2008–09 Swindon Town F.C. season

2008–09 Swindon Town F.C. season
Chairman	Andrew Fitton
Manager	Maurice Malpas; David Byrne (caretaker); Danny Wilson
Ground	County Ground, Swindon
League One	15th
FA Cup	1st Round
League Cup	1st Round
FL Trophy	Quarter-Finals (South)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Simon Cox (29); All: ; Simon Cox (32)
Highest home attendance	13,001; (vs. Leeds United)
Lowest home attendance	6,002; (vs. Stockport County)

The 2008–09 season was Swindon Town's second season in the League One since their relegation from the division in 2006. Alongside the league campaign, Swindon Town will also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

Football League One

Leicester comfortably won promotion in their first-ever season at this level, leading the table for virtually the entire season, going half the season (23 consecutive games) unbeaten and losing just 4 games in the process, Nigel Pearson brought stability to the club in becoming their first manager in five years to last an entire season as they looked to turn the corner after several years of struggle. Peterborough were runners-up, winning their second successive promotion and entering the second tier for only the second time in their history. Scunthorpe grabbed the final play-off place on the last day of the season in a winner takes all match v 7th place Tranmere Rovers and won promotion through them, making an immediate return to the Championship after being relegated the previous year.

Stockport went into administration before the final match of the season and so suffered a 10-point penalty; however, there was no real chance of them being relegated as a result of this penalty, barring an extremely unlikely set of results on the final day.

Hereford made an immediate return to League Two, finishing bottom in their first campaign at this level for thirty years. Cheltenham improved late in the season, but it proved too late to prevent relegation. Crewe suffered a late collapse and went down to League Two, having looked safe a few weeks previously, while Northampton were undone by other results going against them on the final day of the season.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Walsall	46	17	10	19	61	66	−5	61
14	Leyton Orient	46	15	11	20	45	57	−12	56
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

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.

FA Cup

8 November 2008 1st round	Histon	1–0	Swindon Town	Histon and Impington
	Wright 66'	Report		Stadium: Bridge Road Attendance: 1,541 Referee: Steven Rushton

