2008–09 Cowdenbeath F.C. season

Cowdenbeath
2008–09 season
Manager	Danny Lennon
Stadium	Central Park
Scottish Third Division	Second (promoted)
Challenge Cup	Quarter-final, lost to v Airdrie United
League Cup	Second Round, lost to v Dundee United
Scottish Cup	Second Round, lost to v Elgin City
Top goalscorer	League: ; John Gemmell (12); All: ; John Gemmell (14)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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

Summary

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

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

Results & fixtures

^[9] Win Draw Loss

Scottish Third Division

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

9 August 2008 Third Division	Forfar Athletic	0–1	Cowdenbeath	Station Park
		ESPN Report^{[dead link]}	Ramsay 69'	Attendance: 412 Referee: Northcroft

16 August 2008 Third Division	Cowdenbeath	2–1	Albion Rovers	Central Park
	Fairburn 22' Gemmell 81'	BBC Report	Walker 58'	Attendance: 302 Referee: Madden

22 August 2008 Third Division	Elgin City	0–2	Cowdenbeath	Borough Briggs
		BBC Report	McGregor 59' Gemmell 60'	Attendance: 537 Referee: McDermott

30 August 2008 Third Division	Stenhousemuir	1–0	Cowdenbeath	Ochilview Park
	Motion 85'	ESPN Report^{[dead link]}		Attendance: 456 Referee: Robertson

13 September 2008 Third Division	Cowdenbeath	2–1	Berwick Rangers	Central Park
	Gemmell 2' Fairbairn 9'	BBC Report	Ewart 60'	Attendance: 375 Referee: Colvin

20 September 2008 Third Division	Dumbarton	2–1	Cowdenbeath	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Carcary 36' Gordon 90'	BBC Report	McQuade 90'	Attendance: 801 Referee: O'Reilly

27 September 2008 Third Division	Cowdenbeath	2–1	Montrose	Central Park
	Gemmell 32' McQuade 71'	ESPN Report^{[dead link]}	Baird 44'	Attendance: 296 Referee: Salmond

4 October 2008 Third Division	Cowdenbeath	0–0	East Stirlingshire	Central Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 431 Referee: Hilland

18 October 2008 Third Division	Annan Athletic	0–1	Cowdenbeath	Galabank
		BBC Report	McQuade 22'	Attendance: 578 Referee: Madden

1 November 2008 Third Division	Albion Rovers	3–1	Cowdenbeath	Cliftonhill
	Barr 16' Benton 74' Harris 90'	BBC Report	Armstrong 58'	Attendance: 259 Referee: Northcroft

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

15 November 2008 Third Division	Cowdenbeath	1–2	Stenhousemuir	Central Park
	McQuade 81'	BBC Report	Thom 15' Dalziel 26'	Attendance: 406 Referee: Madden

22 November 2008 Third Division	Berwick Rangers	2–3	Cowdenbeath	Shielfield Park
	Gribben 11', 59'	BBC Report	Armstrong 19' Dempster 63' McQuade 75'	Attendance: 389 Referee: McKendrick

13 December 2008 Third Division	Montrose	0–1	Cowdenbeath	Links Park
		BBC Report	Dempster 38'	Attendance: 334 Referee: MacDonald

20 December 2008 Third Division	East Stirlingshire	1–4	Cowdenbeath	Ochilview Park
		BBC Report	Fairbairn 9', 87' Adamson 57' McQuade 73'	Attendance: 457 Referee: Colvin

10 January 2009 Third Division	Cowdenbeath	2–0	Dumbarton	Central Park
	Adamson 13' McQuade 80'	BBC Report		Attendance: 416 Referee: Salmond

13 January 2009 Third Division	Cowdenbeath	2–0	Berwick Rangers	Central Park
	Dempster 30' Tomana 90'	BBC Report		Attendance: 282 Referee: Northcroft

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

21 February 2009 Third Division	Dumbarton	1–1	Cowdenbeath	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
	Boyle 34'	BBC Report	Dempster 57'	Attendance: 846 Referee: Norris

