2007–08 Premier Reserve League

Premier Reserve League
Season 2007–08
Champions Liverpool
Goals scored 510
Average goals/game 2.82
Top goalscorer Hungary Krisztián Németh
(Liverpool, 9 goals)
Biggest home win Reading 5–0 Derby County
(February 13)
Biggest away win Derby County 0–8 West Ham (November 26)
Highest scoring Derby County 0–8 West Ham (November 26)
Longest winning run 7 (Liverpool, February 26–May 7)
Longest unbeaten run 16 (Liverpool, October 11–May 7)
Longest losing run 12 (Derby County October 22–April 14)
Highest attendance 10,546 (Liverpool v Man United, February 26)

The 2007–08 Premier Reserve League season is the ninth since its establishment. The events in the senior leagues during the 2006–07 season saw Watford, Charlton and Sheffield United all relegated and replaced by the promoted teams Birmingham, Derby County, and Sunderland.

Northern Champions Liverpool beat Southern Champions Aston Villa 3–0 in the Premier Reserve League Play-off Final and were crowned the National Champions.

Final league tables

Premier Reserve League North

Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Liverpool Reserves (C)
18
13
4
1
31
8
+23
43
2
Manchester City Reserves
18
8
6
4
34
29
+5
30
3
Manchester United Reserves
18
8
5
5
25
19
+6
29
4
Sunderland Reserves
18
9
2
7
28
24
+4
29
5
Blackburn Rovers Reserves
18
8
4
6
32
25
+7
28
6
Newcastle United Reserves
18
5
7
6
31
27
+4
22
7
Middlesbrough Reserves
18
5
7
6
23
26
-3
22
8
Everton Reserves
18
4
4
10
21
31
-10
16
9
Wigan Athletic Reserves
18
4
3
11
19
36
-17
15
10
Bolton Wanderers Reserves
18
3
4
11
13
32
-19
13

Premier Reserve League South

Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Aston Villa Reserves (C)
18
10
5
3
38
17
+21
35
2
West Ham United Reserves
18
9
4
5
32
21
+11
31
3
Reading Reserves
18
8
7
3
32
16
+16
31
4
Arsenal Reserves
18
8
6
4
26
17
+9
30
5
Fulham Reserves
18
8
4
6
27
25
+2
28
6
Chelsea Reserves
18
5
7
6
23
21
+2
22
7
Birmingham City Reserves
18
6
4
8
25
33
-8
22
8
Tottenham Hotspur Reserves
18
5
6
7
22
24
-2
21
9
Portsmouth Reserves
18
5
4
9
12
25
-13
19
10
Derby County Reserves
18
1
3
14
13
51
-38
6

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions

Play-off Final

2008-05-07
19:45
Liverpool 3 0 Aston Villa
Krisztián Németh  10'
Jordy Brouwer  66'
Lucas Leiva  76'
(Report)
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 7,580
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)

Relegated and Promoted teams

These three teams were relegated from the Premier Reserve League at the end of this season:

These three teams will promote to the Premier Reserve League at the start of next season:

Top scorers

Premier Reserve League North

Scorer Goals Team
Hungary Krisztián Németh 9 Liverpool
Netherlands Jordy Brouwer 8 Liverpool
England Ashley Grimes 7 Manchester City
England Andy Carroll Newcastle United
Republic of Ireland Alan Judge Blackburn Rovers

Premier Reserve League South

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Scorer Goals Team
Sweden Tobias Mikaelsson 8 Aston Villa

See also

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