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Season 2008-9

British Gas Business Football League Midland Division: Champions, 1/22
FA Cup: First Qualifying Round
FA Trophy: Qualifying Round

Image from season

(L to R: Guy Sanders, Liam Reynolds, Jimmy Husband, Mark Bellingham, Luke Corbett
and Marcus Jackson - all mainstays of the championship-winning side)

End of season awards

Players' player of the season: Adam Cooper
Manager's player of the season: Mark Bellingham
President's Award for most Man-of-the-Match nominations: Marcus Jackson
Supporters player of the season: Mark Bellingham

Clubman of the season: jointly awarded to Ron and Carol Ainsworth

In addition, the North Bank Fans' Awards went to:
The Matt Blunt Award: tba (June 2009)
Goal of the season: tba (June 2009)
Miss of the season: tba (June 2009)

Results

Date Comp Venue Time Opposition Score Att Report Pics
19 July 2008 F Home 15:00 Newport County 1-1 415 Report Pics
22 July 2008 F Away 19:45 Wellingborough Town 4-0 153 Report Pics
26 July 2008 F Home 15:00 Solihull Moors 3-1 360 Report Pics
29 July 2008 F Away 19:45 Stratford Town 0-2 407 Report
02 Aug 2008 F Away 15:00 Wimborne Town 0-4 210 Report
05 Aug 2008 F Away 19:45 Bishops Cleeve 1-2 c90 Report  
09 Aug 2008 F Home 15:00 Hednesford Town 1-1 260 Report Pics
                 
16 Aug 2008 L Away 15:00 Aylesbury United 2-1 262 Report Pics
19 Aug 2008 L Home 19:45 Nuneaton Town 2-1 1051 Report Pics
23 Aug 2008 L Home 15:00 Dunstable Town 2-0 475 Report Pics
25 Aug 2008 L Away 15:00 Bromsgrove Rovers 3-1 351 Report Pics
30 Aug 2008 FA(P) Home 15:00 Staveley MW 4-0 575 Report Pics
06 Sep 2008 L Home 15:00 Marlow 7-2 602 Report Pics
13 Sep 2008 FA(1Q) Home 15:00 Evesham United 0-3 712 Report Pics
20 Sep 2008 L Away 15:00 Soham Town Rangers 3-2 248 Report Pics
23 Sep 2008 BSC(2) Away 19:45 Studley 1-0 168 Report Pics
27 Sep 2008 L Home 15:00 Stourport Swifts 1-0 565 Report Pics
04 Oct 2008 L Home 15:00 Chesham United 2-0 531 Report Pics
11 Oct 2008 L Away 15:00 Arlesey Town 4-1 303 Report Pics
18 Oct 2008 FAT(1Q) Away 15:00 Glapwell 2-3 203 Report Pics
