# 2008–09 Cowdenbeath F.C. season

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, entering the play-offs losing 5–4 on penalties to Stenhousemuir. Following Livingston's demotion after going into Administration, Cowdenbeath were promoted to the Second Division. They reached the second round of the Scottish Cup, the second round of the League Cup and were eliminated in the Quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup.

### Management

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

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss

### Scottish Cup
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs |
| 3 | East Stirlingshire | 36 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 61 | Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs |
| 4 | Stenhousemuir (O, P) | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 56 | Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs |
| 5 | Montrose | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 54 | |
* ↑ 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 | Total | Scottish Third Division | Scottish Third Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other |
| 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.