2008–09 Eastbourne Borough F.C. season

Eastbourne Borough
2008–09 season
Chairman Len Smith
Manager Garry Wilson
Conference National 13th
FA Cup First Round
FA Trophy First Round
Conference League Cup Third Round
Top goalscorer League: Paul Armstrong (9)
All: Paul Armstrong (9)
Andy Atkin (9)
Highest home attendance 2216 (v Lewes, 26 December 2008)
Lowest home attendance 919 (v Ebbsfleet United, 2 April 2009)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

During the 2008–09 season, Eastbourne Borough are participating in the Conference National. This is the first time the East Sussex side have reached their highest league of non-league football. Eastbourne Borough's home games were all played at Priory Lane. Setanta Sports hosted their first live televised home league game against Stevenage Borough on 12 October 2008.[1] Eastbourne finished the season 13th in the Table. This article covers a period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.

Contents

Team kit

The team kit for the 2008-09 season is produced by Macron and the shirt sponsors are Hailsham Roadway,[2] for home shirts, and Health Plus for away shirts.
Home colours
Away colours
Goalkeeper colours

Chronological list of events

July

August

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

June

Match fixtures & results

Legend

Win Draw Loss
All friendly matches and first team games in Conference National, FA Cup, FA Trophy and Setanta Shield are listed below. Reserve matches are not included. Fixtures listed are subject to change during the season

Friendlies

Date Opponent Venue Score Attendance Scorers Match Report
15 July 2008 Eastbourne Town Away Drew 4-4 Unknown Atkin (3), Sigere Match Report
19 July 2008 Bornor Regis Town Away Won 1-2 250 Harkin, N Crabb Match Report
22 July 2008 Horsham Worthing Won 1-3 TBC Armstrong, Sigere, Tait Match Report
26 July 2008 Tonbridge Angels Away Drew 1-1 TBC Atkin Match Report
29 July 2008 Havant & Waterlooville Away Lost 1-0 370 Match Report
2 August 2008 Bromley Home Won 1-0 TBC Baker Match Report
16 September 2008 Hastings United Home Lost 0-1 300+ Match Report
16 February 2009 Sidley United Away Drew 1-1 TBC Austin

Conference National

For information on this season's Conference National, see Conference National 2008-09. Eastbourne Borough's home games are played at Priory Lane

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
46 18 6 22 58 70 −12 60 11 3 9 29 27 +2 7 3 13 29 43 −14

Last updated: 26 April
Source: Football Conference

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 H A A H A H H A H A A H A H H A A H A A H H A H A A A H A H A A H H A H H A H H H A A H A H
Result L W L L W W W L D L D L L L W L W D L L W W L W L W W W W L D L L W W D L L W L W D L W L L

