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.
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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.
In January, an assessment of company accounts by Equifax saw Albion rated third among Premiership clubs by credit rating, with a score of 71 out of 100.[2]
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Premier LeagueRules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
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.
Albion completed a £3 million-plus refurbishment of the Halfords Lane Stand in time for the start of the season. This included new dressing rooms, dugout areas and tunnel, executive boxes and a media gantry. As a result, the capacity of The Hawthorns was slightly reduced to 26,272 and the stand was renamed as the West Stand.[3] New navy blue seats were installed in the stand, replacing the lighter blue seats previously fitted.[4]
First-team squad
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Left club during season
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Position |
Name |
Club From |
Fee |
Reference |
29 May 2008 |
FW |
Luke Moore |
Aston Villa |
£3,500,000 |
[5] |
29 May 2008 |
MF |
Kim Do-heon |
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
£550,000 |
[6] |
3 July 2008 |
DF |
Gianni Zuiverloon |
Heerenveen |
£3,200,000 |
[7] |
4 July 2008 |
MF |
Graham Dorrans |
Livingston |
£100,000 |
[8] |
15 July 2008 |
DF |
Marek Čech |
Porto |
£1,400,000 |
[9] |
18 July 2008 |
GK |
Scott Carson |
Liverpool |
£3,250,000 |
[10] |
10 August 2008 |
DF |
Abdoulaye Méïté |
Bolton Wanderers |
£2,000,000 |
[11] |
19 August 2008 |
MF |
Borja Valero |
Mallorca |
£4,900,000 |
[12] |
31 August 2008 |
DF |
Jonas Olsson |
NEC Nijmegen |
£850,000 |
[13] |
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Appearances and goals
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- West Bromwich Albion's score comes first
League Cup
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Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
16 August 2008 | Arsenal | Emirates Stadium | 0–1 | 60,071 (2,996) | |
23 August 2008 | Everton | The Hawthorns | 1–2 | 26,190 (2,598) | 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 (2,592) | Morrison 3', Bednar 37' pen., Brunt 83' |
21 September 2008 | Aston Villa | The Hawthorns | 1–2 | 26,011 (2,595) | Morrison 33' |
27 September 2008 | Middlesbrough | Riverside Stadium | 1–0 | 26,248 (2,480) | 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 (2,596) | |
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 (1,238) | Bednar 55', Miller 62' |
8 November 2008 | Liverpool | Anfield | 0–3 | 43,451 (1,700) | |
15 November 2008 | Chelsea | The Hawthorns | 0–3 | 26,322 (2,600) | |
22 November 2008 | Stoke City | Britannia Stadium | 0–1 | 26,613 | |
29 November 2008 | Wigan Athletic | JJB Stadium | 1–2 | 17,054 (4,053) | 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 (1,307) | |
21 December 2008 | Manchester City | The Hawthorns | 2–1 | 25,010 (1,419) | 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 (2,800) | Morrison 49' |
17 January 2009 | Middlesbrough | The Hawthorns | 3–0 | 25,557 (1,287) | Brunt 4', Fortune 54', Koren 67' |
27 January 2009 | Manchester United | The Hawthorns | 0–5 | 26,105 (2,600) | |
31 January 2009 | Hull City | KC Stadium | 2–2 | 24,879 (2,500) | Simpson 53', Brunt 73' pen. |
7 February 2009 | Newcastle United | The Hawthorns | 2–3 | 25,817 (1,700) | 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 (2,598) | 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 (1,462) | Shittu 82' o.g. |
4 April 2009 | Stoke City | The Hawthorns | 0–2 | 26,277 (2,592) | |
11 April 2009 | Portsmouth | Fratton Park | 2–2 | 20,376 (1,100) | Greening 48', Brunt 62' |
19 April 2009 | Manchester City | City of Manchester Stadium | 2–4 | 40,072 (1,698) | Brunt 37', 54' |
25 April 2009 | Sunderland | The Hawthorns | 3–0 | 26,256 (2,597) | 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 (598) | Fortune 8', 73', Brunt 59' |
17 May 2009 | Liverpool | The Hawthorns | 0–2 | 26,138 (2,600) | |
24 May 2009 | Blackburn Rovers | Ewood Park | 0–0 | 28,389 | |
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Paul, David (4 January 2009). "Credit crunch tackle brings the top clubs down to earth". Sunday Express.