Manchester City F.C. season 2008-09 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Season 2008–09
Manchester City Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
Owner	Thaksin Shinawatra Thaksin Shinawatra Thaksin Shinawatra is a Thai businessman and politician, who was Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006, when he was overthrown in a military coup.... (until sale of club from UKSIL to ADUG on 1 Sep. 2008) Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is a United Arab Emirati politician and member of ruling family of Abu Dhabi . He is the half brother of the current President of UAE, Emir of Abu Dhabi, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan...
Chairman	Thaksin Shinawatra Thaksin Shinawatra Thaksin Shinawatra is a Thai businessman and politician, who was Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006, when he was overthrown in a military coup.... (until sale of club from UKSIL to ADUG on 1 Sep. 2008) Khaldoon Al Mubarak Khaldoon Al Mubarak H.E. Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak is an Emirati businessman.Educated in the United States, he entered a career in construction and real estate, becoming CEO of the Mubadala Development Company...
Manager	Mark Hughes Mark Hughes Leslie Mark Hughes, OBE , is a former Welsh international footballer. As an international footballer, he made 72 appearances and scored 16 goals....
Team captain	Richard Dunne Richard Dunne Richard Patrick Dunne is an Irish footballer who plays as a defender for Aston Villa and the Republic of Ireland national football team. With Ireland he was a member of the 2002 FIFA World Cup squad and helped his team qualify for UEFA Euro 2012.Dunne began his professional career at Everton...
Home stadium	City of Manchester Stadium City of Manchester Stadium The City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England – also known as the Etihad Stadium for sponsorship purposes– is the home ground of... (a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS)
PremierLeague	Tenth
League Cup Football League Cup 2008-09 The 2008–09 Football League Cup, known as the Carling Cup due to the competition's sponsorship by lager brand Carling, was the 49th season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs...	Second round
FA Cup FA Cup 2008-09 The 2008–09 FA Cup was the 128th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. A record 762 clubs were accepted for the competition; one club, South Normanton Athletic, folded before the fixtures were released, leaving 761...	Third round
UEFA Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Robinho (14 goals) (4th highest in Premier League) All comps: Robinho (15 goals)
Season revenue	€ 101.2 million(19th highest in world) (6th highest in Premier League)
Average home attendance	42,900 – over 19 PL home games (5th highest in Premier League)
Highest home attendance	47,331 v Chelsea Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four... 13 September 2008
Highest away attendance	75,464 v Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958... 10 May 2009
Lowest home attendance	7,334 v EB Streymur EB/Streymur EB/Streymur is an Faroese football club based in Streymnes. They play in the Vodafonedeildin, the top division in Faroese football.-History:... 31 July 2008
Lowest away attendance	5,400 v EB Streymur EB/Streymur EB/Streymur is an Faroese football club based in Streymnes. They play in the Vodafonedeildin, the top division in Faroese football.-History:... 17 July 2008

← 2007–08 2009–10 →

	\|Draws	\|Win %
Results summary - all competitions
Home	19	1	8	67.9%
Away	6	7	15	21.4%
Both	25	8	23	44.6%

	\|Draws	\|Win %
Results summary - Premier League
Home	13	0	6	68.4%
Away	2	5	12	10.5%
Both	15	5	18	39.5%

The 2008–09 season

2008–09 in English football

The 2008–09 season was the 129th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:* West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City and Hull City were all playing in the Premier League after winning promotion from the Championship last season. Stoke returned to the top flight after a 23-year absence, while...

was Manchester City Football Club

Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

's seventh consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football

Football in England

Association football is a national sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game...

, and its twelfth season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 117th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

Season review

The club started the season under the private ownership of UK Sports Investments Limited (UKSIL), a company controlled by former Thailand prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra

Thaksin Shinawatra

Thaksin Shinawatra is a Thai businessman and politician, who was Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006, when he was overthrown in a military coup....

, but it was announced on the morning of Monday 1 September 2008 (the last day of the summer transfer window) that Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...

-based Abu Dhabi United Group Investment and Development Limited

Abu Dhabi United Group

The Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment is a United Arab Emirates private equity company owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, member of the Abu Dhabi Royal Family and Minister of Presidential Affairs for the UAE...

(ADUG) had completed a takeover of Manchester City in a deal worth a reported £200 million. This transaction made HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan

HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is a United Arab Emirati politician and member of ruling family of Abu Dhabi . He is the half brother of the current President of UAE, Emir of Abu Dhabi, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan...

the new owner of the club, although initially he kept a very low profile and Dr. Sulaiman Al-Fahim

Sulaiman Al-Fahim

Sulaiman Abdul Kareem Mohammad Al-Fahim is the ex-CEO of the Abu Dhabi based Hydra Properties real estate development company, and president of the Arab Union for Real Estate Development...

, who was the board member of ADUG that had presided over the signing of the deal at the Emirates Palace

Emirates Palace

The Emirates Palace is a luxury hotel located in the United Arab Emirates city of Abu Dhabi.-Construction:The building was designed by renowned architect, John Elliott RIBA, who was Senior Vice President at Wimberly, Allison, Tong and Goo, an international firm specialising in Luxury Hotels.It...