Last updated: 26 April.
Source: see below
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Att Goaslscorers Notes Table
01 9 August 2008 Rushden & Diamonds Home L 0-1 1609 - Club Report[58] 19th
02 12 August 2008 Stevenage Borough Away W 1-3 1681 Harding, Atkin (2) Club Report[59] 10th
03 16 August 2008 Oxford United Away L 6-3 3969 Harding, Tait, Armstrong Club Report[60] 17th
04 23 August 2008 Cambridge United Home L 0-3 2105 Club Report[61] 20th
05 25 August 2008 Grays Athletic Away W 0-1 641 Smart Club Report[62] 14th
06 30 August 2008 Altrincham Home W 1-0 1170 Armstrong Club Report[63] 13th
07 2 September 2008 Forest Green Rovers Home W 1-0 1065 N. Crabb Club Report[64] 8th
08 6 September 2008 Mansfield Town Away L 3-1 2536 N. Crabb Club Report[65] 12th
09 13 September 2008 Histon Home D 1-1 1045 Austin Club Report[66] 14th
10 20 September 2008 Torquay United Away L 2-0 1921 Club Report[67] 17th
11 23 September 2008 Ebbsfleet United Away D 1-1 1120 Atkin Club Report[68] 17th
12 27 September 2008 Kidderminster Home L 2-3 1248 Armstrong, M Crabb Club Report[69] 18th
13 4 October 2008 Weymouth Away L 3-2 931 M Crabb, Smart Club Report[70] 21st
14 7 October 2008 Kettering Home L 1-2 1035 Armstrong Club Report[71] 21st
15 12 October 2008 Stevenage Borough Home W 2-1 1618 Wormull, Taylor Club Report[72] 18th
16 18 October 2008 Barrow Away L 3-1 1206 Osborne Club Report[73] 19th
17 1 November 2008 Northwich Victoria Away W 1-2 564 Armstrong, Tait Club Report[74] 18th
18 15 November 2008 Woking Home D 0-0 1105 - Club Report[75] 18th
19 22 November 2008 Rushden & Diamonds Away L 2-0 1037 - Club Report[76] 18th
20 29 November 2008 Burton Albion Away L 2-0 1870 - Club Report[77] 19th
21 6 December 2008 Northwich Victoria Home W 4-1 1086 Barnes (2), Armstrong, Wormull Club Report[78] 18th
22 9 December 2008 Torquay United Home W 4-2 1204 Barnes, M Crabb (2), Smith Club Report[79] 15th
23 20 December 2008 Wrexham Away L 5-0 3475 Club Report[80] 16th
24 26 December 2008 Lewes Home W 1-0 2216 Armstrong Club Report[81] 15th
25 28 December 2008 Crawley Town Away L 1-0 1479 - Club Report[82] 15th
26 1 January 2009 Lewes Away W 0-2 2232 Barnes, N. Crabb Club Report[83] 13th
27 17 January 2009 Forest Green Rovers Away W 1-2 854 Smith, Smart Club Report[84] 11th
28 24 January 2009 York City Home W 2-1 1668 Barnes, Austin Club Report[85] 12th
29 27 January 2009 Woking Away W 0-4 1101 Atkin (3), Smith Club Report[86] 10th
30 31 January 2009 Mansfield Home L 1-2 1420 Atkin Club Report[87] 9th
31 21 February 2009 Histon Away D 3-3 821 Atkin, M. Crabb, Gargin Club Report[88] 12th
32 28 February 2009 Kidderminster Harriers Away L 2-0 1430 Club Report[89] 13th
33 3 March 2009 Oxford United Home L 3-0 1168 Club Report[90] 13th
34 7 March 2009 Wrexham Home W 1-0 1428 Smart Club Report[91] 13th
35 14 March 2009 Kettering Town Away W 0-1 1415 N. Crabb Club Report[92] 13th
36 17 March 2009 Salisbury City Home 0-0 1047 Club Report[93] 13th
37 21 March 2009 Burton Albion Home 1-2 1521 Brown Club Report[94] 13th
38 28 March 2009 Salisbury City Away L 2-0 1011 Club Report[95] 14th
39 31 March 2009 Crawley Town Home W 2-1 1268 Pullen, N. Crabb Club Report[96] 13th
40 2 April 2009 Ebbsfleet United Home L 0-1 919 Club Report[97] 13th
41 4 April 2009 Weymouth Home W 3-0 1075 M. Crabb, Jeffery (2) Club Report[98] 12th
42 7 April 2009 Altrincham Away D 2-2 605 Jeffery, Austin Club Report[99] 11th
43 11 April 2009 Cambridge United Away L 2-1 3391 Armstrong Club Report[100] 12th
44 13 April 2009 Grays Athletic Home W 2-1 1305 Lovett, Armstrong Club Report[101] 12th
45 18 April 2009 York City Away L 1-0 2487 Club Report[102] 12th
46 26 April 2009 Barrow Home L 0-2 1584 Match Report[103] 13th

FA Cup

This season was Eastbourne Borough's 19th FA Cup run and the 3rd time they have played in the 1st round of the competition. This season was the second time when the 1st round ended with a replay.

