2008–09_Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C._season

Milton Keynes Dons
2008–09 season
Chairman	Pete Winkelman
Manager	Roberto Di Matteo
Stadium	Stadium mk
League One	3rd (qualified for play-offs)
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Second round
League Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Aaron Wilbraham (17); All: Aaron Wilbraham (17)
Highest home attendance	17,717 (vs Leicester City); 28 February 2009, League One
Lowest home attendance	6,931 (vs Stockport County); 21 October 2008, League One
Average home league attendance	10,550
Biggest win	6–2 (vs Oldham Athletic); 14 March 2009, League One
Biggest defeat	3–2 (vs Carlisle United); 17 January 2009, League One
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

2008–09 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season

Milton Keynes Dons 2008–09 football season

The 2008–09 season was the fifth season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Milton Keynes Dons Football Club, a professional football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Following their successful promotion from League Two in the previous 2007–08 season, the club returned to League One. On 2 July 2008, following the resignation of manager Paul Ince, the club appointed former Chelsea midfielder Roberto Di Matteo, his first managerial role in football.^[2]

The season covers the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.

Competitions

League One

Final table

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Source: Sky Sports

Matches

Win	Draw	Loss

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
9 August 2008 – 15:00	Leicester City	Away	0–2		23,351	^[3]
16 August 2008 – 15:00	Northampton Town	Home	1–0	Wilbraham	12,078	^[4]
23 August 2008 – 15:00	Huddersfield Town	Away	3–1	Stirling, Wright, Leven	13,189	^[5]
30 August 2008 – 15:00	Swindon Town	Away	1–2	Stirling	8,846	^[6]
6 September 2008 – 15:00	Yeovil Town	Home	3–0	Leven (2), Baldock	7,959	^[7]
13 September 2008 – 15:00	Oldham Athletic	Away	0–2		5,530	^[8]
20 September 2008 – 15:00	Colchester United	Away	3–0	Wilbraham, Baldock (2)	4,888	^[9]
27 September 2008 – 15:00	Peterborough United	Home	1–2	Gerba	10,876	^[10]
4 October 2008 – 15:00	Millwall	Away	4–0	O'Hanlon, Baldock (2), Robinson (o.g.)	9,871	^[11]
11 October 2008 – 15:00	Carlisle United	Home	3–1	Leven (2), Llera	11,194	^[12]
18 October 2008 – 15:00	Crewe Alexandra	Away	2–2	Baldock, Chadwick	4,055	^[13]
21 October 2008 – 19:45	Stockport County	Home	1–2	Gerba	6,931	^[14]
