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Shrewsbury Town F.C.
2008–09 season
ChairmanRoland Wycherley
ManagerPaul Simpson
GroundNew Meadow
League Two7th
Play-offsRunners-up
FA CupFirst round
League CupFirst round
Football League TrophySouthern section semi-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Grant Holt (20)
All: Grant Holt (28)
Biggest win
Biggest defeat0–3 vs Macclesfield Town,
League Two, 28 February 2009

The 2008–09 season was the 109th season of competitive association football and 58th season in the Football League played by Shrewsbury Town Football Club, a professional football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Their eighteenth-place finish in 2007–08 meant it was their fifth consecutive season League Two. The season began on 1 July 2008 and concluded on 30 June 2009.

Paul Simpson, starting his first full season as Shrewsbury Town manager, made six permanent summer signings. They finished seventh in the table, and after beating Bury in the play-off semi-final, they lost 1–0 to Gillingham in the final at Wembley Stadium. Shrewsbury lost in their opening round matches in both the 2008–09 FA Cup and the League Cup, and were eliminated in the Southern section semi-final of the Football League Trophy.

32 players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were 17 different goalscorers. Grant Holt finished as leading scorer with 28 goals, of which 20 came in league competition, one came in the FA Cup and seven came in the Football League Trophy. Holt was recognised for his contribution to the season receiving the League Two Player of the Year award and was included in the PFA Team of the Year for League Two.

