2008–09 Everton F.C. season

The 2008–09 Everton F.C. season was Everton's 17th season in the Premier League, and their 55th consecutive season in the top division of English football. The club's kit was provided by Umbro, and the sponsor was Chang beer.

Everton
2008–09 season
ChairmanBill Kenwright
ManagerDavid Moyes
Premier League5th
FA CupRunners-up
League CupThird round
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Marouane Fellaini
Tim Cahill (8)

All: Marouane Fellaini
Tim Cahill (9)
Highest home attendance39,574 v (27 Sept vs Liverpool)
Lowest home attendance28,312 v (17 Sept vs Standard Liège)

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Review and events edit

Monthly events edit

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2008–09 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section. However it does summarise the transfers made by Everton in the summer. It also includes Cup Draws.

July:

  • 4 - Steve Round is announced as Everton's new assistant manager.[1]
  • 10 - The Guardian report on two further mortgages taken out by Everton against future bSkyb television revenue.[2]
  • 18 - Everton shareholders deliver a petition to the club demanding an Extraordinary General Meeting having achieved over 20% of the support necessary to call such a meeting.[3]
  • 25 - Club captain Phil Neville signs a new four-year contract to keep him at the club until 2012.[4]
  • 27 - Sporting CP reject Everton's £11.8 million bid for midfielder João Moutinho.[5]
  • 29 - Everton CEO Keith Wyness resigns. No official reason is stated at the time, except that it is not in connection with Everton's planned new stadium in Kirkby.[6][7]

August:

  • 16 - Jose Baxter becomes Everton's youngest player to make a competitive appearance when he comes on against Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League. Baxter was aged 16 years and 191 days.
  • 23 - Jose Baxter becomes Everton's youngest player to be selected for a competitive match, when he starts against West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League. Baxter was aged 16 years and 198 days.
  • 28 - Everton are drawn with Standard Liège in the first round of the UEFA Cup, with the first game being at Goodison Park.
  • 29 - Everton are drawn away to Blackburn in the third round of the League Cup
  • 31 - Everton break its transfer record after acquiring Marouane Fellaini for £15 million, £3.75 million more than Yakubu was purchased for from Middlesbrough FC in 2007.[8] This was the club's fifth signing of August, following Lars Jacobsen, Louis Saha, Segundo Castillo and Carlo Nash.

Final league table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Chelsea 38 25 8 5 68 24 +44 83 Qualification for the Champions League group stage[a]
4 Arsenal 38 20 12 6 68 37 +31 72 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 Everton 38 17 12 9 55 37 +18 63 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
6 Aston Villa 38 17 11 10 54 48 +6 62
7 Fulham 38 14 11 13 39 34 +5 53 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Since both finalists of the FA Cup (Chelsea and Everton) and the League Cup winners (Manchester United) qualified for the European competitions based on their league position, the sixth-placed team (Aston Villa) received a berth in the Europa League play-off round and the seventh-placed team (Fulham) received a berth in the Europa League third qualifying round.

