2007–08 Football League Championship

Football League Championship
Season	2007–08
Promoted	West Bromwich Albion (champions) Stoke City (runners up) Hull City (play-off winners)
Relegated	Leicester City Colchester United Scunthorpe United
Goals scored	1394
Average goals/game	2.53
Top goalscorer	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (23)
Biggest home win	Ipswich Town 6–0 Bristol City (2007-11-10)
Highest attendance	36,208 Sheffield Wednesday v Norwich City
Average attendance	17,067^[1]
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the sixteenth season under its current league division format and its fourth with its current sponsorship. The leagues started in August 2007 and concluded in May 2008, with the promotion play-off finals.

The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The top divisions of these is the League Championship. The winner and the runner up of the League Championship will be automatically promoted to the Premiership and they will be joined by the winner of the League Championship play-off. The bottom three teams in the Championship will be relegated to the second division, League One.

West Bromwich Albion finished top of the league with 81 points, closely followed by Stoke City who had 79 points. Hull City were promoted through the play-offs. Colchester and Scunthorpe United were both relegated several weeks before the end of the season. However, in a very tight league, with a gap of only 29 points between top and 22nd place, the final team to be relegated, Leicester City, went down on the final day while six other teams were within three points of them.

Changes from last season

From Championship

Promoted to Premier League

Relegated to League One

To Championship

Relegated from Premier League

Promoted from League One

League tables

League Championship


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

Updated to games played on 4 May 2008.
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Playoffs

The Football League Championship Playoffs took place at the end of May 2008. They involved the teams that finished third to sixth in the table. Hull (3rd) and Bristol City (4th) qualified from their semi-finals against Watford (6th) and Crystal Palace (5th) respectively over two legs. Hull City won the final with a single Dean Windass goal to win promotion to the Premier League.

Semifinals					Final

3	Hull City	2	4	6
6	Watford	0	1	1
					3	Hull City	1
					4	Bristol City	0
4	Bristol City	2	2	4
5	Crystal Palace	1	1	2

Results

Home ╲ Away	Barnsley !BAR	Blackpool !BLP	Bristol City !BRI	Burnley !BUR	Cardiff City !CAR	Charlton Athletic !CHA	Colchester United !COL	Coventry City !COV	Crystal Palace !CRY	Hull City !HUL	Ipswich Town !IPS	Leicester City !LEI	Norwich City !NOR	Plymouth Argyle !PLY	Preston North End !PNE	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	Scunthorpe United !SCU	Sheffield United !SHU	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Southampton !SOU	Stoke City !STK	Watford !WAT	West Brom !WBA	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Barnsley !Barnsley		2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–4	0–0	1–3	4–1	0–1	1–3	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	3–3	3–2	2–1	1–0
Blackpool !Blackpool	1–1		1–1	3–0	0–1	5–3	2–2	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–3	1–1	1–3	0–0
Bristol City !Bristol City	3–2	1–0		2–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0
Burnley !Burnley	2–1	2–2	0–1		3–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–3	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–3
Cardiff City !Cardiff City	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–1		0–2	4–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–3
Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–3	3–0		1–2	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–3	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–3
Colchester United !Colchester United	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–3	1–1	2–2		1–5	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	3–2	0–1
Coventry City !Coventry City	4–0	3–1	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0		0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–4	1–1
Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	2–0	0–0	2–0	5–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1		1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–2
Hull City !Hull City	3–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1		3–1	2–0	2–1	2–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	5–0	1–1	3–0	1–3	2–0
Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	0–0	2–1	6–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	4–1	1–0	1–0		3–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–0
Leicester City !Leicester City	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–0		4–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–1	4–1	1–2	0–0
Norwich City !Norwich City	1–0	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–2	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–0		2–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–1
Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle	3–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	4–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–0		2–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1
Preston North End !Preston North End	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	0–3	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–0		0–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1
Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	2–0	3–2	3–0	2–4	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	2–2		3–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	3–0	1–1	0–2	0–0
Scunthorpe United !Scunthorpe United	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	3–3	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–2		3–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–3	2–3	0–2
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0		2–2	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	3–1
Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	0–2	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–0		5–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–3
Southampton !Southampton	2–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–4	4–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	2–3	1–0	3–2	0–0		3–2	0–3	3–2	0–0
Stoke City !Stoke City	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–2	3–1	3–1	3–2	0–1	2–4	3–2		0–0	3–1	0–0
Watford !Watford	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–4	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–0		0–3	3–0
West Brom !West Brom	2–0	2–1	4–1	2–1	3–3	4–2	4–3	2–4	1–1	1–2	4–0	1–4	2–0	3–0	2–0	5–1	5–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1		0–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–3	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–3	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–4	1–2	0–1

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.

