2007–08 Southampton F.C. season

Southampton
2007–08 season
Chairman Ken Dulieu (until 17 December)
Leon Crouch (from 20 December)
Manager George Burley (until 23 January)
John Gorman (24 January – 19 February)
Nigel Pearson (from 19 February)
Stadium St Mary's Stadium
Championship 20th
FA Cup Fifth round
League Cup First round
Top goalscorer John (19)
Average home league attendance 21,081
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

During the 2007–08 English football season, Southampton F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

In the 2007–08 season, the Saints initially had an unremarkable campaign, with the club in mid-table for the first half of the campaign. Once again though, Southampton experienced a major loss of form in the spring, not helped by managerial instability caused by the resignation of George Burley followed by caretaker spells by John Gorman and then Nigel Pearson, and were left in serious danger of relegation to League One on the last day of the season. However, a win combined with some other favourable results ensured their survival for another season in the Championship.[1]

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

Southampton's score comes first[2]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
11 August 2007Crystal PalaceH1-425,054Saganowski
18 August 2007Norwich CityA1-224,004Jones
25 August 2007Stoke CityH3-220,300Surman, Rasiak, Viáfara
1 September 2007Queens Park RangersA3-015,560Rasiak (2), Wright-Phillips
16 September 2007WatfordA2-315,915Rasiak, Dyer
19 September 2007Colchester UnitedH1-118,773Wright-Phillips
22 September 2007BarnsleyH2-318,677Saganowski, Idiakez
29 September 2007Sheffield UnitedA2-124,561Rasiak, Viáfara
2 October 2007Preston North EndA1-510,279Jones (own goal)
6 October 2007West Bromwich AlbionH3-218,002John (2), Skácel
21 October 2007Cardiff CityH1-020,796John
24 October 2007Bristol CityA1-218,326McAllister (own goal)
27 October 2007BurnleyA3-210,944Wright-Phillips, Euell, John
3 November 2007Charlton AthleticH0-123,363
6 November 2007Wolverhampton WanderersH0-019,856
10 November 2007Sheffield WednesdayA0-519,442
24 November 2007BlackpoolH1-021,075John
27 November 2007Ipswich TownA0-219,791
1 December 2007Leicester CityA2-120,070John, Surman (pen)
4 December 2007Sheffield WednesdayH0-017,981
8 December 2007Hull CityH4-018,125Wright-Phillips, John (3)
15 December 2007Coventry CityA1-119,143Wright-Phillips
22 December 2007Preston North EndH0-123,267
26 December 2007Colchester UnitedA1-16,157Viáfara
29 December 2007BarnsleyA2-210,425Wright-Phillips (2)
1 January 2008WatfordH0-323,008
12 January 2008Scunthorpe UnitedH1-018,416Rasiak
19 January 2008Plymouth ArgyleA1-114,676Wright-Phillips
29 January 2008Norwich CityH0-118,004
2 February 2008Crystal PalaceA1-117,967John
9 February 2008Queens Park RangersH2-322,205Powell, John
12 February 2008Stoke CityA2-319,481John (2)
19 February 2008Plymouth ArgyleH0-217,806
23 February 2008Scunthorpe UnitedA1-16,035Vignal
1 March 2008Ipswich TownH1-123,299John
4 March 2008Wolverhampton WanderersA2-221,795Vignal (pen), Euell
8 March 2008BlackpoolA2-29,050Vignal, John
11 March 2008Leicester CityH1-017,741John
15 March 2008Hull CityA0-516,829
22 March 2008Coventry CityH0-022,014
29 March 2008Cardiff CityA0-112,955
5 April 2008Bristol CityH2-022,890John, Euell
12 April 2008Charlton AthleticA1-126,206McCarthy (own goal)
19 April 2008BurnleyH0-121,762
28 April 2008West Bromwich AlbionA1-126,167Lallana
4 May 2008Sheffield UnitedH3-231,957Saganowski, John (2)

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R35 January 2008Leicester CityH2-020,094Surman, Vignal
R426 January 2008BuryH2-025,449Surman, Rasiak
R516 February 2008Bristol RoversA0-111,920

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R113 August 2007Peterborough UnitedA1-24,087Rasiak

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 England GK Richard Wright (on loan from West Ham United)
2 Sweden DF Alexander Östlund
3 England DF Wayne Thomas
4 Poland FW Marek Saganowski
6 England DF Darren Powell
8 England FW Bradley Wright-Phillips
10 England MF Jermaine Wright
11 England MF Andrew Surman
12 Czech Republic MF Mario Lička
13 Poland GK Bartosz Białkowski
14 England MF Adam Hammill (on loan from Liverpool)
15 Jamaica FW Jason Euell
16 Colombia MF Jhon Viáfara
17 England FW David McGoldrick
18 England FW Nathan Dyer
20 England FW Adam Lallana
No. Position Player
21 France DF Grégory Vignal (on loan from RC Lens)
22 England MF Simon Gillett
23 Wales MF Lloyd James
24 England DF Olly Lancashire
25 England GK Kelvin Davis
26 France FW Cédric Baseya
27 Spain MF Iñigo Idiakez
28 England MF Josh Dutton-Black
29 England GK Michael Poke
30 Morocco MF Youssef Safri
31 Trinidad and Tobago FW Stern John
32 Slovakia GK Andrej Pernecký
34 Cameroon FW Vincent Péricard (on loan from Stoke City)
35 England DF Andrew Davies
36 England DF Chris Perry (on loan from Luton Town)
37 England DF Chris Lucketti (on loan from Sheffield United)

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
15 Trinidad and Tobago FW Kenwyne Jones (to Sunderland)
33 Scotland DF Christian Dailly (on loan from West Ham United)
34 England DF Philip Ifil (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
32 Cameroon DF Lucien Mettomo (to Veria)
29 Republic of Ireland DF Alan Bennett (on loan from Reading)
9 Poland FW Grzegorz Rasiak (on loan to Bolton Wanderers)
No. Position Player
7 Czech Republic MF Rudolf Skácel (on loan to Hertha BSC)
29 Republic of Ireland DF Stephen O'Halloran (on loan from Aston Villa)
5 Norway DF Claus Lundekvam (Retired)
33 England DF Ian Pearce (on loan from Fulham)
19 England DF Chris Makin (Retired)

References

  1. ↑ "Southampton 3-2 Sheff Utd". BBC Sport. 4 May 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Southampton results for the 2007-2008 season". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
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