2007–08 Swindon Town F.C. season
Chairman |
Willie Carson Jim Little (designate) Andrew Fitton | ||
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Manager |
Paul Sturrock David Byrne (caretaker) Maurice Malpas | ||
Ground | County Ground, Swindon | ||
League One | 13th | ||
FA Cup | 3rd Round | ||
League Cup | 1st Round | ||
FL Trophy | 2nd Round (S-W) | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Simon Cox (15) All: Simon Cox (16) | ||
Highest home attendance |
13,270 (vs. Leeds United) | ||
Lowest home attendance |
3,118 (vs. Brentford) | ||
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The 2007–08 season was Swindon Town's first season in the League One since their relegation from the division in 2006. Alongside the league campaign, Swindon Town will also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Football League Trophy.
League One
League table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Swansea City (C) (P) | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 82 | 42 | +40 | 92 | Promotion to League Championship |
2 | Nottingham Forest (P) | 46 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 82 | |
3 | Doncaster Rovers (P) | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 80 | Qualification to Football League One playoffs |
4 | Carlisle United | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 80 | |
5 | Leeds United | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 76* | |
6 | Southend United | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 70 | 55 | +15 | 76 | |
7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 69 | |
8 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 67 | |
9 | Northampton Town | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 66 | |
10 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 66 | |
11 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 65 | |
12 | Walsall | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 64 | |
13 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 63 | 56 | +7 | 61 | |
14 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 60 | |
15 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 62 | 65 | −3 | 54 | |
16 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 53 | |
17 | Millwall | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 52 | |
18 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 52 | |
19 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 51 | |
20 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 50 | |
21 | AFC Bournemouth (R) | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 62 | 72 | −10 | 48* | Relegation to League Two |
22 | Gillingham (R) | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 44 | 73 | −29 | 46 | |
23 | Port Vale (R) | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 47 | 81 | −34 | 38 | |
24 | Luton Town (R) | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 43 | 63 | −20 | 33* |
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
* Leeds deducted 15 points for failure to comply with rules on insolvency. Luton and Bournemouth deducted 10 points each for entering administration.
(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.
Matchday squads
League One line-ups
Date | Opposition | V | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
11/08/07 | Northampton Town | A | 1–1 | P.Smith | J.Smith | Vincent | Aljofree | Ifil | Pook | Roberts3 | Adams | Sturrock2 | Peacock | Zaaboub1 | Comminges1 | Arrieta2 | Mohamed3 | Easton | Brezovan | ||
18/08/07 | Luton Town | H | 2–1 | P.Smith | J.Smith | Vincent | Aljofree | Ifil | Pook | Roberts | Easton | Sturrock1 | Peacock | Zaaboub2 | Arrieta1 | Comminges2 | Mohamed | Tozer | Brezovan | ||
