2008–09 Aldershot Town F.C. season

Aldershot Town
2008–09 season
Manager Gary Waddock
Football League Two 15th
FA Cup Second round
League Cup First round
League Trophy First round
Hampshire Senior Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League: Scott Davies (8)
All: Scott Davies and Kirk Hudson (9)
Highest home attendance 5,023 (18 October vs Brentford)
Lowest home attendance 2,090 (10 March vs Shrewsbury Town)
Average home league attendance 3,232 (26 senior squad league and cup matches)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2008–09 season of Aldershot Town Football Club was the 17th year of football played by the club and the first season in Football League Two, the highest level achieved by the club up to that time.

Team kit

The team kit for the 2008-09 season is produced by Carbrini Sportswear. The home shirt will be primarily Red with blue panels with the away shirt being yellow. On 6 December 2008 the blue third kit was launched.

Match results

Friendlies

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
5 July 2008 Alton Town Away Won 1–0 809 Pasquale Abiuso
12 July 2008 Chelsea XI Home Drew 2–2 1,954 Kirk Hudson, Marvin Morgan
17 July 2008 Crystal Palace Home Lost 3–4 1,436 John Grant (2), Marvin Morgan
19 July 2008 Staines Town Away Won 2–0 N/A Marvin Morgan, Danny Hylton
22 July 2008 Maidenhead United Away Won 5–1 N/A Marvin Morgan, Kirk Hudson(2), Junior Mendes, Scott Donnelly
26 July 2008 Leyton Orient Home Lost 0–1 950 -
29 July 2008 Tottenham Hotspur Home Lost 1–3 1,830 Danny Hylton
2 August 2008 Charlton Athletic Home Won 2–0 875 Anthony Charles, John Grant

Football League Two

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
9 August 2008 Accrington Stanley Away Won 1–0 1,805 Scott Donnelly
16 August 2008 Bournemouth Home Draw 1–1 4,564 Louis Soares
23 August 2008 Shrewsbury Town Away Lost 0–1 5,422 -
30 August 2008 Bradford City Home Won 3–2 3,805 Ben Harding, Marvin Morgan, Scott Davies
6 September 2008 Darlington Home Won 2–1 3,460 Marvin Morgan, Louie Soares
13 September 2008 Luton Town Away Lost 1–3 6,462 John Grant
20 September 2008 Gillingham Home Won 2–1 4,198 Kirk Hudson, Scott Davies
27 September 2008 Notts County Away Lost 1–2 6,033 Anthony Charles
4 October 2008 Bury Home Draw 3–3 3,621 Rob Elvins, Scott Davies, Danny Hylton
11 October 2008 Macclesfield Town Away Lost 2–4 1,857 Kirk Hudson, Danny Hylton
18 October 2008 Brentford Home Draw 1–1 5,023 Scott Davies (pen)
22 October 2008 Chesterfield Away Lost 1–5 3,079 Kirk Hudson
25 October 2008 Rochdale Away Lost 1–3 2,750 Marvin Morgan
28 October 2008 Port Vale Home Won 1–0 3,049 Louis Soares
1 November 2008 Morecambe Away Lost 0–2 1,897 -
15 November 2008 Exeter City Home Won 1–0 3,784 John Grant
22 November 2008 Chester City Away Won 1–0 1,693 Marvin Morgan
26 November 2008 Lincoln City Home Won 2–0 2,625 Andy Sandell, Scott Davies
6 December 2008 Wycombe Wanderers Home Won 3–2 3,915 Kirk Hudson (2), Danny Hylton
20 December 2008 Grimsby Town Home Draw 2–2 3,605 Scott Davies (2) (2 pens)
26 December 2008 Barnet Away Won 3–0 2,729 Danny Hylton, Anthony Charles, Scott Davies
28 December 2008 Dagenham & Redbridge Home Lost 1–2 3,697 Kirk Hudson
17 January 2009 Macclesfield Town Home Draw 1–1 3,108 Kirk Hudson
20 January 2009 Notts County Home Draw 2–2 2,491 Ben Harding, Scott Davies
24 January 2009 Bury Away Lost 1–2 2,558 Scott Davies
27 January 2009 Brentford Away Lost 0–3 5,111
31 January 2009 Rochdale Home Lost 2–4 3,018 Marvin Morgan, Scott Davies
14 February 2009 Exeter City Away Lost 2–3 4,840 Jake Robinson, Ben Harding
17 February 2009 Gillingham Away Draw 4–4 5,974 Andy Lindegaard, Dave Winfield, OG, Andy Sandell
21 February 2009 Morecambe Home Lost 0–2 2,872
28 February 2009 Accrington Stanley Home Won 3–1 2,604 Kirk Hudson, Jake Robinson (2)
3 March 2009 Bournemouth Away Lost 0–2 4,556
7 March 2009 Bradford City Away Lost 0–5 12,465
10 March 2009 Shrewsbury Town Home Draw 0–0 2,090
14 March 2009 Luton Town Home Won 2–1 3,098 Scott Davies, Kirk Hudson
17 March 2009 Rotherham United Away Won 2–1 2,769 John Grant (2)
21 March 2009 Darlington Away Lost 0–2 2,532
28 March 2009 Grimsby Town Away Lost 0–1 7,095
31 March 2009 Chesterfield Home Draw 1–1 2,482 Jake Robinson
4 April 2009 Rotherham United Home Lost 0–1 2,643
7 April 2009 Port Vale Home Draw 0–0 4,140
11 April 2009 Dagenham & Redbridge Away Lost 1–3 1,586 Danny Hylton
13 April 2009 Barnet Home Draw 1–1 2,597 Lewis Chalmers
18 April 2009 Wycombe Wanderers Away Lost 0–3 5,440
25 April 2009 Chester City Home Draw 2–2 3,100 Kirk Hudson (2)
2 May 2009 Lincoln City Away Won 2–0 3,910 John Grant, Scott Davies

