The 2008–09 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 101st season (98th consecutive) in the
Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...
. It was also their second consecutive season in the
Championship, the second tier of
English football. They finished sixteenth.
D. J. Campbell, on loan from
Leicester City, was the club's top scorer, with nine goals overall.
Simon Grayson resigned as manager on 23 December, to become the new manager of
Leeds United. His assistant,
Tony Parkes, took over as
caretaker manager
In association footballing terms, a caretaker manager or interim manager is somebody who takes temporary charge of the management of a football team, usually when the regular Manager (association football), manager is dismissed or leaves for a ...
(his seventh such appointment), until the end of the season.
First-team squad
:''Squad at end of season''
Left club during season
Table
Pre-season
Season proper
Football League Championship
League table
Results
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=By matchday
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=In detail
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FA Cup
Football League Cup
Squad statistics
*Players used: 44
*Goals scored: 46
Transfers
Transfers in
Loans in
Transfers out
Loans out
References
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Blackpool F.C. seasons
Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...