Hotel, was widely believed to be the new owner and potential chairman of the club. However, before the takeover was finally completed, wealthy backer Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan became more prominent and it was eventually made clear that Al-Fahim would not be joining the board at Manchester City, with Khaldoon Al Mubarak

Khaldoon Al Mubarak

H.E. Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak is an Emirati businessman.Educated in the United States, he entered a career in construction and real estate, becoming CEO of the Mubadala Development Company...

being appointed as the club's new chairman.

The last-minute takeover of the club on transfer "deadline-day" was then further capped, only minutes before the summer transfer window closed, with the news that the club had pipped Chelsea to the signing of Robinho from Real Madrid

Real Madrid C.F.

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

for a British record transfer fee of £32.5 million.

Team kit

For this season the shirt sponsor for all of the club's kits continued to be the previous season's sponsor, Thomas Cook

Thomas Cook Group

Thomas Cook Group plc is a travel company created on 19 June, 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG and MyTravel Group plc. At flotation on the London Stock Exchange 52% of the shares in the new company were held by the German mail order and department store corporation Arcandor and 48% owned by...

, while the team kits were produced by the previous season's supplier, Le Coq Sportif

Le Coq Sportif

Le Coq Sportif is a French company producing sports equipment such as shoes, shorts, and T-shirts. It was founded in 1882 by Émile Camuset, but the first clothing items branded with the rooster appeared in 1948...

. The home and away kits were unveiled by the club on 27 June 2008, with the new away kit representing a more modern rendition of the club's highly popular red and black striped shirts and black shorts that had first been introduced as a club kit by Malcolm Allison

Malcolm Allison

Malcolm Alexander Allison was an English football player and manager. Nicknamed "Big Mal", he was one of English football's most flamboyant and intriguing characters because of his panache, fedora and cigar, controversies off the pitch and outspoken nature.Allison's managerial potential become...

back in 1968 in imitation of A.C. Milan

A.C. Milan

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...

's classic colors. A striking new bright orange and dark blue kit was also introduced as the club's third colours, whilst the team's main home strip shed the previous season's thin white vertical stripes from the shirts and returned to the solid sky blue shirts that are more traditionally associated with the team. As well as all three of the team kits being new this season, the previous season's green goalkeeper strip was also replaced with two new strips for the stoppers. The main GK strip, intended primarily for use with the home team colours, sported an all gold shirt trimmed with black on the shoulders and sides with matching all black shorts and socks, whilst a second all light green strip, with the shirts similarly trimmed in black, was introduced to supplement it on both home and away fixtures.

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Pre-season

Thomas Cook Trophy

Competitive games

Position in final standings

Results summary

Points breakdown

Points at home: 39

Points away from home: 11

Points against "Big Four" teams: 4

Points against promoted teams: 10

6 points: Sunderland

4 points: Blackburn Rovers, Hull City, Newcastle United

3 points: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Everton, Middlesbrough,

Portsmouth, Stoke City, West Brom., West Ham United, Wigan Athletic

1 point: Fulham, Liverpool

0 points: Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur

Biggest & smallest

Biggest home win: 6–0 vs. Portsmouth, 21 September 2008

Biggest home defeats: 1–3 vs. Chelsea, 13 September 2008 & vs. Fulham, 12 April 2009

Biggest away win: 0–3 vs. Sunderland, 31 August 2008

Biggest away defeats: 4–2 vs. Aston Villa, 17 August 2008

2–0 vs. Middlesbrough, 29 October 2008 & vs. Bolton Wanderers, 2 Nov. 2008

& vs. Portsmouth, 14 February 2009 & vs. Arsenal, 4 April 2009

& vs. Manchester United, 10 May 2009

Biggest home attendance: 47,331 vs. Chelsea, 13 September 2008

Smallest home attendance: 36,635 vs. West Ham United, 24 August 2008

Biggest away attendance: 75,464 vs. Manchester United, 10 May 2009

Smallest away attendance: 18,214 vs. Wigan Athletic, 28 September 2008

Results by round

Individual match reports

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

First round

Group phase

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Group A standings	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester City Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...	4	2	1	1	6	5
7
FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...	4	2	0	2	5	8
6
Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain FC Paris Saint-Germain Football Club , also known simply as Paris Saint-Germain and familiarly as Paris SG or PSG , is a professional association football club based in Paris, France. The club was founded on 12 August 1970, thanks to the merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain...	4	1	2	1	7	5
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Racing Santander Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santander, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1913, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at Estadio El Sardinero, with a capacity for 22,400 spectators....	4	1	2	1	6	5
5
Schalke 04 FC Schalke 04 Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4

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Group A results	MC Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...	PSG	RdS Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santander, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1913, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at Estadio El Sardinero, with a capacity for 22,400 spectators....	S04 FC Schalke 04 Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...	FCT FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
Manchester City Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...	–	0–0	–	–	3–2
Paris Saint-Germain	–	–	2–2	–	4–0
Racing Santander Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santander, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1913, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at Estadio El Sardinero, with a capacity for 22,400 spectators....	3–1	–	–	1–1	–
Schalke 04 FC Schalke 04 Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...	0–2	3–1	–	–	–
FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...	–	–	1–0	2–1	–

