2008–09 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Crystal Palace
2008–09 season
Chairman	Simon Jordan
Manager	Neil Warnock
Championship	15th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Shefki Kuqi (10); All: ; Shefki Kuqi (10)
Highest home attendance	22,824 v Sheffield United (3 May 2009)
Lowest home attendance	12,847 v Birmingham City (24 February 2009)
Average home league attendance	15,220
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was Crystal Palace Football Club's 4th consecutive season in the Championship, after their play-off defeat in the previous campaign.

Statistics

Last updated on 10 January 2010.^[1]^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		The Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ARG	Julián Speroni	48	0	45	0	3	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Matthew Lawrence	35	0	28+4	0	2	0	1	0
3	DF	ENG	Clint Hill	48	2	43	1	3	1	2	0
4	MF	ENG	Shaun Derry	42	0	35+4	0	2	0	1	0
5	DF	IRL	Paddy McCarthy	29	3	25+2	3	0	0	2	0
6	DF	POR	José Fonte	42	4	36+2	4	3	0	1	0
7	MF	WAL	Carl Fletcher^{[notes 1]}	6	0	0+3	0	1	0	2	0
8	FW	ENG	James Scowcroft	10	0	5+5	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	IRL	Alan Lee	19	3	10+6	3	3	0	0	0
10	MF	AUS	Nick Carle	41	4	35+2	3	2	0	2	1
11	FW	ENG	Victor Moses^{[notes 2]}	32	2	19+8	2	3	0	2	0
12	GK	ENG	Darryl Flahavan	3	-7	1	-2	0	0	2	-5
14	FW	IRL	Sean Scannell^{[notes 3]}	27	3	16+9	2	1	1	1	0
15	DF	ENG	Lee Hills	16	0	8+6	0	1	0	1	0
16	MF	ENG	Neil Danns	23	3	14+6	2	3	1	0	0
17	FW	ENG	Simon Thomas	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	ENG	Calvin Andrew	10	0	1+6	0	1	0	2	0
19	MF	ENG	Tom Soares	5	1	4	1	0	0	1	0
19	FW	SCO	Craig Beattie	15	5	15	5	0	0	0	0
20	DF	ENG	Danny Butterfield	30	1	17+9	1	3	0	1	0
22	DF	AUT	Johannes Ertl	13	0	3+9	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF	BRB	Paul Ifill^{[notes 4]}	38	6	27+6	4	3	2	2	0
24	MF	ENG	Ben Watson	19	5	18	5	0	0	1	0
25	DF	JAM	Claude Davis	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	WAL	John Oster^{[notes 5]}	33	4	27+4	3	1	0	1	1
27	MF	FRA	Léandre Griffit	6	0	2+3	0	1	0	0	0
28	FW	POR	Rui Fonte	10	0	5+5	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	FIN	Shefki Kuqi^{[notes 6]}	37	10	20+15	10	2	0	0	0
33	FW	IRL	Anthony Stokes	13	1	11+2	1	0	0	0	0
35	DF	WAL	Rhoys Wiggins^{[notes 7]}	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	ENG	Nathaniel Pinney	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF	ENG	Kieran Djilali	8	0	2+4	0	0	0	2	0
42	MF	ENG	James Comley	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	ENG	Nathaniel Clyne	29	0	25+1	0	3	0	0	0
44	MF	ENG	Kieron Cadogan	4	1	0+4	1	0	0	0	0

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Neil Warnock
Assistant manager	Mick Jones
First team coach	Keith Curle
Goalkeeping coach	Jim Stannard
Chief scout	Allan Gemmill
Fitness coach	Louis Langdown
Reserve team manager	Gary Issott
Academy manager	David Moss
U18 team/Assistant academy manager	Gary Issott
Physiotherapists	Nigel Cox, Paul Timson and Sangi Patel

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Watford	46	16	10	20	68	72	−4	58
14	Doncaster Rovers	46	17	7	22	42	53	−11	58
15	Crystal Palace	46	15	12	19	52	55	−3	56^[a]
16	Blackpool	46	13	17	16	47	58	−11	56
17	Coventry City	46	13	15	18	47	58	−11	54