Squad details edit

Players information edit

No. Name Nat. Place of birth Date of birth Club apps. Club goals Int. caps Int. goals Previous club Date joined Fee
1 Carlo Nash   Bolton 13 September 1973 - - - - Wigan Athletic 1 September 2008 Undisclosed
2 Tony Hibbert   Huyton 20 February 1981 164 - - - N/A 1 August 2000 Trainee
3 Leighton Baines   Kirkby 11 December 1984 24 - - - Wigan Athletic 7 August 2007 £6,000,000
4 Joseph Yobo   Port Harcourt 6 September 1980 178 6 59 4 Marseille 22 May 2003 £3,500,000
5 Joleon Lescott   Birmingham 16 August 1982 78 12 5 - Wolverhampton Wanderers 14 June 2006 £5,000,000
6 Phil Jagielka   Manchester 7 August 1982 36 1 1 - Sheffield United 4 July 2007 £4,000,000
7 Andy van der Meyde   Arnhem 30 September 1979 18 - 18 1 Inter Milan 31 August 2005 £2,000,000
8 Segundo Castillo   San Lorenzo 15 May 1982 - - 33 2 Red Star Belgrade 28 August 2008 Loan
9 Louis Saha   Paris 8 August 1978 - - 18 4 Manchester United 1 September 2008 Undisclosed
10 Mikel Arteta   San Sebastián 26 March 1982 106 13 7 1 Real Sociedad 1 July 2005 £2,500,000
12 Iain Turner   Stirling 26 January 1984 4 - - - Stirling Albion 1 July 2003 £50,000
14 James Vaughan   Birmingham 14 July 1988 26 6 - - N/A 1 July 2004 Trainee
15 Lars Jacobsen   Odense 20 September 1979 - - 16 - 1. FC Nürnberg 26 August 2008 Free
17 Tim Cahill   Sydney 6 December 1979 101 29 28 13 Millwall 23 July 2004 £1,500,000
18 Phil Neville   Bury 21 January 1977 108 3 59 - Manchester United 4 August 2005 £3,500,000
19 Nuno Valente   Lisbon 12 September 1974 45 - 33 1 Porto 30 August 2005 £1,500,000
20 Steven Pienaar   Johannesburg 17 March 1982 35 2 34 2 Borussia Dortmund 24 April 2007 £2,000,000
21 Leon Osman   Wigan 17 May 1981 134 18 - - N/A 1 August 2000 Trainee
22 Yakubu   Benin City 22 November 1982 39 22 41 17 Middlesbrough 29 August 2007 £11,250,000
24 Tim Howard   North Brunswick 6 March 1979 74 - 30 - Manchester United 14 February 2007 £3,000,000
25 Marouane Fellaini   Etterbeek 22 November 1987 - - 10 1 Standard Liège 1 September 2008 £15,000,000
26 Jack Rodwell   Southport 11 March 1991 5 - - - N/A 1 July 2007 Trainee
27 Lukas Jutkiewicz   Southampton   28 March 1989 - - - - Swindon Town 1 July 2007 £400,000
28 Victor Anichebe   Lagos 23 April 1988 44 11 4 1 N/A 1 July 2005 Trainee
30 John Ruddy   St. Ives 24 October 1986 1 - - - Cambridge United 20 May 2005 £250,000
32 Dan Gosling   Brixham 2 February 1990 - - - - Plymouth Argyle 15 January 2008 £2,000,000
34 John Irving   Liverpool 17 September 1989 - - - - N/A 1 July 2007 Trainee
35 Kieran Agard   London 10 October 1989 - - - - N/A 1 August 2008 Trainee
36 John Paul Kissock   Liverpool 2 December 1989 - - - - N/A 1 July 2007 Trainee
37 Jose Baxter   Bootle 7 February 1992 - - - - N/A 1 August 2008 Trainee
38 James Wallace   Liverpool 19 December 1991 - - - - N/A 1 August 2008 Trainee

Player awards edit

[9]

Matches edit

Pre-season friendlies edit

12 July Sion 1 – 0 Everton Stade d'Octodure, Martigny
15:00 Crettenand   58' Report Attendance: 2,500
Referee: M. Stuber
19 July Cambridge United 4 – 2 Everton Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
15:00 Parkinson   1', 65'
Willmott   76'
Beesley   83'
Report Jutkiewicz   20', 30' Attendance: 4,295
Referee: Mike Thorpe
22 July Preston North End 0 – 1 Everton Deepdale, Preston
19:45 Report Jagielka   6' Attendance: 10,322
Referee: Graham Salisbury
25 July Nottingham Forest 1 – 1 Everton City Ground, Nottingham
19:45 Valente   58' (o.g.) Report Baxter   65' Attendance: 15,488
Referee: Graham Salisbury
30 July Chicago Fire 2 – 0 Everton Toyota Park, Bridgeview
19:30 CDT Rolfe   41'
Frankowski   70'
Report Attendance: 9,125
Referee: Landis Wiley
3 August Colorado Rapids 1 – 2 Everton Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City
18:00 MDT Casey   48' Report Arteta   6'
Osman   87'
Attendance: 10,278
Referee: Jeremy Vehar
9 August Everton 1 – 1 PSV Goodison Park, Liverpool
17:15 Arteta   85' (pen.) Report Amrabat   6' Attendance: 10,816
Referee: Chris Foy

