2007–08 Football League

The 2007–08 Football League (known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 109th completed season of the Football League.

Football League

Season	2007–08
Champions	West Bromwich Albion
Promoted	West Bromwich Albion Stoke City Hull City
Relegated	Mansfield Town Wrexham
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Changes from last season

As a result from last season, these are the changes from last season.

From Premier League

Relegated to Championship

• Sheffield United
• Charlton Athletic
• Watford

From Championship

Promoted to Premier League

• Sunderland
• Birmingham City
• Derby County

Relegated to League 1

• Leeds United
• Luton Town
• Southend United

From Football League One

Promoted to Championship

• Scunthorpe United
• Bristol City
• Blackpool

Relegated to League 2

• Bradford City
• Brentford
• Chesterfield
• Rotherham United

From Football League Two

Promoted to League 1

• Walsall
• Hartlepool United
• Swindon Town
• Bristol Rovers

Relegated to Conference National

• Boston United
• Torquay United

From Conference National

Promoted to League 2

• Dagenham & Redbridge
• Morecambe

Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	West Bromwich Albion (C, P)	46	23	12	11	88	55	+33	81	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Stoke City (P)	46	21	16	9	69	55	+14	79
3	Hull City (O, P)	46	21	12	13	65	47	+18	75	Qualification for Championship play-offs
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	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
18	Barnsley	46	14	13	19	52	65	−13	55
19	Blackpool	46	12	18	16	59	64	−5	54
20	Southampton	46	13	15	18	56	72	−16	54
21	Coventry City	46	14	11	21	52	64	−12	53
22	Leicester City (R)	46	12	16	18	42	45	−3	52	Relegation to Football League One
23	Scunthorpe United (R)	46	11	13	22	46	69	−23	46
24	Colchester United (R)	46	7	17	22	62	86	−24	38

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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

Main article: 2008 Football League Championship play-off final

	Semifinals							Final
	3	Hull City	2	4	6
	6	Watford	0	1	1
								3	Hull City	1
								4	Bristol City	0
	4	Bristol City	2	2	4
	5	Crystal Palace	1	1	2

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	Plymouth Argyle Wolverhampton Wanderers	23
2	James Beattie	Sheffield United	22
	Kevin Phillips	West Bromwich Albion	22
4	Stern John	Southampton	19
5	Kevin Lisbie	Colchester United	17
6	Clinton Morrison	Crystal Palace	16
7	Fraizer Campbell	Hull City	15
	Ricardo Fuller	Stoke City	15
9	Liam Lawrence	Stoke City	14

League One

This section is transcluded from 2007–08 Football League One. (edit | history)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Swansea City (C, P)	46	27	11	8	82	42	+40	92	Promotion to Football League Championship
2	Nottingham Forest (P)	46	22	16	8	64	32	+32	82
3	Doncaster Rovers (O, P)	46	23	11	12	65	41	+24	80	Qualification for League One play-offs^[a]
4	Carlisle United	46	23	11	12	64	46	+18	80
5	Leeds United	46	27	10	9	72	38	+34	76^[b]
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^[c]	Relegation to Football 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^[c]

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2008. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Football League Championship.
2. Leeds deducted 15 points for failure to comply with rules on insolvency.
3. Luton and Bournemouth deducted 10 points each for entering administration.

Play-offs

Main article: 2008 Football League One play-off final

	Semifinals							Final
	3	Doncaster Rovers	0	5	5
	6	Southend United	0	1	1
								3	Doncaster Rovers	1
								5	Leeds United	0
	4	Carlisle United	2	0	2
	5	Leeds United	1	2	3

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jason Scotland	Swansea City	24
2	Jermaine Beckford	Leeds United	20
3	Nicky Forster	Brighton & Hove Albion	15
3	Nicky Maynard	Crewe Alexandra	15
5	Danny Graham	Carlisle United	14
5	Rickie Lambert	Bristol Rovers	14
5	Steven Gillespie	Cheltenham Town	14
5	Adam Boyd	Leyton Orient	14
5	Joe Garner	Carlisle United	14
5	Simon Cox	Swindon Town	14

League Two

This section is transcluded from 2007–08 Football League Two. (edit | history)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Milton Keynes Dons (C, P)	46	29	10	7	82	37	+45	97	Promotion to 2008–09 League One
2	Peterborough United (P)	46	28	8	10	84	43	+41	92
3	Hereford United (P)	46	26	10	10	72	41	+31	88
4	Stockport County (O, P)	46	24	10	12	72	54	+18	82	Qualification for League Two playoffs
5	Rochdale	46	23	11	12	77	54	+23	80
6	Darlington	46	22	12	12	67	40	+27	78
7	Wycombe Wanderers	46	22	12	12	56	42	+14	78
8	Chesterfield	46	19	12	15	76	56	+20	69
9	Rotherham United	46	21	11	14	62	58	+4	64^[a]
10	Bradford City	46	17	11	18	63	61	+2	62
11	Morecambe	46	16	12	18	59	63	−4	60
12	Barnet	46	16	12	18	56	63	−7	60
13	Bury	46	16	11	19	58	61	−3	59
14	Brentford	46	17	8	21	52	70	−18	59
15	Lincoln City	46	18	4	24	61	77	−16	58
16	Grimsby Town	46	15	10	21	55	66	−11	55
17	Accrington Stanley	46	16	3	27	49	83	−34	51
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	14	20	56	65	−9	50
19	Macclesfield Town	46	11	17	18	47	64	−17	50
20	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	13	10	23	49	70	−21	49
21	Notts County	46	10	18	18	37	53	−16	48
22	Chester City	46	12	11	23	51	68	−17	47
23	Mansfield Town (R)	46	11	9	26	48	68	−20	42	Relegation to 2008–09 Conference National
24	Wrexham (R)	46	10	10	26	38	70	−32	40

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2008. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Rotherham United deducted 10 points for administration entrance.^[1]

Play-offs

Main article: 2008 Football League Two play-off final

	Semifinals							Final
	4	Stockport County	1	1	2
	7	Wycombe Wanderers	1	0	1
								4	Stockport County	3
								5	Rochdale	2
	5	Rochdale	1	2(5)	3
	6	Darlington	2	1(4)	3

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Aaron McLean	Peterborough United	29
2	Scott McGleish	Wycombe Wanderers	26
3	Jack Lester	Chesterfield	24
4	Michael Boulding	Mansfield Town	22
5	Liam Dickinson	Stockport County	19
6	Andy Bishop	Bury	17
7	Glenn Poole	Brentford	14
7	Peter Thorne	Bradford City	14
7	Adam Le Fondre	Rochdale	14
7	Ben Strevens	Dagenham & Redbridge	14

Notes

• Leeds United were docked 15 points at the beginning of the League One season for failure to comply with rules on insolvency. As a part of this Leeds were given their golden share, allowing them to play in League One for the 2007–08 season.^[2]
• Luton Town of League One were docked 10 points on Thursday 22 November 2007 for entering administration.
• AFC Bournemouth of League One were docked 10 points on Friday 8 February 2008 for entering administration.
• Rotherham United of League Two were docked 10 points on Tuesday 18 March 2008 for entering administration.^[3]

References

1. "Rotherham go into administration". BBC Sport. 18 March 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
2. "Leeds hit with 15-point penalty". BBC Sport. 4 August 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
3. "Rotherham go into administration". BBC Sport. 18 March 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2008.

External links

• BBC Sport | Football | Tables 7 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine