2008–09 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Crystal Palace
2008–09 season
Chairman Simon Jordan
Manager Neil Warnock
Championship 15th
FA Cup Fourth Round
League Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League:
Shefki Kuqi (10)
All:
Shefki Kuqi (10)
Highest home attendance 22,824 v Sheffield United (3 May 2009)
Lowest home attendance 12,847 v Birmingham City (24 February 2009)
Average home league attendance 15,220

The 2008–09 season was Crystal Palace Football Club's 4th consecutive season in the Championship, after their play-off defeat in the previous campaign.

Statistics

Last updated on 10 January 2010.[1][2]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalThe ChampionshipFA CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Argentina Julián Speroni 48-5545-503-500
2 DF England Matthew Lawrence 35028+402010
3 DF England Clint Hill 4824313120
4 MF England Shaun Derry 42035+402010
5 DF Republic of Ireland Paddy McCarthy 29325+230020
6 DF Portugal José Fonte 42436+243010
7 MF Wales Carl Fletcher[notes 1] 600+301020
8 FW England James Scowcroft 1005+500000
9 FW Republic of Ireland Alan Lee 19310+633000
10 MF Australia Nick Carle 41435+232021
11 FW England Victor Moses[notes 2] 32219+823020
12 GK England Darryl Flahavan 3-71-2002-5
14 FW Republic of Ireland Sean Scannell[notes 3] 27316+921110
15 DF England Lee Hills 1608+601010
16 MF England Neil Danns 23314+623100
17 FW England Simon Thomas 100+100000
18 FW England Calvin Andrew 1001+601020
19 MF England Tom Soares 51410010
19 FW Scotland Craig Beattie 1551550000
20 DF England Danny Butterfield 30117+913010
22 DF Austria Johannes Ertl 1303+900010
23 MF Barbados Paul Ifill[notes 4] 38627+643220
24 MF England Ben Watson 1951850010
25 DF Jamaica Claude Davis 70700000
26 MF Wales John Oster[notes 5] 33427+431011
27 MF France Léandre Griffit 602+301000
28 FW Portugal Rui Fonte 1005+500000
32 FW Finland Shefki Kuqi[notes 6] 371020+15102000
33 FW Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes 13111+210000
35 DF Wales Rhoys Wiggins[notes 7] 10100000
37 DF England Nathaniel Pinney 100+100000
41 MF England Kieran Djilali 802+400020
42 MF England James Comley 401+300000
43 DF England Nathaniel Clyne 29025+103000
44 MF England Kieron Cadogan 410+410000

Club

Management

Position Staff
Manager England Neil Warnock
Assistant manager England Mick Jones
First team coach England Keith Curle
Goalkeeping coach England Jim Stannard
Chief scout Scotland Allan Gemmill
Fitness coach England Louis Langdown
Reserve team manager England Gary Issott
Academy manager England David Moss
U18 team/Assistant academy manager England Gary Issott
Physiotherapists England Nigel Cox, Paul Timson and Sangi Patel

Source:

