After the previous season's play-off final heartbreak, Tony Mowbray set about restructuring his squad, moving out several players for multimillion-pound fees after press reports of dressing room division.[1] High-profile players such as Jason Koumas, Diomansy Kamara and Curtis Davies were sold to Premier League clubs for large fees, joining Paul McShane, Nathan Ellington, Darren Carter and Steve Watson in leaving the Hawthorns. Mowbray replaced them by signing a total of 14 permanent and loan players in the summer transfer window, making an overall profit in the process.
Despite the large changes in his squad, Mowbray won the Championship Manager of the Month award in September, after Albion gained 13 out of the maximum 15 points and climbed to second.[2] At the start of 2008, Mowbray's young Albion team topped the table, receiving growing plaudits from the media[3] and supporters[4] alike for their attractive brand of attacking one touch passing football, a reflection of Mowbray's staunch footballing philosophy.[5]
Mowbray guided Albion to the Football League Championship title and promotion to the Premier League, and also reached the FA Cupsemi-final. The semi-final, the first to be played at the new Wembley Stadium, pitted Albion against Portsmouth, the only remaining Premier League team left in the FA Cup. Portsmouth won the match 1–0 with the only goal of the game coming from former Albion striker Nwankwo Kanu. Mowbray won the Championship manager of the month award for April,[6] as well as the League Managers Association manager of the year award.[7]
Kit
English company Umbro remained West Bromwich's kit manufacturers. T-Mobile remained the kit sponsors.
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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted
^Pelé was born in Albufeira, Portugal, but also qualified to represent Cape Verde internationally and made his international debut for Cape Verde in 2006.
^Morrison was born in Darlington, England, and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandparents and made his international debut for Scotland in May 2008.
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During the 2007 08 English football season West Bromwich Albion competed in the Football League Championship They finished the season in first place thus earning promotion to the Premier League the following season West Bromwich Albion2007 08 seasonChairmanJeremy PeaceManagerTony MowbrayStadiumThe HawthornsChampionship1st promoted to the Premier League FA CupSemi finalsLeague CupThird roundTop goalscorerLeague Kevin Phillips 22 All Kevin Phillips 24 Average home league attendance22 311 2006 072008 09 Contents 1 Season summary 2 Kit 3 Final league table 4 Results 4 1 Legend 4 2 Football League Championship 4 3 FA Cup 4 4 League Cup 5 Players 5 1 First team squad 5 2 Left club during season 6 Transfers 6 1 Out 6 2 In 7 References 8 NotesSeason summary EditAfter the previous season s play off final heartbreak Tony Mowbray set about restructuring his squad moving out several players for multimillion pound fees after press reports of dressing room division 1 High profile players such as Jason Koumas Diomansy Kamara and Curtis Davies were sold to Premier League clubs for large fees joining Paul McShane Nathan Ellington Darren Carter and Steve Watson in leaving the Hawthorns Mowbray replaced them by signing a total of 14 permanent and loan players in the summer transfer window making an overall profit in the process Despite the large changes in his squad Mowbray won the Championship Manager of the Month award in September after Albion gained 13 out