25/08/07 | Cheltenham Town | A | 1–1 | P.Smith | J.Smith | Vincent | Aljofree | Ifil | Pook | Roberts1 | Easton | Sturrock2 | Peacock | Zaaboub | Comminges1 | Arrieta2 | Adams | Tozer | Brezovan | ||
01/09/07 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 1–1 | P.Smith | J.Smith | Vincent | Aljofree | Ifil | Pook | Roberts3 | Easton | Sturrock2 | Peacock | Zaaboub1 | Comminges1 | Arrieta2 | Mohamed3 | Tozer | Brezovan | ||
09/09/07 | Yeovil Town | H | 0–1 | P.Smith | J.Smith | Vincent | Aljofree | Ifil | Pook3 | Roberts1 | Easton | Sturrock2 | Peacock | Zaaboub | McGovern1 | Cox2 | Paynter3 | Comminges | Brezovan | ||
15/09/07 | Hartlepool United | A | 1–1 | P.Smith | Comminges | Vincent | Aljofree1 | Ifil | Peacock | McGovern3 | Easton | Cox2 | Paynter | Zaaboub | Blackburn1 | Roberts2 | Pook3 | Sturrock | Mohamed | ||
22/09/07 | Bournemouth | H | 4–1 | P.Smith | Comminges | Vincent | Blackburn | Ifil | Peacock | McGovern | Easton | Cox | Paynter | Zaaboub1 | Roberts1 | J.Smith | Pook | Sturrock | Mohamed | ||
29/09/07 | Millwall | A | 2–1 | P.Smith | J.Smith | Vincent | Collins | Ifil | Peacock | McGovern2 | Easton | Cox | Paytner3 | Roberts1 | Comminges1 | Zaaboub2 | Pook3 | Blackburn | Sturrock | ||
02/10/07 | Swansea City | A | 1–2 | P.Smith | J.Smith1 | Vincent | Collins3 | Ifil | Peacock | Roberts | Easton | Cox | Paynter | Zaaboub2 | Comminges1 | McGovern2 | Pook3 | Sturrock | Mohamed | ||
06/10/07 | Gillingham | H | 5–0 | P.Smith | Comminges | Vincent2 | Collins1 | Ifil | Peacock | McGovern | Easton | Cox | Paynter | Roberts3 | Blackburn1 | Pook2 | Mohamed3 | Zaaboub | Sturrock | ||
20/10/07 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 1–0 | P.Smith | Comminges | Nicholas | Aljofree | Ifil | Peacock2 | McGovern | Easton | Cox | Paynter3 | Roberts1 | Zaaboub1 | Pook2 | Corr3 | Blackburn | Sturrock | ||
27/10/07 | Port Vale | A | 1–2 | Brezovan | Comminges | Nicholas2 | Aljofree | Ifil1 | Peacock | McGovern | Easton | Cox | Paynter3 | Zaaboub | Roberts1 | Collins2 | Corr3 | Adams | Sturrock | ||
03/11/07 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 1–2 | Brezovan | Comminges | Nicholas3 | Aljofree | Ifil | Peacock | McGovern | Easton | Cox | Paynter2 | Zaaboub1 | Roberts1 | Corr2 | Sturrock3 | Blackburn | Adams | ||
06/11/07 | Leyton Orient | H | 1–1 | Brezovan | Comminges | Zaaboub | Aljofree | Ifil | Peacock | McGovern | Easton3 | Cox | Paynter1 | Adams2 | Corr1 | Pook2 | Roberts3 | Blackburn | Sturrock | ||
17/11/07 | Leeds United | A | 1–2 | Brezovan | Comminges | Zaaboub | Aljofree | Ifil | Peacock | Roberts2 | Easton1 | Cox | Paynter | Pook | Corr1 | McGovern2 | Nicholas | Tozer | Scott | ||
24/11/07 | Bristol Rovers | H | 1–0 | Brezovan | Comminges | J.Smith | Aljofree | Ifil | Pook | McGovern3 | Easton | Cox | Paynter1 | Roberts2 | Corr1 | Tozer2 | Zaaboub3 | Sturrock | Allen | ||
04/12/07 | Carlisle United | A | 0–3 | Brezovan | Comminges3 | J.Smith | Aljofree | Tozer | Pook | McGovern | Easton | Cox2 | Paynter1 | Nicholas | Corr1 | Sturrock2 | Blackburn3 | Allen | Scott | ||
08/12/07 | Southend United | A | 1–2 | Brezovan | J.Smith | Nicholas | Aljofree | Blackburn | Pook | Mohamed2 | Cox2 | Sturrock1 | Mohamed | Allen | Paynter1 | McGovern2 | Comminges3 | Almeida | Scott | ||
15/12/07 | Brighton | H | 0–3 | Brezovan | J.Smith3 | Nicholas | Aljofree | Blackburn | Pook | Mohamed1 | Easton | Cox | Sturrock2 | Allen | McGovern1 | Paynter2 | Comminges3 | Peacock | Scott | ||
22/12/07 | Hartlepool United | H | 2–1 | Brezovan | Comminges | Vincent | Aljofree2 | Ifill | Peacock | McGovern | Easton | Cox | Corr1 | Zaaboub | Paynter1 | Williams23 | Pook3 | Sturrock | Mohamed | ||
