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Tottenham Hotspur
Season 2008–09
Manager Flag of England Harry Redknapp
Chairman Flag of England Daniel Levy
Premier League 8th
FA Cup Fourth Round
Carling Cup Runners-Up
UEFA Cup Round of 32
Top goalscorer League:
Darren Bent (12)
All:
Darren Bent (17)
Highest home attendance 36,183 vs Liverpool
(1 November 2008)
Lowest home attendance 35,507 vs Bolton
(26 October 2008)
Average home attendance 35,929
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The 2008-09 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 17th season in the Premier League, their 30th successive season in the top division of the English football league system and the 126th year of their history.

After finishing 11th in the 2007-08 season,Tottenham began the season under the leadership of Spaniard Juande Ramos, drafted in to replace Martin Jol mid-way through the previous season, however after suffering the worst start of a league season in the history of Tottenham, Ramos was sacked and replaced by seasoned manager Harry Redknapp, quickly eliminating the continental structure that the club had established over the past seasons.

Tottenham drafted in a total 15 transfers whilst selling 19 players during the combined summer and winter transfer windows. Under Ramos, Spurs failed to win in eight league, only picking up two points, placing Tottenham Hotspur at the foot of the premier league table, however with Redknapp's arrival, Tottenham's league form improved and mainly remained positive with the final position of 8th, a far-cry from the relegation places Tottenham ocuppied throughout the campaign, Spurs also reached the final of the League Cup, as incumbent champions, they faced league leaders Manchester United but lost their title 4-1 on penalties. With an average attendance of 35,929, Tottenham had the 9th highest attendance in the premier league.

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[edit] Season 2008–2009

[edit] Pre-Season

[edit] Transfers

Luka Modric - Tottenham's most expensive signing of the 2008–09 season

At the end of the 2007–08 season, which saw Tottenham finish 11th in the Premier League, the club announced the signing of Luka Modrić[1] and reiterated that any club wishing to sign their striker Dimitar Berbatov would need to offer more than £30 million.[2] Tottenham's transfer movement began immediately with goalkeeper Radek Černý moving on a free transfer to QPR following the end of the season,[3] Černý's loan deal had expired and was not offered a contract extension by Tottenham nor his parent club Slavia Prague. Little under a month later, Tottenham agreed a deal with Barcelona for 19-year-old Giovani Dos Santos for an initial fee of £4.7million.[4] Not long afterwards, Tottenham reached a deal with Dutch club PSV Eindhoven for Brazilian goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes, valued at around £8 million.[5]

Follwing comments made by Sir Alex Ferguson, indicating confidence over signing Dimitar Berbatov even though negotiations were not yet underway, the Club issued a press statement, On 18 July 2008, on behalf of Daniel Levy saying that both Manchester United and Liverpool had been reported to the Premier League over comments their respective managers had made which were seen as unsettling both Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane with a view of enticing them away from Spurs".[6] Levy said of United boss, Alex Ferguson:

"Today's public comments by Manchester United's manager, announcing that he has made an offer for Dimitar and is confident that the deal will go through with time working in their favour, is a blatant example of sheer arrogance and interference with one of our players. It is also probably one of the worst offences by any manager in the Premier League to date and is unbelievably hypocritical given his recent comments in respect of Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid.

I have absolutely no wish to sell either player and to date we have not accepted any offer for either. However, when a player's head is turned and their commitment is absent, particularly when they occupy key positions such as that of striker, they become a negative influence in a team dressing room in which they were once a positive addition and influence. This is the situation we now have on our hands, with both Dimitar and Robbie having made it clear that they wish to leave for Manchester Utd and Liverpool respectively."[7]

Througout July, Tottenham parted ways with many first team members of the squad, On 23 July 2008, it was announced that the club had sold the services of Teemu Tainio. The Finnish midfielder joined Sunderland on a three-year contract,[8] Pascal Chimbonda followed him, a day later, by joining the same club for an undisclosed fee.[9]. The following day, former England number one goalkeeper Paul Robinson signed a five-year contract with Blackburn for a fee of £3.5 million, having played for spurs for four years. Robinson joined the club from Leeds United in May 2004 and made 175 appearances for the club in all competitions, even managing to score against Watford in 2007.[10]

On 28 July 2008, Tottenham agreed to sell Robbie Keane to Liverpool for a total that could amount to £20.3 million. With the sale, Tottenham also agreed to drop its official complaint to the Premier League about Liverpool's pursuit of Keane after Liverpool issued a formal apology and made a donation to The Tottenham Foundation.[11]

Dimitar Berbatov joined Manchester United within moments of the summer transfer window's closure

Levy issued a statement coinciding with the confirmation of the Keane transfer:

"I was incredibly disappointed when I first heard, not only that Liverpool had been working behind the scenes to bring Robbie to Anfield, but that Robbie himself wanted to go and he submitted a transfer request to this effect. I have already made my opinion clear on the nature of this transaction. I don't regard it as a transfer deal - that is something which happens between two clubs when they both agree to trade - this is very much an enforced sale, for which we have agreed a sum of £19m as compensation plus a potential further £1.3m in additional compensation."

On 30 July 2008, Steed Malbranque became the third player in a week following his former team mates, Tainio and Chimbonda and joining Sunderland for a fee of £7.8 million.[12] Later the same day Tottenham announced they had reached agreement with Blackburn Rovers for the transfer of David Bentley to the club for a £15 million fee.[13]

Totttenham made their first transfer move in the month of August with the signing of veteran goalkeeper César Sánchez from Real Zaragoza on 8 August 2008, The deal is initially a season long loan but with the permanent signing being completed at the end of the 2008-09 season,[14] and the first Tottenham departure in the month of August was Younes Kaboul, when on 11 August 2008, he joined Portsmouth for an undisclosed fee.[15] Towards the end of August, two more players left, with Anthony Gardner moving to Hull City[16] and Lee Young-Pyo leaving for Borussia Dortmund.[17]

[edit] Friendlies

As part of their pre-season preparations, Tottenham held training camp in Spain, along with numerous friendlies, in July.[18] Their first friendly began with playing local side Tavernes and strolling to an 8–0 success, with Giovani Dos Santos scoring his first goals for the clubs,[19] Tottenham, then, faced two of Juande Ramos' former teams in CD Dénia and Hércules. Spurs beat Dénia 4–2[20] and then curtailed the Spanish section of their preparations with a 1–1 with Hércules.[21]

Tottenham returned to England to play Norwich, recovering from a goal down to win 5–1 with Darren Bent netting four of the strikes,[22] and Leyton Orient, again winning 5–1, Luka Modric stuck his first goal for spurs whilst Darren Bent scored a hat-trick to take his tally to nine goals in five games.[23] Tottenham, then embarked to Holland to play in the Feyenoord Jubilee Tournament, held in Rotterdam at the start of August, with a 2–0 victory over Celtic thanks to goals from Darren Bent and David Bentley,[24] following this with another win, this time over German club Borussia Dortmund 3–0, with the goals coming from Bent, Dos Santos and Jamie O'Hara, Tottenham Hotspur were crowned the winners of the tournament on the 3 August.[25]

Tottenham finished their pre-season preparations with a 5–0 victory over Serie A giants Roma which ensured they stayed unbeaten throughout the period, scoring thirty-three goals and conceded five in a total of seven games, with Darren Bent scoring 13 times.[26]

[edit] August

Stamford Bridge was the venue for Tottenham's first point of the season

Tottenham Hotspur's league season got off to a bad start with a 2–1 loss to Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium,[27] followed a week later by a last gasp 2–1 defeat to Sunderland with the debutant Djibril Cisse scoring the winning goal in the final minutes.[28] The defeats against Middlesbrough and Sunderland were punctuated with the on-going transfer saga concerning Dimitar Berbatov and Manchester United, rumours that Berbatov had refused to play, later revealed to be true,[29] began to circulate along with the theory that this refusal from one of Tottenham's best players was hurting the morale of the team. Tottenham got their first point of the season, Eight days after the Sunderland loss, in a 1–1 draw at Stamford Bridge against title contenders Chelsea.[30] With, both, the end of August and the summer transfer window approaching, the Berbatov saga ended with him making a transfer to Manchester United for £30.75million and young striker Fraizer Campbell coming on loan for the whole season,[31] Manchester City had tried to enter the fray in the final hours with a £30million bid accepted but Berbatov rejected the move.[32] Vedran Corluka also completed his move from Manchester City to join his Croatian team-mate Luka Modrić and provide competition for the right-back position.[33]

[edit] September

Tottenham's first match in the month of September lead to another 2–1 loss at home to Aston Villa.[34] This resulted in three losses in four and only one point from a possible twelve and they were rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table. Tottenham achieved their first competitive win of the season in the UEFA Cup against Wisła Kraków with David Bentley scoring his debut and the winning goal.[35] Spurs disappointing league form continued with a drab 0–0 home draw against Wigan Athletic[36] and then a tepid 2–0 away defeat to Portsmouth, with ex-Tottenham player Jermain Defoe scoring a penalty.[37] At the end of September, Tottenham Hotspur were bottom of the league and officially suffering their worst Premier League start. However Spurs were able to make a successful start to the defence of their Carling Cup title, defeating Newcastle United 2–1 at St James' Park to progress to the fourth round of the competition.[38]

[edit] October

Roman Pavlyuchenko scored his first league goal in Tottenham's first win over Bolton Wanderers at White Hart Lane

October started with progression to the group stages of the UEFA Cup for Tottenham with a 1–1 draw in Poland against Wisła Kraków in their second leg tie,[39] but Spurs' horrendous league form continued with a home loss to newly promoted Hull City, Geovanni's long range free-kick in the early minutes of the game condemned Tottenham to another loss,[40] They then followed this match with another battle against a newly promoted side, Stoke. The match concluded with Tottenham conceding two penalties and having Michael Dawson & Gareth Bale sent off in a 2–1 loss.[41] This loss meant that Tottenham had only two points from eight games, were bottom of the Premier League and now were amidst the worst start to a season in the 126 year history of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. The ever-increasing pressure on manager Juande Ramos grew to fever pitch after a very poor 2–0 loss in Italy to Udinese in the first match of the UEFA Cup Group stage.[42]

On Saturday 25 October, the club announced the departure, with immediate effect, of Sporting Director Damien Comolli, Head Coach Juande Ramos and First Team Coaches, Marcos Álvarez and Gus Poyet, It was announced, within hours, that the club had agreed a deal worth £5 million with Portsmouth F.C, allowing manager Harry Redknapp to become the boss at Tottenham.[43]

Redknapp was unveiled as Tottenham manager the same day before the home match against Bolton Wanderers F.C. and gave the team talk, although the team itself was selected by Clive Allen and Alex Inglethorpe. Tottenham eased to their first league win of the season, with Roman Pavlyuchenko scoring his first Premier League goal.[44] Tottenham then faced bitter rivals Arsenal in the latest installment of the North London derby, the match ended 4–4 and viewed as one of the best games in the long history of the North London derby. Tottenham took the lead with a stunning David Bentley volley from 35-yards, Arsenal then responded with a Mikael Silvestre header and found themselves 3–1 ahead deep inside the second half, Darren Bent made it 3–2 before Robin Van Persie seemingly wrapped up the points making it 4–2 to Arsenal. With 5 minutes left, Jermaine Jenas made it 4–3 after capitalising on a Gael Clichy slip, and then Aaron Lennon grabbed a point for Tottenham when he, four minutes into stoppage time, made it 4–4 with a tap-in.[45]

[edit] November

Tottenham's revitalised form continued into November with a last gasp win over league leaders Liverpool,[46] Dirk Kuyt blasted Liverpool into an early lead before a Jamie Carragher own goal and a Pavlyuchenko tap-in gave Spurs the three points. five days later, Harry Redknapp took charge of his first Tottenham UEFA cup match which ended with Tottenham thrashing Dinamo Zagreb 4–0, including a Darren Bent hat-trick, resurrecting the UEFA Cup challenge.[47]

The first away win for Tottenham's season came on the 9th November 2008, with a 2–1 win over Manchester City and Darren bent scoring his 5th goal in two games,[48] Tottenham's fourth game in 11 days sent them to fifth round of the Carling Cup with an emphatic 4–2 win over Liverpool, which also included the first goals for on-loan striker Fraizer Campbell.[49]

Tottenham's six game unbeaten run ended with a 2–1 loss to Fulham, A mistake from Heurelho Gomes helped Fulham into a two goal lead before Fraizer Campbell pulled one back. [50] Tottenham recovered quickly with a 1–0 win over Blackburn Rovers,[51] increasing the pressure on Blackburn manager Paul Ince and another 1–0 win over NEC Nijmegen in the UEFA Cup almost assuring safe passage to the next round.[52]

November ended with a 1–0 home loss to Everton, Steven Pienaar's deflected effort, later attributed as a Vedran Corluka own goal, was enough to get the victory for Everton.[53]

[edit] December

Tottenham began December by putting themselves into the semi-finals of the Carling Cup with a 2–1 win over Watford F.C, Watford had taken the lead through a Tamas Priskin strike but a penalty from Roman Pavlyuchenko and a goal from Darren Bent earned Spurs a tie versus Burnley in the semi-final.[54] Tottenham continued their decent league form with a dominating 2–0 win over West Ham which also included Ledley King's first goal for three years.[55]

Spurs then faced defending league champions Manchester United in a home tie which ended in an exciting 0–0 draw, which meant that Tottenham were now unbeaten against the Premier League Top Four,[56] Tottenham then completed their UEFA Cup group stage with a 2-2 draw with Spartak Moscow,[57] they proceeded to the next stage in runner up place to face Champions league drop-outs Shakhtar Donetsk.

Tottenham faced Newcastle United at St. James Park in a losing 2–1 effort, The match was heading for a 1–1 draw until Damien Duff scored in stoppage time to give Newcastle a smash and grab win, five days later,[58] Tottenham opposed Fulham in the return match at White Hart Lane, the match ended 0–0.[59]

December ended the same as November with a loss, this time to newly promoted West Brom. The 2–0 win was controversial however, as defender Michael Dawson claimed that he had been fouled by Albion striker Roman Bednar while the latter scored the opening goal. The goal stood and Tottenham ended the year still very much in a relegation battle.[60]

[edit] January Transfer Window

Robbie Keane returned to Tottenham only 6 months after his move to Liverpool

With the January transfer window opening on January 1, Tottenham made movement in the market straight away. On the 6 January 2009, Jermain Defoe returned to the club from Portsmouth in a deal worth an initial £9million with extras and the writing off of past transfer fees in Pedro Mendes and Defoe himself meant the media announced the fee £15 million,[61] Just over 2 weeks later, Tottenham came to an agreement for the transfer of Wilson Palacios for a fee of £12 million from Wigan, the deal for Palacios was concluded on the 30th January with the approval of a work permit.[62] Tottenham also signed experienced goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini from Chelsea on a free transfer[63] and also concluded a deal to re-sign Pascal Chimbonda from Sunderland for a fee thought to be around £3 million,[64] On the final day of the transfer window, Tottenham resigned their third former player in a month, signing striker Robbie Keane for a fee of an initial £12 million, which, depending on circumstances, can rise to £15 million.[65]

The departures in January saw Andy Barcham made his loan move to Gillingham permanent for an undisclosed fee,[66] four days later, Charlie Daniels left Tottenham to join Leyton Orient on a free transfer.[67] On the 21st January, Veteran goalkeeper Cesar Sanchez contract was cancelled so he could return to Spain to play for Spanish club Valencia.[68] and two days later, Tottenham outcast Hossam Ghaly joined Saudi-Arabian club Al-Nasr for an undisclosed price.[69].

[edit] January

January began well for Tottenham, advancing to the next round of the FA Cup with a 3–1 win over Wigan[70] and then following that with a 4–1 win against Burnley in the Carling Cup semi-final first leg,[71] however Tottenham's league form again suffered when in the next game, against Wigan, Spurs lost 1–0 when Maynor Figueroa powered in a header in stoppage time to confine Tottenham to another loss from last minute goals.[72]

Tottenham responded seven days later with a 1–1 draw against Portsmouth, at White Hart Lane, The match had massive publicity because of the return of Harry Redknapp and Jermain Defoe, In the match, David Nugent scored a deflected goal before Defoe returned to haunt his old club by scoring the equaliser.[73]

Tottenham, then, faced Burnley in the Carling Cup semi-final second leg. Burnley could only progress by winning by three clear goals and it was widely seen as unlikely that Burnley would offer much in terms of opposition, however after 90 minutes, goals from Robbie Blake, Chris McCann and Jay Rodriguez took the game amazingly to extra time and if they held on they would progress thanks to the away goals rule, but facing elimination with under three minutes left to play, goals from Pavlyuchenko and Defoe saw Spurs progress to the final 6-4 on aggregate.[74]

Three days after the extra-time tie, Tottenham faced Manchester United in the FA Cup, losing valiantly 2–1, having taken the lead through Pavlyuchenko before a deflected goal from Paul Scholes and a strike from Dimitar Berbatov ended the FA challenge for the 2008-09 season.[75]

Thre days later, Tottenham got their first league win in 6 games with a 3–1 home win over Stoke, brilliant play saw Spurs take a 3–0 lead in the first 30 minutes before James Beattie scored a consolation goal for the visitors,[76] January ended in defeat for Spurs with 3–2 loss to Bolton, Bolton took a 2–0 lead before a Darren Bent double levelled until another last minute goal from Kevin Davies claimed the points for the home side.[77]

[edit] February

February for Tottenham Hotspur started with a North London derby against fierce rivals, Arsenal. The highly anticipated match ended 0–0 with Spurs enjoying the dominant moments in the game thanks, in part, to the first half sending off of Arsenal midfielder, Emmanuel Eboue.[78] An eleven day rest, ended with a trip to Ukraine to face champions league drop-outs, Shakhtar Donetsk in the Last 32 of the UEFA Cup. Tottenham lost 2–0, thanks to late goals from Evhen Seleznyov and Jádson.[79] The match incurred much criticism from some quarters, due to Tottenham playing a weakened side, however the criticisms were brushed aside by Harry Redknapp, emphatically prioritising the Premier League and League Cup over the UEFA cup.[80] On the 23 February, Tottenham faced Hull City at the KC Stadium in the Monday night fixture. Spurs eased to a 2–1 win with goals from Aaron Lennon and Jonathan Woodgate sealing a valuable set of points.[81]

Tottenham ended the February set of fixtures only three days later with the return leg of Shakhtar Donetsk, Tottenham again fielded a severely weakened team, due in part to the Carling Cup Final being only three days away, and earned an extremely valiant 1–1 draw, with Giovani Dos Santos scoring his first Tottenham goal before a late Fernandinho goal sealed the leg for Shakhtar in the dying moments to eliminate Spurs from the European competition.[82]

[edit] March

Tottenham visited Wembley two years consecutively, In 2008-09 they entered as incumbent League Cup Champions

March began with the 2009 Carling Cup final against Manchester United, the frantic final ended 0–0 and resulted in a penalty shoot-out, which Manchester United won 4–1 to win the first major trophy of the 2008-09 season.[83]

Tottenham rebounded from the heart-break of the final loss, three days later, with a 4–0 mauling of Middlesbrough to ease the immediate relegation concerns.[84] The unbeaten run continued with a 1–1 at Sunderland on 7 March, the tense match began with an early goal for Kieran Richardson and remained so until in the dying embers of the game, Robbie Keane struck a volley to earn Spurs a point.[85] Eight days later, Tottenham faced fourth placed Aston Villa at Villa Park, an early goal from Jermaine Jenas gave spurs the lead until early in the second half when the lead was extended thanks to a Darren Bent tap-in, John Carew stuck a consolation goal as Tottenham took the three points.[86] Days before the last match of the March fixtures, Tottenham announced a record amount of profit in the 2008 fiscal year.[87]

Tottenham faced Chelsea in the final match in March at White Hart Lane, In a thrilling London derby, Tottenham took maximum points, thanks to a second half goal from Croatian Luka Modrić and a much improved performance by goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes, putting Tottenham only three points behind a European place.[88]

March ended with three call-ups into the England squad with Aaron Lennon in, thanks to being in mercurial form during the month of March and Ledley King earning a shock call-up, however with the constant injury situation surrounding the goliath defender, King had to pull out three days later.[89][90] Darren Bent also received a call up, on the 28th March, after an injury to Carlton Cole ruled him out of the world cup qualifier against Ukraine.[91]

[edit] April

The penultimate month of the Premier League season began with a trip to Ewood Park, on 4 April, to face relegation-battlers Blackburn Rovers, Tottenham took the lead through a Robbie Keane peanlty and led until the 80th minute, when the contentious sending off of Wilson Palacios swung the game back in Blackburn's favour and two late goals from Benni McCarthy and Andre Ooijer gave the three points to the home side.[92]

Seven days later, Tottenham faced West Ham in a London Derby, the match ended 1–0 thanks to a solo effort from the returning Roman Pavlyuchenko.[93] The win ignited Tottenham's charge into the final Europa league place which was consolidated eight days later on the 19 April, with another 1–0 win, this time over struggling Newcastle. An early Darren Bent goal was enough to secure the points and help steer the club further towards european football.[94]

April ended with a defeat to league leaders, Manchester United, At Old Trafford. Tottenham led 2–0 through two quick-fire strikes from Darren Bent and Luka Modric, but in the second half, Manchester United were awarded a penalty by referee Howard Webb, and went on to win the game 5–2. Webb later admitted that he had got the penalty decision wrong.[95] The loss damaged Tottenham's hopes of 7th place.[96]

[edit] May

Against the norm, there were four Premier league fixtures in May. Tottenham took on relegation strugglers West Bromwich Albion at White Hart Lane, looking to bounce back from the heavy defeat at Old Trafford. The game was settled by a well placed Jermaine Jenas effort from just outside the area on the stroke of half time, and secured Spurs' fifth home win a row. It was their fourth 1–0 win at home in a row, and sixth consecutive home clean sheet, leaving them on the verge of a club record of the fewest goals conceded at home in a season.[97]

A week later, Tottenham travelled to Goodison Park, The game was marred by the pre-match news that the brother of Wilson Palacios had been confirmed dead in his native Honduras, causing him to leave the team hotel hours before the game.[98] This was one of many factors that caused Harry Redknapp to go with an unorthodox 3-5-2 formation, notably bringing in Gareth Bale at left wing-back for the Welsh youngster's first league start for four months. A game that finished 0–0 for the second consecutive season earned Tottenham a point in their european quest.[99]

The following Saturday, Tottenham went in to their final home game of the season against Manchester City, with a target of setting a new club record for goals conceded at home. They simply had to concede no more than a goal to break the record of eleven which had stood since 1920. Spurs could also end Manchester City's hopes of Europe next season, while increasing their own slender hopes. Tottenham took the lead in the 29th minute, when Jermain Defoe improvised with a back heel from close range from Tom Huddlestone's cross. In the second half Spurs were forced to rue their earlier missed chances when Valeri Bojinov grabbed an equaliser, in the process scoring the first away goal at the lane since James Beattie's consolation in January. A draw was looking increasingly likely until Fraizer Campbell was brought down to win a penalty, which was converted by Robbie Keane. The game finished 2–1 and Tottenham, having conceded just ten goals at home all season, broke their own club record and ensured ending the season with the best home defence in the 2008-09 season.[100]

Tottenham went in to the final game of the season at Anfield, with a small chance of making 7th place and Europe, needing to beat Liverpool, and hoping that Everton could get three points against Fulham at Craven Cottage. While Everton got the victory, winning 2–0, a poor display by Spurs meant that it made no difference. Fernando Torres and an own goal by Alan Hutton had Liverpool 2–0 up and cruising. A goal from Robbie Keane on his return to Anfield gave Tottenham a glimmer of hope, but just three minutes later allowed Yossi Benayoun to sew the game up for the home team with Tottenham Hotspur finishing the season with a 3–1 loss.[101]

Spurs finished the season in 8th place, a remarkable turnaround considering they were as low as 19th place as recently as January and 20th for a part of the season. Having made their worst start to a league season in their 126 year history, Tottenham made a three place improvement on the 2007–08 season.

[edit] Premier League table

P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United  (C) 38 28 6 4 68 24 +44 90 UEFA Champions League 2009–10 Group stage
2 Liverpool 38 25 11 2 77 27 +50 86
3 Chelsea 38 25 8 5 68 24 +44 83
4 Arsenal 38 20 12 6 68 37 +31 72 UEFA Champions League 2009–10 Play-off round
5 Everton 38 17 12 9 55 37 +18 63 UEFA Europa League 2009–10 Play-off round
6 Aston Villa 38 17 11 10 54 48 +6 62
7 Fulham 38 14 11 13 39 34 +5 53 UEFA Europa League 2009–10 Third qualifying round
8 Tottenham Hotspur 38 14 9 15 45 45 0 51
9 West Ham United 38 14 9 15 42 45 −3 51
10 Manchester City 38 15 5 18 58 50 +8 50
11 Wigan Athletic 38 12 9 17 34 45 −11 45
12 Stoke City 38 12 9 17 39 55 −16 45
13 Bolton Wanderers 38 11 8 19 41 53 −12 41
14 Portsmouth 38 10 11 17 38 57 −19 41
15 Blackburn Rovers 38 10 11 17 40 60 −20 41
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 2009–10
19 Middlesbrough  (R) 38 7 11 20 28 57 −29 32
20 West Bromwich Albion  (R) 38 8 8 22 36 67 −31 32

Updated to games played on 24 May 2009
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date Player Previous Club Cost
30 May 2008 Flag of England John Bostock Crystal Palace £700,000[102]
30 June 2008 Flag of Italy Mirko Ranieri Perugia Undisclosed[103]
1 July 2008 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Jose-Paul Mpoku Standard Liège Undisclosed[104]
1 July 2008 Flag of Croatia Luka Modrić Dinamo Zagreb £15.8 million[105]
1 July 2008 Flag of Mexico Giovani Dos Santos Barcelona £4.7 million[106]
1 July 2008 Flag of Brazil Heurelho Gomes PSV Eindhoven £7.8 million[107]
30 July 2008 Flag of England David Bentley Blackburn Rovers £15 million[108]
8 August 2008 Flag of Spain César Sánchez Real Zaragoza Undisclosed[109]
30 August 2008 Flag of Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko Spartak Moscow £13.8 million[110]
1 September 2008 Flag of Croatia Vedran Ćorluka Manchester City £8.5 million[111]
6 January 2009 Flag of England Jermain Defoe Portsmouth £9 million[112]
21 January 2009 Flag of Honduras Wilson Palacios Wigan £12 million[62]
26 January 2009 Flag of Italy Carlo Cudicini Chelsea Free[113]
26 January 2009 Flag of France Pascal Chimbonda Sunderland £3 million[114]
2 February 2009 Flag of Ireland Robbie Keane Liverpool £12 million[115][116]
Total
£102.3 million +

[edit] Out

Date Player New Club Cost
1 July 2008 Flag of the Czech Republic Radek Černý QPR Free[117]
1 July 2008 Flag of England Joe Martin Blackpool Undisclosed[118]
7 July 2008 Flag of England Tommy Forecast Southampton Undisclosed[119]
23 July 2008 Flag of Finland Teemu Tainio Sunderland £5million[120]
25 July 2008 Flag of England Paul Robinson Blackburn £3.5million[121]
26 July 2008 Flag of France Pascal Chimbonda Sunderland £5million[122]
28 July 2008 Flag of Ireland Robbie Keane Liverpool £19million[123]
30 July 2008 Flag of France Steed Malbranque Sunderland £7million[124]
11 August 2008 Flag of France Younes Kaboul Portsmouth £6million[125]
14 August 2008 Flag of England Anthony Gardner Hull City £2.5million[126]
27 August 2008 Flag of South Korea Lee Young-Pyo Borussia Dortmund Undisclosed[127]
1 September 2008 Flag of Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov Manchester United £30.75million[128]
21 December 2008 Flag of Canada Paul Stalteri Borussia Mönchengladbach Released[129]
29 December 2008 Flag of Norway Dag Alexander Olsen Valencia Undisclosed[130]
2 January 2009 Flag of England Andy Barcham Gillingham Undisclosed[131]
6 January 2009 Flag of England Charlie Daniels Leyton Orient Free[132]
21 January 2009 Flag of Spain César Sánchez Valencia Undisclosed[133]
23 January 2009 Flag of Egypt Hossam Ghaly Al-Nasr Undisclosed[134]
9 February 2009 Flag of England Leigh Mills Unattached Released[135]
Total
£68.75 million +

