2007–08 Crystal Palace F.C. season

The 2007–08 season was Crystal Palace Football Club's third consecutive season in The Championship. Manager Peter Taylor was sacked on 8 October 2007[1] and replaced by former Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock on 11 October 2007.[2]

Crystal Palace
2007–08 season
ChairmanSimon Jordan
ManagerPeter Taylor (until 8 October)
Neil Warnock (from 11 October)
Championship5th (play-offs)
FA CupThird round
League CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Clinton Morrison (16)

All:
Clinton Morrison (16)
Highest home attendance23,950 vs Burnley (4 May 2008)
Lowest home attendance13,048 vs Preston North End (27 November 2007)
Average home league attendance16,031

Statistics

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Appearances

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Last updated on 13 May 2008.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship
(including play-offs)
FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ENG Scott Flinders 2 -3 0 0 1 -2 1 -1
2 DF   ENG Matthew Lawrence 41 1 37+2 1 1 0 0+1 0
3 DF   ENG Tony Craig 14 0 13 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF   ENG Clint Hill 31 3 30 3 0+1 0 0 0
5 DF   ENG Mark Hudson 49 2 47 2 1 0 1 0
6 DF   ENG Leon Cort[notes 1] 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF   WAL Carl Fletcher[notes 2] 29 1 17+11 1 1 0 0 0
8 FW   ENG James Scowcroft 40 9 35+4 9 1 0 0 0
9 FW   SCO Dougie Freedman 20 2 4+15 1 0 0 1 1
10 FW   IRL Clinton Morrison[notes 3] 47 16 35+10 16 1 0 0+1 0
11 MF   BRB Paul Ifill[notes 4] 15 2 5+10 2 0 0 0 0
12 GK   ARG Julián Speroni 48 -45 48 -45 0 0 0 0
14 MF   ENG Ben Watson 46 7 43+1 7 1 0 1 0
15 MF   IRL Mark Kennedy 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF   ENG Neil Danns 4 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW   AUT Besian Idrizaj 7 0 3+4 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW   ENG Scott Sinclair 10 2 10 2 0 0 0 0
18 DF   ENG John Halls 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF   ENG Tom Soares 42 6 40+1 6 0 0 1 0
20 DF   ENG Danny Butterfield 33 0 27+5 0 0 0 1 0
21 MF   ENG Dave Martin 10 0 2+7 0 0 0 1 0
21 MF   ENG Kyel Reid 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW   SCO Paul Dickov 9 0 6+3 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF   ENG Nathan Ashton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF   POR José Fonte 26 1 18+6 1 1 0 1 0
24 MF   NIR Jeff Hughes 10 0 4+6 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF   ENG Stuart Green 11 2 7+3 2 0 0 1 0
27 MF   CMR Franck Songo'o 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF   ENG Shaun Derry 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF   ENG John Bostock 5 0 1+3 0 1 0 0 0
31 DF   ENG Arron Fray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW   FIN Shefki Kuqi[notes 5] 9 0 2+6 0 0 0 1 0
33 FW   ENG Lewis Grabban 3 0 0+2 0 0 0 0+1 0
34 DF   ENG Lee Hills 13 1 6+6 1 1 0 0 0
35 DF   WAL Rhoys Wiggins[notes 6] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 MF   ENG Lewwis Spence 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW   ENG Charlie Sheringham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 GK   ENG David Wilkinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF   ENG James Dayton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF   ENG Ryan Hall 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
41 DF   ENG Moses Swaibu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 FW   ENG Ben Kudjodji 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
43 FW   ENG Victor Moses[notes 7] 15 3 10+5 3 0 0 0 0
44 FW   IRL Sean Scannell[notes 8] 25 2 11+13 2 0+1 0 0 0
48 MF   ENG Ashley-Paul Robinson 6 0 0+6 0 0 0 0 0

