2007–08 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United
Chairman Björgólfur Guðmundsson
Manager Alan Curbishley
Premier League 10th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Fifth round
Top goalscorer League: Ashton (10)
All: Ashton (12)
Highest home attendance 34,996 (25 November vs Tottenham Hotspur)
Lowest home attendance 25,774 (26 September vs Plymouth Argyle)
Average home attendance 33,898 (in 22 matches)
Home colours
Away colours

This 2007–08 season of West Ham United F.C. saw the club compete in the Premier League, where the club finished mid-table in 10th place.

Contents

Players

Squad information

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK ENG Green 27 EU 2006 68 0 2012 £ 2m
21 GK ENG Wright 29 EU 2007 3 0 Free
23 GK ENG Walker 34 EU 2004 20 0 Bosman ruling
33 GK CZE Štěch 17 EU 2006 0 0 2009
2 RB AUS Neill (captain) 29 Non-EU 2007 (Winter) 52 0 £ 1.5m
14 RB GHA Paintsil 26 Non-EU 2006 24 0
18 RB USA Spector 21 Non-EU 2006 56 0 £ 0.5m
4 CB WAL Gabbidon 28 EU 2005 75 0 2011 £ 3.5m combined
5 CB ENG Ferdinand 22 EU 2002 163 5 2010 Youth system
6 CB ENG Upson 28 EU 2007 (Winter) 35 1 £ 6m
19 CB WAL Collins 24 EU 2005 41 2 2011 £ 3.5m combined
24 CB SCO Dailly 33 EU 2001 (Winter) 191 4 £ 1.75m
27 CB ENG Davenport 24 EU 2007 (Winter) 16 0 £ 3m
30 CB ENG Tomkins 18 EU 2005 6 0 Youth system
45 CB ENG Spence 17 EU 2007 0 0 Youth system
3 LB NIR McCartney 26 EU 2006 69 1 £ 0.6m
7 RM SWE Ljungberg (VC) 30 EU 2007 28 2 2011 £ 3m
15 RM PER Solano 32 Non-EU 2007 23 4 2008 Free
20 RM FRA Faubert 24 EU 2007 8 0 2012 £ 6.1m
29 RM ENG Bowyer 30 EU 2006 53 4 Free
32 RM ENG Dyer 28 EU 2007 3 0 2011 £ 6m
8 CM ENG Parker 26 EU 2007 20 1 2012 £ 7m
16 CM ENG Noble 20 EU 2003 74 6 2011 Youth system
17 CM ENG Mullins 28 EU 2003 192 6 £ 0.8m
22 CM ENG Stokes 20 EU 2005 1 0 Youth system
26 CM SCO Quashie 29 EU 2007 (Winter) 8 0 £ 1.75m
39 CM WAL Collison 18 EU 2007 2 0 Youth system
11 LM ENG Etherington 26 EU 2003 180 16 £ 0.5m
28 LM ENG Reid 19 EU 2004 7 0 Youth system
34 LM POR Boa Morte 30 EU 2007 (Winter) 48 2 £ 5m
9 CF ENG Ashton 23 EU 2006 (Winter) 51 18 £ 7m
10 CF WAL Bellamy 28 EU 2007 9 4 2012 £ 7.5m
12 CF ENG Cole 23 EU 2006 58 8
25 CF ENG Zamora 26 EU 2004 148 39 2011
31 CF ENG Ephraim 19 EU 2004 1 0 Youth system
37 CF SEN Camara 30 Non-EU 2007 10 0 2008 Loan
40 CF ENG Sears 17 EU 2007 7 1 Youth system

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: whufc.com, players' Wikipedia articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport, contract ending and transfer fee)
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).
Player must own an EU passport or be a full, current, 'A' international to legally play in English football. (Source)
Squad size is unlimited.