[edit] Trials

Date Player Club Result
6 January 2009 Flag of Ghana Stephen Appiah Free Agent Unsuccessful[136]
16 January 2009 Flag of Ghana Quincy Owusu-Abeyie Spartak Moscow Unsuccessful[137]

[edit] Loan arrivals

Date Player Club Loan Length
2 September 2008 Flag of England Fraizer Campbell Manchester United 24 May 2009[138]

[edit] Loans depatures

Loan Start Date Player Club Loan End Date
11 July 2008 Flag of England Jake Livermore Crewe Alexandra 23 July 2008[139]
26 August 2008 Flag of England Charlie Daniels Gillingham 29 September 2008[140]
8 August 2008 Flag of England Troy Archibald-Henville Norwich 10 November 2008[141]
16 October 2008 Flag of England Ben Alnwick Carlisle 17 November 2008[142]
19 September 2008 Flag of England David Button Grays Athletic 20 November 2008[143]
2 July 2008 Flag of England Simon Dawkins Leyton Orient 1 January 2009[144]
8 August 2008 Flag of England Leigh Mills Gillingham 1 January 2009[145]
26 August 2008 Flag of the Czech Republic Tomas Pekhart Southampton 1 January 2009[146][147]
25 September 2008 Flag of England Andy Barcham Gillingham 2 January 2009[148]
1 January 2009 Flag of England Lee Butcher Grays Athletic 15 February 2009[149]
16 January 2009 Flag of England David Button Bournemouth 16 February 2009[150][151]
25 February 2009 Flag of England Kyle Fraser-Allen Macclesfield 1 April 2009[152]
6 March 2009 Flag of England David Button Luton 7 April 2009[153][154]
10 March 2009 Flag of England Lee Butcher St Albans 11 April 2009[155]
13 March 2009 Flag of Morocco Adel Taarabt QPR 24 April 2009[156][157]
17 April 2009 Flag of England David Button Dagenham & Redbridge 1 May 2009[158][159]
20 January 2009 Flag of England Troy Archibald-Henville Exeter 4 May 2009[160][161]
29 January 2009 Flag of France Dorian Dervite Southend 4 May 2009[162]
3 March 2009 Flag of England Danny Hutchins Yeovil 4 May 2009[163][164]
12 March 2009 Flag of Wales Chris Gunter Nottingham Forest 4 May 2009[165]
13 March 2009 Flag of Mexico Giovani Dos Santos Ipswich 4 May 2009[166]
19 March 2009 Flag of England Jonathan Obika Yeovil 4 May 2009[167][168]
19 March 2009 Flag of England Andros Townsend Yeovil 4 May 2009[169][170]
24 March 2009 Flag of England Danny Rose Watford 4 May 2009[171]
26 March 2009 Flag of Spain Yuri Berchiche Cheltenham 4 May 2009[172]
26 March 2009 Flag of Ireland David Hutton Cheltenham 4 May 2009[173]
18 April 2009 Flag of England Lee Butcher Grays Athletic 4 May 2009[174]
11 January 2009 Flag of Germany Kevin Prince-Boateng Borussia Dortmund 24 May 2009[175]
2 February 2009 Flag of the Czech Republic Tomas Pekhart Slavia Prague January 2010[176]

[edit] Season 2008-09 Long-term injury list

Date Injured Player Injury Return Date
8 November 2008 Flag of Mexico Giovani Dos Santos Ankle Ligament 2 January 2009[177]
17 January 2009 Flag of England Ledley King Hamstring strain 23 February 2009[178]
20 November 2008 Flag of Scotland Alan Hutton Foot fracture 23 March 2009[179][180][181]
29 January 2009 Flag of England Jermain Defoe Broken metatarsal 15 April 2009[182][183][184]
19 April 2009 Flag of England Michael Dawson Torn ankle ligament Start of 2009–10 season[185]
25 April 2009 Flag of England Darren Bent Medial ligament injury 24 May 2009[186][187]
26 April 2009 Flag of England Jamie O'Hara Knee Injury Start of 2009–10 season[188]
18 May 2009 Flag of England Tom Huddlestone Knee Injury Start of 2009–10 season[189]

[edit] Match results

[edit] Pre-season

Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
14 July 2008 Tavernes N 0–8 Lennon Goal 27', PekhartGoal 47', 63', Dos Santos Goal 53', 68', Malbranque Goal 76', O'Hara Goal 84', 85', N/A
19 July 2008 CD Dénia N 2–4 Taarabt Goal 30', Jenas Goal 38', Townsend Goal 54', Bent Goal 59', N/A
24 July 2008 Hércules A 1–1 Bent Goal 34' N/A
28 July 2008 Norwich A 1–5 Stefanovic Goal 10' (OG), Bent Goal 44', 57', 72', 75' 25,243
30 July 2008 Leyton Orient A 1–5 Bent Goal 45', 59', 76', Lennon Goal 47', Modrić Goal 51' 9,250
1 August 2008 Celtic N 0–2 Bent Goal 24', Bentley Goal 79' N/A
3 August 2008 Borussia Dortmund N 0–3 Bent Goal 9', Dos Santos Goal 54', O'Hara Goal 87' N/A
10 August 2008 AS Roma H 5–0 Bentley Goal 2', 45', Bent Goal 4', 53', Lennon Goal 49' 35,841

[edit] Premier League

Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
16 August 2008 Middlesbrough A 2–1 Huth Goal 90' (OG) 32,623
23 August 2008 Sunderland H 1–2 Jenas Goal 73' 36,064
31 August 2008 Chelsea A 1–1 Bent Goal 45+1' 41,790
15 September 2008 Aston Villa H 1–2 Bent Goal 87' 36,075
21 September 2008 Wigan H 0–0 35,808
28 September 2008 Portsmouth A 2–0 20,352
5 October 2008 Hull City H 0–1 36,062
19 October 2008 Stoke City A 2–1 Bent Goal 25' 27,500
26 October 2008 Bolton H 2–0 Pavlyuchenko Goal 17' Bent Goal 76' (pen) 35,507
29 October 2008 Arsenal A 4–4 Bentley Goal 13', Bent Goal 67', Jenas Goal 89', Lennon Goal 90+4' 60,043
1 November 2008 Liverpool H 2–1 Carragher Goal 70' (OG), Pavlyuchenko Goal 90' 36,183
9 November 2008 Manchester City A 1–2 Bent Goal 29', 64' 41,893
15 November 2008 Fulham A 2–1 Campbell Goal 81' 25,139
23 November 2008 Blackburn H 1–0 Pavlyuchenko Goal 9' 35,903
30 November 2008 Everton H 0–1 35,742
8 December 2008 West Ham A 0–2 King Goal 68', O'Hara Goal 90' 34,277
13 December 2008 Manchester United H 0–0 35,882
21 December 2008 Newcastle United A 2–1 Modrić Goal 29' 47,982
26 December 2008 Fulham H 0–0 35,869
28 December 2008 West Brom A 2–0 26,344
11 January 2009 Wigan A 1–0 17,500
18 January 2009 Portsmouth H 1–1 Defoe Goal 70' 36,011
27 January 2009 Stoke City H 3–1 Lennon Goal 8', Defoe Goal 21', Dawson Goal 25' 36,072
31 January 2009 Bolton A 3–2 Bent Goal 73', 75' 21,575
8 February 2009 Arsenal H 0–0 36,021
23 February 2009 Hull City A 1–2 Lennon Goal 17', Woodgate Goal 86' 24,742
4 March 2009 Middlesbrough H 4–0 Keane Goal 9', Pavlyuchenko Goal 14', Lennon Goal 40', 79' 35,761
7 March 2009 Sunderland A 1–1 Keane Goal 89' 37,894
15 March 2009 Aston Villa A 1–2 Jenas Goal 5', Bent Goal 50' 41,205
21 March 2009 Chelsea H 1–0 Modrić Goal 50' 36,034
4 April 2009 Blackburn A 2–1 Keane Goal 30' (pen) 21,891
11 April 2009 West Ham H 1–0 Pavlyuchenko Goal 65' 35,969
19 April 2009 Newcastle H 1–0 Bent Goal 24' 35,850
25 April 2009 Manchester United A 5–2 Bent Goal 29', Modric Goal 32' 75,458
2 May 2009 West Brom H 1–0 Jenas Goal 43' 35,836
9 May 2009 Everton A 0–0 36,646
16 May 2009 Manchester City H 2–1 Defoe Goal 29', Keane Goal 85' (pen) 36,000
24 May 2009 Liverpool A 3–1 Keane Goal 77' 43,937

[edit] FA Cup

Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
Third Round 2 January 2009 Wigan H 3–1 Pavlyuchenko Goal 52' (pen), Modrić Goal 76' 34,040
Fourth Round 24 January 2009 Manchester United A 1–2 Pavlyuchenko Goal 5' 75,014

[edit] League Cup

Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Att
3R 23 September 2008 Newcastle United A 1–2 Pavlyuchenko Goal 62', O'Hara Goal 66' 19,577
4R 12 November 2008 Liverpool H 4–2 Pavlyuchenko Goal 38', 52', Campbell Goal 42', 45' 33,242
5R 3 December 2008 Watford A 1–2 Pavlyuchenko Goal 45' (pen), Bent Goal 76' 16,501
SF 6 January 2009 Burnley H 4–1 Dawson Goal 47', O'Hara Goal 52', Pavlyuchenko Goal 65', Duff Goal 68' (OG) 31,377
SF 21 January 2009 Burnley A 3–2 Pavlyuchenko Goal 117', Defoe Goal 119' 19,533
F 1 March 2009 Manchester United N 0–0 88,217
1 March 2009 Manchester United 4–1 Penalties

[edit] UEFA Cup

[edit] UEFA Cup First Round

Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
FRL1 18 September 2008 Wisła Kraków H 2–1 Bentley Goal 33', Bent Goal 72' 35,751
FRL2 2 October 2008 Wisła Kraków A 1–1 Glowacki Goal 58' (og) 15,000

[edit] UEFA Cup Group Stage

Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
Group D 23 October 2008 Udinese A 2–0 22,000
Group D 6 November 2008 Dinamo Zagreb H 4–0 Bent Goal 30', 33', 70', Huddlestone Goal 59' 32,788
Group D 27 November 2008 NEC Nijmegen A 0–1 O'Hara Goal 14' 12,500
Group D 18 December 2008 Spartak Moscow H 2–2 Modrić Goal 68', Huddlestone Goal 75' 28,906

[edit] UEFA Cup Group Table

[edit] UEFA Cup Round of 32

Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
R32 19 February 2009 Shakhtar Donetsk A 2–0 25,000
R32 26 February 2009 Shakhtar Donetsk H 1–1 Giovani Goal 55' 30,595

