2008–09 AFC Bournemouth season

AFC Bournemouth

2008–09 season
Manager	Jimmy Quinn/Eddie Howe
Stadium	Dean Court
League Two	21st
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Brett Pitman (17) All: Brett Pitman (17)

Results

Bournemouth's score comes first ^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Two

Main article: 2008–09 Football League Two

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	9 August 2008	Gillingham	H	1–1	5,377	Anderton 42
2	16 August 2008	Aldershot Town	A	1–1	4,564	Sappleton 81
3	23 August 2008	Exeter City	H	0–1	5,350
4	30 August 2008	Port Vale	A	1–3	6,048	Lindfield 58
5	6 September 2008	Notts County	A	1–1	4,362	Pitman 19
6	13 September 2008	Macclesfield Town	H	0–1	3,922
7	20 September 2008	Bradford City	A	3–1	12,824	Hollands 39, Goulding 54, Pearce 70
8	27 September 2008	Darlington	H	3–1	4,124	Bartley 15, Austin (og) 37, Pitman 90
9	4 October 2008	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–3	5,005	Hollands 57
10	11 October 2008	Rotherham United	H	0–0	4,530
11	18 October 2008	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–4	5,738	Pitman 60
12	21 October 2008	Dagenham & Redbridge	H	2–1	3,554	Bradbury 24, Pitman 31
13	25 October 2008	Lincoln City	H	0–1	4,464
14	1 November 2008	Chesterfield	H	1–1	4,082	Goodall (og) 82
15	15 November 2008	Accrington Stanley	A	0–3	1,152
16	21 November 2008	Grimsby Town	A	3–3	4,353	Bradbury 6, 89, Anderton 79
17	25 November 2008	Morecambe	H	0–0	3,068
18	2 December 2008	Luton Town	A	3–3	6,773	Molesley 20, 51, Tubbs 76
19	6 December 2008	Chester City	H	1–0	4,154	Anderton 88
20	13 December 2008	Rochdale	A	1–1	2,285	Bradbury (p) 45
21	20 December 2008	Bury	H	2–0	3,479	Igoe 39, Partington 44
22	26 December 2008	Brentford	A	0–2	6,450
23	28 December 2008	Barnet	H	0–2	4,725
24	3 January 2009	Darlington	A	1–2	2,571	Hollands 29
25	17 January 2009	Rotherham United	A	0–1	3,270
26	24 January 2009	Wycombe Wanderers	H	3–1	5,946	Pitman 24, Pearce 32, Thomson 64
27	27 January 2009	Luton Town	H	1–1	5,230	Hollands 29
28	31 January 2009	Lincoln City	A	3–3	3,634	Molesley 36, Pitman (p) 65, (p) 77
29	7 February 2009	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–0	4,187	Pitman 23
30	14 February 2009	Accrington Stanley	H	1–0	4,109	Pitman 86
31	20 February 2009	Chesterfield	A	0–1	3,130
32	24 February 2009	Dagenham & Redbridge	A	1–0	1,602	Molesley 90
33	28 February 2009	Gillingham	A	0–1	5,353
34	3 March 2009	Aldershot Town	H	2–0	4,556	Hollands 39, Fletcher 56
35	7 March 2009	Port Vale	H	0–0	5,924
36	10 March 2009	Exeter City	A	3–1	4,946	Hollands 56, Pitman 59, 87
37	14 March 2009	Macclesfield Town	A	2–0	1,589	Bradbury 50, 70
38	17 March 2009	Bradford City	H	4–1	4,847	Fletcher 4, 39, Goulding 40, 51
39	21 March 2009	Notts County	H	0–1	5,510
40	28 March 2009	Bury	A	0–1	2,762
41	5 April 2009	Rochdale	H	4–0	5,092	Pitman 12, 67, 90, Feeney 25
42	11 April 2009	Barnet	A	0–1	3,133
43	13 April 2009	Brentford	H	0–1	8,168
44	18 April 2009	Chester City	A	2–0	3,349	Pitman 3, Robinson 79
45	25 April 2009	Grimsby Town	H	2–1	9,008	Feeney 47, Fletcher 80
46	2 May 2009	Morecambe	A	4–0	2,601	Ward 7, Feeney 36, Pitman 43, 69

FA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 FA Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	8 November 2008	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	3,935	Pearce 76
R2	29 November 2008	Blyth Spartans	H	0–0	4,165
R2 - Replay	16 December 2008	Blyth Spartans	A	0–1 (AET)	4,040

Football League Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Football League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	12 August 2008	Cardiff City	H	1–2	3,399	Kuffour 28

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2008–09 Football League Trophy

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	2 September 2008	Bristol Rovers	H	3–0	2,220	Goulding 38, Igoe 67, Hollands 76
R2	7 October 2008	MK Dons	A	1–0	4,329	Anderton 77
QF	4 November 2008	Colchester United	H	0–1	2,275

Squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Shwan Jalal 2 DF  AUS Scott Guyett 3 DF  ENG Ryan Garry 4 DF  ENG Shaun Cooper 5 DF  ENG Jason Pearce 6 MF  ENG Marvin Bartley 7 MF  ENG Sammy Igoe 9 FW  Jersey Brett Pitman 10 FW  ENG Alan Connell 11 MF  ENG Liam Feeney 13 GK  ENG Ryan Pryce 14 MF  ENG Danny Hollands 15 DF  ENG Joel Ward (on loan from Portsmouth) 16 FW  ENG Jeff Goulding

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  ENG Josh McQuoid[3] 18 DF  WAL Rhoys Wiggins (on loan from Crystal Palace) 20 MF  ENG Mark Molesley 20 MF  ENG Anton Robinson 22 MF  ENG Joe Partington 23 FW  ENG Lee Bradbury 24 DF  ENG George Webb 25 MF  ENG Steve Hutchings 28 DF  SCO Warren Cummings 29 MF  ENG Carl Preston 31 DF  ENG Jason Tindall 33 FW  ENG Steve Fletcher

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 10 FW  ENG Jo Kuffour (joined Bristol Rovers on 29 August 2008[4]) 16 MF  ENG Carl Pettefer (joined Bognor Regis Town[5]) 11 MF  ENG Scott Wagstaff (on loan from Charlton Athletic) 26 FW  JAM Ricky Sappleton (on loan from Leicester City) 21 FW  SCO Blair Sturrock (on loan from Swindon Town) 11 FW  ENG Michael Rankine (on loan from Rushden & Diamonds)

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  ENG Darren Anderton (retired on 7 December 2008[6]) 18 FW  ENG Michael Symes (on loan from Shrewsbury Town) 19 FW  ENG Matt Tubbs (on loan from Salisbury City) 12 FW  ENG Craig Lindfield (on loan from Liverpool) 12 GK  ENG David Button (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) 18 MF  ENG Jake Thomson (on loan from Southampton)

References

1. "AFC Bournemouth match record: 2009".
2. "FootballSquads – Bournemouth – 2007/08". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
3. McQuoid was born in Southampton, England, but also qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 2010.
4. "Rovers tie up Kuffour deal".
5. "Bognor Regis sign ex-Oxford pair". September 2008.
6. "Darren Anderton Retires". Bleacher Report.