26/12/07 | Yeovil Town | A | 1–0 | Brezovan | Comminges | Vincent | Aljofree1 | Ifil | Peacock | McGovern | Easton | Cox | Corr2 | Mohamed3 | Nicholas1 | Paynter2 | Allen3 | Pook | Sturrock | ||
29/12/07 | Bournemouth | A | 2–2 | Brezovan | Nicholas | Vincent | Blackburn | Ifil | Peacock | McGovern2 | Easton | Cox | Corr | Zaaboub1 | Mohamed1 | Sturrock2 | Pook | Paynter | Allen | ||
01/01/08 | Swansea City | H | 1–1 | Brezovan | Comminges | Vincent | Aljofree | Ifil | Peacock3 | McGovern | Easton2 | Cox | Corr | Zaaboub1 | Paynter1 | Pook2 | Mohamed3 | Nicholas | Sturrock | ||
12/01/08 | Walsall | A | 2–2 | Brezovan | Comminges | Vincent | Nicholas | Ifil | Peacock | McGovern1 | Easton | Sturrock1 | Paynter | Zaaboub | Roberts1 | Mohamed2 | Blackburn | Adams | Pook | ||
19/01/08 | Nottingham Forest | H | 2–1 | Brezovan | Comminges | Vincent | Aljofree | Ifil | Peacock | McGovern | Easton | Sturrock1 | Paynter | Zaaboub | Ashikodi1 | Roberts | Nicholas | Pook | McNamee | ||
26/01/08 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 0–0 | Brezovan | Comminges | Vincent | Aljofree | Ifil | Peacock | McGovern | Pook | Ashikodi2 | Paynter | McNamee1 | Roberts1 | Corr2 | Nicholas | Sturrock | Allen | ||
29/01/08 | Luton Town | A | 1–0 | Brezovan | Comminges | Vincent | Aljofree3 | Kanyuka | Peacock | McGovern | Roberts | Ashikodi2 | Corr | McNamee1 | Zaaboub1 | Sturrock2 | Nicholas3 | Pook | P.Smith | ||
02/02/08 | Northampton Town | H | 1–1 | Brezovan | Comminges | Vincent | Aljofree | Ifil | Peacock | McGovern | Roberts | Ashikodi | Corr1 | McNamee2 | Sturrock1 | Zaaboub2 | Nicholas | Pook | P.Smith | ||
09/02/08 | Huddersfield Town | A | 0–1 | Brezovan | Comminges | Vincent | Aljofree | Ifil | Peacock | McGovern | Ashikodi1 | Cox | Roberts3 | Zaaboub3 | Pook1 | Sturrock2 | McNamee3 | Kanyuka | P.Smith | ||
12/02/08 | Cheltenham Town | H | 3–0 | Brezovan | Comminges | J.Smith | Aljofree | Ifil | Peacock | McGovern | Pook | Cox3 | Paynter2 | McNamee1 | Roberts1 | Corr2 | Sturrock3 | Kanyuka | Ashikodi | ||
16/02/08 | Nottingham Forest | A | 0–1 | Brezovan | Comminges | Vincent | Aljofree | Ifil | Pook | McGovern3 | Easton | Sturrock2 | Paynter | McNamee1 | Roberts1 | Ashikodi2 | Zaaboub3 | Kanyuka | P.Smith | ||
23/02/08 | Walsall | H | 0–3 | P.Smith | Comminges2 | Vincent | Aljofree | Ifil | Peacock | McGovern1 | Easton | Cox | Paynter | McNamee | Roberts1 | Ashikodi2 | Sturrock | Kanyuka | Brezovan | ||
26/02/08 | Oldham Athletic | A | 2–2 | P.Smith | Comminges | Vincent | Aljofree | Kanyuka | Peacock1 | Roberts | Easton | Cox1 | Peacock | Allen | Zaaboub1 | Sturrock2 | Ifil | Ashikodi | Brezovan | ||
01/03/08 | Leeds United | H | 0–1 | P.Smith | Comminges | Vincent | Aljofree | Kanyuka1 | Peacock | Roberts | Easton | Cox2 | Paynter | Allen2 | Ifil1 | McGovern2 | McNamee | Ashikodi | Brezovan | ||
04/03/08 | Huddersfield Town | H | 3–2 | P.Smith | Comminges | J.Smith | Aljofree | Ifil | Peacock | Allen | Easton | Cox1 | Paynter | McNamee2 | McGovern1 | Ashikodi23 | Roberts3 | Zaaboub | Brezovan | ||
11/03/08 | Leyton Orient | A | 1–2 | Brezovan | Comminges | J.Smith | Aljofree | Ifil | Allen1 | McGovern | Easton | Cox | Sturrock | McNamee2 | Zaaboub1 | Ashikodi2 | Vincent | Morrison | P.Smith | ||
15/03/08 | Carlisle United | H | 2–2 | Brezovan | Comminges | J.Smith | Aljofree | Ifil | Timlin | McGovern | Easton | Cox | Sturrock1 | McNamee | Ashikodi1 | Zaaboub | Nicholas | Morrison | P.Smith | ||
22/03/08 | Brighton | A | 1–2 | Brezovan | Comminges | J.Smith | Aljofree | Ifil | Timlin | McGovern | Easton2 | Cox3 | Sturrock1 | McNamee | Paynter1 | Zaaboub2 | Corr3 | Nicholas | P. Smith | ||
