2008/09
- Games Played
- 53
- Won
- 23
- Drawn
- 13
- Lost
- 17
- Av Attendance
- 2821
- Highest Attendance
- 3868
- Total Players Used
- 32
Appearances
Click on a player's name to be taken to see more details about them.
| All Games | League | Play-Offs | Cup | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Red Cards |
| Abbott, Pawel | 15 (3) | 8 | 15 (3) | 8 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Austin, Neil | 36 (4) | 3 | 29 (4) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 | 7 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Barnes, Corey | 2 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Blundell, Gregg | 6 (20) | 3 | 2 (18) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (2) | 1 | 0 |
| Brown, Simon | 26 (0) | 0 | 22 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Burgmeier, Franz | 33 (5) | 2 | 30 (5) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Carlton, Danny | 16 (1) | 4 | 16 (1) | 4 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Carole, Sébastien | 4 (3) | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Clarke, Billy | 22 (3) | 9 | 18 (2) | 8 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (1) | 1 | 0 |
| Flynn, Michael | 5 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Foran, Richie | 10 (3) | 3 | 7 (2) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Fortune, Clayton | 3 (4) | 0 | 3 (4) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Foster, Steve | 40 (0) | 1 | 34 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 1 | 1 |
| Gerken, Dean | 7 (0) | 0 | 7 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Gray, Josh | 1 (5) | 0 | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Griffin, Adam | 11 (11) | 0 | 9 (8) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 |
| Groves, Danny | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Hatch, Liam | 25 (4) | 9 | 23 (3) | 9 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Hulbert, Robin | 13 (20) | 2 | 9 (18) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | 1 |
| Kazimierczak, Przemyslaw | 9 (1) | 0 | 7 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Kennedy, Jason | 49 (4) | 6 | 44 (2) | 5 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (2) | 1 | 0 |
| Main, Curtis | 5 (14) | 2 | 5 (13) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Miller, Ian | 20 (5) | 1 | 16 (5) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Oakes, Andy | 11 (0) | 0 | 10 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Poole, David | 21 (9) | 1 | 18 (8) | 1 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Proudlock, Adam | 6 (5) | 0 | 3 (5) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Purdie, Rob | 43 (2) | 5 | 39 (1) | 5 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Ravenhill, Ricky | 42 (2) | 2 | 37 (1) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan, Tim | 23 (4) | 0 | 21 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 |
| Tremarco, Carl | 2 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| Valentine, Ryan | 33 (1) | 0 | 30 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 |
| White, Alan | 44 (0) | 4 | 40 (0) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 2 | 2 |
Fixtures
Fixtures for the season can be seen below.
| Date | Fixture | Competition | Att | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/08/2008 | D | Darlington 1-1 Exeter City | League Two | 3559 | Details |
| 12/08/2008 | W | Walsall 1-2 Darlington | League Cup (1st Round) | 2702 | Details |
| 16/08/2008 | D | Notts County 0-0 Darlington | League Two | 4352 | Details |
| 23/08/2008 | L | Darlington 1-2 Gillingham | League Two | 2831 | Details |
| 26/08/2008 | L | Watford 2-1 Darlington | League Cup (2nd Round) | 5236 | Details |
| 30/08/2008 | W | Macclesfield 0-6 Darlington | League Two | 1554 | Details |
| 06/09/2008 | L | Aldershot 2-1 Darlington | League Two | 3460 | Details |
| 13/09/2008 | W | Darlington 2-1 Port Vale | League Two | 3040 | Details |
| 20/09/2008 | W | Darlington 3-0 Accrington | League Two | 2814 | Details |
| 27/09/2008 | L | Bournemouth 3-1 Darlington | League Two | 4124 | Details |
| 04/10/2008 | D | Darlington 1-1 Shrewsbury | League Two | 2899 | Details |
| 07/10/2008 | W | Darlington 1-0 Huddersfield | Johnstone's Paint Trophy (2nd Round Northern) | 1791 | Details |
| 11/10/2008 | W | Luton Town 1-2 Darlington | League Two | 5560 | Details |
| 18/10/2008 | D | Wycombe 1-1 Darlington | League Two | 5345 | Details |
| 20/10/2008 | W | Darlington 2-1 Bradford City | League Two | 3034 | Details |
| 25/10/2008 | W | Darlington 3-0 Dagenham & Redbridge | League Two | 3070 | Details |
| 28/10/2008 | W | Rotherham 0-1 Darlington | League Two | 3322 | Details |
| 01/11/2008 | W | Grimsby Town 1-2 Darlington | League Two | 3509 | Details |
| 04/11/2008 | W | Darlington 1-0 Bury | Johnstone's Paint Trophy (Quarter Final Northern) | 1651 | Details |
| 08/11/2008 | D | Darlington 0-0 Droylsden | FA Cup (1st Round) | 2479 | Details |
| 15/11/2008 | W | Darlington 2-0 Lincoln City | League Two | 3534 | Details |