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2009. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Crystal Palace were give a one-point deduction for using an ineligible player during a match against Sheffield United on 3 May 2009.^[3]

Matches

Preseason

12 July 2008	Bromley	1–1	Crystal Palace	Hayes Lane, London
15:00	Hockton 32'	(Report)	Hill 67'	Attendance: 2,153 Referee: Steve Bennett

14 July 2008	Crawley Town	1–1	Crystal Palace	Broadfield Stadium, Crawley
19:45	Pinault 67' (pen.)	(Report)	Ifill 37'	Attendance: 2,536

17 July 2008	Aldershot Town	3–4	Crystal Palace	EBB Stadium, Aldershot
19:45	Grant 23, 66' (pen.) Morgan 51' (pen.)	(Report)	Freedman 32' (pen.) Thomas 40' Dayton 70' Smith 82' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,436

17 July 2008	Dartford	0–2	Crystal Palace XI	Princes Park, Dartford
19:45		(Report)	Dayton 56' Comley 77'	Attendance: 792 Referee: Ian Cooper

21 July 2008	Tavistock	0–4	Crystal Palace	Langsford Park, Tavistock
19:00		(Report)	Andrew 40, 56' Watson 52' Short 54' (o.g.)	Attendance: 1,500

23 July 2008	Bodmin Town	1–4	Crystal Palace	Priory Park, Bodmin
19:50	O'Hagan 27'	(Report)	Ertl 46' Fletcher 62' Dayton 75, 80'

25 July 2008	Truro City	0–1	Crystal Palace	Treyew Road, Truro
19:50		(Report)	Thomas 35'

29 July 2008	Crystal Palace	0–0	Fulham XI	Selhurst Park, London
20:00		(Report)		Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Phil Crossley

30 July 2008	Dagenham & Redbridge	3–2	Crystal Palace XI	London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Stadium, Dagenham
19:45	Strevens 38' Uddin 66' Benson 73'	(Report)	Alaile 7' (o.g.) Abnett 60' (pen.)

30 July 2008	Afan Lido	4–1	Crystal Palace XI	Martsons Stadium, Aberavon
19:45	Jones 25 ' (pen.), 32' Wade 80' (pen.) Williams 86'	(Report)	Adelakun 33'	Attendance: 250

2 August 2008	Crystal Palace	1–1	Leicester City	Selhurst Park, London
15:00	Moses 60'	(Report)	Oakley 34'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Phil Crossley

2 August 2008	Hemel Hempstead Town	0–1	Crystal Palace XI	Vauxhall Road, Hemel Hempstead
15:00		(Report)	Djilali 56'

5 August 2008	Dover Athletic	2–3	Crystal Palace XI	Crabble Stadium, River
19:00	Wallis 86' Moore 89'	(Report)	Thomas 23 ' (pen.), 65, 68'	Attendance: 613 Referee: Paul Kelly

Errea South West Challenge Cup

Group phase

23 July 2008	Eastleigh	2–1	Crystal Palace XI	Marshford, Appledore
19:00	Taggart (pen.) Davies	(Report)

25 July 2008	Crystal Palace XI	4–2	Bideford	Marshford, Appledore
18:00	Nnanami 28' Levins 65' 81' (o.g.) Adelakun 84'	(Report)	Woods 56' Barker 72'

Crystal Palace finished second in their group with three points and thus qualified for the semifinal stage. However, with the squad heavily depleted through injury, Palace opted to give their semifinal place to third-placed team Torquay United

Football League Championship

9 August 2008	Crystal Palace	0–0	Watford	Selhurst Park, London
15:00		(Report)		Attendance: 15,614 Referee: Mike Jones

16 August 2008	Preston North End	2–0	Crystal Palace	Deepdale, Preston
15:00	Nicholson 58' Chaplow 90+1'	(Report)		Attendance: 14,225 Referee: Keith Woolmer

23 August 2008	Crystal Palace	0–0	Burnley	Selhurst Park, London
15:00	Scowcroft 47' Derry 52'	(Report)		Attendance: 14,071 Referee: Iain Williamson

30 August 2008	Reading	4–2	Crystal Palace	Madejski Stadium, Reading
15:00	Harper 18' Doyle 68, 68, 89'	(Report)	Carle 37' (pen.) Soares 64'	Attendance: 20,441 Referee: Clive Penton

