Football League One 2008-09

==Promotion and relegation==
===Start of season===
Teams promoted to Championship 2008-09
* Leicester City (Champions)
* Peterborough United (Runners-up)
* Scunthorpe United (Playoff winners)
Teams promoted from League One 2007-08
* Milton Keynes Dons
* Peterborough United
* Hereford United
* Stockport County
===End of season===
Teams relegated from Championship 2008-09
* Norwich City
* Southampton
* Charlton Athletic
Teams relegated to League One 2009-10
* Northampton Town
* Crewe Alexandra
* Cheltenham Town
* Hereford United
==Final league table==
Pos	Club 	P 	W 	D 	L 	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Comments
1 	(C) (P)	46	27	15	4 	84	39	+45	96 	Promotion to Football League Championship
2 	(P) 	46	26	11	9 	78	54	+24	89 	Promotion to Football League Championship
3 	 	46	26	9 	11	83	47	+36	87 	Qualification to Football League One playoffs
4 	 	46	26	6 	14	77	49	+28	84 	Qualification to Football League One playoffs
5 	 	46	25	7 	14	63	53	+10	82 	Qualification to Football League One playoffs
6 	(P) (O)	46	22	10	14	82	63	+19	76 	Qualification to Football League One playoffs
7 	 	46	21	11	14	62	49	+13	74 	
8 	 	46	21	8 	17	58	61	-3 	71 	
9 	 	46	18	14	14	62	65	-3 	68 	
10 	 	46	16	17	13	66	65	+1 	65 	
11 	 	46	17	12	17	79	61	+18	63 	
12 	 	46	18	9 	19	58	58	0 	63 	
13 	 	46	17	10	19	61	66	-5 	61 	
14 	 	46	15	11	20	45	57	-12	56 	
15 	 	46	12	17	17	68	71	-3 	53 	
16 	 	46	13	13	20	55	70	-15	52 	
17 	 	46	12	15	19	41	66	-25	51 	
18 	 	46	16	12	18	59	57	+2 	50 	
19 	 	46	13	11	22	66	79	-13	50 	
20 	 	46	12	14	20	56	69	-13	50 	
21 	 	46	12	13	21	61	65	-4 	49 	Relegation to League Two
22 	 	46	12	10	24	59	82	-23	46 	Relegation to League Two
23 	 	46	9 	12	25	51	91	-40	39 	Relegation to League Two
24 	 	46	9 	7 	30	42	79	-37	34 	Relegation to League Two
Football League One 2009-10 Winners
Leicester City1st League One title
==Play-offs==
==Top goalscorers==
Scorer 	Goals	Team
Rickie Lambert 	29 	Bristol Rovers
Simon Cox 	29 	Swindon Town
Matty Fryatt 	27 	Leicester City
Jermaine Beckford 	27 	Leeds United
Gary Hooper 	24 	Scunthorpe United
Craig Mackail-Smith	23 	Peterborough United
Lee Hughes 	18 	Oldham Athletic
Aaron McLean 	18 	Peterborough United
Joel Porter 	18 	Hartlepool United
Paul Hayes 	17 	Scunthorpe United
==External links and references==
2008-09