During the 2008–09 English football season, Scunthorpe United F.C. competed in League One, the third tier of English football. Scunthorpe also competed in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Season summary

The 2008–09 season saw Scunthorpe reach Wembley twice. The Iron qualified for the Football League Trophy final, but were beaten 3–2 after extra time by Luton Town. The club then qualified for the League One play-offs through an 88th-minute equaliser by club captain Cliff Byrne against promotion rivals Tranmere Rovers on the last day of the regular season. Scunthorpe beat MK Dons on penalties after a 1–1 aggregate draw in the semi-finals, before beating Millwall in the Wembley final 3–2, with two goals from Matt Sparrow and one from Martyn Woolford, to achieve promotion back to the Championship at the first time of asking.

Squad

+ Name Nat Position Date of birth Place of birth note1Joe MurphyGK25 September 1980Dublin 2Kenny MilneDF26 August 1979Alloa 3Marcus WilliamsDF8 April 1986Doncaster 4Andy CrosbyDF3 March 1973Rotherham 5Izzy IriekpenDF14 May 1982Newhamsigned for Bristol City 5Joseph MillsDF30 October 1989Swindon on loan from Southampton 6Cliff ByrneDF27 April 1982Dublincaptain 7Matt SparrowMF3 October 1983Scunthorpe 8Garry ThompsonMF24 November 1980Kendal 9Paul HayesFW20 September 1983Dagenham10Gary HooperFW26 January 1988Harlow 11Ian BaracloughMF4 December 1970Leicester 14Michael LeaDF4 November 1987Salford 15David MirfinDF18 April 1985Sheffield 16Martyn WoolfordMF13 October 1985Pontefract 17Grant McCannMF14 April 1980Belfast 18Sam TogwellMF14 October 1984Maidenhead 19Jonathan ForteFW25 July 1986Sheffield 20Sam SlocombeGK5 June 1988Scunthorpe 21 Jake PictonDF6 January 1991Pontefract 22Josh LillisGK24 June 1987Derby 23Kevan HurstFW27 August 1985Chesterfield 24Andrew WrightMF15 January 1985Liverpool 25Peter WinnFW19 December 1988Cleethorpes 26Krystian PearceDF5 January 1990Birmingham on loan from Birmingham City27Ian MorrisMF27 February 1987Dublin28Rory ColemanDF22 December 1990Rotherham 29 Joe WilcoxDF18 April 1989Northampton 30Ben MayFW10 March 1984Gravesend 31Henri LansburyMF12 October 1990Enfield on loan from Arsenal 32Liam TrotterMF24 August 1988Ipswichon loan from Ipswich Town33Kayode OdejayiFW21 February 1982Ibadanon loan from Barnsley40Kevin PressmanGK6 November 1967Fareham

Competitions

Football League One

League table

Matches

Play-offs

FA Cup

Football League Cup

Football League Trophy

References