13 September 2008	Crystal Palace	2–0	Swansea City	Selhurst Park, London
15:00	Watson 28' Carle 66'	(Report)		Attendance: 14,621 Referee: Lee Mason

16 September 2008	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Crystal Palace	Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
19:45	Ebanks-Blake 1' Keogh 58'	(Report)	Ifill 32'	Attendance: 22,200 Referee: Scott Mathieson

20 September 2008	Crystal Palace	1–2	Plymouth Argyle	Selhurst Park, London
15:00	McCarthy 85'	(Report)	Gallagher 28, 56'	Attendance: 14,209 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

27 September 2008	Ipswich Town	1–1	Crystal Palace	Portman Road, Ipswich
17:20	Stead 23'	(Report)	Moses 25'	Attendance: 19,032 Referee: Darren Deadman

30 September 2008	Crystal Palace	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Selhurst Park, London
20:00	Beattie 63'	(Report)		Attendance: 16,358 Referee: Mike Russell

4 October 2008	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Crystal Palace	City Ground, Nottinghamshire
15:00		(Report)	Ifill 4' Kuqi 81'	Attendance: 22,811 Referee: Richard Beeby

18 October 2008	Crystal Palace	3–0	Barnsley	Selhurst Park, London
17:20	Watson 25 ' (pen.), 60' Kuqi 82'	(Report)		Attendance: 16,494 Referee: Anthony Bates

21 October 2008	Birmingham City	1–0	Crystal Palace	St Andrew's, Birmingham
19:45	O'Connor 90+4'	(Report)		Attendance: 17,706 Referee: Nigel Miller

25 October 2008	Blackpool	2–2	Crystal Palace	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
15:00	Burgess 48' Evatt 65'	(Report)	Ifill 28' Beattie 49'	Attendance: 7,597 Referee: Anthony Taylor

28 October 2008	Crystal Palace	1–2	Nottingham Forest	Selhurst Park, London
20:00	Kuqi 75'	(Report)	Cohen 28' Thornhill 81'	Attendance: 15,162 Referee: Andy D'Urso

1 November 2008	Crystal Palace	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Selhurst Park, London
15:00	Watson 54' (pen.)	(Report)	Clarke 7'	Attendance: 14,650 Referee: Kevin Wright

8 November 2008	Coventry City	0–2	Crystal Palace	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00		(Report)	Hill 9' Watson 53'	Attendance: 16,883 Referee: Clive Oliver

15 November 2008	Cardiff City	2–1	Crystal Palace	Ninian Park, Cardiff
15:00	Chopra 33' (pen.) Ledley 53'	(Report)	Scannell 37' Lawrence 90+4'	Attendance: 17,478 Referee: Jonathan Moss

22 November 2008	Crystal Palace	4–2	Bristol City	Selhurst Park, London
15:00	Oster 11' Scannell 13' Beattie 65' Fonte 72'	(Report)	Adebola 44' Maynard 74'	Attendance: 14,599 Referee: Grant Hegley

25 November 2008	Norwich City	1–2	Crystal Palace	Carrow Road, Norwich
19:45	Pattison 61'	(Report)	Beattie 27' Oster 40'	Attendance: 24,034 Referee: Dean Whitestone

29 November 2008	Crystal Palace	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Selhurst Park, London
15:00		(Report)		Attendance: 16,411 Referee: Rob Styles

6 December 2008	Derby County	1–2	Crystal Palace	Pride Park Stadium, Derby
15:00	Varney 41'	(Report)	McCarthy 3' Kuqi 61'	Attendance: 27,203 Referee: Michael Oliver

8 December 2008	Crystal Palace	3–0	Southampton	Selhurst Park, London
20:00	Kuqi 9' Beattie 15' Ifill 75'	(Report)		Attendance: 13,799 Referee: Darren Deadman

13 December 2008	Crystal Palace	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Selhurst Park, London
15:00	Kuqi 21' (pen.) Lee 89'	(Report)	Heffernan 15'	Attendance: 13,811 Referee: Andy Hall

