2007–08 Scunthorpe United F.C. season

Scunthorpe United

2007–08 season

Chairman

J. Steven Wharton

Manager

23rd (relegated)

Top goalscorer

League: Paterson (13)
All: Paterson (14)

Average home league attendance

6,434

← 2006–07

2008–09 →

During the 2007–08 English football season, Scunthorpe United F.C. competed in the Football League Championship and in the second tier of English football for the first time since 1964, following promotion from League One the previous season.

Season summary

Before the start of the 2007–08 season, Billy Sharp was sold to Sheffield United for a then-club record £2,000,000. Despite his ostensible replacement, Martin Paterson,^[1] scoring 13 league goals,^[2] Scunthorpe were unable to cement their place in the second tier of English football, and were relegated in 23rd place.^[3] Paterson was then sold to Burnley at the end of the season for a £1,600,000.

Final league table

Main article: 2007–08 Football League


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.

Results

Scunthorpe United's score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2007	Charlton Athletic	H	1-1	23,151	Iriekpen
18 August 2007	Burnley	H	2-0	6,975	Paterson, Goodwin
25 August 2007	Bristol City	A	1-2	12,474	Paterson
1 September 2007	Sheffield United	H	3-2	8,801	Crosby, Paterson, Sparrow
15 September 2007	Barnsley	A	0-2	11,230
18 September 2007	Preston North End	H	2-1	5,754	Crosby, Hayes
22 September 2007	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-3	8,307	Crosby (pen), Paterson
29 September 2007	Colchester United	A	1-0	5,218	Hayes
2 October 2007	Norwich City	A	0-0	23,176
6 October 2007	Watford	H	1-3	7,515	Forte
20 October 2007	Leicester City	H	0-0	6,006
23 October 2007	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-1	21,557	Paterson (2)
27 October 2007	Cardiff City	A	1-1	11,850	Goodwin
3 November 2007	Crystal Palace	H	0-0	6,778
6 November 2007	Stoke City	H	2-3	5,521	Hayes, Goodwin
10 November 2007	Blackpool	A	0-1	8,051
24 November 2007	Hull City	H	1-2	8,633	Forte
27 November 2007	Coventry City	A	1-1	14,036	Cork
1 December 2007	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-3	10,520
3 December 2007	Blackpool	H	1-1	4,407	Butler
8 December 2007	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-2	5,612	Paterson, Forte
15 December 2007	Ipswich Town	A	2-3	19,306	Paterson (2)
22 December 2007	Norwich City	H	0-1	6,648
26 December 2007	Preston North End	A	1-0	12,920	Paterson
29 December 2007	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-5	25,238
1 January 2008	Barnsley	H	2-2	6,897	Morris, Youga
12 January 2008	Southampton	A	0-1	18,416
19 January 2008	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-2	7,465
26 January 2008	Burnley	A	0-2	14,516
2 February 2008	Charlton Athletic	H	1-0	6,084	Paterson
9 February 2008	Sheffield United	A	0-0	25,668
12 February 2008	Bristol City	H	0-1	5,423
15 February 2008	Stoke City	A	2-3	20,979	Paterson, Hobbs
23 February 2008	Southampton	H	1-1	6,035	Crosby
1 March 2008	Coventry City	H	2-1	5,866	Paterson, Cork
8 March 2008	Hull City	A	0-2	20,906
11 March 2008	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-0	4,920	Morris
15 March 2008	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-3	14,499	McCann
18 March 2008	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	21,628	Butler
22 March 2008	Ipswich Town	H	1-2	6,636	May
29 March 2008	Leicester City	A	0-1	22,165
5 April 2008	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1	7,425	Morris
12 April 2008	Crystal Palace	A	0-2	15,975
19 April 2008	Cardiff City	H	3-2	4,727	Hayes (2, 1 pen), Hurst
26 April 2008	Watford	A	1-0	16,454	Hayes
4 May 2008	Colchester United	H	3-3	5,554	Forte, Hayes (2)

FA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 2008	Preston North End	A	0-1	4,616

League Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	14 August 2007	Hartlepool United	H	1-2	2,965	Paterson

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Joe Murphy
2	DF	Jack Hobbs (on loan from Liverpool)
3	DF	Marcus Williams
4	DF	Andy Crosby
5	DF	Izzy Iriekpen
6	DF	Cliff Byrne
7	MF	Matt Sparrow
8	DF	Jim Goodwin
9	FW	Paul Hayes
10	FW	Martin Paterson
11	DF	Ian Baraclough
14	FW	Geoff Horsfield (on loan from Sheffield United)
15	MF	Curtis Weston (on loan from Leeds United)
16	DF	Jack Cork (on loan from Chelsea)
17	MF	Grant McCann

No.	Position	Player
18	DF	Andy Butler
19	FW	Jonathan Forte
20	MF	Alexandre Morfaw
21	DF	Jake Picton
22	GK	Josh Lillis
23	MF	Kevan Hurst
24	MF	Andrew Wright
25	FW	Peter Winn
26	FW	Tomi Ameobi (on loan from Leeds United)
27	MF	Ian Morris
28	MF	Kevin Horlock
29	DF	Joe Wilcox
30	FW	Ben May
40	GK	Kevin Pressman

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
21	FW	Ben May (on loan from Millwall)
17	DF	Kelly Youga (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
24	DF	Shaleum Logan (on loan from Manchester City)
14	FW	Daniel McBreen (to St Johnstone)

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Dave Mulligan (to Port Vale)
14	DF	Shelton Martis (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
15	MF	Cleveland Taylor (to Carlisle United)
21	DF	Mamadou Seck (on loan from Sheffield United)

Team kit

Manufacturer: Carlotti
Principal Sponsor: Rainham Steel
Secondary Sponsor: Smiths Fashion

2007–08 home colours

2007–08 away colours

References

↑ "PATERSON FEE TO BE REVEALED | Football Transfer News, Football News, Fixtures, Results, Match Reports, Stats". Sportinglife.com. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
↑ "Leading Goalscorers 2007-2008 Scunthorpe United - Scunthorpe United FC - Iron-Bru.net". Scunthorpeunited-mad.co.uk. 4 May 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
↑ "Coca-Cola Championship Table 2007-08". Sportsstats.co.uk. 4 May 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/scunthorpe-united/2007-2008/results

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