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
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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 GK Joe Lewis 2 DF Russell Martin (captain) 3 DF Shane Blackett 4 DF Craig Morgan 5 DF Chris Westwood 6 DF Charlie Lee 7 FW Scott Rendell 8 MF Lee Frecklington 9 FW Aaron McLean 10 MF George Boyd 11 MF Dean Keates (vice-captain) 12 FW Craig Mackail-Smith 13 GK James McKeown 14 FW Liam Hatch 15 MF Paul Coutts 16 FW Rene Howe 17 DF Jamie Day 18 MF Chris Whelpdale

No. Position Player 19 DF Kieran Charnock 20 MF Alfie Potter 21 DF Tom Williams 22 MF Sergio Torres 23 MF Billy Crook 24 FW Shaun Batt 25 MF Dominic Green 26 DF Gabriel Zakuani 27 FW Ben Wright 28 DF Craig Braham-Barrett 29 MF Lewis Webb 31 DF Sam Gaughran 32 DF Danny Andrew 33 DF Danny Blanchett 34 GK Mark Tyler 38 FW Kwesi Appiah — MF Tommy Rowe

Fixtures and results

Coca-Cola Football League 1

• Sat 9 Aug 2008 Southend United CC1 (A) 0 - 1
• Tue 12 Aug 2008 Bristol City CC (A) 1 - 2
• Sat 16 Aug 2008 Leyton Orient CC1 (H) 3 - 0
• Sat 23 Aug 2008 Scunthorpe United CC1 (A) 0 - 1
• Sat 30 Aug 2008 Hartlepool United CC1 (H) 1 - 2
• Sat 6 Sep 2008 Bristol Rovers CC1 (H) 5 - 4
• Sat 13 Sep 2008 Northampton Town CC1 (A) 1 - 1
• Sat 20 Sep 2008 Tranmere Rovers CC1 (H) 2 - 2
• Sat 27 Sep 2008 Milton Keynes Dons CC1 (A) 2 - 1
• Sat 4 Oct 2008 Leeds United CC1 (H) 2 - 0
• Sat 11 Oct 2008 Walsall CC1 (A) 2 - 1
• Sat 18 Oct 2008 Carlisle United CC1 (A) 3 - 3
• Tue 21 Oct 2008 Brighton and Hove Albion CC1 (H) 0 - 0
• Sat 25 Oct 2008 Huddersfield Town CC1 (H) 4 - 0
• Tue 28 Oct 2008 Crewe Alexandra CC1 (A) 1 - 1
• Sat 1 Nov 2008 Hereford United CC1 (H) 2 - 0
• Sat 15 Nov 2008 Yeovil CC1 (A) 1 - 0
• Sat 22 Nov 2008 Colchester United CC1 (H) 2 - 1
• Tue 25 Nov 2008 Swindon Town CC1 (A) 2 - 2
• Sat 29 Nov 2008 Tranmere Rovers FA (H) 0 - 0
• Sat 6 Dec 2008 Stockport County CC1 (A) 3 - 1
• Tue 9 Dec 2008 Tranmere Rovers FA (A) 2 - 1
• Sat 13 Dec 2008 Oldham Athletic CC1 (H) 2 - 2
• Sat 20 Dec 2008 Leicester City CC1 (A) 0 - 4
• Fri 26 Dec 2008 Millwall CC1 (H) 1 - 0
• Sun 28 Dec 2008 Cheltenham Town CC1 (A) 6 - 3
• Sat 3 Jan 2009 West Bromwich Albion FA (A) 1 - 1
• Tue 13 Jan 2009 West Bromwich Albion FA (H) 0 - 2
• Sat 17 Jan 2009 Walsall CC1 (H) 1 - 0
• Tue 20 Jan 2009 Milton Keynes Dons CC1 (H) 0 - 0
• Sat 24 Jan 2009 Leeds United CC1 (A) 1 - 3
• Tue 27 Jan 2009 Crewe Alexandra CC1 (H) 4 - 2
• Sat 31 Jan 2009 Huddersfield Town CC1 (A) 0 - 1
• Tue 10 Feb 2009 Brighton and Hove Albion CC1 (A) 4 - 2
• Sat 14 Feb 2009 Yeovil CC1 (H) 1 - 3
• Tue 17 Feb 2009 Tranmere Rovers CC1 (A) 1 - 1
• Sat 21 Feb 2009 Hereford United CC1 (A) 1 - 0
• Tue 24 Feb 2009 Carlisle United CC1 (H) 1 - 0
• Sat 28 Feb 2009 Southend United CC1 (H) 1 - 2
• Tue 3 Mar 2009 Leyton Orient CC1 (A) 3 - 2
• Sat 7 Mar 2009 Hartlepool United CC1 (A) 2 - 1
• Tue 10 Mar 2009 Scunthorpe United CC1 (H) 2 - 1
• Sat 14 Mar 2009 Northampton Town CC1 (H) 1 - 0
• Sat 21 Mar 2009 Bristol Rovers CC1 (A) 1 - 0
• Sat 28 Mar 2009 Leicester City CC1 (H) 2 - 0
• Sat 4 Apr 2009 Oldham Athletic CC1 (A) 2 - 1
• Fri 10 Apr 2009 Cheltenham Town CC1 (H) 1 - 1
• Mon 13 Apr 2009 Millwall CC1 (A) 0 - 2
• Sat 18 Apr 2009 Stockport County CC1 (H) 1 - 0
• Sat 25 Apr 2009 Colchester United CC1 (A) 1 - 0
• Sat 2 May 2009 Swindon Town CC1 (H) 2 - 2

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 November	Round 1	A.F.C. Hornchurch	Away	W 1-0	3,000	Craig Mackail-Smith
29 November	Round 2	Tranmere Rovers	Home	D 0-0	5,980
9 December	Round 2 Replay	Tranmere Rovers	Away	W 2-1 (aet)	3,139	Aaron McLean, Craig Mackail-Smith
3 January	Round 3	West Bromwich Albion F.C.	Away	D 1-1	18,659	Craig Mackail-Smith
13 January	Round 3 Replay	West Bromwich Albion F.C.	Home	L 0-2	10,735

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August	Round 1 South	Bristol City	Away	L 1-2	5,684	George Boyd

Johnstone's Paint Trophy

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 October	Round 2 SE Section	Dagenham & Redbridge	Home	L 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.