This article details Leeds United A.F.C.'s 2008–09 season in League One.

Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2008–09 season, presented in chronological order (starting from 26 May 2008 and ending on 31 May 2009). This list does not include transfers or new contracts, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the matches section.

May

• 27 May: Leeds Chairman, Ken Bates denies claims that Canadian sports firm, Maple Leaf Sports are in talks to take over the club.

June

• 4 June: Leeds confirm they have had talks with out-of-contract West Bromwich Albion striker, Kevin Phillips, regarding a move to Elland Road. However, the former England international's agent says that it would be "unlikely" that Phillips would move to Leeds. Duncan Revie, the son of the late Leeds manager, Don says he is still interested in buying the club. Meanwhile, thieves steal an England shirt worn by Don during the 1954-55 season.
• 6 June: Chairman, Ken Bates denies rumours that the club have bought back their stadium, Elland Road which is currently owned by the company, Teak Commercial Limited.
• 16 June: The fixtures for the 2008-09 League One season are released. Leeds start away at Scunthorpe United on 9 August, with their first home game against Oldham Athletic a week later. The club's final match of the season is against Northampton Town at Elland Road.
• 26 June: A friendly match scheduled for 30 July against Rotherham United is cancelled due to the "reputation" of the Leeds fans.

July

• 4 July: The Leeds team return from their holidays for pre-season training. Leeds' opponents for the friendly match on 2 August at Elland Road are changed from Sporting Lokeren to FCV Dender after Lokeren struggle to get visas for their full team.
• 9 July: Assistant manager, Steve Staunton is charged with a breach of FA rule E3 following comments he allegedly made to FA doping controllers after the club's defeat to Doncaster Rovers at Wembley on 25 May 2008.
• 10 July: The club's new kit for the 2008-09 season is revealed, with a full white home strip, a light blue/dark blue away kit and a full yellow alternative away kit. The club encounter contractual issues with the company who had agreed and signed a two-year contract with the club on 26 May 2008 to be the new shirt sponsor. The problem will force the team to wear shirts without a sponsor for the friendly against York City on the 11th..
• 14 July: Gary McAllister leaves out Sébastien Carole, Anthony Elding, Trésor Kandol, Sebastian Sorsa, Ian Westlake, Curtis Weston from his squad for the pre-season tour of Ireland. Fabian Delph and Neil Kilkenny miss out due to international duty.
• 29 July: Leeds agree a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with online travel company NetFlights.com.

August

• 1 August: The squad numbers for the new season are revealed. Most notably, Carole, Westlake, Weston and Bayly are demoted to numbers 35, 37, 40 and 41 respectively, suggesting their careers at Elland Road may be coming to an end.
• 9 August: Frazer Richardson is named as Leeds' club captain for the 2008-09 season. Leeds win their opening game of the season with a 2-1 away victory over Scunthorpe United.
• 29 August: The club confirm they have been charged by the FA with making payments to an unlicensed agent during the transfer of Anthony Elding from Crewe Alexandra in January 2008.
• 30 August: The club's new home shirt is made avaliable for the first time in the official club shop.

September

• 3 September: Leeds' first goal against Bristol Rovers on 30 August is awarded to Jermaine Beckford after there was initial confusion where the goal had in fact been an own goal by Bristol defender, Steve Elliott. The club plead guilty to the FA charge in regard to payments to unlicensed agents in the Elding transfer.
• 6 September: The club announce that OHS will be the club's secondary shirt sponsor for a further two seasons. OHS were the club's secondary shirt sponsors in the 2007-08 season as well.
• 27 September: The club's new away shirt is made available for the first time in the official club shop and online.
• 30 September: The club are fined £7,500, with a further suspended fine of £12,500, for using an unlicensed agent in the transfer of Anthony Elding from Stockport County in January.

Players

Squad information

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in The Premiership, The Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy, and UEFA Cup.
Squad only includes players currently registered with the club.
¹Player joined the club on a non-contract basis.

Squad stats

Most frequent start

Disciplinary record

Captains

Awards

Internal Awards

Goal of the Month

• August: Jermaine Beckford (12th August vs Chester City)¹
• September: Andy Robinson (6th September vs Crewe Alexandra)

¹Winning goal was the player's third goal in the match.

External Awards

League One Team of the Week

The following Leeds players have been selected in the official League One team of the week.

• 11th August 2007: Frazer Richardson, David Prutton
• 8th September 2007: Alan Sheehan
• 15th September 2007: Jermaine Beckford, Fabian Delph
• 22nd September 2007: Aidan White
• 29th September 2007: Andy Robinson

Others

• League One Player of the Month: Jermaine Beckford (September)
• League One Fans Player of the Month: Jermaine Beckford (September)

Transfers

In

¹As the player was under the age of 23 at the time of the transfer, an undisclosed compensation package was due to the player's former club.
²Player originally joined the club on a non-contract basis, but signed a one year contract lasting until 2009 several weeks after.

Out

Loans

New Contracts

¹Automatically extended until 2012 if the club is promoted to The Championship.

Club

Kit

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Coaching and medical staff

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

Other information

Competitions

Overall summary

League One

Table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Pre-season

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League One

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Football League Cup

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Football League Trophy

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References

External links

• Official Website
• Sky Sports
• Soccerbase
• ESPNsoccernet
• Leeds Fans
• Leeds Utd Mad