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-final

Second round

Third round

Starting XI

Only Premier League stats considered

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Last updated: 21 Audust 2011
Source: Appearance and Starting Formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used Starting Formation.
Sorted by position on pitch (from back right to front left).
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only

Apps. numbers denote: "Total no. of games played (No. of games played as a substitute)"

Red card numbers denote: "No. of second yellow cards / No. of straight red cards"

Yellow and red cards for the 2 domestic cups only accounted for in the TOTALS columns

*** indicates 3-match ban for violent conduct towards Rory Delap in PL game against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on 31 Jan. 2009

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!colspan="4" width="140" | UEFA Cup
!colspan="2" width= "90" | FA Cup
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All Competitions
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Joe Hart

Charles Joseph John "Joe" Hart is an English football goalkeeper who plays for Premier League club Manchester City and the England national football team and was previously a regular for the England under-21 team....

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|2||DF||align="left"|

Micah Richards

Micah Lincoln Richards is an English footballer who plays for Manchester City and the England national team. A versatile defender, Richards is equally adept at centre back and right back or in centre midfield...

| 34(1) || 1 || 2 || || 15(0) || || 3 || || 1(0) || || || || 50(1) || 1 || 5 ||
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|3||DF||align="left"|

Michael Ball

Michael Ball (footballer)

Michael John Ball is an English professional footballer who plays for Leicester City, having previously played as a left-back for English Premier League team Manchester City....

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Nedum Onuoha

Chinedum "Nedum" Onuoha is an English-Nigerian footballer. He currently plays for Manchester City. He is a defender, typically a centre back, but he can also play at right back or left back.-Biography:...

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Vedran Ćorluka

Vedran Corluka

Vedran Ćorluka is a Croatian footballer who plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur as a defender. He is also a part of the Croatia national team...

| 3(0) || 1 || || || 3(0) || || 1 || || || || || || 6(0) || 1 || 1 ||
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Pablo Zabaleta

Pablo Javier Zabaleta Girod is an Argentine footballer who plays for Manchester City.Zabaleta can operate on both sides of the pitch either as a defender or defensive midfielder, but is predominantly a right sided player. Zabaleta also holds a Spanish passport...

| 29(3) || 1 || 3 || -/1 || 11(0) || || 2 || || 1(0) || || 1(0) || || 42(3) || 1 || 5 || -/1
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Michael Johnson
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|7||MF||align="left"| Stephen Ireland

Stephen Ireland

Stephen James Ireland is an Irish footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa.-Cobh Ramblers:...

| 35(1) || 9 || 8 || || 14(1) || 3 || 1 || || || || 1(0) || 1 || 50(2) || 13 || 9 ||
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Shaun Wright-Phillips

Shaun Cameron Wright-Phillips is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers and the England national team. He is the adopted son of former England international, Ian Wright and the half-brother of fellow professional football player Bradley Wright-Phillips...

| 27(0) || 5 || 3 || || 9(0) || 3 || 1 || || 1(0) || || || || 37(0) || 8 || 4 || ***
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Valeri Bojinov

Valeri Emilov Bozhinov , commonly known as Valeri Bojinov, is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays for Sporting CP.-Biography:Born in the Bulgarian town of Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bozhinov moved to Malta at the age of 12 with his mother Pepa, a former Bulgarian national basketball team player and...

| 8(6) || 1 || 1 || || 1(1)|| || || || || || || || 9(7) || 1 || 1 ||
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Robinho
| 31(1) || 14 || 3 || || 10(0) || 1 || 1 || || || || || || 41(1) || 15 || 4 ||
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|11||MF||align="left"|

Elano
| 28(7) || 6 || 3 || || 12(3) || 2 || 3 || || 1(0) || || 1(1) || || 42 (11) || 8 || 6 ||
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|12||FW||align="left"|

Darius Vassell

Darius Vassell is an English footballer who plays for Championship side Leicester City, having previously played for Aston Villa, Manchester City and Ankaragücü, as well as the England national team....

| 8(2) || || 1 || || 6(0) || 1 || || || 1(1) || || || || 15(3) || 1 || 1 ||
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Jô

João Alves de Assis Silva

João Alves de Assis Silva , commonly referred to as Jô, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Sport Club Internacional and the Brazil national team as a striker....

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Javier Garrido
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Kasper Schmeichel

Kasper Peter Schmeichel is a Danish professional football goalkeeper, and son of Peter Schmeichel. He plays in the Npower Championship for Leicester City. He played 17 games for the Denmark under-21 national team...

