2008–09 Notts County F.C. season

Notts County

2008-09 season
Manager	Ian McParland
Football League Two	19th
FA Cup	2nd Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Football League Trophy	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Delroy Facey (9) All: Richard Butcher (10)
Highest home attendance	6,033 vs Aldershot Town, 27 September 2008
Lowest home attendance	2,886 vs Luton Town, 10 March 2009
Average home league attendance	3,928
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Notts County are the oldest club in the Football League. The 2008-09 season was its 12th year in The Football League.

Season review

League Two

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
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

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	11	14	21	49	69	−20	47	6	6	11	22	31	−9	5	8	10	27	38	−11

Last updated: 2 May 2009.
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Cups

FA Cup

Notts County took on non-League side Sutton Town where they won. After that they took on another non-league side, Kettering Town where they drew resulting in a replay where they lost 2-1.

League Cup

Notts County started their League Cup campaign against newly promoted Championship side, Doncaster Rovers. Myles Weston scored the only goal to put them through to the second round, where they took on Premier League side Wigan Athletic. There they lost 4-0.

Football League Trophy

Notts County's Football League Trophy campaign only lasted one match. League One outfit Scunthorpe United beat the County 2-1 at Glanford Park.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Russell Hoult 2 DF Phil Picken 4 DF Mike Edwards 5 DF Adam Tann 6 DF Michael Johnson 7 MF Matthew Hamshaw 9 FW Jamie Forrester 11 MF Myles Weston 12 GK Kevin Pilkington 14 FW Sean Canham

No. Position Player 15 MF Gavin Strachan 16 FW Ben Fairclough 17 DF Jamie Clapham 18 DF Stephen Hunt 20 DF John Thompson (captain) 22 FW Delroy Facey 23 MF Richard Butcher 24 Matt Richards 25 MF Adam Nowland

Statistics

As of end of season

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Russell Hoult	21	0	16	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
2	DF		Jason Beardsley*	14	0	11	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
2	DF		Phil Picken	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Paul Mayo*	16	2	10+2	2	1	0	2	0	1	0
4	DF		Mike Edwards	49	2	42+1	2	3	0	2	0	1	0
5	DF		Adam Tann	17	0	9+5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
6	DF		Michael Johnson	30	2	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
7	MF		Matthew Hamshaw	46	3	39+2	3	2	0	2	0	1	0
8	MF		Neil MacKenzie*	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
9	FW		Jamie Forrester	32	8	27+3	8	2	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Jay Smith*	18	1	6+7	0	2	1	2	0	1	0
11	MF		Myles Weston	50	4	44	3	3	0	2	1	1	0
12	GK		Kevin Pilkington	26	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	FW		Sean Canham	29	4	7+16	3	3	1	2	0	1	0
15	MF		Gavin Strachan	19	1	13+5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Ben Fairclough	11	0	2+6	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
17	DF		Jamie Clapham	43	2	40	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Stephen Hunt	13	0	8+3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Nathaniel Wedderburn*	11	0	3+6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF		John Thompson	38	2	35	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Spencer Weir-Daley*	14	0	0+10	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
22	FW		Delroy Facey	51	9	44+1	9	3	0	2	0	1	0
23	MF		Richard Butcher	39	10	29+5	8	2	1	2	0	1	1
24	DF		Mitchell Hanson*	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24			Matt Richards	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Adam Nowland	21	0	16+4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Lewis Neal*	6	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK		Josh Lillis*	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Jonathan Forte*	18	8	15+3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0

• *Indicates player left during the season

Disciplinary record

Number	Pos	Player
20	DF	John Thompson	11	0
06	DF	Michael Johnson	9	0
09	FW	Jamie Forrester	0	1
07	MF	Matthew Hamshaw	4	0
10	FW	Jay Smith	4	0
02	DF	Phil Picken	4	0
04	DF	Mike Edwards	3	0
11	MF	Myles Weston	3	0
14	FW	Sean Canham	2	0
17	DF	Jamie Clapham	2	0
24	DF	Mitchell Hanson	2	0
03	DF	Paul Mayo	2	0
25	MF	Adam Nowland	2	0
02	DF	Jason Beardsley	1	0
23	MF	Richard Butcher	1	0
22	FW	Delroy Facey	1	0
10	FW	Jonathan Forte	1	0
18	DF	Stephen Hunt	1	0
26	MF	Lewis Neal	1	0
12	GK	Kevin Pilkington	1	0
05	DF	Adam Tann	1	0
19	MF	Nathaniel Wedderburn	1	0

