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2008–09 Southampton F.C. season

The 2008–09 season was Southampton's fourth consecutive season in the Football League and their fourth also in the Championship.

Southampton F.C.
2008–09 season
ChairmanMichael Wilde
ManagerJan Poortvliet
Mark Wotte
StadiumSt Mary's Stadium
Championship23rd (relegated)
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
David McGoldrick (12)
All:
David McGoldrick (14)
Highest home attendance31,901 (vs. Manchester United, 4 January 2009)
Lowest home attendance11,331 vs Birmingham City, 26 August 2008)
Average home league attendance18,149

Season summary edit

Having narrowly avoided relegation the previous season,[1] Southampton looked to improve their position in the league in 2008–09. The season was even more disappointing, however, as the Saints finished second from bottom to be relegated to League One,[2] which they would start with a ten-point deduction as a result of its parent company, Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC, entering administration.[3] The season was equally unsatisfactory in the cup tournaments, as the club were knocked out of both the FA Cup and the League Cup in the third round, losing 0–3 to Premier League champions Manchester United[4] and 1–3 to League Two side Rotherham United.[5] The season was worsened still by a change in management – head coach Jan Poortvliet resigned from the club on 23 January 2009, and youth academy manager Mark Wotte took over for the remainder of the season.[6][7][8]

Championship edit

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A 		Scorers Attendance League
position
9 August 2008 Cardiff City A 1–2 Archived 5 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine McGoldrick 45' 19,749 18th
16 August 2008 Birmingham City H 1–2 Archived 5 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Perry 43' 18,925 23rd
23 August 2008 Derby County A 1–0 Archived 5 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine McGoldrick 58' 27,032 17th
30 August 2008 Blackpool H 0–1 Archived 5 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine 15,629 20th
14 September 2008 Queens Park Rangers A 1–4 Archived 3 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Lallana 53' 13,770 23rd
17 September 2008 Ipswich Town H 2–2 Archived 3 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Surman 12', Pekhart 68' 14,916 22nd
20 September 2008 Barnsley H 0–0 Archived 3 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine 14,836 22nd
27 September 2008 Doncaster Rovers A 2–0 Archived 3 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Mills 50' (o.g.), Surman 58' (pen.) 10,867 20th
30 September 2008 Norwich City H 2–0 Archived 3 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Robertson 29', McGoldrick 64' (pen.) 14,480 16th
4 October 2008 Coventry City A 1–4 Archived 3 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Surman 63' 15,518 20th
18 October 2008 Watford H 0–3 Archived 3 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine 17,454 20th
21 October 2008 Sheffield United A 0–0 Archived 3 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine 25,642 21st
25 October 2008 Swansea City A 0–3 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine 15,564 22nd
28 October 2008 Coventry City H 1–1 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine McGoldrick 68' 14,226 22nd
1 November 2008 Preston North End A 3–2 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Pearce 64', Surman 69', McGoldrick 90' 11,508 20th
8 November 2008 Bristol City H 0–1 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine 14,535 21st
15 November 2008 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–2 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Pearce 21' 17,812 21st
22 November 2008 Reading A 2–1 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Wright-Phillips 14', 49' 23,121 20th
25 November 2008 Plymouth Argyle H 0–0 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine 14,895 20th
29 November 2008 Charlton Athletic A 0–0 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine 20,831 19th
6 December 2008 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–1 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Wright-Phillips 14' 15,440 19th
8 December 2008 Crystal Palace A 0–3 Archived 3 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine 13,799 20th
13 December 2008 Burnley A 2–3 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Skácel 49', Surman 61' 11,229 21st
20 December 2008 Nottingham Forest H 0–2 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine 26,580 21st
26 December 2008 Plymouth Argyle A 0–2 Archived 23 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine 15,197 21st
28 December 2008 Reading H 1–1 McGoldrick 74' 20,142 23rd
10 January 2009 Barnsley A 1–0 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine McGoldrick 76' 11,789 22nd
17 January 2009 Doncaster Rovers H 1–2 Archived 21 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Saganowski 90' 15,837 23rd
27 January 2009 Norwich City A 2–2 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine McLaggon 57', Saganowski 78' 25,271 23rd
31 January 2009 Swansea City H 2–2 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Saganowski 17', 76' 17,623 23rd
3 February 2009 Sheffield United H 1–2 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Surman 90' 13,257 23rd
14 February 2009 Bristol City A 0–2 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine 17,000 23rd
21 February 2009 Preston North End H 3–1 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Surman 19', Saganowski 29', 42' 14,790 23rd
28 February 2009 Cardiff City H 1–0 Archived 3 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine McGoldrick 11' (pen.) 18,526 22nd
3 March 2009 Ipswich Town A 3–0 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Euell 30, 85', Paterson 88' 20,040 22nd
7 March 2009 Birmingham City A 0–1 Archived 22 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine 16,735 22nd
10 March 2009 Derby County H 1–1 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Perry 59' 17,567 23rd
14 March 2009 Queens Park Rangers H 0–0 Archived 22 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine 18,691 23rd
21 March 2009 Blackpool A 1–1 Archived 3 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine McGoldrick 69' 7,947 23rd
4 April 2009 Charlton Athletic H 2–3 Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine McGoldrick 17', Wright-Phillips 84' 27,228 23rd
7 April 2009 Watford A 2–2 Saeijs 13', 89' 16,066 23rd
10 April 2009 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–3 Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine 24,636 23rd
13 April 2009 Crystal Palace H 1–0 Archived 25 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine McGoldrick 67' 23,220 23rd
18 April 2009 Sheffield Wednesday A 0–2 Archived 3 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine 24,145 23rd
25 April 2009 Burnley H 2–2 Archived 3 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine Wright-Phillips 11', McGoldrick 44' 23,927 23rd
3 May 2009 Nottingham Forest A 1–3 Archived 24 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine Wright-Phillips 16' 29,008 23rd
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHA
ResultLLWLLDDWWLLDLDWLLWDDDLLLLDWLDDLLWWWLDDDLDLWLDL
Position18231720232222201620202122222021212020191920212121232223232323232322222223232323232323232323
Source: League Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
22 Norwich City 46 12 10 24 57 70 –13 46
23 Southampton 46 10 15 21 46 69 –23 45
24 Charlton Athletic 46 8 15 23 52 74 –22 39

