2008–09 Cowdenbeath F.C. season

During the 2008–09 season Cowdenbeath competed in the Scottish Third Division, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Challenge Cup.

Cowdenbeath
2008–09 season
ManagerDanny Lennon
StadiumCentral Park
Scottish Third DivisionSecond (promoted)
Challenge CupQuarter-final, lost to v Airdrie United
League CupSecond Round, lost to v Dundee United
Scottish CupSecond Round, lost to v Elgin City
Top goalscorerLeague:
John Gemmell (12)

All:
John Gemmell (14)

Summary

Cowdenbeath finished second in the Third Division,[1] entering the play-offs losing 5–4 on penalties to Stenhousemuir.[2] Following Livingston's demotion after going into Administration, Cowdenbeath were promoted to the Second Division.[3][4] They reached the second round of the Scottish Cup,[5] the second round of the League Cup[6] and were eliminated in the Quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup.[7]

Management

For season 2008–09 Cowdenbeath were managed by Danny Lennon, following the sacking of Brian Welsh in the summer.[8]

Results & fixtures

[9]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Third Division

2 August 2008 Third Division Cowdenbeath 1–4 Annan Athletic Central Park
McQuade  16' BBC Report Jack  29' (Penalty), 48'
Archibald  58'
Johnstone  90'
Attendance: 596
Referee: Watters
9 August 2008 Third Division Forfar Athletic 0–1 Cowdenbeath Station Park
ESPN Report Ramsay  69' Attendance: 412
Referee: Northcroft
16 August 2008 Third Division Cowdenbeath 2–1 Albion Rovers Central Park
Fairburn  22'
Gemmell  81'
BBC Report Walker  58' Attendance: 302
Referee: Madden
22 August 2008 Third Division Elgin City 0–2 Cowdenbeath Borough Briggs
BBC Report McGregor  59'
Gemmell  60'
Attendance: 537
Referee: McDermott
30 August 2008 Third Division Stenhousemuir 1–0 Cowdenbeath Ochilview Park
Motion  85' ESPN Report Attendance: 456
Referee: Robertson
13 September 2008 Third Division Cowdenbeath 2–1 Berwick Rangers Central Park
Gemmell  2'
Fairbairn  9'
BBC Report Ewart  60' Attendance: 375
Referee: Colvin
20 September 2008 Third Division Dumbarton 2–1 Cowdenbeath Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Carcary  36'
Gordon  90'
BBC Report McQuade  90' Attendance: 801
Referee: O'Reilly
27 September 2008 Third Division Cowdenbeath 2–1 Montrose Central Park
Gemmell  32'
McQuade  71'
ESPN Report Baird  44' Attendance: 296
Referee: Salmond
1 November 2008 Third Division Albion Rovers 3–1 Cowdenbeath Cliftonhill
Barr  16'
Benton  74'
Harris  90'
BBC Report Armstrong  58' Attendance: 259
Referee: Northcroft
8 November 2008 Third Division Cowdenbeath 4–1 Elgin City Central Park
McQuade  8', 30'
Armstrong  10', 73'
BBC Report Shallicker  7' Attendance: 193
Referee: Watters
15 November 2008 Third Division Cowdenbeath 1–2 Stenhousemuir Central Park
McQuade  81' BBC Report Thom  15'
Dalziel  26'
Attendance: 406
Referee: Madden
22 November 2008 Third Division Berwick Rangers 2–3 Cowdenbeath Shielfield Park
Gribben  11', 59' BBC Report Armstrong  19'
Dempster  63'
McQuade  75'
Attendance: 389