Players

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Starting 11

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No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
MS Notes
12 GK   Julián Speroni 48
2 RB   Matthew Lawrence 38 Danny Butterfield has 28 starts
5 CB   Mark Hudson 49
23 CB   José Fonte 20
4 LB   Clint Hill 30
19 RM   Tom Soares 41
14 CM   Ben Watson 45
28 CM   Shaun Derry 32
44 LM   Sean Scannell 12 Carl Fletcher has 18 starts
8 CF   James Scowcroft 36
10 CF   Clinton Morrison 36

Club

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Management

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Position Staff
Manager   Peter Taylor (July–October)/  Neil Warnock (October–June)
Assistant manager   Mick Jones (October–June)
First team coach   Kit Symons (July–October)/  Keith Curle (October–June)
Goalkeeping coach   Tony Burns (July–November)/  Jim Stannard (November–June)
Chief scout   Allan Gemmill
Fitness coach   Mark Hulse (July–November)/  Carl Serrant (November–June)
Reserve team manager   Kit Symons (July–October)/  Dougie Freedman (October–March)/  Gary Issot (March–June)
Academy manager   David Moss
U18 team/Assistant academy manager   Gary Issott
Head physiotherapist   Paul Caton

Source: [citation needed]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
3 Hull City (O, P) 46 21 12 13 65 47 +18 75 Qualification for Championship play-offs
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
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.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Matches

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Preseason

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13 July 2007 Chelmsford City 0–2 Crystal Palace Melbourne Stadium, Chelmsford
19:00 (Report) Freedman   74, 82' Attendance: 997
Referee: Rayford Lee
14 July 2007 Bromley 2–2 Crystal Palace Hayes Lane, London
15:00 Hockton   56'
Chaaban   56'
(Report) Duku   50' o.g.
Green   90'
Attendance: 3,148
Referee: Steve Bennett
17 July 2007 Aldershot Town 0–2 Crystal Palace Recreation Ground, Aldershot
19:00 (Report) Watson   22' (pen.)
Kuqi   58'
Attendance: 1,520
Referee: Steven Cook
20 July 2007 Dartford 0–3 Crystal Palace Princes Park, Dartford
19:00 (Report) Fletcher   16'
Green   56'
Ifill   89'
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Steve Bennett
21 July 2007 Barnet 2–3 Crystal Palace Underhill Stadium, London
15:00 Carew   69'
Yakubu   89'
(Report) Giele   18' (o.g.)
Watson   24'
Ifill   28'
Attendance: 1,371
Referee: Grant Hegley
24 July 2007 IFK Göteborg   1–2   Crystal Palace Grebbestad
19:30 Mourad   74' (Report) Ifill   2'
Scowcroft   35'
Attendance: 1,300
31 July 2007 Crystal Palace   1–1   Anderlecht Selhurst Park, London
20:00 Watson   50' (pen.) (Report) Théréau   26' Attendance: 5,232
Referee: Alan Wiley
4 August 2007 Crystal Palace 0–0 Everton Selhurst Park, London
15:00 (Report) Attendance: 10,010
Referee: Phil Crossley

