2008–09 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

West Bromwich Albion
2008–09 season
ChairmanJeremy Peace
ManagerTony Mowbray
StadiumThe Hawthorns
Premier League20th (relegated)
FA CupFourth round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Chris Brunt (9)
All:
Chris Brunt (9)
Highest home attendance26,344 (vs. Tottenham Hotspur, 28 December)
Lowest home attendance24,741 (vs. Wigan Athletic, 9 May)
Average home league attendance25,827

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.

Season summary

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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]

Final league table

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Main article: 2008–09 Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Sunderland 38 9 9 20 34 54 −20 36
17 Hull City 38 8 11 19 39 64 −25 35
18 Newcastle United (R) 38 7 13 18 40 59 −19 34 Relegation to Football League Championship
19 Middlesbrough (R) 38 7 11 20 28 57 −29 32
20 West Bromwich Albion (R) 38 8 8 22 36 67 −31 32
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Background

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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]

Players

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First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Dean Kiely[notes 1]
2 DF Belgium BEL Carl Hoefkens
3 DF England ENG Paul Robinson
4 DF Slovakia SVK Marek Čech
5 DF England ENG Leon Barnett
7 MF Slovenia SVN Robert Koren
8 MF England ENG Jonathan Greening (captain)
9 FW Czech Republic CZE Roman Bednar
10 FW England ENG Ishmael Miller
11 FW Northern Ireland NIR Chris Brunt
12 FW Scotland SCO Craig Beattie
14 MF South Korea KOR Kim Do-heon
16 FW England ENG Luke Moore
17 MF Scotland SCO Graham Dorrans
18 DF Cape Verde CPV Pelé[notes 2]
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 GK England ENG Scott Carson
20 MF Portugal POR Filipe Teixeira[notes 3]
21 MF Argentina ARG Juan Carlos Menseguez (on loan from San Lorenzo)
22 DF Netherlands NED Gianni Zuiverloon
23 DF Ivory Coast CIV Abdoulaye Méïté[notes 4]
24 DF Netherlands Antilles ANT Shelton Martis
26 DF Sweden SWE Jonas Olsson
27 MF Scotland SCO James Morrison[notes 5]
28 MF Spain ESP Borja Valero
29 FW England ENG Jay Simpson (on loan from Arsenal)
30 DF Netherlands NED Ryan Donk (on loan from AZ)
31 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Youssouf Mulumbu[notes 6]
32 FW French Guiana GUF Marc-Antoine Fortuné
39 FW New Zealand NZL Chris Wood

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW Netherlands NED Sherjill MacDonald (on loan to Roeselare)
— GK Czech Republic CZE Michal Daněk (on loan from Viktoria Plzeň)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF England ENG Lee Baker (to Kidderminster Harriers)
— FW Poland POL Bartosz Ślusarski (on loan to Sheffield Wednesday; released)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF England ENG Neil Clement
13 GK England ENG Luke Daniels
25 DF England ENG Jared Hodgkiss
34 DF England ENG Paul Downing
No. Pos. Nation Player
38 MF England ENG Romaine Sawyers[notes 7]
41 GK England ENG Ryan Allsop
— MF England ENG Joss Labadie
— MF England ENG David Worrall

Transfers

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In

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Date 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]

Out

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Date Position Name Club To Fee Reference
21 May 2008 GK Luke Steele Barnsley Free [14]
11 June 2008 MF Zoltan Gera Fulham Free [15]
1 July 2008 DF Martin Albrechtsen Derby County Free [16]
3 July 2008 DF Curtis Davies Aston Villa Undisclosed [17]
9 July 2008 FW Kevin Phillips Birmingham City Free [18]

Loan In

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Date Position Name Club From Length Reference
31 August 2008 DF Ryan Donk AZ Alkmaar Until end of season [19]
31 December 2008 FW Jay Simpson Arsenal Until end of season [20]
15 January 2009 FW Marc-Antoine Fortuné Nancy Until end of season [21]
2 February 2009 MF Youssouf Mulumbu PSG Until end of season [22]
2 February 2009 MF Juan Carlos Menseguez San Lorenzo Until end of season [22]

Loan Out

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Date Position Name Club To Length Reference
29 August 2008 DF Jared Hodgkiss Aberdeen Six Months [23]
9 January 2009 FW Sherjill MacDonald Roeselare Until end of season [24]
26 March 2009 DF Jared Hodgkiss Northampton Town Until end of season [25]

