2007–08 Peterborough United F.C. season

Peterborough United
2007–08 season
ChairmanDarragh MacAnthony
ManagerDarren Ferguson
StadiumLondon Road Stadium
League Two2nd (promoted)
FA CupFourth round
Football League CupSecond round
Football League TrophySecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Aaron McLean (29)
All: Aaron McLean (33)
Highest home attendance12,701 (28 March vs. West Brom)
Lowest home attendance4,087 (6 September vs. Southampton)

During the 2007–08 season Peterborough United finished as runners-up in Football League Two.

Sponsors

Area Sponsor Type
Football League Football League Domestic League
Fitness Muscle Finesse Fitness
Photography FC Pix Photography
Stand Sponsor Norwich and Peterborough Building Society
Club Partner Thomas Cook Charter airline

Squad

Goalkeepers

No. Player Pos Lge
Apps 		Lge
Gls 		Cup
Apps 		Cup
Gls 		Tot
Apps 		Tot
Gls 		Date Signed Previous Club
1 Mark Tyler GK 17 - 4 - 21 - 7 December 1994 Norwich
13 Shwan Jalal GK 7 - 3 - 10 - 8 January 2007 Woking
31 James McKeown GK 0 (1) - 0 - 0 (1) - 20 July 2007 Walsall
32 Joe Lewis GK 22 - 1 - 23 - 8 January 2008 Norwich

Defenders

No. Player Pos Lge
Apps 		Lge
Gls 		Cup
Apps 		Cup
Gls 		Tot
Apps 		Tot
Gls 		Date Signed Previous Club
3 Shane Blackett DF 9 (2) - 3 - 12 (2) - 29 January 2007 Dagenham & Redbridge
4 Craig Morgan DF 41 2 5 - 46 2 23 November 2006 Milton Keynes Dons
5 Chris Westwood DF 35 (2) - 5(1) - 40 (3) - 14 May 2007 Walsall
6 Charlie Lee DF 32 (10) 6 5 (3) 2 37 (13) 8 23 May 2007 Tottenham Hotspur
14 Scott Mitchell DF 1 (4) - 0 (1) - 1 (5) - 1 January 2008 Livingston
19 Adam Smith DF 0 - 0 - 0 - 20 November 2006 King's Lynn
22 Kieran Charnock DF 10 - 4 - 14 - 5 July 2007 Northwich Victoria
25 Jeff Hughes DF 2 (5) 1 1 (1) - 3 (6) 1 - Crystal Palace
27 Claude Gnakpa DF 25 (3) - 3 (1) - 28 (4) - 17 July 2007 Swindon Town
28 Guy Branston DF 1 (1) - 0 - 1 (1) - 24 July 2006 Oldham
29 Tom Williams DF 3 (4) - 0 (0) - 3 (4) - 1 July 2008 Wycombe
33 Danny Blanchett DF 1 - 1 - 2 - 19 March 2007 Cambridge City

Midfielders

No. Player Pos Lge
Apps 		Lge
Gls 		Cup
Apps 		Cup
Gls 		Tot
Apps 		Tot
Gls 		Date Signed Previous Club
2 Josh Low MF 9 (6) 2 3 (2) - 12 (8) 2 4 January 2007 Leicester City
7 Adam Newton MF 26 (6) - 5 - 31 (6) - 1 May 2002 West Ham United
8 Micah Hyde (c) MF 33 (4) - 6 - 39 (4) - 11 January 2007 Burnley
10 George Boyd MF 41 (5) 12 7 3 48 (5) 15 8 January 2007 Stevenage Borough
11 Dean Keates MF 33 (7) 5 3 (2) - 36 (9) 5 14 May 2007 Walsall
15 Peter Gain MF 0 - 0 - 0 - 20 June 2005 Lincoln City
17 Jamie Day MF 42 3 6 (1) - 48 (1) 3 1 July 2003 Youth Team
18 Chris Whelpdale MF 29 (6) 3 7 - 36 (6) 3 15 May 2007 Billericay Town
20 Alfie Potter MF 0 (2) - 0 (1) - 0 (3) - 1 June 2007 Youth Team
21 Darren Ferguson MF 0 - 0 - 0 - 20 January 2007 Wrexham
24 Billy Crook MF 0 - 0 - 0 - 20 June 2007 Youth Team
29 Gavin Strachan MF 0 (3) - 2 (1) - 2 (4) - 29 January 2007 Hartlepool United