of the maximum 15 points and climbed to second 2 At the start of 2008 Mowbray s young Albion team topped the table receiving growing plaudits from the media 3 and supporters 4 alike for their attractive brand of attacking one touch passing football a reflection of Mowbray s staunch footballing philosophy 5 Mowbray guided Albion to the Football League Championship title and promotion to the Premier League and also reached the FA Cup semi final The semi final the first to be played at the new Wembley Stadium pitted Albion against Portsmouth the only remaining Premier League team left in the FA Cup Portsmouth won the match 1 0 with the only goal of the game coming from former Albion striker Nwankwo Kanu Mowbray won the Championship manager of the month award for April 6 as well as the League Managers Association manager of the year award 7 Kit EditEnglish company Umbro remained West Bromwich s kit manufacturers T Mobile remained the kit sponsors Final league table EditMain article 2007 08 Football League Championship Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion qualification or relegation1 West Bromwich Albion C P 46 23 12 11 88 55 33 81 Promotion to the Premier League2 Stoke City P 46 21 16 9 69 55 14 793 Hull City O P 46 21 12 13 65 47 18 75 Qualification for Championship play offs4 Bristol City 46 20 14 12 54 53 1 745 Crystal Palace 46 18 17 11 58 42 16 71Updated to match es played on 4 May 2008 Source The Football LeagueRules for classification 1 points 2 goal difference 3 number of goals scored C Champion O Play off winner P PromotedResults EditWest Bromwich Albion s score comes first 8 Legend Edit Win Draw LossFootball League Championship Edit Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers11 August 2007 Burnley A 1 2 15 337 2 191 Phillips18 August 2007 Preston North End H 2 0 19 556 Phillips Miller25 August 2007 Sheffield United A 0 1 23 4911 September 2007 Barnsley H 2 0 18 310 Teixeira Beattie15 September 2007 Ipswich Town H 4 0 19 460 1 013 Miller Teixeira Phillips 2 18 September 2007 Bristol City A 1 1 16 571 2 019 Koren22 September 2007 Scunthorpe United A 3 2 8 307 1 800 Barnett Brunt Teixeira30 September 2007 Queens Park Rangers H 5 1 24 757 785 Phillips 2 Miller Koren Greening3 October 2007 Stoke City H 1 1 20 048 1 384 Barnett6 October 2007 Southampton A 2 3 21 967 2 218 Koren 2 20 October 2007 Colchester United A 2 3 5 798 1 000 Phillips Miller23 October 2007 Blackpool H 2 1 22 030 1 382 Miller Morrison27 October 2007 Norwich City H 2 0 20 247 Miller Phillips3 November 2007 Watford A 3 0 18 273 2 200 Miller Phillips Albrechtsen6 November 2007 Sheffield Wednesday H 1 1 19 807 1 726 Phillips12 November 2007 Coventry City A 4 0 18 566 2 818 Robinson Teixeira 2 Koren25 November 2007 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0 0 27 493 2 600 28 November 2007 Plymouth Argyle A 2 1 14 348 Bednar 2 1 December 2007 Crystal Palace A 1 1 15 247 Hudson own goal 4 December 2007 Coventry City H 2 4 20 641 Bednar 2 8 December 2007 Leicester City A 2 1 22 088 Gera Beattie15 December 2007 Charlton Athletic H 4 2 20 346 787 Bednar Gera 2 Phillips22 December 2007 Stoke City A 1 3 18 420 2 439 Bednar26 December 2007 Bristol City H 4 1 27 314 2 600 Bednar Koren Phillips 2 29 December 2007 Scunthorpe United H 5 0 25 238 584 Phillips 2 Koren Gera Beattie1 January 2008 Ipswich Town A 0 2 24 00012 January 2008 Hull City A 3 1 18 391 1 524 Phillips Morrison Bednar19 January 2008 Cardiff City H 3 3 22 325 2 453 Bednar Albrechtsen Johnson own goal 29 January 2008 Preston North End A 1 2 12 473 Gera2 February 2008 Burnley H 2 1 22 206 2 081 Cesar Bednar9 