[edit] Manager Statistics

Manager Games Won Drawn Lost H-Win% A-Win% Pos Pts PPLG Lge Cup FA Cup UEFA Cup
Flag of Spain Juande Ramos
(August 08 - October 08)		 12 2
(16.6%)		 3
(25%)		 7
(58.3%)		 20% 14.2% 20th 2 0.25 Fourth Round Not Entered Group Stage
Flag of England Harry Redknapp
(October 08 - Onwards)		 42 20
(47.6%)		 10
(23.8%)		 12
(28.5%)		 66.6% 28.5% 8th 49 1.63 Runners-Up Fourth Round Last 32
Flag of England Tottenham Hotspur
(August 08 - May 09)		 54 22
(40.7%)		 13
(24%)		 19
(35.1%)		 57.6% 25% 8th 51 1.34 Runners-Up Fourth Round Last 32
  • Pts = League Points
  • Pos = League Position
  • H-Win% = Home Win%
  • A-Win% = Away Win%
  • PPLG = Points Per League Game
  • Data includes all competitions

[edit] Player statistics

No. Pos. Nationality Player PL FA CC UC Total PLG FAG CCG UCG TG Ast
1 GK Flag of Brazil Brazil Gomes, HeurelhoHeurelho Gomes 34 1 5 8 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF Flag of Scotland Scotland Hutton, AlanAlan Hutton 8 0 1 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
3 DF Flag of Wales Wales Bale, GarethGareth Bale 16 2 5 7 30 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1
4 MF Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast Zokora, DidierDidier Zokora 29 2 6 7 44 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
5 MF Flag of England England Bentley, DavidDavid Bentley 25 2 3 5 35 1 0 0 1 2 3 5 0
6 MF Flag of England England Huddlestone, TomTom Huddlestone 22 1 2 6 31 0 0 0 2 2 4 3 0
7 MF Flag of England England Lennon, AaronAaron Lennon 35 1 5 6 47 5 0 0 0 5 8 3 0
8 MF Flag of England England Jenas, JermaineJermaine Jenas 32 0 3 4 39 4 0 0 0 4 3 7 0
9 FW Flag of Russia Russia Pavlyuchenko, RomanRoman Pavlyuchenko 28 2 6 0 36 5 3 6 0 14 2 2 0
10 FW Flag of England England Bent, DarrenDarren Bent 32 1 3 6 42 12 0 1 4 17 2 1 0
11 DF Flag of Brazil Brazil Gilberto 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 MF Flag of Honduras Honduras Palacios, WilsonWilson Palacios 11 0 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
14 MF Flag of Croatia Croatia Modrić, LukaLuka Modrić 34 2 4 4 44 3 1 0 1 5 7 6 0
15 FW Flag of Ireland Ireland Keane, RobbieRobbie Keane 14 0 0 0 14 5 0 0 0 5 3 1 0
16 DF Flag of Wales Wales Gunter, ChrisChris Gunter 3 1 1 7 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Flag of Mexico Mexico Dos Santos, GiovaniGiovani Dos Santos 6 1 1 4 12 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
18 FW Flag of England England Campbell, FraizerFraizer Campbell 10 1 4 7 22 1 0 2 0 3 4 2 0
19 MF Flag of Morocco Morocco Taarabt, AdelAdel Taarabt 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF Flag of England England Dawson, MichaelMichael Dawson 15 2 5 5 27 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 1
21 DF Flag of France France Chimbonda, PascalPascal Chimbonda 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
22 DF Flag of Croatia Croatia Ćorluka, VedranVedran Ćorluka 33 2 4 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
23 GK Flag of Italy Italy Cudicini, CarloCarlo Cudicini 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Flag of England England O'Hara, JamieJamie O'Hara 15 1 6 6 28 1 0 2 1 4 4 5 1
25 FW Flag of England England Defoe, JermainJermain Defoe 8 1 1 0 10 3 0 1 0 4 1 0 0
26 DF Flag of England England King, LedleyLedley King 24 0 2 3 29 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
27 GK Flag of England England Alnwick, BenBen Alnwick 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF Flag of Cameroon Cameroon Assou-Ekotto, BenoîtBenoît Assou-Ekotto 29 1 4 2 36 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2
39 DF Flag of England England Woodgate, JonathanJonathan Woodgate 34 1 4 5 44 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
51 MF Flag of England England Bostock, JohnJohn Bostock 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 MF Flag of England England Parrett, DeanDean Parrett 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 MF Flag of England England Mason, RyanRyan Mason 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
80 FW Flag of England England Obika, JonathanJonathan Obika 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No. Pos. Nationality Player PL FA CC UC Total PLG FAG CCG UCG TG Ast
  • Data includes all competitions
  • Substitution appearances included as full
  • PL - Premier League
  • FA - FA Cup
  • CC - Carling Cup
  • UC - UEFA Cup
  • XXG - Goals
  • TG - Total Goals
  • Ast - Assists

[edit] Top scorer

P. Player Position Premier League FA Cup Carling Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 Flag of England Darren Bent Forward 12 0 1 4 17
2 Flag of Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko Forward 5 3 6 0 14
3 Flag of England Aaron Lennon Midfielder 5 0 0 0 5
4 Flag of Croatia Luka Modric Midfielder 3 1 0 1 5
5 Flag of Ireland Robbie Keane Forward 5 0 0 0 5

[edit] Most appearances

P. Player Position Premier League FA Cup Carling Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 Flag of Brazil Heurelho Gomes Goalkeeper 34 1 5 8 48
2 Flag of England Aaron Lennon Midfielder 35 1 5 6 47
3 Flag of England Jonathan Woodgate Defender 34 1 4 5 44
4 Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Didier Zokora Midfielder 29 2 6 7 44
5 Flag of Croatia Luka Modric Midfielder 34 2 4 4 44

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