2008–09 AFC Wimbledon season

AFC Wimbledon

2008–09 season
Manager	Terry Brown
Stadium	Kingsmeadow
Conference South	1st
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

During the 2008–09 English football season, AFC Wimbledon competed in the Football Conference South. The Dons ultimately finished as champions, representing their fourth promotion in seven seasons.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AFC Wimbledon (C) (P)	42	26	10	6	86	36	+50	88	Promotion to Conference National
2	Hampton & Richmond	42	25	10	7	74	37	+37	85	Qualification for Playoffs
3	Eastleigh	42	25	8	9	69	49	+20	83
4	Hayes & Yeading United (P)	42	24	9	9	74	43	+31	81
5	Chelmsford City	42	23	8	11	72	52	+20	77
6	Maidenhead United	42	21	8	13	57	46	+11	71
7	Bath City	42	20	8	14	56	45	+11	68
8	Welling United	42	19	11	12	61	44	+17	68
9	Bishop's Stortford	42	17	8	17	60	60	0	59
10	Newport County	42	16	11	15	50	51	−1	59
11	Team Bath	42	16	7	19	62	64	−2	055^**	Club folded at end of season
12	St Albans City	42	14	12	16	56	50	+6	54
13	Bromley	42	15	9	18	60	64	−4	54
14	Braintree Town	42	14	10	18	57	54	+3	52
15	Havant & Waterlooville	42	11	15	16	59	58	+1	48
16	Worcester City	42	12	11	19	38	53	−15	47
17	Weston-super-Mare	42	12	11	19	43	68	−25	47
18	Basingstoke Town	42	10	16	16	36	55	−19	46
19	Dorchester Town	42	10	12	20	39	61	−22	42
20	Thurrock	42	9	13	20	54	60	−6	40
21	Bognor Regis Town (R)	42	7	12	23	33	68	−35	026^*	Relegation to Isthmian League Premier Division
22	Fisher Athletic	42	5	3	34	22	100	−78	18	Club folded at end of season

Updated to games played on 25 April 2009.
Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Bognor Regis Town deducted 7 points^[1]
**Team Bath resigned from the league^[2]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

1. "Bognor hit with seven point deduction". The Argus. 2009-01-12. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
2. "Team Bath resign from Conference". BBC Sport. 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2009-04-25.