2007–08 Football League One
| Season | 2007–08 |
|---|---|
| Promoted |
Swansea City (champions) Nottingham Forest Doncaster Rovers |
| Relegated |
Bournemouth Gillingham Port Vale Luton Town |
| Goals scored | 1335 |
| Average goals/game | 2.42 |
| Top goalscorer | Jason Scotland (24) |
| Biggest home win | Swindon Town 6–0 Port Vale (19 April 2008) |
| Biggest away win | Leyton Orient 0–5 Swansea City (6 October 2007) |
| Highest scoring |
Crewe Alexandra 4–3 Tranmere Rovers (1 January 2008) Bournemouth 4–3 Luton Town (22 January 2008) Hartlepool United 4–3 Southend United (22 January 2008) |
| Longest winning run | Carlisle United (8) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Swansea City (25) |
| Longest losing run | Port Vale (10) |
| Highest attendance | Leeds United v Gillingham (38,256) (3 May 2008) |
| Lowest attendance | Luton Town v Oldham Athletic (5,417) (15 March 2008) |
| Average attendance | 7,993 |
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← 2006–07 2008–09 → | |
The Football League 2007–08 (named Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons), was the sixteenth season under its current league division format. It began in August 2007 and concluded in May 2008, with the promotion play-off finals.
The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The second division of these is League One. The winner and the runner up of League One will be automatically promoted to the Football League Championship and they will be joined by the winner of the League One playoff. The bottom four teams in the league will be relegated to the third division, League Two.
Leeds United played at this level for the first time in their history having spent all their time in the top two divisions.
Changes from last season
From League One
Promoted to Championship
Relegated to League Two
- Chesterfield
- Bradford City
- Rotherham United
- Brentford
To League One
Relegated from Championship
Promoted from League Two
League Table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swansea City (C) (P) | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 82 | 42 | +40 | 92 | Promotion to League Championship |
| 2 | Nottingham Forest (P) | 46 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 82 | |
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers (P) | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 80 | Qualification to Football League One playoffs |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 80 | |
| 5 | Leeds United | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 76* | |
| 6 | Southend United | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 70 | 55 | +15 | 76 | |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 69 | |
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 67 | |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 66 | |
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 66 | |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 65 | |
| 12 | Walsall | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 64 | |
| 13 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 63 | 56 | +7 | 61 | |
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 60 | |
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 62 | 65 | −3 | 54 | |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 53 | |
| 17 | Millwall | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 52 | |
| 18 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 52 | |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 51 | |
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 50 | |
| 21 | Bournemouth (R) | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 62 | 72 | −10 | 48* | Relegation to League Two |
| 22 | Gillingham (R) | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 44 | 73 | −29 | 46 | |
| 23 | Port Vale (R) | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 47 | 81 | −34 | 38 | |
| 24 | Luton Town (R) | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 43 | 63 | −20 | 33* |
Updated to games played on 3 May 2008.
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* Leeds deducted 15 points for failure to comply with rules on insolvency. Luton and Bournemouth deducted 10 points each for entering administration.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Play-offs
| Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| 6 | Southend United | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 | ||||||||
| 5 | Leeds United | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | Carlisle United | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| 5 | Leeds United | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
League One
| Home ╲ Away[1] | BOU | BHA | BRO | CRL | CHL | CRE | DON | GIL | HAR | HUD | LEE | LEY | LUT | MIL | NOR | NOT | OLD | PTV | STD | SWA | SWI | TRA | WAL | YEO |
| Bournemouth | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Bristol Rovers | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Carlisle United | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Cheltenham Town | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Crewe Alexandra | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Doncaster Rovers | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | |
| Gillingham | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| Hartlepool United | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Huddersfield Town | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Leeds United | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Leyton Orient | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Luton Town | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Millwall | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| Northampton Town | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
| Oldham Athletic | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | |
| Port Vale | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| Southend United | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Swansea City | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Swindon Town | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |
| Tranmere Rovers | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Walsall | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Yeovil Town | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Source: The Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Top scorers