28 February 2009 Third Division	Cowdenbeath	1–0	Stenhousemuir	Central Park
	Dempster 86'	ESPN Report^{[dead link]}		Attendance: 459 Referee: McKendrick

3 March 2009 Third Division	Stenhousemuir	1–0	Cowdenbeath	Ochilview Park
	Diack 33'	BBC Report		Attendance: 423 Referee: McLean

7 March 2009 Third Division	Berwick Rangers	1–0	Cowdenbeath	Shielfield Park
	Bonar 51'	BBC Report		Attendance: 523 Referee: Colvin

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

21 March 2009 Third Division	Cowdenbeath	2–0	East Stirlingshire	Central Park
	Fairbairn 38' Armstrong 76'	ESPN Report		Attendance: 298 Referee: Watters

31 March 2009 Third Division	Forfar Athletic	1–1	Cowdenbeath	Station Park
	Campbell 14'	ESPN Report	Gemmell 7'	Attendance: 621 Referee: Hilland

4 April 2009 Third Division	Cowdenbeath	1–1	Elgin City	Central Park
	Gemmell 84'	BBC Report	Shallicker 70' (Penalty)	Attendance: 331 Referee: Madden

11 April 2009 Third Division	Albion Rovers	0–0	Cowdenbeath	Cliftonhill
		ESPN Report		Attendance: 452 Referee: McDermott

18 April 2009 Third Division	Cowdenbeath	0–0	Dumbarton	Central Park
		ESPN Report^{[dead link]}		Attendance: 1,181 Referee: Finnie

25 April 2009 Third Division	Montrose	2–1	Cowdenbeath	Links Park
	Tweed 65' Hegarty 72' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Gemmell 8'	Attendance: 403 Referee: McKendrick

2 May 2009 Third Division	Cowdenbeath	2–2	Forfar Athletic	Central Park
	Stein 33', 43'	BBC Report	Gordon 3' Russell 4'	Attendance: 527 Referee: Northcroft

9 May 2009 Third Division	East Stirlingshire	0–2	Cowdenbeath	Ochilview Park
		BBC Report	Ferguson 78', 90'	Attendance: 434 Referee: Robertson

Second Division play-offs

13 May 2009 Play-offs SF R1	East Stirlingshire	1–2	Cowdenbeath	Ochilview Park
	Rodgers 62'	BBC Report	Gemmell 12' Stein 30'	Attendance: 605 Referee: Collum

16 May 2009 Play-offs SF R2	Cowdenbeath	1–1	East Stirlingshire	Central Park
	Dempster 84'	BBC Report	Graham 3'	Attendance: 633 Referee: Tumilty

20 May 2009 Play-offs Final R1	Cowdenbeath	0–0	Stenhousemuir	Central Park
		Report		Attendance: 775 Referee: Muir

20 May 2009 Play-offs Final R2	Stenhousemuir	0–0 (5 – 4 pen.) (a.e.t.)	Cowdenbeath	Ochilview Park
		Report		Attendance: 1,530 Referee: O'Reilly

Challenge Cup

26 July 2008 Challenge Cup round 1	Elgin City	0–2	Cowdenbeath	Borough Briggs
		BBC Report	McGregor 13' McQuade 80'	Attendance: 379 Referee: Salmond

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

7 September 2008 Challenge Cup quarter-finals	Cowdenbeath	1–2	Airdrie United	Central Park
	Fairbairn 79' Baxter 84'	BBC Report	Di Giacomo 53' 75'	Attendance: 643 Referee: Finnie

League Cup

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

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

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ Cowdenbeath were promoted due to Livingston's demotion from the First Division to the Third.
^ 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

Squad

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

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

[table_hth_COW0.96418366672666-10] Cowdenbeath were promoted due to Livingston's demotion from the First Division to the Third.

[table_note_res_PP0.96418366672666-11] 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.

[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.

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