2008–09 West Ham United F.C. season

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West Ham United F.C.

2008–09 season

Chairman

Björgólfur Guðmundsson

Manager

Alan Curbishley
Gianfranco Zola

9th

Fifth Round Replay (vs Middlesbrough (a) 0-2)

Third Round (vs Watford (a) 0-1)

Top goalscorer

Carlton Cole 10

Highest home attendance

34,802 (v Arsenal)

Lowest home attendance

10,055 (v Macclesfield)

This article shows statistics of individual players and matches for the 2008–09 season for football club West Ham United. There is also other information including stadium, kits and staff sections.

Events

26 May: Striker Freddie Sears scores both goals in a 2-0 win for England Under 19s against Poland U19s.^[1]
29 May: Midfielder Jack Collison makes his debut for Wales in a 1-0 away win against Iceland.^[2]
2 June: Striker Dean Ashton makes his England debut in a 3-0 win away to Trinidad and Tobago.^[3]
4 June: Dean Ashton signs a new five-year contract.^[4]
12 June: Midfielder Nolberto Solano becomes a free agent after his contract with West Ham expires.^[5]
27 June: Attacking Midfielder Freddie Ljungberg retires from playing international football for Sweden to concentrate on playing for West Ham.^[6]
3 July: Freddie Sears and Defender James Tomkins are selected in the England Under 19s squad for the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.^[7]
4 July: Czech Republic youth international Goalkeeper Marek Štěch signs a new five-year contract with West Ham.^[8]
4 July: Iceland under-21 Defender Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson signs from HK for an undisclosed fee.^[9]
15 July: Striker Bobby Zamora and Defender John Paintsil join Fulham from West Ham for a combined fee of £ 6.3million.^[10]
21 July: Goalkeeper Richard Wright signs for Ipswich for £ 0.5million.^[11]
23 July: Swiss International Defender and Midfielder Valon Behrami signs from Lazio for £ 5million.^[12]
25 July: Despite a pair of goals from Dean Ashton, West Ham lose 3-2 in the Major League Soccer All-Star Game.^[13]
4 August: West Ham sign former Czech Republic Under-21 Goalkeeper Jan Laštůvka from Shakhtar Donetsk in a loan deal to last until the end of the season.^[14]
4 August: West Ham sign Austrian Under 19 Midfielder Georg Grasser from Grazer AK for an undisclosed fee.^[14]
6 August: West Ham part company with Freddie Ljungberg on undisclosed terms by mutual consent.^[15]
9 August: In honour of the 50th anniversary of Bobby Moore's début, West Ham permanently retire the No. 6 shirt. Matthew Upson is last player to ever wear the number.^[16]
16 August: West Ham defeat Wigan Athletic in their first game of the Premier League season 2-1.^[17]
19 August: Midfielder Mark Noble is handed the captain's armband for the second half as the England Under 21 team finish 2-1 winners against Slovenia.^[18]
24 August: Just five days after captaining the England Under 21 team, Mark Noble receives West Ham's first red card of the season against Man City.^[19]
25 August: After being named as an unused substitute in West Ham's first two games, Jordan Spence receives a call-up to the England Under-19 squad. Spence had previously captained both the Under-17 and Under-18 teams.^[20]
27 August: Defender Anton Ferdinand completes an £ 8million move to Sunderland.^[21]
1 September: Left back George McCartney also signs for Sunderland in an £6 million deal.^[22]
1 September: Goalkeeper Robert Green and Centre Back Matthew Upson are named in the England squad to face Andorra and Croatia^[23]
2 September: Hungarian Under 19 Striker Bálint Bajner signs from Liberty Oradea on a season long loan.^[24]
2 September: West Ham announce the signings of Italy Striker David Di Michele and Congolese Left back Hérita Ilunga, arriving on season-long loans from Torino and Toulouse respectively. Both deals are with a view to possible permanent transfers.^[25]
3 September: Alan Curbishley resigns as West Ham manager, disillusioned by the lack of transfers funds and the enforced loss of key players Freddie Ljungberg, Bobby Zamora, Anton Ferdinand and George McCartney.^[26]
3 September: Reserve team boss Kevin Keen is named as caretaker manager.^[27]
4 September: West Ham draw up a six-man short-list for the job of new manager. They are Slaven Bilić, Gérard Houllier, Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Donadoni and Roberto Mancini, with the sixth "remaining confidential."^[28]
5 September: West Ham sign Uruguay and former River Plate left back Walter López on a one-year deal.^[29]
11 September: Gianfranco Zola is officially confirmed as West Ham's new manager.^[30]
15 September: Chelsea assistant manager Steve Clarke becomes first team coach at West Ham.^[31]
24 September: West Ham decide to appeal to the CAS after a Football Association arbitration panel rules in favour of Sheffield United over the Carlos Tevez affair.^[32]
3 October: After coming on as a half-time substitute, 14-year-old striker Robert Hall gets two assists as England Under-16s cruise to a 6-0 win against Northern Ireland.^[33]
5 October: Goalkeeper Robert Green and centre back Matthew Upson are selected in the England squad to face Kazakhstan and Belarus.^[34]
8 October: Winger Matthew Etherington is voted player of the month for September by users of whufc.com.^[35]
8 October: Defender Jordan Spence captains the England Under 19s, in their opening European Under-19 Championship qualifier, to a 3-0 win against Albania U19s.^[36]
11 October: Matthew Upson wins his tenth cap for England as they win 5-1 at home to Kazakhstan.^[37]
14 October: After a two-week trial, Spanish striker Diego Tristán signs on a one-year deal.^[38]
14 October: Mark Noble plays as an England Under-21 2-2 home draw against a Wales team featuring Jack Collison sees them win 5-4 on aggregate and reach the 2009 European Under-21 Championship in Sweden.^[39]
15 October: Australia captain Lucas Neill leads his team to a 4-0 home victory against Qatar.^[40]
15 October: Matthew Upson plays the full 90 minutes as England record a 3-1 win against Belarus.^[41]
8 January: Matthew Etherington signs for Stoke on a 3 ¹⁄₂-year deal for an undisclosed figure, thought to be around £3 million.^[42]
19 January: Craig Bellamy signs for Manchester City on a 4 ¹⁄₂-year deal for an undisclosed figure, thought to be around £14 million.^[43]
22 January: Nigel Quashie is loaned to Wolves for the rest of the season.^[44]
26 January: Hayden Mullins signs for Portsmouth for an undisclosed fee, thought to be £2m, on a 3 ¹⁄₂-year deal.^[45]
26 January: Savio Nsereko signs for West Ham, which is thought to have been in the region of £9 million (depending on appearances), on a four-and-a-half-year contract.^{[citation needed]}
30 January: Radoslav Kováč is loaned from Spartak Moscow for the rest of the season. Zola has the option of making it a permanent switch in the summer if he so wishes.^{[citation needed]}
31 January: Julien Faubert is loaned to Real Madrid for the rest of the season with a view to a permanent move.^[46]
2 February: Calum Davenport is loaned to Sunderland for the rest of the season.^[47]
2 February: Scott Parker wins E.ON Player of the Round award after his man-of-the-match display against Hartlepool United in the 4th round of the FA cup.^{[citation needed]}
2 February: West Ham end a run of 8 unbeaten matches in all competitions, by losing to Manchester United 1-0 at Upton Park^{[citation needed]}
9 February: Hungary Under-21 goalkeeper Peter Kurucz is loaned from Ujpest until the end of the season with a view to a possible permanent transfer.^{[citation needed]}
11 February: Highly rated Republic of Ireland youth international striker Terry Dixon on a three-year contract. Dixon was released by Tottenham Hotspur after hampering his potential with injuries.^{[citation needed]}
11 February: All 3 West Ham United players that are called up to the England squad to play a friendly against Spain, play a part. Matthew Upson and Robert Green were second-half substitutes, while Carlton Cole got his first full international cap and came close to scoring with a great move which just ends with his shot being cleared off the line after Cole had taken the ball around Pepe Reina. Spain eventually win 2-0.^[48]
1 March: Valon Behrami gets injured against Man City and is expected to be out for six months with an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his left knee.^[49]
4 March: Welsh international Jack Collison is injured playing against Wigan Athletic and is expected to be out for 6 to 8 weeks after dislocating his kneecap.^[50]
12 March: Highly rated Czech Goalkeeper Marek Štěch joins Wycombe Wanderers on loan until the end of the season.^[51]

