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Crystal Palace
2008–09 season
ChairmanSimon Jordan
ManagerNeil Warnock
Championship15th
FA CupFourth Round
League CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Shefki Kuqi (10)
All:
Shefki Kuqi (10)
Highest home attendance22,824 v Sheffield United (3 May 2009)
Lowest home attendance12,847 v Birmingham City (24 February 2009)
Average home league attendance15,220

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

Last updated on 10 January 2010.[1][2]
No. Pos Nat Player Total The Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Argentina ARG Julián Speroni 48 -55 45 -50 3 -5 0 0
2 DF England ENG Matthew Lawrence 35 0 28+4 0 2 0 1 0
3 DF England ENG Clint Hill 48 2 43 1 3 1 2 0
4 MF England ENG Shaun Derry 42 0 35+4 0 2 0 1 0
5 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Paddy McCarthy 29 3 25+2 3 0 0 2 0
6 DF Portugal POR José Fonte 42 4 36+2 4 3 0 1 0
7 MF Wales WAL Carl Fletcher[notes 1] 6 0 0+3 0 1 0 2 0
8 FW England ENG James Scowcroft 10 0 5+5 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Alan Lee 19 3 10+6 3 3 0 0 0
10 MF Australia AUS Nick Carle 41 4 35+2 3 2 0 2 1
11 FW England ENG Victor Moses[notes 2] 32 2 19+8 2 3 0 2 0
12 GK England ENG Darryl Flahavan 3 -7 1 -2 0 0 2 -5
14 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Sean Scannell[notes 3] 27 3 16+9 2 1 1 1 0
15 DF England ENG Lee Hills 16 0 8+6 0 1 0 1 0
16 MF England ENG Neil Danns 23 3 14+6 2 3 1 0 0
17 FW England ENG Simon Thomas 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW England ENG Calvin Andrew 10 0 1+6 0 1 0 2 0
19 MF England ENG Tom Soares 5 1 4 1 0 0 1 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Craig Beattie 15 5 15 5 0 0 0 0
20 DF England ENG Danny Butterfield 30 1 17+9 1 3 0 1 0
22 DF Austria AUT Johannes Ertl 13 0 3+9 0 0 0 1 0
23 MF Barbados BRB Paul Ifill[notes 4] 38 6 27+6 4 3 2 2 0
24 MF England ENG Ben Watson 19 5 18 5 0 0 1 0
25 DF Jamaica JAM Claude Davis 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Wales WAL John Oster[notes 5] 33 4 27+4 3 1 0 1 1
27 MF France FRA Léandre Griffit 6 0 2+3 0 1 0 0 0
28 FW Portugal POR Rui Fonte 10 0 5+5 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW Finland FIN Shefki Kuqi[notes 6] 37 10 20+15 10 2 0 0 0
33 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Anthony Stokes 13 1 11+2 1 0 0 0 0
35 DF Wales WAL Rhoys Wiggins[notes 7] 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF England ENG Nathaniel Pinney 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
41 MF England ENG Kieran Djilali 8 0 2+4 0 0 0 2 0
42 MF England ENG James Comley 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
43 DF England ENG Nathaniel Clyne 29 0 25+1 0 3 0 0 0
44 MF England ENG Kieron Cadogan 4 1 0+4 1 0 0 0 0

Club

Management

Position Staff
Manager England Neil Warnock
Assistant manager England Mick Jones
First team coach England Keith Curle
Goalkeeping coach England Jim Stannard
Chief scout Scotland Allan Gemmill
Fitness coach England Louis Langdown
Reserve team manager England Gary Issott
Academy manager England David Moss
U18 team/Assistant academy manager England Gary Issott
Physiotherapists England Nigel Cox, Paul Timson and Sangi Patel

Source: [citation needed]

Matches

Pre-season

Bromley1 – 1Crystal Palace
Hockton 32' (Report) Hill 67'
Attendance: 2,153
Referee: Steve Bennett
Crawley Town1 – 1Crystal Palace
Pinault 67' (pen.) (Report) Ifill 37'
Attendance: 2,536
Aldershot Town3 – 4Crystal Palace
Grant 23, 66' (pen.)
Morgan 51' (pen.)		 (Report) Freedman 32' (pen.)
Thomas 40'
Dayton 70'
Smith 82' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,436
Dartford0 – 2Crystal Palace XI
(Report) Dayton 56'
Comley 77'
Attendance: 792
Referee: Ian Cooper
Tavistock0 – 4Crystal Palace
(Report) Andrew 40, 56'
Watson 52'
Short 54' (o.g.)
Langsford Park, Tavistock
Attendance: 1,500
Bodmin Town1 – 4Crystal Palace
O'Hagan 27' (Report) Ertl 46'
Fletcher 62'
Dayton 75, 80'
Priory Park, Bodmin
Truro City0 – 1Crystal Palace
(Report) Thomas 35'
Treyew Road, Truro
Crystal Palace0 – 0Fulham XI
(Report)
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Phil Crossley
Dagenham & Redbridge3 – 2Crystal Palace XI
Strevens 38'
Uddin 66'
Benson 73'		 (Report) Alaile 7' (o.g.)
Abnett 60' (pen.)
Afan Lido4 – 1Crystal Palace XI
Jones 25 (pen.), 32'
Wade 80' (pen.)
Williams 86'		 (Report) Adelakun 33'
Attendance: 250
Crystal Palace1 – 1Leicester City
Moses 60' (Report) Oakley 34'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Phil Crossley
Hemel Hempstead Town0 – 1Crystal Palace XI
(Report) Djilali 56'
Vauxhall Road, Hemel Hempstead
Dover Athletic2 – 3Crystal Palace XI
Wallis 86'
Moore 89'		 (Report) Thomas 23 (pen.), 65, 68'
Attendance: 613
Referee: Paul Kelly

Errea South West Challenge Cup

Group phase
Eastleigh2 – 1Crystal Palace XI
Taggart (pen.)
Davies 		(Report)
Marshford, Appledore
Crystal Palace XI4 – 2Bideford
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

Crystal Palace0 – 0Watford
(Report)
Attendance: 15,614
Referee: Mike Jones
Preston North End2 – 0Crystal Palace
Nicholson 58'
Chaplow 90+1'		 (Report)
Attendance: 14,225
Referee: Keith Woolmer
Crystal Palace0 – 0Burnley
Scowcroft Yellow card 47' Red card
Derry Yellow card 52' Red card		 (Report)
Attendance: 14,071
Reading4 – 2Crystal Palace
Harper 18'
Doyle 68, 68, 89'		 (Report) Carle 37 (pen.)'
Soares 64'
Attendance: 20,441
Referee: Clive Penton
Crystal Palace2 – 0Swansea City
Watson 28'
Carle 66'		 (Report)
Attendance: 14,621
Referee: Lee Mason
Wolverhampton Wanderers2 – 1Crystal Palace
Ebanks-Blake 1'
Keogh 58'		 (Report) Ifill 32'
Attendance: 22,200
Crystal Palace1 – 2Plymouth Argyle
McCarthy 85' (Report) Gallagher 28, 56'
Attendance: 14,209
Ipswich Town1 – 1Crystal Palace
Stead 23' (Report) Moses 25'
Attendance: 19,032
Crystal Palace1 – 0Charlton Athletic
Beattie 63' (Report)
Attendance: 16,358
Referee: Mike Russell
Nottingham Forest0 – 2Crystal Palace
(Report) Ifill 4'
Kuqi 81'
Attendance: 22,811
Referee: Richard Beeby
Crystal Palace3 – 0Barnsley
Watson 25 (pen.), 60'
Kuqi 82'		 (Report)
Attendance: 16,494
Referee: Anthony Bates
Birmingham City1 – 0Crystal Palace
O'Connor 90+4' (Report)
Attendance: 17,706
Referee: Nigel Miller
Blackpool2 – 2Crystal Palace
Burgess 48'
Evatt 65'		 (Report) Ifill 28'
Beattie 49'
Attendance: 7,597
Crystal Palace1 – 2Nottingham Forest
Kuqi 75' (Report) Cohen 28'
Thornhill 81'
Attendance: 15,162
Referee: Andy D'Urso
Crystal Palace1 – 1Sheffield Wednesday
Watson 54 (pen.)' (Report) Clarke 7'
Attendance: 14,650
Referee: Kevin Wright
Coventry City0 – 2Crystal Palace
(Report) Hill 9'
Watson 53'
Attendance: 16,883
Referee: Clive Oliver
Cardiff City2 – 1Crystal Palace
Chopra 33 (pen.)'
Ledley 53'		 (Report) Scannell 37'
Lawrence Red card 90+4'
Attendance: 17,478
Referee: Jonathan Moss
Crystal Palace4 – 2Bristol City
Oster 11'
Scannell 13'
Beattie 65'
Fonte 72'		 (Report) Adebola 44'
Maynard 74'
Attendance: 14,599
Referee: Grant Hegley
Norwich City1 – 2Crystal Palace
Pattison 61' (Report) Beattie 27'
Oster 40'
Attendance: 24,034
Crystal Palace0 – 0Queens Park Rangers
(Report)
Attendance: 16,411
Referee: Rob Styles
Derby County1 – 2Crystal Palace
Varney 41' (Report) McCarthy 3'
Kuqi 61'
Attendance: 27,203
Crystal Palace3 – 0Southampton
Kuqi 9'
Beattie 15'
Ifill 75'		 (Report)
Attendance: 13,799
Crystal Palace2 – 1Doncaster Rovers
Kuqi 21 (pen.)'
Lee 89'		 (Report) Heffernan 15'
Attendance: 13,811
Referee: Andy Hall
Sheffield United2 – 2Crystal Palace
Dyer 41'
Beattie 88 (pen.)'		 (Report) McCarthy 47'
Carle 90+5'
Attendance: 23,045
Referee: Paul Taylor
Crystal Palace3 – 1Norwich City
Fonte 6, 31'
Butterfield 90'		 (Report) Doherty 19'
Attendance: 17,810
Referee: Keith Stroud
Bristol City1 – 0Crystal Palace
Maynard 2' (Report)
Attendance: 18,265
Referee: Andy Penn
Crystal Palace1 – 4Ipswich Town
Lee 31' (Report) Garvan 19'
Norris 28'
Lisbie 69'
Hill 89' o.g.
Attendance: 15,348
Referee: Clive Penton
Charlton Athletic1 – 0Crystal Palace
Spring 14' (Report)
Attendance: 20,627
Crystal Palace0 – 1Blackpool
(Report) Campbell 41 (pen.)'
Attendance: 13,810
Plymouth Argyle1 – 3Crystal Palace
Sawyer 68' (Report) Danns 21'
Lee 28'
Oster 43'
Attendance: 10,710
Sheffield Wednesday2 – 0Crystal Palace
McAllister 80'
Clarke 90+3'		 (Report)
Attendance: 22,687
Referee: Colin Webster
Crystal Palace0 – 0Birmingham City
Carle Red card 76' (Report)
Attendance: 12,847
Referee: Paul Taylor
Watford2 – 0Crystal Palace
Cowie 22'
J. Fonte 72' o.g.		 (Report)
Attendance: 15,529
Referee: Grant Hegley
Crystal Palace0 – 1Wolverhampton Wanderers
(Report) Ebanks-Blake 74 (pen.)'
Attendance: 14,907
Crystal Palace2 – 1Preston North End
Stokes 32'
Danns 34'		 (Report) Jones 29'
Attendance: 16,340
Referee: Russell Booth
Burnley4 – 2Crystal Palace
Carlisle 39'
Alexander 81 (pen.)'
Thompson 88'
Rodriguez 90+3'		 (Report) Kuqi 26'
Carlisle 35' o.g.
Attendance: 10,312
Referee: Carl Boyeson
Swansea City1 – 3Crystal Palace
Pintado 66' (Report) Moses 49'
J. Fonte 61'
Kuqi 90+3'
Attendance: 13,663
Referee: Roger East
Barnsley3 – 1Crystal Palace
Campbell-Ryce 23'
Hills 52' o.g.
Mifsud 73'		 (Report) Kuqi 8'
Attendance: 10,885
Crystal Palace0 – 0Reading
(Report) Rosenior Red card 72'
Attendance: 14,567
Referee: Andy D'Urso
Queens Park Rangers0 – 0Crystal Palace
(Report)
Attendance: 15,234
Crystal Palace1 – 1Coventry City
Cadogan 72' (Report) Gunnarsson 31'
Attendance: 12,898
Referee: Fred Graham
Crystal Palace0 – 2Cardiff City
[1][dead link] McCormack 22 (pen.), 90+2'
Attendance: 12,898
Referee: Russell Booth
Southampton1 – 0Crystal Palace
McGoldrick 67' (Report)
Attendance: 23,220
Referee: Mike Russell
Crystal Palace1 – 0Derby County
Moses Yellow card 60' Red card
Kuqi 63'		 (Report)
Attendance: 14,736
Referee: Andy Woolmer
Doncaster Rovers2 – 0Crystal Palace
Shiels 45'
Hayter 75'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,880
Crystal Palace0 – 0Sheffield United
(Report)
Attendance: 22,824
Referee: Chris Foy

