2007–08 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

Sheffield Wednesday
2007–08 season
Chairman	Dave Allen
Manager	Brian Laws
Stadium	Hillsborough
Championship	16th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Burton/Sodje/Tudgay (7); All: Burton (9)
Average home league attendance	21,418

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

Season summary

In the 2007–08 season, the Owls made their worst ever start to a season, losing six league games in a row. Chairman Dave Allen resigned in November 2007,^[1] and Wednesday avoided relegation with a win on the last day of the season.^[2]

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	Promotion to Premier League
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

Sheffield Wednesday's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2007	Ipswich Town	A	1-4	23,099	Clarke
19 August 2007	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-3	22,131	Small
25 August 2007	Charlton Athletic	A	2-3	22,033	O'Brien, Spurr
1 September 2007	Bristol City	H	0-1	17,559
15 September 2007	Preston North End	A	0-1	13,062
18 September 2007	Burnley	H	0-2	18,359
22 September 2007	Hull City	H	1-0	21,518	Jeffers
29 September 2007	Norwich City	A	1-0	23,293	Small
2 October 2007	Watford	A	1-2	15,473	Kavanagh
6 October 2007	Leicester City	H	0-2	20,010
20 October 2007	Stoke City	A	4-2	14,019	J Johnson, Tudgay (2), Burton
23 October 2007	Scunthorpe United	H	1-2	21,557	Burton (pen)
27 October 2007	Blackpool	H	2-1	19,238	Tudgay, Hinds
3 November 2007	Plymouth Argyle	A	2-1	12,145	Sodje, O'Brien
6 November 2007	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	19,807	Watson
10 November 2007	Southampton	H	5-0	19,442	Whelan (2, 1 pen), Sodje (2), O'Brien
24 November 2007	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-0	15,241
27 November 2007	Barnsley	H	1-0	27,769	Sodje
1 December 2007	Colchester United	H	1-2	22,331	Sodje
4 December 2007	Southampton	A	0-0	17,981
15 December 2007	Crystal Palace	A	1-2	14,865	Hinds
22 December 2007	Watford	H	0-1	19,641
26 December 2007	Burnley	A	1-1	15,326	Burton (pen)
30 December 2007	Hull City	A	0-1	21,252
1 January 2008	Preston North End	H	2-1	20,690	Sodje, Jeffers (pen)
12 January 2008	Cardiff City	A	0-1	14,015
19 January 2008	Sheffield United	H	2-0	30,486	Sodje, Tudgay
29 January 2008	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	22,746	Tudgay
2 February 2008	Ipswich Town	H	1-2	19,092	Tudgay
9 February 2008	Bristol City	A	1-2	15,520	Bullen
12 February 2008	Charlton Athletic	H	0-0	17,211
23 February 2008	Cardiff City	H	1-0	18,539	Tudgay
1 March 2008	Barnsley	A	0-0	18,257
4 March 2008	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-1	18,805
8 March 2008	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-1	18,555	Kavanagh, Burton (pen)
11 March 2008	Colchester United	A	2-1	5,086	Burton, Small
15 March 2008	Coventry City	A	0-0	19,283
22 March 2008	Crystal Palace	H	2-2	19,875	Sahar, Small
29 March 2008	Stoke City	H	1-1	16,829	Songo'o
1 April 2008	Coventry City	H	1-1	21,110	Wood
5 April 2008	Scunthorpe United	A	1-1	7,425	Sahar
8 April 2008	Sheffield United	A	2-2	31,760	Bolder (2)
14 April 2008	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-1	20,635	Spurr
19 April 2008	Blackpool	A	1-2	9,633	Wood
26 April 2008	Leicester City	A	3-1	31,892	Slusarski, Watson, Clarke
4 May 2008	Norwich City	H	4-1	36,208	Burton (2, 1 pen), Sahar, Clarke

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 2008	Derby County	A	2-2	20,094	Beevers, Tudgay
R3R	22 January 2008	Derby County	H	1-1 (lost 2-4 on pens)	25,449	Watson

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	16 August 2007	Rotherham United	A	3-1	6,416	Whelan, Burton, Small
R2	28 August 2007	Hartlepool United	H	2-1 (a.e.t.)	8,751	Burton, Folly
R3	26 September 2007	Everton	H	0-3	16,463

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	GK	Lee Grant
2	DF	Lee Bullen
3	DF	Peter Gilbert
4	MF	Kenny Lunt
5	DF	Richard Hinds
6	MF	Graham Kavanagh (on loan from Sunderland)
7	FW	Marcus Tudgay
8	MF	Burton O'Brien
9	FW	Francis Jeffers
10	FW	Deon Burton
11	FW	Etiënne Esajas
12	MF	Rocky Lekaj
14	MF	Sean McAllister
15	DF	Mark Beevers
16	DF	Richard Wood
17	DF	Steve Watson
18	FW	Leon Clarke

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Jason Bradley
20	DF	Frankie Simek
21	MF	Dave McClements
22	GK	Richard O'Donnell
23	MF	Jermaine Johnson
24	MF	Luke Boden
25	DF	Liam McMenamin
26	MF	Wade Small
27	GK	Rob Burch
28	DF	James Kay
29	MF	Adam Bolder (on loan from QPR)
30	FW	Akpo Sodje
32	DF	Tommy Spurr
33	DF	Ronnie Wallwork
34	FW	Ben Sahar (on loan from Chelsea)
35	MF	Franck Songo'o (on loan from Portsmouth)
36	FW	Bartosz Ślusarski (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)

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
11	MF	Chris Brunt (to West Bromwich Albion)
33	MF	Graham Kavanagh (on loan from Sunderland)
31	MF	Yoann Folly (to Plymouth Argyle)

No.	Position	Player
29	DF	Michael Johnson (on loan from Derby County)
6	MF	Glenn Whelan (to Stoke City)
31	FW	Enoch Showunmi (on loan from Bristol City)

References

↑ Rawcliffe, Jonathan (23 November 2007). "Dave Allen resigns as SWFC chairman". 606. BBC. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
↑ "Sheffield Wednesday 4–1 Norwich City". ESPNSoccernet. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/2007-2008/results

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[1] Rawcliffe, Jonathan (23 November 2007). "Dave Allen resigns as SWFC chairman". 606. BBC. Retrieved 21 December 2007.

[2] "Sheffield Wednesday 4–1 Norwich City". ESPNSoccernet. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2008.

[3] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/2007-2008/results

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