2008–09 Scottish Premier League

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The 2008–09 Scottish Premier League season was the eleventh season of the Scottish Premier League and the second season under the sponsorship of the Clydesdale Bank. It began on 9 August 2008 with a game between Falkirk and Rangers.[1] After the 33rd round of matches, the league split in half and each team played a further five matches against the teams in their half of the league.

For the second season in succession, the championship was determined on the final day of the season. Leaders Rangers travelled to Tannadice to play Dundee United knowing that a win would secure the title. Meanwhile, Celtic needed to win their final match of the season against Hearts at Celtic Park and hope that Rangers failed to win to retain the title. In the end, Rangers won 3–0 with goals by Kyle Lafferty, Pedro Mendes and the league's top goalscorer, Kris Boyd, clinching their first title in four years.[2] Meanwhile, Celtic and Hearts drew 0-0.[2]

Rangers qualified directly for the Champions League, while second-placed Celtic qualified for the qualifying rounds. Four teams qualified for the new Europa League: Hearts and Aberdeen via league position, Falkirk via the Scottish Cup, and Motherwell by the Fair Play initiative. Inverness were relegated after their fifth season in the SPL and were replaced by St Johnstone for the following season's competition.

Clubs

Promotion and relegation from 2007–08

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

Relegated from Premier League

Stadia and locations

Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Falkirk
Pittodrie Stadium Celtic Park Tannadice Park Falkirk Stadium
Capacity: 20,866[3] Capacity: 60,411[4] Capacity: 14,223[5] Capacity: 7,937[6]
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New Douglas Park Tynecastle Park
Capacity: 5,510[7] Capacity: 17,420[8]
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Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Easter Road Caledonian Stadium
Capacity: 16,531[9] Capacity: 7,500[10]
File:Easter Road 2010.JPG File:Caledonianstadium.jpg
Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Mirren
Rugby Park Fir Park Ibrox Stadium Love Street (until 3 January)
St Mirren Park (from 31 January)
Capacity: 17,889[11] Capacity: 13,677[12] Capacity: 50,817[13] Capacity: 8,023[14]
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Personnel and kits

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Aberdeen Template:Flagicon Jimmy Calderwood Nike Team Recruitment
Celtic Template:Flagicon Gordon Strachan Nike Carling
Dundee United Template:Flagicon Craig Levein hummel Carbrini
Falkirk Template:Flagicon John Hughes Puma Central Demolition
Hamilton Academical Template:Flagicon Billy Reid Nike Morris Furniture (H) /
UPVC Window & Door Company (A)
Heart of Midlothian Template:Flagicon Csaba László Umbro Ukio Bankas
Hibernian Template:Flagicon Mixu Paatelainen Le Coq Sportif Whyte and Mackay
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Template:Flagicon Terry Butcher Erreà Flybe
Kilmarnock Template:Flagicon Jim Jefferies 1869 Smallworld
Motherwell Template:Flagicon Mark McGhee Bukta JAXX
Rangers Template:Flagicon Walter Smith Umbro Carling
St Mirren Template:Flagicon Gus MacPherson hummel Braehead Shopping Centre

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Heart of Midlothian Template:Flagicon Stephen Frail 9 July 2008[15] Caretaker spell ended Pre-season Template:Flagicon Csaba László 11 July 2008[16]
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Template:Flagicon Craig Brewster 19 January 2009Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Sacked 12th Template:Flagicon Terry Butcher 27 January 2009[17]

Events

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League table

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Results

Matches 1–22

During their first 22 matches, each team played every other team home and away.

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Matches 23–33

During matches 23–33 each team played every other team once (either at home or away).

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Matches 34–38

During matches 34–38 each team play every other team in their half of the table once.

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Goals

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Template:Flagicon Kris Boyd Rangers 27
2 Template:Flagicon Scott McDonald Celtic 16
3 Template:Flagicon Georgios Samaras Celtic 15
4 Template:Flagicon David Clarkson Motherwell 13
5 Template:Flagicon Derek Riordan Hibernian 12
6 Template:Flagicon Steven Fletcher Hibernian 11
7 Template:Flagicon Andy Dorman St Mirren 10
Template:Flagicon Kenny Miller Rangers
Template:Flagicon Lee Miller Aberdeen
Template:Flagicon Francisco Sandaza Dundee United
Template:Flagicon John Sutton Motherwell

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source: BBC Sport Template:Webarchive

