2008–09 Millwall F.C. season

Millwall Football Club
	Season 2008–09
Head Coach	Kenny Jackett
Chairman	John Berylson
League	League One
League Position	2007–08: 17th (League One)
	Current: 4th
FA Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	First Round
Football League Trophy	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Gary Alexander (9); All: Gary Alexander (11)
Most appearances	League: David Forde (44); All: David Forde (51)
Highest attendance	13,261 (vs Leicester, 14 March 2009)
Lowest attendance	6,685 (vs Northampton, 10 March 2009)
Last match	Bristol Rovers (A), 18 April 2009 lost 4−2
Next match	Leyton Orient (H), FL1, 25 April 2009
	Last updated: 12:35, 22 April 2009 (UTC); * = Fixtures not drawn yet

This article details Millwall's 2008–09 season in League One, Millwall's 82nd competitive season.

Events

This will be a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2008–09 season, presented in chronological order.

9 August 2009- season begins with a 4-3 loss at Oldham.
12 August 2009- Knocked out in the First Round of the League Cup at home to Northampton.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Forde	44	EU	2008	51	0	30 Jun 2010	Free
2	DF	Senda	43	EU	2006	87	1	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
3	DF	Frampton	45	EU	2007	77	3	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
4	MF	Spiller	43	EU	2007	10	1	30 Jun 2009	Free
5	DF	Robinson	42	EU	2001	201	11	Undisclosed	Youth system
6	DF	Whitbread	40	Non-EU	2006	115	4	Undisclosed	Free
7	MF	Dunne	42	EU	2000	166	16	Undisclosed	Youth system
8	FW	Alexander	45	EU	2007	79	19	30 Jun 2010	Free
9	FW	Harris	47	EU	2007	357	116	30 Jun 2010	Free	Club's all time record goalscorer
10	FW	Grabban	36	EU	2008	49	10	30 Jun 2011	£150,000
11	MF	Henry	35	EU	2009	14	3	30 Jun 2009	Loan	On loan from Reading
12	MF	Hackett	41	EU	2006	72	4	30 Jun 2010	Undisclosed
13	FW	McLeod	40	EU	2009	8	2	30 Jun 2009	Loan	On loan from Charlton Athletic
14	DF	Duffy	39	EU	2009	12	0	30 Jun 2009	Undisclosed
15	DF	Craig	39	EU	2008	139	5	30 Jun 2010	Undisclosed
16	MF	Barron	39	EU	2008	32	1	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
18	MF	Brković	50	EU	2007	35	4	30 Jun 2009	Free
19	FW	Grimes	37	EU	2008	21	4	Undisclosed	Free
21	MF	Martin	39	EU	2008	59	6	Undisclosed	£50,000
22	MF	Fuseini	35	EU	2006	72	2	Undisclosed	Youth system
23	GK	Edwards	35	EU	2006	2	0	Undisclosed	Youth system	On loan at Dover Athletic
24	MF	Laird	38	EU	2008	58	7	Undisclosed	Free
26	MF	Abdou	35	EU	2008	38	3	Undisclosed	Free
28	FW	Price	47	EU	2009	6	3	30 Jun 2009	Loan	On loan from Doncaster Rovers
30	DF	Bignot	50	EU	2008	26	0	30 Jun 2009	Free
32	MF	Bolder	44	EU	2008	29	0	30 Jun 2011	Free
40	GK	Pidgeley	40	EU	2005	66	0	Undisclosed	Free

Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Millwall, millwall-mad
Ordered by Squad Number.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Squad stats

				Total			League One		FA Cup		Football League Cup		Football League Trophy
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		Forde	51	51		44		5		1		1
2	DF		Senda
3	DF		Frampton	37	42	2	35	1	5	1	1		1
4	MF		Spiller		3		2		1
5	DF		Robinson	31	31	2	26	2	4				1
6	DF		Whitbread	36	40	1	37		1	1	1		1
7	MF		Dunne	22	27		22		5
8	FW		Alexander	30	38	11	33	9	4	2	1
9	FW		Harris	23	38	10	33	8	5	2
10	FW		Grabban	34	35	7	29	6	5	1	1
11	MF		Henry	13	14	3	14	3
12	MF		Hackett	18	27		22		3		1		1
13	FW		McLeod	6	8	2	7	2	1
14	DF		Duffy	11	12		12
15	DF		Craig	46	47	2	42	2	3		1		1
16	MF		Barron	8	15	1	13		2	1
17	FW		Kandol	19	22	8	18	8	2		1		1
18	MF		Brković	4	8	1	6	1			1		1
19	FW		Grimes	5	21	4	17	2	4	2
21	MF		Martin	41	48	4	42	4	4		1		1
22	MF		Fuseini	15	22		17		3		1		1
23	GK		Edwards
24	MF		Laird	35	40	6	35	5	4	1	1
26	MF		Abdou	38	37	3	32	3	3		1		1
28	FW		Price	5	6	3	6	3
28	FW		Easter	3	6	1	5	1	1
30	DF		Bignot	1	1		1
32	MF		Bolder	29	29		26		3
40	GK		Pidgeley