February 2008 Barnsley A 1 2 13 083 2 065 Morrison12 February 2008 Sheffield United H 0 0 22 64323 February 2008 Hull City H 1 2 22 716 1 424 Bednar1 March 2008 Plymouth Argyle H 3 0 22 503 1 346 Gera Miller Bednar4 March 2008 Sheffield Wednesday A 1 0 18 805 Phillips12 March 2008 Crystal Palace H 1 1 20 378 Phillips15 March 2008 Leicester City H 1 4 22 038 1 736 Koren21 March 2008 Charlton Athletic A 1 1 23 412 Phillips29 March 2008 Colchester United H 4 3 20 433 686 Phillips Brunt Bednar Morrison1 April 2008 Cardiff City A 0 0 13 9158 April 2008 Blackpool A 3 1 9 628 1 900 Phillips 2 1 pen Miller12 April 2008 Watford H 1 1 26 508 Barnett15 April 2008 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1 0 27 883 2 600 Gera19 April 2008 Norwich City A 2 1 25 442 2 500 Koren Gera28 April 2008 Southampton H 1 1 26 167 1 263 Brunt4 May 2008 Queens Park Rangers A 2 0 18 309 2 600 Do Heon BruntFA Cup Edit Main article 2007 08 FA Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance GoalscorersR3 5 January 2008 Charlton Athletic A 1 1 12 682 MillerR3R 15 January 2008 Charlton Athletic H 2 2 won 4 3 on pens 12 691 Bednar MorrisonR4 26 January 2008 Peterborough United A 3 0 12 701 Bednar Koren Phillips pen R5 16 February 2008 Coventry City A 5 0 28 163 5 000 Brunt Bednar 2 1 pen Miller GeraQF 9 March 2008 Bristol Rovers A 5 1 12 011 1 500 Morrison Miller 3 PhillipsSF 5 April 2008 Portsmouth N 0 1 83 584League Cup Edit Main article 2007 08 Football League Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance GoalscorersR1 14 August 2007 Bournemouth H 1 0 10 250 432 BeattieR2 28 August 2007 Peterborough United A 2 0 4 917 Gera EllingtonR3 25 September 2007 Cardiff City H 2 4 14 085 Miller 2 1 pen Players EditFirst team squad Edit Squad at end of season 9 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK IRL Dean Kiely notes 1 2 DF BEL Carl Hoefkens3 DF ENG Paul Robinson4 DF ENG Leon Barnett5 DF ENG Neil Clement7 MF SVN Robert Koren8 MF ENG Jonathan Greening9 FW CZE Roman Bednar on loan from Hearts 10 FW SCO Craig Beattie11 MF HUN Zoltan Gera12 MF KOR Kim Do heon on loan from Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 13 GK ENG Luke Steele14 DF DEN Martin Albrechtsen15 FW NED Sherjill MacDonald16 DF ENG Jared Hodgkiss No Pos Nation Player17 FW ENG Ishmael Miller18 DF ANT Shelton Martis19 GK CZE Michal Danek on loan from Viktoria Plzen 20 MF POR Filipe Teixeira notes 2 21 FW ENG Kevin Phillips22 FW ENG Stuart Nicholson23 DF MOZ Tininho24 FW ENG Luke Moore on loan from Aston Villa 25 DF SVN Bostjan Cesar on loan from Marseille 26 DF CPV Pele notes 3 27 MF SCO James Morrison notes 4 29 MF NIR Chris Brunt30 FW POL Bartosz Slusarski32 MF ENG David WorrallLeft club during season Edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player6 DF ENG Curtis Davies on loan to Aston Villa 9 FW ENG Nathan Ellington to Watford 12 MF ENG Richard Chaplow to Preston North End No Pos Nation Player19 FW WAL John Hartson retired 24 DF ENG Ronnie Wallwork to Sheffield Wednesday 31 GK ENG Luke Daniels on loan to Motherwell Transfers EditOut Edit Chris Perry released later joined Luton Town 1 June 2007 Diomansy Kamara Fulham 6 000 000 9 July 2007 10 Steve Watson Sheffield Wednesday free 10 July 2007 11 Jason Koumas Wigan Athletic 5 300 000 10 July 2007 12 Paul McShane Sunderland 1 500 000 26 July 2007 13 Darren Carter Preston North End 750 000 9 August 2007 14 Nathan Ellington Watford 3 250 000 29 August 2007 15 Curtis Davies Aston Villa season loan 31 August 2007 16 In Edit Shelton Martis Hibernian 50 000 2 July 2007 17 Craig Beattie Celtic 1 250 000 3 July 2007 18 Filipe Teixeira Academica 