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Yeovil Town 2008–09 football season
Yeovil Town
2008–09 season
ChairmanJohn Fry
ManagerRussell Slade (until 16 February)
Steve Thompson (Caretaker)
Terry Skiverton (from 18 February)
StadiumHuish Park
League One17th
FA CupFirst Round Replay
League CupSecond Round
FL TrophyFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Gavin Tomlin (7)
All: Gavin Tomlin (9)
Highest home attendance6,580 (23 August vs. Leeds United, League One)
Lowest home attendance3,275 (13 January vs. Scunthorpe United, League One)
Average home league attendance4,432
Home colours Away colours
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The 2008–09 Yeovil Town F.C. season was Yeovil Town's 6th season in the Football League and their fourth consecutive season in League One, finishing in 17th position with 51 points.

Transfers

In

Date Name From Fee Ref
12 June 2008 Keiran Murtagh Fisher Athletic Undisclosed
1 July 2008 Aidan Downes Everton Free (released)
1 July 2008 Danny Schofield Huddersfield Town Free (released)
12 July 2008 Darren Way Swansea City Undisclosed
21 July 2008 Gavin Tomlin Fisher Athletic Free (released)
6 August 2008 Josh Wagenaar Lyngby BK Free (released)
11 August 2008 Aaron Brown Reading Free (released)
15 August 2008 Andre McCollin Fisher Athletic Undisclosed
3 September 2008 Andy Welsh Blackpool Free (released)
9 January 2009 Gary Roberts Crewe Alexandra Undisclosed
15 January 2009 Luke Rodgers Port Vale Free (released)

Out

Date Name To Fee Ref
1 August 2008 Scott Guyett Bournemouth Contract terminated by mutual consent
1 August 2008 Andy Kirk Dunfermline Athletic Free
1 September 2008 Lloyd Owusu Cheltenham Town Free
30 January 2009 Marc Bircham n/a Retired
2 May 2009 Luke Rodgers Notts County Contract terminated by mutual consent
12 May 2009 Aaron Brown Redditch United Released
30 June 2009 Rob Fitzgerald Wealdstone Released
30 June 2009 Jordan Street Redditch United Released
30 June 2009 Josh Wagenaar Falkirk Rejected new contract
30 June 2009 Paul Warne Rotherham United Rejected new contract
30 June 2009 Lee Peltier Huddersfield Town Undisclosed

Loan in

Date Name From End date Ref
7 August 2008 Asmir Begović Portsmouth 7 November 2008
22 August 2008 Gary Roberts Crewe Alexandra 1 January 2009
26 August 2008 James Dayton Crystal Palace 26 September 2008
16 October 2008 Gareth Owen Stockport County 16 November 2008
16 October 2008 Scott Rendell Peterborough United 12 November 2008
5 November 2008 Gifton Noel-Williams Millwall 26 December 2008
24 November 2008 Luke Rodgers Port Vale 5 January 2009
21 January 2009 Lee Cox Leicester City 21 February 2009
27 January 2009 Shaun MacDonald Swansea City 26 February 2009
27 January 2009 Aleksandar Prijović Derby County 26 February 2009
30 January 2009 Jon Worthington Huddersfield Town 26 March 2009
3 March 2009 Danny Hutchins Tottenham Hotspur 2 May 2009
16 March 2009 Chris Weale Bristol City 2 May 2009
19 March 2009 Jonathan Obika Tottenham Hotspur 2 May 2009
19 March 2009 Andros Townsend Tottenham Hotspur 2 May 2009
25 March 2009 Danny Maguire Queens Park Rangers 2 May 2009
25 March 2009 David Noble Bristol City 2 May 2009

Loan out

Date Name To End date Ref
15 February 2009 Rob Fitzgerald Enfield Town 15 March 2009

Match results

League One

Main article: 2008–09 Football League One
Date League
position 		Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref
9 August 2008 11th Walsall H D 1–1 Tomlin 4,518
16 August 2008 4th Hereford United A W 2–1 Schofield, Warne 3,476
23 August 2008 6th Leeds United H D 1–1 Owusu 6,580
30 August 2008 15th Carlisle United A L 1–4 Tomlin 6,286
6 September 2008 19th Milton Keynes Dons A L 0–3 7,959
13 September 2008 18th Brighton & Hove Albion H D 1–1 Way 4,451
20 September 2008 18th Bristol Rovers H D 2–2 Skiverton, Roberts 5,748
27 September 2008 22nd Scunthorpe United A L 0–2 4,829
4 October 2008 23rd Southend United H L 1–2 Schofield 4,008
18 October 2008 23rd Northampton Town A L 0–3 5,217
21 October 2008 21st Crewe Alexandra H W 3–2 Schofield (2), Way 3,536
25 October 2008 20th Leyton Orient H D 0–0 4,320
28 October 2008 20th Huddersfield Town A D 0–0 10,719
1 November 2008 19th Oldham Athletic A W 2–0 Brown, Warne 5,318
11 November 2008 19th Leicester City A L 0–1 16,528
15 November 2008 21st Peterborough United H L 0–1 4,001
22 November 2008 19th Tranmere Rovers H W 1–0 Skiverton 3,445
25 November 2008 21st Colchester United A L 0–1 3,214
6 December 2008 21st Hartlepool United A D 0–0 3,393
13 December 2008 21st Stockport County H L 2–4 Smith, Warne 3,687
20 December 2008 18th Swindon Town A W 3–2 Alcock, Peltier, Ifil (og) 7,072
26 December 2008 19th Cheltenham Town H D 1–1 Rodgers 4,989
28 December 2008 18th Millwall A D 1–1 Rodgers 9,042
13 January 2009 19th Scunthorpe United H L 1–2 McCollin 3,275
19 January 2009 19th Leicester City H L 0–2 4,569
24 January 2009 18th Southend United A W 1–0 Brown 6,409
27 January 2009 18th Huddersfield Town H W 1–0 MacDonald 3,703
31 January 2009 17th Leyton Orient A W 1–0 Tomlin 4,597
14 February 2009 16th Peterborough United A W 3–1 Warne, Brown, MacDonald 6,129
17 February 2009 17th Bristol Rovers A L 0–3 8,049
21 February 2009 15th Oldham Athletic H D 2–2 Tomlin (2) 4,150
24 February 2009 16th Crewe Alexandra A L 0–2 3,432
28 February 2009 18th Walsall A L 0–2 3,916
7 March 2009 18th Carlisle United H D 1–1 Roberts 3,892
10 March 2009 20th Leeds United A L 0–4 18,847
14 March 2009 20th Brighton & Hove Albion A L 0–5 6,291
21 March 2009 21st Milton Keynes Dons H D 0–0 4,028
28 March 2009 21st Swindon Town H W 1–0 Obika 5,476
31 March 2009 16th Northampton Town H W 1–0 Obika 3,884
4 April 2009 17th Stockport County A D 0–0 5,664
10 April 2009 16th Millwall H W 2–0 Obika, Tomlin 6,230
13 April 2009 16th Cheltenham Town A L 0–1 3,775
18 April 2009 18th Hartlepool United H L 2–3 Tomlin, Townsend 4,232
21 April 2009 17th Hereford United H D 2–2 Rodgers, Weale 3,780
25 April 2009 17th Tranmere Rovers A D 1–1 Obika 8,306
2 May 2009 17th Colchester United H L 0–2 5,237

