2007–08 Preston North End F.C. season

Preston North End
2007–08 season
Chairman Derek Shaw
Manager Paul Simpson (until 13 November)
Alan Irvine (from 20 November)
Stadium Deepdale
Championship 15th
FA Cup Fifth round
League Cup First round
Top goalscorer League: Mellor (9)
All: Mellor (10)
Average home league attendance 12,753

During the 2007–08 English football season, Preston North End competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

After losing key player David Nugent, the team made a bad start to the 2007–08 season (including just three victories), which resulted in Simpson being sacked on 13 November 2007.[1] Alan Irvine took over as manager seven days later and guided Preston to a 15th place finish.[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
3 Hull City (P) 46 21 12 13 65 47+18 75 Qualification to 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 60 677 62
14 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 16 16 60 666 58
15 Preston North End 46 15 11 20 50 566 56
16 Sheffield Wednesday 46 14 13 19 54 551 55
17 Norwich City 46 15 10 21 49 5910 55
18 Barnsley 46 14 13 19 52 6513 55
19 Blackpool 46 12 18 16 59 645 54
20 Southampton 46 13 15 18 56 7216 54
21 Coventry City 46 14 11 21 52 6412 53
22 Leicester City (R) 46 12 16 18 42 453 52 Relegation to League One
23 Scunthorpe United (R) 46 11 13 22 46 6923 46
24 Colchester United (R) 46 7 17 22 62 8624 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

Preston North End's score comes first[3]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
11 August 2007 Norwich CityH0-013,408
18 August 2007 West Bromwich AlbionA0-219,556
25 August 2007 Colchester UnitedH0-311,582
1 September 2007 Coventry CityA1-217,551Agyemang
15 September 2007 Sheffield WednesdayH1-013,062Gallagher
18 September 2007 Scunthorpe UnitedA1-25,754Mawéné
22 September 2007 Cardiff CityA2-211,772Davidson (2)
29 September 2007 Bristol CityH0-012,098
2 October 2007 SouthamptonH5-110,279Hawley, Carter, Sedgwick, Agyemang (2)
6 October 2007 Ipswich TownA1-219,243Mellor (pen)
20 October 2007 Sheffield UnitedA1-123,661Carter
23 October 2007 Queens Park RangersH0-011,407
27 October 2007 Plymouth ArgyleH2-011,055Ormerod, Carter
3 November 2007 BarnsleyA0-110,223
6 November 2007 Leicester CityH1-110,930Carroll
10 November 2007 Hull CityA0-316,358
24 November 2007 Charlton AthleticH0-212,532
27 November 2007 Crystal PalaceA1-213,048Mawéné
1 December 2007 Wolverhampton WanderersA0-122,836
4 December 2007 Hull CityH3-011,311Agyemang, Whaley, L Neal
8 December 2007 BlackpoolH0-117,807
15 December 2007 BurnleyA3-214,829Sedgwick, Mellor, Whaley
22 December 2007 SouthamptonA1-023,267L Neal
26 December 2007 Scunthorpe UnitedH0-112,920
29 December 2007 Cardiff CityH1-212,046Whaley
1 January 2008 Sheffield WednesdayA1-220,690Hawley
12 January 2008 WatfordH1-012,347Mellor
19 January 2008 Stoke CityA1-315,011Brown
29 January 2008 West Bromwich AlbionH2-112,473Mawéné, Hawley
2 February 2008 Norwich CityA0-124,092
9 February 2008 Coventry CityH1-011,857St Ledger
12 February 2008 Colchester UnitedA1-25,122Mellor
23 February 2008 WatfordA0-016,798
26 February 2008 Stoke CityH2-010,347Chaplow (2)
1 March 2008 Crystal PalaceH0-112,347
4 March 2008 Leicester CityA1-019,264Carter
8 March 2008 Charlton AthleticA2-125,124Brown (2)
11 March 2008 Wolverhampton WanderersH2-112,090Davidson (pen), Whaley
15 March 2008 BlackpoolA0-09,629
22 March 2008 BurnleyH2-116,149Priskin, Brown
29 March 2008 Sheffield UnitedH3-114,647Davidson (pen), Mellor (2)
5 April 2008 Queens Park RangersA2-214,966Mellor, Priskin
12 April 2008 BarnsleyH1-213,994Foster (own goal)
19 April 2008 Plymouth ArgyleA2-210,727Mellor, Chaplow
26 April 2008 Ipswich TownH2-214,187Brown, Mellor
4 May 2008 Bristol CityA0-319,169

FA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R35 January 2008 Scunthorpe UnitedH1-04,616Whaley
R426 January 2008 Derby CountyA4-117,344Hawley (2), Whaley, Mellor (pen)
R517 February 2008 PortsmouthH0-111,840

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R114 August 2007 MorecambeH1-27,703Pugh

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 Andy Lonergan
2 Scotland DF Michael Hart
3 Scotland DF Callum Davidson
4 England MF Richard Chaplow
5 France DF Youl Mawéné
6 England MF Jason Jarrett
7 England MF Chris Sedgwick
8 England FW Karl Hawley
9 England FW Chris Brown
10 Scotland FW Craig Beattie (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
11 England MF Darren Carter
12 Republic of Ireland DF Sean St Ledger
13 Republic of Ireland GK Wayne Henderson
14 England DF Liam Chilvers
No. Position Player
15 England MF Simon Whaley
16 England MF Paul McKenna
17 England FW Brett Ormerod
18 England DF Matt Hill
19 England DF Billy Jones
20 England MF Kevin Nicholls
21 England DF Neal Trotman
23 England MF Lewis Neal
24 England MF Joe Anyinsah
30 England GK Chris Neal
31 England GK Andrew Murphy
32 Republic of Ireland DF Dylan Adams
33 England FW Neil Mellor
34 England FW Chris McGrail

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
2 Scotland DF Graham Alexander (to Burnley)
2 England DF John Halls (on loan from Reading)
10 Scotland FW Paul Gallagher (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
21 England FW Andy Carroll (on loan from Newcastle United)
9 Ghana FW Patrick Agyemang (to Queens Park Rangers)
No. Position Player
4 England MF Danny Pugh (to Stoke City)
25 England MF Adam Nowland (to Lancaster City)
25 Hungary FW Tamás Priskin (on loan from Watford)
22 Poland GK Grzegorz Szamotulski (Released)

References

  1. "Struggling Preston sack Simpson". BBC Sport. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  2. "Preston unveil Irvine as new boss". BBC Sport. 20 November 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
  3. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/preston-north-end/2007-2008/results
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