Premier League edit

16 August Everton 2 – 3 Blackburn Rovers Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00 Arteta   45+2'
Yakubu   64'
Report Dunn   22'
Santa Cruz   66'
Ooijer   90+4'
Attendance: 38,675
Referee: Andre Marriner
23 August West Bromwich Albion 1 – 2 Everton The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
15:00 Bednář   89' (pen.) Report Osman   65'
Yakubu   76'
Attendance: 26,190
Referee: Rob Styles
30 August Everton 0 – 3 Portsmouth Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00 Report Defoe   12', 69'
Johnson   40'
Attendance: 34,418
Referee: Mark Halsey
14 September Stoke City 2 – 3 Everton Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
13:30 Olofinjana   55'
Jagielka   63' (o.g.)
Report Yakubu   41'
Anichebe   51'
Cahill   77'
Attendance: 27,415
Referee: Alan Wiley
21 September Hull City 2 – 2 Everton KC Stadium, Kingston upon Hull
14:00 Turner   18'
Neville   50' (o.g.)
Report Cahill   73'
Osman   78'
Attendance: 24,845
Referee: Lee Mason
27 September Everton 0 – 2 Liverpool Goodison Park, Liverpool
12:45 Report Torres   59', 62' Attendance: 39,574
Referee: Mike Riley
5 October Everton 2 – 2 Newcastle United Goodison Park, Liverpool
16:00 Arteta   17' (pen.)
Fellaini   35'
Report S. Taylor   45+2'
Duff   47'
Attendance: 33,805
Referee: Howard Webb
18 October Arsenal 3 – 1 Everton Emirates Stadium, London
15:00 Nasri   48'
Van Persie   70'
Walcott   90'
Report Osman   9' Attendance: 60,064
Referee: Peter Walton
25 October Everton 1 – 1 Manchester United Goodison Park, Liverpool
12:00 Fellaini   63' Report Fletcher   22' Attendance: 36,609
Referee: Alan Wiley
29 October Bolton Wanderers 0 – 1 Everton Reebok Stadium, Bolton
20:00 Report Fellaini   90' Attendance: 21,692
Referee: Phil Dowd
1 November Everton 1 – 0 Fulham Goodison Park, Liverpool
12:45 Saha   87' Report Attendance: 31,278
Referee: Lee Mason
8 November West Ham United 1 – 3 Everton Upton Park, Essex
15:00 Collison   63' Report Lescott   83'
Saha   85', 87'
Attendance: 33,961
Referee: Mark Halsey
16 November Everton 1 – 1 Middlesbrough Goodison Park, Liverpool
13:30 Yakubu   65' Report O'Neil   8' Attendance: 31,063
Referee: Howard Webb
24 November Wigan Athletic 1 – 0 Everton JJB Stadium, Wigan
20:00 Camara   51' Report Attendance: 18,344
Referee: Rob Styles
30 November Tottenham Hotspur 0 – 1 Everton White Hart Lane, North London
15:00 Report Pienaar   51' Attendance: 35,742
Referee: Steve Bennett
7 December Everton 2 – 3 Aston Villa Goodison Park, Liverpool
16:00 Lescott   29', 90+3' Report Sidwell   1'
Young   54', 90+5'
Attendance: 31,922
Referee: Martin Atkinson
13 December Manchester City 0 – 1 Everton City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
15:00 Report Cahill   90+2' Attendance: 45,693
Referee: Mike Dean
22 December Everton 0 – 0 Chelsea Goodison Park, Liverpool
20:00 Report Terry   35' Attendance: 35,655
Referee: Phil Dowd
26 December Middlesbrough 0 – 1 Everton Riverside Stadium, Teesside
15:00 Report Cahill   51' Attendance: 30,253
Referee: Mike Riley
28 December Everton 3 – 0 Sunderland Goodison Park, Liverpool
14:00 Arteta   10', 27'
Gosling   83'
Report Attendance: 39,146
Referee: Rob Styles