Squad stats

238 Total Premier League FA Cup Football League Cup
No.
P
Nat.
Name
Sts
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
1 GK ENG Green 41 41 38 2 1
2 RB AUS Neill 40 40 34 2 4
5 CB ENG Ferdinand 26 29 2 25 2 2 2
6 CB ENG Upson 33 33 1 29 1 2 2
3 LB NIR McCartney 44 44 1 38 1 2 4
7 RM SWE Ljungberg 25 28 2 25 2 1 2
17 CM ENG Mullins 37 39 34 1 4
16 CM ENG Noble 28 36 3 31 3 2 3
34 LM POR Boa Morte 23 32 1 27 1 4 1
12 CF ENG Cole 25 37 5 31 4 2 4 1
9 CF ENG Ashton 24 35 12 31 10 2 2 2
8 CM ENG Parker 19 20 1 18 1 2
11 LM ENG Etherington 18 21 3 18 3 2 1
29 RM ENG Bowyer 15 20 4 15 4 2 3
15 RM PER Solano 14 23 4 23 4
18 RB USA Spector 13 28 26 1 1
25 CF ENG Zamora 12 14 1 13 1 1
4 CB WAL Gabbidon 11 14 10 4
10 CF WAL Bellamy 8 9 4 8 2 1 2
14 RB GHA Pantsil 5 17 14 1 2
30 CB ENG Tomkins 5 6 6
20 RM FRA Faubert 4 8 7 1
33 CF SEN Camara 3 10 10
19 CB WAL Collins 3 5 3 2
21 GK ENG Wright 3 3 3
32 MF ENG Dyer 3 3 2 1
40 CF ENG Sears 1 7 1 7 1
39 CM ENG Collison 1 2 2
28 LM ENG Reid 4 1 1 2
23 GK ENG Walker
24 CB SCO Dailly
31 CF ENG Ephraim
Own goals 3 3
33 GK CZE Štěch
27 CB ENG Davenport
45 CB ENG Spence
26 CM SCO Quashie
22 MF ENG Stokes

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by start team and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank

Top scorers

Position Nation Number Name Premier League
Goals
FA Cup
Goals
League Cup
Goals
Total
Goals
1 9 Dean Ashton 10 2 12
2 12 Carlton Cole 4 1 5
3 29 Lee Bowyer 4 4
= 15 Nolberto Solano 4 4
= 10 Craig Bellamy 2 2 4
6 11 Matthew Etherington 3 3
= 16 Mark Noble 3 3
8 5 Anton Ferdinand 2 2
= 7 Fredrik Ljungberg 2 2
= 3 George McCartney 1 1
= 8 Scott Parker 1 1
= 40 Freddie Sears 1 1
10 6 Matthew Upson 1 1
= 25 Bobby Zamora 1 1
= 34 Luis Boa Morte 1 1
= Own goals 3 3

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Disciplinary record

N
P
Nat.
Name
Y YY R Notes
29 RM ENG Bowyer 7 1
34 LM POR Boa Morte 6 1
12 CF ENG Cole 9
2 RB AUS Neill 7
16 CM ENG Noble 6
14 RB GHA Pantsil 5
3 LB NIR McCartney 5
15 RM PER Solano 3
18 RB USA Spector 3
17 CM ENG Mullins 3
7 RM SWE Ljungberg 3
8 CM ENG Parker 3
10 CF WAL Bellamy 2
4 CB WAL Gabbidon 2
11 LM ENG Etherington 2
1 GK ENG Green 2
6 CB ENG Upson 2
37 CF SEN Camara 1
5 CB ENG Ferdinand 1
20 RM FRA Faubert 1
25 CF ENG Zamora 1

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches

Y = Number of bookings;  YY = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  R = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Start formations

Qnt Formation Match(es)
28 4-4-2 1-12, 19-22, 26, 30-31, 35-36, 38-44
14 4-4-1-1 13-18, 25, 27-29, 32-34, 37
2 4-5-1 23-24

