2007–08 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

This page shows the progress of Accrington Stanley F.C. in the 2007–08 football season. During the season, Accrington Stanley competed in League Two in the English league system.

Accrington Stanley
2007–08 season
ManagerJohn Coleman[1]
StadiumCrown Ground
League Two17th
FA CupFirst round
Football League CupFirst round
Johnstones Paint TrophyFirst round

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
15 Lincoln City 46 18 4 24 61 77 −16 58
16 Grimsby Town 46 15 10 21 55 66 −11 55
17 Accrington Stanley 46 16 3 27 49 83 −34 51
18 Shrewsbury Town 46 12 14 20 56 65 −9 50
19 Macclesfield Town 46 11 17 18 47 64 −17 50
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2008. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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Football League Two

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11 August 2007 1 Wycombe Wanderers 0–1 Accrington Stanley High Wycombe
Mullin   58' Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 4,408
18 August 2007 2 Accrington Stanley 0–3 Darlington Accrington
Wright   26'
Abbott   49', 90' (pen.)
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,805
25 August 2007 3 Lincoln City 2–0 Accrington Stanley Lincoln
N'Guessan   31'
Dodds   66'
Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 3,189
1 September 2007 4 Accrington Stanley 0–2 Peterborough United Accrington
McEvilly   63'
Branch   90'
Lee   55'
McLean   90'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,484
8 September 2007 5 Accrington Stanley 4–1 Grimsby Town Accrington
Procter   29' (pen.), 90'
Mullin   48', 69'
Bolland   57' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,350
15 September 2007 6 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Accrington Stanley Shrewsbury
Nicholson   3'
Hibbert   52' (pen.)
Harris   52' Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 5,789
22 September 2007 7 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Mansfield Town Accrington
Mullin   26' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,408
29 September 2007 8 Bury 2–1 Accrington Stanley Bury
Mangan   71'
Adams   84'
Mullin   48' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,784
2 October 2007 9 Bradford City 0–3 Accrington Stanley Bradford
Dsane   2', 32'
Procter   61'
Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium
Attendance: 13,346
5 October 2007 10 Accrington Stanley 0–2 Wrexham Accrington
Roberts   37', 66' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,822
14 October 2007 11 Dagenham & Redbridge 1–3 Accrington Stanley London
Cavanagh   26' (o.g.) McGivern   16'
Procter   27'
Mullin   78'
Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 1,596
19 October 2007 12 Accrington Stanley 3–2 Macclesfield Town Accrington
Dsane   51', 74'
Mullin   54'
McIntyre   71' (pen.)
Evans   73'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,792
27 October 2007 13 Barnet 2–2 Accrington Stanley London
Hatch   59'
Burton   70'
Craney   51'
DSane   83'
Stadium: Underhill
Attendance: 2,178
3 November 2007 14 Accrington Stanley 0–2 Notts County Accrington
Lindfield   23'
Dudfield   87'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,722
6 November 2007 15 Morecambe 0–1 Accrington Stanley Morecambe
Cresswell   13' (o.g.) Stadium: Christie Park
Attendance: 2,814
17 November 2007 16 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Rotherham United Accrington
Hudson   52' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,918
24 November 2007 17 Hereford United 0–0 Accrington Stanley Hereford
Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,804
5 December 2007 18 Accrington Stanley 1–2 Rochdale Accrington
Craney   23' Perkins   20'
Higginbotham   56'
Murray   75'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,621
8 December 2007 19 Milton Keynes Dons 5–0 Accrington Stanley Milton Keynes
Andrews   9'
Navarro   25'
Cameron   33'
Dyer   49', 77'
Stadium: Stadium:MK
Attendance: 6,917
15 December 2007 20 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Chesterfield Accrington
Procter   74' (pen.)
Dsane   89'
Ward   18' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,448
22 December 2007 21 Accrington Stanley 1–2 Shrewsbury Town Accrington
Mullin   39' Davies   64'
Hibbert   68'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,410
26 December 2007 22 Grimsby Town 1–2 Accrington Stanley Grimsby
Hegarty   8' Mullin   48'
Procter   58'
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,240
29 December 2007 23 Mansfield Town 1–2 Accrington Stanley Mansfield
Holmes   90'
McIntosh   90'
Mullin   75'
Procter   90' (pen.)
Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 2,494
1 January 2008 24 Accrington Stanley 0–2 Bradford City Accrington
Clarke   47'
Colbeck   90'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,898
5 January 2008 25 Accrington Stanley 3–3 Chester City Accrington
Procter   37'
Craney   63'
Dsane   74'
Holroyd   9', 78'
Wilson   68'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,311
12 January 2008 26 Stockport County 2–0 Accrington Stanley Stockport
Rose   3'
Elding   45'
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 4,714
15 January 2008 27 Peterborough United 8–2 Accrington Stanley Peterborough
Mackail-Smith   12', 89'
Boyd   27', 33', 76'
McLean   39', 78', 82'
Mullin   46'
Whalley   62'
Stadium: London Road
Attendance: 4,257
29 January 2008 28 Darlington 1–0 Accrington Stanley Darlington
Wright   1' Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 2,808
2 February 2008 29 Accrington Stanley 0–2 Wycombe Wanderers Accrington
McGleish   13'
Knight   75'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,200
9 February 2008 30 Chester City 2–3 Accrington Stanley Chester
Butler   20'
Murphy   34'
Thomas   14', 68'
Craney   90'
Stadium: Deva Stadium
Attendance: 1,957
12 February 2008 31 Accrington Stanley 0–3 Lincoln City Accrington
Stallard   6'
Wright   70'
Beevers   75'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,281
16 February 2008 32 Brentford 3–1 Accrington Stanley London
Poole   34'
Heywood   44'
Connell   63'
Craney   39' Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 4,635
23 February 2008 33 Accrington Stanley 0–2 Stockport County Accrington
Dickinson   33', 63' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,576
26 February 2008 34 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Brentford Accrington
Richardson   31' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,149
1 March 2008 35 Rotherham United 0–1 Accrington Stanley Rotherham
Craney   64' Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 3,683
8 March 2008 36 Accrington Stanley 0–2 Hereford United Accrington
Hooper   43'
Roberts   52' (o.g.)
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,262
12 March 2008 37 Accrington Stanley 3–2 Morecambe Accrington
Kempson   43'
Mangan   72'
Mullin   73'
Blinkhorn   14'
Twiss   50'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,448
16 March 2008 38 Rochdale 4–1 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
Le Fondre   45' (pen.), 65', 83'
Jones   48'
Whalley   34' Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 3,247
22 March 2008 39 Chesterfield 4–2 Accrington Stanley Chesterfield
Niven   31'
Roberts   58' (o.g.)
Lowry   59'
Ward   85'
Procter   23', 31' (pen.) Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 3,274
24 March 2008 40 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Milton Keynes Dons Accrington
Wright   83' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,559
29 March 2008 41 Macclesfield Town 2–1 Accrington Stanley Macclesfield
Brisley   15', 38' Craney   31'
Thomas   70'
Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,853
4 April 2008 42 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Dagenham & Redbridge Accrington
Edwards   47'
Richardson   90'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,262
12 April 2008 43 Notts County 1–0 Accrington Stanley Nottingham
Jarvis   37' Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 5,525
19 April 2008 44 Accrington Stanley 0–2 Barnet Accrington
Bishop   54'
Leary   82'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,288
26 April 2008 45 Wrexham 1–3 Accrington Stanley Wrexham
Roberts   90' (pen.) Pejic   7' (o.g.)
Cavanagh   28'
Whalley   72'
Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 3,657
3 May 2008 46 Accrington Stanley 0–2 Bury Accrington
Bishop   22' (pen.), 54' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,566