Results and matchday squads

League One line-ups

Date	Opposition	V	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
09/08/08	Tranmere Rovers	H	3-1	Brezovan	Casal	J.Smith	Aljofree	Ifil	Timlin	McGovern₂	Nalis	Cox	Paynter₁	McNamee	Peacock₁	Easton₂	Joyce	Kennedy	P.Smith
16/08/08	Cheltenham Town	A	0-2	Brezovan	Casal	J.Smith	Aljofree	Morrison	Timlin₂	McGovern	Nalis	Cox	Paynter₁	McNamee	Peacock₁	Marshall₂	Easton	Amankwaah	P.Smith
23/08/08	Colchester United	H	1-3	Brezovan	Kanyuka	J.Smith	Aljofree	Ifil	Timlin₁	McGovern₂	Nalis₃	Cox	Paynter	McNamee	Marshall₁	Easton₂	Peacock₃	Amankwaah	P.Smith
30/08/08	Milton Keynes Dons	A	2-1	P.Smith	Casal₁	J.Smith	Aljofree	Ifil	Timlin	Easton	Nalis	Cox	Paynter₂	McNamee₃	Amankwaah₁	Peacock₂	Marshall₃	McGovern	Brezovan
05/09/08	Hereford United	A	1-1	P.Smith	Amankwaah	J.Smith	Aljofree	Ifil	Timlin	Easton	Nalis	Cox	Paynter₂	McNamee₁	Marshall₁	Peacock₂	McGovern	Casal	Brezovan
13/09/08	Leeds United	H	1-3	P.Smith	Amankwaah	J.Smith	Aljofree	Ifil	Easton₂	McGovern₁	Nalis	Cox	Paynter	McNamee	Marshall₁	Timlin₂	Morrison	Peacock	Scott
20/09/08	Stockport County	A	1-1	P.Smith	Amankwaah	J.Smith	Aljofree	Morrison	Timlin₂	McGovern	Nalis	Cox₂	Paynter₁	Easton	Corr₁	Peacock₂	McNamee₃	Casal	Brezovan
28/09/08	Millwall	H	1-2	P.Smith	Amankwaah	J.Smith	Aljofree	Morrison	Easton	McGovern₂	Nalis₁	Cox	Paynter	McNamee	Marshall₁	Peacock₂	Timlin	Casal	Brezovan
03/10/08	Hartlepool United	A	3-3	P.Smith	Amankwaah	J.Smith₁	Morrison	Ifil	Timlin	Peacock	Nalis	Cox	Paynter	Easton	Casal₁	McGovern	McNamee	Joyce	Brezovan
11/10/08	Huddersfield Town	H	1-3	Brezovan	Amankwaah	J.Smith	Morrison	Ifil	Timlin	Peacock	Nalis₁	Cox	Paynter₂	Easton	McNamee₁	Corr₂	McGovern	Casal	P.Smith
18/10/08	Southend United	A	1-2	Brezovan	Casal₂	J.Smith	Aljofree	Morrison	Timlin	McGovern	Peacock	Cox	Paynter₁	Pook	Corr₁	McNamee₂	Easton	Amankwaah	P.Smith
21/10/08	Northampton Town	H	2-1	Brezovan	Timlin	J.Smith	Aljofree	Morrison	Pook	McGovern	Peacock₁	Cox	Paynter	McNamee₂	Easton₁	Corr₂	Amankwaah	Nalis	P.Smith
25/10/08	Oldham Athletic	H	2-0	Brezovan	Timlin	J.Smith	Aljofree	Morrison	Pook	McGovern	Peacock	Cox	Paynter₁	McNamee	Corr₁	Easton	Amankwaah	Nalis	P.Smith
01/11/08	Scunthorpe United	A	3-3	P.Smith	Timlin	J.Smith	Aljofree	Morrison	Pook₁	McGovern	Peacock	Cox	Paynter	McNamee₂	Easton₁	Corr₂	Amankwaah	Marshall	Scott
15/11/08	Leicester City	H	2-2	P.Smith	Timlin	J.Smith	Kanyuka	Morrison	Pook	Nalis	Peacock	Cox	Paynter	McNamee₁	Corr₁	Ifil	McGovern	Kennedy	Brezovan
22/11/08	Bristol Rovers	A	2-2	P.Smith	Timlin	J.Smith	Kanyuka	Morrison	Pook	Nalis	Joyce₁	Corr	Paynter	McNamee₂	McGovern₁	Aljofree₂	Ifil	Sturrock	Brezovan
25/11/08	Peterborough United	H	2-2	P.Smith	Timlin	J.Smith	Aljofree	Kanyuka	Pook	McGovern	Peacock	Cox	Paynter₁	McNamee	Nalis₁	Ifil	Easton	Joyce	Brezovan
29/11/08	Walsall	A	1-2	P.Smith	Timlin₂	J.Smith	Aljofree	Kanyuka	Pook	McGovern	Peacock	Cox	Paynter	Easton₁	McNamee₁	Nalis₂	Ifil	Amankwaah	Brezovan
06/12/08	Carlisle United	H	1-1	P.Smith	Kennedy₁	J.Smith	Aljofree	Ifil	Pook	McGovern₂	Peacock	Cox	Paynter	McNamee	Amankwaah₁	Sturrock₂	Easton	Marshall	Brezovan
13/12/08	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-1	P.Smith	Kennedy	J.Smith	Aljofree	Ifil	Pook	McGovern₂	Peacock₁	Cox	Paynter	McNamee₃	Easton₁	Timlin₂	Sturrock₃	Morrison	Brezovan
20/12/08	Yeovil Town	H	2-3	P.Smith	Kennedy₃	J.Smith	Aljofree₁	Ifil	Timlin	McGovern	Easton	Cox	Peacock	McNamee₂	Morrison₁	Corr₂	Sturrock₃	Pook	Brezovan
26/12/08	Leyton Orient	A	2-1	Brezovan	Nalis	J.Smith	Kanyuka	Ifil	Timlin	McGovern	Peacock	Cox	Sturrock₁	Easton	Pook₁	Corr	McNamee	Morrison	P.Smith
28/12/08	Brighton	H	0-2	Brezovan	Nalis₂	J.Smith	Kanyuka	Ifil	Timlin	McGovern	Peacock	Cox	Sturrock₁	Easton	Corr₁	McNamee₂	Amankwaah	Pook	Morrison