Referee: McKendrick
13 December 2008 Third Division Montrose 0–1 Cowdenbeath Links Park
BBC Report Dempster  38' Attendance: 334
Referee: MacDonald
20 December 2008 Third Division East Stirlingshire 1–4 Cowdenbeath Ochilview Park
BBC Report Fairbairn  9', 87'
Adamson  57'
McQuade  73'
Attendance: 457
Referee: Colvin
10 January 2009 Third Division Cowdenbeath 2–0 Dumbarton Central Park
Adamson  13'
McQuade  80'
BBC Report Attendance: 416
Referee: Salmond
13 January 2009 Third Division Cowdenbeath 2–0 Berwick Rangers Central Park
Dempster  30'
Tomana  90'
BBC Report Attendance: 282
Referee: Northcroft
17 January 2009 Third Division Elgin City 1–1 Cowdenbeath Borough Briggs
Wright  75' BBC Report Brown  60' Attendance: 382
Referee: Murray
24 January 2009 Third Division Cowdenbeath 2–1 Albion Rovers Central Park
Gemmell  21', 38' ESPN Report Harty  41', Penalty' Attendance: 409
Referee: Charleston
31 January 2009 Third Division Cowdenbeath 1–0 Annan Athletic Central Park
Gemmell  37' ESPN Report Attendance: 326
Referee: Robertson
21 February 2009 Third Division Dumbarton 1–1 Cowdenbeath Strathclyde Homes Stadium
Boyle  34' BBC Report Dempster  57' Attendance: 846
Referee: Norris
28 February 2009 Third Division Cowdenbeath 1–0 Stenhousemuir Central Park
Dempster  86' ESPN Report Attendance: 459
Referee: McKendrick
3 March 2009 Third Division Stenhousemuir 1–0 Cowdenbeath Ochilview Park
Diack  33' BBC Report Attendance: 423
Referee: McLean
10 March 2009 Third Division Cowdenbeath 0–0 Forfar Athletic Central Park
ESPN Report Attendance: 317
Referee: Hilland
14 March 2009 Third Division Annan Athletic 3–1 Cowdenbeath Galabank
Sloan  12'
Dunbar  87'
Storey  90'
BBC Report MacKay  21' Attendance: 629
Referee: Muir
17 March 2009 Third Division Cowdenbeath 2–1 Montrose Central Park
Gemmell  4', 18' BBC Report McKenzie  27' Attendance: 303
Referee: McKay
21 March 2009 Third Division Cowdenbeath 2–0 East Stirlingshire Central Park
Fairbairn  38'
Armstrong  76'
ESPN Report Attendance: 298
Referee: Watters
31 March 2009 Third Division Forfar Athletic 1–1 Cowdenbeath Station Park
Campbell  14' ESPN Report Gemmell  7' Attendance: 621
Referee: Hilland
4 April 2009 Third Division Cowdenbeath 1–1 Elgin City Central Park
Gemmell  84' BBC Report Shallicker  70' (Penalty) Attendance: 331
Referee: Madden
11 April 2009 Third Division Albion Rovers 0–0 Cowdenbeath Cliftonhill
ESPN Report Attendance: 452
Referee: McDermott
25 April 2009 Third Division Montrose 2–1 Cowdenbeath Links Park
Tweed  65'
Hegarty  72' (Penalty)
BBC Report Gemmell  8' Attendance: 403
Referee: McKendrick
2 May 2009 Third Division Cowdenbeath 2–2 Forfar Athletic Central Park
Stein  33', 43' BBC Report Gordon  3'
Russell  4'
Attendance: 527
Referee: Northcroft
9 May 2009 Third Division East Stirlingshire 0–2 Cowdenbeath Ochilview Park
BBC Report Ferguson  78', 90' Attendance: 434
Referee: Robertson

Second Division Play-offs

16 May 2009 Play-offs SF R2 Cowdenbeath 1–1 East Stirlingshire Central Park
Dempster  84' BBC Report Graham  3' Attendance: 633
Referee: Tumilty