20 December 2008	Sheffield United	2–2	Crystal Palace	Bramall Lane, Sheffield
17:20	Dyer 41' Beattie 88' (pen.)	(Report)	McCarthy 47' Carle 90+5'	Attendance: 23,045 Referee: Paul Taylor

26 December 2008	Crystal Palace	3–1	Norwich City	Selhurst Park, London
13:00	Fonte 6', 31' Butterfield 90'	(Report)	Doherty 19'	Attendance: 17,810 Referee: Keith Stroud

28 December 2008	Bristol City	1–0	Crystal Palace	Ashton Gate, Bristol
15:00	Maynard 2'	(Report)		Attendance: 18,265 Referee: Andy Penn

17 January 2009	Crystal Palace	1–4	Ipswich Town	Selhurst Park, London
15:00	Lee 31'	(Report)	Garvan 19' Norris 28' Lisbie 69' Hill 89' (o.g.)	Attendance: 15,348 Referee: Clive Penton

27 January 2009	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Crystal Palace	The Valley, Charlton
19:45	Spring 14'	(Report)		Attendance: 20,627 Referee: Stuart Attwell

31 January 2009	Crystal Palace	0–1	Blackpool	Selhurst Park, London
15:00		(Report)	Campbell 41' (pen.)	Attendance: 13,810 Referee: Andre Marriner

17 February 2009	Plymouth Argyle	1–3	Crystal Palace	Home Park, Plymouth
19:45	Sawyer 68'	(Report)	Danns 21' Lee 28' Oster 43'	Attendance: 10,710 Referee: Rob Shoebridge

21 February 2009	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Crystal Palace	Hillsborough, Sheffield
15:00	McAllister 80' Clarke 90+3'	(Report)		Attendance: 22,687 Referee: Colin Webster

24 February 2009	Crystal Palace	0–0	Birmingham City	Selhurst Park, London
20:00	Carle 76'	(Report)		Attendance: 12,847 Referee: Paul Taylor

28 February 2009	Watford	2–0	Crystal Palace	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Cowie 22' J. Fonte 72' (o.g.)	(Report)		Attendance: 15,529 Referee: Grant Hegley

3 March 2009	Crystal Palace	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Selhurst Park, London
20:00		(Report)	Ebanks-Blake 74' (pen.)	Attendance: 14,907 Referee: Graham Horwood

7 March 2009	Crystal Palace	2–1	Preston North End	Selhurst Park, London
15:00	Stokes 32' Danns 34'	(Report)	Jones 29'	Attendance: 16,340 Referee: Russell Booth

11 March 2009	Burnley	4–2	Crystal Palace	Turf Moor, Burnley
19:45	Carlisle 39' Alexander 81' (pen.) Thompson 88' Rodriguez 90+3'	(Report)	Kuqi 26' Carlisle 35' (o.g.)	Attendance: 10,312 Referee: Carl Boyeson

14 March 2009	Swansea City	1–3	Crystal Palace	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
15:00	Pintado 66'	(Report)	Moses 49' J. Fonte 61' Kuqi 90+3'	Attendance: 13,663 Referee: Roger East

17 March 2009	Barnsley	3–1	Crystal Palace	Oakwell, Barnsley
19:45	Campbell-Ryce 23' Hills 52' (o.g.) Mifsud 73'	(Report)	Kuqi 8'	Attendance: 10,885 Referee: Graham Salisbury

21 March 2009	Crystal Palace	0–0	Reading	Selhurst Park, London
17:20		(Report)	Rosenior 72'	Attendance: 14,567 Referee: Andy D'Urso

4 April 2009	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Crystal Palace	Loftus Road, London
15:00		(Report)		Attendance: 15,234 Referee: Scott Mathieson

7 April 2009	Crystal Palace	1–1	Coventry City	Selhurst Park, London
20:00	Cadogan 72'	(Report)	Gunnarsson 31'	Attendance: 12,898 Referee: Fred Graham

11 April 2009	Crystal Palace	0–2	Cardiff City	Selhurst Park, London
15:00		[1]^{[dead link‍]}	McCormack 22' (pen.), 90+2'	Attendance: 12,898 Referee: Russell Booth

13 April 2009	Southampton	1–0	Crystal Palace	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
15:00	McGoldrick 67'	(Report)		Attendance: 23,220 Referee: Mike Russell