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Martin Petrov

Martin Petyov Petrov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League.-Club career:Petrov began his career for Botev Vratsa...

| 9(5) || || || || 5(1) || 2 || || || || || || || 14(6) || 2 || ||
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Gelson Fernandes

Gelson Tavares Fernandes is a Swiss footballer, who currently plays as a midfielder for Leicester City on loan from AS Saint Etienne...

| 17 (14) || 1 || 3 || 1/- || 8(4) || || 1 || || 1(0) || || 1(0) || 1 || 27 (18) || 2 || 4 || 1/-
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Felipe Caicedo

Felipe Salvador Caicedo Corozo is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a striker for Lokomotiv Moscow.-Basel:...

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Dietmar Hamann

Dietmar "Didi" Hamann is a German footballer who was most recently manager at Stockport County. Throughout his career, he has played for Bayern Munich, Newcastle United, Liverpool, and Manchester City primarily in a defensive midfield position. He also spent time at Milton Keynes Dons as a...

| 9(4) || || || || 8(5) || 1 || 1 || || 1(1) || || || || 18 (10) || 1 || 1 ||
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Richard Dunne

Richard Patrick Dunne is an Irish footballer who plays as a defender for Aston Villa and the Republic of Ireland national football team. With Ireland he was a member of the 2002 FIFA World Cup squad and helped his team qualify for UEFA Euro 2012.Dunne began his professional career at Everton...

(c)
| 31(0) || 1 || 4 ||-/2 || 14(0) || || 1 || 1/-|| 1(0) || || 1(0) || || 47(0) || 1 || 6 || 1/2
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Ched Evans

Chedwyn Michael "Ched" Evans is a Wales international footballer currently playing as a striker for Sheffield United.Born in St Asaph, Denbighshire Evans was an inexperienced youth striker with Manchester City, when he arrived at Norwich City on loan in 2007...

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Wayne Bridge

Wayne Michael Bridge is an English footballer who plays as a left back for Manchester City.A graduate of the Southampton Academy where he made his debut in 1998, he has also played for Chelsea and Fulham during his Premiership career....

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Tal Ben Haim

Tal Ben Haim is an Israeli professional footballer who currently plays for Portsmouth.He can play at either centre back or right back. He is also a member of the Israeli national squad...

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Benjani Mwaruwari

Benjamin Mwaruwari , known as Benjani, is a Zimbabwean footballer who currently plays for Portsmouth in the Football League Championship, where he plays as a striker....

| 8(1) || 1 || || || 4(3) || 2 || || || || || || || 12(4) || 3 || ||
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Daniel Sturridge

Daniel Andre Sturridge is an English footballer who plays for Chelsea and the England national team. He is primarily a forward, but has been used on the right flank as a winger for Chelsea...

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Kelvin Etuhu

'Kelvin Etuhu' is a Nigerian-English professional football player who is currently without a club after his release from Manchester City....

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Shaleum Logan

Shaleum Narval Logan is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Brentford.He has previously played for Manchester City, Grimsby Town, Scunthorpe United, Stockport County, Tranmere Rovers....

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|33||MF||align="left"|

Vincent Kompany

Vincent Jean Mpoy Kompany is a Belgian footballer who plays for Manchester City and the Belgium national team. He is capable of playing at both centre back and defensive midfielder. Kompany is of partial Congolese ancestry...

| 34(0) || 1 || 8 || || 9(1) || || 3 || || 1(0) || || 1(0) || || 45(1) || 1 || 11 ||
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Nigel de Jong

Nigel de Jong is a Dutch footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Netherlands national team....

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Gláuber
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Shay Given

Séamus John James "Shay" Given is an Irish footballer who plays for Aston Villa and the Republic of Ireland national team as a goalkeeper. He won the PFA's Player of the Year in 2002....

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Craig Bellamy

Craig Douglas Bellamy is a Welsh footballer who plays as a striker for Liverpool and the Welsh national team. Born in Cardiff, Bellamy was the captain of the Welsh national side for four years after taking over from Ryan Giggs in 2007, but stood down in January 2011 due to constant injuries...

| 8(1) || 3 || 1 || || 3(0) || 2 || 2 || || || || || ||11(1) || 5 || 3 ||
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|40||MF||align="left"|

Vladimir Weiss
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| 58 || 50 || 1/3
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| 23 || 26 || 1/-
|! rowspan="2" style="background: #efefef; text-align: center;" |
|
|! rowspan="2" style="background: #efefef; text-align: center;" |
| 2
|! rowspan="2" style="background: #efefef; text-align: center;" |
| 83 || 77 || 2/3
|-
!

|-
|}
Information current as of 24 May 2009 (end of season)

All competitions

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Scorer
!Goals
|-
|

Robinho
|align=center|15
|-
|

Stephen Ireland

Stephen James Ireland is an Irish footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa.-Cobh Ramblers:...

|align=center|13
|-
|

Felipe Caicedo

Felipe Salvador Caicedo Corozo is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a striker for Lokomotiv Moscow.-Basel:...

|rowspan="3" align=center|8
|-
|

Elano
|-
|

Shaun Wright-Phillips

|-
|

Craig Bellamy

| align=center|5
|-
|

Daniel Sturridge

Daniel Andre Sturridge is an English footballer who plays for Chelsea and the England national team. He is primarily a forward, but has been used on the right flank as a winger for Chelsea...

