2008–09 Notts County F.C. season

Notts County are the oldest club in the Football League. The 2008–09 season was its 12th year in The Football League.

Notts County

2008–09 season
Manager	Ian McParland
Football League Two	19th
FA Cup	2nd Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Football League Trophy	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Delroy Facey (9) All: Richard Butcher (10)
Highest home attendance	6,033 vs Aldershot Town, 27 September 2008
Lowest home attendance	2,886 vs Luton Town, 10 March 2009
Average home league attendance	3,928
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Season review

League Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	Barnet	46	11	15	20	56	74	−18	48
18	Port Vale	46	13	9	24	44	66	−22	48
19	Notts County	46	11	14	21	49	69	−20	47
20	Macclesfield Town	46	13	8	25	45	77	−32	47
21	Bournemouth	46	17	12	17	59	51	+8	46[a]

Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Bournemouth deducted 17 points for leaving administration without a Company Voluntary Agreement.^[1]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	11	14	21	49	69	−20	47	6	6	11	22	31	−9	5	8	10	27	38	−11

Last updated: 2 May 2009.
Source:

Cups

FA Cup

Notts County took on non-League side Sutton Town where they won. After that they took on another non-league side, Kettering Town where they drew resulting in a replay where they lost 2–1.

League Cup

Notts County started their League Cup campaign against newly promoted Championship side, Doncaster Rovers. Myles Weston scored the only goal to put them through to the second round, where they took on Premier League side Wigan Athletic. There they lost 4–0.

Football League Trophy

Notts County's Football League Trophy campaign only lasted one match. League One outfit Scunthorpe United beat the County 2–1 at Glanford Park.

Squad

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 Russell Hoult 2 DF  ENG Phil Picken 4 DF  ENG Mike Edwards 5 DF  ENG Adam Tann 6 DF  JAM Michael Johnson 7 MF  ENG Matthew Hamshaw 9 FW  ENG Jamie Forrester 11 MF  ENG Myles Weston 12 GK  ENG Kevin Pilkington 14 FW  ENG Sean Canham

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  SCO Gavin Strachan 16 FW  ENG Ben Fairclough 17 DF  ENG Jamie Clapham 18 DF  ENG Stephen Hunt 20 DF  EIR John Thompson (captain) 22 FW  GRN Delroy Facey 23 MF  ENG Richard Butcher 24  ENG Matt Richards 25 MF  ENG Adam Nowland

Statistics

As of end of season

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Russell Hoult	21	0	16	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
2	DF	ENG	Jason Beardsley*	14	0	11	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
2	DF	ENG	Phil Picken	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Paul Mayo*	16	2	10+2	2	1	0	2	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Mike Edwards	49	2	42+1	2	3	0	2	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	Adam Tann	17	0	9+5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
6	DF	JAM	Michael Johnson	30	2	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
7	MF	ENG	Matthew Hamshaw	46	3	39+2	3	2	0	2	0	1	0
8	MF	ENG	Neil MacKenzie*	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
9	FW	ENG	Jamie Forrester	32	8	27+3	8	2	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Jay Smith*	18	1	6+7	0	2	1	2	0	1	0
11	MF	ENG	Myles Weston	50	4	44	3	3	0	2	1	1	0
12	GK	ENG	Kevin Pilkington	26	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Sean Canham	29	4	7+16	3	3	1	2	0	1	0
15	MF	SCO	Gavin Strachan	19	1	13+5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	ENG	Ben Fairclough	11	0	2+6	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
17	DF	ENG	Jamie Clapham	43	2	40	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	ENG	Stephen Hunt	13	0	8+3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	ENG	Nathaniel Wedderburn*	11	0	3+6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	EIR	John Thompson	38	2	35	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	ENG	Spencer Weir-Daley*	14	0	0+10	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
22	FW	GRN	Delroy Facey	51	9	44+1	9	3	0	2	0	1	0
23	MF	ENG	Richard Butcher	39	10	29+5	8	2	1	2	0	1	1
24	DF	ENG	Mitchell Hanson*	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24		ENG	Matt Richards	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	ENG	Adam Nowland	21	0	16+4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	ENG	Lewis Neal*	6	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK	ENG	Josh Lillis*	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	ENG	Jonathan Forte*	18	8	15+3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0

• *Indicates player left during the season

Disciplinary record

Number	Pos	Player
20	DF	John Thompson	11	0
06	DF	Michael Johnson	9	0
09	FW	Jamie Forrester	0	1
07	MF	Matthew Hamshaw	4	0
10	FW	Jay Smith	4	0
02	DF	Phil Picken	4	0
04	DF	Mike Edwards	3	0
11	MF	Myles Weston	3	0
14	FW	Sean Canham	2	0
17	DF	Jamie Clapham	2	0
24	DF	Mitchell Hanson	2	0
03	DF	Paul Mayo	2	0
25	MF	Adam Nowland	2	0
02	DF	Jason Beardsley	1	0
23	MF	Richard Butcher	1	0
22	FW	Delroy Facey	1	0
10	FW	Jonathan Forte	1	0
18	DF	Stephen Hunt	1	0
26	MF	Lewis Neal	1	0
12	GK	Kevin Pilkington	1	0
05	DF	Adam Tann	1	0
19	MF	Nathaniel Wedderburn	1	0