25 October 2008 – 15:00	Cheltenham Town	Home	3–1	Gerba (2), Baldock	8,190	^[15]
28 October 2008 – 19:45	Leyton Orient	Away	2–1	Chadwick (2)	3,869	^[16]
1 November 2008 – 15:00	Tranmere Rovers	Home	1–0	Gallen	8,185	^[17]
15 November 2008 – 15:00	Hartlepool United	Away	3–1	Lewington, Wright, Powell	4,021	^[18]
22 November 2008 – 15:00	Walsall	Away	3–0	Johnson, Gerba, Wright	5,026	^[19]
25 November 2008 – 19:45	Hereford United	Home	3–0	Leven, Wright, Johnson	7,189	^[20]
6 December 2008 – 15:00	Scunthorpe United	Away	0–2		11,550	^[21]
12 December 2008 – 19:45	Brighton & Hove Albion	Away	4–2	Llera, Johnson, Leven, Puncheon	5,691	^[22]
20 December 2008 – 15:00	Leeds United	Home	3–1	O'Hanlon, Wilbraham (2)	17,073	^[23]
26 December 2008 – 15:00	Bristol Rovers	Away	2–1	Wilbraham, Anthony (o.g.)	9,002	^[24]
28 December 2008 – 15:00	Southend United	Home	2–0	O'Hanlon, Baldock	10,432	^[25]
12 January 2009 – 19:45	Colchester United	Home	1–1	Wilbraham	8,408	^[26]
17 January 2009 – 15:00	Carlisle United	Away	2–3	Wilbraham (2)	6,298	^[27]
20 January 2009 – 19:45	Peterborough United	Away	0–0		8,982	^[28]
27 January 2009 – 19:45	Leyton Orient	Home	1–2	Chadwick	8,170	^[29]
31 January 2009 – 15:00	Cheltenham Town	Away	5–3	Johnson (2), Wilbraham (3)	3,681	^[30]
3 February 2009 – 19:45	Stockport County	Away	1–0	Wilbraham	4,891	^[31]
14 February 2009 – 15:00	Hartlepool United	Home	3–1	Gerba (2), Lewington	8,657	^[32]
21 February 2009 – 15:00	Tranmere Rovers	Away	1–1	Leven	5,625	^[33]
28 February 2009 – 15:00	Leicester City	Home	2–2	Leven (2)	17,717	^[34]
7 March 2009 – 15:00	Swindon Town	Away	1–1	Wilbraham	7,453	^[35]
10 March 2009 – 19:45	Huddersfield Town	Home	1–1	Baldock	9,707	^[36]
14 March 2009 – 15:00	Oldham Athletic	Home	6–2	Wilbraham, Puncheon, Baldock (2), Navarro, Gerba	10,621	^[37]
17 March 2009 – 19:45	Millwall	Home	0–1		12,238	^[38]
21 March 2009 – 15:00	Yeovil Town	Away	0–0		9,707	^[39]
24 March 2009 – 19:45	Crewe Alexandra	Away	2–2	Wilbraham, Puncheon	8,454	^[40]
28 March 2009 – 15:00	Leeds United	Away	0–2		27,649	^[41]
4 April 2009 – 15:00	Brighton & Hove Albion	Home	2–0	Gerba, Puncheon	15,842	^[42]
10 April 2009 – 15:00	Southend United	Away	2–0	Wright (2)	10,241	^[43]
13 April 2009 – 15:00	Bristol Rovers	Home	2–1	Gerba, Chadwick	10,251	^[44]
18 April 2009 – 15:00	Scunthorpe United	Away	1–0	Chadwick	4,873	^[45]
25 April 2009 – 15:00	Walsall	Home	0–1		12,094	^[46]
28 April 2009 – 19:45	Northampton Town	Away	1–0	Wilbraham	6,054	^[47]
2 May 2009 – 15:00	Hereford United	Away	1–0	Howell	3,224	^[48]

