2007–08 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Crystal Palace
2007–08 season
Chairman Simon Jordan
Manager Peter Taylor (until 8 October)
Neil Warnock (from 11 October)
Championship 5th (play-offs)
FA Cup Third round
League Cup First round
Top goalscorer League:
Clinton Morrison (16)

All:
Clinton Morrison (16)
Highest home attendance 23,950 vs Burnley (4 May 2008)
Lowest home attendance 13,048 vs Preston North End (27 November 2007)
Average home league attendance 16,031

The 2007–08 season was Crystal Palace Football Club's third consecutive season in The Championship. Manager Peter Taylor was sacked on 8 October 2007[1] and replaced by former Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock on 11 October 2007.[2]

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 13 May 2008.
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionship
(including play-offs)
FA CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK England Scott Flinders 2-3001-21-1
2 DF England Matthew Lawrence 41137+21100+10
3 DF England Tony Craig 1401300010
4 DF England Clint Hill 3133030+1000
5 DF England Mark Hudson 4924721010
6 DF England Leon Cort[notes 1] 1201200000
7 MF Wales Carl Fletcher[notes 2] 29117+1111000
8 FW England James Scowcroft 40935+491000
9 FW Scotland Dougie Freedman 2024+1510011
10 FW Republic of Ireland Clinton Morrison[notes 3] 471635+1016100+10
11 MF Barbados Paul Ifill[notes 4] 1525+1020000
12 GK Argentina Julián Speroni 48-4548-450000
14 MF England Ben Watson 46743+171010
15 MF Republic of Ireland Mark Kennedy 80800000
16 MF England Neil Danns 402+200000
17 FW Austria Besian Idrizaj 703+400000
17 FW England Scott Sinclair 1021020000
18 DF England John Halls 50500000
19 MF England Tom Soares 42640+160010
20 DF England Danny Butterfield 33027+500010
21 MF England Dave Martin 1002+700010
21 MF England Kyel Reid 200+200000
22 FW Scotland Paul Dickov 906+300000
22 MF England Nathan Ashton 10100000
23 DF Portugal José Fonte 26118+611010
24 MF Northern Ireland Jeff Hughes 1004+600000
25 MF England Stuart Green 1127+320010
27 MF Cameroon Franck Songo'o 90900000
28 MF England Shaun Derry 3403400000
30 MF England John Bostock 501+301000
31 DF England Arron Fray 00000000
32 FW Finland Shefki Kuqi[notes 5] 902+600010
33 FW England Lewis Grabban 300+20000+10
34 DF England Lee Hills 1316+611000
35 DF Wales Rhoys Wiggins[notes 6] 00000000
36 MF England Lewwis Spence 00000000
37 FW England Charlie Sheringham 00000000
38 GK England David Wilkinson 00000000
39 MF England James Dayton 00000000
40 MF England Ryan Hall 200+100+1000
41 DF England Moses Swaibu 00000000
42 FW England Ben Kudjodji 100+100000
43 FW England Victor Moses[notes 7] 15310+530000
44 FW Republic of Ireland Sean Scannell[notes 8] 25211+1320+1000
48 MF England Ashley-Paul Robinson 600+600000

Statistics

Starting 11

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
MS Notes
12 GK Argentina Julián Speroni 48
2 RB England Matthew Lawrence 38 Danny Butterfield has 28 starts
5 CB England Mark Hudson 49
23 CB Portugal José Fonte 20
4 LB England Clint Hill 30
19 RM England Tom Soares 41
14 CM England Ben Watson 45
28 CM England Shaun Derry 32
44 LM Republic of Ireland Sean Scannell 12 Carl Fletcher has 18 starts
8 CF England James Scowcroft 36
10 CF Republic of Ireland Clinton Morrison 36

Club

Management

Position Staff
Manager England Peter Taylor (July–October)/England Neil Warnock (October–June)
Assistant manager England Mick Jones (October–June)
First team coach Wales Kit Symons (July–October)/England Keith Curle (October–June)
Goalkeeping coach England Tony Burns (July–November)/England Jim Stannard (November–June)
Chief scout Scotland Allan Gemmill
Fitness coach England Mark Hulse (July–November)/England Carl Serrant (November–June)
Reserve team manager Wales Kit Symons (July–October)/Scotland Dougie Freedman (October–March)/England Gary Issot (March–June)
Academy manager England David Moss
U18 team/Assistant academy manager England Gary Issott
Head physiotherapist England Paul Caton

Source:

Matches

Pre-season

Football League Championship

Football League Championship play-offs

Semi-final

Football League Cup

Round 1

FA Cup

Round 3

End of season awards

Award Winner
Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year Julián Speroni
Crystal Palace F.C. Young Player of the Year Sean Scannell
Vice Presidents' Player of the Year Shaun Derry
Vice Presidents' Young Player of the Year Sean Scannell
Scholar Player of the Year Lee Hills
Academy Player of the Year Kyle de Silva
Crystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season James Scowcroft v Wolverhampton Wanderers (12–01–08)
Special Achievement Award Clinton Morrison for scoring 100 Crystal Palace goals
Special Achievement Award Geoff Thomas for his services to the club as captain (1988–1992)

References

  1. "Crystal Palace boss Taylor sacked". BBC Sport. 8 October 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  2. "Warnock appointed new Palace boss". BBC Sport. 11 October 2007. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

Notes

  1. Cort was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Guyana internationally and would make his international debut for Guyana in October 2011.
  2. Fletcher was born in Camberley, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 2004.
  3. Morrison was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2001.
  4. Ifill was born in Brighton, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Barbados in June 2004.
  5. Kuqi was born in Vučitrn, Yugoslavia (part of Serbia in 2007, but now part of Kosovo), but was raised in Finland and made his international debut for Finland in August 1999.
  6. Wiggins was born in Hillingdon, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and has represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level.
  7. Moses was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but obtained asylum in England at the age of 11, and represented them at youth level before making his international debut for Nigeria in 2012.
  8. Scannell was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland internationally through his father, as well as Jamaica, and has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth and B level.
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