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.

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

• 2008; Eastbourne Borough celebrate 25 years at Priory Lane Stadium. Construction started in 1983.^[3]

July

• 2 July 2008; Fixture list for the Conference National 2008–09 season was released today, two days earlier than planned. Eastbourne's first game of the season is home to Rushden & Diamonds.^[4][5] Goalkeeper, Chris Winterton, joins Eastbourne from Brighton & Hove Albion today.^[6]

• 16 July 2008; Hailsham Roadway become the main club sponsor for Eastbourne Borough for the 2008-09 season.^[2]

August

• 29 August 2008; Eastbourne Borough becomes the first football team to become a Community interest company.^[7]

September

• 1 September 2008; Eastbourne Borough sign Icelandic striker Viktor Illugason on a one-month loan from Reading.^[8][9]

• 15 September 2008; Jamaican under-21, Pat Sappleton of Margate joins Eastbourne Borough on a one-month contract.^[10]

October

• 6 October 2008; Eastbourne Borough sign Millwall Striker Lyle Taylor on a one-month loan.^[11]

• 10 October 2008; Eastbourne Borough sign Brentford defender Karleigh Osborne on a one-month loan,^[12] whilst striker Jean-Michel Sigere goes on a three-month loan to Horsham.^[13]

November

• 4 November 2008; Lyle Taylor's one-month loan is extended to another month.^[14] Eastbourne are knocked out of the second round of the Conference League Cup by Ebbsfleet.^[15]

• 7 November 2008; Cambridge United midfielder Danny Brown signs to Eastbourne Borough on a one-month loan.^[16]

• 18 November 2008; Barrow defeat Eastbourne in the first round of the FA Cup.^[17]

• 26 November 2008; Bournemouth striker Jeff Goulding signs on a loan lasting until January 2009.^[18]

• 27 November 2008; Eastbourne sign Plymouth Argyle's winger Dan Smith and striker Ashley Barnes on a loan deal until January 2009.^[19][20]

• 29 November 2009; Darren Baker makes his 800th appearance in 16 years for Eastbourne Borough against Burton Albion.^[21]

December

• 1 December 2008; Striker, Allan Tait and midfielder, Darren Budd are transfer listed.^[22] Tait has transfer listed since November.^[23]

• 11 December 2008; Goalkeeper, Chris Winterton joins Worthing on a one-month loan,^[24] while midfielder Darren Budd joins Horsham on dual-registration terms.^[25]

• 17 December 2008; Eastbourne lose 1–0 to Swindon Supermarine in the FA Trophy.^[26]

• 20 December 2008; Striker, Allan Tait joins Basingstoke Town on a one-month loan.^[27]

• 30 December 2008: Danny Brown signs a full-time contract lasting until the end of the season.^[28]

January

• 2 January 2009; Ashley Barnes and Dan Smith have a month extensions to their loans.^[29][30]
• 3 January 2009; Jeff Goulding returns to Bournemouth.^[31]
• 10 January 2009; Jean-Michel Sigere returns from his loan spell at Horsham.
• 13 January 2009; Eastbourne broke their current record of most goals scored in a match with an 11 - 1 win over Crowborough.^[32]
• 23 January 2009; Jean-Michel Sigere has his contract terminated and leaves Eastbourne for Farnborough.^[33] Goalkeeper Chris Winterton is also released and signed to Sussex rivals Lewes.^[34]
• 25 January 2009; Allan Tait's loan at Basingstoke Town has been extended until 20 March.^[35]
• 28 January 2009; Dan Smith's loan is extended by another month.^[36]
• 29 January 2009; Goalkeeper Michael Jordan transfers from Lewes,^[37] and Brighton & Hove Albion striker Sam Gargan signs a 1 month loan.^[38]

• 30 January 2009; Mo Harkin is released from Eastbourne and joins Farnborough.^[39]

• 31 January 2009; Jacob Mingle joins Eastbourne from Horsham for and undisclosed fee, Evan Archibald also returns to Eastbourne.^[40]

February

• 9 February 2009; Manager Garry Wilson celebrates 10 years as manager.^[41][42]

• 11 February 2009; Xanu quits Eastbourne for Sligo Rovers.^[43]

• 27 February 2009 Sam Gargan was recalled by Brighton & Hove Albion.^[44]

• 28 February 2009 Dan Smith returns to Plymouth Argyle.^[45]

March

• 2 March 2009; West Ham striker Jack Jeffery joins Eastbourne on loan until the end of the season.^[46]

• 12 March 2009; Sam Gargan returns to Eastbourne for another loan spell from Brighton & Hove Albion.^[47]

April

• 2 April 2009; Brighton & Hove Albion loanee Sam Gargan is injured and can no longer play for the rest of the season.^[48]
• 24 April 2009; Garry Wilson becomes the third longest serving manager^[49] in Englands top 5 leagues.
• 26 April 2009; Eastbourne complete their first season in the Conference National in 13th place.

May

• 4 May 2009; Eastbourne win the Sussex Senior Cup for the second time.^[50]

• 8 May 2009; Lee Hook, Jay Lovett, Allan Tait, Pat Harding and Jacob Mingle are all released from the club,^[51] Jack Jeffery returns to West Ham.^[51]

• 14 May 2009; Danny Knowles and Liam Marum are signed from relegated Woking. Also Dan Brown signed a new two year contract.^[52]

• 15 May 2009; Dan Smith is released from Plymouth Argyle and signs for Eastbourne.^[53]

• 22 May 2009; England Schoolboy International, Simon Johnson, signs to Eastbourne after playing for the under-18 squad.^[54]

• 27 May 2009; Gary Elphick joins Eastbourne from Havant & Waterlooville,^[55] a few hours later, Crawley midfielder Simon Weatherstone transferred to Eastbourne.^[56]

June

• 11 June 2009; Simon Wormull leaves Eastbourne by mutual consent.^[57]

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 = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Att	Goalscorers	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	align='center|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 League Two
2	Cambridge United (Q)	46	24	14	8	65	39	+26	86	Qualification to 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 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; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament 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	Michael 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

• 2008–09 in English football
• Football Conference 2008–09

References

External links

• Eastbourne Borough Website
• Eastbourne Borough statistics - ESPNsoccernet

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