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The 2008–09 season was the 129th season of competitive football in England. The Premier League started on 16 August 2008, while the Championship, League One, and League Two matches started on 9 August 2008. The regular season of the Football League ended on 3 May 2009, while the Premier League ended on 24 May 2009. ==Overview== * West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City and Hull City were all playing in the Premier League after winning promotion from the Championship last season. Stoke returned to the top flight after a 23-year absence, while Hull were making their debut. West Bromwich Albion's last appearance was in 2005–06. * Leicester City were playing in League One, the third division, for the first time after being relegated from the Championship last season. * Colchester United were playing in their new 10,000-seater stadium at Colchester Community Stadium. * Aldershot Town and Exeter City both returned to The Football League after winning the Conference National championship and play-offs, respectively. Exeter returned after five years of Conference football, while Aldershot are an entirely new club which is the spiritual successor of the former town club, which folded in 1992. * Luton Town began their League Two campaign on minus 30 points following a ruling from The Football Association. Bournemouth and Rotherham United both began on minus 17 points, with the latter playing their home games at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield. * Darlington were docked 10 points on 25 February 2009 for going into administration. * Stockport County were docked 10 points on 30 April 2009 for going into administration. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2008–09 in English football」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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