Football League 1  2008/09

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Leicester City 46 27 15 4 84 39 +45 96 ▲Champions
2nd  Peterborough United 46 26 11 9 78 54 +24 89 ▲Promoted
3rd  Milton Keynes Dons 46 26 9 11 83 47 +36 87 ♦Playoffs
4th  Leeds United 46 26 6 14 77 49 +28 84 ♦Playoffs
5th  Millwall 46 25 7 14 63 53 +10 82 ♦Playoffs
6th  Scunthorpe United 46 22 10 14 82 63 +19 76 ▲PO Winners
7th  Tranmere Rovers 46 21 11 14 62 49 +13 74 -
8th  Southend United 46 21 8 17 58 61 -3 71 -
9th  Huddersfield Town 46 18 14 14 62 65 -3 68 -
10th  Oldham Athletic 46 16 17 12 66 65 +1 65 -
11th  Bristol Rovers 46 17 12 17 79 61 +18 63 -
12th  Colchester United 46 18 9 19 58 58 0 63 -
13th  Walsall 46 17 10 19 61 66 -5 61 -
14th  Leyton Orient 46 15 11 20 45 57 -12 56 -
15th  Swindon Town 46 12 17 17 68 71 -3 53 -
16th  Brighton & Hove Albion 46 13 13 20 55 70 -15 52 -
17th  Yeovil Town 46 12 15 19 41 66 -25 51 -
18th  Stockport County 46 16 12 18 59 57 +2  50* *Deducted 10 Points
19th  Hartlepool United 46 13 11 22 66 79 -13 50

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20th  Carlisle United 46 12 14 20 56 69 -13 50 -
21st  Northampton Town 46 12 13 21 61 65 -4 49 ▼Relegated
22nd  Crewe Alexandra 46 12 10 24 59 82 -23 46 ▼Relegated
23rd  Cheltenham Town 46 9 12 25 51 91 -40 39 ▼Relegated
24th  Hereford United 46 9 7 30 42 79 -37 34 ▼Relegated

 

Football League 1 Playoffs

Date Home Score Away

Semi Finals 1st Leg

Sat May 9 Millwall 1-0 Leeds United
Fri May 8 Scunthorpe United 1-1 Milton Keynes Dons

Semi Finals 2nd Leg

Thu May 14 Leeds United 1-1 Millwall
Millwall Won 2-1 on aggregate
Fri May 15 Milton Keynes Dons 0-0 Scunthorpe United
Scunthorpe United Won 7-6 on penalties after drawing 1-1 on aggregate

Final

Sun May 24 Millwall 2-3 Scunthorpe United

 

End of Season Notes

 ♦ Stockport County had 10 Points Deducted for entering Administration on the 30th April 2009
 ▼Norwich City were Relegated from the Championship
 ▼Southampton were Relegated from the Championship
 ▼Charlton Athletic were Relegated from the Championship
 ▲Leicester City were Promoted to the Championship
 ▲Peterborough United were Promoted to the Championship
  ♦ Milton Keynes Dons Qualified for Playoffs
  ♦ Leeds United Qualified for Playoffs
  ♦ Millwall Qualified for Playoffs
  ♦ Scunthorpe United Qualified for Playoffs
 ▲Scunthorpe United were Promoted to the Championship via the Playoffs
 ▼Northampton Town were Relegated to League 2
 ▼Crewe Alexandra were Relegated to League 2
 ▼Cheltenham Town were Relegated to League 2
 ▼Hereford United were Relegated to League 2
 ▲Brentford were Promoted from League 2
 ▲Exeter City were Promoted from League 2
 ▲Wycombe Wanderers were Promoted from League 2
 ▲Gillingham were Promoted from League 2 via the Playoffs