League Two Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Brentford (C) (P) 46 23 16 7 65 36+29 85 Promotion to League One
2 Exeter City (P) 46 22 13 11 65 50+15 79
3 Wycombe Wanderers (P) 46 20 18 8 54 33+21 78
4 Bury 46 21 15 10 63 43+20 78 Qualification to League Two playoffs
5 Gillingham (O) (P) 46 21 12 13 58 55+3 75
6 Rochdale 46 19 13 14 70 59+11 70
7 Shrewsbury Town 46 17 18 11 61 44+17 69
8 Dagenham & Redbridge 46 19 11 16 77 53+24 68
9 Bradford City 46 18 13 15 66 55+11 67
10 Chesterfield 46 16 15 15 62 57+5 63
11 Morecambe 46 15 18 13 53 563 63
12 Darlington 46 20 12 14 61 44+17 062*
13 Lincoln City 46 14 17 15 53 52+1 59
14 Rotherham United 46 21 12 13 60 46+14 058*
15 Aldershot Town 46 14 12 20 59 8021 54
16 Accrington Stanley 46 13 11 22 42 5917 50
17 Barnet 46 11 15 20 56 7418 48
18 Port Vale 46 13 9 24 44 6622 48
19 Notts County 46 11 14 21 49 6920 47
20 Macclesfield Town 46 13 8 25 45 7732 47
21 Bournemouth 46 17 12 17 59 51+8 046*
22 Grimsby Town 46 9 14 23 51 6918 41
23 Chester City (R) 46 8 13 25 43 8138 37 Relegation to Conference National
24 Luton Town (R) 46 13 17 16 58 657 026*

Updated to games played on 2 May 2009.
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* Darlington deducted 10 points;[1] Bournemouth deducted 17 points;[2] Rotherham United deducted 17 points;[3] Luton Town deducted 30 points[4]
(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.

FA Cup

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
1st Round 8 November 2008 Rotherham United Home 1–1 2,632 John Grant
1st Round Replay 18 November 2008 Rotherham United Away Won 3–0 2,431 (174 away fans) Kirk Hudson (2), Marvin Morgan
2nd Round 29 November 2008 Millwall Away Lost 0–3 6,159 (1,590 away fans)

Football League Cup

This was Aldershot Town's first ever season playing in the Football League Cup.

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
1st Round 13 August 2008 Coventry City Away Lost 1–3 9,392 (869 away fans) Marvin Morgan

Football League Trophy

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
1st Round 2 September 2008 Swindon Town Home 2–2* 1,814 Rob Elvins, Scott Davies(pen)

Hampshire Senior Cup

The Hampshire Senior Cup squad from Aldershot Town was composed of reserve team players.

Round Date Opponent Result Attendance Scorers
2nd Round 7 October 2008 Alresford Town Won 3–2 N/A John Grant, Marvin Morgan (2)
3rd Round 9 December 2008 Basingstoke Town Lost 1–2 285 Adam Mekki

Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2008–09 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include match results, which are in the results section.

May 2008

June 2008

July 2008

November 2008

December 2008

January 2009

February 2009

March 2009

April 2009

Head To Head

TeamMiles [One Way]Home ResultFans BroughtAway ResultFans TookPoints Gained
Accrington Stanley2503-1 81 1-06066
Barnet561-1 327 3-07284
Bournemouth771-1 10470-2 611 1
Bradford City2293-2 647 0-5 294 3
Brentford361-1 1066 0-3 894 1
Bury2323-3 354 1-2 225 1
Chester City2312-2 226 1-0 286 4
Chesterfield1731-1 225 1-5 222 1
Dagenham & Redbridge701-2 173 1-3 291 0
Darlington2722-1 296 0-2 250* 3
Exeter City1451-0 785 2-3 332 3
Gillingham752-1 960 4-4 399 4
Grimsby Town2442-2 343 0-1 340 1
Lincoln City1772-0 209 2-0 359 6
Luton Town582-1 783 1-3 810 3
Macclesfield Town2041-1 131 2-4 353 1
Morecambe2660-2 80 0-2 204 0
Notts County1502-2 171 1-2 511 1
Port Vale1811-0 242 0-0 128 4
Rochdale2372-4 292 1-3 256 0
Rotherham United1870-1 250 2-1 81 3
Shrewsbury Town1780-0 218 0-13811
Wycombe Wanderers453-2 842 0-3 600* 3

Goalscorers

NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupFootball League TrophyHampshire Senior CupTotal
Scott Davies8--1-9
Kirk Hudson72---9
Marvin Morgan311-27
Danny Hylton4----4
John Grant21--14
Louis Soares3----3
Anthony Charles2----2
Rob Elvins1--1-2
Scott Donnelly1----1
Ben Harding1----1

References

  1. "Darlington in administration". The Football League. 25 February 2009. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  2. "Bournemouth face 17-point penalty". BBC Sport. 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  3. "Rotherham set to lose 17 points". BBC Sport. 2008-08-06. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  4. "Luton to face 30-point deduction". BBC Sport. 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
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