2008–09 Yeovil Town F.C. season
# 2008–09 Yeovil Town F.C. season

The 2008–09 Yeovil Town F.C. season was Yeovil Town's 6th season in the Football League and their fourth consecutive season in League One, finishing in 17th position with 51 points.

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - |
| 12 June 2008 | Keiran Murtagh | Fisher Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2008 | Aidan Downes | Everton | Free (released) |
| 1 July 2008 | Danny Schofield | Huddersfield Town | Free (released) |
| 12 July 2008 | Darren Way | Swansea City | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2008 | Gavin Tomlin | Fisher Athletic | Free (released) |
| 6 August 2008 | Josh Wagenaar | Lyngby BK | Free (released) |
| 11 August 2008 | Aaron Brown | Reading | Free (released) |
| 15 August 2008 | Andre McCollin | Fisher Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 3 September 2008 | Andy Welsh | Blackpool | Free (released) |
| 9 January 2009 | Gary Roberts | Crewe Alexandra | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2009 | Luke Rodgers | Port Vale | Free (released) |

### Out

| Date | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 August 2008 | Scott Guyett | Bournemouth | Contract terminated by mutual consent |
| 1 August 2008 | Andy Kirk | Dunfermline Athletic | Free |
| 1 September 2008 | Lloyd Owusu | Cheltenham Town | Free |
| 30 January 2009 | Marc Bircham | n/a | Retired |
| 2 May 2009 | Luke Rodgers | Notts County | Contract terminated by mutual consent |
| 12 May 2009 | Aaron Brown | Redditch United | Released |
| 30 June 2009 | Rob Fitzgerald | Wealdstone | Released |
| 30 June 2009 | Jordan Street | Redditch United | Released |
| 30 June 2009 | Josh Wagenaar | Falkirk | Rejected new contract |
| 30 June 2009 | Paul Warne | Rotherham United | Rejected new contract |
| 30 June 2009 | Lee Peltier | Huddersfield Town | Undisclosed |

### Loan in

| Date | Name | From | End date |
| - | - | - | - |
| 7 August 2008 | Asmir Begović | Portsmouth | 7 November 2008 |
| 22 August 2008 | Gary Roberts | Crewe Alexandra | 1 January 2009 |
| 26 August 2008 | James Dayton | Crystal Palace | 26 September 2008 |
| 16 October 2008 | Gareth Owen | Stockport County | 16 November 2008 |
| 16 October 2008 | Scott Rendell | Peterborough United | 12 November 2008 |
| 5 November 2008 | Gifton Noel-Williams | Millwall | 26 December 2008 |
| 24 November 2008 | Luke Rodgers | Port Vale | 5 January 2009 |
| 21 January 2009 | Lee Cox | Leicester City | 21 February 2009 |
| 27 January 2009 | Shaun MacDonald | Swansea City | 26 February 2009 |
| 27 January 2009 | Aleksandar Prijović | Derby County | 26 February 2009 |
| 30 January 2009 | Jon Worthington | Huddersfield Town | 26 March 2009 |
| 3 March 2009 | Danny Hutchins | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 May 2009 |
| 16 March 2009 | Chris Weale | Bristol City | 2 May 2009 |
| 19 March 2009 | Jonathan Obika | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 May 2009 |
| 19 March 2009 | Andros Townsend | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 May 2009 |
| 25 March 2009 | Danny Maguire | Queens Park Rangers | 2 May 2009 |
| 25 March 2009 | David Noble | Bristol City | 2 May 2009 |

### Loan out

| Date | Name | To | End date | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 February 2009 | Rob Fitzgerald | Enfield Town | 15 March 2009 | |

