2007–08 Preston North End F.C. season

During the 2007–08 English football season, Preston North End competed in the Football League Championship.

Preston North End

2007–08 season
Chairman	Derek Shaw
Manager	Paul Simpson (until 13 November) Alan Irvine (from 20 November)
Stadium	Deepdale
Championship	15th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Mellor (9) All: Mellor (10)
Average home league attendance	12,753
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Season summary

After losing key player David Nugent, Preston North End made a bad start to the 2007–08 season with just three victories from the opening 16 matches, which resulted in manager Paul Simpson being sacked on 13 November.^[1] Everton assistant manager Alan Irvine took over as manager seven days later and guided Preston to a 15th-place finish.^[2]

Final league table

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

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.

Results

Preston North End's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2007	Norwich City	H	0–0	13,408
18 August 2007	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–2	19,556
25 August 2007	Colchester United	H	0–3	11,582
1 September 2007	Coventry City	A	1–2	17,551	Agyemang
15 September 2007	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	13,062	Gallagher
18 September 2007	Scunthorpe United	A	1–2	5,754	Mawéné
22 September 2007	Cardiff City	A	2–2	11,772	Davidson (2)
29 September 2007	Bristol City	H	0–0	12,098
2 October 2007	Southampton	H	5–1	10,279	Hawley, Carter, Sedgwick, Agyemang (2)
6 October 2007	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	19,243	Mellor (pen)
20 October 2007	Sheffield United	A	1–1	23,661	Carter
23 October 2007	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–0	11,407
27 October 2007	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–0	11,055	Ormerod, Carter
3 November 2007	Barnsley	A	0–1	10,223
6 November 2007	Leicester City	H	1–1	10,930	Carroll
10 November 2007	Hull City	A	0–3	16,358
24 November 2007	Charlton Athletic	H	0–2	12,532
27 November 2007	Crystal Palace	A	1–2	13,048	Mawéné
1 December 2007	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	22,836
4 December 2007	Hull City	H	3–0	11,311	Agyemang, Whaley, L Neal
8 December 2007	Blackpool	H	0–1	17,807
15 December 2007	Burnley	A	3–2	14,829	Sedgwick, Mellor, Whaley
22 December 2007	Southampton	A	1–0	23,267	L Neal
26 December 2007	Scunthorpe United	H	0–1	12,920
29 December 2007	Cardiff City	H	1–2	12,046	Whaley
1 January 2008	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–2	20,690	Hawley
12 January 2008	Watford	H	1–0	12,347	Mellor
19 January 2008	Stoke City	A	1–3	15,011	Brown
29 January 2008	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1	12,473	Mawéné, Hawley
2 February 2008	Norwich City	A	0–1	24,092
9 February 2008	Coventry City	H	1–0	11,857	St Ledger
12 February 2008	Colchester United	A	1–2	5,122	Mellor
23 February 2008	Watford	A	0–0	16,798
26 February 2008	Stoke City	H	2–0	12,798	Chaplow (2)
1 March 2008	Crystal Palace	H	0–1	12,347
4 March 2008	Leicester City	A	1–0	19,264	Carter
8 March 2008	Charlton Athletic	A	2–1	25,124	Brown (2)
11 March 2008	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1	12,090	Davidson (pen), Whaley
15 March 2008	Blackpool	A	0–0	9,629
22 March 2008	Burnley	H	2–1	16,149	Priskin, Brown
29 March 2008	Sheffield United	H	3–1	14,647	Davidson (pen), Mellor (2)
5 April 2008	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–2	14,966	Mellor, Priskin
12 April 2008	Barnsley	H	1–2	13,994	Foster (own goal)
19 April 2008	Plymouth Argyle	A	2–2	10,727	Mellor, Chaplow
26 April 2008	Ipswich Town	H	2–2	14,187	Brown, Mellor
4 May 2008	Bristol City	A	0–3	19,169

FA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 2008	Scunthorpe United	H	1–0	4,616	Whaley
R4	26 January 2008	Derby County	A	4–1	17,344	Hawley (2), Whaley, Mellor (pen)
R5	17 February 2008	Portsmouth	H	0–1	11,840

League Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	14 August 2007	Morecambe	H	1–2	7,703	Pugh

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Andy Lonergan 2 DF  SCO Michael Hart 3 DF  SCO Callum Davidson 4 MF  ENG Richard Chaplow 5 DF  FRA Youl Mawéné 6 MF  ENG Jason Jarrett 7 MF  ENG Chris Sedgwick 8 FW  ENG Karl Hawley 9 FW  ENG Chris Brown 10 FW  SCO Craig Beattie (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) 11 MF  ENG Darren Carter 12 DF  ENG Sean St Ledger[notes 1] 13 GK  IRL Wayne Henderson 14 DF  ENG Liam Chilvers

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  ENG Simon Whaley 16 MF  ENG Paul McKenna 17 FW  ENG Brett Ormerod 18 DF  ENG Matt Hill 19 DF  ENG Billy Jones 20 MF  ENG Kevin Nicholls 21 DF  ENG Neal Trotman 23 MF  ENG Lewis Neal 24 MF  ENG Joe Anyinsah 30 GK  ENG Chris Neal 31 GK  ENG Andrew Murphy 32 DF  IRL Dylan Adams 33 FW  ENG Neil Mellor 34 DF  ENG Chris McGrail

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  SCO Graham Alexander[notes 2] (to Burnley) 2 DF  ENG John Halls (on loan from Reading) 4 MF  ENG Danny Pugh (to Stoke City) 9 FW  GHA Patrick Agyemang[notes 3] (to Queens Park Rangers) 10 FW  SCO Paul Gallagher (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  ENG Andy Carroll (on loan from Newcastle United) 22 GK  POL Grzegorz Szamotulski (released) 25 MF  ENG Adam Nowland (to Lancaster City) 25 FW  HUN Tamás Priskin[notes 4] (on loan from Watford)

References

1. "Struggling Preston sack Simpson". BBC Sport. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
2. "Preston unveil Irvine as new boss". BBC Sport. 20 November 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
3. "Preston North End 2007-2008 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
4. "FootballSquads - Preston North End - 2007/08".

Notes

1. St Ledger was born in Solihull, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2009.
2. Alexander was born in Coventry, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and made his international debut for Scotland in April 2002.
3. Agyemang was born in Waltham Forest, England, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and made his international debut for Ghana in May 2003.
4. Priskin was born in Komárno, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), but also qualified to represent Hungary internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Hungary in August 2005.