2007–08 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Crystal Palace
2007–08 season
Chairman Simon Jordan
Manager Peter Taylor
Neil Warnock
The Championship 5th (play-offs)
FA Cup Third Round
Carling Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League:
Clinton Morrison (16)
All:
Clinton Morrison (16)
Highest home attendance 23,950 vs Burnley (4 May 2008)
Lowest home attendance 13,048 vs Preston North End (27 November 2007)
Average home attendance 16,031
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 season was Crystal Palace Football Club's third consecutive season in The Championship. Manager Peter Taylor was sacked on 8 October 2007[1] and replaced by former Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock on 11 October 2007.[2]

Contents

Statistics

Last updated on 13 May 2008.
No. Nat Pos Player Total The Championship (including Play-offs) FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scott Flinders 2 -3 0 0 1 -2 1 -1
2 DF Matthew Lawrence 41 1 39 1 1 0 1 0
3 DF Tony Craig 14 0 13 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF Clint Hill 31 3 30 3 1 0 0 0
5 DF Mark Hudson 49 2 47 2 1 0 1 0
6 DF Leon Cort 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW Carl Fletcher 29 1 28 1 1 0 0 0
8 FW James Scowcroft 40 9 39 9 1 0 0 0
9 FW Dougie Freedman 20 2 19 1 0 0 1 1
10 FW Clinton Morrison 47 16 45 16 1 0 1 0
11 MF Paul Ifill 13 2 13 2 0 0 0 0
12 GK Julián Speroni 48 -45 48 -45 0 0 0 0
14 MF Ben Watson 49 7 47 7 1 0 1 0
15 MF Mark Kennedy 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Neil Danns 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Besian Idrizaj 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Scott Sinclair 8 2 8 2 0 0 0 0
18 DF John Halls 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Tom Soares 42 6 41 6 0 0 1 0
20 DF Danny Butterfield 33 0 32 0 0 0 1 0
21 MF Dave Martin 10 0 9 0 0 0 1 0
21 MF Kyel Reid 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW Paul Dickov 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF Nathan Ashton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF José Fonte 26 1 24 1 1 0 1 0
24 MF Jeff Hughes 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Stuart Green 11 2 10 2 0 0 1 0
27 MF Franck Songo'o 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF Shaun Derry 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF John Bostock 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
31 DF Arron Fray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW Shefki Kuqi 11 0 10 0 0 0 1 0
33 FW Lewis Grabban 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
34 DF Lee Hills 13 1 12 1 1 0 0 0
35 DF Rhoys Wiggins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 MF Lewwis Spence 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW Charlie Sheringham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 GK David Wilkinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF James Dayton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF Ryan Hall 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
41 DF Moses Swaibu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 FW Ben Kudjodji 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
43 FW Victor Moses 15 3 15 3 0 0 0 0
44 FW Sean Scannell 26 2 25 2 1 0 0 0
48 MF Ashley-Paul Robinson 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0

Club

Management

Position Staff
Manager Peter Taylor (July–October)/ Neil Warnock (October–June)
Assistant manager Mick Jones (October–June)
First team coach Kit Symons (July–October)/ Keith Curle (October–June)
Goalkeeping coach Tony Burns (July–November)/ Jim Stannard (November–June)
Chief scout Allan Gemmill
Fitness coach Mark Hulse (July–November)/ Carl Serrant (November–June)
Reserve team manager Kit Symons (July–October)/ Dougie Freedman (October–March)/ Gary Issot (March–June)
Academy manager David Moss
U18 team/Assistant academy manager Gary Issott
Head physiotherapist Paul Caton

Source:

Matches

Pre-season

13 July 2007
19:00
 Chelmsford City 0–2 Crystal Palace Melbourne Stadium, Chelmsford
Attendance: 997
Referee: Rayford Lee
(Report) Freedman  74, 82'
14 July 2007
15:00
 Bromley 2–2 Crystal Palace Hayes Lane, London
Attendance: 3 148
Referee: Steve Bennett
Hockton  56'
Chaaban  56'		 (Report) Duku  50' o.g.
Green  90'
17 July 2007
19:00
 Aldershot Town 0–2 Crystal Palace Recreation Ground, Aldershot
Attendance: 1 520
Referee: Steven Cook
(Report) Watson  22' (pen.)
Kuqi  58'
20 July 2007
19:00
 Dartford 0–3 Crystal Palace Princes Park, Dartford
Attendance: 4 100
Referee: Steve Bennett
(Report) Fletcher  16'
Green  56'
Ifill  89'
21 July 2007
15:00
 Barnet 2–3 Crystal Palace Underhill Stadium, London
Attendance: 1 371
Referee: Grant Hegley
Carew  69'
Yakubu  89'		 (Report) Giele  18' o.g.
Watson  24'
Ifill  28'
24 July 2007
19:30
 IFK Göteborg 1–2 Crystal Palace Grebbestad
Attendance: 1 300
Mourad  74' (Report) Ifill  2'
Scowcroft  35'
27 July 2007
19:30
 IK Oddevold 1–4 Crystal Palace
Engelbrektsson  60' (Report) Dayton
Morrison
Martin
Watson
31 July 2007
20:00
 Crystal Palace 1–1 Anderlecht Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 5 232
Referee: Alan Wiley
Watson  50' (pen.) (Report) Théréau  26'
4 August 2007
15:00
 Crystal Palace 0–0 Everton Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 10 010
Referee: Phil Crossley
(Report)