10 January Everton 2 – 0 Hull City Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00 Fellaini   18'
Arteta   45+1'
Report Attendance: 37,527
Referee: Martin Atkinson
19 January Liverpool 1 – 1 Everton Anfield, Liverpool
20:00 Gerrard   68' Report Cahill   87' Attendance: 44,382
Referee: Howard Webb
28 January Everton 1 – 1 Arsenal Goodison Park, Liverpool
20:00 Cahill   61' Report Van Persie   90+3' Attendance: 37,097
Referee: Andre Marriner
31 January Manchester United 1 – 0 Everton Old Trafford, Manchester
20:00 Ronaldo   44' (pen.) Report Attendance: 75,399
Referee: Mark Halsey
7 February Everton 3 – 0 Bolton Wanderers Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00 Arteta   40' (pen.)
  49', 90+3' (pen.)
Report Attendance: 33,791
Referee: Peter Walton
22 February Newcastle United 0 – 0 Everton St James' Park, Tyneside
16:00 Nolan   44' Report Attendance: 47,683
Referee: Lee Mason
28 February Everton 2 – 0 West Bromwich Albion Goodison Park, Liverpool
12:45 Cahill   36'
Saha   70'
Report Attendance: 33,898
Referee: Steve Bennett
4 March Blackburn Rovers 0 – 0 Everton Ewood Park, Lancashire
20:00 Report Attendance: 21,445
Referee: Alan Wiley
14 March Everton 3 – 1 Stoke City Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00   18'
Lescott   24'
Fellaini   90+1'
Report Shawcross   52' Attendance: 36,396
Referee: Andre Marriner
21 March Portsmouth 2 – 1 Everton Fratton Park, Portsmouth
12:45 Crouch   22', 75' Report Baines   4' Attendance: 20,388
Referee: Peter Walton
5 April Everton 4 – 0 Wigan Athletic Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00   27', 51'
Fellaini   47'
Osman   61'
Report Attendance: 34,427
Referee: Phil Dowd
12 April Aston Villa 3 – 3 Everton Villa Park, Birmingham
13:30 Carew   33'
Milner   55'
Barry   66' (pen.)
Report Fellaini   19'
Cahill   23'
Pienaar   53'
Attendance: 40,188
Referee: Howard Webb
22 April Chelsea 0 – 0 Everton Stamford Bridge, London
20:00 Report Attendance: 41,556
Referee: Mark Halsey
25 April Everton 1 – 2 Manchester City Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00 Gosling   90+4' Report Robinho   35'
Ireland   54'
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Alan Wiley
3 May Sunderland 0 – 2 Everton Stadium of Light, Sunderland
15:00 Report Pienaar   48'
Fellaini   71'
Attendance: 41,313
Referee: Martin Atkinson
9 May Everton 0 – 0 Tottenham Hotspur Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00 Report Attendance: 36,646
Referee: Lee Mason
16 May Everton 3 – 1 West Ham United Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00 Saha   38', 76' (pen.)
Yobo   48'
Report Kováč   24' Attendance: 38,501
Referee: Phil Dowd
24 May Fulham 0 – 2 Everton Craven Cottage, Fulham
16:00 Report Osman   45', 88' Attendance: 25,497
Referee: Mike Riley

UEFA Cup edit

17 September First round, first leg Everton   2 – 2   Standard Liège Goodison Park, Liverpool
19:45 Yakubu   23'
Castillo   38'
Report Mbokani   8'
Yobo   35' (o.g.)
Attendance: 28,312
Referee:   Gregorz Gilewski
2 October First round, second leg Standard Liège   2 – 1
(4 – 3 agg.)
  Everton Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
20:00 Witsel   22'
Jovanović   79' (pen.)
Report Jagielka   67' Attendance: 27,406
Referee:   Peter Sippel

