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2008–09 Swindon Town F.C. season

The 2008–09 season was Swindon Town's second season in the League One since their relegation from the division in 2006. Alongside the league campaign, Swindon Town also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

2008–09 season
Andrew Fitton
Maurice MalpasDavid Byrne (caretaker)Danny Wilson
County Ground, Swindon
15th
1st round
1st round
Quarter-finals (South)
League: Simon Cox (29)All: Simon Cox (32)
13,001(vs. Leeds United)
6,002(vs. Stockport County)

Home colours

Away colours

The 2008–09 season was **Swindon Town'**s second season in the League One since their relegation from the division in 2006. Alongside the league campaign, Swindon Town also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

Leicester comfortably won promotion in their first-ever season at this level, leading the table for virtually the entire season, going half the season (23 consecutive games) unbeaten and losing just 4 games in the process, Nigel Pearson brought stability to the club in becoming their first manager in five years to last an entire season as they looked to turn the corner after several years of struggle. Peterborough were runners-up, winning their second successive promotion and entering the second tier for only the second time in their history. Scunthorpe grabbed the final play-off place on the last day of the season in a winner takes all match v 7th place Tranmere Rovers and won promotion through them, making an immediate return to the Championship after being relegated the previous year.

Stockport went into administration before the final match of the season and so suffered a 10-point penalty; however, there was no real chance of them being relegated as a result of this penalty, barring an extremely unlikely set of results on the final day.

Hereford made an immediate return to League Two, finishing bottom in their first campaign at this level for thirty years. Cheltenham improved late in the season, but it proved too late to prevent relegation. Crewe suffered a late collapse and went down to League Two, having looked safe a few weeks previously, while Northampton were undone by other results going against them on the final day of the season.

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13	46	17	10	19	61	66	−5	61
14	46	15	11	20	45	57	−12	56
15	46	12	17	17	68	71	−3	53
16	46	13	13	20	55	70	−15	52
17	46	12	15	19	41	66	−25	51

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Win	Draw	Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	ResultF–A	Scorers	Attendance
9 August 2008	Tranmere Rovers	H	3–1	Paynter 5', Cox 37', McGovern 51'	7,975
16 August 2008	Cheltenham Town	A	0–2		4,975
23 August 2008	Colchester United	H	1–3	Cox 67' pen.	7,031
30 August 2008	Milton Keynes Dons	A	2–1	Paynter 52', Cox 90' pen.	8,846
5 September 2008	Hereford United	A	1–1	Ifil 45'	4,061
13 September 2008	Leeds United	H	1–3	Cox 45'	13,001
20 September 2008	Stockport County	A	1–1	Easton 49'	5,536
28 September 2008	Millwall	H	1–2	J. Smith 47'	7,589
3 October 2008	Hartlepool United	A	3–3	Cox 5', 39', 52'	4,018
11 October 2008	Huddersfield Town	H	1–3	Easton 88'	7,071
18 October 2008	Southend United	A	1–2	Paynter 60'	7,965
21 October 2008	Northampton Town	H	2–1	Paynter 48', Cox 61'	6,653
25 October 2008	Oldham Athletic	H	2–0	Morrison 25', J. Smith 34' pen.	6,756
1 November 2008	Scunthorpe United	A	3–3	Cox 15', 52', 80' pen.	4,744
15 November 2008	Leicester City	H	2–2	Cox 84', Corr 86'	9,499
22 November 2008	Bristol Rovers	A	2–2	Kanyuka 39', Corr 53'	8,016
25 November 2008	Peterborough United	H	2–2	J. Smith 10', Cox 81'	6,616
29 November 2008	Walsall	A	1–2	Paynter 90'	3,844
6 December 2008	Carlisle United	H	1–1	Murphy 50' o.g.	6,787
13 December 2008	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–1		3,941
20 December 2008	Yeovil Town	H	2–3	Timlin 45', McGovern 47'	7,072
26 December 2008	Leyton Orient	A	2–1	Peacock 1', J. Smith 61' pen.	4,349
28 December 2008	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–2		8,438
13 January 2009	Stockport County	H	1–1	J. Smith 62'	6,002
17 January 2009	Huddersfield Town	A	1–2	Cox 90'	13,414
27 January 2009	Walsall	H	3–2	Amankwaah 8', Cox 29', Paynter 49'	6,100
31 January 2009	Oldham Athletic	A	0–0		4,712
14 February 2009	Leicester City	A	1–1	Cox 38'	19,926
17 February 2009	Millwall	A	1–1	Paynter 43'	7,104
21 February 2009	Scunthorpe United	H	4–2	Timlin 62', Wright 71' o.g., Robson-Kanu 82', Peacock 85'	6,852
24 February 2009	Hartlepool United	H	0–1		6,010
28 February 2009	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–1		5,153
3 March 2009	Cheltenham Town	H	2–2	Robson-Kanu 32', Amankwaah 66'	6,293
7 March 2009	Milton Keynes Dons	H	1–1	Paynter 18'	7,453
10 March 2009	Colchester United	A	2–3	Cox 38' pen., Robson-Kanu 64'	3,827
14 March 2009	Leeds United	A	0–1		21,765
17 March 2009	Southend United	H	3–0	Robson-Kanu 13', Cox 19' pen., 90' pen.	6,269
21 March 2009	Hereford United	H	3–0	Cox 29', 46', Paynter 76'	7,129
24 March 2009	Northampton Town	A	4–3	Cox 18', 31', 79', Paynter 40'	5,025
28 March 2009	Yeovil Town	A	0–1		5,476
4 April 2009	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–0		7,165
11 April 2009	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	3–2	Greer 47', Paynter 50', Cox 58'	6,549
13 April 2009	Leyton Orient	H	0–1		7,735
18 April 2009	Carlisle United	A	1–1	Tudur Jones 90'	5,959
25 April 2009	Bristol Rovers	H	2–1	Cox 4', 81'	10,977
2 May 2009	Peterborough United	A	2–2	Cox 17', 42'	10,886

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	ResultF–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
First round	8 November 2008	Histon	A	0–1		1,541

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	ResultF–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
First round	12 August 2008	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–3	Cox 34', Paynter 41'	7,230

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	ResultF–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round	2 September 2008	Aldershot Town	A	2–27–6 p	Cox 32', Ifil 83'	1,814
Second round	7 October 2008	Hereford United	A	2–1	Cox 45', Peacock 84'	1,458
Third round	12 November 2008	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–2		2,234

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