600 000 17 July 2007 19 Leon Barnett Luton Town 2 500 000 26 July 2007 20 Tininho Beira Mar 230 000 31 July 2007 21 Bostjan Cesar Marseille season loan 7 August 2007 22 Carl Hoefkens Stoke City 750 000 7 August 2007 23 James Morrison Middlesbrough 1 500 000 7 August 2007 24 Pele Southampton 1 000 000 9 August 2007 25 Chris Brunt Sheffield Wednesday 3 000 000 15 August 2007 26 Bartosz Slusarski Dyskobolia Grodzisk Michal Danek Viktoria Plzen loan Roman Bednar Hearts loan Ishmael Miller Manchester CityReferences Edit Boss I had to clear decks Archived 18 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine Express amp Star 12 September 2007 Mowbray wins award West Bromwich Albion F C 4 October 2007 Archived from the original on 18 January 2008 Retrieved 4 October 2007 Culley Jon 27 December 2007 West Bromwich Albion 4 Bristol City 1 Bednar fires Albion to the summit The Independent London Archived from the original on 30 December 2007 Retrieved 25 May 2010 Mowbray hails Baggies fans Birmingham Post 28 December 2007 Mowbray can pass Premier test Birmingham Post 11 December 2007 Mowbray claims managerial award BBC Sport 8 May 2008 Retrieved 14 May 2008 Ferguson wins managerial honour BBC Sport 13 May 2008 Retrieved 14 May 2008 West Bromwich Albion 2007 2008 Results statto com Archived from the original on 12 November 2013 Retrieved 12 November 2013 FootballSquads West Bromwich Albion 2007 08 Fulham sign Kamara from West Brom BBC Sport 9 July 2007 Retrieved 13 November 2008 Owls complete signing of Watson 10 July 2007 Retrieved 14 July 2020 Wigan complete signing of Koumas BBC Sport 10 July 2007 Retrieved 10 July 2007 Sunderland sign defender McShane 26 July 2007 Retrieved 14 July 2020 Carter joins Preston from Baggies 9 August 2007 Retrieved 14 July 2020 BBC SPORT Football My Club Watford Watford sign Ellington for 3 25m newsimg bbc co uk Retrieved 14 July 2020 Villa sign Davies on season loan BBC Sport 31 August 2007 Retrieved 31 August 2007 West Brom capture defender Martis BBC Sport 2 July 2007 Retrieved 2 July 2007 West Brom complete Beattie deal 3 July 2007 Retrieved 14 July 2020 Baggies sign midfielder Teixeira BBC Sport 17 July 2007 Retrieved 6 October 2007 Barnett completes West Brom move 26 July 2007 Retrieved 14 June 2019 Tininho bags Albion deal West Bromwich Albion F C 31 July 2007 Archived from the original on 5 August 2012 Retrieved 14 January 2008 Baggies sign Marseille defender BBC Sport 2 August 2007 Retrieved 7 August 2007 West Brom sign Stoke s Hoefkens 7 August 2007 Retrieved 14 June 2019 Morrison secures move to Baggies 7 August 2007 Retrieved 14 June 2019 Baggies swoop for midfielder Pele BBC Sport 9 August 2007 Retrieved 9 August 2007 West Brom complete 3m Brunt deal 15 August 2007 Retrieved 14 June 2019 Notes Edit Kiely was born in Salford England and represented them at U 15 U 16 and U 18 level but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in November 1999 Teixeira was born in Boulogne Billancourt France but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally and represented them at U 18 U 20 and U 21 level Pele was born in Albufeira Portugal but also qualified to represent Cape Verde internationally and made his international debut for Cape Verde in 2006 Morrison was born in Darlington England and represented them at U 17 U 18 U 19 and U 21 level but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandparents and made his international debut for Scotland in May 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2007 08 West Bromwich Albion F C season amp oldid 1108510259, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
