2008–09 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 2008-09
League	The Championship
Manager	Simon Grayson (succeeded by Tony Parkes)^[1]
League position	16th
Top goalscorer	League: D. J. Campbell (9) Combined: D. J. Campbell (9)
Highest attendance
Lowest attendance
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Previous season	← 2007-08
Next season	2009-10 →

The 2008-09 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 101st season (98th consecutive) in the Football League. It was also their second consecutive season in The Championship, the second tier of English football. They finished sixteenth.

D. J. Campbell, on loan from Leicester City, was the club's top scorer, with nine goals overall.^[2]

Simon Grayson resigned as manager on 23 December, to become the new manager of Leeds United. His assistant, Tony Parkes, took over as caretaker manager (his seventh such appointment), until the end of the season.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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	Paul Rachubka
2	DF	Danny Coid
3	DF	Stephen Crainey
4	MF	Keith Southern
5	DF	Marlon Broomes
6	DF	Ian Evatt
7	FW	Roy O'Donovan (on loan from Sunderland)
8	MF	Stephen McPhee
9	FW	DJ Campbell (on loan from Leicester City)
10	MF	Stuart Green
11	MF	David Vaughan
12	FW	Gary Taylor-Fletcher
13	GK	Mark Halstead
14	MF	David Fox
15	DF	Alex Baptiste
16	MF	Claus Bech Jørgensen^[4]
17	MF	Jermaine Wright

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Joe Martin
19	MF	Wade Small (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday)
21	GK	Matt Gilks
22	MF	Graeme Owens (on loan from Middlesbrough)
24	DF	Rob Edwards^[5]
25	DF	Shaun Barker
26	MF	Charlie Adam (on loan from Rangers)
27	FW	Ben Burgess^[6]
28	MF	Alan Mahon (on loan from Burnley)
39	MF	Matty Kay
30	DF	Ashton Bayliss
31	FW	Danny Mitchley
33	FW	Brett Ormerod
34	MF	Francesco Carratta
35	FW	Lee Hughes (on loan from Oldham Athletic)
37	MF	Simon Walton (on loan from Plymouth Argyle)

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
7	MF	Adam Hammill (on loan from Liverpool)
19	FW	Steve Kabba (on loan from Watford)
19	FW	Krisztián Németh (on loan from Liverpool)
20	DF	Mo Camara (on loan from Derby County)
20	MF	Kyel Reid (on loan from West Ham United)
20	FW	Nick Blackman (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
22	DF	Zesh Rehman^[7] (on loan from Queens Park Rangers)
23	FW	Daniel Nardiello^[8] (on loan to Hartlepool United)
26	FW	Sone Aluko (on loan from Birmingham City)

No.	Position	Player
26	MF	Alan Gow (on loan from Rangers)
28	MF	Michael D'Agostino (on loan to Hereford United)
28	MF	Paul Marshall (on loan from Manchester City)
32	MF	Ross Lloyd (to Burscough)
33	MF	Dominic Merella (to Burscough)
34	MF	Lee Hendrie (on loan from Sheffield United)
35	FW	Liam Dickinson (on loan from Derby County)
36	GK	Graham Stack (on loan from Plymouth Argyle)
37	DF	Ian Harte (on loan from Carlisle United)

Table

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	West Bromwich Albion	46	23	12	11	88	55	+33	81
P	2	Stoke City	46	21	16	9	69	55	+14	79
	3	Hull City	46	21	12	13	65	47	+18	75
	4	Bristol City	46	20	14	12	54	53	+1	74
	5	Crystal Palace	46	18	17	11	58	42	+16	71
	6	Watford	46	18	16	12	62	56	+6	70
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	18	16	12	53	48	+5	70
	8	Ipswich Town	46	18	15	13	65	56	+9	69
	9	Sheffield United	46	17	15	14	56	51	+5	66
	10	Plymouth Argyle	46	17	13	16	61	49	+12	64
	11	Charlton Athletic	46	17	13	16	63	58	+5	64
	12	Cardiff City	46	16	16	14	59	55	+4	64
	13	Burnley	46	16	14	16	60	67	-7	62
	14	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	16	16	60	66	-6	58
	15	Preston North End	46	15	11	20	50	55	-5	56
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	46	14	13	19	54	55	-1	55
	17	Norwich City	46	15	10	21	49	59	-10	55
	18	Barnsley	46	14	13	19	52	65	-13	55
	19	Blackpool	46	12	18	16	59	64	-5	54
	20	Southampton	46	13	15	18	56	72	-16	54
	21	Coventry City	46	14	11	21	52	64	-12	53
R	22	Leicester City	46	12	16	18	42	45	-3	52
R	23	Scunthorpe United	46	11	13	22	45	69	-24	46
R	24	Colchester United	46	7	17	22	62	86	-24	38