13/01/09	Stockport County	H	1-1	Brezovan	Peacock	J.Smith	Kanyuka	Ifil	Timlin₂	McGovern	Easton	Cox	Corr₁	McNamee₂	Sturrock₁	Amankwaah₂	Pook₃	Nalis	P.Smith
17/01/09	Huddersfield Town	A	1-2	Brezovan	Amankwaah	J.Smith	Kanyuka	Ifil	Timlin	McGovern₁	Peacock	Cox	Paynter₂	Pook₃	McNamee₁	Sturrock₂	Easton₃	Nalis	P.Smith
27/01/09	Walsall	H	3-2	Brezovan	Amankwaah	Vincent₁	Greer	Ifil	Allen	McGovern₂	Robson-Kanu	Cox	Paynter₃	Nalis	Timlin₁	McNamee₂	Sturrock₃	Razak	P.Smith
31/01/09	Oldham Athletic	A	0-0	Brezovan	Amankwaah	Vincent	Greer	Ifil	Allen	McGovern	Robson-Kanu₁	Cox	Paynter₂	Kanyuka₃	McNamee₁	Razak₂	Easton₃	Jean-Francois	P.Smith
14/02/09	Leicester City	A	1-1	Brezovan	Amankwaah	Vincent	Greer	Ifil	Timlin	J.Smith	Robson-Kanu	Cox	Paynter	Kanyuka	McNamee	Nalis	Razak	Jean-Francois	P.Smith
17/02/09	Millwall	A	1-1	Brezovan	Amankwaah	Vincent	Greer₂	Ifil	Timlin	J.Smith	Robson-Kanu₁	Cox	Paynter₃	Kanyuka	McNamee₁	Jean-Francois₂	Sturrock₃	Razak	P.Smith
21/02/09	Scunthorpe United	H	4-2	Brezovan	Amankwaah₂	Vincent	Kanyuka	Ifil	Timlin	J.Smith	Robson-Kanu	Cox	Paynter₃	Jean-Francois₁	Morrison₁	McNamee₂	Peacock₃	Allen	P.Smith
24/02/09	Hartlepool United	H	0-1	Brezovan	Amankwaah₁	Vincent	Greer	Ifil	Timlin	J.Smith	Robson-Kanu	Cox	Paynter₂	Kanyuka₃	McNamee₁	Peacock₂	Allen₃	Morrison	P.Smith
28/02/09	Tranmere Rovers	A	0-1	Brezovan	Amankwaah₂	Vincent	Greer	Ifil	Timlin	J.Smith	Robson-Kanu	Cox	Paynter₃	Kanyuka₁	Nalis₁	McNamee₂	Peacock₃	Jean-Francois	P.Smith
03/03/09	Cheltenham Town	H	2-2	Brezovan	J.Smith	Vincent₂	Greer	Ifil	Timlin	Peacock₂	Robson-Kanu	Cox	Paynter	McNamee	Allen₁	Amankwaah₂	Marshall	Jean-Francois	P.Smith
07/03/09	Milton Keynes Dons	H	1-1	Brezovan	Amankwaah	Vincent	Greer	Morrison₂	Timlin	Nalis	Robson-Kanu	Cox	Paynter	McNamee₁	Marshall₁	Ifil₂	Sturrock	Razak	P.Smith
10/03/09	Colchester United	A	2-3	Brezovan	Amankwaah	Vincent	Greer	Morrison	Timlin	Tudur Jones₂	Robson-Kanu₁	Cox	Paynter	McNamee	Marshall₁	Razak₂	Ifil	Nalis	P.Smith
14/03/09	Leeds United	A	0-1	P.Smith	Amankwaah	Vincent	Greer	Morrison	Timlin	Tudur Jones	Robson-Kanu	Cox	Paynter	McNamee₁	J.Smith₁	Ifil	Nalis	Razak	Brezovan
17/03/09	Southend United	H	3-0	P.Smith	Amankwaah	Vincent	Greer	Morrison	Timlin	Tudur Jones₃	Robson-Kanu₁	Cox	Paynter₂	McNamee	Marshall₁	Sturrock₂	Nalis₃	J.Smith	Brezovan
21/03/09	Hereford United	H	3-0	P.Smith	Amankwaah	Vincent₁	Greer	Morrison	Timlin	Tudur Jones₂	Robson-Kanu	Cox	Paynter	McNamee₃	J.Smith₁	Nalis₂	Marshall₃	Sturrock	Brezovan
24/03/09	Northampton Town	A	4-3	P.Smith	Amankwaah	J.Smith	Greer	Morrison	Timlin	Tudur Jones	Robson-Kanu₂	Cox	Paynter	McNamee₁	Marshall₁	Nalis₂	Sturrock	Jean-Francois	Brezovan
28/03/09	Yeovil Town	A	0-1	P.Smith	Amankwaah	J.Smith	Greer	Morrison₁	Timlin	Nalis₃	Robson-Kanu₂	Cox	Paynter	McNamee	Ifil₁	Kennedy₂	Pook₃	Razak	Brezovan
04/04/09	Crewe Alexandra	H	0-0	P.Smith	Amankwaah	Vincent₂	Greer	Ifil	Timlin	Tudur Jones	Robson-Kanu₂	Cox	Paynter	McNamee	Razak₁	J.Smith₂	Easton	Jean-Francois	Brezovan
11/04/09	Brighton	A	3-2	P.Smith	Amankwaah	Vincent	Greer	Ifil	Timlin	Tudur Jones₁	Robson-Kanu₂	Cox	Paynter	McNamee	Macklin₁	Easton₂	J.Smith	Jean-Francois	Brezovan
13/04/09	Leyton Orient	H	0-1	P.Smith	Amankwaah₂	Vincent₃	Greer	Ifil	Timlin	Tudur Jones	Robson-Kanu	Cox	Paynter	McNamee₁	Macklin₁	McGovern₂	Jean-Francois₃	Easton	Brezovan
18/04/09	Carlisle United	A	1-1	P.Smith	Amankwaah₂	J.Smith₁	Greer	Ifil	Easton	Tudur Jones	Robson-Kanu	Cox	Paynter	McNamee	Jean-Francois₁	McGovern₂	Vincent	Kanyuka	Brezovan
25/04/09	Bristol Rovers	H	2-1	P.Smith	Amankwaah	Vincent	Greer	Ifil	Kanyuka₁	Tudur Jones	Robson-Kanu₂	Cox	Paynter	McNamee₃	Easton₁	McGovern₂	J.Smith₃	Jean-Francois	Brezovan
02/05/09	Peterborough United	A	2-2	P.Smith	Timlin	Vincent	Jean-Francois	Ifil	McGovern	Tudur Jones	Easton	Cox	Paynter	Nalis	Amankwaah₁	Marshall₂	McNamee₃	J.Smith	Razak