| Pos | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Scotland | Swansea City | 24 |
| 2 | Jermaine Beckford | Leeds United | 20 |
| 3 | Nicky Forster | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 |
| 3 | Nicky Maynard | Crewe Alexandra | 15 |
| 5 | Danny Graham | Carlisle United | 14 |
| 5 | Richard Lambert | Bristol Rovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steven Gillespie | Cheltenham Town | 14 |
| 5 | Adam Boyd | Leyton Orient | 14 |
| 5 | Joe Garner | Carlisle United | 14 |
| 5 | Simon Cox | Swindon Town | 14 |
Key events
- On 4 August 2007, Leeds United are docked 15 points at start of the season for entering administration.[1]
- On 22 November 2007, Luton Town were deducted 10 points for being placed into administration after directors of the club decided to appoint administrators as a result of their loss of income.[2]
- On 8 February 2008, Bournemouth went to administration and were docked 10 points by the Football League with debts around £4 million.[3]
Managers
Stadia and locations
Huddersfield
Leeds
Swansea
Locations of the League One 2007–08 teams
| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Leeds United | Elland Road | 39,460 |
| Nottingham Forest | City Ground | 30,602 |
| Huddersfield Town | Galpharm Stadium | 24,500 |
| Port Vale | Vale Park | 22,356 |
| Swansea City | Liberty Stadium | 20,532 |
| Millwall | The Den | 20,146 |
| Carlisle United | Brunton Park Stadium | 16,981 |
| Tranmere Rovers | Prenton Park | 16,567 |
| Swindon Town | The County Ground | 15,728 |
| Doncaster Rovers | Keepmoat Stadium | 15,231 |
| Southend United | Roots Hall | 12,306 |
| Bristol Rovers | Memorial Stadium | 11,916 |
| Gillingham | Priestfield Stadium | 11,582 |
| Walsall | Bescot Stadium | 11,300 |
| Bournemouth | Dean Court | 10,700 |
| Oldham Athletic | Boundary Park | 10,638 |
| Luton Town | Kenilworth Road | 10,260 |
| Crewe Alexandra | Alexandra Stadium | 10,046 |
| Yeovil Town | Huish Park | 9,978 |
| Leyton Orient | Brisbane Road | 9,271 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Withdean Stadium | 8,850 |
| Hartlepool United | Victoria Park | 7,691 |
| Northampton Town | Sixfields Stadium | 7,653 |
| Cheltenham Town | Whaddon Road | 7,408 |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle United | Neil McDonald | Contract terminated | 13 August 2007[4] | John Ward | 2 October 2007[5] | 8th |
| Gillingham | Ronnie Jepson | Mutual consent | 9 September 2007[6] | Mark Stimson | 1 November 2007[7] | 22nd |
| Port Vale | Martin Foyle | Mutual consent | 26 September 2007[8] | Lee Sinnott | 5 November 2007[9] | 23rd |
| Cheltenham Town | John Ward | Mutual consent (hired by Carlisle United) | 2 October 2007[10] | Keith Downing | 2 November 2007[11] | 23rd |
| Millwall | Willie Donachie | Contract terminated | 8 October 2007[12] | Kenny Jackett | 6 November 2007[13] | 24th |
| Swindon Town | Paul Sturrock | Mutual consent (hired by Plymouth Argyle) | 27 November 2007[14] | Maurice Malpas | 15 January 2008[15] | 11th |
| Luton Town | Kevin Blackwell | Contract terminated | 16 January 2008[16] | Mick Harford | 16 January 2008[17] | 22nd |
| Leeds United | Dennis Wise | Mutual consent (hired by Newcastle United as executive director) | 29 January 2008[18] | Gary McAllister | 29 January 2008[19] | 6th |
| Huddersfield Town | Andy Ritchie | Mutual consent | 1 April 2008[20] | Stan Ternent | 24 April 2008[21] | 14th |
| Walsall | Richard Money | Mutual consent | 22 April 2008[22] | Jimmy Mullen | 22 May 2008[23] | 8th |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Dean Wilkins | Changing duties from manager to take over as first team coach | 8 May 2008[24] | Micky Adams | 8 May 2008[24] | 7th |
References
- ↑ "Leeds hit with 15-point penalty". BBC Sport. 4 August 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Luton suffer 10-point deduction". BBC Sport. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Bournemouth go to administration". BBC Sport. 8 February 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- ↑ "Carlisle dismiss manager McDonald". BBC Sport. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Ward handed Carlisle manager post". BBC Sport. 11 October 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Gillingham manager Jepson resigns". BBC Sport. 9 September 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Gills unveil Stimson as new boss". BBC Sport. 1 November 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Foyle and Port Vale part company". BBC Sport. 26 September 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Sinnott named new Port Vale boss". BBC Sport. 5 November 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Ward handed Carlisle manager post". BBC Sport. 11 October 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Cheltenham name Downing as boss". BBC Sport. 2 November 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Donachie axed as Millwall manager". BBC Sport. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Millwall confirm Jackett as boss". BBC Sport. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Sturrock returns as Plymouth boss". BBC Sport. 28 November 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Swindon Town takeover completed". BBC Sport. 15 January 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Blackwell sacked as Luton manager". BBC Sport. 16 January 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Harford named stand-in Luton boss". BBC Sport. 16 January 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Wise gets powerful Newcastle role". BBC Sport. 29 January 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Leeds name McAllister as new boss". BBC Sport. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Ritchie leaves Huddersfield post". BBC Sport. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Ternent named Huddersfield boss". BBC Sport. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Money resigns as Walsall manager". BBC Sport. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ "Mullen named new Walsall manager". BBC Sport. 22 May 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 "Adams takes over as Brighton boss". BBC Sport. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
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