FA Cup

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10 November 2007 Round 1 Accrington Stanley 2–3 Huddersfield Town Accrington
Cavanagh   12'
Mullin   25'
Kamara   45', 83'
Beckett   89'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,202

League Cup

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12 August 2007 Round 1 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Leicester City Accrington
Wesolowski   4' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,029

Football League Trophy

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4 September 2007 Northern Section Round 1 Accrington Stanley 2–3 Oldham Athletic Accrington
Dsane   8'
Procter   29' (pen.)
Liddell   55'
Davies   56'
Wolfenden   73'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,465

Players

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First-team squad

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Includes all players who were awarded squad numbers during the season.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SCO Kenny Arthur
2 DF   ENG Peter Cavanagh
3 DF   ENG Leam Richardson
4 DF   ENG Robbie Williams
5 DF   NIR Mark Roberts
6 MF   ENG Andrew Procter
7 MF   ENG Shaun Whalley
8 MF   ENG Jay Harris
10 FW   ENG Paul Mullin
11 FW   ENG John Miles
12 DF   ENG Phil Edwards
15 FW   ENG Lee McEvilly
16 MF   ENG Paul Carden
17 DF   ENG Graham Branch
18 FW   ENG David Brown
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   ENG Leighton McGivern
20 DF   ENG Jay Bell
21 DF   NIR Seán Webb
22 MF   ENG Bobby Grant
23 MF   ENG Ian Craney
24 FW   ENG Andrew Smith
25 GK   ENG Ian Dunbavin
26 GK   ENG Martin Fearon
27 FW   ENG Andy Todd (on loan from Rotherham United)
28 DF   ENG Mark King
30 MF   ENG David Mannix
31 DF   ENG Aswad Thomas (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
32 FW   ENG Chris Turner
40 GK   ENG Peter Murphy

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   ENG Chris McGrail (returned to parent club Preston North End following loan spell)
9 FW   ENG Roscoe D'sane (signed for Torquay United on 25 January 2008) [4]
24 MF   IRL Billy Dennehy (returned to parent club Sunderland following loan spell)
14 MF   FRA Romuald Boco (returned to parent club Tranmere Rovers following loan spell)
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF   ENG Phil Doughty (returned to parent club Blackpool following loan spell)
33 FW   ENG Andy Mangan (returned to parent club Bury following loan spell)
14 DF   ENG Darran Kempson (returned to parent club Shrewsbury Town following loan spell)

References

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  1. ^ "Accrington Manager History".
  2. ^ "Accrington Stanley match record: 2008".
  3. ^ "FootballSquads - Accrington Stanley - 2007/08".
  4. ^ "Torquay complete triple signing". 27 January 2008.