season 2008 had promised to see the continued good fortune of the club, all the club coaches both firsts and reserves had been reappointed, pre-season began in december at the monash hockey centre and all the squad of 2007 started training, however after the xmas break and the start of training in january the players had changed dramatically, perhaps to much celebrating had caused players to retire or jump ship for more money at another club. george and dougie began the process of signing replacements. sad to say the new players could not come to terms with the higher football level. it was to be some time before the club picked up points. the season did not get any better, supporters were great but rued the loss of so many players from the title-winning side. the higher the league the harder it is, money being a prime factor for whom a player signs, and so peninsula could not attract better players able to deal with the higher class of football. the end of the season found the club second bottom of the league and to return to the third division in 2009.