Football League Championship

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11 August 2007 Southampton 1–4 Crystal Palace St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
15:00 Saganowski   45+2' (Report) Scowcroft   30, 31, 55'
Morrison   57'
Attendance: 25,054
Referee: Lee Probert
18 August 2007 Crystal Palace 2–2 Leicester City Selhurst Park, London
15:00 Green   33'
Morrison   90+3'
(Report) Campbell   63'
Kisnorbo   87'
Attendance: 15 607
Referee: Michael Russell
26 August 2007 Ipswich Town 1–0 Crystal Palace Portman Road, Ipswich
13:15 Walters   73' (Report) Attendance: 19,382
Referee: Andy D'Urso
1 September 2007 Crystal Palace 0–1 Charlton Athletic Selhurst Park, London
15:00 (Report) Todorov   74' Attendance: 18,556
Referee: Nigel Miller
15 September 2007 Norwich City 1–0 Crystal Palace Carrow Road, Norwich
15:00 Střihavka   75' (Report) Attendance: 24,228
Referee: Lee Probert
18 September 2007 Crystal Palace 1–1 Coventry City Selhurst Park, London
20:00 Green   26' (Report) Best   87' Attendance: 14,455
Referee: Andy Woolmer
22 September 2007 Crystal Palace 3–2 Sheffield United Selhurst Park, London
15:00 Soares   60'
Fletcher   70'
Watson   89' (pen.)
(Report) Hudson   o.g. 48'
Beattie   76'
Attendance: 14,131
Referee: Kevin Friend
29 September 2007 Burnley 1–1 Crystal Palace Turf Moor, Burnley
15:00 Blake   13' (Report) Hudson   5' Attendance: 10 711
Referee: Trevor Kettle
2 October 2007 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Crystal Palace Home Park, Plymouth
19:45 Halmosi   50' (Report) Attendance: 10 451
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
6 October 2007 Crystal Palace 1–1 Hull City Selhurst Park, London
15:00 Scowcroft   81' (Report) Marney   90+1' (pen.) Attendance: 15 769
Referee: Richard Beeby
20 October 2007 Blackpool 1–1 Crystal Palace Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
15:00 Fox   69' (Report) Soares   59'   88' Attendance: 9 037
Referee: Graham Laws
23 October 2007 Crystal Palace 1–3 Stoke City Selhurst Park, London
20:00 Freedman   51' (Report) Cresswell   49, 59'
Shawcross   74'
Attendance: 14,237
Referee: Mike Thorpe
29 October 2007 Crystal Palace 0–2 Watford Selhurst Park, London
20:00 (Report) Smith   32'
King   67'
Attendance: 13,986
Referee: Keith Stroud
6 November 2007 Cardiff City 1–1 Crystal Palace Ninian Park, Cardiff
19:45 Purse   9' (Report) Watson   44' (pen.) Attendance: 11,781
Referee: Lee Mason
10 November 2007 Crystal Palace 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Selhurst Park, London
15:00 Morrison   88' (Report) Sinclair   45' Attendance: 17,010
Referee: Peter Walton
24 November 2007 Colchester United 1–2 Crystal Palace Layer Road, Colchester
15:00 Balwin   8'
Jackson   69'
(Report) Morrison   8, 74' Attendance: 5,856
Referee: Paul Taylor
27 November 2007 Crystal Palace 2–1 Preston North End Selhurst Park, London
19:45 Morrison   40'
Hill   45+3'
(Report) Mawene   36' Attendance: 13,048
Referee: Phil Joslin
1 December 2007 Crystal Palace 1–1 West Bromwich Albion Selhurst Park, London
15:00 Morrison   21' (Report) Hudson   o.g. 8' Attendance: 15,247
Referee: Uriah Rennie
4 December 2007 Queens Park Rangers 1–2 Crystal Palace Loftus Road, London
20:00 Stewart   10' (Report) Hill   65'
Morrison   68'
Attendance: 13,300
Referee: Alan Wiley
8 December 2007 Barnsley 0–0 Crystal Palace Oakwell, Barnsley
15:00 (Report) Attendance: 10,298
Referee: Anthony Bates
15 December 2007 Crystal Palace 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday Selhurst Park, London
15:00 Morrison   37'
Scannell   90'
(Report) Hinds   11' Attendance: 14,865
Referee: Grant Hegley
22 December 2007 Crystal Palace 2–1 Plymouth Argyle Selhurst Park, London
15:00 Hill   8'
Scowcroft   44'
(Report) Easter   49' Attendance: 15,097
Referee: Mike Jones
26 December 2007 Coventry City 0–2 Crystal Palace Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00 (Report) Morrison   47'
