2008–09 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

During the 2008–09 English football season, West Bromwich Albion competed in the Premier League, following promotion from the Football League Championship as Football League champions the previous season.

Season summary

West Bromwich began the season strongly with ten points from their opening seven games leaving them in midtable, but that proved to be as good as it got for the Midlanders and with only five more league wins during the rest of the season Albion soon sunk to the foot of the Premier League and were relegated in last place.^[1] At the end of the season, manager Tony Mowbray left to take charge at Celtic; he was replaced by MK Dons manager Roberto Di Matteo.

Kit

West Bromwich retained their kit sponsorship deal with English company Umbro, who introduced both a new home kit and a new away kit with navy shorts and yellow shirts and socks. The club was unable to find a kit sponsor for the season, and so became the first club in Premier League history to go a season without any kit sponsorship.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Dean Kiely^[2]
2	DF	Carl Hoefkens
3	DF	Paul Robinson
4	DF	Marek Čech
5	DF	Leon Barnett
6	DF	Neil Clement
7	MF	Robert Koren
8	MF	Jonathan Greening (captain)
9	FW	Roman Bednar
10	FW	Ishmael Miller
11	FW	Chris Brunt
12	FW	Craig Beattie
13	GK	Luke Daniels
14	MF	Kim Do-Heon
16	FW	Luke Moore
17	MF	Graham Dorrans

No.	Position	Player
18	DF	Pelé
19	GK	Scott Carson
20	MF	Filipe Teixeira
21	MF	Juan Carlos Menseguez (on loan from San Lorenzo)
22	DF	Gianni Zuiverloon
23	DF	Abdoulaye Méïté^[3]
24	DF	Shelton Martis
26	DF	Jonas Olsson
27	MF	James Morrison^[4]
28	MF	Borja Valero
29	FW	Jay Simpson (on loan from Arsenal)
30	DF	Ryan Donk (on loan from AZ)
31	MF	Youssouf Mulumbu
32	FW	Marc-Antoine Fortuné
39	FW	Chris Wood

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
15		FW	Sherjill MacDonald (on loan to Roeselare)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
25		DF	Jared Hodgkiss
34		DF	Paul Downing

No.		Position	Player
38		MF	Romaine Sawyers
41		GK	Ryan Allsopp

Results

West Bromwich Albion's score comes first

Win	Draw	Loss

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
26 August 2008	Second round	Hartleppol United	Victoria Park	1–3 (aet)	3,387	Koren 87

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
3 January 2009	Third round	Peterborough United	The Hawthorns	1–1	18,659	Olsson 64'
13 January 2009	Third round replay	Peterborough United	London Road	2-0	10,735	Simpson 18', Robinson 37'
24 January 2009	Fourth round	Burnley	The Hawthorns	2–2	18,294	Koren 31', Kim 45'
3 February 2009	Fourth round replay	Burnley	Turf Moor	1–3 (aet)	6,635	Zuiverloon 60'

Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 2008	Arsenal	Emirates Stadium	0–1	60,071
23 August 2008	Everton	The Hawthorns	1–2	26,190	Bednar 89' pen.
30 August 2008	Bolton Wanderers	Reebok Stadium	0–0	20,387
13 September 2008	West Ham United	The Hawthorns	3–2	26,213	Morrison 3', Bednar 37' pen., Brunt 83'
21 September 2008	Aston Villa	The Hawthorns	1–2	26,011	Morrison 33'
27 September 2008	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	1–0	26,248	Olsson 53'
4 October 2008	Fulham	The Hawthorns	1–0	25,708	Bednar
18 October 2008	Manchester United	Old Trafford	0–4	75,451
25 October 2008	Hull City	The Hawthorns	0–3	26,323
28 October 2008	Newcastle United	St James' Park	1–2	45,801	Miller 65'
1 November 2008	Blackburn Rovers	The Hawthorns	2–2	24,976	Bednar 55', Miller 62'
8 November 2008	Liverpool	Anfield	0–3	43,451
15 November 2008	Chelsea	The Hawthorns	0–3	26,322
22 November 2008	Stoke City	Britannia Stadium	0–1	26,613
29 November 2008	Wigan Athletic	JJB Stadium	1–2	17,054	Miller 47'
7 December 2008	Portsmouth	The Hawthorns	1–1	24,964	Greening 39'
13 December 2008	Sunderland	Stadium of Light	0–4	36,280
21 December 2008	Manchester City	The Hawthorns	2–1	25,010	Moore 69', Bednar 93'
26 December 2008	Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	0–2	43,417
28 December 2008	Tottenham Hotspur	The Hawthorns	2–0	26,344	Bednar 83', Beattie 94'
10 January 2009	Aston Villa	Villa Park	1–2	41,757	Morrison 49'
17 January 2009	Middlesbrough	The Hawthorns	3–0	25,557	McMahon 4' o.g., Fortune 54', Koren 67'
27 January 2009	Manchester United	The Hawthorns	0–5	26,105
31 January 2009	Hull City	KC Stadium	2–2	24,879	Simpson 53', Brunt 73' pen.
7 February 2009	Newcastle United	The Hawthorns	2–3	25,817	Fortune 4', and 73'
22 February 2009	Fulham	Craven Cottage	0–2	22,394
28 February 2009	Everton	Goodison Park	0–2	33,898
3 March 2009	Arsenal	The Hawthorns	1–3	26,244	Brunt 7'
16 March 2009	West Ham United	Boleyn Ground	0–0	30,842
21 March 2009	Bolton Wanderers	The Hawthorns	1–1	25,530	Shittu 82' o.g.
4 April 2009	Stoke City	The Hawthorns	0–2	26,277
11 April 2009	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	2–2	20,376	Greening 48', Brunt 62'
19 April 2009	Manchester City	City of Manchester Stadium	2–4	40,072	Brunt 37', 54'
25 April 2009	Sunderland	The Hawthorns	3–0	26,256	Olsson 40', Brunt 58', Menseguez 88'
2 May 2009	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	0–1	35,836
9 May 2009	Wigan Athletic	The Hawthorns	3–1	24,741	Fortune 8', 73', Brunt 59'
17 May 2009	Liverpool	The Hawthorns	0–2	26,138
24 May 2009	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park	0–0	28,389

External links

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-bromwich-albion/2008-2009
↑ Kiely was born in Salford, England.
↑ Méïté was born in Paris, France.
↑ Morrison was born in Darlington, England.

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