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
15 Swindon Town 46 12 17 17 68 71 −3 53
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 13 13 20 55 70 −15 52
17 Yeovil Town 46 12 15 19 41 66 −25 51
18 Stockport County 46 16 12 18 59 57 +2 50
19 Hartlepool United 46 13 11 22 66 79 −13 50
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.
Notes:
  1. Stockport County deducted 10 points for entering administration.

FA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref
First round 8 November 2008 Stockport County H D 1–1 Skiverton 3,582
First round replay 18 November 2008 Stockport County A L 0–5 3,260

League Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref
First round 12 August 2008 Charlton Athletic A W 1–0 Warne 6,239
Second round 26 August 2008 Middlesbrough A L 1–5 Tomlin 15,651

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2008–09 Football League Trophy
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Ref
First round 2 September 2008 Brentford A D 2–2 Bircham, Tomlin (pen) 1,339

Squad statistics

Source:
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Yeovil.
Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
No. Pos. Nat. Name Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
League FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total Discipline
1 † GK  CAN Asmir Begović * 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 2 0
1 GK  ENG Chris Weale * 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 1 0
3 DF  WAL Nathan Jones 15 (8) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 19 (8) 0 3 0
4 DF  ENG Terry Skiverton 25 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 29 3 1 1
5 † DF  WAL Gareth Owen * 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0
6 DF  ENG Terrell Forbes 38 0 1 (1) 0 2 0 1 0 43 0 9 1
7 † MF  CAN Marc Bircham 3 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 1 1 4 (1) 1 1 0
7 † MF  ENG Jon Worthington * 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 4 0
8 MF  ENG Darren Way 15 2 1 0 2 0 0 (1) 0 18 (1) 2 1 0
9 † FW  GHA Lloyd Owusu 0 (4) 1 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (5) 1 0 0
9 MF  ENG Andy Welsh 23 (13) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 23 (14) 0 2 0
10 FW  ENG Gavin Tomlin 29 (13) 7 0 (2) 0 2 1 1 1 32 (15) 9 4 0
11 MF  ENG Danny Schofield 34 (4) 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 37 (4) 4 6 1
12 DF  ENG Craig Alcock 25 (5) 1 2 0 0 (2) 0 1 0 28 (7) 1 4 0
13 GK  CAN Josh Wagenaar 22 (1) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 27 (1) 0 1 1
14 FW  ENG Paul Warne 38 (6) 4 1 (1) 0 2 1 1 0 42 (7) 5 6 0
15 † FW  ENG Scott Rendell * 5 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 5 (1) 0 1 0
15 FW  ENG Luke Rodgers 10 (12) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 (12) 3 3 0
16 MF  ENG Gary Roberts 27 (3) 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 31 (3) 2 10 1
17 MF  IRL Aidan Downes 15 (9) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 (9) 0 4 1
18 MF  ENG Keiran Murtagh 16 (10) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 20 (10) 0 2 0
19 FW  ENG Andre McCollin 0 (11) 1 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (13) 1 1 0
20 † MF  ENG Steve Thompson * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF  ENG Rob Fitzgerald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF  ENG Jordan Street 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF  ENG Aaron Brown 16 (7) 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 (7) 3 2 1
24 † FW  SRB Aleksandar Prijović * 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
24 DF  ENG Danny Hutchins * 8 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 (1) 0 1 0
25 † FW  ENG Gifton Noel-Williams * 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
25 † MF  ENG Lee Cox * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF  ENG Andros Townsend * 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 1 0
26 † MF  WAL Shaun MacDonald * 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0
26 FW  ENG Jonathan Obika * 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 0 0
27 DF  ENG Lee Peltier 34 (1) 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 38 (1) 1 13 0
28 DF  ENG Nathan Smith 31 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 32 1 3 0
29 † MF  ENG James Dayton * 0 (2) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 (2) 0 0 0
29 MF  ENG Danny Maguire * 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
30 MF  ENG David Noble * 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
31 GK  ENG Lloyd Irish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

See also

Notes

  1. Brentford won 4–2 in a penalty shootout following a 2–2 draw.

References

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