2008–09 Peterborough United F.C. season

Peterborough United
2008–09 season
Chairman Darragh MacAnthony
Manager Darren Ferguson
League One 2nd
FA Cup Third round
Football League Cup First round
Johnstone's Paint Trophy Second round
Top goalscorer League: Craig Mackail-Smith (23)
All: Craig Mackail-Smith (26)
Highest home attendance 14,110 (28 March vs. Leicester)
Lowest home attendance 4,876 (6 September vs. Bristol Rovers)
Home colours
Away colours

Peterborough United achieved automatic promotion to the Championship after a really successful season eventually finishing 2nd.

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 England GK Joe Lewis
2 England DF Russell Martin (captain)
3 England DF Shane Blackett
4 Wales DF Craig Morgan
5 England DF Chris Westwood
6 England DF Charlie Lee
7 England FW Scott Rendell
8 Republic of Ireland MF Lee Frecklington
9 England FW Aaron McLean
10 Scotland MF George Boyd
11 England MF Dean Keates (vice-captain)
12 Scotland FW Craig Mackail-Smith
13 Republic of Ireland GK James McKeown
14 England FW Liam Hatch
15 Scotland MF Paul Coutts
16 England FW Rene Howe
17 England DF Jamie Day
18 England MF Chris Whelpdale
No. Position Player
19 England DF Kieran Charnock
20 England MF Alfie Potter
21 Cyprus DF Tom Williams
22 Argentina MF Sergio Torres
23 England MF Billy Crook
24 England FW Shaun Batt
25 England MF Dominic Green
26 Democratic Republic of the Congo DF Gabriel Zakuani
27 England FW Ben Wright
28 England DF Craig Braham-Barrett
29 England MF Lewis Webb
31 England DF Sam Gaughran
32 England DF Danny Andrew
33 England DF Danny Blanchett
34 England GK Mark Tyler
38 England FW Kwesi Appiah
England MF Tommy Rowe

Fixtures and results

Coca-Cola Football League 1

FA Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
9 November Round 1 A.F.C. Hornchurch AwayW 1-0 3,000 Craig Mackail-Smith
29 November Round 2 Tranmere Rovers HomeD 0-0 5,980
9 December Round 2 Replay Tranmere Rovers AwayW 2-1 (aet) 3,139 Aaron McLean, Craig Mackail-Smith
3 January Round 3 West Bromwich Albion F.C. AwayD 1-1 18,659 Craig Mackail-Smith
13 January Round 3 Replay West Bromwich Albion F.C. HomeL 0-2 10,735

League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
12 August Round 1 South Bristol CityAwayL 1-2 5,684 George Boyd

Johnstone's Paint Trophy

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
7 October Round 2 SE SectionDagenham & RedbridgeHomeL 0-1 2,644

Football League One

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Leicester City (C) (P) 46 27 15 4 84 39+45 96 Promotion to Football League Championship 2009–10
2 Peterborough United (P) 46 26 11 9 78 54+24 89
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 26 9 11 83 47+36 87 Qualification to Football League One playoffs
4 Leeds United 46 26 6 14 77 49+28 84
5 Millwall 46 25 7 14 63 53+10 82
6 Scunthorpe United (P) 46 22 10 14 82 63+19 76

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

    This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, February 22, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.