25 Oct 2008 L Away 15:00 AFC Sudbury 4-0 509 Report Pics
08 Nov 2008 L Away 15:00 Bedworth United 1-1 413 Report Pics
11 Nov 2008 LC(1) Away 19:45 Chasetown 3-1 352 Report
15 Nov 2008 L Home 15:00 Barton Rovers 4-1 603 Report Pics
18 Nov 2008 BSC(3) Home 19:45 Bromsgrove Rovers 1-2 258 Report Pics
22 Nov 2008 L Away 15:00 Woodford United 2-0 439 Report Pics
29 Nov 2008 L Home 15:00 Atherstone Town 3-0 1002 Report Pics
02 Dec 2008 LC(2) Away 19:45 Atherstone Town 1-2 226 Report Pics
06 Dec 2008 L Away 15:00 Rothwell Town 6-0 276 Report Pics
09 Dec 2008 L Home 19:45 Bury Town 2-1 380 Report Pics
20 Dec 2008 L Away 15:00 Malvern Town 3-0 214 Report Pics
23 Dec 2009 L Away 19:30 Sutton Coldfield Town 3-3 315 Report Pics
27 Dec 2008 L Home 15:00 Bromsgrove Rovers 2-0 876 Report Pics
13 Jan 2009 L Home 19:45 Leighton Town 3-3 425 Report Pics
17 Jan 2009 L Home 15:00 Soham Town Rangers 3-1 582 Report Pics
20 Jan 2009 L Away 19:45 Nuneaton Town 2-0 1355 Report Pics
24 Jan 2009 L Away 15:00 Stourport Swifts 2-1 232 Report Pics
27 Jan 2009 L Home 19:45 Romulus 2-1 445 Report Pics
31 Jan 2009 L Home 15:00 AFC Sudbury 3-5 639 Report Pics
14 Feb 2009 L Home 15:00 Sutton Coldfield Town 0-3 520 Report  
17 Feb 2009 L Home 19:45 Aylesbury United 1-2 452 Report Pics
21 Feb 2009 L Away 15:00 Romulus 2-1 287 Report Pics
24 Feb 2009 L Away 19:45 Chasetown 0-2 539 Report Pics
28 Feb 2009 L Home 15:00 Arlesey Town 3-1 586 Report Pics
03 Mar 2009 L Away 19:45 Dunstable Town 4-0 179 Report Pics
07 Mar 2009 L Home 15:00 Bedworth United 4-1 646 Report Pics
10 Mar 2009 L Away 19:45 Chesham United 2-1 282 Report Pics
14 Mar 2009 L Away 15:00 Barton Rovers 2-0 225 Report Pics
21 Mar 2009 L Home 15:00 Woodford United 7-1 615 Report Pics
28 Mar 2009 L Away 15:00 Atherstone Town 0-0 1020 Report Pics
04 April 2009 L Home 15:00 Rothwell Town 1-0 650 Report Pics
07 April 2009 L Away 19:45 Bury Town 2-2 362 Report
11 April 2009 L Away 15:00 Marlow 1-0 323 Report Pics
13 April 2009 L Home 15:00 Chasetown 1-3 1161 Report Pics
18 April 2009 L Home 15:00 Malvern Town 8-0 1080 Report Pics
25 April 2009 L Away 15:00 Leighton Town 5-2 288 Report
                 
