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	The '''2008–09 ]''' (referred to as the '''] Football League Championship''' for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the league under its current title and seventeenth season under its current league division format.		The '''2008–09 ]''' (referred to as the '''] Football League Championship''' for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the league under its current title and seventeenth season under its current league division format.

	] secured the Championship title on 25 April, one week after having confirmed their promotion with a victory over QPR. ] were promoted on the final day of the season by beating promotion rivals ] 2–1. ], ] and ] were relegated; Southampton due to suffering a ten-point deduction for entering administration on 23 April. ] won the play-offs to enter the ] for the first time after defeating Sheffield United in the Play Off final at ].		] secured the Championship title on 25 April, one week after having confirmed their promotion with a victory over QPR. ] were promoted on the final day of the season by beating promotion rivals ] 2–1. ], ] and ] were relegated; Southampton due to suffering a ten-point deduction for entering administration on 23 April. ] won the play-offs to enter the ] for the first time after defeating ], who had been in with a chance of automatic promotion on the final day, in the Play Off final at ].

	==Team changes from previous season==		==Team changes from previous season==

Revision as of 01:22, 21 October 2012

Football league season

Football League Championship
Season	2008–09
Promoted	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3rd divisional title) Birmingham City Burnley
Relegated	Norwich City Southampton Charlton Athletic
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,350 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Reading 6–0 Sheffield Wednesday Preston North End 6–0 Cardiff City
Biggest away win	Charlton Athletic 2–5 Sheffield United
Highest scoring	Norwich City 5–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Watford 3–4 Blackpool Charlton Athletic 2–5 Sheffield United
Longest winning run	7 games Wolverhampton Wanderers
Longest unbeaten run	13 games Cardiff City Swansea City
Longest winless run	18 games Charlton Athletic
Longest losing run	6 games Doncaster Rovers
Highest attendance	33,079 Derby County v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Lowest attendance	6,648 Blackpool v Charlton Athletic
Average attendance	17,938
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Football League Championship (referred to as the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the league under its current title and seventeenth season under its current league division format.

Wolverhampton Wanderers secured the Championship title on 25 April, one week after having confirmed their promotion with a victory over QPR. Birmingham City were promoted on the final day of the season by beating promotion rivals Reading 2–1. Norwich City, Southampton and Charlton Athletic were relegated; Southampton due to suffering a ten-point deduction for entering administration on 23 April. Burnley won the play-offs to enter the Premier League for the first time after defeating Sheffield United, who had been in with a chance of automatic promotion on the final day, in the Play Off final at Wembley Stadium.

Team changes from previous season

To Championship

Relegated from Premier League

Promoted from League One

From Championship

Promoted to Premier League

Relegated to League One

Team overview

Stadia and locations

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Team	Stadium	Capacity
Template:Fb team Barnsley	Oakwell	23,009
Template:Fb team Birmingham City	St Andrew's Stadium	30,009
Template:Fb team Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	9,788
Template:Fb team Bristol City	Ashton Gate	21,497
Template:Fb team Burnley	Turf Moor	22,546
Template:Fb team Cardiff City	Ninian Park	22,008
Template:Fb team Charlton Athletic	The Valley	27,111
Template:Fb team Coventry City	Ricoh Arena	32,609
Template:Fb team Crystal Palace	Selhurst Park	26,309
Template:Fb team Derby County	Pride Park Stadium	33,597
Template:Fb team Doncaster Rovers	Keepmoat Stadium	15,231
Template:Fb team Ipswich Town	Portman Road	30,311
Template:Fb team Norwich City	Carrow Road	26,034
Template:Fb team Nottingham Forest	City Ground	30,602
Template:Fb team Plymouth Argyle	Home Park	19,500
Template:Fb team Preston North End	Deepdale	24,500
Template:Fb team Queens Park Rangers	Loftus Road	19,128
Template:Fb team Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,161
Template:Fb team Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	32,609
Template:Fb team Sheffield Wednesday	Hillsborough Stadium	39,814
Template:Fb team Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,689
Template:Fb team Swansea City	Liberty Stadium	20,532
Template:Fb team Watford	Vicarage Road	19,920
Template:Fb team Wolverhampton Wanderers	Molineux Stadium	28,525

