2008–09 Southampton F.C. season

The 2008–09 season was Southampton's fourth consecutive season in the Football League and their fourth also in the Championship.

Southampton F.C.
2008–09 season
ChairmanMichael Wilde
ManagerJan Poortvliet
Mark Wotte
StadiumSt Mary's Stadium
Championship23rd (relegated)
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
David McGoldrick (12)
All:
David McGoldrick (14)
Highest home attendance31,901 (vs. Manchester United, 4 January 2009)
Lowest home attendance11,331 vs Birmingham City, 26 August 2008)
Average home league attendance18,149

Season summary

Having narrowly avoided relegation the previous season,[1] Southampton looked to improve their position in the league in 2008-09. The season was even more disappointing, however, as the Saints finished second from bottom to be relegated to League One,[2] which they would start with a ten-point deduction as a result of its parent company, Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC, entering administration.[3] The season was equally unsatisfactory in the cup tournaments, as the club were knocked out of both the FA Cup and the League Cup in the third round, losing 0–3 to Premier League champions Manchester United[4] and 1–3 to League Two side Rotherham United.[5] The season was worsened still by a change in management – head coach Jan Poortvliet resigned from the club on 23 January 2009, and youth academy manager Mark Wotte took over for the remainder of the season.[6][7][8]

Championship
Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance League
position
9 August 2008 Cardiff City A 1–2 McGoldrick 45' 19,749 18th
16 August 2008 Birmingham City H 1–2 Perry 43' 18,925 23rd
23 August 2008 Derby County A 1–0 McGoldrick 58' 27,032 17th
30 August 2008 Blackpool H 0–1 15,629 20th
14 September 2008 Queens Park Rangers A 1–4 Lallana 53' 13,770 23rd
17 September 2008 Ipswich Town H 2–2 Surman 12', Pekhart 68' 14,916 22nd
20 September 2008 Barnsley H 0–0 14,836 22nd
27 September 2008 Doncaster Rovers A 2–0 Mills 50' (o.g.), Surman 58' (pen.) 10,867 20th
30 September 2008 Norwich City H 2–0 Robertson 29', McGoldrick 64' (pen.) 14,480 16th
4 October 2008 Coventry City A 1–4 Surman 63' 15,518 20th
18 October 2008 Watford H 0–3 17,454 20th
21 October 2008 Sheffield United A 0–0 25,642 21st
25 October 2008 Swansea City A 0–3 15,564 22nd
28 October 2008 Coventry City H 1–1 McGoldrick 68' 14,226 22nd
1 November 2008 Preston North End A 3–2 Pearce 64', Surman 69', McGoldrick 90' 11,508 20th
8 November 2008 Bristol City H 0–1 14,535 21st
15 November 2008 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–2 Pearce 21' 17,812 21st
22 November 2008 Reading A 2–1 Wright-Phillips 14', 49' 23,121 20th
25 November 2008 Plymouth Argyle H 0–0 14,895 20th
29 November 2008 Charlton Athletic A 0–0 20,831 19th
6 December 2008 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–1 Wright-Phillips 14' 15,440 19th
8 December 2008 Crystal Palace A 0–3 13,799 20th
13 December 2008 Burnley A 2–3 Skácel 49', Surman 61' 11,229 21st
20 December 2008 Nottingham Forest H 0–2 26,580 21st
26 December 2008 Plymouth Argyle A 0–2 15,197 21st
28 December 2008 Reading H 1–1 McGoldrick 74' 20,142 23rd
10 January 2009 Barnsley A 1–0 McGoldrick 76' 11,789 22nd
17 January 2009 Doncaster Rovers H 1–2 Saganowski 90' 15,837 23rd
27 January 2009 Norwich City A 2–2 McLaggon 57', Saganowski 78' 25,271 23rd
31 January 2009 Swansea City H 2–2 Saganowski 17', 76' 17,623 23rd
3 February 2009 Sheffield United H 1–2 Surman 90' 13,257 23rd
14 February 2009 Bristol City A 0–2 17,000 23rd
21 February 2009 Preston North End H 3–1 Surman 19', Saganowski 29', 42' 14,790 23rd
28 February 2009 Cardiff City H 1–0 McGoldrick 11' (pen.) 18,526 22nd
3 March 2009 Ipswich Town A 3–0 Euell 30, 85', Paterson 88' 20,040 22nd
7 March 2009 Birmingham City A 0–1 16,735 22nd
10 March 2009 Derby County H 1–1 Perry 59' 17,567 23rd
14 March 2009 Queens Park Rangers H 0–0 18,691 23rd
21 March 2009 Blackpool A 1–1 McGoldrick 69' 7,947 23rd
4 April 2009 Charlton Athletic H 2–3 McGoldrick 17', Wright-Phillips 84' 27,228 23rd
7 April 2009 Watford A 2–2 Saeijs 13', 89' 16,066 23rd
10 April 2009 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–3 24,636 23rd
13 April 2009 Crystal Palace H 1–0 McGoldrick 67' 23,220 23rd
18 April 2009 Sheffield Wednesday A 0–2 24,145 23rd
25 April 2009 Burnley H 2–2 Wright-Phillips 11', McGoldrick 44' 23,927 23rd
3 May 2009 Nottingham Forest A 1–3 Wright-Phillips 16' 29,008 23rd
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHA
ResultLLWLLDDWWLLDLDWLLWDDDLLLLDWLDDLLWWWLDDDLDLWLDL
Position18231720232222201620202122222021212020191920212121232223232323232322222223232323232323232323
Source: League Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
22Norwich City 461210245770–1346
23Southampton 461015214669–2345
24Charlton Athletic 46815235274–2239

