2008–09 Football League Two







































Football League Two
Season 2008–09
Champions Brentford
Promoted
Brentford
Exeter City
Wycombe Wanderers
Gillingham
Relegated
Chester City
Luton Town
Matches played 557
Top goalscorer
Simeon Jackson (20)
Longest winning run 7 games

← 2007–08


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The Football League 2008–09, known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons, is the 17th season under its current league division format. It began in August 2008 and concluded in May 2009, with the promotion play-off finals.


The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The third division of these is League Two. The winner, runner up and third-placed team of League Two will be automatically promoted to Football League One and they will be joined by the winner of the League Two playoff. The bottom two teams in the league will be relegated from the Football League to the Conference National for the 2009–10 season.


Before the season started, Luton Town, Rotherham United and 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.




Contents






  • 1 Changes from last season


    • 1.1 From League Two


    • 1.2 To League Two




  • 2 League table


    • 2.1 Play-offs




  • 3 Stadia and locations


  • 4 Results


  • 5 Top scorers


  • 6 Monthly awards


  • 7 Key events


  • 8 Managerial changes


  • 9 See also


  • 10 References





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





















































































































































































































































































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Promotion or relegation
1

Brentford (C, P)
46
23
16
7
65
36
+29
85
Promotion to League One
2

Exeter City (P)
46
22
13
11
65
50
+15
79
3

Wycombe Wanderers (P)
46
20
18
8
54
33
+21
78
4

Bury
46
21
15
10
63
43
+20
78
Qualification for League Two playoffs
5

Gillingham (O, P)
46
21
12
13
58
55
+3
75
6

Rochdale
46
19
13
14
70
59
+11
70
7

Shrewsbury Town
46
17
18
11
61
44
+17
69
8

Dagenham & Redbridge
46
19
11
16
77
53
+24
68

9

Bradford City
46
18
13
15
66
55
+11
67
10

Chesterfield
46
16
15
15
62
57
+5
63
11

Morecambe
46
15
18
13
53
56
−3
63
12

Darlington
46
20
12
14
61
44
+17
62[a]
13

Lincoln City
46
14
17
15
53
52
+1
59
14

Rotherham United
46
21
12
13
60
46
+14
58[b]
15

Aldershot Town
46
14
12
20
59
80
−21
54
16

Accrington Stanley
46
13
11
22
42
59
−17
50
17

Barnet
46
11
15
20
56
74
−18
48
18

Port Vale
46
13
9
24
44
66
−22
48
19

Notts County
46
11
14
21
49
69
−20
47
20

Macclesfield Town
46
13
8
25
45
77
−32
47
21

Bournemouth
46
17
12
17
59
51
+8
46[c]
22

Grimsby Town
46
9
14
23
51
69
−18
41
23

Chester City (R)
46
8
13
25
43
81
−38
37
Relegated to Conference National
24

Luton Town (R)
46
13
17
16
58
65
−7
26[d]

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2009. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:




  1. ^ Darlington deducted 10 points;[1]


  2. ^ Rotherham United deducted 17 points;[2]


  3. ^ Bournemouth deducted 17 points;[3]


  4. ^ Luton Town deducted 30 points[4]




Play-offs













































































 
Semifinals

Final at Wembley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

7 Shrewsbury Town
0
1 (4)

1
 

4 Bury
1
0 (3)
1
 

 
 
