2008–09 Cheltenham Town F.C. season

Cheltenham Town F.C.
2008–09 season
Manager	Keith Downing (until 13 September); Martin Allen (from 15 September)
Stadium	Whaddon Road
League One	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	Second round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

During the 2008–09 English football season, Cheltenham Town F.C. competed in Football League One.

Season summary

A 4–1 defeat at Hartlepool United saw manager Keith Downing depart by mutual consent in September.^[1] His replacement was Martin Allen, the son of former Robins manager Dennis. Allen was unable to improve results enough for Cheltenham to escape the drop. ^[2]

Kit

Italian company Erreà continued as Cheltenham's kit manufacturers, while Cheltenham-based plumbing company Mira Showers began sponsoring the kits. For the first time in 15 years, Cheltenham wore kits with no stripes, with Erreà instead opting for a plain red design with asymmetric white trim. The away kit was yellow with red piping.^[3]

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Shane Higgs
3	DF	ENG	Alan Wright
4	DF	NIR	Shane Duff^[5]
5	DF	ENG	Gavin Caines
6	DF	ENG	Michael Townsend
7	MF	WAL	Josh Low^[6]
8	MF	ENG	John Finnigan
9	FW	ENG	Paul Connor
10	FW	ENG	Damian Spencer
12	GK	ENG	Scott Brown
14	MF	ENG	Dave Bird
16	MF	ENG	Alex Russell
17	DF	ENG	Andy Lindegaard
18	FW	ENG	Ashley Vincent
19	DF	ENG	Lee Ridley
20	DF	ENG	Andy Gallinagh
21	GK	ENG	Will Puddy
22	MF	HKG	Aaron Ledgister


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	MF	ENG	Marley Watkins
29	DF	GUI	Drissa Diallo^[7] (on loan from Milton Keynes Dons)
25	DF	ENG	Kyle Haynes
26	DF	ENG	Jake Lee
27	FW	GHA	Lloyd Owusu^[8]
30	MF	ENG	Josh Emery
32	MF	ENG	Theo Lewis
33	MF	ENG	Frankie Artus (on loan from Bristol City)
36	GK	WAL	Joe Perry
37	MF	ENG	Lewis Fathers
38	MF	ENG	Ian Westlake
39	FW	GHA	Elvis Hammond
40	DF	ENG	Jack Durrant
42	FW	ENG	Dean Maynard
43	MF	ENG	Michail Antonio (on loan from Reading)
45	DF	ESP	Yuri Berchiche (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
46	MF	IRL	David Hutton^[9]
47	MF	NIR	Cathal Tosh

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Shane Higgs (on loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers)
2	DF	ENG	Jerry Gill (on loan to Forest Green Rovers)
7	MF	WAL	Josh Low (on loan to Forest Green Rovers)
11	MF	ENG	Scott Brown (on loan to Port Vale)
13	DF	ENG	Craig Armstrong (on loan to Burton Albion)
15	DF	ENG	Ben Gill (to Crawley Town)
23/24	FW	JAM	Barry Hayles^[10]^[11] (on loan from Leicester City)
23	MF	IRL	Jonny Hayes (on loan from Leicester City)
24	MF	ENG	Jennison Myrie-Williams (on loan from Bristol City)
24	DF	ENG	Lathaniel Rowe-Turner (on loan from Leicester City)
25	MF	ENG	Dean Sinclair (on loan from Charlton Athletic)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	FW	WAL	Stuart Fleetwood^[12] (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
25	DF	ENG	Chris Westwood (on loan from Peterborough United)
26	MF	SCO	Scott Murray (on loan from Bristol City)
31	MF	ENG	Josh Payne (on loan from West Ham United)
33	MF	ENG	Lewis Montrose (on loan from Wigan Athletic)
34	MF	AUS	James Wesolowski (on loan from Leicester City)
35	MF	ENG	Darren Kenton (released)
35	FW	ENG	Leon Constantine (on loan from Northampton Town)
41	FW	ENG	Nicholas Bignall (on loan from Reading)
44	FW	ENG	Ashley Hemmings (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)

References

^ "Manager Downing leaves Cheltenham". 13 September 2008.
^ "Cheltenham Town Home Page for the 2008-2009 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
^ http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/English_Football_League/season/2008-2009/league-one.html Kits for 2008–09 League One clubs
^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2008-2009/flone/chelt.htm Cheltenham Town squad for 2008–09 season
^ Duff was born in Wroughton, England, but qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally, and represented them at U-21 level.
^ Duff was born in Bristol, England, but qualified to represent Wales internationally, and represented them at U-21 level.
^ Diallo was born in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, but qualified to represent Guinea internationally, and made his international debut for Guinea in 1996.
^ Owusu was born in Slough, England, but qualified to represent Ghana internationally, and made his international debut for Ghana in 2005.
^ Hutton was born in Enfield, England, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally, and has represented them at U-15 and U-16 level.
^ Hayles was born in Lambeth, England, and represented the England C team, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally, and made his international debut for Jamaica in June 2001. He had previously represented the Cayman Islands internationally in 2000, but it was later discovered he was ineligible to represent them.
^ Hayles had two separate loan spells with Cheltenham Town. In the first, he wore shirt #23, and in the second he wore shirt #24.
^ Fleetwood was born in Gloucester, England, but also qualifies to represent Wales internationally through his father, and has represented them at U-17 and U-21 level.