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2008–09 Exeter City F.C. season

The 2008–09 season saw Exeter City competed in Football League Two, alongside the FA Cup, Football League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Exeter City
2008–2009 season
ManagerPaul Tisdale[1]
StadiumSt James Park
League Two2nd Promoted [2]
FA CupFirst round
League CupFirst round
Football League TrophyFirst round

Competitions

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Football League Two

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Main article: 2008–09 Football League Two
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Brentford (C, P) 46 23 16 7 65 36 +29 85 Promotion to Football League One
2 Exeter City (P) 46 22 13 11 65 50 +15 79
3 Wycombe Wanderers (P) 46 20 18 8 54 33 +21 78
4 Bury 46 21 15 10 63 43 +20 78 Qualification for League Two play-offs
5 Gillingham (O, P) 46 21 12 13 58 55 +3 75
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

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9 August 2008 1 Darlington 1–1 Exeter City Darlington
Purdie   40' (pen.) Seaborne   60' Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 3,559
16 August 2008 2 Exeter City 0–1 Shrewsbury Town Exeter
Murray   71' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,916
23 August 2008 3 Bournemouth 0–1 Exeter City Bournemouth
Harley   68' Stadium: Fitness First Stadium
Attendance: 5,350
30 August 2008 4 Exeter City 0–1 Luton Town Exeter
Parkin   47' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,328
6 September 2008 5 Exeter City 2–1 Accrington Stanley Exeter
Gill   45'
Watson   68'		 Clarke   11' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,930
13 September 2008 6 Bradford City 4–1 Exeter City Bradford
Thorne   54', 68'
Boulding   59', 72'		 Gill   38' Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium
Attendance: 12,683
20 September 2008 7 Exeter City 2–2 Notts County Exeter
Gill   22'
Taylor   87'		 Johnson   58'
Canham   90'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,341
27 September 2008 8 Macclesfield Town 1–4 Exeter City Macclesfield
Yeo   45' Stansfield   1', 48'
Harley   35'
Gill   85'		 Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,854
4 October 2008 9 Exeter City 3–0 Gillingham Exeter
Logan   7'
Stansfield   39', 43'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,819
11 October 2008 10 Bury 0–1 Exeter City Bury
Logan   7' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,220
18 October 2008 11 Exeter City 0–0 Grimsby Town Exeter
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,177
21 October 2008 12 Port Vale 1–3 Exeter City Stoke on Trent
Rodgers   86' Stewart   17'
Sercombe   18'
Gill   65'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 5,493
25 October 2008 13 Barnet 0–1 Exeter City London
Gill   72' Stadium: Underhill
Attendance: 2,887
28 October 2008 14 Exeter City 1–6 Chesterfield Exeter
Stansfield   49' Winter   38'
Goodall   44'
Lester   63', 76'
Ward   78'
Currie   88'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,093
1 November 2008 15 Exeter City 2–0 Chester City Exeter
Stansfield   22'
Taylor   88'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,448
15 November 2008 16 Aldershot Town 1–0 Exeter City Aldershot
Grant   53' Stadium: EBB Stadium
Attendance: 3,784
22 November 2008 17 Morecambe 1–1 Exeter City Morecambe
Howe   22' Panther   85'
Cozic   48'  		 Stadium: Christie Park
Attendance: 2,003
25 November 2008 18 Exeter City 1–1 Rotherham United Exeter
Watson   41' Reid   66' (pen.) Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,402
6 December 2008 19 Exeter City 2–1 Lincoln City Exeter
McAllister   75'
Moxey   90'		 John-Lewis   51'
N'Guessan   88'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,916
20 December 2008 20 Exeter City 4–1 Rochdale Exeter
Basham   16', 31' (pen.)
McAllister   84', 87'		 Keltie   90' (pen.)
Wiseman   31'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,326
26 December 2008 21 Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 Exeter City High Wycombe
Harrold   6' (pen.) Panther   57' Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 6,094
28 December 2008 22 Exeter City 0–2 Brentford Exeter
MacDonald   75' (pen.)
Wood   79'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,791
10 January 2009 23 Notts County 2–1 Exeter City Nottingham
Facey   32'
Strachan   39'		 Stewart   26' (pen.) Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 3,832
17 January 2009 24 Exeter City 0–0 Bury Exeter
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,158
21 January 2009 25 Dagenham & Redbridge 1–2 Exeter City London
Strevens   45' McAllister   27', 47' Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 2,053
24 January 2009 26 Gillingham 1–0 Exeter City Gillingham
Miller   79' Stadium: Priestfield
Attendance: 5,638
28 January 2009 27 Chesterfield 2–1 Exeter City Chesterfield
Lester   68', 80' Moxey   17' Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 2,894
31 January 2009 28 Exeter City 2–1 Barnet Exeter
Saunders   20'
Gill   73'		 Furlong   45' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,145
7 February 2009 29 Grimsby Town 2–2 Exeter City Grimsby
Jarman   45', 54' Stewart   8'
Harley   79'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 3,324
10 February 2009 30 Exeter City 4–0 Macclesfield Town Exeter
Stansfield   16'
Logan   44'
Saunders   73'
McAllister   75'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 2,839
14 February 2009 31 Exeter City 3–2 Aldershot Town Exeter
Stewart   30'
Harding   78' (o.g.)
Saunders   80'		 Robinson   55'
Harding   60'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,840
21 February 2009 32 Chester City 0–0 Exeter City Chester
Stadium: Deva Stadium
Attendance: 1,640
28 February 2009 33 Exeter City 2–0 Darlington Exeter
Gill   72' (pen.)
McAllister   83'		 White   88' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,851
3 March 2009 34 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Exeter City Shrewsbury
Holt   51' (pen.) Stewart   83' Stadium: Prostar Stadium
Attendance: 4,679
7 March 2009 35 Luton Town 1–2 Exeter City Luton
Craddock   39' Stansfield   4'
Sercombe   29'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 6,460
10 March 2009 36 Exeter City 1–3 Bournemouth Exeter
Stansfield   13' Hollands   56'
Pitman   59', 87'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,946
14 March 2009 37 Exeter City 1–0 Bradford City Exeter
Moxey   20' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,253
21 March 2009 38 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Exeter City Accrington
Miles   34'
Lindfield   64'		 Stansfield   5' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,169
28 March 2009 39 Rochdale 2–2 Exeter City Rochdale
Thorpe   27'
Le Fondre   83'		 Stewart   55', 84' (pen.) Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 3,364
31 March 2009 40 Exeter City 1–0 Port Vale Exeter
Prosser   29' (o.g.) Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,235
4 April 2009 41 Exeter City 2–1 Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter
Fleetwood   16', 49' Strevens   36' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,123
11 April 2009 42 Brentford 1–1 Exeter City London
Clarke   90' Fleetwood   38' Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 8,234
13 April 2009 43 Exeter City 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers Exeter
Gill   64' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 8,183
18 April 2009 44 Lincoln City 0–1 Exeter City Lincoln
Burch   88' (o.g.) Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 3,934
25 April 2009 45 Exeter City 2–2 Morecambe Exeter
Moxey   49'
Harley   53'		 Drummond   9', 79' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 8,544
2 May 2009 46 Rotherham United 0–1 Exeter City Sheffield
Logan   71' Stadium: Don Valley Stadium
Attendance: 6,184