Forwards

No. Player Pos Lge
Apps 		Lge
Gls 		Cup
Apps 		Cup
Gls 		Tot
Apps 		Tot
Gls 		Date Signed Previous Club
9 Aaron McLean ST 45 29 8 4 53 33 1 January 2007 Grays Athletic
12 Craig Mackail-Smith ST 34 (2) 12 4 (1) 7 38 (3) 19 29 January 2007 Dagenham & Redbridge
15 Scott Rendell ST 3 (7) 3 0 - 3 (7) 3 22 May 2008 Cambridge United
16 Danny Crow ST 2(2) 2 1(1) - 3 (3) 2 8 July 2005 Northampton Town
23 Rene Howe ST 2 (13) 1 1 (2) - 3 (15) 1 2 July 2007 Kettering Town
26 Liam Hatch ST 1 (10) 2 0 0 1 (10) 2 1 January 2008 Barnet

Transfers

A transfer between 1 June 2007 & 31 May 2008

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 June 2007 MF Alfie Potter Youth Team n/a
2 July 2007 FW Rene Howe Kettering Town Undisclosed
5 July 2007 DF Kieran Charnock Northwich Victoria Undisclosed
17 July 2007 DF Claude Gnakpa Swindon Town Free
20 July 2007 GK James McKeown Walsall Free
22 November 2007 DF Jeff Hughes Crystal Palace Loan
1 January 2008 FW Liam Hatch Barnet £150,000
1 January 2008 DF Scott Mitchell Livingston Undisclosed
31 December 2007 DF Tom Williams Wycombe Wanderers Loan
8 January 2008 GK Joe Lewis Norwich City £400,000
18 February 2008 ST Scott Rendell Cambridge United Loan
22 May 2008 ST Scott Rendell Cambridge United £115,000

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
6 June 2007 FW Justin Richards Kidderminster Harriers £0
28 June 2007 DF Ben Futcher Bury £0
28 June 2007 DF Mark Arber Stevenage Borough £0
16 July 2007 MF Richard Butcher Notts County £0
1 August 2007 DF Jude Stirling Milton Keynes Dons £0
1 August 2007 FW Trevor Benjamin Hereford United £0
20 September 2007 MF Alfie Potter Havant & Waterlooville Loan
1 January 2008 DF Guy Branston Notts County £0
10 January 2008 MF Gavin Strachan Notts County £0
11 January 2008 FW Rene Howe Rochdale Loan
11 January 2008 GK Shwan Jalal Morecambe Loan
17 January 2008 MF Peter Gain Dagenham & Redbridge £0

Fixtures and results

Friendlies

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
10 July Stamford Away 1–0 712 Ginty
13 July Celtic Home 1–2 5,800 McLean
18 July Hucknall Town Away 3–0 216 Howe, Ginty, Branston
21 July Liverpool Home 0–0 9,339
24 July Stevenage Borough Away 1–1 1,500 Low
26 July Kettering Town Away Cancelled due to waterlogged pitch
28 July Billericay Town Away 3–3 935 McLean, Whelpdale, Howe
31 July Birmingham City Home 0–3 4,371
4 August Manchester United Home 1–3 11,574 Howe
8 August Bedford Town Away 0–1 379