Players

Squad information

Senior

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Green	28	EU	2006	86	0	2012	£2,000,000
23	GK		Walker	34	EU	2004	20	0		Bosman ruling
24	GK		Laštůvka	25	EU	2008	1	0	2009	Loaned
34	GK		Štěch	18	EU	2006	0	0	2013	Undisclosed
43	GK		Blackmore		EU	2008	0	0	2010	Youth system
2	RB		Neill (captain)	30	Non-EU	2007 (Winter)	68	1	2009	£1,500,000
18	RB		Spector	22	Non-EU	2006	56	0	2010	£500,000
20	RB		Faubert	24	EU	2007	25	0	2012	£6,100,000
48	RB		Miller	18	EU	2008	0	0	2011	Youth system
4	CB		Gabbidon	28	EU	2005	75	0	2011	£3,500,000 combined
15	CB		Upson (VC)	29	EU	2007 (Winter)	54	1	2012	£6m
19	CB		Collins	24	EU	2005	48	2	2011	£3,500,000 combined
27	CB		Davenport	25	EU	2007 (Winter)	23	1	2010	£3,000,000
30	CB		Tomkins	19	EU	2005	6	0	2011	Youth system
36	CB		Eyjólfsson	17	Non-EU	2008	0	0		Undisclosed
44	CB		N'Gala	18	EU	2008	0	0	2011	Youth system
45	CB		Spence	18	EU	2007	0	0		Youth system
3	LB		Ilunga	26	Non-EU	2008	14	0	2009	Loaned
5	LB		López	22	Non-EU	2008	1	0	2009	Free agent
40	LB		Widdowson	19	EU	2008	0	0	2011	Youth system
7	RM		Dyer	29	EU	2007	3	0	2011	£6,000,000
21	RM		Behrami	23	Non-EU	2008	15	0	2013	£5,000,000
46	RM		Stanislas	18	EU	2008	0	0	2011	Youth system
8	CM		Parker	27	EU	2007	36	1	2012	£7,000,000
16	CM		Noble	21	EU	2003	85	7	2011	Youth system
17	CM		Mullins	29	EU	2003	207	7	2010	£800,000
22	CM		Stokes	21	EU	2005	1	0		Youth system
26	CM		Quashie	29	EU	2007 (Winter)	8	0	2010	£1,750,000
29	CM		Bowyer	31	EU	2006	60	5		Free
31	CM		Collison	19	EU	2007	8	1	2013	Youth system
13	LM		Boa Morte	30	EU	2007 (Winter)	62	2	2010	£5,000,000
28	LM		Reid	20	EU	2004	9	1	2009	Youth system
9	CF		Ashton	24	EU	2006 (Winter)	56	20	2013	£7,000,000
10	CF		Bellamy	28	EU	2007	22	6	2012	£7,500,000
12	CF		Cole	24	EU	2006	73	12	2013	Undisclosed
25	CF		Tristán	32	EU	2008	2	0	2009	Free agent
32	CF		Di Michele	32	EU	2008	11	2	2009	Loaned
33	CF		Sears	18	EU	2007	19	1	2013	Youth system
41	CF		Hines	19	EU	2008	1	1	2011	Youth system
42	CF		Jeffery	18	EU	2008	0	0	2011	Youth system