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Players in / out

In

N
P
Name
EU
Country
Age
Type
Moving from
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
8 CM Parker EU ENG 26 Transferred Y Newcastle United Summer 2012 £ 7m
20 MF Faubert EU FRA 23 Transferred Y Bordeaux Summer 2012 £6.1m
21 GK Wright EU ENG 29 Signed Y Everton Summer Free
10 CF Bellamy EU WAL 27 Transferred Y Liverpool Summer 2012 £7.5m
7 MF Ljungberg EU SWE 30 Transferred Y Arsenal Summer 2011 £3m
32 MF Dyer EU ENG 28 Transferred Y Newcastle United Summer 2011 £6m
15 RM Solano Non-EU PER 32 Transferred Y Newcastle United Summer 2008 Free
33 CF Camara Non-EU SEN 30 Loaned Y Wigan Athletic Summer 2008 N/A

Out

N
P
Name
EU
Country
Age
Status
Moving to
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
FB Mears EU ENG 24 Transferred Y Derby County Summer £ 1m
CF Sheringham EU ENG 41 Transferred Y Colchester United Summer Free
CM Reo-Coker EU ENG 23 Transferred Y Aston Villa Summer £8.5m
RM Newton EU ENG 31 Transferred Y Leicester City Summer Free
GK Carroll EU NIR 29 Transferred Y Rangers Summer Free
MF Benayoun Non-EU ISR 27 Transferred Y Liverpool Summer Undisclosed
FB Konchesky EU ENG 26 Transferred Y Fulham Summer £3.25m
CF Harewood EU ENG 27 Transferred Y Aston Villa Summer Undisclosed
CF Tévez Non-EU ARG 23 Transferred Y Manchester United Summer £20m
CF Ephraim EU ENG 19 Loaned Y Queens Park Rangers Summer Loan
DF Dailly EU SCO 33 Loaned Y Southampton Loan
FW Ephraim EU ENG 19 Transferred Y Queens Park Rangers Winter Undisclosed
DF Dailly EU SCO 33 Transferred Y Rangers Winter Undisclosed

Last updated: 12 January 2008
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Club

Management

Position Staff
Manager Alan Curbishley
Assistant manager Mervyn Day
Goalkeeping coach Ludek Miklosko
First team coach Glynn Snodin
Chief scout Roger Cross
Head of Physiotheraphy George Cooper

Last updated: 15 Aug 2007
Source: West Ham United F.C.#Current staff

Kit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): XL.com

Home
Away

Source: Wikipedia West Ham United Article

Other information

Chairman Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Boleyn Ground (Upton Park) (35,146 / 112x72 yards)

Source: West Ham United F.C. article on 15 Aug 2007

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Premier League 10 10 11 Aug 2007 11 May 2008
Football League Cup 2nd round Quarter finals Quarter finals 28 Aug 2007 12 Dec 2007
FA Cup 3rd round 3rd round 3rd round 5 Jan 2008 16 Jan 2008

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Matches

Classification

Final league table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
9 Manchester City 38 15 10 13 45 53 −8 55 2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round 2
10 West Ham United 38 13 10 15 42 50 −8 49
11 Tottenham Hotspur 38 11 13 14 66 61 +5 46 2008–09 UEFA Cup First round 3

Updated to games played on 13th May 2008
Source: Premier League 2007-08
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 13 10 15 42 50 −8 49 7 7 5 24 24 0 6 3 10 18 26 −8

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: Barclays Premier League

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Ground H A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H H A H A H A H A H A A H A A H A H H A H
Result L W D W W L L L W D D W D L W L W D W L W D W L D W L L L W D L L L W D L D

Last updated: 11 May 2008.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Competitive