Matches

Pre-season

Bromley 1 – 1 Crystal Palace
Hockton  32' (Report) Hill  67'
Attendance: 2,153
Referee: Steve Bennett
Crawley Town 1 – 1 Crystal Palace
Pinault  67' (pen.) (Report) Ifill  37'
Attendance: 2,536
Aldershot Town 3 – 4 Crystal Palace
Grant  23, 66' (pen.)
Morgan  51' (pen.)		 (Report) Freedman  32' (pen.)
Thomas  40'
Dayton  70'
Smith  82' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,436
Dartford 0 – 2 Crystal Palace XI
(Report) Dayton  56'
Comley  77'
Attendance: 792
Referee: Ian Cooper
Tavistock 0 – 4 Crystal Palace
(Report) Andrew  40, 56'
Watson  52'
Short  54' (o.g.)
Langsford Park, Tavistock
Attendance: 1,500
Bodmin Town 1 – 4 Crystal Palace
O'Hagan  27' (Report) Ertl  46'
Fletcher  62'
Dayton  75, 80'
Priory Park, Bodmin
Truro City 0 – 1 Crystal Palace
(Report) Thomas  35'
Treyew Road, Truro
Crystal Palace 0 – 0 Fulham XI
(Report)
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Phil Crossley
Afan Lido 4 – 1 Crystal Palace XI
Jones  25 (pen.), 32'
Wade  80' (pen.)
Williams  86'		 (Report) Adelakun  33'
Martsons Stadium, Aberavon
Attendance: 250
Crystal Palace 1 – 1 Leicester City
Moses  60' (Report) Oakley  34'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Phil Crossley
Hemel Hempstead Town 0 – 1 Crystal Palace XI
(Report) Djilali  56'
Vauxhall Road, Hemel Hempstead
Dover Athletic 2 – 3 Crystal Palace XI
Wallis  86'
Moore  89'		 (Report) Thomas  23 (pen.), 65, 68'
Attendance: 613
Referee: Paul Kelly

Errea South West Challenge Cup

Group phase
Eastleigh 2 – 1 Crystal Palace XI
Taggart (pen.)
Davies 		(Report)
Marshford, Appledore
Crystal Palace XI 4 – 2 Bideford
Nnanami  28'
Levins 65'
 81' (o.g.)
Adelakun  84'		 (Report) Woods  56'
Barker  72'
Marshford, Appledore

Crystal Palace finished second in their group with three points and thus qualified for the semifinal stage. However, with the squad heavily depleted through injury, Palace opted to give their semifinal place to third-placed team Torquay United

