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2008–09 Cowdenbeath F.C. season

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Cowdenbeath
2008–09 season
ManagerDanny Lennon
StadiumCentral Park
Scottish Third DivisionSecond (promoted)
Challenge CupQuarter-final, lost to v Airdrie United
League CupSecond Round, lost to v Dundee United
Scottish CupSecond Round, lost to v Elgin City
Top goalscorerLeague:
John Gemmell (12)

All:
John Gemmell (14)

During the 2008–09 season Cowdenbeath competed in the Scottish Third Division, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Challenge Cup.

Summary

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Cowdenbeath finished second in the Third Division,[1] entering the play-offs losing 5–4 on penalties to Stenhousemuir.[2] Following Livingston's demotion after going into Administration, Cowdenbeath were promoted to the Second Division.[3][4] They reached the second round of the Scottish Cup,[5] the second round of the League Cup[6] and were eliminated in the Quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup.[7]

Management

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For season 2008–09 Cowdenbeath were managed by Danny Lennon, following the sacking of Brian Welsh in the summer.[8]

Results & fixtures

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[9]  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Third Division

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2 August 2008 Third Division Cowdenbeath 1–4 Annan Athletic Central Park
McQuade 16' BBC Report Jack 29' (Penalty), 48'
Archibald 58'
Johnstone 90'
Attendance: 596
Referee: Watters
16 August 2008 Third Division Cowdenbeath 2–1 Albion Rovers Central Park
Fairburn 22'
Gemmell 81'
BBC Report Walker 58' Attendance: 302
Referee: Madden
30 August 2008 Third Division Stenhousemuir 1–0 Cowdenbeath Ochilview Park
Motion 85' ESPN Report[dead link] Attendance: 456
Referee: Robertson
8 November 2008 Third Division Cowdenbeath 4–1 Elgin City Central Park
McQuade 8', 30'
Armstrong 10', 73'
BBC Report Shallicker 7' Attendance: 193
Referee: Watters
13 December 2008 Third Division Montrose 0–1 Cowdenbeath Links Park
BBC Report Dempster 38' Attendance: 334
Referee: MacDonald
10 January 2009 Third Division Cowdenbeath 2–0 Dumbarton Central Park
Adamson 13'
McQuade 80'
BBC Report Attendance: 416
Referee: Salmond
17 January 2009 Third Division Elgin City 1–1 Cowdenbeath Borough Briggs
Wright 75' BBC Report Brown 60' Attendance: 382
Referee: Murray
24 January 2009 Third Division Cowdenbeath 2–1 Albion Rovers Central Park
Gemmell 21', 38' ESPN Report[dead link] Harty 41', Penalty' Attendance: 409
Referee: Charleston
31 January 2009 Third Division Cowdenbeath 1–0 Annan Athletic Central Park
Gemmell 37' ESPN Report[dead link] Attendance: 326
Referee: Robertson
28 February 2009 Third Division Cowdenbeath 1–0 Stenhousemuir Central Park
Dempster 86' ESPN Report[dead link] Attendance: 459
Referee: McKendrick
10 March 2009 Third Division Cowdenbeath 0–0 Forfar Athletic Central Park
ESPN Report Attendance: 317
Referee: Hilland
14 March 2009 Third Division Annan Athletic 3–1 Cowdenbeath Galabank
Sloan 12'
Dunbar 87'
Storey 90'
BBC Report MacKay 21' Attendance: 629
Referee: Muir
17 March 2009 Third Division Cowdenbeath 2–1 Montrose Central Park
Gemmell 4', 18' BBC Report McKenzie 27' Attendance: 303
Referee: McKay
4 April 2009 Third Division Cowdenbeath 1–1 Elgin City Central Park
Gemmell 84' BBC Report Shallicker 70' (Penalty) Attendance: 331
Referee: Madden
25 April 2009 Third Division Montrose 2–1 Cowdenbeath Links Park
Tweed 65'
Hegarty 72' (Penalty)
BBC Report Gemmell 8' Attendance: 403
Referee: McKendrick

