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 21,419

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
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

Sheffield Wednesday's score comes first[3]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
11 August 2007 Ipswich TownA1-423,099Clarke
19 August 2007 Wolverhampton WanderersH1-322,131Small
25 August 2007 Charlton AthleticA2-322,033O'Brien, Spurr
1 September 2007 Bristol CityH0-117,559
15 September 2007 Preston North EndA0-113,062
18 September 2007 BurnleyH0-218,359
22 September 2007 Hull CityH1-021,518Jeffers
29 September 2007 Norwich CityA1-023,293Small
2 October 2007 WatfordA1-215,473Kavanagh
6 October 2007 Leicester CityH0-220,010
20 October 2007 Stoke CityA4-214,019J Johnson, Tudgay (2), Burton
23 October 2007 Scunthorpe UnitedH1-221,557Burton (pen)
27 October 2007 BlackpoolH2-119,238Tudgay, Hinds
3 November 2007 Plymouth ArgyleA2-112,145Sodje, O'Brien
6 November 2007 West Bromwich AlbionA1-119,807Watson
10 November 2007 SouthamptonH5-019,442Whelan (2, 1 pen), Sodje (2), O'Brien
24 November 2007 Queens Park RangersA0-015,241
27 November 2007 BarnsleyH1-027,769Sodje
1 December 2007 Colchester UnitedH1-222,331Sodje
4 December 2007 SouthamptonA0-017,981
15 December 2007 Crystal PalaceA1-214,865Hinds
22 December 2007 WatfordH0-119,641
26 December 2007 BurnleyA1-115,326Burton (pen)
30 December 2007 Hull CityA0-121,252
1 January 2008 Preston North EndH2-120,690Sodje, Jeffers (pen)
12 January 2008 Cardiff CityA0-114,015
19 January 2008 Sheffield UnitedH2-030,486Sodje, Tudgay
29 January 2008 Wolverhampton WanderersA1-222,746Tudgay
2 February 2008 Ipswich TownH1-219,092Tudgay
9 February 2008 Bristol CityA1-215,520Bullen
12 February 2008 Charlton AthleticH0-017,211
23 February 2008 Cardiff CityH1-018,539Tudgay
1 March 2008 BarnsleyA0-018,257
4 March 2008 West Bromwich AlbionH0-118,805
8 March 2008 Queens Park RangersH2-118,555Kavanagh, Burton (pen)
11 March 2008 Colchester UnitedA2-15,086Burton, Small
15 March 2008 Coventry CityA0-019,283
22 March 2008 Crystal PalaceH2-219,875Sahar, Small
29 March 2008 Stoke CityH1-116,829Songo'o
1 April 2008 Coventry CityH1-121,110Wood
5 April 2008 Scunthorpe UnitedA1-17,425Sahar
8 April 2008 Sheffield UnitedA2-231,760Bolder (2)
14 April 2008 Plymouth ArgyleH1-120,635Spurr
19 April 2008 BlackpoolA1-29,633Wood
26 April 2008 Leicester CityA3-131,892Slusarski, Watson, Clarke
4 May 2008 Norwich CityH4-136,208Burton (2, 1 pen), Sahar, Clarke

FA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R36 January 2008 Derby CountyA2-220,094Beevers, Tudgay
R3R22 January 2008 Derby CountyH1-1 (lost 2-4 on pens)25,449Watson

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R116 August 2007 Rotherham UnitedA3-16,416Whelan, Burton, Small
R228 August 2007 Hartlepool UnitedH2-1 (a.e.t.)8,751Burton, Folly
R326 September 2007 EvertonH0-316,463

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 England GK Lee Grant
2 Scotland DF Lee Bullen
3 England DF Peter Gilbert
4 England MF Kenny Lunt
5 England DF Richard Hinds
6 Republic of Ireland MF Graham Kavanagh (on loan from Sunderland)
7 England FW Marcus Tudgay
8 Scotland MF Burton O'Brien
9 England FW Francis Jeffers
10 Jamaica FW Deon Burton
11 Netherlands FW Etiënne Esajas
12 Norway MF Rocky Lekaj
14 England MF Sean McAllister
15 England DF Mark Beevers
16 England DF Richard Wood
17 England DF Steve Watson
18 England FW Leon Clarke
No. Position Player
19 England FW Jason Bradley
20 United States DF Frankie Simek
21 Northern Ireland MF Dave McClements
22 England GK Richard O'Donnell
23 Jamaica MF Jermaine Johnson
24 England MF Luke Boden
25 Northern Ireland DF Liam McMenamin
26 England MF Wade Small
27 England GK Rob Burch
28 England DF James Kay
29 England MF Adam Bolder (on loan from QPR)
30 England FW Akpo Sodje
32 England DF Tommy Spurr
33 England DF Ronnie Wallwork
34 Israel FW Ben Sahar (on loan from Chelsea)
35 Cameroon MF Franck Songo'o (on loan from Portsmouth)
36 Poland 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 Northern Ireland MF Chris Brunt (to West Bromwich Albion)
33 Republic of Ireland MF Graham Kavanagh (on loan from Sunderland)
31 France MF Yoann Folly (to Plymouth Argyle)
No. Position Player
29 Jamaica DF Michael Johnson (on loan from Derby County)
6 Republic of Ireland MF Glenn Whelan (to Stoke City)
31 Nigeria FW Enoch Showunmi (on loan from Bristol City)

References

  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. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/2007-2008/results
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