2007–08 Derby County F.C. season
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The 2007–08 season was Derby County's 109th season in the Football League, their 65th season in the top division of English football and their first season in the top flight since the 2001–02 season. They were promoted after beating West Bromwich Albion 1–0 in the 2007 Championship play-off final.
2007–08 season | |||
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Chairman | Peter Gadsby (until October) Adam Pearson (until January) Andrew Appleby | ||
Manager | Billy Davies (until 26 November) Paul Jewell | ||
Premier League | 20th (relegated) | ||
FA Cup | Fourth round | ||
League Cup | Second round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Kenny Miller (4) All: Kenny Miller (6) | ||
Highest home attendance | 33,087 (vs. Reading, 11 May 2008) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 30,048 (vs. Blackburn Rovers, 30 December 2007) | ||
Average home league attendance | 32,432 | ||
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After a very poor start to the season, manager Billy Davies left the club on 26 November 2007 after winning only one game to be replaced by former Wigan Athletic manager Paul Jewell. Jewell failed to turn things around for Derby and the club spent most of the season at the foot of the table, recording a club and top-flight record run of 32 league games without a win.
Derby were officially relegated on 29 March 2008 after their 2–2 home draw with fellow strugglers Fulham and Birmingham City's 3–1 victory over Manchester City left them 19 points away from safety with only 6 games left. This made Derby the first club in Premiership history to be relegated in March and the first since Sheffield United in 1975-76 to go down from the top flight from that month, at the time only the second time it had ever happened in post-war English Football league history, before Huddersfield Town were relegated in March 2019.[1] They also accumulated the league's lowest points total since the introduction of 3 points for a win with just 11 points, as well as the record for the fewest wins in a Premier League season with just one victory in 38 games; also most defeats (29), fewest goals scored (20), most goals conceded in a 38-game season (89);[2] the latter record has since been broken by Sheffield United (2023-24).