2008–09 Crystal Palace F.C. season
2008–09 season | |||
Chairman | Simon Jordan | ||
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Manager | Neil Warnock | ||
The 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 | ||
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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
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | The Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | Julián Speroni | 48 | -55 | 45 | -50 | 3 | -5 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | DF | Matthew Lawrence | 35 | 0 | 28+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
3 | DF | Clint Hill | 48 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
4 | MF | Shaun Derry | 42 | 0 | 35+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Paddy McCarthy | 29 | 3 | 25+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
6 | DF | José Fonte | 42 | 4 | 36+2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
7 | MF | Carl Fletcher | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
8 | FW | James Scowcroft | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Alan Lee | 19 | 3 | 10+6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | MF | Nick Carle | 41 | 4 | 35+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
11 | FW | Victor Moses | 32 | 2 | 19+8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
12 | GK | Darryl Flahavan | 3 | -7 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | |
14 | FW | Sean Scannell | 27 | 3 | 16+9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
15 | DF | Lee Hills | 16 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
16 | MF | Neil Danns | 23 | 3 | 14+6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | FW | Simon Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | FW | Calvin Andrew | 10 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
19 | MF | Tom Soares | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
19 | FW | Craig Beattie | 15 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | DF | Danny Butterfield | 30 | 1 | 17+9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
22 | DF | Johannes Ertl | 13 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
23 | MF | Benjamin Foster | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
24 | MF | Ben Watson | 19 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
25 | DF | Claude Davis | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
26 | MF | John Oster | 33 | 4 | 27+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
27 | MF | Leandre Griffit | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
28 | FW | Rui Fonte | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
29 | MF | Paul Ifill | 38 | 6 | 27+6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
32 | FW | Shefki Kuqi | 37 | 10 | 20+15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
33 | FW | Anthony Stokes | 13 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
35 | DF | Rhoys Wiggins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
37 | DF | Nathaniel Pinney | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
41 | MF | Kieran Djilali | 8 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
42 | MF | James Comley | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
43 | DF | Nathaniel Clyne | 29 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
44 | MF | Kieron Cadogan | 4 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Club
Management
Position | Staff |
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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:
Matches
Pre-season
14 July 2008 19:45 |
Crawley Town | 1 – 1 | Crystal Palace |
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Pinault 67' (pen.) | (Report) | Ifill 37' |
Broadfield Stadium, Crawley Attendance: 2,536 |
17 July 2008 19:45 |
Aldershot Town | 3 – 4 | Crystal Palace |
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Grant 23, 66' (pen.) Morgan 51' (pen.) |
(Report) | Freedman 32' (pen.) Thomas 40' Dayton 70' Smith 82' (pen.) |
EBB Stadium, Aldershot Attendance: 1,436 |
21 July 2008 19:00 |
Tavistock | 0 – 4 | Crystal Palace |
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(Report) | Andrew 40, 56' Watson 52' Short 54' (o.g.) |
Langsford Park, Tavistock Attendance: 1,500 |
23 July 2008 19:50 |
Bodmin Town | 1 – 4 | Crystal Palace |
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O'Hagan 27' | (Report) | Ertl 46' Fletcher 62' Dayton 75, 80' |
Priory Park, Bodmin |
30 July 2008 19:45 |
Dagenham & Redbridge | 3 – 2 | Crystal Palace XI |
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Strevens 38' Uddin 66' Benson 73' |
