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2008–09 Sheffield United F.C. season

During the 2008–09 English football season, Sheffield United F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Sheffield United F.C.
2008–09 season
ManagerKevin Blackwell
StadiumBramall Lane
Championship3rd (qualified for play-offs)
PlayoffsRunners-up
FA CupFifth round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: James Beattie (12)
All: James Beattie (12)[1]
Highest home attendance30,786 (vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 7 February 2009)
Lowest home attendance23,045 (vs. Crystal Palace, 20 December 2008)
Average home league attendance26,023[2]

Season summary

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Despite the sale of the previous season's top scorer, James Beattie, to Premier League newcomers Stoke City during the season, Sheffield United improved on the previous season's unsatisfactory form and were unlucky to finish the season in third place, three points behind Birmingham City. With this third-place finish came qualification for the playoffs: after narrowly defeating Preston North End 2–1 over two legs in the semi-final, United reached the playoff final, against Burnley, at Wembley. United lost 1–0, to a 13th-minute strike from Wade Elliott, which saw United consigned to a third consecutive season in the Championship.

Kit

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Sheffield United continued their kit manufacturing agreement with French company Le Coq Sportif, who produced a new kit for the season, designed by United season ticket holder Ben Frost. A black away kit with silver trim, chosen by the club's players, was also introduced. The previous season's black and fluorescent green away kit was retained as the third kit.

The club ended their kit sponsorship agreement with American bank Capital One at the end of the previous season. The new kit sponsor for the season was visit Malta.com.

Competitions

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Championship

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Main article: 2008–09 Football League Championship

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (C, P) 46 27 9 10 80 52 +28 90 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Birmingham City (P) 46 23 14 9 54 37 +17 83
3 Sheffield United 46 22 14 10 64 39 +25 80 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Reading 46 21 14 11 72 40 +32 77
5 Burnley (O, P) 46 21 13 12 72 60 +12 76
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2009. 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

Matches

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Championship match details
Date Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance League[3]
position		 Ref.
9 August 2008 Birmingham City Away 0–1 24,019 19th [4]
16 August 2008 Queens Park Rangers Home 3–0 Sharp 3', 13', 51' 25,273 11th [5]
23 August 2008 Blackpool Away 3–1 S. Quinn 21', Speed 57' pen., Halford 78' 8,611 5th [6]
30 August 2008 Cardiff City Home 0–0 29,226 5th [7]
13 September 2008 Derby County Away 1–2 Henderson 26' 28,473 6th [8]
16 September 2008 Coventry City Home 1–1 Sharp 56' 24,130 9th [9]
20 September 2008 Norwich City Away 0–1 24,175 15th [10]
27 September 2008 Watford Home 2–1 Speed 1', Beattie 66' 24,427 10th [11]
30 September 2008 Doncaster Rovers Away 2–0 Roberts 14' o.g., S. Quinn 60' 14,242 6th [12]
4 October 2008 Bristol City Home 3–0 Beattie 45', 69', Fontaine 56' o.g. 24,712 4th [13]
19 October 2008 Sheffield Wednesday Away 0–1 30,441 6th [14]
21 October 2008 Southampton Home 0–0 25,642 7th [15]
25 October 2008 Preston North End Home 1–0 Ehiogu 50' 24,445 5th [16]
28 October 2008 Bristol City Away 0–0 16,798 6th [17]
1 November 2008 Plymouth Argyle Home 2–0 Beattie 49' pen., 57' 25,601 5th [18]
8 November 2008 Barnsley Away 2–1 Beattie 20', 85' pen. 19,002 4th [19]
15 November 2008 Reading Home 0–2 25,065 5th [20]
22 November 2008 Charlton Athletic Away 5–2 Beattie 7', Speed 29', Kilgallon 45', Youga 48' o.g., S. Quinn 53' 20,328 4th [21]
25 November 2008 Wolverhampton Wanderers Home 1–3 Spring 75' 27,111 4th [22]
29 November 2008 Ipswich Town Away 1–1 Beattie 90' pen. 19,785 5th [23]
6 December 2008 Burnley Home 2–3 Beattie 36' pen., S. Quinn 87' 24,702 6th [24]
9 December 2008 Nottingham Forest Away 1–0 Howard 31' 19,541 5th [25]
13 December 2008 Swansea City Away 1–1 Morgan 87' 14,744 7th [26]
20 December 2008 Crystal Palace Home 2–2 Dyer 41', Beattie 88' pen. 23,045 6th [27]
26 December 2008 Wolverhampton Wanderers Away 1–1 Beattie 22' 27,106 8th [28]
28 December 2008 Charlton Athletic Home 3–1 S. Quinn 65', 79', Webber 72' 24,717 6th [29]
10 January 2009 Norwich City Home 1–0 Henderson 17' 27,267 4th [30]
17 January 2009 Watford Away 2–0 Webber 52', Henderson 67' 14,555 4th [31]
27 January 2009 Doncaster Rovers Home 0–1 26,555 4th [32]
31 January 2009 Preston North End Away 0–0 14,889 5th [33]
3 February 2009 Southampton Away 2–1 Halford 35', Ward 90' 13,257 4th [34]
7 February 2009 Sheffield Wednesday Home 1–2 Lupoli 5' 30,786 5th [35]
21 February 2009 Plymouth Argyle Away 2–2 Webber 63', Halford 72' 10,044 6th [36]
1 March 2009 Birmingham City Home 2–1 Webber 44', Cotterill 83' pen. 24,232 5th [37]
4 March 2009 Coventry City Away 2–1 Bromby 45', Morgan 54' 16,300 4th [38]
7 March 2009 Queens Park Rangers Away 0–0 13,718 5th [39]
10 March 2009 Blackpool Home 2–2 Coid 5 o.g., Cotterill 73 pen. 25,273 4th [40]
14 March 2009 Derby County Home 4–2 Naughton 7', Henderson 21', 62', Beattie 90' 27,565 4th [41]
22 March 2009 Cardiff City Away 3–0 Cotterill 25' pen., Ward 46', S. Quinn 87' 17,942 4th [42]
4 April 2009 Ipswich Town Home 2–0 Halford 19', Henderson 27' 25,315 4th [43]
7 April 2009 Barnsley Home 2–1 O'Toole 82', Lupoli 87' 27,061 3rd [44]
10 April 2009 Reading Away 1–0 Howard 59' 20,756 2nd [45]
13 April 2009 Nottingham Forest Home 0–0 28,374 3rd [46]
20 April 2009 Burnley Away 0–1 14,884 3rd [47]
25 April 2009 Swansea City Home 1–0 Cotterill 37' pen. 28,010 3rd [48]
3 May 2009 Crystal Palace Away 0–0 22,824 3rd [49]

