2008–09 Football League Two

April 2014 Football League Two 2008–09 Brentford BrentfordExeter CityWycombe WanderersGillingham Chester CityLuton Town 557 Grant HoltSimeon Jackson (20) 7 games 2007–08 2009–10 April 2014 The Football League 2008–09, known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th season under its current league division format. It began in August 2008 and concluded in May 2009, with the promotion play-off finals. The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The third division of these is League Two. The winner, runner up and third-placed team of League Two will be automatically promoted to Football League One and they will be joined by the winner of the League Two playoff. The bottom two teams in the league will be relegated from the Football League to the Conference National for the 2009–10 season. Before the season started, Luton Town, Rotherham United and AFC Bournemouth were all docked points for the League Two season for, in all cases, financial problems and additionally, in the case of Luton, for criminal matters regarding transfers of players. Bournemouth and Rotherham both started on −17 points while Luton had to begin on −30 points. On 25 January, Darlington were docked ten points after going into administration. Changes from last season From League Two Promoted to League One Milton Keynes Dons Peterborough United Hereford United Stockport County Relegated to Conference National Wrexham Mansfield Town To League Two Relegated from League One Bournemouth Gillingham Port Vale Luton Town Promoted from Conference National Aldershot Town Exeter City League table main football complete 5 BRE Brentford EXE Exeter City WYC Wycombe Wanderers BRY Bury GIL Gillingham ROC Rochdale SHR Shrewsbury Town D&R Dagenham & Redbridge BRA Bradford City CHF Chesterfield MOR Morecambe DAR Darlington LIN Lincoln City ROT Rotherham United ALD Aldershot Town ACC Accrington Stanley BAR Barnet PTV Port Vale NTC Notts County MAC Macclesfield Town BOU Bournemouth GRI Grimsby Town CHE Chester City LUT Luton Town 23 16 7 65 36 C,P 22 13 11 65 50 P 20 18 8 54 33 P 21 15 10 63 43 21 12 13 58 55 O,P 19 13 14 70 59 17 18 11 61 44 19 11 16 77 53 18 13 15 66 55 16 15 15 62 57 15 18 13 53 56 20 12 14 61 44 -10 14 17 15 53 52 21 12 13 60 46 -17 14 12 20 59 80 13 11 22 42 59 11 15 20 56 74 13 9 24 44 66 11 14 21 49 69 13 8 25 45 77 17 12 17 59 51 -17 9 14 23 51 69 8 13 25 43 81 R 13 17 16 58 65 -30 R Darlington deducted 10 points for entering administration.http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/LatestNewsDetail/0,,10794~1569989,00.html Darlington in administration 25 February 2009 25 February 2009 The Football League dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090228043914/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/LatestNewsDetail/0%2C%2C10794~1569989%2C00.html 28 February 2009 Rotherham United deducted 17 points for leaving administration without a Company Voluntary Agreement.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rotherham_utd/7543195.stm Rotherham set to lose 17 points 6 August 2008 6 August 2008 BBC Sport Bournemouth deducted 17 points for leaving administration without a Company Voluntary Agreement.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bournemouth/7547284.stm Bournemouth face 17-point penalty 7 August 2008 7 August 2008 BBC Sport Luton Town deducted 30 points; 20 points for leaving administration without a Company Voluntary Agreement, and 10 points for making illegal payments to agents.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/luton_town/7500435.stm Luton to face 30-point deduction 10 July 2008 10 July 2008 BBC Sport PQR green1 Promotion to Football League One P P P yellow1 Qualification for League Two play-offs PP PP PP PP red1 Relegated to Conference National R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. The Football League Play-offs 2/1 y y Semifinals Final at Wembley 7 Shrewsbury Town 0 1 (4) 1 4 Bury 1 0 (3) 1 6 Rochdale 0 1 1 5 Gillingham 0 2 2 Shrewsbury Town 0 Gillingham 1 Stadia and locations UK England right 395 Locations of the League Two 2008–09 teams UK England 53.765356 -2.370911 Accrington left UK England 51.248386 -0.754789 Aldershot bottom UK England 51.646158 -0.191733 Barnet top UK England 50.735278 -1.838333 Bournemouth bottom UK England 53.804222 -1.759022 Bradford top UK England 51.488183 -0.302639 Brentford left UK England 53.580506 -2.294822 Bury right UK England 53.189181 -2.923814 Chester left UK England 53.2394 -1.435458 Chesterfield top UK England 51.5478 0.159867 Dag & Red right UK England 54.508425 -1.534394 Darlington right UK England 50.730714 -3.52115 Exeter bottom UK England 51.38425 0.560753 Gillingham right UK England 53.570225 -0.046497 Grimsby right UK England 53.218289 -0.540811 Lincoln right UK England 51.884189 -0.431672 Luton right UK England 53.242781 -2.127136 Macclesfield right UK England 54.067519 -2.847081 Morecambe right UK England 52.9425 -1.137222 Notts County bottom UK England 53.049722 -2.1925 Port Vale left UK England 53.620844 -2.180033 Rochdale left UK England 53.396064 -1.425798 Rotherham left UK England 52.688489 -2.749297 Shrewsbury left UK England 51.630578 -0.800242 Wycombe left Team Stadium Capacity Darlington The Darlington Arena 25,294* Bradford City Valley Parade 25,136 Rotherham United Don Valley Stadium 25,000 Port Vale Vale Park 22,356 Notts County Meadow Lane 19,588 Brentford Griffin Park 12,763 Bury Gigg Lane 11,840 Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 11,582 Bournemouth Dean Court 10,700 Luton Town Kenilworth Road 10,260 Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,249 Lincoln City Sincil Bank 10,127 Wycombe Wanderers Adams Park 10,000 Shrewsbury Town New Meadow 