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Player statistics

Appearances

League

Shaun Barker – 46^[9]
Paul Rachubka – 46^[9]
Wes Hoolahan – 45
Gary Taylor-Fletcher – 42
Stephen Crainey – 40
Kaspars Gorkšs – 40
Andy Morrell – 38
Claus-Bech Jorgensen – 37
Ben Burgess – 35
Keith Southern – 30
Ian Evatt – 29
Michael Flynn – 28
David Fox – 28
Michael Jackson – 25
Keigan Parker – 21
Andy Welsh – 21
Stephen McPhee – 19
Scott Vernon – 15
Danny Coid – 13
Paul Dickov – 11
Stuart Green – 6
Bartosz Ślusarski – 6
John Hills – 4
Grant Holt – 4
Matt Jackson – 3
Adrian Forbes – 2
Tony McMahon – 2
Joe Martin – 1
Marcus Bean – 0
Phil Doughty – 0
Rhys Evans – 0
Scott Flinders – 0
Paul Gerrard – 0
Matt Lawlor – 0
Pāvels Šteinbors – 0

Players used: 28

FA Cup

Players used: 14

League Cup

Players used: 20

Goals

League

Total League goals scored: 59

FA Cup

David Fox – 1

Total FA Cup goals scored: 1

League Cup

Total League Cup goals scored: 5

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
10 July 2007	Stephen Crainey	Leeds United	Free
10 July 2007	Gary Taylor-Fletcher	Huddersfield Town	Unknown
1 August 2007	Wes Hoolahan	Livingston	Free
5 September 2007	Phil Marsh	Manchester United	Free
6 October 2007	Matt Jackson	Watford	One-month loan
9 November 2007	Tony McMahon	Middlesbrough	One-month loan
20 November 2007	Bartosz Ślusarski	West Bromwich Albion	Loan
11 January 2008	Stephen McPhee	Hull City	Unknown
25 January 2008	Paul Gerrard	Sheffield United	Loan
31 January 2008	Paul Dickov	Manchester City	Loan
8 February 2008	Stuart Green	Crystal Palace	Free
21 March 2008	Grant Holt	Nottingham Forest	Loan
27 March 2008	Joe Martin	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan
31 January 2008	Scott Flinders	Crystal Palace	Loan
4 June 2008	Marlon Broomes	Unattached	Free
26 June 2008	Matthew Gilks	Mansfield Town	Free
1 July 2008	Alex Baptiste	Mansfield Town	Undisclosed
3 July 2008	Joe Martin	Tottenham Hotspur	Free
11 July 2008	Jermaine Wright	Southampton	Free
11 July 2008	Steve Kabba	Watford	Undisclosed
18 July 2008	Adam Hammill	Liverpool	Loan
31 July 2008	Zesh Rehman	Queens Park Rangers	Loan
31 July 2008	Daniel Nardiello	Queens Park Rangers	Part-exchange
4 August 2008	David Vaughan	Real Sociedad	£200,000
6 August 2008	Mohammed Camara	Derby County	Loan
6 August 2008	Robert Edwards	Wolves	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
18 July 2007	Paul Tierney	Stockport County	Loan
18 July 2007	Simon Wiles	Macclesfield Town	Loan
1 August 2007	Michael D'Agostino	Cheltenham Town	Loan
10 August 2007	Marcus Bean	Rotherham United	Loan
5 October 2007	Rhys Evans	Bradford City	Loan
7 November 2007	Phil Doughty	Macclesfield Town	Loan
4 January 2008	Adrian Forbes	Millwall	Unknown
7 January 2008	Matt Lawlor	Farsley Celtic	Loan
18 January 2008	Phil Doughty	Accrington Stanley	Loan
22 January 2008	Rhys Evans	Millwall	Unknown
25 January 2008	Lewis Edge	Northwich Victoria	Loan
31 January 2008	Scott Vernon	Colchester United	Unknown
7 May 2008	Michael Jackson	Released
7 May 2008	Kyle Clancy	Released
7 May 2008	John Hills	Released
7 May 2008	Paul Tierney	Released
7 May 2008	Phil Doughty	Released
7 May 2008	Andy Welsh	Released
7 May 2008	Marcus Bean	Released
7 May 2008	Michael Flynn	Released
7 May 2008	Phil Marsh	Released
7 May 2008	Lewis Edge	Released
7 May 2008	Matt Lawlor	Released
27 May 2008	Keigan Parker	Huddersfield Town	Free
26 June 2008	Wes Hoolahan	Norwich City	£250,000
28 July 2008	Kaspars Gorkšs	Queens Park Rangers	£250,000

Source

References

↑ As caretaker-manager
↑ Blackpool F.C. player statistics at Soccerbase
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2008-2009/flcham/blackpo.htm
↑ Jørgensen was born in Holstebro, Denmark.
↑ Edwards was born in Madeley, England.
↑ Burgess was born in Buxton, England.
↑ Rehman was born in Birmingham, England.
↑ Nardiello was born in Coventry, England.
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