Match details

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League Two

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Main article: 2008–09 Football League Two
9 August 2008 (2008-08-09) 1 Shrewsbury Town 4–0 Macclesfield Town Shrewsbury
15:00
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 5,812
Referee: Phil Gibbs
16 August 2008 (2008-08-16) 2 Exeter City 0–1 Shrewsbury Town Exeter
15:00 Report
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,916
Referee: Simon Hooper
23 August 2008 (2008-08-23) 3 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Aldershot Town Shrewsbury
15:00
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 5,422
Referee: Trevor Kettle
30 August 2008 (2008-08-30) 4 Notts County 2–2 Shrewsbury Town Nottingham
15:00
Report
Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 4,697
Referee: Graham Horwood
6 September 2008 (2008-09-06) 5 Morecambe 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Morecambe
15:00
Report
Stadium: Christie Park
Attendance: 2,318
Referee: David Webb
13 September 2008 (2008-09-13) 6 Shrewsbury Town 7–0 Gillingham Shrewsbury
15:00
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 5,319
Referee: Christopher Sarginson
21 September 2008 (2008-09-21) 7 Chester City 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Chester
12:00
Report
Stadium: Deva Stadium
Attendance: 2,891
Referee: Mark Halsey
27 September 2008 (2008-09-27) 8 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Bradford City Shrewsbury
15:00
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 6,517
Referee: Jarnail Singh
4 October 2008 (2008-10-04) 9 Darlington 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Darlington
15:00
Report
Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 2,899
Referee: Christopher Sarginson
11 October 2008 (2008-10-11) 10 Shrewsbury Town 1–2 Port Vale Shrewsbury
15:00
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 7,162
Referee: Darren Deadman
18 October 2008 (2008-10-18) 11 Shrewsbury Town 4–1 Bournemouth Shrewsbury
15:00
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 5,738
Referee: Pat Miller
21 October 2008 (2008-10-21) 12 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Accrington
19:45
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,249
Referee: Carl Boyeson
25 October 2008 (2008-10-25) 13 Brentford 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Brentford
15:00
Report
Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 5,362
Referee: David Phillips
28 October 2008 (2008-10-28) 14 Shrewsbury Town 2–2 Barnet Shrewsbury
19:45
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 5,163
Referee: Andy Penn
1 November 2008 (2008-11-01) 15 Shrewsbury Town 3–0 Luton Town Shrewsbury
15:00
Report Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 6,188
Referee: Anthony Taylor
14 November 2008 (2008-11-14) 16 Chesterfield 2–2 Shrewsbury Town Chesterfield
19:30
Report
Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 4,099
Referee: Karl Evans
22 November 2008 (2008-11-22) 17 Lincoln City 0–0 Shrewsbury Town Lincoln
15:00 Report
Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 3,517
Referee: Graham Scott
25 November 2008 (2008-11-25) 18 Shrewsbury Town 2–1 Dagenham & Redbridge Shrewsbury
19:45
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 4,590
Referee: Graham Salisbury
6 December 2008 (2008-12-06) 19 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Rotherham United Shrewsbury
15:00
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 5,314
Referee: Graham Horwood
13 December 2008 (2008-12-13) 20 Grimsby Town 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Cleethorpes
15:00
Report
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 3,283
Referee: Steve Bratt
20 December 2008 (2008-12-20) 21 Shrewsbury Town 0–1 Wycombe Wanderers Shrewsbury
15:00
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 6,160
Referee: Steven Cook
26 December 2008 (2008-12-26) 22 Rochdale 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Rochdale
15:00
Report
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,159
Referee: Dave Foster
28 December 2008 (2008-12-28) 23 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Bury Shrewsbury
15:00
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 7,127
Referee: Mark Haywood
3 January 2009 (2009-01-03) 24 Bradford City 0–0 Shrewsbury Town Bradford
15:00 Report
Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 12,877
Referee: Russell Booth
17 January 2009 (2009-01-17) 25 Port Vale 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Burslem
15:00
Report
Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 7,068
Referee: Trevor Kettle
24 January 2009 (2009-01-24) 26 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Darlington Shrewsbury
15:00
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 5,140
Referee: Andy Woolmer
27 January 2009 (2009-01-27) 27 Barnet 0–0 Shrewsbury Town Edgware
19:45
Report Stadium: Underhill Stadium
Attendance: 1,568
Referee: Andy D'Urso
31 January 2009 (2009-01-31) 28 Shrewsbury Town 1–3 Brentford Shrewsbury
15:00
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 5,674
Referee: Anthony Taylor
3 February 2009 (2009-02-03) 29 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Accrington Stanley Shrewsbury
19:45
Report Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 4,134
Referee: Karl Evans
7 February 2009 (2009-02-07) 30 Bournemouth 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Bournemouth
15:00
Report
Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 4,187
Referee: Richard Beeby
14 February 2009 (2009-02-14) 31 Shrewsbury Town 2–1 Chesterfield Shrewsbury
15:00
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 4,873
Referee: James Linington
17 February 2009 (2009-02-17) 32 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Chester City Shrewsbury
19:45
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 6,133
Referee: Scott Mathieson
21 February 2009 (2009-02-21) 33 Luton Town 3–1 Shrewsbury Town Luton
15:00
Report
Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 5,661
Referee: Craig Pawson
28 February 2009 (2009-02-28) 34 Macclesfield Town 3–0 Shrewsbury Town Macclesfield
15:00
Report
Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 2,553
Referee: Kevin Friend
3 March 2009 (2009-03-03) 35 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Exeter City Shrewsbury
19:45
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 4,679
Referee: Iain Williamson
7 March 2009 (2009-03-07) 36 Shrewsbury Town 3–2 Notts County Shrewsbury
15:00
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 5,192
Referee: Dean Whitestone
10 March 2009 (2009-03-10) 37 Aldershot Town 0–0 Shrewsbury Town Aldershot
19:45
Report
Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 2,090
Referee: Gavin Ward
14 March 2009 (2009-03-14) 38 Gillingham 2–2 Shrewsbury Town Gillingham
15:00
Report
Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 6,023
Referee: Graham Horwood
21 March 2009 (2009-03-21) 39 Shrewsbury Town 0–0 Morecambe Shrewsbury
15:00
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 5,426
Referee: Oliver Langford
28 March 2009 (2009-03-28) 40 Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 Shrewsbury Town High Wycombe
12:15
Report
Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 4,803
Referee: Grant Hegley
4 April 2009 (2009-04-04) 41 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Grimsby Town Shrewsbury
15:00
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 5,535
Referee: Jarnail Singh
10 April 2009 (2009-04-10) 42 Bury 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Bury
15:00
Report
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4,850
Referee: Anthony Bates
13 April 2009 (2009-04-13) 43 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Rochdale Shrewsbury
15:00
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 6,234
Referee: Roger East
18 April 2009 (2009-04-18) 44 Rotherham United 1–2 Shrewsbury Town Rotherham
15:00
Report
Stadium: Don Valley Stadium
Attendance: 3,106
Referee: David Webb
25 April 2009 (2009-04-25) 45 Shrewsbury Town 0–0 Lincoln City Shrewsbury
15:00
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 6,740
Referee: Andy Haines
2 May 2009 (2009-05-02) 46 Dagenham & Redbridge 1–2 Shrewsbury Town Dagenham
15:00
Report
Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 4,791
Referee: Kevin Friend