| align=center|4
|-
|

Benjani

Benjani Mwaruwari

Benjamin Mwaruwari , known as Benjani, is a Zimbabwean footballer who currently plays for Portsmouth in the Football League Championship, where he plays as a striker....

|rowspan="2" align=center|3
|-
|

Jô

João Alves de Assis Silva

João Alves de Assis Silva , commonly referred to as Jô, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Sport Club Internacional and the Brazil national team as a striker....

|-
|

Gelson Fernandes

Gelson Tavares Fernandes is a Swiss footballer, who currently plays as a midfielder for Leicester City on loan from AS Saint Etienne...

|rowspan="3" align=center|2
|-
|

Nedum Onuoha

|-
|

Martin Petrov

Martin Petyov Petrov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League.-Club career:Petrov began his career for Botev Vratsa...

|-
|

Valeri Bojinov

|rowspan="10" align=center|1
|-
|

Vedran Ćorluka

Vedran Corluka

Vedran Ćorluka is a Croatian footballer who plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur as a defender. He is also a part of the Croatia national team...

|-
|

Richard Dunne

|-
|

Ched Evans

|-
|

Javier Garrido
|-
|

|-
|

|-
|

|-
|

|-
|

Premier League

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Scorer
!Goals
|-
|

Robinho
|align=center|14
|-
|

Stephen Ireland

Stephen James Ireland is an Irish footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa.-Cobh Ramblers:...

|align=center|9
|-
|

Elano
|align=center|6
|-
|

Felipe Caicedo

Felipe Salvador Caicedo Corozo is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a striker for Lokomotiv Moscow.-Basel:...

|rowspan="2" align=center|5
|-
|

Shaun Wright-Phillips

|-
|

Daniel Sturridge

Daniel Andre Sturridge is an English footballer who plays for Chelsea and the England national team. He is primarily a forward, but has been used on the right flank as a winger for Chelsea...

|align=center|4
|-
|

Craig Bellamy

|align=center|3
|-
|

Benjani

Benjani Mwaruwari

Benjamin Mwaruwari , known as Benjani, is a Zimbabwean footballer who currently plays for Portsmouth in the Football League Championship, where he plays as a striker....

|rowspan="12" align=center|1
|-
|

Valeri Bojinov

|-
|

Vedran Ćorluka

Vedran Corluka

Vedran Ćorluka is a Croatian footballer who plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur as a defender. He is also a part of the Croatia national team...

|-
|

Richard Dunne

|-
|

Ched Evans

|-
|

Gelson Fernandes

Gelson Tavares Fernandes is a Swiss footballer, who currently plays as a midfielder for Leicester City on loan from AS Saint Etienne...

|-
|

Javier Garrido
|-
|

Jô

João Alves de Assis Silva

João Alves de Assis Silva , commonly referred to as Jô, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Sport Club Internacional and the Brazil national team as a striker....

|-
|

|-
|

|-
|

|-
|

UEFA Cup

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Scorer
!Goals
|-
|

Felipe Caicedo

Felipe Salvador Caicedo Corozo is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a striker for Lokomotiv Moscow.-Basel:...

|rowspan="3" align=center|3
|-
|

Stephen Ireland

Stephen James Ireland is an Irish footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa.-Cobh Ramblers:...

|-
|

Shaun Wright-Phillips

|-
|

Craig Bellamy

|rowspan="5" align=center|2
|-
|

Benjani

Benjani Mwaruwari

Benjamin Mwaruwari , known as Benjani, is a Zimbabwean footballer who currently plays for Portsmouth in the Football League Championship, where he plays as a striker....

|-
|

Elano
|-
|

Jô

João Alves de Assis Silva

João Alves de Assis Silva , commonly referred to as Jô, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Sport Club Internacional and the Brazil national team as a striker....

|-
|

Martin Petrov

Martin Petyov Petrov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League.-Club career:Petrov began his career for Botev Vratsa...

|-
|

Dietmar Hamann

|rowspan="4" align=center|1
|-
|

Nedum Onuoha

|-
|

Robinho
|-
|

Darius Vassell

League Cup and FA Cup

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Scorer
!Goals
|-
|

Gelson Fernandes

Gelson Tavares Fernandes is a Swiss footballer, who currently plays as a midfielder for Leicester City on loan from AS Saint Etienne...

|rowspan="2" align=center|1
|-
|

Stephen Ireland

Stephen James Ireland is an Irish footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa.-Cobh Ramblers:...

|}
Information current as of 24 May 2009 (end of season)

Thomas Cook Player of the Month awards

Awarded to the player in each category that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the MCFC OWS
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Month
!First Team
!Reserve Team
!Academy
|-
|align="center" | August
|

Stephen Ireland

Stephen James Ireland is an Irish footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa.-Cobh Ramblers:...

Adam Clayton

Adam Clayton (footballer)

Adam Clayton is an English footballer who plays for Leeds United as a midfielder. Clayton joined Leeds from Manchester City. He has also previously had a spell on loan at Carlisle United as well as Peterborough United and Milton Keynes Dons...

