2007–08 Football League Two

Football League Two
Season 2007–08
Promoted Milton Keynes Dons (champions)
Peterborough United (runners up)
Hereford United
Stockport County (play-off winners)
Relegated Mansfield Town
Wrexham
Goals scored 1427
Average goals/game 2.59
Top goalscorer Aaron McLean (29)
Biggest home win

Peterborough United 8–2 Accrington Stanley (15 January 2008)

=Stockport County 6–0 Wycombe Wanderers (8 December 2007)
Biggest away win Bury 1–5 Milton Keynes Dons (2 February 2008)
Highest scoring Peterborough United 8–2 Accrington Stanley (15 January 2008)
Longest winning run Peterborough United (13)
Longest unbeaten run Milton Keynes Dons (23)
Longest losing run Lincoln City (11)
Highest attendance Milton Keynes Dons v Morecambe (17,250) (3 May 2008)
Lowest attendance Wrexham v Wycombe Wanderers (2,805) (7 November 2007)
Average attendance 4,346

The Football League 2007–08 (named Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons), was the sixteenth season under its current league division format. It began in August 2007 and concluded in May 2008, with the promotion play-off finals.

The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The third and final division of these is League Two. The winner and the runner up of League Two will be automatically promoted to the Football League One and they will be joined by the winner of the League Two playoff. The bottom four teams in the league will be relegated to the Conference.

Dagenham & Redbridge and Morecambe played at this level for the first time in their history having spent all their time in the outside the top four tiers.

Changes from last season

From League Two

Promoted to League One

Relegated to Conference

To League Two

Relegated from League One

Promoted from Conference

League Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Milton Keynes Dons (C) (P) 46 29 10 7 82 37+45 97 Promotion to 2008–09 League One
2 Peterborough United (P) 46 28 8 10 84 43+41 92
3 Hereford United (P) 46 26 10 10 72 41+31 88
4 Stockport County (O) (P) 46 24 10 12 72 54+18 82 Qualification to League Two playoffs
5 Rochdale 46 23 11 12 77 54+23 80
6 Darlington 46 22 12 12 67 40+27 78
7 Wycombe Wanderers 46 22 12 12 56 42+14 78
8 Chesterfield 46 19 12 15 76 56+20 69
9 Rotherham United 46 21 11 14 60 58+2 064*
10 Bradford City 46 17 11 18 63 61+2 62
11 Morecambe 46 16 12 18 59 634 60
12 Barnet 46 16 12 18 56 637 60
13 Bury 46 16 11 19 58 613 59
14 Brentford 46 17 8 21 52 7018 59
15 Lincoln City 46 18 4 24 61 7716 58
16 Grimsby Town 46 15 10 21 55 6611 55
17 Accrington Stanley 46 16 3 27 49 8334 51
18 Shrewsbury Town 46 12 14 20 56 659 50
19 Macclesfield Town 46 11 17 18 47 6417 50
20 Dagenham & Redbridge 46 13 10 23 49 7021 49
21 Notts County 46 10 18 18 37 5316 48
22 Chester City 46 12 11 23 51 6817 47
23 Mansfield Town (R) 46 11 9 26 48 6820 42 Relegation to 2008–09 Conference National
24 Wrexham (R) 46 10 10 26 38 7032 40

Updated to games played on 3 May 2008.
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* Rotherham United deducted 10 points for administration entrance.[1]
(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.

Play-offs

  Semifinals Final
                     
4  Stockport County 1 1 2  
7  Wycombe Wanderers 1 0 1  
    4  Stockport County 3
  5  Rochdale 2
5  Rochdale 1 2(5) 3
6  Darlington 2 1(4) 3  