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution, ₃ 3rd Substitution.

FA Cup line-ups

Date	Opposition	V	Score		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12	13	14	15	16
08/11/08	Histon	A	0-1		P.Smith₁	Timlin	J.Smith	Aljofree	Kanyuka	Pook	McGovern	Peacock	Cox	Paynter₃	McNamee₂		Marshall₂	Corr₃	Easton	Amankwaah	Brezovan₁

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution, ₃ 3rd Substitution.

League Cup line-ups

Date	Opposition	V	Score		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12	13	14	15	16	17	18
12/08/08	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-3		Brezovan	Casal	J.Smith	Morrison	Aljofree	Nalis	McGovern₂	Timlin₁	Cox	Paynter	McNamee		Easton₁	Peacock₂	Amankwaah	Joyce	Allen	Kennedy	P.Smith

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution, ₃ 3rd Substitution.

Football League Trophy line-ups

Date	Opposition	V	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
02/09/08	Aldershot Town	A	2-2	P.Smith	Amankwaah	J.Smith	Kanyuka	Ifil	Timlin₁	McGovern₁	Easton	Cox	Peacock	McNamee₃	Allen₁	Marshall₂	Paynter₃	Casal	Brezovan
07/10/08	Hereford United	A	2-1	Brezovan	Amankwaah	J.Smith	Morrison	Ifil	Peacock₃	Timlin	Easton	Cox	Paynter₁	Nalis₂	Corr₁	McNamee₂	McGovern₃	Casal	P.Smith
12/11/08	Brighton	A	0-2	P.Smith	Timlin	J.Smith₂	Morrison	Kanyuka	Pook	McGovern	Easton₁	Cox	Corr	Marshall	Nalis₁	Paynter₂	McNamee	Amankwaah	Brezovan

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution, ₃ 3rd Substitution.

References

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