title: 2008–09 Crystal Palace F.C. season
text: # 2008–09 Crystal Palace F.C. season
  
  The 2008–09 season was Crystal Palace Football Club's 4th consecutive season in the Championship, after their play-off defeat in the previous campaign.
  
  ## Statistics
  
      Last updated on 10 January 2010.
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | The Championship | The Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | 1 | GK | ARG | Julián Speroni | 48 | -55 | 45 | -50 | 3 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
  | 2 | DF | ENG | Matthew Lawrence | 35 | 0 | 28+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | ENG | Clint Hill | 48 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
  | 4 | MF | ENG | Shaun Derry | 42 | 0 | 35+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | IRL | Paddy McCarthy | 29 | 3 | 25+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 6 | DF | POR | José Fonte | 42 | 4 | 36+2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 7 | MF | WAL | Carl Fletcher | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 8 | FW | ENG | James Scowcroft | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | IRL | Alan Lee | 19 | 3 | 10+6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 10 | MF | AUS | Nick Carle | 41 | 4 | 35+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
  | 11 | FW | ENG | Victor Moses | 32 | 2 | 19+8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 12 | GK | ENG | Darryl Flahavan | 3 | -7 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 |
  | 14 | FW | IRL | Sean Scannell | 27 | 3 | 16+9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  | 15 | DF | ENG | Lee Hills | 16 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 16 | MF | ENG | Neil Danns | 23 | 3 | 14+6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 17 | FW | ENG | Simon Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 18 | FW | ENG | Calvin Andrew | 10 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 19 | MF | ENG | Tom Soares | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 19 | FW | SCO | Craig Beattie | 15 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 20 | DF | ENG | Danny Butterfield | 30 | 1 | 17+9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 22 | DF | AUT | Johannes Ertl | 13 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 23 | MF | BRB | Paul Ifill | 38 | 6 | 27+6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
  | 24 | MF | ENG | Ben Watson | 19 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 25 | DF | JAM | Claude Davis | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 26 | MF | WAL | John Oster | 33 | 4 | 27+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 27 | MF | FRA | Léandre Griffit | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 28 | FW | POR | Rui Fonte | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 32 | FW | FIN | Shefki Kuqi | 37 | 10 | 20+15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 33 | FW | IRL | Anthony Stokes | 13 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 35 | DF | WAL | Rhoys Wiggins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 37 | DF | ENG | Nathaniel Pinney | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 41 | MF | ENG | Kieran Djilali | 8 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 42 | MF | ENG | James Comley | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 43 | DF | ENG | Nathaniel Clyne | 29 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 44 | MF | ENG | Kieron Cadogan | 4 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  
  ## Club
  
  ### Management
  
  | Position | Staff |
  | - | - |
  | Manager | Neil Warnock |
  | Assistant manager | Mick Jones |
  | First team coach | Keith Curle |
  | Goalkeeping coach | Jim Stannard |
  | Chief scout | Allan Gemmill |
  | Fitness coach | Louis Langdown |
  | Reserve team manager | Gary Issott |
  | Academy manager | David Moss |
  | U18 team/Assistant academy manager | Gary Issott |
  | Physiotherapists | Nigel Cox, Paul Timson and Sangi Patel |
  
  Source:
  
  ## League table
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 13 | Watford | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 68 | 72 | −4 | 58 |
  | 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 58 |
  | 15 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 56 |
  | 16 | Blackpool | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 56 |
  | 17 | Coventry City | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 54 |
  
  * ↑ Crystal Palace were give a one-point deduction for using an ineligible player during a match against Sheffield United on 3 May 2009.
  
  ## Matches
  
  ### Preseason
  
  **Errea South West Challenge Cup**
  
  **Group phase**
  
  Crystal Palace finished second in their group with three points and thus qualified for the semifinal stage. However, with the squad heavily depleted through injury, Palace opted to give their semifinal place to third-placed team Torquay United
  
  ## End-of-season awards
  
  | Award | Winner |
  | - | - |
  | Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year | Julián Speroni |
  | Crystal Palace F.C. Young Player of the Year | Nathaniel Clyne |
  | Vice Presidents' Player of the Year | José Fonte |
  | Vice Presidents' Young Player of the Year | Nathaniel Clyne |
  | Scholar Player of the Year | Nathaniel Clyne |
  | Academy Player of the Year | Alex Wynter |
  | Crystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season | Paddy McCarthy v Derby County (06-12-08) |
  | Special Achievement Award | Crystal Palace F.C. squad of the 1978–79 season for winning the Second Division title |
  