Peterborough United F.C. season 2007-08

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Peterborough United

Season 2007-08
League	League Two
Player/Manager	Darren Ferguson
Chairman	Darragh MacAnthony
League position	2nd
Top goalscorer	League: Aaron McLean 23 All: Aaron McLean 27
Highest attendance	Home: 5,575 Away: 13,819
Lowest attendance	Home: 4,087 Away: 1,484
FA Cup	In 3rd round
Carling Cup	2nd round
Johnstone's Paint Trophy	2nd round

During the 2007-08 season the team will play in Football League Two after finishing last season in 10th place in the Football League Two.

[edit] Team kit

Peterborough United

Full name

Peterborough United
Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Posh

Founded

1934

Ground

None





Home colours





Away colours

[edit] Sponsors

Area	Sponsor	Type
Football League	Football League	Domestic League
Shirt Sponsor	MRI	Overseas Property
Kit Supplier	Tempest Sports	Sportswear
Fitness	Muscle Finesse	Fitness
Photography	FC Pix	Photography
Stand Sponsor	Norwich and Peterborough	Building Society
Club Partner	Thomas Cook	Charter airline

[edit] Current squad

As of 3 September

[edit] Goalkeepers

No.	Player	Pos	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	Cup Apps	Cup Gls	Tot Apps	Tot Gls	Date Signed	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Mark Tyler	GK	-	-	-	-	-	-	1994	Youth Team
13	Shwan Jalal	GK	1	0	1	0	1	0	2007	Woking
31	James McKeown	GK	-	-	-	-	-	-	20 July 2007	Walsall
32	Joe Lewis	GK	-	-	-	-	-	-	08 January 2008	Norwich

[edit] Defenders

No.	Player	Pos	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	Cup Apps	Cup Gls	Tot Apps	Tot Gls	Date Signed	Previous Club
Defenders
3	Shane Blackett	DF	1	0	1	0	1	0	29 January 2007	Dagenham & Redbridge
4	Craig Morgan	DF	1	0	1	0	1	0	23 November 2006	Milton Keynes Dons
5	Chris Westwood	DF	0 (1)	0	-	-	0 (1)	0	14 May 2007	Walsall
6	Charlie Lee	DF	-	-	-	-	-	-	23 May 2007	Tottenham Hotspur
19	Adam Smith	DF	-	-	-	-	-	-	2006	King's Lynn
22	Kieran Charnock	DF	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 July 2007	Northwich Victoria
27	Claude Gnakpa	DF	-	-	-	-	-	-	17 July 2007	Swindon Town
33	Danny Blanchett	DF	-	-	-	-	-	-	19 March 2007	Cambridge City

[edit] Midfielders

No.	Player	Pos	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	Cup Apps	Cup Gls	Tot Apps	Tot Gls	Date Signed	Previous Club
Midfielders
2	Josh Low	MF	1	1	-	-	1	1	2007	Leicester City
7	Adam Newton	MF	1	0	-	-	1	0	2002	West Ham United
8	Micah Hyde	MF	1	0	-	-	1	0	11 January 2007	Burnley
10	George Boyd	MF	1	0	-	1	1	0	8 January 2007	Stevenage Borough
11	Dean Keates	MF	1	0	-	-	1	0	14 May 2007	Walsall
17	Jamie Day	MF	1	0	1	0	1	0	2003	Youth Team
18	Chris Whelpdale	MF	1	0	1	0	1	0	2007	Billericay Town
20	Alfie Potter	MF	-	-	-	-	-	-	1 June 2007	Youth Team
21	Darren Ferguson	MF	-	-	-	-	-	-	20 January 2007	Wrexham
24	Billy Crook	MF	0	0	0	0	0	0	20 June 2007	Youth Team

[edit] Forwards

No.	Player	Pos	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	Cup Apps	Cup Gls	Tot Apps	Tot Gls	Date Signed	Previous Club
Forwards
9	Aaron McLean	ST	1	1	-	-	1	1	1 January 2007	Grays Athletic
12	Craig Mackail-Smith	ST	-	-	-	-	-	-	29 January 2007	Dagenham & Redbridge
16	Danny Crow	ST	0 (1)	1	-	-	0 (1)	1	2005	Northampton Town
23	Rene Howe	ST	0 (1)	0	-	-	0 (1)	0	2 July 2007	Kettering Town

