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2007–08 Preston North End F.C. season

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Preston North End
2007–08 season
ChairmanDerek Shaw
ManagerPaul Simpson (until 13 November)
Alan Irvine (from 20 November)
StadiumDeepdale
Championship15th
FA CupFifth round
League CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Mellor (9)
All: Mellor (10)
Average home league attendance12,753

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

Season summary

After losing key player David Nugent, Preston North End made a bad start to the 2007–08 season with just three victories from the opening 16 matches, which resulted in manager Paul Simpson being sacked on 13 November.[1] Everton assistant manager Alan Irvine took over as manager seven days later and guided Preston to a 15th-place finish.[2]

Final league table

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Championship
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Burnley 46 16 14 16 60 67 −7 62
14 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 16 16 60 66 −6 58
15 Preston North End 46 15 11 20 50 56 −6 56
16 Sheffield Wednesday 46 14 13 19 54 55 −1 55
17 Norwich City 46 15 10 21 49 59 −10 55
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2008. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Preston North End's score comes first[3]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
11 August 2007 Norwich City H 0–0 13,408
18 August 2007 West Bromwich Albion A 0–2 19,556
25 August 2007 Colchester United H 0–3 11,582
1 September 2007 Coventry City A 1–2 17,551 Agyemang
15 September 2007 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–0 13,062 Gallagher
18 September 2007 Scunthorpe United A 1–2 5,754 Mawéné
22 September 2007 Cardiff City A 2–2 11,772 Davidson (2)
29 September 2007 Bristol City H 0–0 12,098
2 October 2007 Southampton H 5–1 10,279 Hawley, Carter, Sedgwick, Agyemang (2)
6 October 2007 Ipswich Town A 1–2 19,243 Mellor (pen)
20 October 2007 Sheffield United A 1–1 23,661 Carter
23 October 2007 Queens Park Rangers H 0–0 11,407
27 October 2007 Plymouth Argyle H 2–0 11,055 Ormerod, Carter
3 November 2007 Barnsley A 0–1 10,223
6 November 2007 Leicester City H 1–1 10,930 Carroll
10 November 2007 Hull City A 0–3 16,358
24 November 2007 Charlton Athletic H 0–2 12,532
27 November 2007 Crystal Palace A 1–2 13,048 Mawéné
1 December 2007 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–1 22,836
4 December 2007 Hull City H 3–0 11,311 Agyemang, Whaley, L Neal
8 December 2007 Blackpool H 0–1 17,807
15 December 2007 Burnley A 3–2 14,829 Sedgwick, Mellor, Whaley
22 December 2007 Southampton A 1–0 23,267 L Neal
26 December 2007 Scunthorpe United H 0–1 12,920
29 December 2007 Cardiff City H 1–2 12,046 Whaley
1 January 2008 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–2 20,690 Hawley
12 January 2008 Watford H 1–0 12,347 Mellor
19 January 2008 Stoke City A 1–3 15,011 Brown
29 January 2008 West Bromwich Albion H 2–1 12,473 Mawéné, Hawley
2 February 2008 Norwich City A 0–1 24,092
9 February 2008 Coventry City H 1–0 11,857 St Ledger
12 February 2008 Colchester United A 1–2 5,122 Mellor
23 February 2008 Watford A 0–0 16,798
26 February 2008 Stoke City H 2–0 10,347 Chaplow (2)
1 March 2008 Crystal Palace H 0–1 12,347
4 March 2008 Leicester City A 1–0 19,264 Carter
8 March 2008 Charlton Athletic A 2–1 25,124 Brown (2)
11 March 2008 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2–1 12,090 Davidson (pen), Whaley
15 March 2008 Blackpool A 0–0 9,629
22 March 2008 Burnley H 2–1 16,149 Priskin, Brown
29 March 2008 Sheffield United H 3–1 14,647 Davidson (pen), Mellor (2)
5 April 2008 Queens Park Rangers A 2–2 14,966 Mellor, Priskin
12 April 2008 Barnsley H 1–2 13,994 Foster (own goal)
19 April 2008 Plymouth Argyle A 2–2 10,727 Mellor, Chaplow
26 April 2008 Ipswich Town H 2–2 14,187 Brown, Mellor
4 May 2008 Bristol City A 0–3 19,169

FA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 5 January 2008 Scunthorpe United H 1–0 4,616 Whaley
R4 26 January 2008 Derby County A 4–1 17,344 Hawley (2), Whaley, Mellor (pen)
R5 17 February 2008 Portsmouth H 0–1 11,840

League Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 14 August 2007 Morecambe H 1–2 7,703 Pugh

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Andy Lonergan
2 DF Scotland SCO Michael Hart
3 DF Scotland SCO Callum Davidson
4 MF England ENG Richard Chaplow
5 DF France FRA Youl Mawéné
6 MF England ENG Jason Jarrett
7 MF England ENG Chris Sedgwick
8 FW England ENG Karl Hawley
9 FW England ENG Chris Brown
10 FW Scotland SCO Craig Beattie (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
11 MF England ENG Darren Carter
12 DF England ENG Sean St Ledger[notes 1]
13 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Wayne Henderson
14 DF England ENG Liam Chilvers
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF England ENG Simon Whaley
16 MF England ENG Paul McKenna
17 FW England ENG Brett Ormerod
18 DF England ENG Matt Hill
19 DF England ENG Billy Jones
20 MF England ENG Kevin Nicholls
21 DF England ENG Neal Trotman
23 MF England ENG Lewis Neal
24 MF England ENG Joe Anyinsah
30 GK England ENG Chris Neal
31 GK England ENG Andrew Murphy
32 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Dylan Adams
33 FW England ENG Neil Mellor
34 DF England ENG 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. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Scotland SCO Graham Alexander[notes 2] (to Burnley)
2 DF England ENG John Halls (on loan from Reading)
4 MF England ENG Danny Pugh (to Stoke City)
9 FW Ghana GHA Patrick Agyemang[notes 3] (to Queens Park Rangers)
10 FW Scotland SCO Paul Gallagher (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW England ENG Andy Carroll (on loan from Newcastle United)
22 GK Poland POL Grzegorz Szamotulski (released)
25 MF England ENG Adam Nowland (to Lancaster City)
25 FW Hungary HUN Tamás Priskin[notes 4] (on loan from Watford)

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. ^ "Preston North End 2007-2008 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  4. ^ "FootballSquads - Preston North End - 2007/08".

Notes

  1. ^ St Ledger was born in Solihull, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2009.
  2. ^ Alexander was born in Coventry, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and made his international debut for Scotland in April 2002.
  3. ^ Agyemang was born in Waltham Forest, England, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and made his international debut for Ghana in May 2003.
  4. ^ Priskin was born in Komárno, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), but also qualified to represent Hungary internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Hungary in August 2005.
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