Football League Two

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Two
Date Opponent Venue Result Pos Attendance Scorers Ref.
11 August Rochdale Home 3–0 2nd 5,575 Low, McLean, Crow [1]
19 August Rotherham United Away 1–3 8th 4,291 McLean
25 August Chesterfield Home 2–3 15th 5,005 Lee, McLean [2]
1 September Accrington Stanley Away 2–0 7th 1,484 Lee, McLean
8 September Mansfield Town Home 2–1 4th 4,721 Low, Crow
15 September Bradford City Away 0–1 9th 13,819
22 September Morecambe Home 1–1 9th 4,473 McLean
29 September Darlington Away 1–1 10th 3,974 Mackail-Smith
2 October Shrewsbury Town Away 2–0 7th 5,220 Lee, Boyd
6 October Grimsby Town Home 2–1 7th 4,786 Boyd, McLean [3]
13 October Wycombe Wanderers Home 2–1 6th 4,567 McLean, Lee
20 October Lincoln City Away 1–1 6th 5,036 Croft (o.g.)
27 October Hereford United Home 1–1 6th 5,008 Mackail-Smith
3 November Stockport County Away 2–1 5th 5,042 Mackail-Smith, McLean
6 November Dagenham and Redbridge Home 3–1 5th 4,200 Keates, McLean (2)
17 November Bury Away 0–2 5th 2,660
24 November Brentford Home 7–0 3rd 4,865 McLean (3), Whelpdale, Boyd, Mackail-Smith, Howe [4]
4 December Notts County Away 1–0 3rd 4,412 Mackail-Smith
8 December Chester City Away 2–1 2nd 2,291 McLean, Mackail-Smith
15 December Milton Keynes Dons Home 1–2 3rd 10,351 McLean
22 December Bradford City Home 2–1 2nd 5,355 McLean, Hughes [5]
26 December Mansfield Town Away 0–2 3rd 3,107
29 December Morecambe Away 2–3 4th 2,371 Morgan, Lee
1 January Shrewsbury Town Home 2–1 5th 5,062 Lee, Morgan
12 January Macclesfield Town Home 0–1 6th 5,238 [6]
15 January Accrington Stanley Home 8–2 5th 4,257 Boyd (3), McLean (3), Mackail-Smith (2) [7]
29 January 2008 (2008-01-29) Rotherham United Home 3–1 5,152 Lee, McLean, Mackail-Smith [8]
2 February 2008 (2008-02-02) Rochdale Away 2–0 3,076 Boyd, McLean
9 February 2008 (2008-02-09) Wrexham Home 0–0 5,505
13 February 2008 (2008-02-13) Chesterfield Away 2–1 3,973 McLean, Boyd
16 February 2008 (2008-02-16) Barnet Home 1–0 5,520 Hatch
23 February 2008 (2008-02-23) Macclesfield Town Away 3–0 2,094 Boyd, Whelpdale, McLean
26 February 2008 (2008-02-26) Wrexham Away 2–0 4,103 Day (2) [9]
1 March 2008 (2008-03-01) Bury Home 1–0 6,150 Keates
4 March 2008 (2008-03-04) Barnet Away 2–0 2,202 Keates, Day [10]
8 March 2008 (2008-03-08) Dagenham & Redbridge Away 3–2 3,130 Boyd, Mackail-Smith, McLean
11 March 2008 (2008-03-11) Brentford Away 2–1 4,049 McLean, Mackail-Smith
15 March 2008 (2008-03-15) Notts County Home 0–0 7,173
21 March 2008 (2008-03-21) Milton Keynes Dons Away 1–1 14,521 Whelpdale
24 March 2008 (2008-03-24) Chester City Home 1–0 6,457 Keates
29 March 2008 (2008-03-29) Lincoln City Home 4–0 8,035 McLean (2), Rendell (2)
5 April 2008 (2008-04-05) Wycombe Wanderers Away 2–2 6,202 Boyd, Hatch
12 April 2008 (2008-04-12) Stockport County Home 0–1 10,023
19 April 2008 (2008-04-19) Hereford United Away 1–0 5,279 Keates
26 April 2008 (2008-04-26) Grimsby Town Away 4–1 4,125 McLean (2), Mackail-Smith, Rendell
3 May 2008 (2008-05-03) Darlington Home 0–2 2nd 10,400 [11]

FA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 FA Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
10 November Round 1 Wrexham Home 4–1 4,266 Mackail-Smith (3), McLean
1 December Round 2 Staines Town Away 5–0 2,460 Mackail-Smith (4), McLean
5 January Round 3 Colchester United F.C. Away 3–1 4,003 McLean, Boyd, Lee
26 January Round 4 West Bromwich Albion F.C. Home 0–3 12,701

League Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 August First round Southampton Home 2–1 4,087 Rasiak (o.g.), Boyd
28 August Second round West Bromwich Albion Home 0–2 4,917

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Trophy
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
4 September First round Nottingham Forest Away 3–2 3,102 Lee, Chambers (o.g.), Boyd
8 October Second round Milton Keynes Dons Away 1–3 5,087 McLean


Statistics

Goal scorers

Pos Player League Cup Total
1 Aaron McLean 29 4 33
2 Craig Mackail-Smith 12 7 19
3 George Boyd 12 3 15
4 Charlie Lee 6 2 8
5 Dean Keates 5 0 5
6 Scott Rendell 3 0 3
7 Jamie Day 3 0 3
8 Chris Whelpdale 3 0 3

Cards

Pos Player
1 Craig Morgan 1 10
2 Claude Gnakpa 0 10
3 Aaron McLean 0 9
4 Jamie Day 0 9
5 Charlie Lee 0 8
6 Chris Whelpdale 0 4
7 Kieran Charnock 0 4
8 Chris Westwood 0 3

See also

References

  1. ^ "Peterborough 3-0 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 11 August 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Peterborough 2-3 Chesterfield". 25 August 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Peterborough 2-1 Grimsby". 6 October 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Peterborough 7-0 Brentford". 24 November 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Peterborough 2-1 Bradford". 22 December 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Peterborough 0-1 Macclesfield". 12 January 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Peterborough 8-2 Accrington". 15 January 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Peterborough 3-1 Rotherham". BBC Sport. 29 January 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Wrexham 0-2 Peterborough". 26 February 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Barnet 0-2 Peterborough". 3 March 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Peterborough 0-2 Darlington". 3 May 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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