Andrew Tutte

Andrew William Tutte , is an English footballer who is playing for Rochdale having been released by Manchester City...

|-
|align="center" | September
|

Shaun Wright-Phillips

Clayton McDonald

Clayton Rodney McDonald is an English football defender who plays for League Two side Port Vale. He is the son of former professional Rod McDonald, and brother to another footballer also called Rod McDonald....

Alex Tchuimeni-Nimely
|-
|align="center" | October
|

Robinho
|

Clayton McDonald

Dedryck Boyata

Anga Dedryck Boyata , is a Belgian footballer of Congolese descent who plays for Bolton Wanderers, on loan from Manchester City, as a centre back or right back.-Early Career:...

|-
|align="center" | November
|

Stephen Ireland

Stephen James Ireland is an Irish footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa.-Cobh Ramblers:...

Donal McDermott

Donal Jeremiah McDermott is an Irish footballer, currently playing for Huddersfield Town.-Manchester City:...

Andrew Tutte

Andrew William Tutte , is an English footballer who is playing for Rochdale having been released by Manchester City...

|-
|align="center" | December
|

Vincent Kompany

Paul Marshall

Paul Marshall (footballer)

Paul Anthony Marshall is an English footballer who plays for Football League One side Rochdale....

Pablo Zabaleta

Ryan McGivern

Ryan McGivern (footballer)

Ryan McGivern is a Northern Irish footballer with Bristol City on loan from Manchester City, he can play left-back or central defender.-Manchester City:...

|-
|align="center" | February
|

Craig Bellamy

David Ball

David Ball (footballer)

David Michael Ball is an English footballer who plays for Peterborough United as a striker.-Playing career:Ball rose through the youth ranks at Manchester City, battling back from a foot injury at the end of his teenager years...

|-
|align="center" | March
|

Nedum Onuoha

Ben Mee

Benjamin Thomas Mee is an English footballer, who currently plays for as a defender on loan from Manchester City-Manchester City:...

Dedryck Boyata

Anga Dedryck Boyata , is a Belgian footballer of Congolese descent who plays for Bolton Wanderers, on loan from Manchester City, as a centre back or right back.-Early Career:...

|-
|align="center" | April
|

Elano
|

Vladimir Weiss
|

Greg Cunningham

Gregory Richard "Greg" Cunningham is an Irish footballer who plays as a left back for Nottingham Forest and the Republic of Ireland national football team.-Manchester City:...

|-
|align="center" | May
|

Nedum Onuoha

Vladimir Weiss
|

Kieran Trippier

Kieran John Trippier is a footballer who currently plays for Burnley on loan from Manchester City.-Manchester City:Trippier came through the ranks at Eastlands and signed professional terms for City in 2008...

Official Supporters Club awards

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width="150" | Player
!width="235" | Season 2008–09 awards
|-
|

Stephen Ireland

Stephen James Ireland is an Irish footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa.-Cobh Ramblers:...

|align="center" | Player of the Year
|-
|

Daniel Sturridge

Daniel Andre Sturridge is an English footballer who plays for Chelsea and the England national team. He is primarily a forward, but has been used on the right flank as a winger for Chelsea...

|align="center" | Young Player of the Year
|-
|}

First team

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Pos.
! Player
! From club
! Transfer fee
|-
| 2 July 2008
| align="center" | FW
|

Jô

João Alves de Assis Silva

João Alves de Assis Silva , commonly referred to as Jô, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Sport Club Internacional and the Brazil national team as a striker....

CSKA Moscow
| £18m
|-
| 30 July 2008
| align="center" | DF
|

Tal Ben Haim

Tal Ben Haim is an Israeli professional footballer who currently plays for Portsmouth.He can play at either centre back or right back. He is also a member of the Israeli national squad...

Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

| £5m
|-
| 21 Aug. 2008
| align="center" | DF
|

Vincent Kompany

Hamburg

Hamburger SV

Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...

| £6m
|-
| 28 Aug. 2008
| align="center" | MF
|

Shaun Wright-Phillips

Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

| £8.5m
|-
| 31 Aug. 2008
| align="center" | DF
|

Pablo Zabaleta

Espanyol
| £6.45m
|-
| 31 Aug. 2008
| align="center" | DF
|

Gláuber
|

Nuremberg
| Undisc.
|-
| 01 Sep. 2008
| align="center" | FW
|

Robinho
|

Real Madrid

Real Madrid C.F.

| £32.5m
|-
| 03 Jan. 2009
| align="center" | DF
|

Wayne Bridge

Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

| £10m
|-
| 19 Jan. 2009
| align="center" | FW
|

Craig Bellamy

West Ham
| £14m
|-
| 21 Jan. 2009
| align="center" | MF
|

Nigel de Jong

Nigel de Jong is a Dutch footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Netherlands national team....