Last updated: 20 December 2008
Source: whufc.com, players' Wikipedia articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport, contract ending and transfer fee)
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Squad stats

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|- |1 |GK|| | style="text-align:left;" |Green |19 |39 || |38 || | || |||1 ||

|- |20 |RB|| | style="text-align:left;" |Faubert |16 |22 || |15+5 || | || |||2 ||

|- |2 |CB|| | style="text-align:left;" |Neill |17 |35 ||1 |34 ||1 | || |||1 ||

|- |15 |CB|| | style="text-align:left;" |Upson |20 |39 || |37 || | || |||2 ||

|- |3 |LB|| | style="text-align:left;" |Ilunga |15 |35 || |35 || | || ||| ||

|- |21 |RM|| | style="text-align:left;" |Behrami |16 |25 ||1 |24 ||1 | || |||1 ||

|- |8 |CM|| | style="text-align:left;" |Parker |16 |29 ||1 |28 ||1 | || |||1 ||

|- |16 |CM|| | style="text-align:left;" |Noble |11 |30 ||3 |28+1 ||3 | || |||1 ||

|- |(11) |LM|| | style="text-align:left;" |Etherington |9 |14 ||2 |8+5 ||2 | || |||1 ||

|- |10 |CF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Bellamy |11 |16 ||5 |13+3 ||5 | || ||| ||

|- |12 |CF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Cole |15 |28 ||11 |26+1 ||10 | || |||1 ||1

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |19 |CB|| | style="text-align:left;" |Collins |8 |18 || |17+1 || | || ||| ||

|- |17 |CM|| | style="text-align:left;" |Mullins |7 |19 ||1 |5+12 ||1 | || |||2 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |27 |CB|| | style="text-align:left;" |Davenport |7 |8 ||1 |7 ||1 | || |||1 ||

|- |32 |FW|| | style="text-align:left;" |Di Michele |6 |31 ||4 |22+8 ||4 | || |||1 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |13 |LM|| | style="text-align:left;" |Boa Morte |5 |29 || |13+14 || | || |||2 ||

|- |33 |CF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Sears |5 |19 || |4+13 || | || |||2 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |29 |CM|| | style="text-align:left;" |Bowyer |5 |7 ||1 |4+2 || | || |||1 ||1

|- |9 |CF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Ashton |5 |5 ||2 |4 ||2 | || |||1 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |31 |CM|| | style="text-align:left;" |Collison |4 |20 ||3 |16+4 ||3 | || ||| ||

|- |(3) |LB|| | style="text-align:left;" |McCartney |1 |2 || |0+1 || | || |||1 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |24 |GK|| | style="text-align:left;" |Laštůvka |1 |1 || | || | || |||1 ||

|- |5 |LB|| | style="text-align:left;" |López |1 |6 || |0+5 || | || |||1 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |28 |LM|| | style="text-align:left;" |Reid | |2 ||1 | || | || |||2 ||1

|- |25 |CF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Tristán | |14 ||3 |8+6 ||3 | || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |41 |CF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Hines | |1 ||1 | || | || |||1 ||1

|- |45 |CB|| | style="text-align:left;" |Spence | | || | || | || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |30 |CB|| | style="text-align:left;" |Tomkins | |12 ||1 |11+1 ||1 | || ||| ||

|- |23 |GK|| | style="text-align:left;" |Walker | | || | || | || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |40 |LB|| | style="text-align:left;" |Widdowson | | || | || | || ||| ||

|- |46 |RM|| | style="text-align:left;" |Stanislas | |9 ||2 |7+2 ||2 | || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" | | | style="text-align:left;" |Own goals | | ||1 | ||1 | || ||| ||

|- |4 |CB|| | style="text-align:left;" |Gabbidon | | || | || | || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |7 |RM|| | style="text-align:left;" |Dyer | |7 || |1+6 || | || ||| ||

|- |18 |RB|| | style="text-align:left;" |Spector | |9 || |4+5 || | || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |22 |CM|| | style="text-align:left;" |Stokes | | || | || | || ||| ||

|- |26 |CM|| | style="text-align:left;" |Quashie | | || | || | || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |34 |GK|| | style="text-align:left;" |Štěch | | || | || | || ||| ||

|- |36 |CB|| | style="text-align:left;" |Eyjólfsson | | || | || | || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |42 |CF|| | style="text-align:left;" |Jeffery | | || | || | || ||| ||

|- |43 |GK|| | style="text-align:left;" |Blackmore | | || | || | || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |44 |CB|| | style="text-align:left;" |N'Gala | | || | || | || ||| ||

|- |48 |RB|| | style="text-align:left;" |Miller | | || | || | || ||| ||

|} Last updated: 20 December 2008
Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by start team and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank

Top scorers

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League Goals	FA Cup Goals	League Cup Goals	Total Goals
1		12	Carlton Cole	3		1	7
2		10	Craig Bellamy	2			2
=		9	Dean Ashton	2			2
=		32	David Di Michele	2			2
=		(11)	Matthew Etherington	2			2
6		2	Lucas Neill	1			1
=		16	Mark Noble	1			1
=		17	Hayden Mullins	1			1
=		27	Calum Davenport	1			1
=		31	Jack Collison	1			1
=		21	Valon Behrami	1			1
=		29	Lee Bowyer			1	1
=		41	Zavon Hines			1	1
=		28	Kyel Reid			1	1

Last updated: 20 December 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name				Notes
12	CF		Cole			1
16	CM		Noble	3	1
8	CM		Parker	4
10	CF		Bellamy	3
20	RB		Faubert	2
2	CB		Neill	2
31	CM		Collison	2
13	LM		Boa Morte	2
27	CB		Davenport	1
21	RM		Behrami	1
32	CF		Di Michele	1
3	LB		Ilunga	1
19	CB		Collins	1
(11)	LM		Etherington	1
29	CM		Bowyer	1
17	CM		Mullins	1

Last updated: 1 December 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
8	4-4-2	1-5, 16-18
9	4-3-3	6-12, 14-15
1	4-4-1-1	13

Last updated: 8 December 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Most frequent start

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	MS	Notes
1	GK		Robert Green	43
2	RB		Lucas Neill	37
19	CB		James Collins	20
15	CB		Matthew Upson	41
3	LB		Hérita Ilunga	39
31	RM		Jack Collison	19
8	CM		Scott Parker	31
16	CM		Mark Noble	33
21	LM		Valon Behrami	27
12	CF		Carlton Cole	30
32	CF		David Di Michele	25

Last updated: 1 December 2008
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Transfers & loans in / out

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
36	CB		Eyjólfsson	17	Non-EU	HK	Transferred Y	Summer		Undisclosed
	CF		Bajner	17	EU	Liberty Oradea	Transferred Y	Summer		Undisclosed
21	RB		Behrami	23	EU	Lazio	Transferred Y	Summer		£ 5m
24	GK		Laštůvka	25	EU	Shakhtar Donetsk	Loaned Y	Summer	July 2009	N/A
	CM		Grasser	17	EU	Grazer AK	Transferred Y	Summer		Undisclosed
3	LB		Ilunga	26	Non-EU	Toulouse	Loaned Y	Summer		N/A
32	CF		Di Michele	32	EU	Torino	Loaned Y	Summer		N/A
5	LB		López	22	Non-EU	River Plate	Transferred Y	Summer		Free agent
25	CF		Tristán	32	EU	Livorno	Transferred Y	Summer		Free agent

Out

N	P	Name	EU	Country	Age	Status	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
15	RM	Solano	Non-EU		33	Transferred Y	Released	Summer	Free
25	CF	Zamora	EU		27	Transferred Y	Fulham	Summer	£4.8m
14	RB	Paintsil	Non-EU		24	Transferred Y	Fulham	Summer	£1.5m
21	GK	Wright	EU		30	Transferred Y	Ipswich Town	Summer	£0.5m
7	RM	Ljungberg	EU		31	Transferred Y	Released	Summer	Free
5	CB	Ferdinand	EU		23	Transferred Y	Sunderland	Summer	£8m
3	LB	McCartney	EU		27	Transferred Y	Sunderland	Summer	£6m
43	GK	Blackmore	EU		20	Loaned Y	Thurrock	Summer	N/A
42	CF	Jeffery	EU		18	Loaned Y	Leyton Orient		N/A
	CM	Payne	EU		17	Loaned Y	Cheltenham Town		N/A
26	CM	Quashie	EU		29	Loaned Y	Birmingham City		N/A
48	RB	Miller	EU		18	Loaned Y	Bishop's Stortford		N/A
44	CB	N'Gala	EU		18	Loaned Y	MK Dons		N/A
45	CB	Spence	EU		18	Loaned Y	Leyton Orient		N/A
28	LM	Reid	EU		20	Loaned Y	Blackpool		N/A
23	GK	Walker	EU		34	Loaned Y	Colchester United		N/A
30	CB	Tomkins	EU		19	Loaned Y	Derby County		N/A
46	RM	Stanislas	EU		18	Loaned Y	Southend		N/A
11	LM	Etherington	EU		26	Transferred Y	Stoke City	Winter	Undisclosed

Last updated: 27 November 2008
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Gianfranco Zola
Assistant coach	Steve Clarke
First team coach	Kevin Keen
Goalkeeping coach	Luděk Mikloško
Fitness coach	Antonio Pintus
Reserve & Conditioning Coach	Alex Dyer
Director Of Youth Academy	Tony Carr
Chief scout	Roger Cross
Head of Sports Science	Nick Davies
Head of Physiotherapy	George Cooper
Reserve Team physiotherapist	Dave Singleton
Medical Officers	Ges Steinbergs MBBS, MRCGP
	Sean Howlett MBBS, MRCGP
Kit manager	Steve Rigby
Technical Director	Gianluca Nani

Last updated: 15 September 2008
Source: West Ham United F.C.#Current staff

Kit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): SBOBET

Home

Away

Source: Wikipedia West Ham United Article

Other information

Chairman	Björgólfur Guðmundsson
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Boleyn Ground (Upton Park) (35,146 / 112x72 yards)