[edit] Transfers

A transfer between 1 June 2007 & 31 May 2008

[edit] In

Date	Player	Previous Club	Cost
01 June 2007	Alfie Potter MF	Youth Team	£ 0 ^[1]
02 July 2007	Rene Howe ST	Kettering Town	£ 0 ^[2]
05 July 2007	Kieran Charnock DF	Northwich Victoria	£ n/a ^[3]
17 July 2007	Claude Gnakpa DF	Swindon Town (Free Agent)	£ 0
20 July 2007	James McKeown GK	Walsall	£ 0
01 January 2008	Liam Hatch ST	Barnet	£ 0
01 January 2008	Scott Mitchell DF	Livingston	£ 0
08 January 2008	Joe Lewis GK	Norwich	£ 400,000

[edit] Out

Date	Player	New Club	Cost
06 June 2007	Justin Richards ST	Kidderminster Harriers	£ 0 ^[4]
28 June 2007	Ben Futcher DF	Bury	£ 0 ^[5]
28 June 2007	Mark Arber DF	Stevenage Borough	£ 0
16 July 2007	Richard Butcher MF	Notts County	£ 0
01 August 2007	Jude Stirling DF	Milton Keynes Dons	£ 0
01 August 2007	Trevor Benjamin ST	Hereford United	£ 0
20 September 2007	Alfie Potter MF	Havant & Waterlooville	Loan
01 January 2008	Guy Branston DF	Notts County	£ 0
10 January 2008	Gavin Strachan MF	Notts County	£ 0
11 January 2008	Rene Howe ST	Rochdale	Loan
11 January 2008	Shwan Jalal GK	Morecambe	Loan
17 January 2008	Peter Gain MF	Dagenham	£ 0

[edit] Fixtures and results

[edit] Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 July	Stamford	Away	W 1-0	712	Scott Ginty
13 July	Celtic	Home	L 1-2	5,800	Aaron McLean
18 July	Hucknall Town	Away	W 3-0	?	Rene Howe, Scott Ginty, Guy Branston
21 July	Liverpool XI	Home	D 0	9,339
24 July	Stevenage Borough	Away	D 1-1	1,500	Josh Low
26 July	Kettering Town	Away			Cancled due to waterlogged pitch
28 July	Billericay Town	Away	D 3-3	?	Aaron McLean, Chris Whelpdale, Rene Howe
31 July	Birmingham City	Home	L 0-3	4,371
4 August	Manchester United	Home	L 1-3	?	Rene Howe
8 August	Bedford Town	Away	L 0-1	379

[edit] Coca-Cola Football League 2

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Pos	Attendance	Scorers
11 August	Rochdale	Home	W 3-0	2nd	5,575	Josh Low, Aaron McLean, Danny Crow
19 August	Rotherham United	Away	L 1-3	8th	4,291	Aaron McLean
25 August	Chesterfield	Home	L 2-3	15th	5,005	Charlie Lee, Aaron McLean
1 September	Accrington Stanley	Away	W 2-0	7th	1,484	Charlie Lee, Aaron McLean
8 September	Mansfield Town	Home	W 2-1	4th	4,721	Josh Low, Danny Crow
15 September	Bradford City	Away	L 1-0		13,819	-
22 September	Morecambe	Home	D 1-1	9th	4,473	Aaron McLean
29 September	Darlington	Away	D 1-1		3,974	Craig Mackail-Smith
2 October	Shrewsbury Town	Away	W 2-0		5,220	Charlie Lee, George Boyd
6 October	Grimsby Town	Home	W 2-1	7th	4,786	George Boyd, Aaron McLean
13 October	Wycombe Wanderers	Home	W 2-1	6th	4,567	Aaron McLean, Charlie Lee
20 October	Lincoln City	Away	D 1-1	6th	5,036	Gary Croft (OG)
27 October	Hereford United	Home	D 1-1	6th	5,008	Craig Mackail-Smith
3 November	Stockport County	Away	W 2-1	5th	5,042	Craig Mackail-Smith, Aaron McLean
6 November	Dagenham and Redbridge	Home	W 3-1	5th	4,200	Dean Keates, Aaron McLean 2
17 November	Bury	Away	L 0-2	5th	2,660
24 November	Brentford	Home	W 7-0	3rd	4,865	Aaron McLean 3, Chris Whelpdale, George Boyd, Craig Mackail-Smith, Rene Howe
4 December	Notts County	Away	W 1-0	3rd	4,412	Craig Mackail-Smith
8 December	Chester City	Away	W 2-1	2nd	2,291	Aaron McLean, Craig Mackail-Smith
15 December	Milton Keynes Dons	Home	L 1-2	3rd	10,351	Aaron McLean
22 December	Bradford City	Home	W 2-1	2nd	5,355	Aaron McLean, Jeff Hughes
26 December	Mansfield Town	Away	L 0-2	3rd	3,107
29 December	Morecambe	Away	L 2-3	4th	2,371	Craig Morgan, Charlie Lee
1 January	Shrewsbury Town	Home	W 2-1	5th	5,062	Charlie Lee, Craig Morgan
12 January	Macclesfield Town	Home	L 0-1	6th	5,238
15 January	Accrington Stanley	Home	W 8-2	5th	4,257	George Boyd 3, Aaron McLean 3, Craig Mackail-Smith 2

