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Wolverhampton [CHAMPIONS]
46
27
9
10
80
52
15
5
3
44
21
12
4
7
36
31
90
+28
2
Birmingham City [PROMOTED]
46
23
14
9
54
37
14
5
4
30
17
9
9
5
24
20
83
+17
3
Sheffield United
46
22
14
10
64
39
12
6
5
35
22
10
8
5
29
17
80
+25
4
Reading
46
21
14
11
72
40
12
5
6
40
17
9
9
5
32
23
77
+32
5
Burnley [WON PLAY-OFFS]
46
21
13
12
72
60
14
5
4
42
23
7
8
8
30
37
76
+12
6
Preston North End
46
21
11
14
66
54
16
3
4
39
20
5
8
10
27
34
74
+12
7
Cardiff City
46
19
17
10
65
53
14
5
4
40
23
5
12
6
25
30
74
+12
8
Swansea City
46
16
20
10
63
50
11
9
3
40
22
5
11
7
23
28
68
+13
9
Ipswich Town
46
17
15
14
62
53
8
9
6
30
26
9
6
8
32
27
66
+9
10
Bristol City
46
15
16
15
54
54
7
13
3
30
23
8
3
12
24
31
61
0
11
Queen's Park Rangers
46
15
16
15
42
44
12
7
4
28
19
3
9
11
14
25
61
-2
12
Sheffield Wednesday
46
16
13
17
51
58
11
6
6
26
14
5
7
11
25
44
61
-7
13
Watford
46
16
10
20
68
72
11
6
6
42
32
5
4
14
26
40
58
-4
14
Doncaster Rovers
46
17
7
22
42
53
9
5
9
16
18
8
2
13
26
35
58
-11
15
Crystal Palace
46
15
12
19
52
55
9
8
6
26
19
6
4
13
26
36
57
-3
16
Blackpool
46
13
17
16
47
58
5
8
10
25
33
8
9
6
22
25
56
-11
17
Coventry City
46
13
15
18
47
58
8
8
7
26
26
5
7
11
21
32
54
-11
18
Derby County
46
14
12
20
55
57
9
7
7
31
26
5
5
13
24
41
54
-12
19
FOREST
46
13
14
19
50
65
8
7
8
27
28
5
7
11
23
37
53
-15
20
Barnsley
46
13
13
20
45
58
8
7
8
28
24
5
6
12
17
34
52
-13
21
Plymouth Argyle
46
13
12
21
44
57
7
5
11
31
35
6
7
10
13
22
51
-13
22
Norwich City [RELEGATED]
46
12
10
24
57
70
9
5
9
35
28
3
5
15
22
42
46
-13
23
Southampton [RELEGATED]
46
10
15
21
46
69
4
10
9
23
29
6
5
12
23
40
45
-23
24
Charlton Athletic [RELEGATED]
46
8
15
23
52
74
6
8
9
33
38
2
7
14
19
36
39
-22
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Friday 18 July 2008 Offenbach Kickers Bieberer Berg Stadion Pre-Season Friendly won 2 - 1 4-3-3 Ref
Unknown
Attendance 3,023              
  Smith   Perch   Chambers   Breckin   Heath   Moussi   Triallist (Hughes)   Reid   McCleary   Cole   Earnshaw
1st Half Team
                     
  Roberts   Chambers   Perch   Wilson   Heath   Cohen   McGugan   Thornhill   Tyson   Sinclair   Davies 2nd Half Team                      
Scoring: 1 - 0 Garath McCleary (27) : 2 - 0 Arron Davies (58) : 2 - 1 Dennis Malura (89)
                       
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Tuesday 22 July 2008 Burton Albion Pirelli Stadium Pre-Season Friendly won 3 - 1 4-3-3
Ref-----O Langford
Attendance 2,340              
  Smith   Moloney   Morgan (1)   Perch (2)   Heath   Moussi   Byrne (3)   McGugan (4)   Darnet (5)   Tyson   Davies
Subs -----Sharpe (1)
  Mitchell (2)   Thornhill (3)   Reid (4)   Newbold (5)   Sinclair Roberts
Scoring: 0 - 1 Michael Simpson (10) : 1 - 1 Arron Davies (23) : 2 - 1 Lewis McGugan (47) : 3 - 1 Nathan Tyson (82)                        
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Wednesday 23 July 2008 AFC Telford New Buck's Head, Telford Pre-Season Friendly won 4 - 1 4-3-3 Ref
S Dorr
Attendance 1,441              
  Roberts   Chambers   Wilson (1)   Breckin (2)   Reid   Whitehurst (3)   Thornhill   Cohen (4)   McCleary (5)   Sinclair   Newbold Subs   Bencherif (1)   Sharpe (2)   Staples (3)   Hook (4)   Byrne (5)   Redmond  
Scoring: 1 - 0 Matt Thornhill (7) : 2 - 0 Garath McCleary (20) : 3 - 0 Adam Newbold (37) : 4 - 0 Emile Sinclair (59) : 4 - 1 Martyn Naylor (80)                            
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Friday 25 July 2008 Everton City Ground Pre-Season Friendly drew 1 - 1 4-3-3 Ref
K Friend
Attendance 15,488              