Transfers

Summer transfers in

Player	Club	Fee
Sean Canham	Team Bath	Undisclosed
Delroy Facey	Gillingham	Free
Jamie Forrester	Lincoln City	Free
Matt Hamshaw	Unattached	Free
Michael Johnson	Derby County	Free

Loans in

Player	Club	Arrival Date	Date Return
Jason Beardsley	Derby County	5 June 2008	31 December 2008
Jonathan Forte	Scunthorpe United	13 November 2008	13 December 2008
Jonathan Forte	Scunthorpe United	February 2009	18 April 2009
Phil Picken	Chesterfield		End of Season

January transfers out

Player	Club	Fee
Paul Mayo	Released	–
Jay Smith	Released	–

Fixtures and results

League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 2008	Bradford City	A	1–2	14,038	Butcher
16 August 2008	Darlington	H	0–0	4,352
23 August 2008	Luton Town	A	1–1	6,058	Forrester
30 August 2008	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–2	4,697	Edwards, Butcher
6 September 2008	A.F.C. Bournemouth	H	1–1	4,362	Forrester
13 September 2008	Accrington Stanley	A	1–1	1,404	Canham
20 September 2008	Exeter City	A	2–2	4,341	Johnson, Canham
27 September 2008	Aldershot Town	H	2–1	6,033	Johnson, Butcher
4 October 2008	Port Vale	A	2–1	6,247	Forrester, Weston
13 October 2008	Brentford	H	1–1	6,012	Forrester
18 October 2008	Macclesfield Town	H	1–1	4,600	Facey
21 October 2008	Gillingham	A	2–2	4,396	Butcher, Facey
25 October 2008	Chesterfield	A	1–3	4,134	Facey
28 October 2008	Rochdale	H	1–2	3,610	Forrester
1 November 2008	Bury	H	0–1	4,391
15 November 2008	Barnet	A	4–0	1,934	Butcher, Forte (3)
22 November 2008	Dagenham & Redbridge	A	1–6	1,743	Forte
25 November 2008	Wycombe Wanderers	H	0–2	2,964
6 December 2008	Morecambe	H	1–0	3,671	Canham
13 December 2008	Chester City	A	0–2	1,767
20 December 2008	Lincoln City	H	0–1	4,568
26 December 2008	Grimsby Town	A	1–0	5,432	Facey
28 December 2008	Rotherham United	H	0–3	6,686
10 January 2009	Exeter City	H	2–1	3,832	Facey, Strachan
17 January 2009	Brentford	A	1–1	5,465	Facey
20 January 2009	Aldershot Town	A	2–2	2,491	Clapham, Hamshaw
24 January 2009	Port Vale	H	4–2	4,447	Weston, Forrester (3)
27 January 2009	Rochdale	A	0–3	2,289
31 January 2009	Chesterfield	H	0–1	4,953
14 February 2009	Barnet	H	2–0	3,830	Hamshaw, Clapham
17 February 2009	Macclesfield Town	A	1–1	1,370	Hamshaw
21 February 2009	Bury	A	0–2	2,810
28 February 2009	Bradford City	H	3–1	5,138	Forte (2), Facey
3 March 2009	Darlington	A	0–1	2,450
7 March 2009	Shrewsbury Town	A	2–3	5,192	Butcher, Forte
10 March 2009	Luton Town	H	0–2	2,886
14 March 2009	Accrington Stanley	H	1–1	3,701	Facey
17 March 2009	Gillingham	H	0–1	3,189
21 March 2009	A.F.C. Bournemouth	A	1–0	5,510	Weston
28 March 2009	Lincoln City	A	1–1	4,027	Facey
4 April 2009	Chester City	H	1–2	4,025	Edwards
11 April 2009	Rotherham United	A	1–2	2,945	Forte
13 April 2009	Grimsby Town	H	0–2	5,890
18 April 2009	Morecambe	A	0–1	2,161
25 April 2009	Dagenham & Redbridge	H	0–3	4,419
2 May 2009	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2–1	9,625	Thompson

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 November 2008	One	Sutton United	A	1–0	4,391	Butcher
30 November 2008	Two	Kettering Town	H	1–1	4,451	Canham
10 December 2008	Two (replay)	Kettering Town	A	1–2	3,019	Smith

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 2008	One	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–0	3,272	Weston
26 August 2008	Two	Wigan Athletic	A	0–4	4,100

Football League Trophy

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
2 September 2008	One	Scunthorpe United	A	1–2	1,755	Butcher

Backroom staff

Position	Name
First-Team Manager	Ian McParland
Assistant Manager	Dave Kevan
Coach	Tommy Johnson
Youth Team Manager
Goalkeeping Coach	Carl Muggleton
Physio	Paul Godfrey
Fitness Coach	Marcus Svensson
Head of Youth	Mick Leonard

See also

• Notts County F.C. seasons