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

FA Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
4 January 2009 Round 3 Manchester United H 0–3 31,901

League Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
12 August 2008 Round 1 Exeter City A 3–1 Holmes 29', McGoldrick 77', 90' (pen.) 6,471
26 August 2008 Round 2 Birmingham City H 2–0 Holmes 17', Lallana 86' 11,331
23 September 2008 Round 3 Rotherham United A 1–3 John 61' 5,147

Squad statistics
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Kelvin Davis 460 10 00 470 00
2 DF Chris Perry 38(2)2 10 20 432 60
3 DF Wayne Thomas 00 00 10 10 00
4 FW Marek Saganowski 14(5)6 00 00 196 20
5 DF Jan-Paul Saeijs 202 00 00 202 50
6 DF Michael Svensson 40 00 10 50 00
7 MF Rudolf Skácel 281 10 00 291 70
8 FW Bradley Wright-Phillips 16(17)6 00 10 346 10
9 FW Grzegorz Rasiak 00 00 00 00 00
10 MF Paul Wotton 18(11)0 00 30 330 40
11 MF Andrew Surman 447 10 30 487 70
12 MF Lee Holmes 110 0(1)0 22 142 00
13 GK Tommy Forecast 00 00 00 00 00
14 FW Stern John 4(3)0 00 0(3)1 101 00
15 FW Jason Euell 18(6)2 00 00 242 21
16 MF Romain Gasmi 0(4)0 00 00 40 00
17 FW David McGoldrick 45(1)12 10 32 5014 70
18 MF Nathan Dyer 1(3)0 00 0(1)0 50 00
19 MF Morgan Schneiderlin 23(7)0 0(1)0 20 330 60
20 MF Adam Lallana 34(6)1 00 31 432 20
21 DF Jamie Hatch 00 00 00 00 00
22 MF Simon Gillett 23(4)0 10 20 300 50
23 DF Lloyd James 40(1)0 10 30 450 110
24 DF Olly Lancashire 10(1)0 00 10 120 32
25 GK Michael Poke 00 00 00 00 00
26 MF Jake Thomson 6(4)0 00 10 110 00
27 DF Kyle Davies 00 00 00 00 00
28 GK Bartosz Bialkowski 00 00 30 30 00
29 DF Jeffrey Imudia 00 00 00 00 00
30 MF Jack Boyle 00 00 00 00 00
32 GK Andrej Pernecký 00 00 00 00 00
33 DF Joseph Mills 6(2)0 00 1(1)0 100 00
34 FW Jamie White 2(1)0 00 00 30 00
35 FW Matt Paterson 1(10)1 10 00 121 01
36 DF Michael Byrne 00 00 00 00 00
37 MF Oscar Gobern 4(2)0 10 00 70 10
38 DF Jack Saville 00 00 00 00 00
39 MF Ryan Smith 7(6)0 10 00 140 00
40 MF Anthony Pulis 00 00 00 00 00
41 DF Zoltán Lipták 0(7)0 00 00 70 00
42 FW Kayne McLaggon 1(6)1 0(1)0 00 81 00
43 DF Lee Molyneux 40 00 00 40 21
44 DF Ben Reeves 00 00 00 00 00
45 MF Callum McNish 00 00 00 00 00
Players who left before the end of the season
5 DF Andrew Davies 00 00 00 00 00
6 DF Darren Powell 00 00 00 00 00
30 DF Jack Cork 22(1)0 00 20 250 30
31 FW Tomáš Pekhart 2(7)1 00 0(1)0 100 00
38 FW Jordan Robertson 8(2)1 00 00 101 10
41 DF Alex Pearce 6(3)2 00 00 92 10