Results

Home ╲ Away ACC BAR BRABREBRYCHRCHFD&RDARGRIHERLINMACMANMKDMORNTCPETROCROTSHRSTPWREWYC
Accrington Stanley 02 02 10 02 33 21 10 03 41 02 03 32 10 01 32 02 02 12 01 12 02 02 02
Barnet 22 21 12 30 31 02 31 00 03 12 52 22 10 02 01 11 02 00 20 41 21 32 21
Bradford City 03 11 12 12 21 10 02 00 21 13 21 11 12 12 10 30 10 12 32 42 11 21 01
Brentford 31 21 22 14 30 21 23 02 01 03 10 10 11 03 01 00 12 02 11 11 13 20 13
Bury 21 30 22 12 02 01 02 12 11 01 11 10 20 15 21 21 20 11 30 11 23 01 22
Chester 23 30 01 02 21 00 40 21 02 11 12 00 01 02 01 01 12 04 01 31 00 02 22
Chesterfield 42 01 11 10 31 11 11 11 12 40 41 22 20 12 22 11 12 34 02 41 11 21 20
Dagenham & Redbridge 13 11 14 12 11 62 03 03 00 10 10 01 20 01 20 11 23 11 02 11 01 30 22
Darlington 10 10 13 31 30 10 00 23 32 01 20 22 12 01 22 22 11 11 11 20 40 20 10
Grimsby Town 12 41 11 12 10 12 42 14 04 21 10 11 10 01 12 11 14 12 01 11 11 10 01
Hereford United 00 12 42 20 00 22 20 41 51 20 31 01 21 01 03 00 01 11 00 31 01 20 10
Lincoln City 20 41 12 31 11 01 24 20 04 12 21 31 12 12 11 21 11 21 13 04 01 24 10
Macclesfield Town 21 30 01 10 22 12 10 11 00 12 01 12 00 33 12 11 03 22 11 21 02 32 12
Mansfield Town 12 22 00 23 11 13 13 01 01 12 01 13 50 12 12 20 20 04 01 31 42 21 04
Milton Keynes Dons 50 01 21 11 12 10 12 40 10 20 00 40 11 10 11 30 11 01 11 30 02 41 22
Morecambe 01 00 21 31 21 53 11 10 03 04 03 12 01 31 01 11 32 11 51 11 20 22 01
Notts County 10 00 13 11 13 10 10 10 01 11 23 01 01 00 12 11 01 10 01 21 12 21 10
Peterborough United 82 10 21 70 10 10 23 31 02 21 11 40 01 21 12 11 00 30 31 21 01 00 21
Rochdale 41 30 21 11 12 12 01 10 31 31 24 02 11 10 32 10 42 02 41 11 12 00 01
Rotherham United 01 10 11 12 21 11 21 21 02 21 01 32 30 32 01 31 11 31 24 20 14 30 11
Shrewsbury Town 20 10 10 01 01 00 23 40 00 21 12 12 20 00 33 20 00 02 34 11 31 30 01
Stockport County 20 24 21 10 12 12 22 10 10 11 23 13 20 21 23 21 11 12 20 22 11 21 60
Wrexham 13 02 11 13 21 22 04 00 20 00 02 10 11 11 10 21 10 02 02 01 01 01 00
Wycombe Wanderers 01 00 21 10 10 10 10 01 20 30 22 10 21 12 11 20 31 22 01 10 11 00 21

Source: The Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top scorers

PosPlayerTeamGoals
1 Aaron McLeanPeterborough United29
2 Scott McGleishWycombe Wanderers26
3 Jack LesterChesterfield24
4 Michael BouldingMansfield Town22
5 Liam DickinsonStockport County19
6 Andy BishopBury17
7 Glenn PooleBrentford14
7 Peter ThorneBradford City14
7 Adam Le FondreRochdale14
7 Ben StrevensDagenham & Redbridge14

Managers

ClubManager
Accrington Stanley John Coleman
Barnet Paul Fairclough
Bradford City Stuart McCall
Brentford Terry Butcher
Bury Chris Casper
Chester City Bobby Williamson
Chesterfield Lee Richardson
Dagenham & Redbridge John Still
Darlington Dave Penney
Grimsby Town Alan Buckley
Hereford United Graham Turner
Lincoln City John Schofield
Macclesfield Town Ian Brightwell
Mansfield Town Bill Dearden
Milton Keynes Dons Paul Ince
Morecambe Sammy McIlroy
Notts County Steve Thompson
Peterborough United Darren Ferguson
Rochdale Keith Hill
Rotherham United Mark Robins
Shrewsbury Town Gary Peters
Stockport County Jim Gannon
Wrexham Brian Carey
Wycombe Wanderers Paul Lambert

