2008–09 Scunthorpe United F.C. season

Scunthorpe United F.C.
2008–2009 season
ChairmanSteve Wharton
ManagerNigel Adkins
StadiumGlanford Park
League One6th (promoted)
FA CupThird round
League CupFirst Round
League TrophyFinal

During the 2008–09 English football season, Scunthorpe United F.C. competed in League One, the third tier of English football. Scunthorpe also competed in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Season summary

The 2008–09 season saw Scunthorpe reach Wembley twice. The Iron qualified for the Football League Trophy final, but were beaten 3–2 after extra time by Luton Town.[1] The club then qualified for the League One play-offs through an 88th-minute equaliser by club captain Cliff Byrne against promotion rivals Tranmere Rovers on the last day of the regular season.[2] Scunthorpe beat MK Dons on penalties after a 1–1 aggregate draw in the semi-finals,[3] before beating Millwall in the Wembley final 3–2, with two goals from Matt Sparrow and one from Martyn Woolford, to achieve promotion back to the Championship at the first time of asking.[4]

Squad

[5]

No. Name Nat Position Date of birth Place of birth note
1 Joe Murphy Republic of Ireland GK 25 September 1980 Dublin
2 Kenny Milne Scotland DF 26 August 1979 Alloa
3 Marcus Williams England DF 8 April 1986 Doncaster
4 Andy Crosby England DF 3 March 1973 Rotherham
5 Izzy Iriekpen England DF 14 May 1982 Newham signed for Bristol City
5 Joseph Mills England DF 30 October 1989 Swindon on loan from Southampton
6 Cliff Byrne Republic of Ireland DF 27 April 1982 Dublin captain
7 Matt Sparrow England MF 3 October 1983 Scunthorpe
8 Garry Thompson England MF 24 November 1980 Kendal
9 Paul Hayes England FW 20 September 1983 Dagenham
10 Gary Hooper England FW 26 January 1988 Harlow
11 Ian Baraclough England MF 4 December 1970 Leicester
14 Michael Lea England DF 4 November 1987 Salford
15 David Mirfin England DF 18 April 1985 Sheffield
16 Martyn Woolford England MF 13 October 1985 Pontefract
17 Grant McCann Northern Ireland MF 14 April 1980 Belfast
18 Sam Togwell England MF 14 October 1984 Maidenhead
19 Jonathan Forte Barbados FW 25 July 1986 Sheffield
20 Sam Slocombe England GK 5 June 1988 Scunthorpe
21 Jake Picton England DF 6 January 1991 Pontefract
22 Josh Lillis England GK 24 June 1987 Derby
23 Kevan Hurst England FW 27 August 1985 Chesterfield
24 Andrew Wright England MF 15 January 1985 Liverpool
25 Peter Winn England FW 19 December 1988 Cleethorpes
26 Krystian Pearce England DF 5 January 1990 Birmingham on loan from Birmingham City
27 Ian Morris Republic of Ireland MF 27 February 1987 Dublin
28 Rory Coleman England DF 22 December 1990 Rotherham
29 Joe Wilcox England DF 18 April 1989 Northampton
30 Ben May England FW 10 March 1984 Gravesend
31 Henri Lansbury England MF 12 October 1990 Enfield on loan from Arsenal
32 Liam Trotter England MF 24 August 1988 Ipswich on loan from Ipswich Town
33 Kayode Odejayi Nigeria FW 21 February 1982 Ibadan on loan from Barnsley
40 Kevin Pressman England GK 6 November 1967 Fareham

Competitions

Football League One

Main article: 2008–09 Football League One

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
4 Leeds United 46 26 6 14 77 49 +28 84 Qualification for League One play-offs
5 Millwall 46 25 7 14 63 53 +10 82
6 Scunthorpe United (O, P) 46 22 10 14 82 63 +19 76
7 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 11 14 62 49 +13 74
8 Southend United 46 21 8 17 58 61 −3 71
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.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Matches

9 August 2008 1 Scunthorpe United 1–2 Leeds United Glanford Park
12:00 Hooper 57' Showunmi 61'
Beckford 80'		 Attendance: 8,315
16 August 2008 2 Walsall 2–1 Scunthorpe United Bescot Stadium
15:00 Reich 12'
Ibehre 89'		 Thompson 2' Attendance: 4,162
23 August 2008 3 Scunthorpe United 1–0 Peterborough United Glanford Park
15:00 Hayes 44' Attendance: 4,717
30 August 2008 4 Stockport County 0–3 Scunthorpe United Edgeley Park
15:00 Hooper 30', 47'
McCann 58'		 Attendance: 6,348
6 September 2008 5 Brighton and Hove Albion 1–4 Scunthorpe United Withdean Stadium
15:00 Robinson 75' Woolford 4'
Hooper 45+3', 55', 68'		 Attendance: 5,529
13 September 2008 6 Scunthorpe United 2–1 Carlisle United Glanford Park
15:00 Sparrow 62'
Hayes 73'		 Carlton 77' Attendance: 5,188
20 September 2008 7 Hereford United 1–2 Scunthorpe United Edgar Street
15:00 Chadwick 25' Togwell 53'
Hooper 58'		 Attendance: 3,004
27 September 2008 8 Scunthorpe United 2–0 Yeovil Town Glanford Park
15:00 Iriekpen 27'
Forbes 63' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 4,829
4 October 2008 9 Leyton Orient 2–2 Scunthorpe United Brisbane Road
15:00 Boyd 59'
Purches 67'		 Iriekpen 26'
Hayes 45+1'		 Attendance: 4,244
11 October 2008 10 Scunthorpe United 3–0 Crewe Alexandra Glanford Park
15:00 Woolford 35'
Hayes 67'
Iriekpen 80'		 Attendance: 4,790
18 October 2008 11 Cheltenham Town 1–2 Scunthorpe United Whaddon Road
15:00 Connor 69' Hooper 34'
Sparrow 90'		 Attendance: 3,682
21 October 2008 12 Scunthorpe United 1–1 Southend United Glanford Park
19:30 Hayes 79' Barrett 47' Attendance: 4,324
25 October 2008 13 Scunthorpe United 3–2 Millwall Glanford Park
15:00 Hooper 5'
Hayes 16'
Sparrow 51'		 Neil Harris 62'
Craig 69'		 Attendance: 5,670