Source: West Ham United F.C. article on 22 July 2008

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	8		16 August 2008	17 May 2009
FA Cup	3rd round	—	5th round	3 January 2009	25 February 2009
Football League Cup	2nd round	—	3rd round	27 August 2008	23 September 2008

Last updated: 22 March 2009
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Matches

West Ham–Wigan 2-1
1-0 Dean Ashton (3)
2-0 Dean Ashton (10)
2-1 Amr Zaki (47)

Manchester City–West Ham 3-0
1-0 Daniel Sturridge (65)
2-0 Elano (70)
3-0 Elano (76)

West Ham–Blackburn 4-1
1-0 Calum Davenport (12)
2-0 Christopher Samba (20 og)
2-1 Jason Roberts (22)
3-1 Craig Bellamy (90)
4-1 Carlton Cole (90)

West Bromwich–West Ham 3-2
1-0 James Morrison (3)
1-1 Mark Noble (29)
1-2 Lucas Neill (35)
2-2 Roman Bednář (37)
3-2 Chris Brunt (83)

West Ham–Newcastle 3-1
1-0 David Di Michele (8)
2-0 David Di Michele (37)
3-0 Matthew Etherington (53)
3-1 Michael Owen (67)

Fulham–West Ham 1-2
0-1 Carlton Cole (43)
0-2 Matthew Etherington (45)
1-2 Danny Murphy (59 pen)

West Ham–Bolton 1-3
0-1 Kevin Davies (30)
0-2 Gary Cahill (34)
1-2 Carlton Cole (69)
1-3 Matthew Taylor (86)

Hull–West Ham 1-0
1-0 Michael Turner (51)

West Ham–Arsenal 0-2
0-1 Julien Faubert (75 og)
0-2 Emmanuel Adebayor (90)

Middlesbrough–West Ham 1-1
0-1 Hayden Mullins (21)
1-1 Mido (83)

West Ham–Everton 1-3
1-0 Jack Collison (63)
1-1 Joleon Lescott (83)
1-2 Louis Saha (85)
1-3 Louis Saha (87)

West Ham–Portsmouth 0-0

Sunderland–West Ham 0-1
0-1 Valon Behrami (20)

Liverpool–West Ham 0-0

West Ham–Tottenham 0-2
0-1 Ledley King (68)
0-2 Jamie O'Hara (90)

Chelsea–West Ham 1-1
0-1 Craig Bellamy (33)
1-1 Nicolas Anelka (51)

West Ham–Aston Villa 0-1
0-1 Lucas Neill (78 og)

Portsmouth–West Ham 1-4
1-0 Nadir Belhadj (8)
1-1 Jack Collison (20)
1-2 Carlton Cole (67)
1-3 Craig Bellamy (70)
1-4 Craig Bellamy (83)

West Ham–Stoke 2-1
0-1 Abdoulaye Faye (4)
1-1 Carlton Cole (51)
2-1 Diego Tristán (88)

Newcastle–West Ham 2-2
1-0 Michael Owen (19)
1-1 Craig Bellamy (29)
1-2 Carlton Cole (55)
2-2 Andy Carroll (78)

West Ham–Fulham 3-1
1-0 David Di Michele (7)
1-1 Paul Konchesky (22)
2-1 Mark Noble (60 pen)
3-1 Carlton Cole (76)

West Ham–Hull 2-0
1-0 David Di Michele (33)
2-0 Carlton Cole (51)

Arsenal–West Ham 0-0

West Ham–Manchester United 0-1
0-1 Ryan Giggs (62)

Bolton–West Ham 2-1
1-0 Matthew Taylor (10)
2-0 Kevin Davies (11)
2-1 Scott Parker (66)

West Ham–Manchester City 1-0
1-0 Jack Collison (71)

Wigan–West Ham 0-1
0-1 Carlton Cole (34)

West Ham–West Bromwich 0-0

Blackburn–West Ham 1-1
0-1 Mark Noble (35)
1-1 Keith Andrews (51)

West Ham–Sunderland 2-0
1-0 Junior Stanislas (42)
2-0 James Tomkins (53)

Tottenham–West Ham 1-0
1-0 Roman Pavlyuchenko (65)

Aston Villa–West Ham 1-1
1-0 Emile Heskey (11)
1-1 Diego Tristán (85)

West Ham–Chelsea 0-1
0-1 Salomon Kalou (55)

Stoke–West Ham 0-1
0-1 Diego Tristán (33)

West Ham–Liverpool 0-3
0-1 Steven Gerrard (2)
0-2 Steven Gerrard (38)
0-3 Ryan Babel (84)

Everton–West Ham 3-1
0-1 Radoslav Kováč (24)
1-1 Louis Saha (38 pen)
2-1 Joseph Yobo (48)
3-1 Louis Saha (76)

West Ham–Middlesbrough 2-1
1-0 Carlton Cole (33)
1-1 Gary O'Neil (50)
2-1 Junior Stanislas (58)

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Fulham	37	14	11	12	39	32	+7	53	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
8	Tottenham Hotspur	37	14	9	14	44	42	+2	51
9	West Ham United	38	14	9	15	30	34	−4	51

Updated to games played on 22 March 2009.
Source: Premier League 2008-09
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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
30	11	8	11	35	35	0	41	7	2	5	19	16	+3	4	6	6	16	19	−3

Last updated: 21 March 2009.
Source: Premier League 2008-09

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	W

Last updated: 21 March 2009.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

First team

Competitive

M

Opponent

1

16 August 2008

1

2 – 1

2

24 August 2008

2

Manchester City

0 – 3

3

27 August 2008

Football League Cup

Macclesfield Town

4 – 1 (aet)