24/03/08 | Southend United | H | 0–1 | Brezovan | Comminges | J.Smith | Aljofree | Ifil | Timlin2 | McGovern3 | Easton | Cox | Corr1 | McNamee | Paynter1 | Peacock2 | Zaaboub3 | Nicholas | Sturrock | ||
28/03/08 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 1–2 | Brezovan | Comminges | Vincent | Aljofree | Ifil | Peacock | McGovern1 | Easton2 | Cox | Paynter | McNamee | Mohamed1 | Timlin2 | J.Smith | Sturrock | P.Smith | ||
05/04/08 | Oldham Athletic | H | 3–0 | Brezovan | J.Smith | Vincent | Aljofree | Ifil | Timlin | McGovern | Easton | Cox1 | Peacock | McNamee2 | Paynter1 | Zaaboub2 | Nicholas | Mohamed | P.Smith | ||
11/04/08 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 0–2 | Brezovan | J.Smith | Vincent | Aljofree | Ifil | Timlin | McGovern | Easton | Cox2 | Peacock | McNamee1 | Paynter1 | Nicholas2 | Pook | Mohamed | P. Smith | ||
19/04/08 | Port Vale | H | 6–0 | Brezovan | Comminges | Vincent | J.Smith | Ifil | Timlin | McGovern | Easton | Cox1 | Peacock2 | McNamee3 | Joyce1 | Paynter2 | Mohamed3 | Nicholas | P.Smith | ||
22/04/08 | Bristol Rovers | A | 1–0 | Brezovan | Comminges | Vincent | J.Smith2 | Ifil | Timlin | McGovern | Easton | Cox1 | Peacock | McNamee | Paynter1 | Aljofree2 | Pook | Joyce | P.Smith | ||
26/04/08 | Gillingham | A | 1–1 | Brezovan | J.Smith3 | Vincent | Aljofree | Ifil1 | Timlin | McGovern | Easton | Cox | Peacock | McNamee2 | Morrison1 | Paynter2 | Joyce3 | Allen | P.Smith | ||
03/05/08 | Millwall | H | 2–1 | Brezovan | Timlin | Vincent | Aljofree | Morrison | Allen1 | McGovern | Easton | Cox | Paynter2 | McNamee | Kanyuka1 | Joyce2 | Hammonds | Thompson | P.Smith | ||
1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution, 3 3rd Substitution.
FA Cup line-ups
Date | Opposition | V | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
10/11/07 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 2–1 | Brezovan | Comminges1 | J.Smith3 | Aljofree | Tozer | Peacock | Pook | Easton | Corr | Sturrock2 | Zaaboub | Roberts1 | Paynter2 | Adams3 | McGovern | Blackburn | ||
01/12/07 | Forest Green Rovers | H | 3–2 | Brezovan | Comminges | J.Smith | Aljofree | Tozer | Pook | McGovern | Easton | Corr2 | Paynter | Roberts1 | Allen1 | Sturrock2 | Nicholas | Blackburn | Scott | ||
05/01/08 | Barnet | H | 1–1 | Brezovan | Comminges | Vincent | Aljofree | Ifil | Peacock | McGovern | Easton | Sturrock1 | Paynter | Zaaboub2 | Roberts1 | Mohamed2 | Nicholas | Pook | Allen | ||
22/01/08 | Barnet | A | 1–1 | Brezovan | Comminges | Vincent | Aljofree | Ifil | Pook | McGovern | Peacock | Sturrock1 | Paynter | Zaaboub2 | Corr1 | Roberts2 | Nicholas | Adams | P.Smith | ||
1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution, 3 3rd Substitution.
League Cup line-ups
Date | Opposition | V | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
14/08/07 | Charlton Athletic | H | 0–2 | Brezovan | Comminges | J.Smith1 | Tozer | Ifil | Aljofree | Roberts2 | Easton | Sturrock3 | Peacock | Adams | Zaaboub1 | Pook2 | Arrieta3 | Vincent | P.Smith | ||
1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution, 3 3rd Substitution.
Football League Trophy line-ups
Date | Opposition | V | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
04/09/07 | Brentford | H | 4-1 | Brezovan | Comminges | Kennedy | Almeida | Tozer | Blackburn | McGovern | Adams | Cox | Arrieta | Allen | Mohamed1 | Macklin2 | Hammonds | Joyce | P.Smith | ||
09/10/07 | Cheltenham Town | H | 1-3 | Brezovan | Comminges | Pook2 | Blackburn | Tozer | Adams | McGovern | Easton1 | Sturrock | Mohamed3 | Zaaboub | Allen1 | Roberts2 | Cox3 | Kennedy | Scott | ||
1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution, 3 3rd Substitution.
References
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