Key: F: Friendly; L: British Gas Business Football League Midland Division; BSC: Birmingham County FA Senior Cup; FA: FA Cup; FAT: FA Trophy; LC: Southern League Cup (initially called the GX Cup until the sponsors went into administration). In all cup competitions, R = Replay, Q = Qualifying round, EP = Extra Preliminary round, P = Preliminary round.

Brakes performance analysis

League match goal performance (league and cup matches)

  Occasions
Goals Scored Conceded
0 4 17
1 9 16
2 15 8
3 10 6
4 6 -
5 1 1
6 1 -
7 2 -
8 1 -

Timing of Leamington goals

Timing (minutes) 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90
Penalties     3     1
Set pieces 2 1       4
Open play 13 16 17 15 17 24
Own goals 1         3
Total 15 17 20 15 17 32

Timing of opponents goals

Timing (minutes) 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90
Penalties   2 2   1  
Set pieces 1   1     4
Open play 6 9 6 8 7 6
Own goals   1     1  
Total 7 12 9 8 9 10

Man of the Match as announced in site match reports

Player MoM
Marcus Jackson 8
(Nuneaton Town, H, 19 Aug)
(Arlesey Town, A, 11 Oct)
(Malvern Town, A, 20 Dec)
(Bromsgrove Rovers, H, 27 Dec)
(AFC Sudbury, H, 31 Jan)
(Sutton Coldfield Town, H, 14 Feb)
(Barton Rovers, A, 14 Mar)
(Rothwell Town, H, 4 Apr)
James Husband 7
(Staveley MW, H FA Cup, 30 Aug)
(Chasetown, A LC, 22 Nov)
(Bury Town, H, 9 Dec)
(Stourport Swifts, A, 24 Jan)
(Romulus, A, 21 Feb)
(Woodford Utd, H, 21 Mar)
(Malvern Town, H, 18 Apr)
Mark Bellingham 6
(Soham Town Rangers, A, 20 Sep)
(AFC Sudbury, A, 25 Oct)
(Barton Rovers, H, 15 Nov)
(Atherstone Town, H, 29 Nov)
(Soham Town Rangers, H, 17 Jan)
(Romulus, H, 27 Jan)
Jai Stanley 4
(Marlow, H, 06 Sept)
(Woodford Utd, A, 22 Nov)
(Rothwell Town, A, 6 Dec)
(Leighton Town, H, 13 Jan)
Luke Corbett 3
(Chesham United, H, 04 Oct)
(Arlesey Town, H, 28 Feb)
(Atherstone T, A, 28 Mar)
Stuart Herlihy 3
(Aylesbury United, H, 17 Feb)
(Dunstable Town, A, 3 Mar)
(Bedworth United, 7 Mar)
Richard Anstiss 2
(Bromsgrove R, H BSC, 18 Nov)
(Nuneaton Town, A, 20 Jan)
Mykel Beckley 2
(Studley, A BSC, 23 Sep)
(Bedworth Utd, A, 8 Nov)
Martin Hier 2
(Stourport Swifts, H, 27 Sep)
(Glapwell, A FAT, 18 Oct)
Chris Murphy 2
(Bury Town, A, 07 Apr)
(Leighton Town, A, 25 Apr)
Ryan Parisi 2
(Atherstone Town, A LC, 2 Dec)
(Chasetown, A, 24 Feb)
Liam Reynolds 2
(Aylesbury United, A, 16 Aug)
(Dunstable Town, H, 23 Aug)
Guy Sanders 2
(Evesham Utd, H FA Cup, 13 Sept)
(Chesham United, A, 10 Mar)
Adam Cooper 1
(Bromsgrove Rovers, A, 25 Aug)
Chris Kiely 1
(Chasetown, H, 13 Apr)
Richard Morris 1
(Sutton Coldfield Town, A, 23 Dec)
Steve Palmer 1
(Marlow, A, 11 Apr)

 

Final league table

Home
Away
Total
        
P
W
D
L
W
D
L
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Leamington (P)
42
16
1
4
16
4
1
32
5
5
114
44
70
101
Nuneaton Town (P)
42
14
3
4
14
5
2
28
8
6
85
31
54
92
Atherstone Town
42
11
8
2
13
5
3
24
13
5
82
45
37
85
Chasetown
42
13
5
3
12
4
5
25
9
8
67
31
36
84
Chesham United
42
9
6
6
13
4
4
22
10
10
70
38
32
76
Sutton Coldfield Town
42
12
2
7
12
2
7
24
4
14
79
62
17
76
Bury Town
42
12
4
5
10
5
6
22
9
11
88
41
47
75
Leighton Town
42
10
6
5
8
7
6
18
13
11
57
46
11
67
Marlow
42
12
4
5
7
5
9
19
9
14
65
53
12
66
Aylesbury United
42
11
2
8
8
5
8
19
7
16
65
58
7
64
Romulus
42
10
4
7
7
6
8
17
10
15
60
42
18
61
AFC Sudbury
42
8
8
5
9
2
10
17
10
15
66
65
1
61
Bromsgrove Rovers
42
10
1
10
5
7
9
15
8
19
58
53
5
53
Bedworth United
42
6
4
11
8
3
10
14
7
21
50
66
-16
49
Soham Town Rangers
42
6
4
11
7
3
11
13
7
22
48
79
-31
46
Stourport Swifts
42
4
4
13
6
6
9
10
10
22
46
74
-28
40
Barton Rovers
42
5
3
13
7
1
13
12
4
26
50
79
-29
40
Arlesey Town
42
6
1
14
5
4
12
11
5
26
40
70
-30
38
Dunstable Town
42
9
2
10
2
1
18
11
3
28
54
89
-35
36
Rothwell Town
42
5
8
8
3
4
14
8
12
22
35
79
-44
36
Woodford United
42
2
3
16
7
4
10
9
7
26
38
80
-42
34
Malvern Town
42
1
7
13
1
3
17
2
10
30
27
119
-92
16

