2007–08 Premier Academy League

The 2007–08 Premier Academy League season is the tenth since its establishment, and the fourth under the current name and make-up. Aston Villa were crowned the 2007–08 Premier Academy League Champions after beating Manchester City 2–0 in the play-off Final, with goals from James Collins and Chris Herd.

Premier Academy League
Season2007–08
ChampionsAston Villa (1st title)
RelegatedMillwall
Goals scored1,866
Average goals/game3.23
Biggest home winArsenal 6-0 Cardiff City, Newcastle United 6-0 Barnsley, Tottenham Hotspur 6-0 Southampton
Biggest away winWatford 0-7 Manchester City
Highest scoringLeicester City 3-5 Tottenham Hotspur, Watford 1-7 Arsenal
Longest winning run10, Tottenham Hotspur
Longest unbeaten run15, Sunderland
Longest losing run7, Barnsley

Structure

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Group A

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Norwich City, Southampton and West Ham United play 20 group fixtures each, twice against all of the other teams in Group A. They also play 8 inter-group fixtures, against teams from Group B, C and D. The remaining 8 teams in the group, play 21 group fixtures - which means a single fixture in the group will be the third meeting between the teams in the season - and 7 inter-group games. Thus producing 28 games a season for all 11 teams.

Groups B, C and D

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All teams play each other in the group twice, producing 18 games. They also play 10 inter-group fixtures.

Final league tables

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Academy Group A

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Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Arsenal U18s (C)
28
17
5
6
74
31
+43
56
2
West Ham United U18s
28
16
3
9
63
38
+25
51
3
Fulham U18s
28
14
7
7
39
28
+11
49
4
Portsmouth U18s
28
15
4
9
44
44
0
49
5
Crystal Palace U18s
28
14
5
9
59
41
+18
47
6
Southampton U18s
28
13
4
11
43
52
-9
43
7
Chelsea U18s
28
11
6
11
58
52
+6
39
8
Charlton Athletic U18s
28
9
8
11
47
51
-4
35
9
Ipswich Town U18s
28
9
5
14
39
53
-14
32
10
Norwich City U18s
28
6
9
13
45
56
-11
27
11
Millwall U18s (R)
28
4
6
18
30
64
-34
18

Academy Group B

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Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Aston Villa U18s (C)
28
22
2
4
84
33
+51
68
2
Tottenham Hotspur U18s
28
18
5
5
69
35
+34
59
3
Leicester City U18s
28
18
4
6
70
41
+29
58
4
Reading U18s
28
13
5
10
40
42
-2
44
5
Bristol City U18s
28
11
5
12
50
51
-1
38
6
Milton Keynes Dons U18s
28
9
2
17
33
54
-21
29
7
Watford U18s
28
7
6
15
30
54
-24
27
8
Birmingham City U18s
28
5
8
14
31
54
-23
23
9
Coventry City U18s
28
4
6
18
31
58
-27
18
10
Cardiff City U18s
28
3
7
18
30
68
-38
16

Academy Group C

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Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Manchester City U18s (C)
28
21
4
3
75
22
+53
67
2
Everton U18s
28
17
7
4
56
24
+32
58
3
Manchester United U18s
28
14
6
8
47
44
+3
48
4
Crewe Alexandra U18s
28
14
6
8
50
51
-1
48
5
Liverpool U18s
28
11
10
7
49
34
+15
43
6
Blackburn Rovers U18s
28
10
5
13
36
40
-2
35
7
West Bromwich Albion U18s
28
8
7
13
44
66
-22
31
8
Wolverhampton Wanderers U18s
28
7
8
13
29
37
-8
29
9
Bolton Wanderers U18s
28
6
9
13
42
47
-5
27
10
Stoke City U18s
28
6
7
15
28
42
-14
25

Academy Group D

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Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Sunderland U18s (C)
28
20
3
5
68
31
+37
63
2
Nottingham Forest U18s
28
16
5
7
58
42
+16
53
3
Leeds United U18s
28
13
6
9
53
38
+15
45
4
Middlesbrough U18s
28
11
9
8
39
37
+2
42
5
Sheffield United U18s
28
10
6
12
33
34
-1
36
6
Huddersfield Town U18s
28
9
7
12
30
42
-12
34
7
Derby County U18s
28
10
2
16
26
53
-27
32
8
Newcastle United U18s
28
7
6
15
41
49
-8
27
9
Sheffield Wednesday U18s
28
5
7
16
24
53
-29
22
10
Barnsley U18s
28
3
4
21
20
73
-53
13

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions; R = Relegated

Play-offs

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Semi-finals

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Aston Villa1–0Arsenal
Nathan Delfouneso   47' (Report)
Referee: K. Hayward


Final

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Aston Villa2–0Manchester City
James Collins   23'
Chris Herd   34'
(Report)
Referee: G. Muge

See also

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