Football League Cup

Round 1

Crystal Palace2 – 1Hereford United
Carle 45'
Oster 49'		 (Report) Ashikodi 41'
Attendance: 3,094
Referee: Trevor Kettle

Round 2

Leeds United4 – 0Crystal Palace
Douglas 11'
Beckford 32'
Becchio 52'
Showunmi 76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 10,765
Referee: Kevin Friend

FA Cup

Round 3

Leicester City0 – 0Crystal Palace
(Report)
Attendance: 15,976
Referee: Graham Laws
Crystal Palace2 – 1Leicester City
Ifill 38'
Scannell 55'		 (Report) Gradel 90+4'
Attendance: 6,023
Referee: Steve Tanner

Round 4

Watford4 – 3Crystal Palace
DeMerit 17'
Cork 27'
Hoskins 67'
Rasiak 70'		 (Report) Hill 47'
Danns 83'
Ifill 90+5'
Attendance: 10,006

End of season awards

Award Winner
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

  1. ^ http://espnfc.com/team/squad/_/id/384/season/2008/league/eng.2/crystal-palace?cc=5739
  2. ^ http://www.11v11.com/teams/crystal-palace/tab/players/season/2009

Notes

  1. ^ Fletcher was born in Camberley, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 2004.
  2. ^ Moses was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but obtained asylum in England at the age of 11, and represented them at youth level before making his international debut for Nigeria in 2012.
  3. ^ Scannell was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland internationally through his father, as well as Jamaica, and has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth and B level.
  4. ^ Ifill was born in Brighton, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Barbados in June 2004.
  5. ^ Oster was born in Boston, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1997.
  6. ^ Kuqi was born in Vučitrn, Yugoslavia (part of Serbia in 2007, but now part of Kosovo), but was raised in Finland and made his international debut for Finland in August 1999.
  7. ^ Wiggins was born in Hillingdon, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and has represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level.
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