Football League Championship

11 August 2007
15:00
 Southampton 1–4 Crystal Palace St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Attendance: 25,054
Referee: Lee Probert
Saganowski  45+2' (Report) Scowcroft  30, 31, 55'
Morrison  57'
18 August 2007
15:00
 Crystal Palace 2–2 Leicester City Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 15 607
Referee: Michael Russell
Green  33'
Morrison  90+3'		 (Report) Campbell  63'
Kisnorbo  87'
26 August 2007
13:15
 Ipswich Town 1–0 Crystal Palace Portman Road, Ipswich
Attendance: 19 382
Referee: Andy D'Urso
Walters  73' (Report)
1 September 2007
15:00
 Crystal Palace 0–1 Charlton Athletic Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 18 556
Referee: Nigel Miller
(Report) Todorov  74'
15 September 2007
15:00
 Norwich City 1–0 Crystal Palace Carrow Road, Norwich
Attendance: 24 228
Referee: Lee Probert
Střihavka  75' (Report)
18 September 2007
20:00
 Crystal Palace 1–1 Coventry City Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 14 455
Referee: Andy Woolmer
Green  26' (Report) Best  87'
22 September 2007
15:00
 Crystal Palace 3–2 Sheffield United Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 14 131
Referee: Kevin Friend
Soares  60'
Fletcher  70'
Watson  89' (pen.)		 (Report) Hudson  o.g. 48'
Beattie  76'
29 September 2007
15:00
 Burnley 1–1 Crystal Palace Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10 711
Referee: Trevor Kettle
Blake  13' (Report) Hudson  5'
2 October 2007
19:45
 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Crystal Palace Home Park, Plymouth
Attendance: 10 451
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
Halmosi  50' (Report)
6 October 2007
15:00
 Crystal Palace 1–1 Hull City Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 15 769
Referee: Richard Beeby
Scowcroft  81' (Report) Marney  90+1' (pen.)
20 October 2007
15:00
 Blackpool 1–1 Crystal Palace Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
Attendance: 9 037
Referee: Graham Laws
Fox  69' (Report) Soares  59'  88'
23 October 2007
20:00
 Crystal Palace 1–3 Stoke City Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 14,237
Referee: Mike Thorpe
Freedman  51' (Report) Cresswell  49, 59'
Shawcross  74'
29 October 2007
20:00
 Crystal Palace 0–2 Watford Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 13,986
Referee: Keith Stroud
(Report) Smith  32'
King  67'
3 November 2007
15:00
 Scunthorpe United 0–0 Crystal Palace Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
Attendance: 6,778
Referee: Clive Penton
(Report)
6 November 2007
19:45
 Cardiff City 1–1 Crystal Palace Ninian Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 11,781
Referee: Lee Mason
Purse  9' (Report) Watson  44' (pen.)
10 November 2007
15:00
 Crystal Palace 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 17,010
Referee: Peter Walton
Morrison  88' (Report) Sinclair  45'
24 November 2007
15:00
 Colchester United 1–2 Crystal Palace Layer Road, Colchester
Attendance: 5,856
Referee: Paul Taylor
Balwin  8'
Jackson  69'		 (Report) Morrison  8, 74'
27 November 2007
19:45
 Crystal Palace 2–1 Preston North End Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 13,048
Referee: Phil Joslin
Morrison  40'
Hill  45+3'		 (Report) Mawene  36'
1 December 2007
15:00
 Crystal Palace 1–1 West Bromwich Albion Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 15,247
Referee: Uriah Rennie
Morrison  21' (Report) Hudson  o.g. 8'
4 December 2007
20:00
 Queens Park Rangers 1–2 Crystal Palace Loftus Road, London
Attendance: 13,300
Referee: Alan Wiley
Stewart  10' (Report) Hill  65'
Morrison  68'
8 December 2007
15:00
 Barnsley 0–0 Crystal Palace Oakwell, Barnsley
Attendance: 10,298
Referee: Anthony Bates
(Report)
15 December 2007
15:00
 Crystal Palace 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 14,865
Referee: Grant Hegley
Morrison  37'
Scannell  90'		 (Report) Hinds  11'
22 December 2007
15:00
 Crystal Palace 2–1 Plymouth Argyle Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 15,097
Referee: Mike Jones
Hill  8'
Scowcroft  44'		 (Report) Easter  49'
26 December 2007
15:00
 Coventry City 0–2 Crystal Palace Ricoh Arena, Coventry
Attendance: 22,134
Referee: Keith Stroud
(Report) Morrison  47'
Ifill  88'
29 December 2007
12:45
 Sheffield United 0–1 Crystal Palace Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Attendance: 23,982
Referee: Andy D'Urso
(Report) Scowcroft  38'
1 January 2008
15:00
 Crystal Palace 1–1 Norwich City Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 17,199
Referee: Mike Thorpe
Morrison  50' (Report) Russell  8'
12 January 2008
15:00
 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–3 Crystal Palace Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
Attendance: 22,650
Referee: Howard Webb
(Report) Morrison  24'
Scannell  49'
Scowcroft  69'
19 January 2008
15:00
 Crystal Palace 2–0 Bristol City Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 19,010
Referee: Jonathan Moss
Morrison  6'
Hudson  85'		 (Report)
28 January 2008
19:45
 Leicester City 1–0 Crystal Palace Walkers Stadium, Leicester
Attendance: 21,764
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
Hayles  89' (Report)
2 February 2008
15:00
 Crystal Palace 1–1 Southampton Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 17,967
Referee: Mark Halsey
Scowcroft  73' (Report) John  84'
8 February 2008
19:45
 Charlton Athletic 2–0 Crystal Palace The Valley, London
Attendance: 26,202
Referee: Lee Probert
Varney  60, 87' (Report)
12 February 2008
20:00
 Crystal Palace 0–1 Ipswich Town Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 16,090
Referee: Clive Penton
(Report) Haynes  45+1'
18 February 2008
20:00
 Bristol City 1–1 Crystal Palace Ashton Gate, Bristol
Attendance: 16,446
Referee: Richard Beeby
McCombe  90+6' (Report) Hills  61'
23 February 2008
15:00
 Crystal Palace 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 15,679
Referee: Andy Woolmer
(Report) Gray  76'
Kyle  89'
1 March 2008
15:00
 Preston North End 0–1 Crystal Palace Deepdale, Preston
Attendance: 12,347
Referee: Mike Jones
(Report) Morrison  76'
4 March 2008
20:00
 Crystal Palace 0–0 Cardiff City Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 13,446
Referee: Scott Mathieson
(Report)
8 March 2008
15:00
 Crystal Palace 2–1 Colchester United Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 13,985
Referee: Phil Joslin
Ifil  o.g. 21'
Watson  74'		 (Report) Lisbie  23'
12 March 2008
19:45
 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Crystal Palace The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
Attendance: 20,378
Referee: Peter Walton
Phillips  30' (Report) Moses  55'
15 March 2008
15:00
 Crystal Palace 2–0 Barnsley Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 17,459
Referee: Iain Williamson
Soares  46'
Scowcroft  83'		 (Report)
22 March 2008
15:00
 Sheffield Wednesday 2–2 Crystal Palace Hillsborough, Sheffield
Attendance: 19,875
Referee: Russell Booth
Sahar  18'
Small  68'		 (Report) Watson  40'
Lawrence  90+4'
29 March 2008
15:00
 Crystal Palace 0–0 Blackpool Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 16,028
Referee: Anthony Taylor
(Report)
7 April 2008
20:00
 Stoke City 1–2 Crystal Palace Britannia Stadium, Stoke-upon-Trent
Attendance: 15,756
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Whelan  85' (Report) Soares  23'
Fonte  45+1'
12 April 2008
15:00
 Crystal Palace 2–0 Scunthorpe United Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 15,975
Referee: Keith Hill
Soares  21'
Morrison  39'		 (Report)
19 April 2008
15:00
 Watford 0–2 Crystal Palace Vicarage Road, Watford
Attendance: 17,694
Referee: Howard Webb
(Report) Ifill  72'
Moses  75'
26 April 2008
15:00
 Hull City 2–1 Crystal Palace KC Stadium, Kingston upon Hull
Attendance: 24,350
Referee: Russell Booth
Campbell  18'
Ashbee  85'		 (Report) Sinclair  38'
4 May 2008
14:00
 Crystal Palace 5–0 Burnley Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 23 950
Referee: Kevin Friend
Watson  8' (pen.)
Moses  10'
Soares  37'
Sinclair  61'
Morrison  65'		 (Report) Carlisle  7'

