2008–09 England Hockey League season

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2008–09 England Hockey League
2007–08 (previous) (next) 2009–10

The 2008–09 English Hockey League season took place from September 2008 until March 2009. The league was sponsored by Slazenger and the men's title was won by East Grinstead with the women's title going to Bowdon Hightown.[1] There were no playoffs during the season.

The Men's Cup was won by Reading and the Women's Cup was won by Bowdon Hightown. [2]

Men's Slazenger Premier Division League Standings[edit]

[3]

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 East Grinstead 18 13 2 3 64 33 31 41
2 Reading 18 12 2 4 51 23 28 38
3 Beeston 18 11 4 3 54 35 19 37
4 Cannock 18 9 5 4 50 36 14 32
5 Surbiton 18 8 7 3 54 41 13 31
6 Loughborough Students 18 6 6 6 44 42 2 24
7 Hampstead and Westminster 18 5 3 10 37 52 -15 17*
8 Bowdon 18 4 2 12 30 53 -23 14
9 Havant 18 3 3 12 32 60 -28 12
10 Southgate 18 1 2 15 21 62 -41 5

deducted one point*

= Champions
= Relegated

Results[edit]

Home \ Away Bee Bow Can EG HW Hav Lou Rea Sou Sub
Beeston 5–3 5–3 2–4 2–2 2–1 4–2 3–0 8–1 2–1
Bowdon 3–4 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–4
Cannock 0–0 7–1 2–1 2–2 6–3 1–2 3–2 2–0 4–4
East Grinstead 2–3 6–0 2–0 5–1 3–2 5–4 2–1 3–1 0–0
Hampstead and Westminster 3–1 4–1 0–3 3–5 2–0 5–2 0–6 3–1 4–4
Havant 1–5 3–2 1–7 4–7 4–3 3–3 0–2 3–2 2–2
Loughborough Students 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–3 3–0 4–0 2–6 4–0 3–3
Reading 2–2 5–2 5–0 3–2 4–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–3
Southgate 1–4 1–2 1–2 1–8 3–2 2–2 2–2 1–4 2–3
Surbiton 4–0 5–4 3–4 3–5 5–2 2–1 3–3 1–1 4–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Women's Slazenger Premier Division League Standings[edit]

[4]

Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 Bowdon Hightown 18 17 0 1 60 12 51
2 Olton & West Warwicks 18 11 3 4 67 35 36
3 Canterbury 18 10 5 3 50 26 35
4 Leicester 18 9 4 5 39 19 31
5 Slough 18 9 2 7 46 30 29
6 Clifton 18 8 3 7 36 38 27
7 Brooklands Poynton 18 5 3 10 23 40 18
8 Trojans 18 3 5 10 17 31 14
9 Ipswich 18 2 3 13 18 54 9
10 Chelmsford 18 1 2 15 8 79 5
= Champions
= Relegated

Men's Cup[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Reading Old Loughtonians w/o
Fareham Brooklands MU 5-3
Canterbury Bowdon 5-4
Beeston Cannock 2-1

Semi-finals[edit]

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Beeston Canterbury 5-1
Reading Fareham 7-1

Final[edit]

(Held at the Highfields Hockey Centre, Nottingham on 17 May)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Reading Beeston 3-1

Women's Cup[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Barnes Cambridge City 4-1
Epsom Reading 0-4
Bowdon Hightown Sutton Coldfield 6-3
Univ of Birmingham Clifton 4-3

Semi-finals[edit]

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Reading Univ of Birmingham 5-4
Bowdon Hightown Barnes 6-0

Final[edit]

(Held at Highfields Hockey Centre, Nottingham on 17 May)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Bowdon Hightown Reading 2-1

References[edit]

  1. ^ "News for 30 March 2009". The Fieldhockey.com Archives.
  2. ^ "Reading and Bowdon Hightown Win Dramatic Cup Finals". www.englandhockey.co.uk. 16 May 2009. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. ^ "2008–09 Men's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
  4. ^ "2008–09 Women's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.