Shrewsbury Town
0

 
Gillingham
1

6 Rochdale
0
1
1

5 Gillingham
0
2
2
 



Stadia and locations




2008–09 Football League Two is located in England

Accrington

Accrington



Aldershot

Aldershot



Barnet



Barnet



Bournemouth

Bournemouth



Bradford



Bradford



Brentford



Brentford



Bury

Bury



Chester

Chester



Chesterfield

Chesterfield



Dag & Red

Dag & Red



Darlington

Darlington



Exeter

Exeter



Gillingham



Gillingham



Grimsby

Grimsby



Lincoln

Lincoln



Luton

Luton



Macclesfield



Macclesfield



Morecambe

Morecambe



Notts County

Notts County



Port Vale



Port Vale



Rochdale

Rochdale



Rotherham

Rotherham



Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury



Wycombe

Wycombe




Locations of the League Two 2008–09 teams
































































































































Team
Stadium
Capacity
Darlington The Darlington Arena 25,294*
Bradford City Valley Parade 25,136
Rotherham United Don Valley Stadium 25,000
Port Vale Vale Park 22,356
Notts County Meadow Lane 19,588
Brentford Griffin Park 12,763
Bury Gigg Lane 11,840
Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 11,582
Bournemouth Dean Court 10,700
Luton Town Kenilworth Road 10,260
Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,249
Lincoln City Sincil Bank 10,127
Wycombe Wanderers Adams Park 10,000
Shrewsbury Town New Meadow 9,875
Grimsby Town Blundell Park 9,106
Exeter City St James Park 9,036
Chesterfield Saltergate 8,504
Aldershot Town Recreation Ground 7,100
Morecambe Christie Park 6,400
Macclesfield Town Moss Rose 6,335
Dagenham & Redbridge Victoria Road 6,000
Barnet Underhill Stadium 5,568
Chester City Deva Stadium 5,376
Accrington Stanley Crown Ground 5,057

*Capacity limited to 6,000 because of planning regulations[5]



Results






































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Home Away

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


Source: The Football League
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


Top scorers















































































Pos Player Team Goals
1

Simeon Jackson

Gillingham
20
2

Grant Holt

Shrewsbury Town
20
3

Jack Lester

Chesterfield
20
4

Adam le Fondre

Rochdale
17
5

John O'Flynn

Barnet
17
6

Reuben Reid

Rotherham United
17
7

Charlie MacDonald

Brentford
16
8

Andy Bishop

Bury
15

Peter Thorne

Bradford City
10

Paul Benson

Dagenham & Redbridge
14

Ryan Lowe

Chester City

Brett Pitman

Bournemouth

Jamie Ward

Chesterfield


Monthly awards























































































Month
Manager of the Month
Player of the Month
Notes
Manager
Club
Player
Club
August

Mark Robins

Rotherham United

Solomon Taiwo

Dagenham & Redbridge

[6][7]
September

Alan Knill

Bury

Matthew Gill

Exeter City

[8][9]
October

Peter Jackson

Lincoln City

Jamie Ward

Chesterfield

[10][11]
November

Peter Taylor

Wycombe Wanderers

Grant Holt

Shrewsbury Town

[12][13]
December

John Still

Dagenham & Redbridge

Marcus Bean

Brentford

[14][15]
January

Alan Knill

Bury

Dany N'Guessan

Lincoln City

[16][17]
February

Sammy McIlroy

Morecambe

Charlie MacDonald

Brentford

[18][19]
March

Lee Richardson

Chesterfield

Reuben Reid

Rotherham United

[20][21]
April

Andy Scott

Brentford

Sam Saunders

Dagenham & Redbridge

[22][23]


Key events


25 February 2009 – Darlington are docked 10 points by the FA for entering administration


2 May 2009 – Brentford crowned Champions of League 2 after 3–1 win at Darlington.



Managerial changes


































































Team
Outgoing manager
Manner of departure
Date of vacancy
Replaced by
Date of appointment
Position in table

Bournemouth

Kevin Bond
Contract terminated
1 September 2008[24]

Jimmy Quinn
2 September 2008[25]
23rd

Grimsby Town

Alan Buckley
Contract terminated
15 September 2008[26]

Mike Newell
6 October 2008[27]
20th

Port Vale

Lee Sinnott
Mutual consent
22 September 2008[28]

Dean Glover
6 October 2008[29]
16th

Chester City

Simon Davies
Contract terminated
11 November 2008[30]

Mark Wright
14 November 2008[31]
19th

Barnet

Paul Fairclough
Resigned
28 December 2008[32]

Ian Hendon
21 April 2009[33]
16th

Bournemouth

Jimmy Quinn
Contract terminated
31 December 2008[34]

Eddie Howe
31 December 2008[35]
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



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