Hamburg

Hamburger SV

Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...

| £16m
|-
| 01 Feb. 2009
| align="center" | GK
|

Shay Given

Séamus John James "Shay" Given is an Irish footballer who plays for Aston Villa and the Republic of Ireland national team as a goalkeeper. He won the PFA's Player of the Year in 2002....

Newcastle Utd.

Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

| £5.9m
|}

Reserves & Academy

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Pos.
! Player
! From club
! Transfer fee
|-
| align="center" | Sep. 2008
| align="center" | FW
|

Marcello Trotta
|

Napoli

S.S.C. Napoli

Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season....

| £750,000 [x]
|-
| 12 Oct. 2008
| align="center" | DF
|

Oliver Nicholas
|

Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

| Free
|-
| 20 Oct. 2008
| align="center" | MF
|

Alex Pla
|

UD Cornellà
| Undisc.
|-
| 20 Oct. 2008
| align="center" | MF
|

Jorge Guinovart
|

UD Cornellà
| Undisc.
|-
| 17 Feb. 2009
| align="center" | DF
|

Jérémy Helan
|

Rennes
| Undisc.
|-
| 25 Feb. 2009
| align="center" | GK
|

Gunnar Nielsen
|

Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

| Free
|}

[x] =

First team

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Exit Date
! Pos.
! Player
! To club
! Transfer fee
|-
| 2 July 2008
| align="center" | GK
|

Andreas Isaksson

Andreas Isaksson is a Swedish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch club PSV Eindhoven and for the Swedish national team.-Club career:...

Sun Jihai

Jihai Sun is a Chinese association football player. He is currently playing for Chinese side Inter Xi'an and for the China national football team as a defender or a midfielder....

Sheffield United

Sheffield United F.C.

Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...

Geovanni
|

Hull City

Hull City A.F.C.

Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...

Georgios Samaras

Georgios Samaras is a Greek footballer who plays for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Greek national football team. He is predominantly a left winger but can also play as a striker....

Celtic

Celtic F.C.

Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...

Bernardo Corradi

Bernardo Corradi is an Italian footballer, who is currently a free agent. He was a former Italian international.-Early career:...

Reggina

Reggina Calcio

Reggina Calcio are an Italian association football club, the main club of the city of Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in the Italian Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo...

| Free
|-
| 07 Aug. 2008
| align="center" | FW
|

Paul Dickov

Paul Dickov is a retired Scottish footballer, turned manager who is currently in charge of League One side Oldham Athletic...

Leicester City

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

| Free
|-
| 23 Aug. 2008
| align="center" | FW
|

Rolando Bianchi

Rolando Bianchi is an Italian footballer, currently playing for Torino F.C.. His position is centre forward. He was widely considered as one of the brightest promises of Italian football, notably scoring 19 goals in the 2006–2007 season playing with Calabrian club Reggina.-Career:Bianchi began his...

Torino

Torino F.C.

Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that was founded in 1906. The club has spent most of its history in the top tier in Italian football....

| Undisc.
|-
| 01 Sep. 2008
| align="center" | DF
|

Vedran Ćorluka

Vedran Corluka

Vedran Ćorluka is a Croatian footballer who plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur as a defender. He is also a part of the Croatia national team...

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

| £8.5m
|-
| 02 Sep. 2008
| align="center" | FW
|

Emile Mpenza

Émile Mpenza

Eka Basunga Lokonda "Émile" Mpenza is a Belgian footballer who plays for Neftchi Baku as a striker. He has been capped at international level by Belgium. His older brother, Mbo, was also a footballer who represented Belgium....

Plymouth Argyle

Plymouth Argyle F.C.

Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...

| Released
|}

Reserves & Academy

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Exit Date
! Pos.
! Player
! To club
! Transfer fee
|-
| 1 July 2008
| align="center" | DF
|

Garry Breen

Garry Breen is an Irish footballer currently playing for Portadown in the IFA Premiership.-Club career:Breen started his career playing for Fort Rangers in Kilkenny, and moved to Dublin to play for Belvedere in 2003...

Hereford United

Hereford United F.C.

Hereford United Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Hereford. Founded in 1924, they are competing in Football League Two in the 2011–12 season. Hereford have played at Edgar Street for their entire history and are nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites',...

Ashley Grimes

Ashley Grimes (English footballer)

Ashley James Grimes is an English footballer who plays for Rochdale. He normally plays as an attacking midfielder or striker.-Manchester City:...

Millwall

Millwall F.C.

Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...

Christian Mouritsen

Christian Restorff Mouritsen is a Faroese footballer who currently plays for Valur in Reykjavik, Iceland.-Club career:Mouritsen joined the Manchester City Academy in the 2005 and signed a 3-year contract...

Matthew Mills

Matthew Claude "Matt" Mills is an English footballer who currently plays for and is the current captain of Leicester City in the Npower Championship.-Southampton and Manchester City:...