4

30 August 2008

3

Blackburn Rovers

4 – 1

5

13 September 2008

4

West Bromwich Albion

2 – 3

6

20 September 2008

5

Newcastle United

3 – 1

7

23 September 2008

Football League Cup

0 – 1

8

27 September 2008

6

2 – 1

9

5 October 2008

7

Bolton Wanderers

1 – 3

10

19 October 2008

8

0 – 1

11

26 October 2008

9

0 – 2

12

29 October 2008

10

Manchester United

0 – 2

13

1 November 2008

11

1 – 1

14

8 November 2008

12

1 – 3

15

15 November 2008

13

0 – 0

16

23 November 2008

14

1 – 0

17

1 December 2008

15

0 – 0

18

8 December 2008

16

Tottenham Hotspur

0 – 2

19

14 December 2008

17

A

1 – 1

20

20 December 2008

18

0 – 1

21

26 December 2008

19

1 – 4

22

28 December 2008

20

2 – 1

23

10 January 2009

21

Newcastle United

2 – 2

24

18 January 2009

22

3 – 1

25

28 January 2009

23

2 – 0

26

28 January 2009

24

0 – 0

27

8 February 2009

25

Manchester United

0 – 1

28

21 February 2009

26

Bolton Wanderers

1 – 2

29

1 March 2009

27

Manchester City

1 – 0

30

3 March 2009

28

1 – 0

Last updated: 5 March 2009
Source: [1]
¹West Ham goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of West Ham.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Reserves

Matches

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score¹	Scorers	GD
1	15 September 2008	FA Premier Reserve League South	A	Chelsea Reserves	0 - 2
2	30 September 2008	FA Premier Reserve League South	H	West Bromwich Albion Reserves	4 - 3	Sears 4	1
3	7 October 2008	FA Premier Reserve League South	A	Fulham Reserves	1 - 4	Eyjolfsson
4	21 October 2008	FA Premier Reserve League South	H	Arsenal Reserves	1 - 0	Stanislas	1
5	3 November 2008	FA Premier Reserve League South	A	Tottenham Reserves	0 - 2
6	25 November 2008	FA Premier Reserve League South	H	Portsmouth Reserves	2 - 0	Di Michele, Reid	2

Last updated: 25 November 2008
¹West Ham United goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of West Ham United.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

Stats

				Total			Premier Reserve League South		Reserve Friendly

Country	N	P	Name	GS	App		App		App		Notes
	24	GK	Laštůvka	3	3		3
		RB	O'Neill	3	4		4
	27	CB	Davenport	3	3		3
	44	CB	N'Gala	3	5		5
	5	LB	López	4	4		4
	46	RM	Stanislas	4	4	1	4	1
	31	CM	Collison	2	2		2
		CM	Harvey	2	3		3
	28	LM	Reid	4	4	1	4	1
	22	CF	Stokes	5	6		6
	33	CF	Sears	4	4	4	4	4
	48	RB	Miller	3	3		3
		LM	Edgar	2	3		3
	35	CB	Eyjólfsson	2	2	1	2	1
	34	GK	Štěch	2	2		2
	19	CB	Collins	2	2		2
	40	LB	Widdowson	2	2		2
45	DF		Spence	2	2		2
	13	LM	Boa Morte	2	2		2
25	CF		Tristán	2	2		2
		CM	Lee	1	3		3
		MF	Kearns	1	3		3
		CF	Bajner	1	3		3
32	CF		Di Michele	1	1	1	1	1
		GK	Street	1	1		1
	30	CB	Tomkins	1	1		1
	17	CM	Mullins	1	1		1
	29	CM	Bowyer	1	1		1
		CM	Payne	1	1		1
		CM	Grasser	1	1		1
		DF	Fry		1		1
		FW	Montano		1		1
		GK	Loveday
		DF	Brown
		DF	Brookes
		FW	Abdulla

Last updated: 25 November 2008
Source: Reserve matches
Ordered by Reserve start team and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank
Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); GS = Game Started; App = Appearances.

Under 18

Matches

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score¹	Scorers	GD
1	23 August 2008	Premier Academy League	H	Manchester United Under 18s	0 - 0		0
2	30 August 2008	Premier Academy League	A	Leeds United Under 18s	2 - 2	Payne, Edgar	0
3	6 September 2008	Premier Academy League	H	Reading Under 18s	1 - 1	Bajner	0
4	13 September 2008	Premier Academy League	H	Aston Villa Under 18s	3 - 0	Sears 2, Abdulla	3
5	20 September 2008	Premier Academy League	A	Birmingham Under 18s	0 - 2
6	27 September 2008	Premier Academy League	H	Arsenal Under 18s	1 - 2	Edgar
7	4 October 2008	Premier Academy League	A	Portsmouth Under 18s	0 - 2
8	11 October 2008	Premier Academy League	H	Crystal Palace Under 18s	0 - 0		0
9	18 October 2008	Premier Academy League	H	Chelsea Under 18s	2 - 4	Abdulla, Hall
10	1 November 2008	Premier Academy League	A	Southampton Under 18s	6 - 1	Kearns, Bajner 3, Lee, Edgar	5
11	8 November 2008	Premier Academy League	H	Ipswich Under 18s	2 - 4	Edgar, Bajner
12	16 November 2008	Premier Academy League	A	Charlton Athletic F.C. Under 18s	1 - 2	Christie o.g.
13	22 November 2008	Premier Academy League	A	Fulham Under 18s	2 - 0	Edgar, Bajner	2
14	2 December 2008	FA Youth Cup 3rd round	A	Nottingham Forest Under 18s	1 - 3	Abdulla

