2008–09 Barnet F.C. season

Barnet
2008–2009 season
Chairman	Anthony Kleanthous
Manager	Paul Fairclough; Ian Hendon
Stadium	Underhill Stadium
League Two	17th
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	First round
Top goalscorer	League: John O'Flynn (17); All: John O'Flynn (18)
Biggest win	4–1 (one match)
Biggest defeat	0–4 (two matches); 1–5 (one match)

The 2008–09 season saw Barnet competed in Football League Two, alongside the FA Cup, Football League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Season summary

The 2008–09 season started poorly, and by late September only the three teams that had been docked points prior to the start of the season had lower league positions. After a run of thirteen games without a win in any competition Paul Fairclough announced his resignation to take up a role as director and leaving the first team duties to his assistant Ian Hendon. Fairclough would take over one last game which resulted in a 2–0 win against another relegation threatened side AFC Bournemouth. Results improved, and before the end of the season Hendon was made permanent boss on a 2-year contract.

Competitions

Football League Two

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Aldershot Town	46	14	12	20	59	80	−21	54
16	Accrington Stanley	46	13	11	22	42	59	−17	50
17	Barnet	46	11	15	20	56	74	−18	48
18	Port Vale	46	13	9	24	44	66	−22	48
19	Notts County	46	11	14	21	49	69	−20	47

Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

9 August 2008 1	Barnet	1–3	Chesterfield	High Barnet, London
				Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 2,237 Referee: Graham Scott

16 August 2008 2	Rochdale	3–1	Barnet	Rochdale, Greater Manchester
				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,442 Referee: Oliver Langford

23 August 2008 3	Barnet	0–1	Brentford	High Barnet, London
				Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 2,815 Referee: Darren Drysdale

30 August 2008 4	Chester	5–1	Barnet	Chester
				Stadium: Deva Stadium Attendance: 1,295 Referee: Phil Gibbs

6 September 2008 5	Lincoln City	2–0	Barnet	Lincoln
				Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,417 Referee: Craig Pawson

13 September 2008 6	Barnet	1–1	Morecambe	High Barnet, London
				Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 1,776 Referee: Fred Graham

20 September 2008 7	Barnet	1–2	Bury	High Barnet, London
				Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 1,995 Referee: Simon Hooper

27 September 2008 8	Grimsby Town	0–1	Barnet	Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire
				Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 3,717 Referee: Karl Evans

4 October 2008 9	Barnet	2–1	Accrington Stanley	High Barnet, London
				Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 1,899 Referee: James Linington

10 October 2008 10	Dagenham & Redbridge	2–0	Barnet	Dagenham
				Stadium: Victoria Attendance: 2,629 Referee: Gavin Ward

FA Cup

8 November 2008 (2008-11-08) First Round	Barnet	1–1	Rochdale	High Barnet, London
15:00 GMT	Yakubu 67' Gillet 68'	Report	Dagnall 49' Jones 63' Holness 70'	Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 1,782 Referee: J. Linnington

18 November 2008 (2008-11-18) First Round Replay	Rochdale	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Barnet	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	Le Fondre 56', 73', 105' McArdle 87'	Report	O'Flynn 10' Adomah 19' Deverdics 61' Bishop 75' Townsend 117'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,339 Referee: C Webster

Football League Cup

12 August 2008 First Round	Brighton & Hove Albion	4–0	Barnet	Brighton
19:45	Virgo 2', 35' Forster 28' Richards 43' Murray 85'	Report	Gillet 70'	Stadium: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 2,571 Referee: Roger East

Football League Trophy

2 September 2008 First Round	Dagenham & Redbridge	4–2	Barnet	Dagenham, London
	Benson 4', 34' Nwokeji 28' Southam 75' (pen.)	Report	Birchall 6', 18'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,412 Referee: Graham Horwood

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Rob Beckwith	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1	GK	ENG	Jake Cole	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Joe Devera	36	1	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	FRA	Kenny Gillet	36	0	32	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
4	MF	ENG	Neal Bishop	48	1	44	1	2	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	Ismail Yakubu	41	4	38	3	2	1	1	0	0	0
6	MF	ENG	Michael Leary	32	2	28	2	2	0	1	0	1	0
7	FW	GHA	Albert Adomah	49	10	45	9	2	1	1	0	1	0
8	MF	ENG	Max Porter	30	0	26	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
9	FW	ENG	Cliff Akurang	25	3	24	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	FW	WAL	Adam Birchall	43	4	39	2	2	0	1	0	1	2
11	MF	ENG	Nicky Deverdics	31	1	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW	ENG	Luke Medley	21	1	18	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
14	MF	ENG	Kieron St Aimie	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
15	MF	ENG	Joe Tabiri	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	MF	BRB	Ashley Carew	13	1	10	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
17	MF	ENG	Danny Hart	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
18	GK	ENG	Lee Harrison	23	0	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	ENG	Elliott Charles	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	DF	ENG	Aswad Thomas	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	DF	ENG	Michael Townsend	15	0	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	ENG	Matt Lockwood	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	FRA	Jérémy De Magalhaes	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Paul Mitchell	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF	ENG	Ryan Burge	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Tommy Black	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	NIR	Mark Hughes	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	CYP	Nicky Nicolau	23	1	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
25/55	GK	ISR	Ran Kadoch	13	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF	ENG	Abu Ogogo	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW	ENG	Paul Furlong	21	9	21	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	IRL	John O'Flynn	36	18	34	17	2	1	0	0	0	0
30	MF	COD	Yannick Bolasie	20	3	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: [1][2]

References

"Barnet FC - Player Appearances - 2008/09". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
"FootballSquads - Barnet - 2008/09". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

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[1] "Barnet FC - Player Appearances - 2008/09". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

[2] "FootballSquads - Barnet - 2008/09". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2020.