Leamington playing squad 2008-9

2008-9 championship winning squad

Leamington FC squad at the end of the 2008-9 season.
Back row: Natalie Wilson, Paul Eden, Steve Palmer, Luke Corbett, Mykel Beckley, Stuart Herlihy,
Richard Morris, Richard Anstiss, Chris Kiely, Adam Cooper, Liam Reynolds, James Husband, Keith Orme.
Front row: Chris Murphy, Jai Stanley, Ryan Parisi, Reis Ashraf, Morton Titterton, Guy Sanders,
Jason Cadden, Josh Blake, Mark Bellingham, Martin Hier and Marcus Jackson.
Foreground: the British Gas Business Football League Midland Division Championship Shield.

Coaches:

Jason Cadden
Morton Titterton

Up to June 2008 Season 2008-9  
     
Up to and including 25 April 2009: full season
     
League
 Cups
Player+ Played Goals Starts Sub Total Bench
Goals
 Starts Sub Total Bench Goals
Anstiss - - 9 2 11 29   3   3 3  
Ashraf - -       2            
Beckley - - 8 20 28 4 4 4 2 6    
Bellingham - - 41 1 42   46 3 2 6 2 2
Blake 355 181 11 25 36 5 5 5 2 7   1
Care* 65 10       1            
Cooper 72 1 36   35 2 1 6   6 1  
Corbett - - 34 5 39   21 3 1 4 1 2
Fellows* - -       1   1   1    
Gregory 191 17                    
Herlihy 185 12 27 4 31 1 4 4 1 5 1 1
Hier 62 0 32 2 34 5   5 1 6 1  
Husband 102 21 34 4 38   6 4 1 5 1 2
Kiely - - 13   13              
Jackson 51 3 35 5 40 1 1 5 1 6    
Lenton - - 10 6 16 5 5 2   2    
Morgan* 5 2   5 5 2   1 1 2 1 1
Morris 267 4 20 1 21     4   4 1  
Murphy - - 5 7 12   3          
Palmer - - 7   7 6   1 1 2    
Parisi 126 3 16 7 23 14   5   5 1  
Parkinson 46 2                    
Pennells - -                 1  
Reynolds 41 3 30 1 31 4 2 2 1 3 2  
Sanders 26 5 37   37 2 3 5   5    
Softley - - 3   3 2            
Stacey* 35 1       3   1 1 2   1
Stanley - - 33 4 37 2 8 2 1 3 4  
Towers* 91 15 21 6 27 1 3 6   6   1
Webb 81 17   2 2 9   4   4    
Own goals             2         1
              114         11

Key : Starts = in opening line up for a match; Sub = entered field of play as a substitute during match;
Bench = unused substitute; * = player left club during season.

Simon Rea made one start in the Bham Senior Cup v Studley.

INS: Richard Softley joined Leamington on 24 January 2009; Chris Kiely signed on 27 February 2009, Chris Murphy the day after. OUTS: Karl Fellows, Shay Morgan, Arron Parkinson and Neil Stacey signed for Woodford United in October 2008. David Care went the same way in December 2008. Jamie Towers left in early March 2009 and signed for Barwell.

Check out the match by match appearances and goals (opens in new window)

Goals and match videos 2008-9

Full index of clips of all Brakes goals during season

Season calendar

Date Event Details
21 July 2008 Leamington FC Supporters Club
Annual General Meeting 		8pm
7 Aug 2008 Meet the players - open training session 8pm New Windmill Ground
17 Aug 2008 Charity match in aid of Guide Dogs for the Blind: ASDA Leamington v Police 2pm New Windmill Ground
24 Sept 2008 Community Development Night 6pm New Windmill Ground
30 Jan 2009 Project Deano Fundraising Night 7.30pm New Windmill Ground
3 April 2009 Sportsmen's Dinner with Frank Worthington 7.30pm New Windmill Ground
3 May 2009 Andy Campbell Cup Final 3pm New Windmill Ground
5 May 2009 George Dutton Cup Final 7pm New Windmill Ground
8 May 2009 End of season awards evening 7.30pm New Windmill Ground

Brakes in the news, 2008-9

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