Team of the Year

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Wayne Hennessey	Wolverhampton Wanderers
DF	Bradley Orr	Bristol City
DF	Danny Shittu	Watford
DF	Paul Robinson	West Bromwich Albion
DF	Ryan Shawcross	Stoke City
MF	Brian Howard	Barnsley
MF	Marvin Elliott	Bristol City
MF	Liam Lawrence	Stoke City
MF	Jonathan Greening	West Bromwich Albion
ST	Ricardo Fuller	Stoke City
ST	Kevin Phillips	West Bromwich Albion

Stadia

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	Hillsborough Stadium	39,814
Southampton !Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,689
Coventry City !Coventry City	Ricoh Arena	32,609
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	32,609
Leicester City !Leicester City	Walkers Stadium	32,500
Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	Portman Road	30,311
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	Molineux Stadium	28,525
Stoke City !Stoke City	Britannia Stadium	28,383
West Brom !West Brom	The Hawthorns	28,003
Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	The Valley	27,111
Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	Selhurst Park	26,309
Norwich City !Norwich City	Carrow Road	26,034
Hull City !Hull City	KC Stadium	25,404
Preston North End !Preston North End	Deepdale	24,500
Barnsley !Barnsley	Oakwell	23,009
Burnley !Burnley	Turf Moor	22,546
Cardiff City !Cardiff City	Ninian Park	22,008
Bristol City !Bristol City	Ashton Gate	21,497
Watford !Watford	Vicarage Road	19,920
Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle	Home Park	19,500
Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	Loftus Road	19,128
Blackpool !Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	9,788
Scunthorpe United !Scunthorpe United	Glanford Park	9,183
Colchester United !Colchester United	Layer Road	6,320

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	Plymouth Argyle Wolverhampton Wanderers	23
2	James Beattie	Sheffield United	22
2	Kevin Phillips	West Bromwich Albion	22
4	Stern John	Southampton	19
5	Kevin Lisbie	Colchester United	17
6	Clinton Morrison	Crystal Palace	16
7	Fraizer Campbell	Hull City	15
7	Ricardo Fuller	Stoke City	15
9	Liam Lawrence	Stoke City	14

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Crystal Palace	Peter Taylor	Contract terminated	8 October 2007^[2]	Neil Warnock	11 October 2007^[3]	19th
Leicester City	Martin Allen	Mutual consent	29 August 2007^[4]	Gary Megson	13 September 2007^[5]	9th
Queens Park Rangers	John Gregory	Contract terminated	1 October 2007^[6]	Luigi De Canio	29 October 2007^[7]	24th
Norwich City	Peter Grant	Mutual consent	8 October 2007^[8]	Glenn Roeder	30 October 2007^[9]	22nd
Leicester City	Gary Megson	Mutual consent (hired by Bolton Wanderers)	24 October 2007^[10]	Ian Holloway	22 November 2007^[11]	19th
Burnley	Steve Cotterill	Mutual consent	8 November 2007^[12]	Owen Coyle	22 November 2007^[13]	15th
Preston North End	Paul Simpson	Contract terminated	13 November 2007^[14]	Alan Irvine	20 November 2007^[15]	21st
Plymouth Argyle	Ian Holloway	Resigned (hired by Leicester City)	21 November 2007^[16]	Paul Sturrock	27 November 2007^[17]	7th
Coventry City	Iain Dowie	Contract terminated	11 February 2008^[18]	Chris Coleman	19 February 2008^[19]	19th
Sheffield United	Bryan Robson	Mutual consent	14 February 2008^[20]	Kevin Blackwell	14 February 2008^[20]	16th
Queens Park Rangers	Luigi De Canio	Mutual consent	8 May 2008^[21]	Iain Dowie	14 May 2008^[22]	14th

Notes

↑ "Football League Attendance Report" (PDF). The Football League. 25 July 2012.
↑ "Crystal Palace boss Taylor sacked". BBC Sport. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "Warnock appointed new Palace boss". BBC Sport. 11 October 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "Allen ends brief Leicester reign". BBC Sport. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "Megson excited by Leicester job". BBC Sport. 13 September 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "Gregory sacked as manager of QPR". BBC Sport. 1 October 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "Former Napoli boss takes QPR role". BBC Sport. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "Grant parts company with Canaries". BBC Sport. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "Norwich name Roeder as new boss". BBC Sport. 30 October 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "Bolton target Megson leaves Foxes". BBC Sport. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "Holloway appointed Leicester boss". BBC Sport. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "Burnley manager Cotterill departs". BBC Sport. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "Coyle named new Burnley manager". BBC Sport. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "Struggling Preston sack Simpson". BBC Sport. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "Preston unveil Irvine as new boss". BBC Sport. 20 November 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "Holloway resigns as Plymouth boss". BBC Sport. 21 November 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "Sturrock returns as Plymouth boss". BBC Sport. 27 November 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "Dowie sacked as Coventry manager". BBC Sport. 11 February 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "Coleman unveiled as Coventry boss". BBC Sport. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
1 2 "Blackwell in for Robson at Blades". BBC Sport. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "De Canio parts company with QPR". BBC Sport. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
↑ "QPR bring in Dowie as new coach". BBC Sport. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.

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Prospects	Promotion to Premier League; Relegation to Football League One

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