Football League Championship

Crystal Palace 0 – 0 Watford
(Report)
Attendance: 15,614
Referee: Mike Jones
Preston North End 2 – 0 Crystal Palace
Nicholson  58'
Chaplow  90+1'		 (Report)
Attendance: 14,225
Referee: Keith Woolmer
Crystal Palace 0 – 0 Burnley
Scowcroft Yellow cardRed card 47'
Derry Yellow cardRed card 52'		 (Report)
Attendance: 14,071
Referee: Iain Williamson
Reading 4 – 2 Crystal Palace
Harper  18'
Doyle  68, 68, 89'		 (Report) Carle  37 (pen.)'
Soares  64'
Attendance: 20,441
Referee: Clive Penton
Crystal Palace 2 – 0 Swansea City
Watson  28'
Carle  66'		 (Report)
Attendance: 14,621
Referee: Lee Mason
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 – 1 Crystal Palace
Ebanks-Blake  1'
Keogh  58'		 (Report) Ifill  32'
Attendance: 22,200
Referee: Scott Mathieson
Crystal Palace 1 – 2 Plymouth Argyle
McCarthy  85' (Report) Gallagher  28, 56'
Attendance: 14,209
Ipswich Town 1 – 1 Crystal Palace
Stead  23' (Report) Moses  25'
Attendance: 19,032
Crystal Palace 1 – 0 Charlton Athletic
Beattie  63' (Report)
Attendance: 16,358
Referee: Mike Russell
Nottingham Forest 0 – 2 Crystal Palace
(Report) Ifill  4'
Kuqi  81'
Attendance: 22,811
Referee: Richard Beeby
Crystal Palace 3 – 0 Barnsley
Watson  25 (pen.), 60'
Kuqi  82'		 (Report)
Attendance: 16,494
Referee: Anthony Bates
Birmingham City 1 – 0 Crystal Palace
O'Connor  90+4' (Report)
Attendance: 17,706
Referee: Nigel Miller
Blackpool 2 – 2 Crystal Palace
Burgess  48'
Evatt  65'		 (Report) Ifill  28'
Beattie  49'
Attendance: 7,597
Crystal Palace 1 – 2 Nottingham Forest
Kuqi  75' (Report) Cohen  28'
Thornhill  81'
Attendance: 15,162
Referee: Andy D'Urso
Crystal Palace 1 – 1 Sheffield Wednesday
Watson  54 (pen.)' (Report) Clarke  7'
Attendance: 14,650
Referee: Kevin Wright
Coventry City 0 – 2 Crystal Palace
(Report) Hill  9'
Watson  53'
Attendance: 16,883
Referee: Clive Oliver
Cardiff City 2 – 1 Crystal Palace
Chopra  33 (pen.)'
Ledley  53'		 (Report) Scannell  37'
Lawrence Red card 90+4'
Attendance: 17,478
Referee: Jonathan Moss
Crystal Palace 4 – 2 Bristol City
Oster  11'
Scannell  13'
Beattie  65'
Fonte  72'		 (Report) Adebola  44'
Maynard  74'
Attendance: 14,599
Referee: Grant Hegley
Norwich City 1 – 2 Crystal Palace
Pattison  61' (Report) Beattie  27'
Oster  40'
Attendance: 24,034
Referee: Dean Whitestone
Crystal Palace 0 – 0 Queens Park Rangers
(Report)
Attendance: 16,411
Referee: Rob Styles
Derby County 1 – 2 Crystal Palace
Varney  41' (Report) McCarthy  3'
Kuqi  61'
Attendance: 27,203
Crystal Palace 3 – 0 Southampton
Kuqi  9'
Beattie  15'
Ifill  75'		 (Report)
Attendance: 13,799
Crystal Palace 2 – 1 Doncaster Rovers
Kuqi  21 (pen.)'
Lee  89'		 (Report) Heffernan  15'
Attendance: 13,811
Referee: Andy Hall
Sheffield United 2 – 2 Crystal Palace
Dyer  41'
Beattie  88 (pen.)'		 (Report) McCarthy  47'
Carle  90+5'
Attendance: 23,045
Referee: Paul Taylor
Crystal Palace 3 – 1 Norwich City
Fonte  6, 31'
Butterfield  90'		 (Report) Doherty  19'
Attendance: 17,810
Referee: Keith Stroud
Bristol City 1 – 0 Crystal Palace
Maynard  2' (Report)
Attendance: 18,265
Referee: Andy Penn
Crystal Palace 1 – 4 Ipswich Town
Lee  31' (Report) Garvan  19'
Norris  28'
Lisbie  69'
Hill  89' o.g.
Attendance: 15,348
Referee: Clive Penton
Charlton Athletic 1 – 0 Crystal Palace
Spring  14' (Report)
Attendance: 20,627
Crystal Palace 0 – 1 Blackpool
(Report) Campbell  41 (pen.)'
Attendance: 13,810
Plymouth Argyle 1 – 3 Crystal Palace
Sawyer  68' (Report) Danns  21'
Lee  28'
Oster  43'
Attendance: 10,710
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
Sheffield Wednesday 2 – 0 Crystal Palace
McAllister  80'
Clarke  90+3'		 (Report)
Attendance: 22,687
Referee: Colin Webster
Crystal Palace 0 – 0 Birmingham City
Carle Red card 76' (Report)
Attendance: 12,847
Referee: Paul Taylor
Watford 2 – 0 Crystal Palace
Cowie  22'
J. Fonte  72' o.g.		 (Report)
Attendance: 15,529
Referee: Grant Hegley
Crystal Palace 0 – 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
(Report) Ebanks-Blake  74 (pen.)'
Attendance: 14,907
Referee: Graham Horwood
Crystal Palace 2 – 1 Preston North End
Stokes  32'
Danns  34'		 (Report) Jones  29'
Attendance: 16,340
Referee: Russell Booth
Burnley 4 – 2 Crystal Palace
Carlisle  39'
Alexander  81 (pen.)'
Thompson  88'
Rodriguez  90+3'		 (Report) Kuqi  26'
Carlisle  35' o.g.
Attendance: 10,312
Referee: Carl Boyeson
Swansea City 1 – 3 Crystal Palace
Pintado  66' (Report) Moses  49'
J. Fonte  61'
Kuqi  90+3'
Attendance: 13,663
Referee: Roger East
Barnsley 3 – 1 Crystal Palace
Campbell-Ryce  23'
Hills  52' o.g.
Mifsud  73'		 (Report) Kuqi  8'
Attendance: 10,885
Referee: Graham Salisbury
Crystal Palace 0 – 0 Reading
(Report) Rosenior Red card 72'
Attendance: 14,567
Referee: Andy D'Urso
Queens Park Rangers 0 – 0 Crystal Palace
(Report)
Attendance: 15,234
Referee: Scott Mathieson
Crystal Palace 1 – 1 Coventry City
Cadogan  72' (Report) Gunnarsson  31'
Attendance: 12,898
Referee: Fred Graham
Crystal Palace 0 – 2 Cardiff City
McCormack  22 (pen.), 90+2'
Attendance: 12,898
Referee: Russell Booth
Southampton 1 – 0 Crystal Palace
McGoldrick  67' (Report)
Attendance: 23,220
Referee: Mike Russell
Crystal Palace 1 – 0 Derby County
Moses Yellow cardRed card 60'
Kuqi  63'		 (Report)
Attendance: 14,736
Referee: Andy Woolmer
Doncaster Rovers 2 – 0 Crystal Palace
Shiels  45'
Hayter  75'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,880
Crystal Palace 0 – 0 Sheffield United
(Report)
Attendance: 22,824
Referee: Chris Foy