For information on this season's FA Cup, see FA Cup 2008-09
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Match Report
4th QR 25 October 2008 Oxford City Away Won 1-2 564 Baker BBC Report
1st 8 November Barrow Home Drew 0-0 1216 Match Report[104]
1st Replay 18 November Barrow Away Lost 4-0 2031 Match Report[17]

FA Trophy

This season was Eastbourne Borough's 9th run of the FA Trophy.

For information on this season's FA Trophy, see FA Trophy 2008-09
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Match Report
1st 17 December 2008 Swindon Supermarine Away Lost 1-0 302 Club Report[26]

Setanta Shield

For information on this season's Setanta Shield, see Conference League Cup 2008-09
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Match Report
2nd 30 September 2008 Fisher Athletic Away Won 2-3 - Wormull, Sappleton, Atkin Match Report[15]
3rd 4 November Ebbsfleet Home Lost 1-3 300 Budd Club Report[15]

Sussex Senior Cup

For information on the Sussex Senior Cup, see Sussex Senior Challenge Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Att. Goalscorers Notes
2nd 28 October 2008 Mile Oak Home Won 4-3 281 Harkin, Wormull (2), N Crabb Club Report[105]
3rd 25 November 2008 Worthing Away Won 2-0 182 Atkin, Lovett Club Report[106]
QF 13 January 2009 Crowborough Athletic Home Won 11-1 261 Atkin (4), N Crabb (4), Johnson, Jenkins Club Report[32]
SF 23 March 2009 Shoreham Neutral Drew 2-2 325 Wormull, Armstrong Club Report[107]
Eastbourne won 5-4 on penalties
Final 4 May 2009 Brighton & Hove Albion Home Won 1-0 1204 N. Crabb Club Report[50]
After Extra Time

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Burton Albion (C) (P) 46 27 7 12 81 52 +29 88 Promotion to the League Two
2 Cambridge United (Q) 46 24 14 8 65 39 +26 86 Qualification to the Conference National playoffs
3 Histon (Q) 46 23 14 9 78 48 +30 83
4 Torquay United (Q) 46 23 14 9 72 47 +25 83
5 Stevenage Borough (Q) 46 23 12 11 73 54 +19 81
6 Kidderminster Harriers 46 23 10 13 69 48 +21 79
7 Oxford United 46 24 10 12 72 51 +21 077*
8 Kettering Town 46 21 13 12 50 37 +13 76
9 Crawley Town 46 19 14 13 77 55 +22 070*
10 Wrexham 46 18 12 16 64 48 +16 66
11 Rushden & Diamonds 46 16 15 15 61 49 +12 63
12 Mansfield Town 46 19 9 18 57 55 +2 062*
13 Eastbourne Borough 46 18 6 22 58 70 −12 60
14 Ebbsfleet United 46 16 10 20 52 60 −8 58
15 Altrincham 46 15 11 20 49 66 −17 56
16 Salisbury City 46 14 13 19 54 64 −10 55
17 York City 46 11 19 16 47 51 −4 52
18 Forest Green Rovers 46 12 16 18 70 76 −6 52
19 Grays Athletic 46 14 10 22 44 64 −20 52
20 Barrow 46 12 15 19 51 65 −14 51
21 Woking (R) 46 10 14 22 37 60 −23 44 Relegation to the Conference North/Conference South
22 Northwich Victoria (R) 46 11 10 25 56 75 −19 43
23 Weymouth (R) 46 11 10 25 45 86 −41 43
24 Lewes (R) 46 6 6 34 28 89 −61 24

Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
* Mansfield Town deducted 4 points;[108] Oxford United deducted 5 points;[109] Crawley Town deducted 1 point;[110]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Player details