Play-offs

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Play-off match details
Round Date Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
Semi-final first leg 8 May 2009 Preston North End Away 1–1 Howard 46' 19,840 [50]
Semi-final second leg 11 May 2009 Preston North End Home 1–0 (2–1 agg.) Halford 59' 26,354 [51]
Final 25 May 2009 Burnley Neutral 0–1 80,518 [52]

FA Cup

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FA Cup match details
Round Date Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
Third round 13 January 2009 Leyton Orient Away 4–1 Halford 59', 78', Sharp 62', Naughton 69' 4,527 [53]
Fourth round 24 January 2009 Charlton Athletic Home 2–1 Webber 26', Hendrie 62' 15,957 [54]
Fifth round 14 February 2009 Hull City Home 1–1 Halford 7' 22,283 [55]
Fifth round replay 26 February 2009 Hull City Away 1–2 Sharp 32' 17,239 [56]

League Cup

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League Cup match details
Round Date Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
First round 13 August 2008 Port Vale Home 3–1 Hendrie 41', S. Quinn 71', Webber 90' pen. 7,694 [57]
Second round 27 August 2008 Huddersfield Town Away 2–1 Henderson 82', Naughton 83' 15,189 [58]
Third round 23 September 2008 Arsenal Away 0–6 56,632 [59]

Players

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   IRL Paddy Kenny[notes 1]
2 DF   ENG Greg Halford (on loan from Sunderland)
3 DF   SCO Gary Naysmith
4 MF   WAL David Cotterill
5 DF   ENG Chris Morgan
6 DF   ENG Matthew Kilgallon
7 FW   ENG Darius Henderson
9 FW   ITA Arturo Lupoli (on loan from Fiorentina)
10 FW   ENG Danny Webber
11 MF   ENG Lee Hendrie
12 DF   CHN Sun Jihai
13 GK   ENG Ian Bennett
15 MF   WAL Gary Speed
17 MF   SCO Nick Montgomery[notes 2]
18 MF   NIR Jamie Ward[notes 3]
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   SCO Craig Beattie (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
20 MF   ENG Brian Howard
21 MF   IRL John-Joe O'Toole[notes 4] (on loan from Watford)
22 GK   MLT Justin Haber
24 FW   ENG Billy Sharp
25 MF   ALG Aymen Tahar
26 DF   ENG Derek Geary
27 MF   IRL Keith Quinn
28 MF   IRL Stephen Quinn
30 DF   ENG Kyle Naughton
31 MF   POL Ben Starosta[notes 5]
32 DF   ENG Leigh Bromby (on loan from Watford)
33 DF   ENG Ugo Ehiogu
34 DF   ENG Kyle Walker

Out on loan

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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
14 DF   AUS David Carney (on loan at Norwich City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 FW   ENG Jordan Robertson (on loan to Ferencváros)

Left club during 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
8 FW   ENG Jon Stead (to Ipswich Town)
8 FW   IRL Anthony Stokes (on loan from Sunderland)
9 FW   ENG James Beattie (to Stoke City)
18 MF   ENG Michael Tonge (to Stoke City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW   ENG Nathan Dyer (on loan from Southampton)
19 MF   NIR Keith Gillespie (released)
20 DF   SCO Chris Armstrong[notes 6] (to Reading)
25 MF   ENG Matthew Spring (on loan from Luton Town)

