2008–09 Football League Cup
First round
Columns: Tie no | Home team | Score 1 | Away team | Attendance
1 | Coventry City | 3 – 1 | Aldershot Town | 9,293 | 2 | Milton Keynes Dons | 1 – 0 | Norwich City | 6,261 | 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 0 – 4 | Birmingham City | 2,735 | 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 – 0 | Barnet | 2,571 | 5 | Gillingham | 0 – 1 | Colchester United | 2,566 | 6 | Southend United | 0 – 0 | Cheltenham Town | 2,998 | Cheltenham Town won 1 – 0 after extra time | Cheltenham Town won 1 – 0 after extra time | Cheltenham Town won 1 – 0 after extra time | Cheltenham Town won 1 – 0 after extra time | Cheltenham Town won 1 – 0 after extra time | 7 | Swansea City | 2 – 0 | Brentford | 5,366 | 8 | Luton Town | 2 – 0 | Plymouth Argyle | 2,682 | 9 | Exeter City | 1 – 3 | Southampton | 6,471 | 10 | Watford | 1 – 0 | Bristol Rovers | 5,574 | 11 | Bournemouth | 1 – 2 | Cardiff City | 3,399 | 12 | Bristol City | 2 – 1 | Peterborough United | 5,684 | 13 | Charlton Athletic | 0 – 1 | Yeovil Town | 6,239 | 14 | Millwall | 0 – 1 | Northampton Town | 3,525 | 15 | Swindon Town | 2 – 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 7,230 | 16 | Crystal Palace | 2 – 1 | Hereford United | 3,094 | 17 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 1 – 2 | Reading | 2,360 | 18 | Ipswich Town | 4 – 1 | Leyton Orient | 10,477