League Cup edit

24 September Third round Blackburn Rovers 1 – 0 Everton Ewood Park, Blackburn
19:45 Olsson   10' Report Attendance: 14,366
Referee: Martin Atkinson

FA Cup edit

3 January Third round Macclesfield Town 0 – 1 Everton Moss Rose, Macclesfield
15:00 Report Osman   43' Attendance: 6,008
Referee: Peter Walton
25 January Fourth round Liverpool 1 – 1 Everton Anfield, Liverpool
16:00 Gerrard   54' Report Lescott   27' Attendance: 43,524
Referee: Steve Bennett
4 February Fourth round replay Everton 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Liverpool Goodison Park, Liverpool
20:00 Gosling   118' Report Lucas   76' Attendance: 37,918
Referee: Alan Wiley
15 February Fifth round Everton 3 – 1 Aston Villa Goodison Park, Liverpool
14:30 Rodwell   4'
Arteta   24' (pen.)
Cahill   76'
Report Milner   8' (pen.) Attendance: 35,439
Referee: Martin Atkinson
8 March Quarter-final Everton 2 – 1 Middlesbrough Goodison Park, Liverpool
16:00 Fellaini   50'
Saha   56'
Report Wheater   44' Attendance: 37,856
Referee: Mark Halsey
19 April Semi-final Manchester United 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(2 – 4 p)
Everton Wembley Stadium, London
16:00 BST Report Attendance: 88,141
Referee: Mike Riley (West Yorkshire)
Penalties
Berbatov  
Ferdinand  
Vidić  
Anderson  
  Cahill
  Baines
  Neville
  Vaughan
  Jagielka
30 May Final Chelsea 2 – 1 Everton Wembley Stadium, London
15:00 Drogba   21'
Lampard   72'
Report Saha   1' Attendance: 89,391
Referee: Howard Webb

Season statistics edit

Starts and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ENG Carlo Nash 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF   ENG Tony Hibbert 24 0 16+1 0 6 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF   ENG Leighton Baines 39 1 26+5 1 7 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF   NGA Joseph Yobo 33 1 26+1 1 2+1 0 1 0 1+1 0
5 DF   ENG Joleon Lescott 46 5 35+1 4 7 1 1 0 2 0
6 DF   ENG Phil Jagielka 43 1 33+1 0 6 0 1 0 2 1
7 MF   NED Andy van der Meyde 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF   ECU Segundo Castillo (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) 13 1 5+4 0 1+1 0 1 0 1 1
9 FW   FRA Louis Saha 29 8 10+14 6 2+1 2 1 0 1 0
10 MF   ESP Mikel Arteta 31 7 26 6 3 1 0 0 2 0
11 FW   BRA 12 5 11+1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 GK   SCO Iain Turner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW   ENG James Vaughan 17 0 1+12 0 0+2 0 1 0 0+1 0
15 DF   DEN Lars Jacobsen 6 0 4+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF   AUS Tim Cahill 40 9 28+2 8 7 1 0+1 0 2 0
18 DF   ENG Phil Neville 47 0 36+1 0 7 0 1 0 2 0
19 DF   POR Nuno Valente 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF   RSA Steven Pienaar 35 3 27+1 3 6 0 0 0 0+1 0
21 MF   ENG Leon Osman 43 7 32+2 6 6 1 1 0 2 0
22 FW   NGA Yakubu 17 5 14 4 0 0 0+1 0 2 1
24 GK   USA Tim Howard 48 0 38 0 7 0 1 0 2 0
25 MF   BEL Marouane Fellaini 35 9 28+2 8 4 1 1 0 0 0
26 DF   ENG Jack Rodwell 25 1 9+10 0 2+3 1 1 0 0 0
27 FW   POL Lukas Jutkiewicz 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 FW   NGA Victor Anichebe 22 1 5+12 1 3 0 0 0 1+1 0
30 GK   ENG John Ruddy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF   ENG Dan Gosling 17 3 6+5 2 1+5 1 0 0 0 0
34 DF   ENG John Irving 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 FW   ENG Kieran Agard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 MF   ENG John Paul Kissock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW   ENG Jose Baxter 4 0 1+2 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
38 MF   ENG James Wallace 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Notes:
  • Appearances as subs are included.