Hat-tricks

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Scorer For Against Date Report
Template:Flagicon Kris Boyd Rangers Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 November 2008 BBC Sport
Template:Flagicon Kris Boyd Rangers Hamilton Academical 6 December 2008 BBC Sport
Template:Flagicon Chris Porter Motherwell Inverness Caledonian Thistle 27 December 2008 BBC Sport
Template:Flagicon Shunsuke Nakamura Celtic St Mirren 28 February 2009 BBC Sport
Template:Flagicon Kevin Kyle Kilmarnock Falkirk 11 April 2009 BBC Sport

Attendances

Team Stadium Capacity Highest Lowest Average
Celtic Celtic Park 60,355 59,685[23] 55,117[24] 57,761[25]
Rangers Ibrox Stadium 51,082 50,403[26] 48,129[27] 49,534[25]
Heart of Midlothian Tynecastle Stadium 17,420 17,244[28] 12,030[29] 14,398[25]
Aberdeen Pittodrie Stadium 22,199 20,441[30] 8,909[31] 12,929[25]
Hibernian Easter Road 17,500 17,223[32] 10,317[33] 12,684[25]
Dundee United Tannadice Park 14,209 14,077[34] 5,926[35] 8,654[25]
Kilmarnock Rugby Park 18,128 10,153[36] 4,267[37] 5,727[25]
Falkirk Falkirk Stadium 6,935 6,853[38] 4,385[39] 5,640[25]
Motherwell Fir Park 13,742 9,600[40] 2,818[41] 5,522[25]
St Mirren Love Street[42] 10,800 10,189[43] 3,364[44] 5,411[25]
New St Mirren Park 8,000
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Caledonian Stadium 7,500 7,143[45] 2,578[46] 4,457[25]
Hamilton Academical New Douglas Park 6,000 5,895[47] 2,600[48] 3,823[25]

Awards

Monthly awards

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Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Young Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club Player Club
August Template:Flagicon Jim Jefferies[49] Kilmarnock Template:Flagicon Pedro Mendes[50] Rangers Template:Flagicon James McArthur[51] Hamilton Academical
September Template:Flagicon Gordon Strachan[52] Celtic Template:Flagicon Georgios Samaras[52] Celtic Template:Flagicon Scott Arfield[53] Falkirk
October Template:Flagicon Gus MacPherson[54] St Mirren Template:Flagicon Scott Brown[55] Celtic Template:Flagicon Steven Fletcher[56] Hibernian
November Template:Flagicon Gordon Strachan[57] Celtic Template:Flagicon Bruno Aguiar[58] Heart of Midlothian Template:Flagicon Sone Aluko[59] Aberdeen
December Template:Flagicon Gus MacPherson[60] St Mirren Template:Flagicon Lee Miller[61] Aberdeen Template:Flagicon James McCarthy[62] Hamilton Academical
January Template:Flagicon Billy Reid[63] Hamilton Academical Template:Flagicon Tomas Cerny[63] Hamilton Academical Template:Flagicon James McCarthy[63] Hamilton Academical
February Template:Flagicon Mark McGhee[64] Motherwell Template:Flagicon Andy Dorman[65] St Mirren Template:Flagicon Lee Wallace[66] Heart of Midlothian
March Template:Flagicon Mixu Paatelainen[67] Hibernian Template:Flagicon Scott McDonald[68] Celtic Template:Flagicon Steven Fletcher[69] Hibernian
April Template:Flagicon Walter Smith[70] Rangers Template:Flagicon Andy Dorman[71] St Mirren Template:Flagicon Calum Elliot[72] Heart of Midlothian

Clydesdale Bank Premier League Awards

Award Recipient
Player of the Season Template:Flagicon Gary Caldwell (Celtic)
Manager of the Season Template:Flagicon Csaba László (Heart of Midlothian)
Young Player of the Season Template:Flagicon Steven Fletcher (Hibernian)
Goal of the Season Template:Flagicon Marc Crosas (Celtic v St Mirren)
Save of the Season Template:Flagicon Graeme Smith (Motherwell v St Mirren)
Under-19 League Player of the Season Template:Flagicon Sean Welsh (Hibernian)
Best Club Media Relations Motherwell
Best Fan Marketing Initiative Rangers
Best Matchday Hospitality Rangers
Best Community Initiative Falkirk
Best Away Ground Tynecastle (Heart of Midlothian)

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