2007–08 Football League

The 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 →

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

Standings

League Championship

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	West Bromwich Albion (C) (P)	46	23	12	11	88	55	+33	81	Promotion to Premier League
2	Stoke City (P)	46	21	16	9	69	55	+14	79
3	Hull City (P)	46	21	12	13	65	47	+18	75	0Championship Play-offs0
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 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 games played on 4 May 2008.
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

League One

Main article: 2007–08 Football League One

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Swansea City (C) (P)	46	27	11	8	82	42	+40	92	Promotion to 2008–09 League Championship
2	Nottingham Forest (P)	46	22	16	8	64	32	+32	82
3	Doncaster Rovers (P)	46	23	11	12	65	41	+24	80	0League One play-offs0
4	Carlisle United	46	23	11	12	64	46	+18	80
5	Leeds United	46	27	10	9	72	38	+34	076*
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	46	+12	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	60	−15	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	048*	Relegation to 2008–09 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	033*

Updated to games played on 3 May 2008.
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^* Leeds deducted 15 points for failure to comply with rules on insolvency, Luton and Bournemouth deducted 10 points each for entering administration.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

League Two

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Two

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
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 (P)	46	24	10	12	72	54	+18	82	0League Two Play-offs0
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	064*
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 Premier
24	Wrexham (R)	46	10	10	26	38	70	−32	40

Updated to games played on 3 May 2008.
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^* Rotherham deducted 10 points for entering administration
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Play-offs

Football League Championship

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

Football League One

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

Football League Two

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

Championship

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

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	Richard 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

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.
• Luton Town of League One were docked 10 points on Thursday 22 November 2007 for entering administration.
• A.F.C. 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.

External links

• The Football League
• BBC Sport | Football | Tables