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

FA Cup edit

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
4 January 2009 Round 3 Manchester United H 0–3 Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine 31,901

League Cup edit

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
12 August 2008 Round 1 Exeter City A 3–1 Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Holmes 29', McGoldrick 77', 90' (pen.) 6,471
26 August 2008 Round 2 Birmingham City H 2–0 Archived 3 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine Holmes 17', Lallana 86' 11,331
23 September 2008 Round 3 Rotherham United A 1–3 Archived 3 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine John 61' 5,147

Squad statistics edit

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   Kelvin Davis 46 0 1 0 0 0 47 0 0 0
2 DF   Chris Perry 38(2) 2 1 0 2 0 43 2 6 0
3 DF   Wayne Thomas 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
4 FW   Marek Saganowski 14(5) 6 0 0 0 0 19 6 2 0
5 DF   Jan-Paul Saeijs 20 2 0 0 0 0 20 2 5 0
6 DF   Michael Svensson 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0
7 MF   Rudolf Skácel 28 1 1 0 0 0 29 1 7 0
8 FW   Bradley Wright-Phillips 16(17) 6 0 0 1 0 34 6 1 0
9 FW   Grzegorz Rasiak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF   Paul Wotton 18(11) 0 0 0 3 0 33 0 4 0
11 MF   Andrew Surman 44 7 1 0 3 0 48 7 7 0
12 MF   Lee Holmes 11 0 0(1) 0 2 2 14 2 0 0
13 GK   Tommy Forecast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW   Stern John 4(3) 0 0 0 0(3) 1 10 1 0 0
15 FW   Jason Euell 18(6) 2 0 0 0 0 24 2 2 1
16 MF   Romain Gasmi 0(4) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
17 FW   David McGoldrick 45(1) 12 1 0 3 2 50 14 7 0
18 MF   Nathan Dyer 1(3) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 5 0 0 0
19 MF   Morgan Schneiderlin 23(7) 0 0(1) 0 2 0 33 0 6 0
20 MF   Adam Lallana 34(6) 1 0 0 3 1 43 2 2 0
21 DF   Jamie Hatch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF   Simon Gillett 23(4) 0 1 0 2 0 30 0 5 0
23 DF   Lloyd James 40(1) 0 1 0 3 0 45 0 11 0
24 DF   Olly Lancashire 10(1) 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 3 2
25 GK   Michael Poke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF   Jake Thomson 6(4) 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 0
27 DF   Kyle Davies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 GK   Bartosz Bialkowski 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
29 DF   Jeffrey Imudia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF   Jack Boyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 GK   Andrej Pernecký 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF   Joseph Mills 6(2) 0 0 0 1(1) 0 10 0 0 0
34 FW   Jamie White 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
35 FW   Matt Paterson 1(10) 1 1 0 0 0 12 1 0 1
36 DF   Michael Byrne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF   Oscar Gobern 4(2) 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 1 0
38 DF   Jack Saville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF   Ryan Smith 7(6) 0 1 0 0 0 14 0 0 0
40 MF   Anthony Pulis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 DF   Zoltán Lipták 0(7) 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
42 FW   Kayne McLaggon 1(6) 1 0(1) 0 0 0 8 1 0 0
43 DF   Lee Molyneux 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1
44 DF   Ben Reeves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF   Callum McNish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left before the end of the season
5 DF   Andrew Davies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF   Darren Powell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF   Jack Cork 22(1) 0 0 0 2 0 25 0 3 0
31 FW   Tomáš Pekhart 2(7) 1 0 0 0(1) 0 10 1 0 0
38 FW   Jordan Robertson 8(2) 1 0 0 0 0 10 1 1 0
41 DF   Alex Pearce 6(3) 2 0 0 0 0 9 2 1 0