18 April 2009	Crystal Palace	1–0	Derby County	Selhurst Park, London
15:00	Moses 60' Kuqi 63'	(Report)		Attendance: 14,736 Referee: Andy Woolmer

25 April 2009	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Crystal Palace	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
15:00	Shiels 45' Hayter 75'	(Report)		Attendance: 12,880 Referee: Anthony Taylor

3 May 2009	Crystal Palace	0–0	Sheffield United	Selhurst Park, London
13:15		(Report)		Attendance: 22,824 Referee: Chris Foy

Football League Cup

Round 1

12 August 2008	Crystal Palace	2–1	Hereford United	Selhurst Park, London
20:00	Carle 45' Oster 49'	(Report)	Ashikodi 41'	Attendance: 3,094 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Round 2

26 August 2008	Leeds United	4–0	Crystal Palace	Elland Road, Leeds
19:45	Douglas 11' Beckford 32' Becchio 52' Showunmi 76'	(Report)		Attendance: 10,765 Referee: Kevin Friend

FA Cup

Round 3

3 January 2009	Leicester City	0–0	Crystal Palace	Walkers Stadium, Leicester
15:00		(Report)		Attendance: 15,976 Referee: Graham Laws

13 January 2009	Crystal Palace	2–1	Leicester City	Selhurst Park, London
20:00	Ifill 38' Scannell 55'	(Report)	Gradel 90+4'	Attendance: 6,023 Referee: Steve Tanner

Round 4

24 January 2009	Watford	4–3	Crystal Palace	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	DeMerit 17' Cork 27' Hoskins 67' Rasiak 70'	(Report)	Hill 47' Danns 83' Ifill 90+5'	Attendance: 10,006 Referee: Michael Oliver

End-of-season awards

Award	Winner
Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year	Julián Speroni
Crystal Palace F.C. Young Player of the Year	Nathaniel Clyne
Vice Presidents' Player of the Year	José Fonte
Vice Presidents' Young Player of the Year	Nathaniel Clyne
Scholar Player of the Year	Nathaniel Clyne
Academy Player of the Year	Alex Wynter
Crystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season	Paddy McCarthy v Derby County (06-12-08)
Special Achievement Award	Crystal Palace F.C. squad of the 1978–79 season for winning the Second Division title

References

^ "Soccer Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".
^ "All Crystal Palace players: 2009".
^ "Crystal Palace have one point deduction for fielding ineligible Rui Fonte". The Guardian. 1 June 2009. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.

Notes

^ Fletcher was born in Camberley, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 2004.
^ Moses was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but obtained asylum in England at the age of 11, and represented them at youth level before making his international debut for Nigeria in 2012.
^ Scannell was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland internationally through his father, as well as Jamaica, and has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth and B level.
^ Ifill was born in Brighton, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Barbados in June 2004.
^ Oster was born in Boston, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1997.
^ Kuqi was born in Vučitrn, Yugoslavia (part of Serbia in 2007, but now part of Kosovo), but was raised in Finland and made his international debut for Finland in August 1999.
^ Wiggins was born in Hillingdon, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and has represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level.

External links

[table_hth_CRY0.093359644568227-11] Crystal Palace were give a one-point deduction for using an ineligible player during a match against Sheffield United on 3 May 2009.^[3]

[1] "Soccer Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".

[2] "All Crystal Palace players: 2009".

[10] "Crystal Palace have one point deduction for fielding ineligible Rui Fonte". The Guardian. 1 June 2009. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.

[3] Fletcher was born in Camberley, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 2004.

[4] Moses was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but obtained asylum in England at the age of 11, and represented them at youth level before making his international debut for Nigeria in 2012.

[5] Scannell was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland internationally through his father, as well as Jamaica, and has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth and B level.

[6] Ifill was born in Brighton, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Barbados in June 2004.

[7] Oster was born in Boston, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1997.

[8] Kuqi was born in Vučitrn, Yugoslavia (part of Serbia in 2007, but now part of Kosovo), but was raised in Finland and made his international debut for Finland in August 1999.

[9] Wiggins was born in Hillingdon, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and has represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level.

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