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2007–08 Darlington F.C. season

During the 2007–08 English football season, Darlington F.C. competed in League two of English football as well as the FA Cup, the League Cup and the League Trophy.

Darlington
2007–08 season
ChairmanGeorge Houghton
ManagerDave Penney
StadiumThe Darlington Arena
League Two6th
FA CupFirst round
Football League CupFirst round
Johnstone's Paint TrophyNorthern second round
Top goalscorerLeague: Wright (12)
All: Wright (14)
Highest home attendance8,057 (vs Rochdale, 10th May 2008, League Two play-offs)
Lowest home attendance2,628 (vs Shrewsbury Town, 6th November 2007, League Two)
Average home league attendance3,995
Biggest win4–0 (vs. Stockport County, 14th October 2007, League Two)
4-0 (vs. Grimsby Town, 4th December 2007, League Two)
4-0 (vs. Lincoln City, 22nd December 2007, League Two)
Biggest defeat1–5 (vs. Hereford United, 3rd November 2007, League Two)

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
4 Stockport County (O, P) 46 24 10 12 72 54 +18 82 Qualification for League Two playoffs
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
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2008. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results edit

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Football League Two edit

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Two
11 August 2007 1 Darlington 2–0 Wrexham Darlington
15:00 BST McBride   42',   86'
Wright   47'
Oakes   63'
Joachim   72'		 Valentine   19'
Williams   30'
Pejic   69'		 Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 4,408
Referee: Karl Evans
18 August 2007 2 Accrington Stanley 0–3 Darlington Accrington
15:00 BST Branch   75' Wright   26',   41'
Ryan   32'
Abbott   49',   49' (pen.)		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,805
Referee: Mark Haywood
25 August 2007 3 Darlington 2–2 Notts County Darlington
15:00 BST Wright   40'
Miller   86'		 Smith   65'
Butcher   72',   90'		 Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 3,763
Referee: Peter Walton
1 September 2007 4 Macclesfield Town 0-0 Darlington Macclesfield
15:00 BST Dunfield   52' Wright   60' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 2,288
Referee: Andy Woolmer
8 September 2007 5 Rotherham United 0–2 Darlington Rotherham
13:00 BST Coughlan   13' Abbott   10'
Ravenhill   28'
Cummins   52'
Austin   59'
Blundell   76'		 Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 3,988
Referee: Darren Drysdale
15 September 2007 6 Darlington 2–0 Lincoln City Darlington
15:00 BST Abbott   34'
Ravenhill   46'
Ryan   67'		 Hand   21' Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 4,075
Referee: Anthony Taylor
22 September 2007 7 Milton Keynes Dons 1-0 Darlington Milton Keynes
15:00 BST Knight   61'
Diallo   89'		 White   64'
Wright   83'		 Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 7,901
Referee: Andy D'Urso
29 September 2007 8 Darlington 1-1 Peterborough United Darlington
15:00 BST White   32'
Barrau   62'   75'
Wright   63'		 Day   12'
Charnock   30'
Mackail-Smith   90'		 Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 3,974
Referee: Mark Haywood
2 October 2007 9 Darlington 1-1 Rochdale Darlington
19:30 BST Wright   59'
Foster   90'		 Le Fondre   28'
Prendergast   77',   88'		 Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 3,031
Referee: Carl Boyeson
6 October 2007 10 Dagenham & Redbridge 0–3 Darlington Dagenham
15:00 BST Moore   68' Foster   45'
Blundell   67'
Wright   83'
Keltie   88'
Ravenhill   90'		 Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 1,888
Referee: Paul Melin
14 October 2007 11 Darlington 4-0 Stockport County Darlington
14:00 BST Ryan   21'
Joachim   28'
Wright   65',   85'
Smith   76'
Blundell   81'		 Proudlock   66' Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 3,841
Referee: Andy Haines
20 October 2007 12 Bradford City 0–0 Darlington Bradford
15:00 BST Williams   17'
Conolon   68'		 Smith   15'
Keltie   30'
Foster   68'
Wainwright   69'
Austin   90'		 Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 14,074
Referee: Gavin Ward
27 October 2007 13 Darlington 0-0 Chesterfield Darlington
15:00 BST Ravenhill   85' Picken   72' Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 4,205
Referee: Stuart Attwell
3 November 2007 14 Hereford United 5-1 Darlington Hereford
15:00 GMT Rose   4'
Robinson   22'
Smith   47'
Benjamin   58'
Easton   90'		 Colbeck   16'
Foster   71'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 3,516
Referee: Mick Russell
6 November 2007 15 Darlington 2-0 Shrewsbury Town Darlington
19:30 GMT Joachim   27'
Colbeck   63'		 Murdock   56' Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 2,628
Referee: Mike Pike
17 November 2007 16 Brentford 0-2 Darlington Brentford
15:00 GMT Moore   65'
Dickson   67'
Mackie   78'		 Keltie   17',   17' (pen.)
Foran   20'
Wright   37',   40'		 Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 4,657
Referee: Mike Thorpe
24 November 2007 17 Darlington 1-0 Wycombe Wanderers Darlington
15:00 GMT Abbott   77'
Keltie   90'		 Torres   24' Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 3,002
Referee: Scott Mathieson
4 December 2007 18 Grimsby Town 0-4 Darlington Grimsby
15:00 GMT Boshell   27' White   3'
Blundell   25',   53'
Foster   40'
Foran   50'
Ravenhill   76'
Cummins   90'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 3,057
Referee: Keith Hill
22 December 2007 19 Lincoln City 0-4 Darlington Lincoln
15:00 GMT Foran   11'
Keltie   32' (pen.)
Cummins   45',   51',   84'		 Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 4,025
Referee: Graham Horwood
26 December 2007 20 Darlington 1-1 Rotherham United Darlington
15:15 GMTNote 1 Ridley   50'
Foran   63'
Cummins   68'		 Sharps   27'
O'Grady   36'		 Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 6,965
Referee: Jon Moss
29 December 2007 21 Darlington 0-1 Milton Keynes Dons Darlington
15:00 GMT Purdie   2'
White   28'
Miller   83'		 Navarro   45'
Johnson   84'
Andrews   86'
Wright   90'
Swailes   90'		 Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 5,304
Referee: Graham Salisbury
1 January 2008 22 Rochdale 3-1 Darlington Rochdale
15:00 GMT Thompson   22'
Rundle   36'
Murray   37'
Le Fondre   45' (pen.)
McArdle   90'		 White   31'   74'
Austin   36'
Keltie   54' (pen.)
Ravenhill   55'
Wright   81'		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,116
Referee: Rob Lewis
12 January 2008 23 Darlington 3-0 Bury Darlington
15:00 GMT Wright   12'
Miller   22'
Mayo   58'
Keltie   65'		 Futcher   61'
Challinor   79'		 Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 3,003
Referee: Anthony Bates
15 January 2008 24 Morecambe 0-3 Darlington Morecambe
15:00 GMT Grand   74' Austin   27'
Wright   60'
Joachim   63'
Cummins   65'
Blundell   70'		 Stadium: Christie Park
Attendance: 2,773
Referee: Darren Drysdale
19 January 2008 25 Mansfield Town 0-1 Darlington Mansfield
15:00 GMT Buxton   76' Ravenhill   20'
Blundell   30' (pen.)
Foran   45'
Foster   62'		 Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 3,344
Referee: Michael Jones
26 January 2008 26 Darlington 2-2 Macclesfield Town Darlington
15:00 GMT Wright   10',   54'
Cresswell   72' (o.g.)
Ravenhill   90'		 Gritton   60'
Cresswell   64'
Reid   90'		 Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 3,585
Referee: Dean Whitestone
29 January 2008 27 Darlington 1-0 Accrington Stanley Darlington
19:30 GMT Wright   1' Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 2,808
Referee: Kevin Friend
2 February 2008 28 Wrexham 2-0 Darlington Wrexham
14:30 GMT Evans   21'
Proctor   86'		 Ravenhill   53'
Cummins   57'		 Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 4,013
Referee: Steven Cook
9 February 2008 29 Darlington 1-0 Accrington Stanley Darlington
19:30 GMT Joachim   11'
White   31'
Blundell   70'		 Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 3,145
Referee: Kevin Friend
12 February 2008 30 Notts County 0-1 Darlington Nottingham
15:00 GMT Ravenhill   45'
Austin   74'		 Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 3,421
Referee: Mick Russell
16 February 2008 31 Darlington 1-2 Mansfield Town Darlington
15:00 GMT Wright   19'
Austin   22'
White   45'
Blundell   49'		 Louis   56'
Dawson   64'		 Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 3,527
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
23 February 2008 32 Bury 1-2 Darlington Bury
15:00 GMT Sodje   66',   88' Ndumbu-Nsungu   6' (pen.)
Ravenhill   19'
Austin   35'
Cummins   67'
Wiseman   89'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,554
Referee: Andy Hall
1 March 2008 33 Darlington 3-1 Brentford Darlington
15:00 GMT Ndumbu-Nsungu   48'
Joachim   59'
Stockdale   83'
Abbott   90'		 Reid   82' Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 3,508
Referee: Dave Foster
4 March 2008 34 Darlington 1-0 Chester City Darlington
19:30 GMT Abbott   27' Linwood   28'
Roberts   66'		 Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 3,294
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
8 March 2008 35 Wycombe Wanderers 2-0 Darlington High Wycombe
15:00 GMT Knight   24'
Bloomfield   71'
McGleish   84'		 Ravenhill   42'
Valentine   45'
Ndumbu-Nsungu   90'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 5,185
Referee: Ray Lee
11 March 2008 36 Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Darlington Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT Miller   45'
Kennedy   61'		 Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 4,499
Referee: Roger East
15 March 2008 37 Darlington 3-2 Grimsby Town Darlington
15:00 GMT Wright   21',   64'
Abbott   33',   44'
Austin   74'		 Butler   29',   30'
Clarke   38'
Bolland   63'		 Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 3,499
Referee: Anthony Taylor
22 March 2008 38 Chester City 2-1 Darlington Chester
15:00 GMT Rutherford   6',   75'
Partridge   36'		 Stockdale   21'
Foster   43',   84'		 Stadium: Deva Stadium
Attendance: 1,759
Referee: Darren Deadman
24 March 2008 39 Darlington 2-2 Morecambe Darlington
15:00 GMT Foran   57'
Kennedy   84'
Ndumbu-Nsungu   89'		 Thompson   38' (pen.)
Newby   41'		 Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 3,719
Referee: Michael Oliver
29 March 2008 40 Darlington 1-3 Bradford City Darlington
15:00 GMT Keltie   11' (pen.)
Nelthorpe   65'
Foran   83'
Foster   85'		 Penford   50'
Conlon   63'
Colbeck   79'
Nix   88'		 Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 4,492
Referee: Darren Drysdale
1 April 2008 41 Barnet 0-0 Darlington Chipping Barnet
20:15 BSTNote 2 Purdie   60'
White   68'
Parker   90'		 Stadium: Underhill Stadium
Attendance: 1,678
Referee: Paul Armstrong
5 April 2008 42 Stockport County 1-0 Darlington Stockport
15:00 BST Dickinson   37'
Rose   87'		 Austin   50'
Nelthorpe   63'
White   85'
Keltie   90'		 Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 6,460
Referee: Mike Thorpe
12 April 2008 43 Darlington 0-1 Bradford City Darlington
15:00 BST Foster   74'
Valentine   89'		 Hooper   69' Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 4,331
Referee: Dean Whitestone
19 April 2008 44 Chesterfield 1-1 Darlington Chesterfield
15:00 BST Leven   28'
Picken   33'
Niven   39'
Ward   50'		 Foster   45'
Wright   68'		 Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 3,809
Referee: Karl Evans
26 April 2008 45 Darlington 2-3 Dagenham & Redbridge Darlington
15:00 BST Ravenhill   20'
Arber   52' (o.g.)
Parker   64'		 Sloma   63',   75'
Rainford   66' (pen.)
Keltie   74' (o.g.)
Benson   75'
Huke   90'		 Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 3,709
Referee: Darren Deadman
3 May 2008 46 Peterborough United 0-2 Darlington Peterborough
15:00 BST Morgan   66'
Hyde   72'
Boyd   73'		 Kennedy   3',   45'
Ravenhill   38'
Cummins   52'
Miller   59'
Keltie   73'		 Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 10,400
Referee: Steve Bratt

^Note 1 Kick off delayed by 15 minutes due to crowd congestion
^Note 2 Kick off delayed by 30 minutes due to an issue with floodlights

League Two play-offs edit

Main article: 2008 Football League play-offs § League Two
10 May 2008 (2008-05-10) 1st Leg Darlington 2–1 Rochdale Darlington
17:35 BST Kennedy   28'
Miller   90'		 Report
Report		 Dagnall   70'
Jones   90'		 Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 8,057
Referee: Paul Armstrong
17 May 2008 (2008-05-17) 2nd Leg Rochdale 2–1 (a.e.t.)
(3-3 agg.)
(5–4 p)		 Darlington Rochdale
12:00 BST Howe   29'
Dagnall   43'
Perkins   78'   109'		 Report
Report		 Keltie   28' (pen.)
Wainwright   33'
Ravenhill   49'
White   74'		 Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 6,271
Referee: Richard Beeby
Penalties
Dagnall  
Kennedy  
Le Fondre  
Jones  
Muirhead  		   Guylain
  Purdie
  Wainwright
  Ravenhill
  Kennedy

FA Cup edit

Main article: 2007–08 FA Cup
10 November 2007 First round Darlington 1-1 Northampton Town Darlington
15:00 GMT Blundell   8' Larkin   26' Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 2,964
Referee: Karl Evans
20 November 2007 First round replay Northampton Town 2-1 Darlington Northampton
19:45 GMT Kirk   36'
Johnson   41'		 Foster   54'
Wright   90'		 Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 2,895
Referee: Paul Melin

League Cup edit

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Cup
14 August 2007 First round Barnsley 2–1 Darlington Barnsley
15:00 BST Reid   45'
Ferenczi   65'
Reid   77'		 Wright   70'
Ravenhill   85'		 Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 3,780
Referee: Rob Shoebridge

Football League Trophy edit

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Trophy
9 October 2007 Northern first round Darlington 0-1 Leeds United Darlington
19:30 BST Blundell   9'
Keltie   67'
White   90'		 Andrews   31'
Thompson   43'
Huntington   48'		 Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 7,891
Referee: Mike Jones

Player details edit

Includes players with at least one appearance in any competition[2]

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two
(Including play-offs)		 FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
13 GK   ENG David Stockdale 46 0 43 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
1 GK   ENG Andy Oakes 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 GK   POL Przemysław Kazimierczak 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF   ENG Steve Foster 48 2 44 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
4 DF   ENG Alan White 41 1 37 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
2 DF   ENG Neil Austin 30 2 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF   ENG Ian Miller 29 3 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF   WAL Ryan Valentine 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF   ENG Tim Ryan 14 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 DF   ENG Ben Parker 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF   GIB Scott Wiseman 10 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF   ENG Craig Nelthorpe 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF   ENG Paul Mayo 7 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF   ENG Lee Ridley 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF   ENG John Brackstone 6 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
27 DF   ENG Chris Palmer 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
22 DF   ENG Kevin Burgess 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF   IRL Michael Cummins 46 6 42 6 2 0 1 0 1 0
11 MF   ENG Rob Purdie 46 0 42 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
14 MF   ENG Ricky Ravenhill 40 3 37 3 1 0 1 0 1 0
10 MF   ENG Clark Keltie 31 5 28 5 2 0 0 0 1 0
7 MF   ENG Neil Wainwright 17 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
32 MF   ENG Jason Kennedy 15 3 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF   SCO Kevin McBride 7 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
31 MF   SCO Bryan Hodge 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF   ENG Joe Colbeck 6 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF   FRA Xavier Barrau 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
12 FW   ENG Julian Joachim 52 6 48 6 2 0 1 0 1 0
20 FW   ENG Tommy Wright 45 14 41 12 2 1 1 1 1 0
16 FW   ENG Gregg Blundell 40 7 36 6 2 1 1 0 1 0
9 FW   POL Pawel Abbott 27 9 24 9 2 0 1 0 0 0
30 FW   IRL Richie Foran 12 2 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 FW   CGO Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu 10 3 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW   WAL Kevin Gall 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 FW   ENG Matt Green 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 FW   ENG Martin Smith 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW   USA Johann Smith 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 FW   SCO Ian Harty 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
29 FW   ENG Curtis Main 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 FW   ENG Shaun Reay 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers edit

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Transfers In edit

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee
18 July 2007 FW   Ian Harty Airdrieonians Free transfer
29 August 2007 MF   Xavier Barrau Bradford City Free transfer
11 January 2008 DF   Ian Miller Ipswich Town Free transfer
18 January 2008 DF   Ryan Valentine Wrexham Free transfer
29 January 2008 FW   Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu Bradford City Free transfer
31 January 2008 GK   Przemysław Kazimierczak Bolton Wanderers Free transfer
31 May 2008 MF   Jason Kennedy Middlesbrough Free transfer
1 June 2008 FW   Jason Bradley Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer
28 June 2008 DF   Clayton Fortune Leyton Orient Free transfer

Transfers Out edit

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee
30 July 2007 -   Nathan Wright Gretna Signed
1 August 2007 MF   Simon Johnson Hereford United Free transfer
1 January 2008 MF   Xavier Barrau Hamilton Academical Signed
1 January 2008 MF   Kevin McBride Falkirk Signed
1 January 2008 -   Wayne Clarke Released -
1 January 2008 DF   Patrick Collins Released -
1 January 2008 MF   Craig Netherthorpe Released -
1 January 2008 FW   Ian Harty Released -
19 March 2008 FW   Martin Smith Released -
22 May 2008 FW   Julian Joachim Released -
22 May 2008 FW   Shaun Reay Released -
22 May 2008 DF   Kevin Burgess Released -
22 May 2008 DF   John Brackstone Released -
1 June 2008 FW   Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu Released -
4 June 2008 GK   David Stockdale Fulham £600,000

References edit

  1. ^ "Darlington match record: 2008 - 11v11.com". Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ^ "All Darlington football club players: 2008 - 11v11.com". Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Darlington (old) Club Details | Transfers - www.soccerbase.com". Retrieved 15 November 2022.
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