(Report) | Alaile 7' (o.g.) Abnett 60' (pen.) |
30 July 2008 19:45 |
Afan Lido | 4 – 1 | Crystal Palace XI |
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Jones 25 (pen.), 32' Wade 80' (pen.) Williams 86' |
(Report) | Adelakun 33' |
Martsons Stadium, Aberavon Attendance: 250 |
2 August 2008 15:00 |
Hemel Hempstead Town | 0 – 1 | Crystal Palace XI |
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(Report) | Djilali 56' |
Vauxhall Road, Hemel Hempstead |
5 August 2008 19:00 |
Dover Athletic | 2 – 3 | Crystal Palace XI |
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Wallis 86' Moore 89' |
(Report) | Thomas 23 (pen.), 65, 68' |
Errea South West Challenge Cup
Group phase
23 July 2008 19:00 |
Eastleigh | 2 – 1 | Crystal Palace XI |
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Taggart (pen.) Davies |
(Report) |
Marshford, Appledore |
25 July 2008 18:00 |
Crystal Palace XI | 4 – 2 | Bideford |
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Nnanami 28' Levins 65' 81' (o.g.) Adelakun 84' |
(Report) | Woods 56' Barker 72' |
Marshford, Appledore |
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
30 August 2008 15:00 |
Reading | 4 – 2 | Crystal Palace |
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Harper 18' Doyle 68, 68, 89' |
(Report) | Carle 37 (pen.)' Soares 64' |
16 September 2008 19:45 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 – 1 | Crystal Palace |
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Ebanks-Blake 1' Keogh 58' |
(Report) | Ifill 32' |
25 October 2008 15:00 |
Blackpool | 2 – 2 | Crystal Palace |
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Burgess 48' Evatt 65' |
(Report) | Ifill 28' Beattie 49' |
28 October 2008 20:00 |
Crystal Palace | 1 – 2 | Nottingham Forest |
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Kuqi 75' | (Report) | Cohen 28' Thornhill 81' |
15 November 2008 15:00 |
Cardiff City | 2 – 1 | Crystal Palace |
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Chopra 33 (pen.)' Ledley 53' |
(Report) | Scannell 37' Lawrence 90+4' |
22 November 2008 15:00 |
Crystal Palace | 4 – 2 | Bristol City |
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Oster 11' Scannell 13' Beattie 65' Fonte 72' |
(Report) | Adebola 44' Maynard 74' |
13 December 2008 15:00 |
Crystal Palace | 2 – 1 | Doncaster Rovers |
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Kuqi 21 (pen.)' Lee 89' |
(Report) | Heffernan 15' |
20 December 2008 17:20 |
Sheffield United | 2 – 2 | Crystal Palace |
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Dyer 41' Beattie 88 (pen.)' |
(Report) | McCarthy 47' Carle 90+5' |
26 December 2008 13:00 |
Crystal Palace | 3 – 1 | Norwich City |
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Fonte 6, 31' Butterfield 90' |
(Report) | Doherty 19' |
17 January 2009 15:00 |
Crystal Palace | 1 – 4 | Ipswich Town |
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Lee 31' | (Report) | Garvan 19' Norris 28' Lisbie 69' Hill 89' o.g. |
17 February 2009 19:45 |
Plymouth Argyle | 1 – 3 | Crystal Palace |
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Sawyer 68' | (Report) | Danns 21' Lee 28' Oster 43' |
11 March 2009 19:45 |
Burnley | 4 – 2 | Crystal Palace |
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Carlisle 39' Alexander 81 (pen.)' Thompson 88' Rodriguez 90+3' |
(Report) | Kuqi 26' Carlisle 35' o.g. |
14 March 2009 15:00 |
Swansea City | 1 – 3 | Crystal Palace |
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Pintado 66' | (Report) | Moses 49' J. Fonte 61' Kuqi 90+3' |
17 March 2009 19:45 |
Barnsley | 3 – 1 | Crystal Palace |
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Campbell-Ryce 23' Hills 52' o.g. Mifsud 73' |
(Report) | Kuqi 8' |
Football League Cup
Round 1
Round 2
26 August 2008 19:45 |
Leeds United | 4 – 0 | Crystal Palace |
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Douglas 11' Beckford 32' Becchio 52' Showunmi 76' |
(Report) |
FA Cup
Round 3
13 January 2009 20:00 |
Crystal Palace | 2 – 1 | Leicester City |
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Ifill 38' Scannell 55' |
(Report) | Gradel 90+4' |
Round 4
24 January 2009 15:00 |
Watford | 4 – 3 | Crystal Palace |
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DeMerit 17' Cork 27' Hoskins 67' Rasiak 70' |
(Report) | Hill 47' Danns 83' Ifill 90+5' |
End of season awards
Award | Winner |
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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
External links
- Crystal Palace F.C. official website
- Crystal Palace F.C. on Soccerbase
- Crystal Palace F.C. Reserve site
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