2008–09 Bristol City F.C. season

During the 2008–09 English football season, Bristol City F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Bristol City F.C.

2008–09 season
Manager	Gary Johnson
Stadium	Ashton Gate
Championship	10th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Season summary

Bristol City ended the season in 10th place.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Swansea City	46	16	20	10	63	50	+13	68
9	Ipswich Town	46	17	15	14	62	53	+9	66
10	Bristol City	46	15	16	15	54	54	0	61
11	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	16	15	42	44	−2	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday	46	16	13	17	51	58	−7	61

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2009. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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  BRA Adriano Basso 2 DF  ENG Bradley Orr 3 DF  SCO Jamie McAllister 4 DF  ENG Liam Fontaine 5 DF  ENG Jamie McCombe 6 DF  SCO Louis Carey[notes 1] 7 MF  SCO Scott Murray 8 MF  ENG David Noble 10 FW  ENG Nicky Maynard 11 MF  SCO Michael McIndoe 14 MF  ENG Cole Skuse 15 FW  NGA Dele Adebola 16 FW  SVK Peter Štyvar 17 MF  NIR Ivan Sproule 18 DF  ENG Brian Wilson

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  ENG Jennison Myrie-Williams 20 MF  WAL Gavin Williams 21 MF  ENG Frankie Artus 22 GK  ENG Chris Weale 23 FW  ENG Lee Trundle 24 DF  WAL Christian Ribeiro 25 MF  ENG Marvin Elliott[notes 2] 26 DF  WAL James Wilson 27 DF  ENG Jordan Walker 28 FW  ENG John Akinde 31 FW  TRI Stern John (on loan from Southampton) 32 GK  IRL Stephen Henderson 33 MF  ENG Lee Johnson 34 DF  ENG Izzy Iriekpen

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 7 MF  SCO Scott Murray (on loan to Cheltenham Town) 9 FW  ENG Steve Brooker (to Doncaster Rovers) 16 DF  SCO Andy Webster (on loan from Rangers)

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  ENG Frankie Artus (on loan to Cheltenham Town) 24 MF  ENG Jennison Myrie-Williams (on loan to Cheltenham Town) 30 MF  ENG Tristan Plummer (on loan to Torquay United)

References

1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2008-2009/flcham/bristolc.htm Bristol City squad for 2008–09 season

Notes

1. Carey was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandparents and represented them at U-21 level.
2. Elliott was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in October 2011.