Football League Championship 2007/08

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Football League Championship 2007/08
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master West Bromwich Albion
Climbers West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City , Hull City (as play-off winners)
Relegated Leicester City , Scunthorpe United , Colchester United
Teams 24
Games 552 + 5 play-off games
Gates 1,394  (ø 2.53 per game)
Top scorer Sylvan Ebanks-Blake , ( Plymouth Argyle / Wolverhampton Wanderers )
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The Football League Championship 2007/08 was the fourth season of the English Football League Championship and also the 16th season of the top division of the Football League - after the introduction of the Premier League - as only the second highest English league. It started on August 11, 2007 and ended on May 24, 2008.

The championship won the West Bromwich Albion , which secured participation in the 2008/09 Premier League season . Behind runner-up and co-promoted Stoke City , third-placed Hull City secured promotion to the Premier League after successful play-off victories against Watford FC and Bristol City . In the Football League One had to dismount Leicester City , Scunthorpe United and Colchester United .

societies

society city Stadion capacity
Barnsley FC Barnsley Oakwell Stadium 23.009
Blackpool FC Blackpool Bloomfield Road 09,788
Bristol City Bristol Ashton Gate 21,497
Burnley FC Burnley Turf Moor 22,546
Cardiff City Cardiff Ninian Park 22.008
Charlton Athletic London The Valley 27.111
Colchester United Colchester Layer Road 06.320
Coventry City Coventry Ricoh Arena 32,609
Crystal Palace London Selhurst Park 26,309
Hull City Kingston upon Hull KC Stadium 25,404
Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,311
Leicester City Leicester Walkers Stadium 32,500
society city Stadion capacity
Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 26,034
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Home Park 19,500
Preston North End Preston Deepdale 24,500
Queens Park Rangers London Loftus Road 19,128
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe Glanford Park 09,183
Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,609
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Hillsborough Stadium 39,814
Southampton FC Southampton St. Mary's Stadium 32,689
Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent Britannia Stadium 28,383
Watford FC Watford Vicarage Road 19,920
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns 28.003
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Molineux Stadium 28,525

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. West Bromwich Albion  46  23  12  11 088:550 +33 81
 2. Stoke City  46  21st  16  9 069:550 +14 79
 3. Hull City  46  21st  12  13 065:470 +18 75
 4th Bristol City (N)  46  20th  14th  12 054:530  +1 74
 5. Crystal Palace  46  18th  17th  11 058:420 +16 71
 6th Watford FC (A)  46  18th  16  12 062:560  +6 70
 7th Wolverhampton Wanderers  46  18th  16  12 053:480  +5 70
 8th. Ipswich Town  46  18th  15th  13 065:560  +9 69
 9. Sheffield United (A)  46  17th  15th  14th 056:510  +5 66
10. Plymouth Argyle  46  17th  13  16 060:500 +10 64
11. Charlton Athletic (A)  46  17th  13  16 063:580  +5 64
12. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City  46  16  16  14th 059:550  +4 64
13. Burnley FC  46  16  14th  16 060:670  −7 62
14th Queens Park Rangers  46  14th  16  16 060:660  −6 58
15th Preston North End  46  15th  11  20th 050:560  −6 56
16. Sheffield Wednesday  46  14th  13  19th 054:550  −1 55
17th Norwich City  46  15th  10  21st 049:590 −10 55
18th Barnsley FC  46  14th  13  19th 052:650 −13 55
19th Blackpool FC (N)  46  12  18th  16 059:640  −5 54
20th Southampton FC  46  13  15th  18th 056:720 −16 54
21st Coventry City  46  14th  11  21st 052:640 −12 53
22nd Leicester City  46  12  16  18th 042:450  −3 52
23. Scunthorpe United (N)  46  11  13  22nd 046:690 −23 46
24. Colchester United  46  7th  17th  22nd 062:860 −24 38

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Second division champions and promoted to the Premier League in 2008/09
  • Promoted to the Premier League in 2008/09
  • Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Premier League in 2008/09
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Premier League
  • Relegation to Football League One in 2008/09
    • (A) Relegated from the Premier League 2006/07
    (N) Newcomer from Football League One 2006/07