Stadia and locations

Team Stadium Capacity
Darlington The Darlington Arena 25,294
Bradford City Valley Parade 25,136
Rotherham United Don Valley Stadium 25,000
Milton Keynes Dons stadium:mk 22,000
Notts County Meadow Lane 19,588
Wrexham Racecourse Ground 15,550
Peterborough United London Road Stadium 15,460
Brentford Griffin Park 12,763
Bury Gigg Lane 11,840
Stockport County Edgeley Park 10,651
Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,249
Lincoln City Sincil Bank 10,127
Mansfield Town Field Mill 10,000
Wycombe Wanderers Adams Park 10,000
Shrewsbury Town New Meadow 9,875
Grimsby Town Blundell Park 9,106
Chesterfield Saltergate 8,504
Hereford United Edgar Street 7,100
Morecambe Christie Park 6,400
Macclesfield Town Moss Rose 6,335
Dagenham & Redbridge Victoria Road 6,000
Barnet Underhill Stadium 5,568
Chester Deva Stadium 5,376
Accrington Stanley Crown Ground 5,057

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Lincoln City John Schofield Contract terminated 15 October 2007[2] Peter Jackson 30 October 2007[3] 23rd
Notts County Steve Thompson Contract terminated 16 October 2007[4] Ian McParland 18 October 2007[5] 19th
Wrexham Brian Carey Replaced 15 November 2007[6] Brian Little 15 November 2007[6] 23rd
Brentford Terry Butcher Mutual consent 11 December 2007[7] Andy Scott 4 January 2008[8] 19th
Bury Chris Casper Contract terminated 14 January 2008[9] Alan Knill 4 February 2008[10] 19th
Macclesfield Town Ian Brightwell Mutual consent 27 February 2008[11] Keith Alexander 27 February 2008[11] 22nd
Chester City Bobby Williamson Contract terminated 4 March 2008[12] Simon Davies 11 March 2008[13] 17th
Shrewsbury Town Gary Peters Mutual consent 4 March 2008[14] Paul Simpson 12 March 2008[15] 16th
Mansfield Town Bill Dearden Mutual consent 8 March 2008[16] Paul Holland 25 March 2008[17] 23rd
Wycombe Wanderers Paul Lambert Mutual consent 20 May 2008[18] Peter Taylor 29 May 2008[19] 7th
Milton Keynes Dons Paul Ince Mutual consent (hired by Blackburn Rovers) 22 June 2008[20] Roberto Di Matteo 2 July 2008[21] 1st

References

  1. "Rotherham go into administration". BBC Sport. 18 March 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  2. "Lincoln City sack boss Schofield". BBC Sport. 15 October 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  3. "Lincoln name Jackson new manager". BBC Sport. 30 October 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  4. "Notts County boss Thompson sacked". BBC Sport. 16 October 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  5. "McParland named Notts County boss". BBC Sport. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  6. 1 2 "Little confirmed as Wrexham boss". BBC Sport. 15 November 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  7. "Boss Butcher leaves Brentford job". BBC Sport. 11 December 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  8. "Scott confirmed as Brentford boss". BBC Sport. 4 January 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  9. "Bury dismiss Casper and Alexander". BBC Sport. 14 January 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  10. "Bury appoint Knill as new manager". BBC Sport. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  11. 1 2 "Silkmen appoint Alexander manager". BBC Sport. 27 February 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  12. "Chester City manager Williamson sacked". BBC Sport. 4 March 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  13. "Chester City appoint Davies as manager". BBC Sport. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  14. "Shrews part company with Peters". BBC Sport. 4 March 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  15. "Simpson named Shrewsbury boss". BBC Sport. 12 March 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  16. "Stags part company with Dearden". BBC Sport. 8 March 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  17. "Holland named Mansfield manager". BBC Sport. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  18. "Lambert resigns as Wycombe boss". BBC Sport. 20 May 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  19. "Wycombe name Taylor as new boss". BBC Sport. 29 May 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  20. "Blackburn appoint Ince as manager". BBC Sport. 22 June 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  21. "Di Matteo appointed MK Dons boss". BBC Sport. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2010.

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