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

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
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 West Bromwich Albion (C) (P) 46 23 12 11 88 55 +33 81 Promotion to Premier League
2 Stoke City (P) 46 21 16 9 69 55 +14 79
3 Hull City (P) 46 21 12 13 65 47 +18 75 Qualification for League Championship playoffs
4 Bristol City 46 20 14 12 54 53 +1 74
5 Crystal Palace 46 18 17 11 58 42 +16 71
6 Watford 46 18 16 12 62 56 +6 70
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 18 16 12 53 48 +5 70
8 Ipswich Town 46 18 15 13 65 56 +9 69
9 Sheffield United 46 17 15 14 56 51 +5 66
10 Plymouth Argyle 46 17 13 16 60 50 +10 64
11 Charlton Athletic 46 17 13 16 63 58 +5 64
12 Cardiff City 46 16 16 14 59 55 +4 64
13 Burnley 46 16 14 16 60 67 −7 62
14 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 16 16 60 66 −6 58
15 Preston North End 46 15 11 20 50 56 −6 56
16 Sheffield Wednesday 46 14 13 19 54 55 −1 55
17 Norwich City 46 15 10 21 49 59 −10 55
18 Barnsley 46 14 13 19 52 65 −13 55
19 Blackpool 46 12 18 16 59 64 −5 54
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 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 games played on 4 May 2008.
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Scunthorpe United's score comes first[4]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
11 August 2007Charlton AthleticH1-123,151Iriekpen
18 August 2007BurnleyH2-06,975Paterson, Goodwin
25 August 2007Bristol CityA1-212,474Paterson
1 September 2007Sheffield UnitedH3-28,801Crosby, Paterson, Sparrow
15 September 2007BarnsleyA0-211,230
18 September 2007Preston North EndH2-15,754Crosby, Hayes
22 September 2007West Bromwich AlbionH2-38,307Crosby (pen), Paterson
29 September 2007Colchester UnitedA1-05,218Hayes
2 October 2007Norwich CityA0-023,176
6 October 2007WatfordH1-37,515Forte
20 October 2007Leicester CityH0-06,006
23 October 2007Sheffield WednesdayA2-121,557Paterson (2)
27 October 2007Cardiff CityA1-111,850Goodwin
3 November 2007Crystal PalaceH0-06,778
6 November 2007Stoke CityH2-35,521Hayes, Goodwin
10 November 2007BlackpoolA0-18,051
24 November 2007Hull CityH1-28,633Forte
27 November 2007Coventry CityA1-114,036Cork
1 December 2007Plymouth ArgyleA0-310,520
3 December 2007BlackpoolH1-14,407Butler
8 December 2007Queens Park RangersH2-25,612Paterson, Forte
15 December 2007Ipswich TownA2-319,306Paterson (2)
22 December 2007Norwich CityH0-16,648
26 December 2007Preston North EndA1-012,920Paterson
29 December 2007West Bromwich AlbionA0-525,238
1 January 2008BarnsleyH2-26,897Morris, Youga
12 January 2008SouthamptonA0-118,416
19 January 2008Wolverhampton WanderersH0-27,465
26 January 2008BurnleyA0-214,516
2 February 2008Charlton AthleticH1-06,084Paterson
9 February 2008Sheffield UnitedA0-025,668
12 February 2008Bristol CityH0-15,423
15 February 2008Stoke CityA2-320,979Paterson, Hobbs
23 February 2008SouthamptonH1-16,035Crosby
1 March 2008Coventry CityH2-15,866Paterson, Cork
8 March 2008Hull CityA0-220,906
11 March 2008Plymouth ArgyleH1-04,920Morris
15 March 2008Queens Park RangersA1-314,499McCann
18 March 2008Wolverhampton WanderersA1-221,628Butler
22 March 2008Ipswich TownH1-26,636May
29 March 2008Leicester CityA0-122,165
5 April 2008Sheffield WednesdayH1-17,425Morris
12 April 2008Crystal PalaceA0-215,975
19 April 2008Cardiff CityH3-24,727Hayes (2, 1 pen), Hurst
26 April 2008WatfordA1-016,454Hayes
4 May 2008Colchester UnitedH3-35,554Forte, Hayes (2)

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R35 January 2008Preston North EndA0-14,616

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R114 August 2007Hartlepool UnitedH1-22,965Paterson

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Republic of Ireland GK Joe Murphy
2 England DF Jack Hobbs (on loan from Liverpool)
3 England DF Marcus Williams
4 England DF Andy Crosby
5 England DF Izzy Iriekpen
6 Republic of Ireland DF Cliff Byrne
7 England MF Matt Sparrow
8 Republic of Ireland DF Jim Goodwin
9 England FW Paul Hayes
10 Northern Ireland FW Martin Paterson
11 England DF Ian Baraclough
14 England FW Geoff Horsfield (on loan from Sheffield United)
15 England MF Curtis Weston (on loan from Leeds United)
16 England DF Jack Cork (on loan from Chelsea)
17 Northern Ireland MF Grant McCann
No. Position Player
18 England DF Andy Butler
19 Barbados FW Jonathan Forte
20 Cameroon MF Alexandre Morfaw
21 England DF Jake Picton
22 England GK Josh Lillis
23 England MF Kevan Hurst
24 England MF Andrew Wright
25 England FW Peter Winn
26 England FW Tomi Ameobi (on loan from Leeds United)
27 Republic of Ireland MF Ian Morris
28 Northern Ireland MF Kevin Horlock
29 England DF Joe Wilcox
30 England FW Ben May
40 England GK 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. Position Player
21 England FW Ben May (on loan from Millwall)
17 Central African Republic DF Kelly Youga (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
24 England DF Shaleum Logan (on loan from Manchester City)
14 England FW Daniel McBreen (to St Johnstone)
No. Position Player
2 New Zealand DF Dave Mulligan (to Port Vale)
14 Netherlands Antilles DF Shelton Martis (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
15 England MF Cleveland Taylor (to Carlisle United)
21 Senegal DF Mamadou Seck (on loan from Sheffield United)

Team kit

  • Manufacturer: Carlotti
  • Principal Sponsor: Rainham Steel
  • Secondary Sponsor: Smiths Fashion
2007–08 home colours
2007–08 away colours

References

  1. ↑ "PATERSON FEE TO BE REVEALED | Football Transfer News, Football News, Fixtures, Results, Match Reports, Stats". Sportinglife.com. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Leading Goalscorers 2007-2008 Scunthorpe United - Scunthorpe United FC - Iron-Bru.net". Scunthorpeunited-mad.co.uk. 4 May 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Coca-Cola Championship Table 2007-08". Sportsstats.co.uk. 4 May 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.

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