M
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
1 11 August 2007 Premier League 1 H Manchester City 0 – 2
2 18 August 2007 Premier League 2 A Birmingham City 1 – 0
3 25 August 2007 Premier League 3 H Wigan Athletic 1 – 1
4 28 August 2007 Football League Cup 2nd Round A Bristol Rovers 2 – 1
5 1 September 2007 Premier League 4 A Reading 3 – 0
6 15 September 2007 Premier League 5 H Middlesbrough 3 – 0
7 23 September 2007 Premier League 6 A Newcastle United 1 – 3
8 26 September 2007 Football League Cup 3rd round H Plymouth Argyle 1 – 0
9 29 September 2007 Premier League 7 H Arsenal 0 – 1
10 6 October 2007 Premier League 8 A Aston Villa 0 – 1
11 21 October 2007 Premier League 9 H Sunderland 3 – 1
12 27 October 2007 Premier League 10 A Portsmouth 0 – 0
13 30 October 2007 Football League Cup 4th round A Coventry City 2 – 1
14 4 November 2007 Premier League 11 H Bolton Wanderers 1 – 1
15 10 November 2007 Premier League 12 A Derby County 5 – 0
16 25 November 2007 Premier League 13 H Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 1
17 1 December 2007 Premier League 14 A Chelsea 0 – 1
18 9 December 2007 Premier League 15 A Blackburn Rovers 1 – 0
19 12 December 2007 Football League Cup Quarter finals H Everton 1 – 2
20 15 December 2007 Premier League 16 H Everton 0 – 2
21 22 December 2007 Premier League 17 A Middlesbrough 2 – 1
22 26 December 2007 Premier League 18 H Reading 1 – 1
23 29 December 2007 Premier League 19 H Manchester United 2 – 1
24 1 January 2008 Premier League 20 A Arsenal 0 – 2
25 5 January 2008 FA Cup 3rd Round H Manchester City 0 – 0
26 12 January 2008 Premier League 21 H Fulham 2 – 1
27 16 January 2008 FA Cup 3rd Round Replay A Manchester City 0 – 1
28 20 January 2008 Premier League 22 A Manchester City 1 – 1
29 30 January 2008 Premier League 23 H Liverpool 1 – 0
30 2 February 2008 Premier League 24 A Wigan Athletic 0 – 1
31 9 February 2008 Premier League 25 H Birmingham City 1 – 1
32 23 February 2008 Premier League 26 A Fulham 1 – 0
33 1 March 2008 Premier League 27 H Chelsea 0 – 4
34 5 March 2008 Premier League 28 A Liverpool 0 – 4
35 9 March 2008 Premier League 29 A Tottenham Hotspur 0 – 4
36 15 March 2008 Premier League 30 H Blackburn Rovers 2 – 1
37 22 March 2008 Premier League 31 A Everton 1 – 1
38 29 March 2008 Premier League 32 A Sunderland 1 – 2
39 8 April 2008 Premier League 33 H Portsmouth 0 – 1
40 12 April 2008 Premier League 34 A Bolton Wanderers 0 – 1
41 19 April 2008 Premier League 35 H Derby County 2 – 1
42 26 April 2008 Premier League 36 H Newcastle United 2 – 2
43 3 May 2008 Premier League 37 A Manchester United 1 – 4
44 11 May 2008 Premier League 38 H Aston Villa 2 – 2

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: [1]
Notes: Premier League fixture not listed due to copyright. Results will be shown.
1West Ham goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of West Ham.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Pre-season

Match
Date
Competition or tour
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Scorers
GD
1 14 Jul 2007 A Dagenham & Redbridge 2 - 0 Noble 83', Smith og 84' 2
2 17 Jul 2007 A Sigma Olomouc 0 - 1 -1
3 21 Jul 2007 A Lazio 0 - 2 -2
4 24 Jul 2007 A Leyton Orient 1 - 1 Ashton 15' 0
5 25 Jul 2007 A MK Dons 2 - 3 Ephraim 16', Upson 17' -1
6 28 Jul 2007 A Southend United 3 - 1 Zamora 30', Bellamy 39', Ljungberg 50' 2
7 31 Jul 2007 A Norwich City 2 - 1 Spector 27', Ashton 43' 1
8 4 Aug 2007 H Roma 2 - 1 McCartney 63', Ashton 66' 1

Last updated: 15 Aug 2007
1West Ham United goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of West Ham United.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

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