2007–08 Southampton F.C. season

During the 2007–08 English football season, Southampton F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

Southampton

2007–08 season
Chairman	Ken Dulieu (until 17 December) Leon Crouch (from 20 December)
Manager	George Burley (until 23 January) John Gorman (24 January – 19 February) Nigel Pearson (from 19 February)
Stadium	St Mary's Stadium
Championship	20th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Stern John (19 goals)
Average home league attendance	21,081
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Season summary

In the 2007–08 season, the Saints initially had an unremarkable campaign, with the club in mid-table for the first half of the campaign. Once again though, Southampton experienced a major loss of form in the spring, not helped by managerial instability caused by the resignation of George Burley followed by caretaker spells by John Gorman and then Nigel Pearson, and were left in serious danger of relegation to League One on the last day of the season. However, a win combined with some other favourable results ensured their survival for another season in the Championship.^[1]

Final league table

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
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 Football League One

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.
(R) Relegated

Results

Southampton's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2007	Crystal Palace	H	1–4	25,054	Saganowski
18 August 2007	Norwich City	A	1–2	24,004	Jones
25 August 2007	Stoke City	H	3–2	20,300	Surman, Rasiak, Viáfara
1 September 2007	Queens Park Rangers	A	3–0	15,560	Rasiak (2), Wright-Phillips
16 September 2007	Watford	A	2–3	15,915	Rasiak, Dyer
19 September 2007	Colchester United	H	1–1	18,773	Wright-Phillips
22 September 2007	Barnsley	H	2–3	19,151	Saganowski, Idiakez
29 September 2007	Sheffield United	A	2–1	24,561	Rasiak, Viáfara
2 October 2007	Preston North End	A	1–5	10,279	Jones (own goal)
6 October 2007	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–2	21,967	John (2), Skácel
21 October 2007	Cardiff City	H	1–0	20,796	John
24 October 2007	Bristol City	A	1–2	18,326	McAllister (own goal)
27 October 2007	Burnley	A	3–2	10,944	Wright-Phillips, Euell, John
3 November 2007	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	23,363
6 November 2007	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–0	19,856
10 November 2007	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–5	19,442
24 November 2007	Blackpool	H	1–0	21,075	John
27 November 2007	Ipswich Town	A	0–2	19,791
1 December 2007	Leicester City	A	2–1	20,070	John, Surman (pen)
4 December 2007	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–0	17,981
8 December 2007	Hull City	H	4–0	18,125	Wright-Phillips, John (3)
15 December 2007	Coventry City	A	1–1	19,143	Wright-Phillips
22 December 2007	Preston North End	H	0–1	23,267
26 December 2007	Colchester United	A	1–1	6,157	Viáfara
29 December 2007	Barnsley	A	2–2	10,425	Wright-Phillips (2)
1 January 2008	Watford	H	0–3	23,008
12 January 2008	Scunthorpe United	H	1–0	18,416	Rasiak
19 January 2008	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–1	14,676	Wright-Phillips
29 January 2008	Norwich City	H	0–1	18,004
2 February 2008	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	17,967	John
9 February 2008	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–3	22,205	Powell, John
12 February 2008	Stoke City	A	2–3	19,481	John (2)
19 February 2008	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–2	17,806
23 February 2008	Scunthorpe United	A	1–1	6,035	Vignal
1 March 2008	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	23,299	John
4 March 2008	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–2	21,795	Vignal (pen), Euell
8 March 2008	Blackpool	A	2–2	9,050	Vignal, John
11 March 2008	Leicester City	H	1–0	17,741	John
15 March 2008	Hull City	A	0–5	16,829
22 March 2008	Coventry City	H	0–0	22,014
29 March 2008	Cardiff City	A	0–1	12,955
5 April 2008	Bristol City	H	2–0	22,890	John, Euell
12 April 2008	Charlton Athletic	A	1–1	26,206	McCarthy (own goal)
19 April 2008	Burnley	H	0–1	21,762
28 April 2008	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	26,167	Lallana
4 May 2008	Sheffield United	H	3–2	31,957	Saganowski, John (2)

FA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 2008	Leicester City	H	2–0	20,094	Surman, Vignal
R4	26 January 2008	Bury	H	2–0	25,449	Surman, Rasiak
R5	16 February 2008	Bristol Rovers	A	0–1	11,920

League Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	13 August 2007	Peterborough United	A	1–2	4,087	Rasiak

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Richard Wright (on loan from West Ham United) 2 DF  SWE Alexander Östlund 3 DF  ENG Wayne Thomas 4 FW  POL Marek Saganowski 6 DF  ENG Darren Powell 8 FW  ENG Bradley Wright-Phillips 10 MF  ENG Jermaine Wright 11 MF  ENG Andrew Surman 12 MF  CZE Mario Lička 13 GK  POL Bartosz Białkowski 14 MF  ENG Adam Hammill (on loan from Liverpool) 15 FW  JAM Jason Euell 16 MF  COL Jhon Viáfara 17 FW  ENG David McGoldrick 18 FW  ENG Nathan Dyer 20 FW  ENG Adam Lallana

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  FRA Grégory Vignal (on loan from RC Lens) 22 MF  ENG Simon Gillett 23 MF  WAL Lloyd James 24 DF  ENG Olly Lancashire 25 GK  ENG Kelvin Davis 26 FW  FRA Cédric Baseya 27 MF  ESP Iñigo Idiakez 28 MF  ENG Josh Dutton-Black 29 GK  ENG Michael Poke 30 MF  MAR Youssef Safri 31 FW  TRI Stern John 32 GK  SVK Andrej Pernecký 34 FW  CMR Vincent Péricard (on loan from Stoke City) 35 DF  ENG Andrew Davies 36 DF  ENG Chris Perry (on loan from Luton Town) 37 DF  ENG Chris Lucketti (on loan from Sheffield United)

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW  TRI Kenwyne Jones (to Sunderland) 33 DF  SCO Christian Dailly (on loan from West Ham United) 34 DF  ENG Philip Ifil (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) 32 DF  CMR Lucien Mettomo (to Veria) 29 DF  IRL Alan Bennett (on loan from Reading) 9 FW  POL Grzegorz Rasiak (on loan to Bolton Wanderers)

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  CZE Rudolf Skácel (on loan to Hertha BSC) 29 DF  IRL Stephen O'Halloran (on loan from Aston Villa) 5 DF  NOR Claus Lundekvam (Retired) 33 DF  ENG Ian Pearce (on loan from Fulham) 19 DF  ENG Chris Makin (Retired)