Play-offs

8 May 2009 (2009-05-08) Semi-final first leg Scunthorpe United 1–1 Milton Keynes Dons Scunthorpe
19:45 BST Woolford 13' Report Wilbraham 27' Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 6,599
Referee: Scott Mathieson
15 May 2009 (2009-05-15) Semi-final second leg Milton Keynes Dons 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–1 agg.)
(6–7 p)		 Scunthorpe United Denbigh, Milton Keynes
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 14,479
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
Penalties
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Wilbraham soccer ball with check mark
Navarro soccer ball with check mark
Puncheon soccer ball with red X
Llera soccer ball with check mark
Stirling soccer ball with red X
Lewington soccer ball with check mark
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Flo soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark McCann
soccer ball with check mark Hayes
soccer ball with check mark Crosby
soccer ball with red X Byrne
soccer ball with check mark Trotter
soccer ball with red X Sparrow
soccer ball with check mark Forte
soccer ball with check mark Togwell
soccer ball with check mark Morris
24 May 2009 (2009-05-24) final Millwall 2–3 Scunthorpe United London
13:00 BST Alexander 37', 39' Report Sparrow 6', 70'
Woolford 85'		 Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 59,661
Referee: Michael Oliver

FA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 FA Cup
8 November 2008 (2008-11-08) First round Walsall 1–3 Scunthorpe United Bescot, Walsall
15:00 GMT Ricketts 25'
Demontagnac Red card 79'		 Report Hooper 42', 58'
Hurst 90'		 Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 2,318
Referee: Roger East
29 November 2008 (2008-11-29) Second round Scunthorpe United 4–0 Alfreton Town Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT May 30'
Hooper 62', 83'
Togwell 90'		 Report Clayton Red card 48' Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 4,249
Referee: Chris Sarginson
3 January 2009 (2009-01-03) Third round Watford 1–0 Scunthorpe United Watford
15:00 GMT Rasiak 67' Report Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 8,690
Referee: Kevin Wright

Football League Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Football League Cup
12 August 2008 (2008-08-12) First round Hartlepool United 3–0 Scunthorpe United Hartlepool
19:45 BST Porter 50'
Foley 58'
Brown 75'		 Report Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 2,076
Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2008–09 Football League Trophy
2 September 2008 (2008-09-02) First round Scunthorpe United 2–1 Notts County Scunthorpe
19:30 BST Hayes 90', 90' Report Butcher 9' Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 1,755
Referee: Andy Haines
7 October 2008 (2008-10-07) Second round Scunthorpe United 2–1 Grimsby Town Scunthorpe
19:30 BST Togwell 38'
Morris 42'		 Report Hegarty 48' Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 4,844
Referee: Kevin Friend
4 November 2008 (2008-11-04) Area quarter-final Scunthorpe United 1–0 Rochdale Scunthorpe
19:30 GMT Mirfin 90' Report Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 2,474
Referee: Jonathan Moss
16 December 2008 (2008-12-16) Area semi-final Scunthorpe United 2–1 Tranmere Rovers Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT May 26'
Hayes 90'		 Report Thomas-Moore 53' Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 2,669
Referee: Michael Oliver
20 January 2009 (2009-01-20) Area final first leg Scunthorpe United 2–0 Rotherham United Scunthorpe
19:30 GMT Woolford 60'
Pearce 67'		 Report Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 6,038
Referee: Clive Oliver
17 February 2009 (2009-02-17) Area final second leg Rotherham United 0–1 Scunthorpe United Sheffield
19:45 GMT Hooper 74' Stadium: Don Valley Stadium
Attendance: 6,555
Referee: Kevin Friend
5 April 2009 (2009-04-05) Final Luton Town 3–2 (a.e.t.) Scunthorpe United Wembley, London
13:15 BST Martin 32'
Craddock 70'
Gnakpa 95'		 Report Hooper 14'
McCann 88'		 Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 55,378
Referee: Phil Crossley

References

  1. ^ Fletcher, Paul (5 April 2009). "Football | Luton 3–2 Scunthorpe (aet)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Football – Scunthorpe 1–1 Tranmere". BBC Sport. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Football | League One | MK Dons 0–0 Scunthorpe (agg 1–1)". BBC Sport. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  4. ^ Fletcher, Paul (24 May 2009). "Football | League One | Millwall 2–3 Scunthorpe". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  5. ^ "FootballSquads - Scunthorpe United - 2008/09". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2019.