2008–09 Cheltenham Town F.C. season

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

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
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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

1. "Manager Downing leaves Cheltenham". 13 September 2008.
2. . Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
3. http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/English_Football_League/season/2008-2009/league-one.html Kits for 2008–09 League One clubs
4. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2008-2009/flone/chelt.htm Cheltenham Town squad for 2008–09 season
5. Duff was born in Wroughton, England, but qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally, and represented them at U-21 level.
6. Duff was born in Bristol, England, but qualified to represent Wales internationally, and represented them at U-21 level.
7. Diallo was born in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, but qualified to represent Guinea internationally, and made his international debut for Guinea in 1996.
8. Owusu was born in Slough, England, but qualified to represent Ghana internationally, and made his international debut for Ghana in 2005.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. Hayles had two separate loan spells with Cheltenham Town. In the first, he wore shirt #23, and in the second he wore shirt #24.
12. 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.