Challenge Cup

12 August 2008 Challenge Cup Round 2 Cowdenbeath 3–2 Albion Rovers Central Park
McQuade  8'
Gemmell  54'
Fairbairn  89'
BBC Report Barr  30'
Martin  75'
Attendance: 204
Referee: Crawford
7 September 2008 Challenge Cup Quarter-finals Cowdenbeath 1–2 Airdrie United Central Park
Fairbairn  79'
Baxter  84'
BBC Report Di Giacomo  53'  75' Attendance: 643
Referee: Finnie

League Cup

5 August 2008 League Cup Round 1 Montrose 0–2 Cowdenbeath Links Park
BBC Report McGregor  6'
Fairbairn  81'
Attendance: 382
Referee: Muir
26 August 2008 League Cup Round 2 Cowdenbeath 1–5 Dundee United Central Park
Dempster  74' BBC Report Daly  30', 47', 80'
Goodwillie  41', 60'
Attendance: 1,423
Referee: Norris

Scottish Cup

25 October 2008 Scottish Cup Round 3 Cowdenbeath 1–2 Elgin City Central Park
McQuade  50' BBC Report Kaczan  27'
Wright  71'
Attendance: 328
Referee: Boyle

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Dumbarton (C, P) 36 19 10 7 65 36 +29 67 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Cowdenbeath (P) 36 18 9 9 48 34 +14 63[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs[lower-alpha 2]
3 East Stirlingshire 36 19 4 13 57 50 +7 61
4 Stenhousemuir (P, O) 36 16 8 12 55 46 +9 56
5 Montrose 36 16 6 14 47 48 1 54
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Cowdenbeath were promoted due to Livingston's demotion from the First Division to the Third.
  2. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 4th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2009–10 Second Division.

Player statistics

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish Third DivisionScottish CupLeague CupOther[a]
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scott Gallacher 807+001+000+000+00
GK David Hay 38029+000+002+007+00
DF Kenny Adamson 29221+420+001+003+00
DF John Armstrong 37531+051+000+005+00
DF Mark Baxter 32024+200+000+105+00
DF Gary Cennerazzo 301+000+000+002+00
DF Dene Droudge 603+101+001+000+00
DF Derek Fleming 31019+501+001+102+20
DF Sandy Hodge 18012+001+002+003+00
DF Scott Linton 1405+400+000+004+10
DF Darren McGregor 43434+011+002+015+12
DF Greg Ross 402+200+000+000+00
DF Joe Mbu 24018+100+002+003+00
DF Jay Shields 30020+200+002+006+00
MF John Gemmell 401425+6121+002+005+12
MF Brian Fairbairn 34820+851+002+012+12
MF Mark Forbes 100+100+000+000+00
MF Danny Lennon 100+100+000+000+00
MF Danny Mackay 26121+110+001+002+10
MF John O'Neil 100+100+000+000+00
MF Marek Tomana 33118+911+000+200+30
MF Mark Ramsay 40126+610+002+006+00
MF Jamie Reid 101+000+000+000+00
MF Jon Robertson 1403+600+000+103+10
MF Jay Stein 24310+920+100+004+01
FW Graeme Brown 1718+910+000+000+00
FW John Dempster 33617+951+000+111+40
FW John Ferguson 821+120+000+004+20
FW Paul McQuade 331220+391+012+005+22
FW Callum Young 100+100+000+000+00
FW Derek Wallace 100+100+000+000+00
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including play offs and the Scottish Challenge Cup.

References

  1. "2008/09 Scottish Division Three Table / Standings". ESPN. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  2. "St'muir 0–0 C'denbeath". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 May 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  3. "Livi relegated to Division Three". BBC Sport. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  4. "Relegation 'death knell' for troubled Livingston". The Scotsman. 5 August 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  5. "Cowdenbeath F.C. v Elgin City F.C." Scottish Football Association. 25 October 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  6. "Scottish League Cup Results for 2008–09". London Hearts. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  7. "Cowdenbeath 1–2 Airdrie Utd". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 September 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  8. "Lennon in charge as Welsh is axed". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  9. "Cowdenbeath's results from season 2008/2009". Cowdenbeath Mad. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
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