9,875 Grimsby Town Blundell Park 9,106 Exeter City St James Park 9,036 Chesterfield Saltergate 8,504 Aldershot Town Recreation Ground 7,100 Morecambe Christie Park 6,400 Macclesfield Town Moss Rose 6,335 Dagenham & Redbridge Victoria Road 6,000 Barnet Underhill Stadium 5,568 Chester City Deva Stadium 5,376 Accrington Stanley Crown Ground 5,057 *Capacity limited to 6,000 because of planning regulationshttp://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2309598.club_nears_backing_for_its_first_concert/ Club nears backing for its first concert 2 May 2008 10 August 2008 The Northern Echo Paul Cook Results main FBR grey ACC ALD BAR BOU BRA BRE BRY CHE CHF D&R DAR EXE GIL GRI LIN LUT MAC MOR NTC PTV ROC ROT SHR WYC Accrington Stanley 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–3 2–1 0–1 Aldershot Town 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–3 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–4 0–1 0–0 3–2 Barnet 2–1 0–3 1–0 4–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 3–3 3–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–4 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 Bournemouth 1–0 2–0 0–2 4–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 Bradford City 1–1 5–0 3–3 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 Brentford 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–3 Bury 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 0–1 4–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 Chester City 2–0 0–1 5–1 0–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–5 1–1 0–2 Chesterfield 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–4 1–2 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 Dagenham & Redbridge 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–3 6–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 4–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 0–2 6–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 Darlington 3–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 5–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 Exeter City 2–1 3–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–6 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 4–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 4–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 Gillingham 1–0 4–4 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 5–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 Grimsby Town 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–3 1–3 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 5–1 2–2 0–0 2–3 0–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 Lincoln City 5–1 0–2 2–0 3–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 Luton Town 1–2 3–1 3–1 3–3 3–3 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–4 3–1 0–1 Macclesfield Town 0–2 4–2 2–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–4 0–6 1–4 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 Morecambe 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–4 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 Notts County 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–2 0–3 2–2 0–2 Port Vale 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–2 0–3 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–3 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–4 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 Rochdale 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 6–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 Rotherham United 0–0 1–2 3–4 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 1–0 2–2 4–1 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 7–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 4–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 complete The Football League Top scorers PosPlayerTeamGoals1CAN Simeon JacksonGillingham20ENG Grant HoltShrewsbury TownENG Jack LesterChesterfield4ENG Adam Le FondreRochdale17IRL John O'FlynnBarnetENG Reuben ReidRotherham United7ENG Charlie MacDonaldBrentford168ENG Andy BishopBury15ENG Peter ThorneBradford City10ENG Paul BensonDagenham & Redbridge14ENG Ryan LoweChester CityJER Brett PitmanBournemouthNIR Jamie WardChesterfield Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthNotesManagerClubPlayerClubAugustENG Mark RobinsRotherham UnitedNGA Solomon TaiwoDagenham & Redbridgehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rotherham_utd/7598316.stm Millers boss nets monthly award 2 October 2008 2 October 2008 BBC Sporthttp://www.setantasports.com/en/Sport/News/Football/2008/09/08/Football-League-Powerade-awards-announced/?facets/sport-space/football/great-britain-locale/Coca-Cola-Football-League-Two/ Player of the Month Awards announced 8 September 2008 18 November 2008 Setanta SportsApril 2010SeptemberWAL Alan KnillBuryENG Matthew GillExeter Cityhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bury/7648637.stm Bury's Knill scoops monthly award 2 October 2008 2 October 2008 BBC Sporthttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/exeter_city/7658691.stm Gill is named Player of the Month 8 October 2008 18 November 2008 BBC SportOctoberENG Peter JacksonLincoln CityNIR Jamie WardChesterfieldhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/lincoln_city/7713775.stm Jackson wins manager of the month 6 November 2008 6 November 2008 BBC Sporthttp://www.football-league.co.uk/page/News/LeagueTwoNewsDetail/0,,10794~1447567,00.html Ward wins League 2 award 18 November 2008 The Football League https://web.archive.org/web/20090324063920/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/News/LeagueTwoNewsDetail/0,,10794~1447567,00.html 24 March 2009 dead dmy-all NovemberENG Peter TaylorWycombe WanderersENG Grant HoltShrewsbury Townhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wycombe_wanderers/7765116.stm November honour for Wycombe boss 4 December 2008 4 December 2008 BBC Sporthttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/7774030.stm Team success won my award – Holt 9 December 2008 16 December 2008 BBC SportDecemberENG John StillDagenham & RedbridgeJAM Marcus BeanBrentfordhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/7807109.stm Reading boss scoops monthly award 1 January 2009 2 January 2009 BBC Sporthttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7826263.stm Reading's Hunt wins monthly award 13 January 2009 13 January 2009 BBC SportJanuaryWAL Alan KnillBuryFRA Dany N'GuessanLincoln Cityhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bury/7872435.stm Bury boss earns League Two honour 5 February 2009 5 February 2009 BBC Sporthttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/g/gillingham/7870885.stm N'Guessan is player of the month 10 February 2009 10 February 2009 BBC SportFebruaryNIR Sammy McIlroyMorecambeENG Charlie MacDonaldBrentfordhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7926410.stm Coventry boss wins monthly award 5 March 2009 7 March 2009 BBC Sporthttp://www.football-league.co.uk/page/League2PlayeroftheMonth/0,,10794~1585282,00.html MacDonald the pick of League 2 9 March 2009 Football League 3 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20090427032415/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/League2PlayeroftheMonth/0%2C%2C10794~1585282%2C00.html 27 April 2009 dead dmy-all MarchENG Lee RichardsonChesterfieldENG Reuben ReidRotherham Unitedhttp://www.football-league.co.uk/page/News/LeagueTwoNewsDetail/0,,10794~1610424,00.html WINNERS ANNOUNCED 2 April 2009 22 April 2009 The Football League September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes http://www.darlington-fc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10339~1615484,00.html Powerade Player-of-the-Month awards 7 April 2009 22 May 2009 darlington-fc.net https://web.archive.org/web/20100704213143/http://www.darlington-fc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10339~1615484,00.html 4 July 2010 dead dmy-allAprilENG Andy ScottBrentfordENG Sam SaundersDagenham & Redbridgehttp://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/07052009/58/league-bees-boss-scott-wins-april-award.html League Two – Bees boss Scott wins April award 7 May 2009 22 May 2009 Yahoo! Eurosport UK September 2010 H3llBothttp://www.football-league.co.uk/page/LatestNewsDetail/0,,10794~1651790,00.html Powerade winners announced 4 May 2009 22 May 2009 Football League dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090526142528/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/LatestNewsDetail/0%2C%2C10794~1651790%2C00.html 26 May 2009 Key events 25 February 2009 – Darlington are docked 10 points by the FA for entering administration 2 May 2009 – Brentford crowned Champions of League 2 after 3–1 win at Darlington. Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Bournemouth Kevin Bond Contract terminated 1 September 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bournemouth/7592896.stm Bond sacked as Bournemouth boss BBC Sport 1 September 2008 3 September 2008 Jimmy Quinn 2 September 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bournemouth/7593850.stm Bournemouth name Quinn as manager BBC Sport 2 September 2008 3 September 2008 23rd Grimsby Town Alan Buckley Contract terminated 15 September 2008http://www.grimsby-townfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~1393011,00.html GTFC Statement Grimsby Town official website 15 September 2008 15 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080918015859/http://www.grimsby-townfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~1393011,00.html 18 September 2008 dead Mike Newell 6 October 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/g/grimsby_town/7654352.stm Newell takes over as Grimsby boss BBC Sport 6 October 2008 7 October 2008 20th Port Vale Lee Sinnott Mutual consent 22 September 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/7629851.stm Sinnott parts company with Vale BBC Sport 22 September 2008 23 September 2008 Dean Glover 6 October 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/7653984.stm Glover named new Port Vale boss BBC Sport 6 October 2008 30 October 2008 16th Chester City Simon Davies Contract terminated 11 November 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chester/7721512.stm Chester part company with Davies BBC Sport 11 November 2008 11 November 2008 Mark Wright 14 November 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chester/7730031.stm Chester reappoint Wright as boss BBC Sport 14 November 2008 15 November 2008 19th Barnet Paul Fairclough Resigned 28 December 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/barnet/7801204.stm Fairclough stands down at Barnet 27 December 2008 27 December 2008 BBC Sport Ian Hendon 21 April 2009https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/barnet/8012466.stm Barnet appoint Hendon as manager BBC Sport 22 April 2009 22 April 2009 16th Bournemouth Jimmy Quinn Contract terminated 31 December 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bournemouth/7806809.stm Quinn parts company with Cherries 1 January 2009 1 January 2009 BBC Sport Eddie Howe 31 December 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bournemouth/7837089.stm Cherries appoint Howe for season 19 January 2009 19 January 2009 BBC Sport 23rd See also 2008–09 Football League 2008–09 in English football 2008–09 Aldershot Town F.C. season 2008–09 Bradford City A.F.C. season 2008–09 Grimsby Town F.C. season 2008–09 Luton Town F.C. season References Category:EFL League Two seasons 3 4 Eng