League table (part)

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Gillingham (O, P) 46 21 12 13 58 55 +3 75 Qualification for League Two play-offs
6 Rochdale 46 19 13 14 70 59 +11 70
7 Shrewsbury Town 46 17 18 11 61 44 +17 69
8 Dagenham & Redbridge 46 19 11 16 77 53 +24 68
9 Bradford City 46 18 13 15 66 55 +11 67
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

FA Cup

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Main article: 2008–09 FA Cup
8 November 2008 (2008-11-08) First round Blyth Spartans 3–1 Shrewsbury Town Blyth
14:00
  • Reay 1', 29'
  • Leeson 63'
  • Dale Yellow card 73'
 Report
Stadium: Croft Park
Attendance: 2,742
Referee: Neil Swarbrick

League Cup

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Main article: 2008–09 Football League Cup
12 August 2008 (2008-08-12) First round Shrewsbury Town 0–1 Carlisle United Shrewsbury
19:45 Holt Yellow card 58' Report Murphy 41' Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 3,337
Referee: Karl Evans

League Trophy

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Main article: 2008–09 Football League Trophy
2 September 2008 (2008-09-02) First round Exeter City 1–2 Shrewsbury Town Exeter
19:45
Report
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,530
Referee: Steve Bratt
7 October 2008 (2008-10-07) Second round Wycombe Wanderers 0–7 Shrewsbury Town High Wycombe
19:00
Report
Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 1,730
Referee: Andy Woolmer
4 November 2008 (2008-11-04) Quarter-final Shrewsbury Town 5–0 Dagenham & Redbridge Shrewsbury
19:00
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 2,747
Referee: Andy Hall
16 December 2008 (2008-12-16) Semi-final Shrewsbury Town 0–0
(4–5 p)		 Brighton & Hove Albion Shrewsbury
19:45 Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 4,052
Referee: Keith Hill
Penalties

League Two play-offs

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Main article: 2009 Football League play-offs § League Two
7 May 2009 (2009-05-07) Semi-final first leg Shrewsbury Town 0–1 Bury Shrewsbury
19:45 Moss Yellow card 27' Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 8,429
Referee: Graham Laws
10 May 2009 (2009-05-10) Semi-final second leg Bury 0–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–1 agg.)
(3–4 p)		 Shrewsbury Town Bury
12:00
Report
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 7,673
Referee: Colin Webster
Penalties
23 May 2019 (2019-05-23) Final Gillingham 1–0 Shrewsbury Town London
15:00
Report
Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 53,706
Referee: Clive Oliver

Transfers

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In

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Date Player Club Fee Ref.
23 May 2008 Stephen Hindmarch Carlisle United Free [1][2]
23 May 2008 Paul Murray Gretna Fre [1][2]
24 June 2008 Michael Jackson Blackpool Free [3]
24 June 2008 Grant Holt Nottingham Forest £170,000 [3][4]
30 June 2008 Shane Cansdell-Sherriff Tranmere Rovers Free [5]
31 July 2008 Graham Coughlan Rotherham United Undisclosed [6]

Out

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Date Player Club Fee Ref.
18 July 2008 Darran Kempson Wrexham Free [7]
6 August 2008 Jimmy Ryan Accrington Stanley Free [8]
25 September 2008 Scott Bevan Torquay United Free [9]
1 January 2009 Guy Madjo Guangdong Sunray Cave Released [10]
2 January 2009 Marc Tierney Colchester United Undisclosed [11][12]
10 January 2009 David Hunt Brentford Released [13][14]
31 May 2009 David Maguire — Released [15]

Loans in

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Date Player Club Return Ref.
4 July 2008 Richard Walker Bristol Rovers End of season [16]
1 August 2008 Luke Daniels West Bromwich Albion End of season [17]
12 September 2008 Sean Thornton Leyton Orient One-month [18]
16 October 2008 Gylfi Sigurðsson Reading One-month [19][20]
14 November 2008 Jamie White Southampton 4 January 2009 [21][22]
21 November 2008 Matt Gilks Blackpool One-month [23][24]
1 January 2009 Joss Labadie West Bromwich Albion 6 January 2009 [25][26]
24 February 2009 David Worrall West Bromwich Albion End of season [27]

