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Season
  
2008–09

Period
  
2008 – 2009

Champions
  
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Promoted
  
Wolverhampton Wanderers Birmingham City Burnley

Champion
  
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Relegated
  
Chester City F.C., Luton Town F.C.

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2007–08 Football League

The 2008–09 Football League (known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th completed season of the Football League. It began in August 2008 and concluded in May 2009, with the promotion play-off finals.

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The Football League is contested through three Divisions: the Championship, League One and League Two. The winner and the runner up of the League Championship are automatically promoted to the Premier League and they will are joined by the winner of the Championship playoff. The bottom two teams in League Two are relegated to the Conference Premier.

Promotion and relegation

As a consequence of results in the 2008–09 English football season, the following promotions and relegations involving teams within, or entering or exiting the Football League occurred. These changes take effect for the 2009–10 season.

From Premier League

Relegated to Championship

  • West Bromwich Albion
  • Middlesbrough
  • Newcastle United

    • From Championship

    Promoted to Premier League

  • Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Birmingham City
  • Burnley

    • Relegated to League One

  • Norwich City
  • Southampton
  • Charlton Athletic

    • From Football League One

    Promoted to Championship

  • Leicester City
  • Peterborough United
  • Scunthorpe United

    • Relegated to League Two

  • Northampton Town
  • Crewe Alexandra
  • Cheltenham Town
  • Hereford United

    • From Football League Two

    Promoted to League One

  • Brentford
  • Exeter City
  • Wycombe Wanderers
  • Gillingham

    • Relegated to Conference Premier

  • Chester City
  • Luton Town

    • From Conference Premier

    Promoted to League Two

  • Burton Albion
  • Torquay United

    • Championship

    Updated to games played on 3 May 2009.
    Source: The Football League
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    * Southampton were given a ten-point deduction for breaching insolvency regulations, regarding their holding company. The punishment will be applied next season as they finished in bottom three this season. Crystal Palace were also given a one-point deduction for fielding an ineligible player.
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    League One

    Updated to games played on 2 May 2009.
    Source: The Football League
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    * Stockport County deducted 10 points;
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    League Two

    Updated to games played on 2 May 2009.
    Source: The Football League
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    * Darlington deducted 10 points; Bournemouth deducted 17 points; Rotherham United deducted 17 points; Luton Town deducted 30 points
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    Championship

    Source: The Football League
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

    League One

    Source: The Football League
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

    League Two

    Source: The Football League
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

    References

    2008–09 Football League Wikipedia
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