  Smith   Perch   Breckin (1)   Wilson   Bennett (2)   Moussi   Triallist (Hughes) (3)   McGugan (4)   Davies (5)   Cole (6)   Earnshaw Subs   Chambers (1)   Heath (2)   Thornhill (3)   McCleary (4)   Reid (5)   Sinclair (6) Byrne ------------ Roberts
Scoring: 1 - 0 Nuno Valente o.g. (56) : 1 - 1 Jose Baxter (66)                            
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Monday 28 July 2008 Curzon Ashton FC Tameside Stadium, Ashton-under-Lyme Pre-Season Friendly lost 1 - 2 4-3-3 Ref D Bond Attendance 524              
  Redmond   Moloney   Sharpe   Tait   Heath   McCleary   Byrne   Thornhill   Newbold   Sinclair   Reid Subs   Staples   Whitehurst   Mitchell   Hook   Darnet   Roberts  
Scoring: 0 - 1 Norton (26) : 0 - 2 Norton (58) : 1 - 2 Emile Sinclair (68)                                    
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Wednesday 30 July 2008 Sunderland City Ground Pre-Season Friendly lost 0 - 1 4-3-3 Ref
A Woolmer
Attendance 12,573              
  Smith   Chambers   Breckin (1)   Wilson   Bennett (2)   Perch   McGugan (3)   Moussi   Davies (4)   Earnshaw (5)   Reid (6) Subs   Moloney (1)   Heath (2)   Triallist (Senesie) (3)   Thornhill (4)   Newbold (5)   McCleary (6) Byrne ------------ Roberts
Scoring: 0 - 1 Kieran Richardson (71)                            
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Saturday 2 August 2008 Notts County Meadow Lane Pre-Season Friendly won 3 - 2 4-3-3 Ref R Booth Attendance 7,665              
  Smith (1)   Perch (2)   Chambers (3)   Morgan   Bennett (4)   Cohen (5)   Thornhill   McCleary (6)   Davies   Earnshaw 2 (7)   Newbold (8) Subs   Roberts (1)   Wilson (2)   Moloney (3)   Heath (4)   Moussi (5)   Reid (6) Breckin (7) ------- Sinclair (8)
Scoring: 1 - 0 Robert Earnshaw (27) : 2 - 0 Julian Bennett (37) : 3 - 0 Robert Earnshaw (74) : 3 - 1 Jamie Forrester (85) : 3 - 2 Ben Fairclough (88)              
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Sunday 10 August 2008 Reading City Ground (Live on Sky TV) Coca-Cola Championship drew 0 - 0 4-3-3 Ref S Attwell
Attendance
21,571          
  Smith   Chambers   Morgan   Wilson   Bennett   Perch   Moussi   McGugan (1)   Cohen   Davies (2)   Earnshaw Subs   Sinclair (1)   McCleary (2)   Breckin   Thornhill   Roberts      
  Hahnemann   Matejovsky (1)   Sonko   Ingimarsson   Rosenior   Kebe   Harper   Convey   Hunt   Lita   Doyle Subs   Cisse (1)                      
              Guy Moussi & Robert Earnshaw debuts: Andrew Cole, Nathan Tyson, Joe Garner (til October?) & Paul Anderson (til September?) unavailable through injury - but a decent start to the season all the same
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Wednesday 13 August 2008 Morecambe City Ground Carling [League] Cup 1st Round won 4 - 0 4-3-3 Ref C Boyeson Attendance 4,030            
  Smith   Chambers (1)   Breckin   Morgan   Heath   Davies (2)   Moussi   Perch (3)   Cohen   Martin   Earnshaw 2 Subs   Thornhill (1)   McCleary (2)   Newbold (3)   Bennett   Reid   Sinclair Roberts
  Roche   Parrish   Bentley   Artell   Carr   Adams   Wainwright (1)   McLachlan (2)   Howe (3)   Curtis   Hunter Subs   Blinkhorn (1)   Drummond (2)   O'Carroll (3)              
Scoring: 1 - 0 Chris Cohen (14) : 2 - 0 Robert Earnshaw (61) : 3 - 0 Adam Newbold (80) : 4 - 0 Robert Earnshaw (88)         Joe Heath, Lee Martin & Adam Newbold debuts - Martin only signed earlier in the day; Robert Earnshaw & Adam Newbold first Forest goals; Arron Davies off injured in first half
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Saturday 16 August 2008 Swansea City Liberty Stadium Coca-Cola Championship lost 1 - 3 4-3-3 Ref P Taylor