Play-offs

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After extra-time. 0–0 at the conclusion of 90 minutes. Scunthorpe won 7–6 on penalties.

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[50] After extra-time. 0–0 at the conclusion of 90 minutes. Scunthorpe won 7–6 on penalties.

[56] Includes Football League Trophy and 2008–09 Football League One play-offs.

[58] Previous club: FC Vaduz.

[60] Previous club: FC Ingolstadt 04.

[62] Previous club: FC Metz.

[63] Previous club: Hércules CF.

[65] Previous club: Leeds United.

[67] Previous club: Leeds United.

[69] Joined Leicester City on 1 July 2008.

[71] Joined Dundee on 15 July 2008.

[73] Joined Brentford on 24 March 2009.

[75] Joined Luton Town on 12 January 2009.

[77] Originally until December, later extended until end of season.

[78] Loan move became permanent on 1 January 2009.

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		Other^{[lower-alpha 1]}
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Nathan Abbey	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF	ENG	Jude Stirling	38	2	34	2	1	0	2	0	1	0
3	DF	ENG	Dean Lewington	46	2	42	2	1	0	2	0	1	0
4 †	MF	IRL	Keith Andrews	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	ESP	Miguel Llera	38	2	36	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
5 †	DF	GUI	Drissa Diallo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Sean O'Hanlon	44	4	40	3	1	0	2	1	1	0
7	FW	ENG	Mark Wright	37	5	34	5	1	0	1	0	1	0
8	FW	USA	Jemal Johnson	37	6	33	5	1	1	2	0	1	0
9	FW	ENG	Aaron Wilbraham	36	17	35	17	0	0	1	0	0	0
10 †	FW	ENG	Kevin Gallen	8	1	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
11 †	MF	AUT	Florian Sturm	7	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
12	GK	FRA	Willy Guéret	48	0	46	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
14	DF	ENG	Carl Regan	31	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
15	FW	ENG	Sam Baldock	44	11	42	10	0	0	2	1	0	0
16 †	FW	IRL	Donal McDermott	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	ENG	Jason Puncheon	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	JAM	Shaun Cummings	35	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
18	FW	CAN	Ali Gerba	25	10	24	10	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	IRL	Stephen Gleeson	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19 †	DF	ENG	Carl Magnay	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19 †	DF	ENG	Paul Mitchell	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Alan Navarro	41	1	38	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
22	MF	SCO	Peter Leven	44	10	42	10	1	0	1	0	0	0
23 †	MF	JAM	Craig Dobson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
24	MF	FRA	Flavien Belson	15	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF	ENG	Danny Swailes	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
26	MF	ENG	Luke Chadwick	27	6	26	6	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF	ENG	David King	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
28	DF	ENG	Adam Chicksen	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
29 †	GK	WAL	Lewis Price	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	ENG	Daniel Powell	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
32 †	DF	ENG	Bondz Ngala	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	NOR	Tore André Flo	14	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2008	MF	Peter Leven	Chesterfield	Free transfer	^[55]
23 July 2008	MF	Florian Sturm	Free agent^{[lower-alpha 1]}		^[56]
7 August 2008	FW	Ali Gerba	Free agent^{[lower-alpha 2]}		^[57]
20 August 2008	MF	Flavien Belson	Free agent^{[lower-alpha 3]}		^[57]
1 September 2008	DF	Miguel Llera	Free agent^{[lower-alpha 4]}		^[58]
21 November 2008	FW	Tore André Flo	Free agent^{[lower-alpha 5]}		^[59]
1 January 2009	MF	Luke Chadwick	Free agent^{[lower-alpha 6]}		^[60]

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2008	FW	Lloyd Dyer	Released^{[lower-alpha 7]}		^[61]
1 July 2008	MF	Colin Cameron	Released^{[lower-alpha 8]}		^[61]
14 July 2008	FW	Mustapha Carayol	Torquay United	Undisclosed	^[61]
28 August 2008	MF	Keith Andrews	Blackburn Rovers	£1,300,000	^[62]
2 January 2009	MF	Craig Dobson	Released^{[lower-alpha 9]}		^[63]
6 January 2009	MF	Paul Mitchell	Retired
12 January 2009	FW	Kevin Gallen	Released^{[lower-alpha 10]}		^[64]
15 January 2009	DF	Drissa Diallo	Released

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
4 August 2008	DF	Shaun Cummings	Chelsea	End of season^{[lower-alpha 11]}	^[57]
11 September 2008	FW	Donal McDermott	Manchester City	11 October 2008	^[58]
1 October 2008	MF	Luke Chadwick	Norwich City	1 January 2009^{[lower-alpha 12]}	^[65]
24 October 2008	MF	Jason Puncheon	Plymouth Argyle	Unknown	^[65]
13 November 2008	MF	Bondz N'Gala	West Ham United	13 December 2008	^[60]
12 January 2009	MF	Jason Puncheon	Plymouth Argyle	End of season	^[66]
30 January 2009	DF	Carl Magnay	Chelsea	Unknown	^[66]
25 March 2009	MF	Stephen Gleeson	Wolverhampton Wanderers	End of season	^[67]

2008–09_Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C._season

2008–09 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season

Competitions

League One

FA Cup

League Cup

League Trophy

Player details

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

References

External links

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leicester City (C,P)	46	27	15	4	84	39	+45	96
2	Peterborough United (P)	46	26	11	9	78	54	+24	89
3	Milton Keynes Dons	46	26	9	11	83	47	+36	87
4	Leeds United	46	26	6	14	77	49	+28	84
5	Millwall	46	25	7	14	63	53	+10	82

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
8 May 2009 – 19:45	Scunthorpe United	Away	1–1	Wilbraham	6,599	^[49]
15 May 2009 – 19:45	Scunthorpe United	Home	0–0^{[lower-alpha 1]}		14,479	^[50]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
12 August 2008 – 19:45	First round	Norwich City	Home	1–0	Baldock	6,261	^[52]
26 August 2008 – 19:45	Second round	Cardiff City	Away	1–2	O'Hanlon	6,334	^[53]