Football League Cup

Round 1

Crystal Palace 2 – 1 Hereford United
Carle  45'
Oster  49'		 (Report) Ashikodi  41'
Attendance: 3,094
Referee: Trevor Kettle

Round 2

Leeds United 4 – 0 Crystal Palace
Douglas  11'
Beckford  32'
Becchio  52'
Showunmi  76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 10,765
Referee: Kevin Friend

FA Cup

Round 3

Leicester City 0 – 0 Crystal Palace
(Report)
Attendance: 15,976
Referee: Graham Laws
Crystal Palace 2 – 1 Leicester City
Ifill  38'
Scannell  55'		 (Report) Gradel  90+4'
Attendance: 6,023
Referee: Steve Tanner

Round 4

Watford 4 – 3 Crystal Palace
DeMerit  17'
Cork  27'
Hoskins  67'
Rasiak  70'		 (Report) Hill  47'
Danns  83'
Ifill  90+5'
Attendance: 10,006

End of season awards

Award Winner
Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year Julián Speroni
Crystal Palace F.C. Young Player of the Year Nathaniel Clyne
Vice Presidents' Player of the Year José Fonte
Vice Presidents' Young Player of the Year Nathaniel Clyne
Scholar Player of the Year Nathaniel Clyne
Academy Player of the Year Alex Wynter
Crystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season Paddy McCarthy v Derby County (06-12-08)
Special Achievement Award Crystal Palace F.C. squad of the 1978-79 season for winning the Second Division title

References

  1. ↑ http://espnfc.com/team/squad/_/id/384/season/2008/league/eng.2/crystal-palace?cc=5739
  2. ↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/crystal-palace/tab/players/season/2009

Notes

  1. ↑ Fletcher was born in Camberley, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 2004.
  2. ↑ Moses was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but obtained asylum in England at the age of 11, and represented them at youth level before making his international debut for Nigeria in 2012.
  3. ↑ Scannell was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland internationally through his father, as well as Jamaica, and has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth and B level.
  4. ↑ Ifill was born in Brighton, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Barbados in June 2004.
  5. ↑ Oster was born in Boston, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1997.
  6. ↑ Kuqi was born in Vučitrn, Yugoslavia (part of Serbia in 2007, but now part of Kosovo), but was raised in Finland and made his international debut for Finland in August 1999.
  7. ↑ Wiggins was born in Hillingdon, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and has represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level.
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