| 18/11/2008 | L | Droylsden 1-0 Darlington | FA Cup (1st Round Replay) | 1672 | Details |
| 22/11/2008 | D | Brentford 1-1 Darlington | League Two | 4837 | Details |
| 25/11/2008 | L | Darlington 1-2 Chester | League Two | 2416 | Details |
| 13/12/2008 | L | Morecambe 1-0 Darlington | League Two | 1873 | Details |
| 16/12/2008 | L | Rotherham 1-1 Darlington | Johnstone's Paint Trophy (Semi Final Northern) | 2706 | Details |
| 20/12/2008 | D | Darlington 2-2 Barnet | League Two | 2770 | Details |
| 26/12/2008 | D | Bury 2-2 Darlington | League Two | 3454 | Details |
| 28/12/2008 | D | Darlington 0-0 Chesterfield | League Two | 3352 | Details |
| 03/01/2009 | W | Darlington 2-1 Bournemouth | League Two | 2571 | Details |
| 17/01/2009 | W | Darlington 5-1 Luton Town | League Two | 3319 | Details |
| 24/01/2009 | L | Shrewsbury 1-0 Darlington | League Two | 5140 | Details |
| 27/01/2009 | W | Darlington 1-0 Rotherham | League Two | 2431 | Details |
| 31/01/2009 | W | Dagenham & Redbridge 0-1 Darlington | League Two | 1832 | Details |
| 17/02/2009 | D | Bradford City 0-0 Darlington | League Two | 12782 | Details |
| 21/02/2009 | W | Darlington 1-0 Grimsby Town | League Two | 3418 | Details |
| 24/02/2009 | L | Darlington 1-2 Rochdale | League Two | 2858 | Details |
| 28/02/2009 | L | Exeter City 2-0 Darlington | League Two | 4851 | Details |
| 03/03/2009 | W | Darlington 1-0 Notts County | League Two | 2450 | Details |
| 07/03/2009 | L | Darlington 1-2 Macclesfield | League Two | 2995 | Details |
| 10/03/2009 | L | Gillingham 1-0 Darlington | League Two | 4730 | Details |
| 14/03/2009 | L | Port Vale 3-1 Darlington | League Two | 4860 | Details |
| 17/03/2009 | W | Lincoln City 0-1 Darlington | League Two | 2835 | Details |
| 21/03/2009 | W | Darlington 2-0 Aldershot | League Two | 2532 | Details |
| 24/03/2009 | L | Accrington 1-0 Darlington | League Two | 1086 | Details |
| 28/03/2009 | W | Barnet 0-1 Darlington | League Two | 2069 | Details |
| 04/04/2009 | D | Darlington 0-0 Morecambe | League Two | 2560 | Details |
| 07/04/2009 | L | Darlington 1-2 Wycombe | League Two | 2180 | Details |
| 11/04/2009 | D | Chesterfield 0-0 Darlington | League Two | 3642 | Details |
| 13/04/2009 | D | Darlington 2-2 Bury | League Two | 2927 | Details |
| 18/04/2009 | W | Rochdale 0-2 Darlington | League Two | 3789 | Details |
| 25/04/2009 | L | Darlington 1-3 Brentford | League Two | 3868 | Details |
| 02/05/2009 | W | Chester 1-2 Darlington | League Two | 1945 | Details |
League Table
The league table for the season can be seen below.
| Home | Away | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Ply | W | D | L | GF | GA | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | Brentford | 46 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 29 | 85 | Champions |
| 2 | Exeter City | 46 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 15 | 79 | Promoted |
| 3 | Wycombe | 46 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 78 | Promoted |
| 4 | Bury | 46 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 78 | |
| 5 | Gillingham | 46 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 3 | 75 | Promoted |
| 6 | Rochdale | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 35 | 11 | 70 | |
| 7 | Shrewsbury | 46 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 17 | 69 | |
| 8 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 46 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 24 | 68 | |
| 9 | Bradford City | 46 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 37 | 11 | 67 | |
| 10 | Chesterfield | 46 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 5 | 63 | |
| 11 | Morecambe | 46 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 32 | -3 | 63 | |
| 12 | Darlington | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 62 | Deducted 10 pts |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 46 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 1 | 59 | |
| 14 | Rotherham | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 14 | 58 | Deducted 17 pts |
| 15 | Aldershot | 46 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 36 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 49 | -21 | 54 | |
| 16 | Accrington | 46 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 35 | -17 | 50 | |
| 17 | Barnet | 46 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 39 | -18 | 48 | |
| 18 | Port Vale | 46 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 33 | -22 | 48 | |
| 19 | Notts County | 46 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 38 | -20 | 47 | |
| 20 | Macclesfield | 46 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 40 | -32 | 47 | |
| 21 | Bournemouth | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 36 | 8 | 46 | Deducted 17 pts |
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 41 | -18 | 41 | |
| 23 | Chester | 46 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 47 | -38 | 37 | |
| 24 | Luton Town | 46 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 31 | -7 | 26 | Deducted 30 pts |