FA Cup

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Main article: 2008–09 FA Cup
8 November 2008 Round 1 Curzon Ashton 3–2 Exeter City Ashton under Lyne
Worsley   26'
Ogoo   56'
Norton   79'		 Basham   84'
Moxey   90'
Gill   89'		 Stadium: Tameside Stadium
Attendance: 1,259

Football League Cup

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Main article: 2008–09 Football League Cup
12 August 2008 Round 1 Exeter City 1–3 Southampton Exeter
Moxey   85' Holmes   29'
McGoldrick   77', 90' (pen.)		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,471

Football League Trophy

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Main article: 2008–09 Football League Trophy
2 September 2008 Southern Section Round 1 Exeter City 1–2 Shrewsbury Town Exeter
Harley   22' McIntyre   9'
Davies   90'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,530

Season 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[3]
1 GK   WAL Andy Marriott
2 DF   ENG Steve Tully
3 DF   IRL Fred Murray
4 MF   ENG Matthew Gill
5 DF   ENG Daniel Seaborne
6 DF   ENG Matt Taylor
7 MF   ENG Ryan Harley
8 MF   SCO Manny Panther
9 FW   ENG Adam Stansfield
10 FW   SCO Craig McAllister
11 DF   ENG Jack Obersteller
12 FW   ENG Steve Basham
14 MF   FRA Bertrand Cozic
15 MF   WAL Rob Edwards
16 FW   ENG Marcus Stewart
17 MF   ENG Paul Tisdale
18 MF   ENG Neil Saunders
19 FW   ENG Ben Watson
20 FW   ENG Richard Logan
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   ENG Dean Moxey
22 MF   ENG Liam Sercombe
23 DF   ENG Lewis Tasker
24 DF   ENG Ronnie Bull
25 MF   ENG Chris Shephard
26 DF   ENG Scot Bennett
27 GK   ENG Paul Jones
28 GK   ENG Nick Jordan
29 DF   ENG Troy Archibald-Henville (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
30 MF   ENG Alex Russell (on loan from Cheltenham Town)
31 MF   ENG Ben Osman
32 FW   ENG Toby Osman
33 FW   ENG Kyle Bassett
34 MF   ENG Aaron Dawson
35 DF   ENG Aaron Doble
36 DF   ENG Jack Furzer
37 MF   ENG Noah Keats
38 MF   ENG Dan Western
39 DF   ENG Jack Pattison
40 FW   WAL Stuart Fleetwood (on loan from Charlton Athletic)

Players who left during the 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
3 DF   ENG George Friend
23 MF   ENG Neil Martin

References

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  1. ^ "Exeter Manager History | Past & Present | Soccer Base".
  2. ^ "League Two (Sky Sports)".
  3. ^ "FootballSquads - Exeter City - 2008/09". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
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