Last updated: 2 December 2008
¹West Ham United goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of West Ham United.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

Stats

				Total			Premier Academy League		FA Youth Cup

Country	N	P	Name	GS	App		App		App		Notes
		GK	Street	12	12		11		1
		RB	Brookes	8	9		8		1
		CB	McNaughton	8	10		9		1
		CB	Fry	14	14		13		1
		LB	Brown	11	13		12		1
		RM	Kearns	12	13	1	12	1	1
		CM	Lee	14	14	1	13	1	1
		CM	Okus	7	10		9		1
		LM	Edgar	14	14	5	13	5	1
		CF	Abdulla	12	14	3	13	2	1	1
		CF	Bajner	8	10	6	9	6	1
		CM	Grasser	5	12		11		1
		CM	Payne	5	5	1	5	1
		CF	Montano	4	9		8		1
	35	DF	Eyjólfsson	4	4		4
	48	RB	Miller	3	3		3
		RB	Modelski	2	4		3		1
	44	DF	N'Gala	2	2		2
		DF	O'Neill	2	2		2
		CF	Hall	1	4	1	4	1
		MF	Barrett	1	3		3
	34	GK	Štěch	1	2		2
	33	FW	Sears	1	1	2	1	2
		GK	Loveday	1	1		1
	45	RB	Spence	1	1		1
		MF	Harvey	1	1		1
		MF	Driver
		MF	Mehmet
		DF	Ashman
		FW	Subuola

Last updated: 2 December 2008
Source: Under 18 matches
Ordered by West Ham United Under-18 start team and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank
Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); GS = Game Started; App = Appearances.

Pre-season

First team

Matches

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score¹	Scorers	GD
1	17 July 2008	Friendly	A	Hampton & Richmond	4 - 2	Bellamy 37' & 60', Noble 41', Hines 81'	2
2	20 July 2008	Friendly	A	Columbus Crew	3 - 1	Ashton 6', Evans og 26', Reid 53'	2
3	24 July 2008	Major League Soccer All-Star Game	A	Major League All Stars	2 - 3	Ashton 26' & 67'
4	29 July 2008	Friendly	A	Peterborough United	2 - 0	Bellamy 3' & 42'	2
5	1 August 2008	Friendly	A	Southampton	2 - 2	Davenport 45', Hines 65'	0
6	4 August 2008	Friendly	A	Ipswich Town	5 - 3	Ashton 4', 57' & 74', Bellamy 10', Noble 79'	2
7	9 August 2008	The Bobby Moore Cup	H	Villarreal	1 - 1	Cole 1'	0

Last updated: 9 August 2008
¹West Ham United goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of West Ham United.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

Stats

				Total			Friendly		Reserve Friendly

Country	N	P	Name	GS	App		App		App		Notes
	1	GK	Green	6	6		6
	2	FB	Neill	7	7		7
	5	CB	Ferdinand	5	6		6
	27	CB	Davenport	5	6	1	6	1
	40	LB	Widdowson	6	9		6		3
	20	RM	Faubert	5	6		6
	8	CM	Parker	6	7		7
	16	CM	Noble	5	6	2	6	2
	28	LM	Reid	4	7	1	7	1
	10	CF	Bellamy	5	5	5	5	5
	9	CF	Ashton	5	5	6	5	6
	12	CF	Cole	4	6	1	6	1
	21	RB	Behrami	4	4		4
	6	CB	Upson	5	5		4		1
	17	CM	Mullins	4	6		5		1
	11	LM	Etherington	4	4		3		1
	34	GK	Štěch	3	5		3		2
	14	LB	Thatcher	2	2		1		1
	46	MF	Stanislas	3	10	1	6		4	1
	31	CM	Collison	3	8	1	5		3	1
	22	MF	Stokes	1	7		4		3
	41	CF	Hines	4	7	5	3	2	4	3
	23	GK	Walker	1	3		2		1
	45	DF	Spence	4	6		2		4
	33	CF	Sears	3	5	1	2		3	1
	48	RB	Miller	3	5		1		4
	44	CB	N'Gala	3	5		1		4
	13	LM	Boa Morte	1	2	1	1		1	1
	29	MF	Bowyer	2	3		1		2
			Own goals			2		1		1
	18	RB	Spector
	4	CB	Gabbidon
	19	CB	Collins
	30	CB	Tomkins
	3	LB	McCartney
	32	RM	Dyer
	26	CM	Quashie

Last updated: 11 August 2008
Source: Pre-season Friendly matches
Ordered by Friendly start team, West Ham United Reserve XI and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank
Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); GS = Game Started; App = Appearances.

