Football League One 2007/08

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Football League One 2007/08
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master Swansea City
Climbers Swansea City
Nottingham Forest
Doncaster Rovers (as play-off winner)
Relegated AFC Bournemouth
FC Gillingham
Port Vale
Luton Town
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,335  (ø 2.42 per game)
Top scorer Jason Scotland ( Swansea City )
← Football League One 2006/07
↑ Football League Championship 2007/08

The Football League One 2007/08 was the fourth season of the English Football League One, at the same time the 16th season of the second highest division of the Football League after the introduction of the Premier League and 81st third division season overall. Third division champions were Swansea City and next rose the second-placed Nottingham Forest and after play-off successes against Southend United and Leeds United, the third-placed Doncaster Rovers in the Football League Championship .

For the three promoted teams in the following third division season 2008/09, the three second division teams Leicester City , Scunthorpe United and Colchester United, ranked in the table below, took their places. AFC Bournemouth , FC Gillingham , Port Vale and Luton Town had to relegate from Football League One . Instead of these four clubs, the fourth division champions Milton Keynes Dons , behind them Peterborough United and Hereford United and the play-off winners Stockport County took the free positions in the following season 2008/09 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea City  46  27  11  8th 082:420 +40 92
 2. Nottingham Forest  46  22nd  16  8th 064:320 +32 82
 3. Doncaster Rovers  46  23  11  12 065:410 +24 80
 4th Carlisle United  46  23  11  12 064:460 +18 80
 5. Leeds United (A)  46  27  10  9 073:350 +38 76
 6th Southend United (A)  46  22nd  10  14th 070:550 +15 76
 7th Brighton & Hove Albion  46  19th  12  15th 058:500  +8 69
 8th. Oldham Athletic  46  18th  13  15th 058:460 +12 67
 9. Northampton Town  46  17th  15th  14th 060:550  +5 66
10. Huddersfield Town  46  20th  6th  20th 050:620 −12 66
11. Tranmere Rovers  46  18th  11  17th 052:470  +5 65
12. FC Walsall (N)  46  16  16  14th 052:460  +6 64
13. Swindon Town (N)  46  16  13  17th 063:560  +7 61
14th Leyton Orient  46  16  12  18th 049:630 −14 60
15th Hartlepool United (N)  46  15th  9  22nd 063:660  −3 54
16. Bristol Rovers (N)  46  12  17th  17th 045:530  −8 53
17th Millwall FC  46  14th  10  22nd 045:600 −15 52
18th Yeovil Town  46  14th  10  22nd 038:590 −21 52
19th Cheltenham Town  46  13  12  21st 042:640 −22 51
20th Crewe Alexandra  46  12  14th  20th 047:650 −18 50
21st Bournemouth AFC  46  17th  7th  22nd 062:720 −10 48
22nd Gillingham FC  46  11  13  22nd 044:730 −29 46
23. Port Vale  46  9  11  26th 047:810 −34 38
24. Luton Town (A)  46  11  10  25th 043:630 −20 33

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

  • Promoted to the Football League Championship 2008/09
  • Participation in the play-off games for promotion
  • Relegation to Football League Two in 2008/09
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Championship 2006/07
    (N) Newcomer from Football League Two 2006/07