Transfers

In
Date Pos. Name From Fee
7 July 2008 GK Tommy Forecast Tottenham Hotspur Undisclosed[9]
29 August 2008 MF Anthony Pulis Stoke City Free[10][11]
1 January 2009 DF Lee Molyneux Everton Free[12][13]
1 January 2009 MF Ryan Smith Millwall Free[12][13]

Out
Date Pos. Name To Fee
2 July 2008 DF Alexander Östlund Esbjerg Released[14][15]
2 July 2008 DF Darren Powell Unattached Released[14][15]
2 July 2008 MF Jermaine Wright Blackpool Released[14][15]
2 July 2008 MF Mario Lička Baník Ostrava Released[14][15]
2 July 2008 MF Iñigo Idiakez Unattached Released[14][15]
2 July 2008 FW Cédric Baseya Lille OSC Free[14][15]
7 July 2008 MF Youssef Safri Qatar SC £275,000[16][17]
1 August 2008 MF Jhon Viáfara Once Caldas Released[18][19]
19 August 2008 DF Andrew Davies Stoke City Undisclosed[20][21]

Loan in
Date from Date to Pos. Name From
21 August 2008[22][23] 1 January 2009[22] DF Jack Cork Chelsea
26 August 2008[24][25] 29 December 2008[26] FW Tomáš Pekhart Tottenham Hotspur
1 September 2008[27][28] End of season[27] MF Romain Gasmi RC Strasbourg
26 September 2008[29][30] 26 December 2008[29][30] FW Jordan Robertson Sheffield United
3 October 2008[31][32] 3 January 2009[31][32] MF Ryan Smith Millwall
30 October 2008[33][34] 1 January 2009[33][34] DF Alex Pearce Reading
9 January 2009[35][36] End of season[35][36] DF Jan-Paul Saeijs Roda JC
2 February 2009[37][38] End of season[37][38] DF Zoltán Lipták Újpest

Loan out
Date from Date to Pos. Name To
18 July 2008[39] End of season[39] GK Michael Poke Torquay United
8 August 2008[40][41] 31 December 2008[40] FW Marek Saganowski Aalborg BK
15 August 2008[42][43] End of season[42][43] FW Grzegorz Rasiak Watford
26 September 2008[29] 26 December 2008[29] MF Nathan Dyer Sheffield United
24 October 2008[44][45] End of season[46][47] FW Stern John Bristol City
14 November 2008[48][49] 8 January 2009[50][51] FW Jamie White Shrewsbury Town
2 January 2009[52][53] End of season[52][53] MF Nathan Dyer Swansea City
8 January 2009[54][55] 19 February 2009[56] MF Jake Thomson Bournemouth
23 February 2009[57][58] End of season[59] DF Joseph Mills Scunthorpe United
18 March 2009[60][61] End of season[60][61] GK Bartosz Białkowski Ipswich Town

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