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Ordered by Squad Numbers
0 shown as blank

Disciplinary record

N	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Forde	0	0	0
2	DF	Senda	0	0	0
3	DF	Frampton	8	0	0
4	MF	Spiller	0	0	0
5	DF	Robinson	5	0	1
6	DF	Whitbread	9	0	0
7	MF	Dunne	6	1	0
8	FW	Alexander	9	0	1
9	FW	Harris	5	0	0
10	FW	Grabban	5	0	0
11	MF	Henry	3	0	0
12	MF	Hackett	8	0	0
13	FW	McLeod	1	0	0
14	DF	Duffy	2	0	0
15	DF	Craig	8	0	1
16	MF	Barron	3	0	0
17	FW	Kandol	3	0	1
18	MF	Brković	0	0	0
19	FW	Grimes	4	0	0
21	MF	Martin	9	1	0
22	MF	Fuseini	4	0	0
23	GK	Edwards	0	0	0
24	MF	Laird	7	0	0
26	MF	Abdou	6	0	1
28	FW	Price	0	0	0
28	FW	Easter	1	1	0
30	DF	Bignot	0		0
32	MF	Bolder	4	0	0
40	GK	Pidgeley	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Awards

Individual

Date	Country	N	P	Name	Award	Notes

Club

Date	Period	Award	Notes

Players in and out

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee
26	MF	Abdou	24	EU	Plymouth Argyle	Transfer Y	Summer	Undisclosed	Free
15	DF	Craig	23	EU	Crystal Palace	Transfer Y	Summer	Undisclosed	Free
10	FW	Grimes	21	EU	Manchester City	Transfer Y	Summer	Undisclosed	Free
14	DF	Duffy	23	EU	Portsmouth	Transfer Y	Winter	Undisclosed	Free
42	MF	Moore	19	EU	Manchester City	Loan Y	Summer	Undisclosed	Loan
17	FW	Kandol	27	EU	Leeds United	Loan Y	Summer	Undisclosed	Loan
28	FW	Easter	26	EU	Plymouth Argyle	Loan Y	Summer	Undisclosed	Loan
32	MF	Bolder	28	EU	Queens Park Rangers	Transfer Y	Winter	Undisclosed	Free
13	FW	McLeod	24	EU	Charlton Athletic	Loan Y	Winter	Undisclosed	Loan
11	MF	Henry	19	EU	Reading	Loan Y	Winter	Undisclosed	Loan
28	FW	Price	32	EU	Doncaster Rovers	Loan Y	Winter	Undisclosed	Loan

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
40	GK	Pidgeley	25	EU	Woking	Loan Y	Summer	Loan
	MF	Brammer	33	EU	Port Vale	Transfer Y	Summer	Free
19	MF	Smith	22	EU	Southampton	Transfer Y	Winter	Free
	FW	Forbes	29	EU	Grimsby Town	Loan Y	Winter	Free
	MF	Bakayogo	22	EU		Released	Winter	Free

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff

Source: Millwall Staff

Other information

Source: Millwall Staff

Kits

Home
Supplier: Bukta
Sponsors: CYC

Away
Supplier: Bukta
Sponsors: CYC

Third kit
Supplier: Bukta
Sponsors: CYC

Goalkeepers
Supplier: Bukta
Sponsors: CYC

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
League One	—	4th		9 August 2008	2 May 2008
Football League Cup	First round	First round	First round	12 August 2008	12 August 2008
Football League Trophy	First round	First round	First round	2 September 2008	2 September 2008
FA Cup	First Round	Fourth Round	Fourth Round	8 November 2008	24 January 2009

Source: Competitions

League

Table

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Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
44	24	7	13	61	50	+11	79	12	4	6	28	20	+8	12	3	7	33	30	+3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

9 August 2008

Oldham Athletic	4 – 3	Millwall
Liddell 3' O'Grady 39' (Unsporting behaviour) Liddell 43' (Unsporting behaviour) Liddell 74' Alessandra 84' Taylor 85' Taylor 86' (Unsporting behaviour)	Report	Kandol 1' Abdou 8' (Unsporting behaviour) Hazell 21' (o.g.) Dunne 44' (Unsporting behaviour) Grabban 56' Robinson 73' (Serious foul play) Whitbread 84' (Unsporting behaviour)

Boundary Park

Attendance: 5,367

Referee: N Miller

12 August 2008
League Cup
First Round

Millwall	0 – 1	Northampton Town
Frampton 17' (Unsporting behaviour) Grabban 41' (Dissent) Hackett 60' (Unsporting behaviour)	Report	Crowe 16' Doig 31' (Unsporting behaviour) Guttridge 42' (Unsporting behaviour) Bunn 84' (Timewasting)

Events

Players

Squad information

Squad stats

Disciplinary record

Awards

Individual

Club

Players in and out

In

Out

Club

Coaching staff

Other information

Kits

Competitions

Overall

League

Table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

References

External links