[edit] FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 November	Round 1	Wrexham	Home	W 4-1	4,266	Craig Mackail-Smith 3, Aaron McLean
1 December	Round 2	Staines Town	Away	W 5-0	2,460	Craig Mackail-Smith 4, Aaron McLean
5 January	Round 3	Colchester United F.C.	Away	W 3-1	4,003	Aaron McLean, George Boyd, Charlie Lee
26 January	Round 4	West Bromwich Albion F.C.	Home	L 0-3	12,701

[edit] League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August	Round 1 South	Southampton	Home	W 2-1	4,087	Grzegorz Rasiak(OG), George Boyd
28 August	Round 2	West Bromwich Albion	Home	L 0-2	4,917

[edit] Johnstone's Paint Trophy

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
4 September	Round 1 SE Section	Nottingham Forest	Away	W 3-2	3,102	Charlie Lee, Luke Chambers(OG), George Boyd
8 October	Round 2 SE Section	Milton Keynes Dons	Away	L 1-3	5,087	Aaron McLean

[edit] League Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Peterborough United	42	26	8	8	79	39	40	86	Promotion to League One
2	MK Dons	40	26	7	7	70	30	40	85
3	Hereford United	40	22	9	9	64	40	24	75
4	Darlington	42	21	11	10	62	35	27	74	Qualification to League Two playoffs
5	Stockport County	40	21	9	10	65	48	17	72
6	Rochdale	40	20	8	12	66	49	17	68
7	Wycombe Wanderers	41	19	11	11	50	38	12	68
8	Chesterfield	42	19	9	14	73	52	21	66
9	Brentford	42	17	7	18	49	61	-12	58
10	Bradford City	41	16	9	16	56	53	3	57
11	Morecambe	41	16	9	16	55	57	-2	57
12	Grimsby Town	41	15	10	16	53	56	-3	55
13	Rotherham United	42	17	11	14	57	57	0	52^*
14	Bury	42	14	10	18	54	57	-3	52
15	Barnet	40	13	11	16	48	57	-9	50
16	Lincoln City	42	15	4	23	52	70	-18	49
17	Accrington Stanley	42	15	3	24	46	77	-31	48
18	Macclesfield Town	42	10	15	17	46	63	-17	45
19	Shrewsbury Town	41	11	11	19	50	60	-10	44
20	Chester City	41	12	8	21	50	65	-15	44
21	Dagenham & Redbridge	42	11	9	22	42	65	-23	42
22	Notts County	41	8	17	16	32	47	-15	41
23	Mansfield Town	41	10	8	23	44	62	-18	38	Relegation to Conference National
24	Wrexham	40	8	10	22	31	56	-25	34	Relegation to Conference National

Last updated: 1 Apr 2008
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored.
^* Rotherham deducted 10 points for entering administration
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted.