# 2008–09 England Hockey League season

The 2008–09 English Hockey League season took place from September 2008 until March 2009. The league was sponsored by Slazenger and the men's title was won by East Grinstead with the women's title going to Bowdon Hightown. There were no playoffs during the season.
The Men's Cup was won by Reading and the Women's Cup was won by Bowdon Hightown.

## Men's Slazenger Premier Division League Standings

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | East Grinstead | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 64 | 33 | 31 | 41 |
| 2 | Reading | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 51 | 23 | 28 | 38 |
| 3 | Beeston | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 35 | 19 | 37 |
| 4 | Cannock | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 36 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Surbiton | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 54 | 41 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Loughborough Students | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 42 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Hampstead and Westminster | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 37 | 52 | -15 | 17* |
| 8 | Bowdon | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 53 | -23 | 14 |
| 9 | Havant | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 32 | 60 | -28 | 12 |
| 10 | Southgate | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 62 | -41 | 5 |
deducted one point*
* = Champions
* = Relegated

### Results

| Home \ Away | Bee | Bow | Can | EG | HW | Hav | Lou | Rea | Sou | Sub |
| Beeston | — | 5–3 | 5–3 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 2–1 |
| Bowdon | 3–4 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 |
| Cannock | 0–0 | 7–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–4 |
| East Grinstead | 2–3 | 6–0 | 2–0 | — | 5–1 | 3–2 | 5–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Hampstead and Westminster | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 3–5 | — | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–6 | 3–1 | 4–4 |
| Havant | 1–5 | 3–2 | 1–7 | 4–7 | 4–3 | — | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 |
| Loughborough Students | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | — | 2–6 | 4–0 | 3–3 |
| Reading | 2–2 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| Southgate | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–8 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | — | 2–3 |
| Surbiton | 4–0 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 3–5 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | — |

## Women's Slazenger Premier Division League Standings

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Bowdon Hightown | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 12 | 51 |
| 2 | Olton & West Warwicks | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 67 | 35 | 36 |
| 3 | Canterbury | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 26 | 35 |
| 4 | Leicester | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 31 |
| 5 | Slough | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 46 | 30 | 29 |
| 6 | Clifton | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 38 | 27 |
| 7 | Brooklands Poynton | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 40 | 18 |
| 8 | Trojans | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 14 |
| 9 | Ipswich | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 54 | 9 |
| 10 | Chelmsford | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 79 | 5 |
* = Champions
* = Relegated

## Men's Cup
### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Reading | Old Loughtonians | w/o |
| Fareham | Brooklands MU | 5-3 |
| Canterbury | Bowdon | 5-4 |
| Beeston | Cannock | 2-1 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Beeston | Canterbury | 5-1 |
| Reading | Fareham | 7-1 |

### Final

(Held at the Highfields Hockey Centre, Nottingham on 17 May)
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Reading | Beeston | 3-1 |

## Women's Cup
### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Barnes | Cambridge City | 4-1 |
| Epsom | Reading | 0-4 |
| Bowdon Hightown | Sutton Coldfield | 6-3 |
| Univ of Birmingham | Clifton | 4-3 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Reading | Univ of Birmingham | 5-4 |
| Bowdon Hightown | Barnes | 6-0 |

### Final

(Held at Highfields Hockey Centre, Nottingham on 17 May)
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
| Bowdon Hightown | Reading | 2-1 |