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship Play-offs FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   IRL Paddy Kenny 50 0 44 0 3 0 2 0 1 0
13 GK   ENG Ian Bennett 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Defenders
2 DF   ENG Greg Halford 49 8 31+10 4 3 1 4 3 1 0
3 DF   SCO Gary Naysmith 43 0 37+2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
5 DF   ENG Chris Morgan 50 2 40+1 2 3 0 4 0 2 0
6 DF   ENG Matthew Kilgallon 49 1 39+1 1 3 0 3 0 3 0
12 DF   CHN Sun Jihai 17 1 11+1 1 0 0 3+1 0 1 0
26 DF   IRL Derek Geary 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
30 DF   ENG Kyle Naughton 50 3 39+1 1 3 0 3+1 1 0+3 1
32 DF   ENG Leigh Bromby 13 1 6+6 1 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF   ENG Ugo Ehiogu 17 1 11+5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 DF   ENG Kyle Walker 7 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 MF   WAL David Cotterill 32 4 17+7 4 2 0 3 0 3 0
11 MF   ENG Lee Hendrie 12 2 0+5 0 0+1 0 2+2 1 1+1 1
15 MF   WAL Gary Speed 18 3 17 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 MF   SCO Nick Montgomery 35 0 26+2 0 3 0 3 0 1 0
18 MF   NIR Jamie Ward 18 2 7+9 2 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF   ENG Brian Howard 32 3 22+4 2 3 1 1+2 0 0 0
21 MF   IRL John-Joe O'Toole 9 1 5+4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF   ALG Aymen Tahar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
28 MF   IRL Stephen Quinn 50 8 43 7 3 0 2 0 2 1
Forwards
7 FW   ENG Darius Henderson 37 7 25+7 6 1 0 2 0 2 1
9 FW   ITA Arturo Lupoli 11 2 2+7 2 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW   ENG Danny Webber 41 6 21+15 4 0 0 1+1 1 2+1 1
19 FW   SCO Craig Beattie 16 1 1+12 1 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
24 FW   ENG Billy Sharp 27 6 17+5 4 0 0 4 2 0+1 0
Players left during the season
8 FW   ENG Jon Stead 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 FW   IRL Anthony Stokes 13 0 5+7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW   ENG James Beattie 24 12 21+2 12 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 DF   AUS David Carney 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 MF   ENG Michael Tonge 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 FW   ENG Nathan Dyer 7 1 3+4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF   NIR Keith Gillespie 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF   SCO Chris Armstrong 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 FW   ENG Matthew Spring 13 1 8+3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0

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Transfers

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In

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Date Position Name Club From Fee Reference
2 July 2008 DF Sun Jihai Manchester City Free [61]
23 July 2008 FW Darius Henderson Watford £2,000,000 [62]
31 July 2008 MF David Cotterill Wigan Athletic Undisclosed [63]
31 July 2008 GK Justin Haber Haidari F.C. Free [63]
19 January 2009 MF Jamie Ward Chesterfield £400,000 [64]

Out

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Date Position Name Club To Fee Reference
4 July 2008 DF Chris Lucketti Huddersfield Town Free [65]
21 July 2008 FW Rob Hulse Derby County £1,750,000 [66]
24 July 2008 FW Luton Shelton Valerenga £1,000,000 [67]
2 September 2008 MF Michael Tonge Stoke City £2,000,000 [68]
15 September 2008 FW Jon Stead Ipswich Town Undisclosed [69]
12 January 2009 FW James Beattie Stoke City £3,500,000 [70]
30 January 2009 MF Keith Gillespie None Released [71]

Loan In

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Date Position Name Club From Length Reference
2 July 2008 DF Greg Halford Sunderland Full-Season [61]
31 July 2008 MF Matthew Spring Luton Town Full-Season (ended 9 January) [63]
2 February 2009 FW Arturo Lupoli Fiorentina Until end of season [72]

Loan Out

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Date Position Name Club To Length Reference
23 July 2008 DF Ben Starosta Aldershot Town One Month [73]
1 September 2008 FW Jon Stead Ipswich Town Six Months (made permanent 15 September) [74]
2 September 2008 DF Ben Starosta Lechia Gdansk Six Months [75]
28 January 2009 MF David Carney Norwich City Until end of season [76]

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Notes

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  1. ^ Kenny was born in Halifax, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in June 2004.
  2. ^ Montgomery was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
  3. ^ Ward was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his grandfather and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in August 2011.
  4. ^ O'Toole was born in Harrow, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandparents and represented them at U-21 level.
  5. ^ Starosta was born in Sheffield, England, but also qualified to represent Poland internationally through his grandfather and represented them at U-20 level.
  6. ^ Armstrong was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and represented England at U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandmother and represented them at B level.
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