Reserves

Matches

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score¹	Scorers	GD
1	19 July 2008	West Ham Reserve XI Friendly	A	Billericay Town	1 - 0	Hines 70'	1
2	26 July 2008	West Ham Reserve XI Friendly	A	Thurrock	3 - 0	Hines 15', Sears 51', Clark og 64'	3
3	30 July 2008	West Ham Reserve XI Friendly	A	Cambridge United	0 - 0		0
4	2 August 2008	West Ham Reserve XI Friendly	A	Grays Athletic	1 - 2	Hines 37'
5	5 August 2008	West Ham Reserve XI Friendly	A	Bishop's Stortford	2 - 0	Collison 3', Boa Morte 20'	2
6	11 August 2008	West Ham Reserve XI Friendly	A	Tilbury	3 - 0	Jeffrey 38', Stanislas 64', Edgar 82'	3

Last updated: 11 August 2008
¹West Ham United goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of West Ham United.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

Stats

				Total			Reserve Friendly		Friendly

Country	N	P	Name	GS	App		App		App		Notes
	34	GK	Štěch	2	5		2		3
	48	RB	Miller	3	5		4		1
	35	CB	Eyjólfsson	4	5		5
	45	CB	Spence	4	6		4		2
		LB	O'Neill	3	5		5
	31	MF	Collison	3	8	1	3	1	5
	46	MF	Stanislas	3	10	1	4	1	6
		MF	Payne	3	5		5
		MF	Harvey	3	5		5
	41	CF	Hines	4	7	5	4	3	3	2
	42	CF	Jeffery	5	6	1	6	1
	44	CB	N'Gala	3	5		4		1
	33	CF	Sears	3	5	1	3	1	2
		LM	Edgar	2	4	1	4	1
	40	LB	Widdowson	2	9		3		6
		CB	Brookes	2	2		2
	29	MF	Bowyer	2	3		2		1
		RM	Kearns	1	4		4
	22	RM	Stokes	1	7		3		4
		CM	Lee	1	3		3
		GK	Street	1	2		2
	13	LM	Boa Morte	1	2	1	1	1	1
	43	GK	Blackmore	1	1		1
		LB	Brown	1	1		1
	6	CB	Upson	1	5		1		4
	23	GK	Walker	1	3		1		2
	11	LM	Etherington	1	4		1		3
		CF	Konstantinou	1	1		1
	14	LB	Thatcher	1	2		1		1
	17	CM	Mullins	1	6		1		5
	24	GK	Laštůvka	1	1		1
		CF	Bajner	1	1		1
		FW	Abdulla		2		2
		FW	Okus		1		1
		CF	Montano		1		1
		RB	McNaughton		1		1
		DF	Fry		1		1
		GK	Mikloško
		GK	Loveday
			Own goals			2		1		1

Last updated: 11 August 2008
Source: Pre-season Friendly matches
Ordered by Friendly start team, West Ham United Reserve XI and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank
Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); GS = Game Started; App = Appearances.

External links

References

↑ whufc.com | Sears the hero for England
↑ whufc.com | Collison shines, Bellamy back
↑ whufc.com | Ashton features for England
↑ whufc.com | Ashton signs for five years
↑ whufc.com | Solano free to leave
↑ whufc.com | Ljungberg ends Sweden service
↑ whufc.com | Sears and Tomkins make cut
↑ whufc.com | Stech signs five-year deal
↑ whufc.com | United snap up Eyjolfsson
↑ whufc.com | Zamora and Paintsil sign for Fulham
↑ kumb.com | Keeper move nears completion
↑ whufc.com | Behrami signs five-year contract
↑ whufc.com | United fall short in Toronto
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 whufc.com | Lastuvka to sign on loan
↑ whufc.com | Statement on Fredrik Ljungberg
↑ whufc.com | Goodbye to the No6
↑ whufc.com | Defence sets the tone
↑ whufc.com | Noble plays captain's part
↑ whufc.com | City take the points
↑ whufc.com | Spence takes next step
↑ whufc.com | Ferdinand transfer completed
↑ whufc.com | McCartney heads to Sunderland
↑ whufc.com | Green and Upson get England call
↑ whufc.com | Bajner secures Boleyn switch
↑ whufc.com | Di Michele and Ilunga sign
↑ bbc.co.uk | Curbishley quits as West Ham boss
↑ whufc.com | Keen takes temporary charge
↑ kumb.com | Six on the shortlist: who's who
↑ whufc.com | Lopez becomes latest recruit
↑ whufc.com | Zola named new manager
↑ whufc.com | Clarke takes coaching role
↑ whufc.com | Club to appeal to CAS
↑ whufc.com | Hall shines for England
↑ whufc.com | England call Green and Upson
↑ whufc.com | Etherington takes the plaudits
↑ whufc.com | Spence leads England to win
↑ whufc.com | Upson helps five-star England
↑ whufc.com | Tristan deal completed
↑ whufc.com | Noble off to finals
↑ whufc.com | Neill leads Australia to victory
↑ whufc.com | Upson plays as England shine
↑ www.dailymail.com| Etherington joins Pulis's 'stray dogs home' at Stoke after completing £3m switch from West Ham
↑ www.guardian.co.uk| Manchester City complete signing of Bellamy• Fee for Welshman believed to be in region of £14m• Striker signs four-and-a-half-year deal at Eastlands
↑ BBCsport| Quashie makes loan move to Wolves
↑ www.dailmail.co.uk| Portsmouth sign Pele (no, not that one) as Mullins joins him at Fratton Park after completing £2m switch from West Ham
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West Ham United F.C. seasons

2008–09 in English football

FA competitions

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Club seasons
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Championship	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackpool Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Doncaster Rovers Ipswich Town Norwich City Nottingham Forest Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Swansea City Watford Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Conference Premier	Altrincham Barrow Burton Albion Cambridge United Crawley Town Eastbourne Borough Ebbsfleet United Forest Green Rovers Grays Athletic Histon Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Lewes Mansfield Town Northwich Victoria Oxford United Rushden & Diamonds Salisbury City Stevenage Borough Torquay United Weymouth Woking Wrexham York City
Others	AFC Wimbledon Gateshead Newport County

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