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    BOU BRA BRR CRL CHT CRE DON GIL HPL HUD LEE LEY LUT Mil NTO NOF OLD PVA SOE SWC SWI TRA WHALE YEO
    Bournemouth AFC 0: 2 2: 1 1: 3 2: 2 1-0 0: 2 1-0 2-0 0: 1 1: 3 3: 1 4: 3 2-0 1: 1 2-0 0: 3 0: 1 1: 4 1: 4 2: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2-0
    Brighton & Hove Albion 3: 2 0-0 2: 2 2: 1 3-0 1-0 4: 2 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 3: 1 3-0 2: 1 0: 2 1-0 2: 3 3: 2 0: 1 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 2
    Bristol Rovers 0: 2 0: 2 3-0 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 2: 3 0: 3 2: 3 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2 1-0 3: 2 1: 1 0: 2 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1
    Carlisle United 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 4: 2 2: 1 3: 1 1-0 2: 1 4-0 2-0 0: 2 1-0 3: 2 1: 2 0-0 3-0 0: 1 2: 1 2: 1
    Cheltenham Town 1-0 2: 1 1-0 1-0 2: 2 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 0: 2 1-0 1-0 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 0: 3 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1
    Crewe Alexandra 1: 4 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 3: 1 0: 4 2: 3 3: 1 2-0 0: 1 0: 2 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1: 4 0: 2 1: 3 2: 2 1: 1 4: 3 0-0 2-0
    Doncaster Rovers 1: 2 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 2-0 2: 1 2-0 2-0 0: 1 4: 2 2-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 3: 1 0: 4 2-0 0-0 2: 3 1: 2
    Gillingham FC 2: 1 1-0 3: 2 0-0 0-0 0: 3 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 3-0 0-0 1: 2 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 0: 2 2: 1 0-0
    Hartlepool United 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 2: 2 0: 2 3-0 2: 1 4-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 4-0 0: 1 0: 1 0: 1 4: 1 3: 2 4: 3 1: 3 1: 1 3: 1 0: 1 2-0
    Huddersfield Town 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 0: 2 2: 3 1: 1 2: 2 1: 3 2-0 1-0 0: 1 2-0 1-0 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0
    Leeds United 2-0 0-0 1-0 3: 2 1: 2 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 2-0 4-0 1: 1 1-0 4: 2 3-0 1: 1 1: 3 3-0 4: 1 2-0 2: 1 0: 2 2-0 1-0
    Leyton Orient 1-0 2: 2 3: 1 0: 3 2-0 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 2: 4 0: 1 0: 2 2: 1 0: 1 2: 2 0: 1 1-0 3: 1 2: 2 0: 5 2: 1 3-0 1-0 0-0
    Luton Town 1: 4 1: 2 1: 2 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 4: 1 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 1-0 1: 3 0: 1 1-0 0: 1 1-0
    Millwall FC 2: 1 3-0 0: 1 3-0 1-0 2-0 0: 3 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 0: 2 0: 1 0-0 2-0 2: 2 2: 3 3-0 2: 1 2: 2 1: 2 0: 1 1: 2 2: 1
    Northampton Town 4: 1 1-0 0: 1 2: 2 2: 1 0-0 2-0 4-0 1: 1 3-0 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 2: 1 0: 1 4: 2 1: 1 2: 1 0: 2 1: 2
    Nottingham Forest 0-0 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 3: 1 2-0 0-0 4-0 2: 1 2: 1 1: 2 4-0 1-0 2-0 2: 2 0-0 2-0 4: 1 0-0 1-0 2-0 1: 1 3: 2
    Oldham Athletic 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 2-0 2: 1 3: 2 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1 4: 1 0: 1 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 2: 2 3: 1 0: 2 3-0
    Port Vale 1: 3 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3-0 0: 1 1: 3 2: 1 0: 2 0-0 3: 3 2: 1 1: 2 3: 1 2: 2 0: 2 0: 3 1: 2 0: 2 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 2: 2
    Southend United 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 2: 2 3-0 3: 2 3-0 2: 1 4: 1 1-0 1: 2 2-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1-0 1: 1
    Swansea City 1: 2 0-0 2: 2 2: 1 4: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 3: 2 4: 1 1-0 1: 2 3-0 0-0 2: 1 2-0 3-0 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 2
    Swindon Town 4: 1 0: 3 1-0 2: 2 3-0 1: 1 1: 2 5-0 2: 1 3: 2 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 3-0 6-0 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 0: 3 0: 1
    Tranmere Rovers 3: 1 2-0 0: 2 2-0 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 2-0 3: 1 3-0 1: 2 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 2: 2 0: 2 0: 1 2-0 1-0 0: 1 2: 1 0-0 2: 1
    Walsall FC 1: 3 1: 2 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 2 4-0 1: 1 0-0 0-0 3-0 0: 2 1-0 0: 3 0-0 0: 2 1: 3 2: 2 2: 1 2-0
    Yeovil Town 2: 1 2: 1 0-0 2: 1 2: 1 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 3: 1 0: 2 0: 1 0: 1 0-0 0: 1 1-0 0: 3 0-0 1-0 0: 3 1: 2 0: 1 1: 1 0: 2

    Play-off games for participation in the Football League Championship

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Final at Wembley Stadium
                         
    3  Doncaster Rovers 0 5 5    
    6th  Southend United 0 1 1  
    3  Doncaster Rovers 1
      5  Leeds United 0
    4th  Carlisle United 2 0 2
    5  Leeds United 1 2 3  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Jason Scotland Swansea City 23
    2 JamaicaJamaica Jermaine Beckford Leeds United 20th
    3 EnglandEngland Nicky Forster Brighton & Hove Albion 15th
    = EnglandEngland Danny Graham Carlisle United =
    = EnglandEngland Nicky Maynard Crewe Alexandra =

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    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ Top Scorers League One 2007-08 (ESPN)
    3. ↑ Leeds United was deducted 15 points for violating rules while entering bankruptcy proceedings.
    4. ↑ AFC Bournemouth was deducted ten points after filing for bankruptcy.
    5. ↑ Luton Town was deducted ten points after going into bankruptcy.