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Dean Kiely 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
19 GK England ENG Scott Carson 39 0 35 0 4 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Belgium BEL Carl Hoefkens 15 0 6+4 0 3+1 0 1 0
3 DF England ENG Paul Robinson 37 1 35 0 2 1 0 0
4 DF Slovakia SVK Marek Čech 11 0 3+5 0 2 0 1 0
5 DF England ENG Leon Barnett 14 0 10+1 0 2 0 1 0
18 DF Cape Verde CPV Pelé 6 0 1+2 0 2 0 0+1 0
22 DF Netherlands NED Gianni Zuiverloon 35 1 33 0 1+1 1 0 0
23 DF Ivory Coast CIV Abdoulaye Méïté 19 0 18 0 0 0 1 0
24 DF Netherlands Antilles ANT Shelton Martis 7 0 6+1 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Sweden SWE Jonas Olsson 29 3 28 2 1 1 0 0
30 DF Netherlands NED Ryan Donk 19 0 14+2 0 3 0 0 0
Midfielders
7 MF Slovakia SVK Robert Koren 39 3 34+1 1 3 1 1 1
8 MF England ENG Jonathan Greening 38 2 33+1 2 3 0 1 0
11 MF Northern Ireland NIR Chris Brunt 38 8 28+6 8 1+2 0 1 0
14 MF South Korea KOR Kim Do-Heon 19 1 9+7 0 3 1 0 0
17 MF England ENG Graham Dorrans 11 0 5+3 0 1+2 0 0 0
20 MF Portugal POR Filipe Teixeira 13 0 1+9 0 3 0 0 0
21 MF Argentina ARG Juan Carlos Menseguez 7 1 3+4 1 0 0 0 0
27 MF Scotland SCO James Morrison 30 3 29+1 3 0 0 0 0
28 MF Spain ESP Borja Valero 34 0 27+3 0 1+2 0 1 0
31 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Youssouf Mulumbu 6 0 2+4 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Czech Republic CZE Roman Bednar 31 6 12+14 6 4 0 1 0
10 FW England ENG Ishmael Miller 15 3 11+4 3 0 0 0 0
12 FW Scotland SCO Craig Beattie 10 1 1+6 1 0+2 0 0+1 0
16 FW England ENG Luke Moore 23 1 5+16 1 1 0 1 0
29 FW England ENG Jay Simpson 17 2 9+4 1 3+1 1 0 0
32 FW French Guiana GUF Marc-Antoine Fortuné 18 5 17 5 1 0 0 0
39 FW New Zealand NZL Chris Wood 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
18 FW Netherlands NED Sherjill MacDonald 6 0 0+5 0 0 0 0+1 0

Results

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West Bromwich Albion's score comes first
Win Draw Loss

League Cup

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
26 August 2008 Second round Hartlepool United Victoria Park 1–3 (aet) 3,387 (704) Koren 87

FA Cup

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
3 January 2009 Third round Peterborough United The Hawthorns 1–1 18,659 Olsson 64'
13 January 2009 Third round replay Peterborough United London Road 2–0 10,735 (1,823) Simpson 18', Robinson 37'
24 January 2009 Fourth round Burnley The Hawthorns 2–2 18,294 (1,270) Koren 31', Kim 45'
3 February 2009 Fourth round replay Burnley Turf Moor 1–3 (aet) 6,635 (582) Zuiverloon 60'

Premier League

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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

Notes

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  1. ^ Kiely was born in Salford, England, and represented them at U-15, U-16, and U-18 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in November 1999.
  2. ^ Pelé was born in Albufeira, Portugal, but also qualified to represent Cape Verde internationally and made his international debut for Cape Verde in 2006.
  3. ^ Teixeira was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally and represented them at U-18, U-20, and U-21 level.
  4. ^ Méïté was born in Colombes, France, but also qualified to represent the Ivory Coast internationally and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in 2003.
  5. ^ Morrison was born in Darlington, England, and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandparents and made his international debut for Scotland in May 2008.
  6. ^ Mulumbu was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented them at U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in March 2008.
  7. ^ Sawyers was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and represented them at U-23 level before making his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in October 2012.

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