Blackpool F.C. season 2007-08

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Blackpool F.C.

Season 2007-08
League	The Championship
Manager	Simon Grayson
League position	19th
Top goalscorer	League: Ben Burgess (9) Combined: Ben Burgess (10)
Highest attendance	9,640 v. Watford
Lowest attendance	7,214 v. Cardiff City
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Previous season	← 2006-07
Next season	2008-09 →

The 2007-08 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 101st season (98th consecutive) in the Football League. It was their first season back in the second tier of English football in 29 years. They finished nineteenth.

Ben Burgess was the club's top scorer, with ten goals overall.

At the end of the season, manager Simon Grayson released eleven players, most of whom had not featured in the first team this season, and on 30 May he confirmed that he wanted to sign at least six new players.^[1]

1 Table
2 Player statistics
- 2.1 Appearances
- 2.2 Goals
3 Transfers
- 3.1 In
- 3.2 Out
4 References

[edit] Table

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	West Bromwich Albion	46	23	12	11	88	55	+33	81
P	2	Stoke City	46	21	16	9	69	55	+14	79
	3	Hull City	46	21	12	13	65	47	+18	75
	4	Bristol City	46	20	14	12	54	53	+1	74
	5	Crystal Palace	46	18	17	11	58	42	+16	71
	6	Watford	46	18	16	12	62	56	+6	70
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	18	16	12	53	48	+5	70
	8	Ipswich Town	46	18	15	13	65	56	+9	69
	9	Sheffield United	46	17	15	14	56	51	+5	66
	10	Plymouth Argyle	46	17	13	16	61	49	+12	64
	11	Charlton Athletic	46	17	13	16	63	58	+5	64
	12	Cardiff City	46	16	16	14	59	55	+4	64
	13	Burnley	46	16	14	16	60	67	-7	62
	14	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	16	16	60	66	-6	58
	15	Preston North End	46	15	11	20	50	55	-5	56
	16	Sheffield Wednesday	46	14	13	19	54	55	-1	55
	17	Norwich City	46	15	10	21	49	59	-10	55
	18	Barnsley	46	14	13	19	52	65	-13	55
	19	Blackpool	46	12	18	16	59	64	-5	54
	20	Southampton	46	13	15	18	56	72	-16	54
	21	Coventry City	46	14	11	21	52	64	-12	53
R	22	Leicester City	46	12	16	18	42	45	-3	52
R	23	Scunthorpe United	46	11	13	22	45	69	-24	46
R	24	Colchester United	46	7	17	22	62	86	-24	38

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] Player statistics

[edit] Appearances

[edit] League

Shaun Barker – 46^[2]
Paul Rachubka – 46^[2]
Wes Hoolahan – 45
Gary Taylor-Fletcher – 42
Stephen Crainey – 40
Kaspars Gorkšs – 40
Andy Morrell – 38
Claus-Bech Jorgensen – 37
Ben Burgess – 35
Keith Southern – 30
Ian Evatt – 29
Michael Flynn – 28
David Fox – 28
Michael Jackson – 25
Keigan Parker – 21
Andy Welsh – 21
Stephen McPhee – 19
Scott Vernon – 15
Danny Coid – 13
Paul Dickov – 11
Stuart Green – 6
Bartosz Ślusarski – 6
John Hills – 4
Grant Holt – 4
Matt Jackson – 3
Adrian Forbes – 2
Tony McMahon – 2
Joe Martin – 1
Marcus Bean – 0
Phil Doughty – 0
Rhys Evans – 0
Scott Flinders – 0
Paul Gerrard – 0
Matt Lawlor – 0
Pāvels Šteinbors – 0

Players used: 28

[edit] FA Cup

Players used: 14

[edit] League Cup

Players used: 20

[edit] Goals

[edit] League

Total League goals scored: 59

[edit] FA Cup

David Fox – 1

Total FA Cup goals scored: 1

[edit] League Cup

Total League Cup goals scored: 5

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date	Player	From	Fee
July 10, 2007	Stephen Crainey	Leeds United	Free
July 10, 2007	Gary Taylor-Fletcher	Huddersfield Town	Unknown
August 1, 2007	Wes Hoolahan	Livingston	Free
September 5, 2007	Phil Marsh	Manchester United	Free
October 6, 2007	Matt Jackson	Watford	One-month loan
November 9, 2007	Tony McMahon	Middlesbrough	One-month loan
November 20, 2007	Bartosz Ślusarski	West Bromwich Albion	Loan
January 11, 2008	Stephen McPhee	Hull City	Unknown
January 25, 2008	Paul Gerrard	Sheffield United	Loan
January 31, 2008	Paul Dickov	Manchester City	Loan
February 8, 2008	Stuart Green	Crystal Palace	Free
March 21, 2008	Grant Holt	Nottingham Forest	Loan
March 27, 2008	Joe Martin	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan
January 31, 2008	Scott Flinders	Crystal Palace	Loan

[edit] Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
July 18, 2007	Paul Tierney	Stockport County	Loan
July 18, 2007	Simon Wiles	Macclesfield Town	Loan
August 1, 2007	Michael D'Agostino	Cheltenham Town	Loan
August 10, 2007	Marcus Bean	Rotherham United	Loan
October 5, 2007	Rhys Evans	Bradford City	Loan
November 7, 2007	Phil Doughty	Macclesfield Town	Loan
January 4, 2008	Adrian Forbes	Millwall	Unknown
January 7, 2008	Matt Lawlor	Farsley Celtic	Loan
January 18, 2008	Phil Doughty	Accrington Stanley	Loan
January 22, 2008	Rhys Evans	Millwall	Unknown
January 25, 2008	Lewis Edge	Northwich Victoria	Loan
January 31, 2008	Scott Vernon	Colchester United	Unknown
May 7, 2008	Michael Jackson	Released
May 7, 2008	Kyle Clancy	Released
May 7, 2008	John Hills	Released
May 7, 2008	Paul Tierney	Released
May 7, 2008	Phil Doughty	Released
May 7, 2008	Andy Welsh	Released
May 7, 2008	Marcus Bean	Released
May 7, 2008	Michael Flynn	Released
May 7, 2008	Phil Marsh	Released
May 7, 2008	Lewis Edge	Released
May 7, 2008	Matt Lawlor	Released
May 27, 2008	Keigan Parker	Huddersfield Town	Free