2007–08 Scunthorpe United F.C. season

Scunthorpe United
2007–08 season
Chairman	J. Steven Wharton
Manager	Nigel Adkins
Championship	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Southampton	46	13	15	18	56	72	−16	54
21	Coventry City	46	14	11	21	52	64	−12	53
22	Leicester City (R)	46	12	16	18	42	45	−3	52	Relegation to Football League One
23	Scunthorpe United (R)	46	11	13	22	46	69	−23	46
24	Colchester United (R)	46	7	17	22	62	86	−24	38

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

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	A	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


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

League Cup


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

Squad

[1] 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	IRL	Joe Murphy
2	DF	ENG	Jack Hobbs (on loan from Liverpool)
3	DF	ENG	Marcus Williams
4	DF	ENG	Andy Crosby
5	DF	ENG	Izzy Iriekpen
6	DF	IRL	Cliff Byrne
7	MF	ENG	Matt Sparrow
8	DF	IRL	Jim Goodwin
9	FW	ENG	Paul Hayes
10	FW	NIR	Martin Paterson
11	DF	ENG	Ian Baraclough
14	FW	ENG	Geoff Horsfield (on loan from Sheffield United)
15	MF	ENG	Curtis Weston (on loan from Leeds United)
16	DF	ENG	Jack Cork (on loan from Chelsea)
17	MF	NIR	Grant McCann


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	ENG	Andy Butler
19	FW	BRB	Jonathan Forte
20	MF	CMR	Alexandre Morfaw
21	DF	ENG	Jake Picton
22	GK	ENG	Josh Lillis
23	MF	ENG	Kevan Hurst
24	MF	ENG	Andrew Wright
25	FW	ENG	Peter Winn
26	FW	ENG	Tomi Ameobi (on loan from Leeds United)
27	MF	IRL	Ian Morris
28	MF	NIR	Kevin Horlock
29	DF	ENG	Joe Wilcox
30	FW	ENG	Ben May
40	GK	ENG	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	ENG	Ben May (on loan from Millwall)
17	DF	CTA	Kelly Youga (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
24	DF	ENG	Shaleum Logan (on loan from Manchester City)
14	FW	ENG	Daniel McBreen (to St Johnstone)


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