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Pos. Name From Fee
7 July 2008 GK   Tommy Forecast   Tottenham Hotspur Undisclosed[9]
29 August 2008 MF   Anthony Pulis   Stoke City Free[10][11]
1 January 2009 DF   Lee Molyneux   Everton Free[12][13]
1 January 2009 MF   Ryan Smith   Millwall Free[12][13]

Out edit

Date Pos. Name To Fee
2 July 2008 DF   Alexander Östlund   Esbjerg Released[14][15]
2 July 2008 DF   Darren Powell Unattached Released[14][15]
2 July 2008 MF   Jermaine Wright   Blackpool Released[14][15]
2 July 2008 MF   Mario Lička   Baník Ostrava Released[14][15]
2 July 2008 MF   Iñigo Idiakez Unattached Released[14][15]
2 July 2008 FW   Cédric Baseya   Lille OSC Free[14][15]
7 July 2008 MF   Youssef Safri   Qatar SC £275,000[16][17]
1 August 2008 MF   Jhon Viáfara   Once Caldas Released[18][19]
19 August 2008 DF   Andrew Davies   Stoke City Undisclosed[20][21]

Loan in edit

Date from Date to Pos. Name From
21 August 2008[22][23] 1 January 2009[22] DF   Jack Cork   Chelsea
26 August 2008[24][25] 29 December 2008[26] FW   Tomáš Pekhart   Tottenham Hotspur
1 September 2008[27][28] End of season[27] MF   Romain Gasmi   RC Strasbourg
26 September 2008[29][30] 26 December 2008[29][30] FW   Jordan Robertson   Sheffield United
3 October 2008[31][32] 3 January 2009[31][32] MF   Ryan Smith   Millwall
30 October 2008[33][34] 1 January 2009[33][34] DF   Alex Pearce   Reading
9 January 2009[35][36] End of season[35][36] DF   Jan-Paul Saeijs   Roda JC
2 February 2009[37][38] End of season[37][38] DF   Zoltán Lipták   Újpest

Loan out edit

Date from Date to Pos. Name To
18 July 2008[39] End of season[39] GK   Michael Poke   Torquay United
8 August 2008[40][41] 31 December 2008[40] FW   Marek Saganowski   Aalborg BK
15 August 2008[42][43] End of season[42][43] FW   Grzegorz Rasiak   Watford
26 September 2008[29] 26 December 2008[29] MF   Nathan Dyer   Sheffield United
24 October 2008[44][45] End of season[46][47] FW   Stern John   Bristol City
14 November 2008[48][49] 8 January 2009[50][51] FW   Jamie White   Shrewsbury Town
2 January 2009[52][53] End of season[52][53] MF   Nathan Dyer   Swansea City
8 January 2009[54][55] 19 February 2009[56] MF   Jake Thomson   AFC Bournemouth
23 February 2009[57][58] End of season[59] DF   Joseph Mills   Scunthorpe United
18 March 2009[60][61] End of season[60][61] GK   Bartosz Białkowski   Ipswich Town

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