Football League Championship play-offs

Semi-final
10 May 2008
12:15
 Crystal Palace 1–2 Bristol City Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 22 869
Referee: Mike Jones
Watson  87' (pen.) (Report) Carey  53'
Noble  90+2'
13 May 2008
19:45
 Bristol City (4) 2 – 1 (2) Crystal Palace Ashton Gate, Bristol
Attendance: 18 842
Referee: Howard Webb
Trundle  104'
McIndoe  110'		 (Report) Watson  24'

Football League Cup

Round 1

14 August 2007
19:45
 Bristol Rovers 1–1 Crystal Palace Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance: 5 566
Referee: Tony Bates
Disley  64' (Report) Freedman  31'
  Penalties  
Walker
Jacobson
Disley
Anthony		 4–1 Freedman
Morrison
Kuqi

FA Cup

Round 3

5 January 2008
15:00
 Watford 2–0 Crystal Palace Vicarage Road, Watford
Attendance: 10 480
Referee: Lee Mason
Shittu  28, 65' (Report)

End of season awards

Award Winner
Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year Julián Speroni
Crystal Palace F.C. Young Player of the Year Sean Scannell
Vice Presidents' Player of the Year Shaun Derry
Vice Presidents' Young Player of the Year Sean Scannell
Scholar Player of the Year Lee Hills
Academy Player of the Year Kyle de Silva
Crystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season James Scowcroft v Wolverhampton Wanderers (12–01–08)
Special Achievement Award Clinton Morrison for scoring 100 Crystal Palace goals
Special Achievement Award Geoff Thomas for his services to the club as captain (1988–1992)

References

  1. ^ "Crystal Palace boss Taylor sacked". BBC Sport. 8 October 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/7034020.stm. Retrieved 3 February 2008. 
  2. ^ "Warnock appointed new Palace boss". BBC Sport. 11 October 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/7037569.stm. Retrieved 3 February 2008. 

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