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    2007/08 BAR BPL BRC BLY CDC CHA COL COV CRY HUL IPS LEI NWC PLY PNE QPR SCU SHU SHW SOT STK WAT WBA WOL
    Barnsley FC 2: 1 3-0 1: 1 1: 1 3-0 1-0 1: 4 0-0 1: 3 4: 1 0: 1 1: 3 3: 2 1-0 0-0 2-0 0: 1 0-0 2: 2 3: 3 3: 2 2: 1 1-0
    Blackpool FC 1: 1 1: 1 3-0 0: 1 5: 3 2: 2 4-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 3 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 2: 2 2: 1 2: 2 2: 3 1: 1 1: 3 0-0
    Bristol City 3: 2 1-0 2: 2 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 0: 2 2: 1 1: 2 3-0 2: 2 2: 1 2-0 2: 1 2: 1 1-0 0-0 1: 1 0-0
    Burnley FC 2: 1 2: 2 0: 1 3: 3 1-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 2: 3 0: 2 2-0 1: 2 1: 1 2: 3 0-0 2: 2 2: 1 1: 3
    Cardiff City 3-0 3: 1 2: 1 2: 1 0: 2 4: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 1-0 0: 1 1: 2 1-0 2: 2 3: 1 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 0: 1 1: 2 0-0 2: 3
    Charlton Athletic 1: 1 4: 1 1: 1 1: 3 3-0 1: 2 4: 1 2-0 1: 1 3: 1 2-0 2-0 1: 2 1: 2 0: 1 1: 1 0: 3 3: 2 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 1: 1 2: 3
    Colchester United 2: 2 0: 2 1: 2 2: 3 1: 1 2: 2 1: 5 1: 2 1: 3 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 4: 2 0: 1 2: 2 1: 2 1: 1 0: 1 2: 3 3: 2 0: 1
    Coventry City 4-0 3: 1 0: 3 1: 2 0-0 1: 1 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 1-0 3: 1 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 0: 3 0: 4 1: 1
    Crystal Palace 2-0 0-0 2-0 5-0 0-0 0: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 3: 2 2: 1 1: 1 1: 3 0: 2 1: 1 0: 2
    Hull City 3-0 2: 2 0-0 2-0 2: 2 1: 2 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 3: 1 2-0 2: 1 2: 3 3-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 1-0 5-0 1: 1 3-0 1: 3 2-0
    Ipswich Town 0-0 2: 1 6-0 0-0 1: 1 2-0 3: 1 4: 1 1-0 1-0 3: 1 2: 1 0-0 2: 1 0-0 3: 2 1: 1 4: 1 2-0 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 3-0
    Leicester City 2-0 0: 1 0-0 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 1-0 0: 2 2-0 4-0 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 1: 3 1: 2 1: 1 4: 1 1: 2 0-0
    Norwich City 1-0 1: 2 1: 3 2-0 1: 2 1: 1 5: 1 2-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 0-0 2: 1 1-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 0: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1: 3 1: 2 1: 1
    Plymouth Argyle 3-0 3-0 1: 1 3: 1 2: 2 1: 2 4: 1 1-0 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 3-0 2: 2 2: 1 3-0 0: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1
    Preston North End 1: 2 0: 1 0-0 2: 1 1: 2 0: 2 0: 3 1-0 0: 1 3-0 2: 2 1: 1 0-0 2-0 0-0 0: 1 3: 1 1-0 5: 1 2-0 1-0 2: 1 2: 1
    Queens Park Rangers 2-0 3: 2 3-0 2: 4 0: 2 1-0 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 2-0 1: 1 3: 1 1-0 0: 2 2: 2 3: 1 1: 1 0-0 0: 3 3-0 1: 1 0: 2 0-0
    Scunthorpe United 2: 2 1: 1 0: 1 2-0 3: 2 1-0 3: 3 2: 1 0-0 1: 2 1: 2 0-0 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 2 3: 2 1: 1 1: 1 2: 3 1: 3 2: 3 0: 2
    Sheffield United 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 0-0 3: 3 0: 2 2: 2 2: 1 0: 1 2-0 3: 1 3-0 2-0 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 0-0 2: 2 1: 2 0: 3 1: 1 1-0 3: 1
    Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 2: 1 0: 1 0: 2 1-0 0-0 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2 1-0 1: 2 0: 2 4: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 2 2-0 5-0 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1: 3
    Southampton FC 2: 3 1-0 2-0 0: 1 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 4 4-0 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 0: 2 0: 1 2: 3 1-0 3: 2 0-0 3: 2 0: 3 3: 2 0-0
    Stoke City 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 3 1: 2 1: 1 1-0 0-0 2: 1 3: 2 3: 1 3: 1 3: 2 0: 1 2: 4 3: 2 0-0 3: 1 0-0
    Watford FC 1: 3 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2 2: 2 1: 1 2: 2 2: 1 0: 2 1-0 2-0 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 2: 4 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 3: 2 0-0 0: 3 3-0
    West Bromwich Albion 2-0 2: 1 4: 1 2: 1 3: 3 4: 2 4: 3 2: 4 1: 1 1: 2 4-0 1: 4 2-0 3-0 2-0 5: 1 5-0 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0-0
    Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 2: 3 3-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0: 3 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 1-0 1-0 3: 3 2: 1 0-0 2: 1 2: 2 2: 4 1: 2 0: 1

    Play-off games

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Final at Wembley Stadium
                         
    3  Hull City 2 4th 6th    
    6th  Watford FC 2 2 4th  
    3  Hull City 1
      4th  Bristol City 0
    4th  Bristol City 1 1 2
    5  Crystal Palace 0 0 0  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Plymouth Argyle / Wolverhampton Wanderers 23
    2 EnglandEngland James Beattie Sheffield United 22nd
    = EnglandEngland Kevin Phillips West Bromwich Albion =
    4th Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Star john Southampton FC 19th
    5 EnglandEngland Kevin Lisbie Colchester United 17th
    6th IrelandIreland Clinton Morrison Crystal Palace 16
    7th EnglandEngland Fraizer Campbell Hull City 15th
    = JamaicaJamaica Ricardo Fuller Stoke City =
    9 IrelandIreland Liam Lawrence Stoke City 14th

    Awards during the season

    month Trainer of the month Player of the month
    August 2007 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Iain Dowie (Coventry City) WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Freddy Eastwood (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
    September 2007 EnglandEngland Tony Mowbray (West Bromwich Albion) EnglandEngland Darius Henderson (Watford FC)
    October 2007 EnglandEngland Aidy Boothroyd (Watford FC) EnglandEngland Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City)
    November 2007 EnglandEngland Brian Laws (Sheffield Wednesday) ScotlandScotland Chris Iwelumo (Charlton Athletic)
    December 2007 EnglandEngland Neil Warnock (Crystal Palace) EnglandEngland Kevin Phillips (West Bromwich Albion)
    January 2008 EnglandEngland Dave Jones (Cardiff City) WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Joe Ledley (Cardiff City)
    February 2008 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Tony Pulis (Stoke City) ScotlandScotland Paul Dickov (Blackpool FC)
    March 2008 EnglandEngland Phil Brown (Hull City) EnglandEngland Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
    April 2008 EnglandEngland Tony Mowbray (West Bromwich Albion)

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ 2007/08 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 15, 2018 .