As of 27 April 2009. (Does not include Sussex Senior Cup matches)[15][26][111][112][113]
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup FA Trophy CL Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Lee Hook 44 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 49 0 0 0
2 DF Darren Baker 42 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 47 1 2 1
3 DF Neil Jenkins 43 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 48 0 12 0
4 MF Matt Smart 40 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 45 4 6 0
5 DF Ben Austin 44 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 45 3 1 0
6 DF Marc Pullan 44 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 47 1 2 0
7 FW Pat Harding 32 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 37 2 1 0
8 MF Paul Armstrong 38 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 48 9 1 0
9 FW Andy Atkin 31 8 3 0 1 0 2 1 44 9 1 0
10 FW Alan Tait 26 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 29 2 2 0
11 MF Matt Crabb 39 6 3 0 1 0 1 0 43 6 2 1
13 ME Jay Lovett 40 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 44 1 1 0
14 FW Jean-Michel Sigere 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
14 MF Jacob Mingle 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF Nathan Crabb 35 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 39 5 0 0
16 FW Evan Archibald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Sam Crabb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Simon Wormull 29 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 32 3 0 0
19 MF Ross Trealeavan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Mo Harkin 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 2 0
22 FW Sam Gargan 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 0
23 DF Dominic Douglas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Karleigh Osborne 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0
25 FW Viktor Illugason 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
25 FW Lyle Taylor 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0
26 MF Dan Brown 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 1 6 0
27 FW Jeff Goulding 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
28 FW Ashley Barnes 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 4 0
29 FW Dan Smith 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 1 0
31 MF Darren Budd 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
32 MF Simon Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 FW Darren Lok 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW Kevin Barden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF Brett Patton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 FW Xanu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 GK Micheal Jordan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 FW Jack Jeffery 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- DF Pat Sappleton 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0

Transfers

In

Date Pos Name From Fee
2 July 2008 GK Chris Winterton Brighton & Hove Albion Free[6]
15 September 2008 DF Pat Sappleton Margate Free[10]
30 December 2008 MF Danny Brown Cambridge United Free[28][114]
29 January 2009 GK Michael Jordan Lewes Free[37]
31 January 2009 MF Jacob Mingle Horsham Undisclosed[40]
14 May 2009 GK Danny Knowles Woking Free.[52]
14 May 2009 FW Liam Marum Woking Free.[52]
15 May 2009 MF Dan Smith Plymouth Argyle Free[53]
27 May 2009 DF Gary Elphick Havant & Waterlooville Free[55]
27 May 2009 MF Simon Weatherstone Crawley Town Free[56]

Out

Date Pos Name To Fee
October 2008 DF Pat Sappleton Godalming Town Released[115]
21 November 2008 MF Andy Ballard Oxford City Free[116]
23 January 2009 FW Jean-Michel Sigere Farnborough Released[33]
23 January 2009 GK Chris Winterton Lewes Released[34]
29 January 2009 MF Mo Harkin Farnborough Released[39]
11 February 2009 FW Xanu Sligo Rovers Released[43]
8 May 2009 MF Jay Lovett Released[51]
8 May 2009 GK Lee Hook Dover Athletic Released[51][117]
8 May 2009 FW Allan Tait Dartford Released[51][118]
8 May 2009 FW Pat Harding Horsham Released[51][119]
8 May 2009 MF Jacob Mingle Released[51]
11 June 2009 MF Simon Wormull Released[57]

Loans in

Date Pos Name From End date
1 September 2008 FW Viktor Illugason Reading 1 October 2008[8][9]
6 October 2008 FW Lyle Taylor Millwall 6 December 2008[11][14][120]
10 October 2008 DF Karleigh Osborne Brentford 10 November 2008[12]
7 November MF Danny Brown Cambridge United 1 January 2009[16][114]
26 November 2008 FW Jeff Goulding Bournemouth 3 January 2009[18][31]
27 November 2008 MF Dan Smith Plymouth Argyle 3 March 2009[19][29][36]
27 November 2008 FW Ashley Barnes Plymouth Argyle 3 February 2009[19][29]
29 January 2009 FW Sam Gargan Brighton & Hove Albion End of Season[38][47][48]
2 March 2009 FW Jack Jeffery West Ham United End of Season[46]

Loans out

Date Pos Name From End date
10 October 2008 FW Jean-Michel Sigere Horsham 10 January 2009[13]
11 December 2008 GK Chris Winterton Worthing 11 January 2009[24]
19 December 2008 FW Allan Tait Basingstoke Town 20 March 2009[27][35]

See also

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