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Kit maker	Sponsor
Barnsley	Simon Davey	Lotto	Barnsley Building Society
Birmingham City	Alex McLeish	Umbro	F&C Investments
Blackpool	Ian Holloway	Carlotti	Floors 2 Go/Carbrini
Bristol City	Gary Johnson	Puma AG	DAS
Burnley	Owen Coyle	Errea	Holland's Pies
Cardiff City	Dave Jones	Joma	Vans Direct.co.uk
Charlton Athletic	Phil Parkinson	Joma	Carbrini
Coventry City}}	Chris Coleman	Puma AG	Cassidy Group
Crystal Palace	Neil Warnock	Errea	GAC Logistics
Derby County	Nigel Clough	Adidas	Bombardier
Doncaster Rovers	Sean O'Driscoll	Vandanel	Wright Investments
Ipswich Town	Roy Keane	Mitre	Marcus Evans
Norwich City	Bryan Gunn	Xara	Norwich Union
Nottingham Forest	Billy Davies	Umbro	Capital One
Plymouth Argyle	Paul Sturrock	Puma AG	Ginsters
Preston North End	Alan Irvine	Diadora	Enterprise Plc
Queens Park Rangers	Paulo Sousa	Lotto	Gulf Air
Reading	Steve Coppell	Puma AG	Waitrose
Sheffield United	Kevin Blackwell	Le Coq Sportif	Visit Malta.com
Sheffield Wednesday	Brian Laws	Lotto	PlusNet
Southampton	Mark Wotte	Umbro	FlyBe
Swansea City	Roberto Martínez	Umbro	Swansea.com
Watford	Brendan Rodgers	Diadora	Beko
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Mick McCarthy	Le Coq Sportif	Chaucer Consulting

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
QPR	Iain Dowie	Contract terminated	24 October 2008	Paulo Sousa	19 November 2008	9th
Watford	Aidy Boothroyd	Mutual Consent	3 November 2008	Brendan Rodgers	24 November 2008	21st
Charlton Athletic	Alan Pardew	Mutual Consent	22 November 2008	Phil Parkinson	31 December 2008	22nd
Blackpool	Simon Grayson	Signed by Leeds United (Mutual Consent)	23 December 2008	Ian Holloway	21 May 2009	16th
Nottingham Forest	Colin Calderwood	Contract terminated	26 December 2008	Billy Davies	1 January 2009	22nd
Derby County	Paul Jewell	Resigned	28 December 2008	Nigel Clough	6 January 2009	18th
Norwich City	Glenn Roeder	Contract terminated	14 January 2009	Bryan Gunn	21 January 2009	21st
Southampton	Jan Poortvliet	Resigned	23 January 2009	Mark Wotte	23 January 2009	23rd
QPR	Paulo Sousa	Contract terminated	9 April 2009	Jim Magilton	3 June 2009	10th
Ipswich Town	Jim Magilton	Contract terminated	22 April 2009	Roy Keane	23 April 2009	9th
Reading	Steve Coppell	Resigned	12 May 2009	Brendan Rodgers	4 June 2009	4th, Play-off Semi Final

League table

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Playoffs

Main article: 2009 Football League play-offs

Semi-finals			Final

3	Sheffield United	1

6	Preston North End	1
			3	Sheffield United	0

			5	Burnley	1
4	Reading	0

5	Burnley	1

Results

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Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25
2	Ross McCormack	Cardiff City	21
2	Jason Scotland	Swansea City	21
3	Kevin Doyle	Reading	18
4	Tommy Smith	Watford	16
5	Rob Hulse	Derby County	14
	Chris Iwelumo	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	Marcus Tudgay	Sheffield Wednesday
	Kevin Phillips	Birmingham City

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Notes
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Notes
August	Mick McCarthy	Wolves	Richard Chaplow	Preston North End
September	Owen Coyle	Burnley	Kevin Doyle	Reading
October	Dave Jones	Cardiff City	Rob Hulse	Derby County
November	Mick McCarthy	Wolves	Chris Iwelumo	Wolves
December	Steve Coppell	Reading	Stephen Hunt	Reading
January	Roberto Martínez	Swansea City	Joe Ledley	Cardiff City
February	Chris Coleman	Coventry City	Jason Scotland	Swansea City
March	Kevin Blackwell	Sheffield United	Robbie Blake	Burnley
April	Alan Irvine	Preston North End	Kyle Naughton	Sheffield United

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Keiren Westwood	Coventry City
DF	Kyle Naughton	Sheffield United
DF	Roger Johnson	Cardiff City
DF	Richard Stearman	Wolverhampton Wanderers
DF	Daniel Fox	Coventry City
MF	Michael Kightly	Wolverhampton Wanderers
MF	Stephen Hunt	Reading
MF	Joe Ledley	Cardiff City
MF	Jordi Gómez	Swansea City
FW	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	Wolverhampton Wanderers
FW	Jason Scotland	Swansea City

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See also	Football Alliance
List of champions

Revision as of 01:22, 21 October 2012

Team changes from previous season

Team overview

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

League table

Playoffs

Results

Top goalscorers

Awards

Events

Goal controversies

Southampton administration

Notes