Goalscorers edit

Name Premier League League Cup FA Cup UEFA Cup Total
Tim Cahill 8 0 1 0   9
Marouane Fellaini 8 0 1 0   9
Louis Saha 6 0 2 0   8
Mikel Arteta 6 0 1 0   7
Leon Osman 6 0 1 0   7
5 0 0 0   5
Yakubu 4 0 0 1   5
Joleon Lescott 4 0 1 0   5
Steven Pienaar 3 0 0 0   3
Dan Gosling 2 0 1 0   3
Victor Anichebe 1 0 0 0   1
Leighton Baines 1 0 0 0   1
Segundo Castillo 0 0 0 1   1
Phil Jagielka 0 0 0 1   1
Joseph Yobo 1 0 0 0   1
Own Goal 1 0 0 0   1

Yellow cards edit

Name Premier League League Cup FA Cup UEFA Cup Total
Marouane Fellaini 10 0 0 0   10
Joseph Yobo 1 0 0 0   1
Yakubu 1 0 0 0   1
Leon Osman 1 0 0 0   1
Leighton Baines 1 0 0 0   1

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Player From Date Fee
  Lars Jacobsen   1. FC Nürnberg 26 August 2008 Free[10]
  Louis Saha   Manchester United 1 September 2008 Undisclosed[11]
  Carlo Nash   Wigan Athletic 1 September 2008 Undisclosed[12]
  Marouane Fellaini   Standard Liège 1 September 2008 £15,000,000[13]

Transfers out edit

Player To Date Fee
  Patrick Boyle Released 1 May 2008 Free
  Bjarni Viðarsson   Twente 14 May 2008 Free[14]
  Lee Carsley   Birmingham City 3 June 2008 Free[15]
  Stefan Wessels   VfL Osnabrück 25 June 2008 Free[16]
  Darren Dennehy   Cardiff City 28 June 2008 Free[17]
  Jamie Jones   Leyton Orient 2 July 2008 Free[18]
  Aidan Downes   Yeovil Town 1 August 2008 Free[19]
  Andrew Johnson   Fulham 7 August 2008 £10,500,000[20]

Loans in edit

Player From Date From Date Till
  Segundo Castillo   Red Star Belgrade 28 August 2008 30 May 2009[21]
  Manchester City 31 January 2009 1 June 2009

Loans out edit

Player To Date From Date Till

References edit

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  9. ^ "Awards Winners | Everton Football Club". www.evertonfc.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Everton confirm Jacobsen switch". BBC Sport. 26 August 2008.
  11. ^ "Saha completes Everton switch". SkySports. 1 September 2008.
  12. ^ "Everton snap up Nash". SkySports. 1 September 2008.
  13. ^ "Fellaini ends Moyes' frustration". SkySports. 1 September 2008.
  14. ^ "Twente try out Toffee". SkySports. 14 May 2008.
  15. ^ "Carsley passes Birmingham medical". BBC Sport. 3 June 2008.
  16. ^ "Wessels set for Osnabruck". The World Game. 22 June 2008.[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ "Cardiff add McCormack and Dennehy". BBC Sport. 28 June 2008.
  18. ^ "Two more sign for Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 1 July 2008.
  19. ^ "Downes deal for Yeovil". SkySports. 1 August 2008.
  20. ^ "Fulham sign Johnson from Everton". BBC Sport. 7 August 2008.
  21. ^ "Everton complete Castillo signing". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008.

External links edit