Squad

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Source:[28][29][30]
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Shrewsbury Town.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
Players included in matchday squads
No. Pos. Nat. Name League FA Cup League Cup Other[a] Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yellow card Red card
1 GK  WAL Glyn Garner 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 0
2 DF  WAL Darren Moss 28 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 34 (1) 0 5 1
3 DF/MF  ENG Neil Ashton 24 (7) 0 0 0 0 0 4 (2) 0 28 (9) 0 2 0
4 DF  ENG Michael Jackson 21 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 23 2 7 0
5 DF  IRL Graham Coughlan 42 4 1 0 1 0 6 1 50 5 8 0
6 MF  CAN Terry Dunfield 15 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 (1) 0 0 0
6 † DF/MF  ENG David Hunt 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 1 (3) 0 1 0
7 MF  ENG Marc Pugh 0 (7) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (8) 0 0 0
8 DF  ENG Kelvin Langmead 29 (4) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 7 0 36 (5) 0 2 0
9 FW  ENG David Hibbert 9 (13) 3 0 0 0 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 10 (15) 3 2 0
10 † FW  ENG James Constable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW  ENG Michael Symes 1 (7) 2 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 2 (9) 2 0 0
12 DF  ENG Ben Herd 20 (1) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 25 (1) 0 6 0
14 MF  ENG Ben Davies 42 12 0 0 1 0 6 1 49 13 2 0
15 MF  ENG Paul Murray 31 (1) 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 35 (1) 2 7 0
16 FW  ENG Grant Holt 43 20 1 1 1 0 6 7 51 28 14 0
17 MF  JAM Chris Humphrey 24 (13) 2 1 0 0 (1) 0 4 0 29 (14) 2 1 0
18 MF  SCO Steven Leslie 12 (15) 0 1 0 0 0 1 (4) 1 14 (19) 1 2 1
19 † MF  ENG Joss Labadie* 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
19 † FW  CMR Guy Madjo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW  ENG Stephen Hindmarch 0 (3) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 1 (5) 0 2 0
21 † FW  ENG Nick Chadwick 9 (6) 2 0 0 0 0 2 (1) 0 11 (7) 2 0 0
21 † GK  ENG Scott Bevan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 † DF  ENG Marc Tierney 18 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 22 0 2 0
23 MF  ENG David Worrall* 7 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 1 (2) 0 8 (4) 0 1 0
24 DF  AUS Shane Cansdell-Sherriff 27 (4) 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 31 (4) 3 6 0
25 FW  ENG Richard Walker* 16 (11) 5 1 0 1 0 2 (1) 1 20 (12) 6 1 1
26 GK  ENG Luke Daniels* 38 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 44 0 1 0
27 † MF  IRL Sean Thornton* 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 1 0
27 † FW  ENG Jamie White* 3 (6) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 (6) 1 0 0
28 MF  ENG Kevin McIntyre 25 (1) 0 1 0 1 0 7 3 34 (1) 3 4 0
29 † FW  ATG Moses Ashikodi 4 (3) 1 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 4 (5) 1 1 0
29 † MF  ISL Gylfi Sigurðsson* 4 (1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 (1) 1 1 0
30 GK  IRL David Maguire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 † GK  SCO Matt Gilks* 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
31 FW  TUR Omer Riza 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 1 (2) 0 1 (4) 0 0 0
33 DF  AUS James Meredith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Notes

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  1. ^ Includes Football League Trophy and Football League Two play-offs.

References

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  2. ^ a b "Murray and Hindmarch are Shrewsbury bound". Cumberland & Westmorland Herald. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Shrews break club record for Holt". BBC Sport. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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  8. ^ "Ryan wins contract at Accrington". BBC Sport. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
  9. ^ "Bevan agrees Torquay loan switch". BBC Sport. 25 September 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
  10. ^ "Shrews terminate Madjo contract". BBC Sport. 5 December 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Tierney makes U's move permanent". BBC Sport. 2 January 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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  13. ^ "Midfielder Hunt joins Brentford". BBC Sport. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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  17. ^ "Shrews move for Daniels". Sky Sports. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  18. ^ "Shrews land midfielder Thornton". BBC Sport. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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