Season | 2007–08 |
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Promoted | Swansea City (champions) Nottingham Forest (runners up) Doncaster Rovers (play-off winners) |
Relegated | Bournemouth Gillingham Port Vale Luton Town |
Goals scored | 1,334 |
Average goals/game | 2.42 |
Top goalscorer | Jason Scotland (24) |
Biggest home win | Swindon Town 6-0 Port Vale (2008-04-19) |
Biggest away win | Leyton Orient 0-5 Swansea City (2007-10-06) |
← 2006–07 2008–09 → |
The Football League 2007–08 (entitled Coca-Cola Football League 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 playoff. 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
editFrom League One
editPromoted to Championship
Relegated to League Two
To League One
editRelegated from Championship
Promoted from League Two
Season review
editLeague Tables
editLeague One
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Swansea City (C, P) | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 82 | 42 | +40 | 92 | Promotion to League Championship |
2 | Nottingham Forest (P) | 46 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 82 | |
3 | Doncaster Rovers (P) | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 80 | Qualification for Football League One playoffs |
4 | Carlisle United | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 80 | |
5 | Leeds United | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 76[a] | |
6 | Southend United | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 70 | 55 | +15 | 76 | |
7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 69 | |
8 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 67 | |
9 | Northampton Town | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 66 | |
10 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 66 | |
11 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 65 | |
12 | Walsall | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 64 | |
13 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 63 | 56 | +7 | 61 | |
14 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 60 | |
15 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 62 | 65 | −3 | 54 | |
16 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 53 | |
17 | Millwall | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 52 | |
18 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 52 | |
19 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 51 | |
20 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 50 | |
21 | Bournemouth (R) | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 62 | 72 | −10 | 48[b] | Relegation to League Two |
22 | Gillingham (R) | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 44 | 73 | −29 | 46 | |
23 | Port Vale (R) | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 47 | 81 | −34 | 38 | |
24 | Luton Town (R) | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 43 | 63 | −20 | 33[b] |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Playoffs
editThe Football League One Playoffs took place at the end of May 2008. They involved the teams that finished third to sixth in the table. Doncaster Rovers (3rd) and Leeds United (5th) qualified from their semi-finals against Southend United (6th) and Carlisle United (4th) respectively over two legs. Doncaster won the final with a single James Hayter goal to win promotion to the Football League Championship.
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
3 | Doncaster Rovers | 0 | |||||||
6 | Southend United | 0 | |||||||
3 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 | |||||||
5 | Leeds United | 0 | |||||||
4 | Carlisle United | 2 | |||||||
5 | Leeds United | 1 |
Results
editStadia
editTeam | Stadium | Capacity |
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Leeds United | Elland Road | 40,242 |
Nottingham Forest | City Ground | 30,602 |
Huddersfield Town | Galpharm Stadium | 24,500 |
Port Vale | Vale Park | 22,356 |
Swansea City | Liberty Stadium | 20,532 |
Millwall | The New Den | 20,146 |
Carlisle United | Brunton Park Stadium | 16,981 |
Tranmere Rovers | Prenton Park | 16,567 |
Swindon Town | The County Ground | 15,728 |
Doncaster Rovers | Keepmoat Stadium | 15,231 |
Southend United | Roots Hall | 12,306 |
Bristol Rovers | Memorial Stadium | 11,916 |
Gillingham | KRBS Priestfield Stadium | 11,582 |
Walsall | Bescot Stadium | 11,300 |
Bournemouth | Fitness First Stadium | 10,700 |
Oldham Athletic | Boundary Park | 10,638 |
Luton Town | Kenilworth Road | 10,260 |
Crewe Alexandra | Alexandra Stadium | 10,046 |
Yeovil Town | Huish Park | 9,978 |
Leyton Orient | Matchroom Stadium, Brisbane Road | 9,271 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | Withdean Stadium | 8,850 |
Hartlepool United | Victoria Park | 7,691 |
Northampton Town | Sixfields Stadium | 7,653 |
Cheltenham Town | Whaddon Road | 7,408 |
Top scorers
editPos | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Jason Scotland | Swansea City | 24 |
2 | Jermaine Beckford | Leeds United | 20 |
3 | Nicky Forster | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 |
3 | Nicky Maynard | Crewe Alexandra | 15 |
5 | Danny Graham | Carlisle United | 14 |
Richard Lambert | Bristol Rovers | 14 | |
Steven Gillespie | Cheltenham Town | 14 | |
Adam Boyd | Leyton Orient | 14 | |
Joe Garner | Carlisle United | 14 | |
Simon Cox | Swindon Town | 14 |
Managerial changes
editNotes
edit- ^ "Carlisle dismiss manager McDonald". BBC Sport. 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
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(help) - ^ "Gillingham manager Jepson resigns". BBC Sport. 9 September 2007.
- ^ "John Ward leaves Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. 2007-10-03. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
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(help) - ^ "Cheltenham name Downing as boss". BBC Sport. 2007-11-02. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
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(help) - ^ "Donachie axed as Millwall manager". BBC Sport. 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
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(help) - ^ "Millwall confirm Jackett as boss". BBC Sport. 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
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(help) - ^ "Swindon needs a new manager". BBC Sport. 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
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(help) - ^ "Malpas set to become Swindon boss". BBC Sport. 2008-01-07. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
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(help) - ^ "Wise gets powerful Newcastle role". BBC Sport. 2008-01-28. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
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(help) - ^ "Leeds name McAllister as new boss". BBC Sport. 2008-01-29. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
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(help) - ^ "Ritchie leaves Huddersfield post". BBC Sport. 2008-04-01. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
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(help) - ^ "Ternent named Huddersfield boss". BBC Sport. 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
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(help) - ^ "Money resigns as Walsall manager". BBC Sport. 2008-04-22. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
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(help) - ^ "Mullen named new Walsall manager". BBC Sport. 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
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(help) - ^ a b "Adams takes over as Brighton boss". BBC Sport. 2008-05-08. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
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External links
edit[[Category:The Football League]] [[Category:Football (soccer) clubs 2007-08 season]]