Second Division play-offs

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Challenge Cup

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12 August 2008 Challenge Cup round 2 Cowdenbeath 3–2 Albion Rovers Central Park
McQuade 8'
Gemmell 54'
Fairbairn 89'
BBC Report Barr 30'
Martin 75'
Attendance: 204
Referee: Crawford

League Cup

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5 August 2008 League Cup round 1 Montrose 0–2 Cowdenbeath Links Park
BBC Report McGregor 6'
Fairbairn 81'
Attendance: 382
Referee: Muir
26 August 2008 League Cup round 2 Cowdenbeath 1–5 Dundee United Central Park
Dempster 74' BBC Report Daly 30', 47', 80'
Goodwillie 41', 60'
Attendance: 1,423
Referee: Norris

Scottish Cup

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25 October 2008 Scottish Cup round 3 Cowdenbeath 1–2 Elgin City Central Park
McQuade 50' BBC Report Kaczan 27'
Wright 71'
Attendance: 328
Referee: Boyle

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Dumbarton (C, P) 36 19 10 7 65 36 +29 67 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Cowdenbeath (P) 36 18 9 9 48 34 +14 63[a] Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs[b]
3 East Stirlingshire 36 19 4 13 57 50 +7 61
4 Stenhousemuir (O, P) 36 16 8 12 55 46 +9 56
5 Montrose 36 16 6 14 47 48 −1 54
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Cowdenbeath were promoted due to Livingston's demotion from the First Division to the Third.
  2. ^ The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 9th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2009–10 Second Division.

Player statistics

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Squad

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Third Division Scottish Cup League Cup Other[a]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Scott Gallacher 8 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO David Hay 38 0 29+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 7+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Kenny Adamson 29 2 21+4 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO John Armstrong 37 5 31+0 5 1+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Mark Baxter 32 0 24+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 5+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Gary Cennerazzo 3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Dene Droudge 6 0 3+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Derek Fleming 31 0 19+5 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 2+2 0
DF Scotland SCO Sandy Hodge 18 0 12+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Scott Linton 14 0 5+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+1 0
DF Scotland SCO Darren McGregor 43 4 34+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 1 5+1 2
DF Scotland SCO Greg Ross 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Joe Mbu 24 0 18+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jay Shields 30 0 20+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 6+0 0
MF Scotland SCO John Gemmell 40 14 25+6 12 1+0 0 2+0 0 5+1 2
MF Scotland SCO Brian Fairbairn 34 8 20+8 5 1+0 0 2+0 1 2+1 2
MF Scotland SCO Mark Forbes 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Northern Ireland NIR Danny Lennon 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Danny Mackay 26 1 21+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
MF Scotland SCO John O'Neil 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Slovakia SVK Marek Tomana 33 1 18+9 1 1+0 0 0+2 0 0+3 0
MF Scotland SCO Mark Ramsay 40 1 26+6 1 0+0 0 2+0 0 6+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jamie Reid 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jon Robertson 14 0 3+6 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 3+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Jay Stein 24 3 10+9 2 0+1 0 0+0 0 4+0 1
FW South Africa RSA Graeme Brown 17 1 8+9 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO John Dempster 33 6 17+9 5 1+0 0 0+1 1 1+4 0
FW Scotland SCO John Ferguson 8 2 1+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+2 0
FW Scotland SCO Paul McQuade 33 12 20+3 9 1+0 1 2+0 0 5+2 2
FW Scotland SCO Callum Young 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Derek Wallace 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including playoffs and the Scottish Challenge Cup.

References

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  1. ^ "2008/09 Scottish Division Three Table / Standings". ESPN. Retrieved 27 March 2012.[dead link]
  2. ^ "St'muir 0–0 C'denbeath". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 May 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Livi relegated to Division Three". BBC Sport. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Relegation 'death knell' for troubled Livingston". The Scotsman. 5 August 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Cowdenbeath F.C. v Elgin City F.C." Scottish Football Association. 25 October 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Scottish League Cup Results for 2008–09". London Hearts. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Cowdenbeath 1–2 Airdrie Utd". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 September 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Lennon in charge as Welsh is axed". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  9. ^ "Cowdenbeath's results from season 2008/2009". Cowdenbeath Mad. Retrieved 27 March 2012.