Transfers

Summer transfers in

Player	Club	Fee
Sean Canham	Team Bath	Undisclosed
Delroy Facey	Gillingham	Free
Jamie Forrester	Lincoln City	Free
Matt Hamshaw	Unattached	Free
Michael Johnson	Derby County	Free

Loans In

Player	Club	Arrival Date	Date Return
Jason Beardsley	Derby County	5 June 2008	31 December 2008
Jonathan Forte	Scunthorpe United	13 November 2008	13 December 2008
Jonathan Forte	Scunthorpe United	February 2009	18 April 2009
Phil Picken	Chesterfield		End of Season

January transfers out

Player	Club	Fee
Paul Mayo	Released	-
Jay Smith	Released	-

Fixtures and results

League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 Aug	Bradford City	A	1-2	14,038	Butcher
16 Aug	Darlington	H	0-0	4,352
23 Aug	Luton Town	A	1-1	6,058	Forrester
30 Aug	Shrewsbury Town	H	2-2	4,697	Edwards, Butcher
6 Sep	A.F.C. Bournemouth	H	1-1	4,362	Forrester
13 Sep	Accrington Stanley	A	1-1	1,404	Canham
20 Sep	Exeter City	A	2-2	4,341	Johnson, Canham
27 Sep	Aldershot Town	H	2-1	6,033	Johnson, Butcher
4 Oct	Port Vale	A	2-1	6,247	Forrester, Weston
13 Oct	Brentford	H	1-1	6,012	Forrester
18 Oct	Macclesfield Town	H	1-1	4,600	Facey
21 Oct	Gillingham	A	2-2	4,396	Butcher, Facey
25 Oct	Chesterfield	A	1-3	4,134	Facey
28 Oct	Rochdale	H	1-2	3,610	Forrester
1 Nov	Bury	H	0-1	4,391
15 Nov	Barnet	A	4-0	1,934	Butcher, Forte (3)
22 Nov	Dagenham & Redbridge	A	1-6	1,743	Forte
25 Nov	Wycombe Wanderers	H	0-2	2,964
6 Dec	Morecambe	H	1-0	3,671	Canham
13 Dec	Chester City	A	0-2	1,767
20 Dec	Lincoln City	H	0-1	4,568
26 Dec	Grimsby Town	A	1-0	5,432	Facey
28 Dec	Rotherham United	H	0-3	6,686
10 Jan	Exeter City	H	2-1	3,832	Facey, Strachan
17 Jan	Brentford	A	1-1	5,465	Facey
20 Jan	Aldershot Town	A	2-2	2,491	Clapham, Hamshaw
24 Jan	Port Vale	H	4-2	4,447	Weston, Forrester (3)
27 Jan	Rochdale	A	0-3	2,289
31 Jan	Chesterfield	H	0-1	4,953
14 Feb	Barnet	H	2-0	3,830	Hamshaw, Clapham
17 Feb	Macclesfield Town	A	1-1	1,370	Hamshaw
21 Feb	Bury	A	0-2	2,810
28 Feb	Bradford City	H	3-1	5,138	Forte (2), Facey
3 Mar	Darlington	A	0-1	2,450
7 Mar	Shrewsbury Town	A	2-3	5,192	Butcher, Forte
10 Mar	Luton Town	H	0-2	2,886
14 Mar	Accrington Stanley	H	1-1	3,701	Facey
17 Mar	Gillingham	H	0-1	3,189
21 Mar	A.F.C. Bournemouth	A	1-0	5,510	Weston
28 Mar	Lincoln City	A	1-1	4,027	Facey
4 Apr	Chester City	H	1-2	4,025	Edwards
11 Apr	Rotherham United	A	1-2	2,945	Forte
13 Apr	Grimsby Town	H	0-2	5,890
18 Apr	Morecambe	A	0-1	2,161
25 Apr	Dagenham & Redbridge	H	0-3	4,419
2 May	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2-1	9,625	Thompson

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 Nov	One	Sutton United	A	1-0	4,391	Butcher
30 Nov	Two	Kettering Town	H	1-1	4,451	Canham
10 Dec	Two (replay)	Kettering Town	A	1-2	3,019	Smith

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 Aug	One	Doncaster Rovers	H	1-0	3,272	Weston
26 Aug	Two	Wigan Athletic	A	0-4	4,100

Football League Trophy

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
2 Sep	One	Scunthorpe United	A	1-2	1,755	Butcher

Backroom staff

Position	Name
First-Team Manager	Ian McParland
Assistant Manager	Dave Kevan
Coach	Tommy Johnson
Youth Team Manager
Goalkeeping Coach	Carl Muggleton
Physio	Paul Godfrey
Fitness Coach	Marcus Svensson
Head of Youth	Mick Leonard

See also

• Notts County F.C. seasons

References