## Match results

### League One

| Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 August 2008 | 11th | Walsall | H | D | 1–1 | Tomlin | 4,518 |
| 16 August 2008 | 4th | Hereford United | A | W | 2–1 | Schofield, Warne | 3,476 |
| 23 August 2008 | 6th | Leeds United | H | D | 1–1 | Owusu | 6,580 |
| 30 August 2008 | 15th | Carlisle United | A | L | 1–4 | Tomlin | 6,286 |
| 6 September 2008 | 19th | Milton Keynes Dons | A | L | 0–3 | | 7,959 |
| 13 September 2008 | 18th | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | D | 1–1 | Way | 4,451 |
| 20 September 2008 | 18th | Bristol Rovers | H | D | 2–2 | Skiverton, Roberts | 5,748 |
| 27 September 2008 | 22nd | Scunthorpe United | A | L | 0–2 | | 4,829 |
| 4 October 2008 | 23rd | Southend United | H | L | 1–2 | Schofield | 4,008 |
| 18 October 2008 | 23rd | Northampton Town | A | L | 0–3 | | 5,217 |
| 21 October 2008 | 21st | Crewe Alexandra | H | W | 3–2 | Schofield (2), Way | 3,536 |
| 25 October 2008 | 20th | Leyton Orient | H | D | 0–0 | | 4,320 |
| 28 October 2008 | 20th | Huddersfield Town | A | D | 0–0 | | 10,719 |
| 1 November 2008 | 19th | Oldham Athletic | A | W | 2–0 | Brown, Warne | 5,318 |
| 11 November 2008 | 19th | Leicester City | A | L | 0–1 | | 16,528 |
| 15 November 2008 | 21st | Peterborough United | H | L | 0–1 | | 4,001 |
| 22 November 2008 | 19th | Tranmere Rovers | H | W | 1–0 | Skiverton | 3,445 |
| 25 November 2008 | 21st | Colchester United | A | L | 0–1 | | 3,214 |
| 6 December 2008 | 21st | Hartlepool United | A | D | 0–0 | | 3,393 |
| 13 December 2008 | 21st | Stockport County | H | L | 2–4 | Smith, Warne | 3,687 |
| 20 December 2008 | 18th | Swindon Town | A | W | 3–2 | Alcock, Peltier, Ifil (og) | 7,072 |
| 26 December 2008 | 19th | Cheltenham Town | H | D | 1–1 | Rodgers | 4,989 |
| 28 December 2008 | 18th | Millwall | A | D | 1–1 | Rodgers | 9,042 |
| 13 January 2009 | 19th | Scunthorpe United | H | L | 1–2 | McCollin | 3,275 |
| 19 January 2009 | 19th | Leicester City | H | L | 0–2 | | 4,569 |
| 24 January 2009 | 18th | Southend United | A | W | 1–0 | Brown | 6,409 |
| 27 January 2009 | 18th | Huddersfield Town | H | W | 1–0 | MacDonald | 3,703 |
| 31 January 2009 | 17th | Leyton Orient | A | W | 1–0 | Tomlin | 4,597 |
| 14 February 2009 | 16th | Peterborough United | A | W | 3–1 | Warne, Brown, MacDonald | 6,129 |
| 17 February 2009 | 17th | Bristol Rovers | A | L | 0–3 | | 8,049 |
| 21 February 2009 | 15th | Oldham Athletic | H | D | 2–2 | Tomlin (2) | 4,150 |
| 24 February 2009 | 16th | Crewe Alexandra | A | L | 0–2 | | 3,432 |
| 28 February 2009 | 18th | Walsall | A | L | 0–2 | | 3,916 |
| 7 March 2009 | 18th | Carlisle United | H | D | 1–1 | Roberts | 3,892 |
| 10 March 2009 | 20th | Leeds United | A | L | 0–4 | | 18,847 |
| 14 March 2009 | 20th | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | L | 0–5 | | 6,291 |
| 21 March 2009 | 21st | Milton Keynes Dons | H | D | 0–0 | | 4,028 |
| 28 March 2009 | 21st | Swindon Town | H | W | 1–0 | Obika | 5,476 |
| 31 March 2009 | 16th | Northampton Town | H | W | 1–0 | Obika | 3,884 |
| 4 April 2009 | 17th | Stockport County | A | D | 0–0 | | 5,664 |
| 10 April 2009 | 16th | Millwall | H | W | 2–0 | Obika, Tomlin | 6,230 |
| 13 April 2009 | 16th | Cheltenham Town | A | L | 0–1 | | 3,775 |
| 18 April 2009 | 18th | Hartlepool United | H | L | 2–3 | Tomlin, Townsend | 4,232 |
| 21 April 2009 | 17th | Hereford United | H | D | 2–2 | Rodgers, Weale | 3,780 |
| 25 April 2009 | 17th | Tranmere Rovers | A | D | 1–1 | Obika | 8,306 |
| 2 May 2009 | 17th | Colchester United | H | L | 0–2 | | 5,237 |

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | Swindon Town | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 68 | 71 | −3 | 53 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 55 | 70 | −15 | 52 |
| 17 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 41 | 66 | −25 | 51 |
| 18 | Stockport County | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 59 | 57 | +2 | 50 |
| 19 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 66 | 79 | −13 | 50 |

* ↑ Stockport County deducted 10 points for entering administration.

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First round | 8 November 2008 | Stockport County | H | D | 1–1 | Skiverton | 3,582 | |
| First round replay | 18 November 2008 | Stockport County | A | L | 0–5 | | 3,260 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First round | 12 August 2008 | Charlton Athletic | A | W | 1–0 | Warne | 6,239 | |
| Second round | 26 August 2008 | Middlesbrough | A | L | 1–5 | Tomlin | 15,651 | |

### Football League Trophy

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First round | 2 September 2008 | Brentford | A | D | 2–2 | Bircham, Tomlin (pen) | 1,339 | |

## Squad statistics

    Source:
    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 Yeovil.
    Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
    Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| 1 † | GK | CAN | Asmir Begović * | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Chris Weale * | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | WAL | Nathan Jones | 15 (8) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 (8) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Terry Skiverton | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 † | DF | WAL | Gareth Owen * | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Terrell Forbes | 38 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 7 † | MF | CAN | Marc Bircham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 † | MF | ENG | Jon Worthington * | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Darren Way | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 18 (1) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 † | FW | GHA | Lloyd Owusu | 0 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | ENG | Andy Welsh | 23 (13) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 (14) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Gavin Tomlin | 29 (13) | 7 | 0 (2) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 (15) | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Danny Schofield | 34 (4) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 (4) | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Craig Alcock | 25 (5) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 (7) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | CAN | Josh Wagenaar | 22 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Paul Warne | 38 (6) | 4 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 (7) | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 † | FW | ENG | Scott Rendell * | 5 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Luke Rodgers | 10 (12) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (12) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Gary Roberts | 27 (3) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 (3) | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | IRL | Aidan Downes | 15 (9) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 (9) | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Keiran Murtagh | 16 (10) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 (10) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Andre McCollin | 0 (11) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (13) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 † | MF | ENG | Steve Thompson * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Rob Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Jordan Street | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Aaron Brown | 16 (7) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 (7) | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 † | FW | SRB | Aleksandar Prijović * | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Danny Hutchins * | 8 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 † | FW | ENG | Gifton Noel-Williams * | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 † | MF | ENG | Lee Cox * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Andros Townsend * | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 † | MF | WAL | Shaun MacDonald * | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Jonathan Obika * | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Lee Peltier | 34 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 (1) | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Nathan Smith | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 † | MF | ENG | James Dayton * | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Danny Maguire * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | David Noble * | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Lloyd Irish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
