groves 22 ENG GK Scott Pocklington 23 ENG MF Robin Hulbert 25 ENG FW Curtis Main 26 NIR DF Jonathan Hewitson 27 ENG MF Josh Gray 28 ENG FW Michael Smith 29 ENG FW Liam Hatch on loan from Peterborough United 30 ENG DF Tim Ryan 32 ENG MF Dan Riley Left club during season 24 IRL FW Billy Clarke returned to parent club Ipswich Town following loan spell 33 WAL MF Michael Flynn returned to parent club Huddersfield Town following loan spell 22 ENG GK Simon Brown returned to parent club Brentford following loan spell 31 IRL FW Richie Foran returned to parent club Southend United following loan spell 10 ENG FW Adam Proudlock signed for Grimsby Town in January 2009 https://www.skysports.com/football/news/4769099/mariners-swoop-for-striker Mariners swoop for striker 34 FRA FW Sébastien Carole 19 ENG DF Lewis Hardman 21 ENG FW Jason Bradley 20 ENG MF Simon Todd 19 ENG DF Carl Tremarco returned to parent club Wrexham following loan spell 22 ENG GK Dean Gerken returned to parent club Colchester United following loan spell References 2 Category:Darlington F.C. seasons Darlington