Doncaster Rovers
| £300,000
|-
| 16 Oct. 2008
| align="center" | FW
|

Teerasil Dangda

Teerasil Dangda is a Thai footballer, currently playing for Muangthong United. He is also an established member of the Thailand national team, and was in the squad for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. He is a one of young Players to Watch in 2010 of Asia.-Club career:...

| colspan="2" | Released
|-
| 16 Oct. 2008
| align="center" | DF
|

Kiatprawut Saiwaeo

Kiatprawut Saiwaeo is a Thai footballer, formerly playing for Manchester City.Kiatprawut is a Thailand international. Following appearances for Thailand under-23s, he was included in the senior squad for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, where he played two matches...

| colspan="2" | Released
|-
| 16 Oct. 2008
| align="center" | DF
|

Suree Sukha
| colspan="2" | Released
|-
| 02 Jan. 2009
| align="center" | DF
|

Sam Williamson

Samuel James "Sam" Williamson is an English footballer who plays as a defender. He is currently without a club. He signed for Wrexham on a 18 month contract, after impressing on a loan spell from Premier League side Manchester City....

Wrexham
| Free
|}

First team

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Start date
! End date
! Pos.
! Player
! To club
|-
| 01 Feb. 2009
| 31 May 2009
| align="center" | DF
|

Tal Ben Haim

Tal Ben Haim is an Israeli professional footballer who currently plays for Portsmouth.He can play at either centre back or right back. He is also a member of the Israeli national squad...

Sunderland
|-
| 02 Feb. 2009
| 31 May 2009
| align="center" | FW
|

Jô

João Alves de Assis Silva

João Alves de Assis Silva , commonly referred to as Jô, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Sport Club Internacional and the Brazil national team as a striker....

Everton

Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

Reserves & Academy

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Start date
! End date
! Pos.
! Player
! To club
|-
| 15 Aug. 2008
| 14 Sep. 2008
| align="center" | DF
|

Clayton McDonald

Macclesfield Town

Macclesfield Town F.C.

Macclesfield Town Football Club is an English football team. The club was formed in 1874 and is based in the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire. The team play its home games at the 6,355 capacity Moss Rose stadium...

|-
| 29 Aug. 2008
| 03 Jan. 2009
| align="center" | MF
|

Karl Moore
|

Millwall

Millwall F.C.

|-
| 01 Sep. 2008
| 01 Oct. 2008
| align="center" | DF
|

Javan Vidal

Javan Noel Vidal is an English footballer who plays as a defender and is currently unattached. He has previously played for Manchester City, Grimsby Town, Aberdeen, Derby County and Chesterfield.-Manchester City:...

Grimsby Town

Grimsby Town F.C.

Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town...

|-
| 11 Sep. 2008
| 10 Oct. 2008
| align="center" | MF
|

Donal McDermott

Donal Jeremiah McDermott is an Irish footballer, currently playing for Huddersfield Town.-Manchester City:...

Milton Keynes Dons

Milton Keynes Dons F.C.

.Milton Keynes Dons Football Club is an English professional football club founded in 2004 and based since 2007 at Stadium mk, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire...

|-
| 23 Oct. 2008
| 31 Dec. 2008
| align="center" | DF
|

Ryan McGivern

Ryan McGivern (footballer)

Ryan McGivern is a Northern Irish footballer with Bristol City on loan from Manchester City, he can play left-back or central defender.-Manchester City:...

Morecambe

Morecambe F.C.

Morecambe Football Club is an English football club based in Morecambe, Lancashire. It plays its football in League Two, the fourth division of English football, having been promoted in 2007 for the first time in their history to the Football League. They played their home matches at Christie Park...

|-
| 31 Oct. 2008
| 31 Dec. 2008
| align="center" | MF
|

Angelos Tsiaklis
|

Wrexham
|-
| 27 Sep. 2008
| 02 Jan. 2009
| align="center" | DF
|

Sam Williamson

Wrexham
|-
| 16 Jan. 2009
| 31 May. 2009
| align="center" | DF
|

Javan Vidal

Aberdeen

Aberdeen F.C.

Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...

|-
| 29 Jan. 2009
| 28 Feb. 2009
| align="center" | MF
|

Paul Marshall

Paul Marshall (footballer)

Paul Anthony Marshall is an English footballer who plays for Football League One side Rochdale....

Blackpool

Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...

|-
| 03 Feb. 2009
| 23 Mar. 2009
| align="center" | MF
|

Clayton McDonald

Chesterfield

Chesterfield F.C.

Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower...

|-
| 06 Mar. 2009
| 31 May 2009
| align="center" | MF
|

Paul Marshall

Paul Marshall (footballer)

Paul Anthony Marshall is an English footballer who plays for Football League One side Rochdale....

Port Vale

Port Vale F.C.

Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...

|-
| 26 Mar. 2009
| 31 May 2009
| align="center" | GK
|

Gunnar Nielsen
|

Wrexham
|-
| 17 Apr. 2009
| 31 May 2009
| align="center" | GK
|

Richard Martin

Richard Martin (footballer born 1987)

Richard William Martin is an English footballer who currently plays the Puerto Rico Islanders in the North American Soccer League.-England:...

Burton Albion

Burton Albion F.C.

Burton Albion Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The club's home ground is the Pirelli Stadium, having moved from Eton Park in 2005...

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