2008–09 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Crystal Palace
2008–09 season
ChairmanSimon Jordan
ManagerNeil Warnock
Championship15th
FA CupFourth round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Shefki Kuqi (10)
All:
Shefki Kuqi (10)
Highest home attendance22,824 v Sheffield United (3 May 2009)
Lowest home attendance12,847 v Birmingham City (24 February 2009)
Average home league attendance15,220

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
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Argentina ARG Julián Speroni 48 0 45 0 3 0 0 0
2 DF England ENG Matthew Lawrence 35 0 28+4 0 2 0 1 0
3 DF England ENG Clint Hill 48 2 43 1 3 1 2 0
4 MF England ENG Shaun Derry 42 0 35+4 0 2 0 1 0
5 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Paddy McCarthy 29 3 25+2 3 0 0 2 0
6 DF Portugal POR José Fonte 42 4 36+2 4 3 0 1 0
7 MF Wales WAL Carl Fletcher[notes 1] 6 0 0+3 0 1 0 2 0
8 FW England ENG James Scowcroft 10 0 5+5 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Alan Lee 19 3 10+6 3 3 0 0 0
10 MF Australia AUS Nick Carle 41 4 35+2 3 2 0 2 1
11 FW England ENG Victor Moses[notes 2] 32 2 19+8 2 3 0 2 0
12 GK England ENG Darryl Flahavan 3 -7 1 -2 0 0 2 -5
14 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Sean Scannell[notes 3] 27 3 16+9 2 1 1 1 0
15 DF England ENG Lee Hills 16 0 8+6 0 1 0 1 0
16 MF England ENG Neil Danns 23 3 14+6 2 3 1 0 0
17 FW England ENG Simon Thomas 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW England ENG Calvin Andrew 10 0 1+6 0 1 0 2 0
19 MF England ENG Tom Soares 5 1 4 1 0 0 1 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Craig Beattie 15 5 15 5 0 0 0 0
20 DF England ENG Danny Butterfield 30 1 17+9 1 3 0 1 0
22 DF Austria AUT Johannes Ertl 13 0 3+9 0 0 0 1 0
23 MF Barbados BRB Paul Ifill[notes 4] 38 6 27+6 4 3 2 2 0
24 MF England ENG Ben Watson 19 5 18 5 0 0 1 0
25 DF Jamaica JAM Claude Davis 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Wales WAL John Oster[notes 5] 33 4 27+4 3 1 0 1 1
27 MF France FRA Léandre Griffit 6 0 2+3 0 1 0 0 0
28 FW Portugal POR Rui Fonte 10 0 5+5 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW Finland FIN Shefki Kuqi[notes 6] 37 10 20+15 10 2 0 0 0
33 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Anthony Stokes 13 1 11+2 1 0 0 0 0
35 DF Wales WAL Rhoys Wiggins[notes 7] 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF England ENG Nathaniel Pinney 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
41 MF England ENG Kieran Djilali 8 0 2+4 0 0 0 2 0
42 MF England ENG James Comley 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
43 DF England ENG Nathaniel Clyne 29 0 25+1 0 3 0 0 0
44 MF England ENG Kieron Cadogan 4 1 0+4 1 0 0 0 0

Club

Management

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

Source: [citation needed]

League table

Pos Team
 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:
  1. ^ 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 Yellow card 47' Red card
Derry Yellow card 52' Red card		 (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 Red card 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 Red card 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 Red card 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 Yellow card 60' Red card
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

  1. ^ "Soccer Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".
  2. ^ "All Crystal Palace players: 2009".
  3. ^ "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

  1. ^ Fletcher was born in Camberley, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 2004.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Oster was born in Boston, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1997.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.