Ifill   88'
Attendance: 22,134
Referee: Keith Stroud
29 December 2007 Sheffield United 0–1 Crystal Palace Bramall Lane, Sheffield
12:45 (Report) Scowcroft   38' Attendance: 23,982
Referee: Andy D'Urso
1 January 2008 Crystal Palace 1–1 Norwich City Selhurst Park, London
15:00 Morrison   50' (Report) Russell   8' Attendance: 17,199
Referee: Mike Thorpe
19 January 2008 Crystal Palace 2–0 Bristol City Selhurst Park, London
15:00 Morrison   6'
Hudson   85'
(Report) Attendance: 19,010
Referee: Jonathan Moss
28 January 2008 Leicester City 1–0 Crystal Palace Walkers Stadium, Leicester
19:45 Hayles   89' (Report) Attendance: 21,764
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
2 February 2008 Crystal Palace 1–1 Southampton Selhurst Park, London
15:00 Scowcroft   73' (Report) John   84' Attendance: 17,967
Referee: Mark Halsey
8 February 2008 Charlton Athletic 2–0 Crystal Palace The Valley, London
19:45 Varney   60, 87' (Report) Attendance: 26,202
Referee: Lee Probert
12 February 2008 Crystal Palace 0–1 Ipswich Town Selhurst Park, London
20:00 (Report) Haynes   45+1' Attendance: 16,090
Referee: Clive Penton
18 February 2008 Bristol City 1–1 Crystal Palace Ashton Gate, Bristol
20:00 McCombe   90+6' (Report) Hills   61' Attendance: 16,446
Referee: Richard Beeby
1 March 2008 Preston North End 0–1 Crystal Palace Deepdale, Preston
15:00 (Report) Morrison   76' Attendance: 12,347
Referee: Mike Jones
8 March 2008 Crystal Palace 2–1 Colchester United Selhurst Park, London
15:00 Ifil   o.g. 21'
Watson   74'
(Report) Lisbie   23' Attendance: 13,985
Referee: Phil Joslin
15 March 2008 Crystal Palace 2–0 Barnsley Selhurst Park, London
15:00 Soares   46'
Scowcroft   83'
(Report) Attendance: 17,459
Referee: Iain Williamson
22 March 2008 Sheffield Wednesday 2–2 Crystal Palace Hillsborough, Sheffield
15:00 Sahar   18'
Small   68'
(Report) Watson   40'
Lawrence   90+4'
Attendance: 19,875
Referee: Russell Booth
29 March 2008 Crystal Palace 0–0 Blackpool Selhurst Park, London
15:00 (Report) Attendance: 16,028
Referee: Anthony Taylor
7 April 2008 Stoke City 1–2 Crystal Palace Britannia Stadium, Stoke-upon-Trent
20:00 Whelan   85' (Report) Soares   23'
Fonte   45+1'
Attendance: 15,756
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
12 April 2008 Crystal Palace 2–0 Scunthorpe United Selhurst Park, London
15:00 Soares   21'
Morrison   39'
(Report) Attendance: 15,975
Referee: Keith Hill
19 April 2008 Watford 0–2 Crystal Palace Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00 (Report) Ifill   72'
Moses   75'
Attendance: 17,694
Referee: Howard Webb
26 April 2008 Hull City 2–1 Crystal Palace KC Stadium, Kingston upon Hull
15:00 Campbell   18'
Ashbee   85'
(Report) Sinclair   38' Attendance: 24,350
Referee: Russell Booth
4 May 2008 Crystal Palace 5–0 Burnley Selhurst Park, London
14:00 Watson   8' (pen.)
Moses   10'
Soares   37'
Sinclair   61'
Morrison   65'
(Report) Carlisle   7' Attendance: 23 950
Referee: Kevin Friend

Football League Championship play-offs

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Semi-final
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10 May 2008 Crystal Palace 1–2 Bristol City Selhurst Park, London
12:15 Watson   87' (pen.) (Report) Carey   53'
Noble   90+2'
Attendance: 22 869
Referee: Mike Jones
13 May 2008 Bristol City (4) 2–1 (2) Crystal Palace Ashton Gate, Bristol
19:45 Trundle   104'
McIndoe   110'
(Report) Watson   24' Attendance: 18 842
Referee: Howard Webb

Round 1

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14 August 2007
19:45
Bristol Rovers 1–1
(4–1 p)
Crystal Palace Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Disley   64' (Report) Freedman   31' Attendance: 5 566
Referee: Tony Bates
Penalties
Walker  
Jacobson  
Disley  
Anthony  
  Freedman
  Morrison
  Kuqi

Round 3

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5 January 2008
15:00
Watford 2–0 Crystal Palace Vicarage Road, Watford
Shittu   28, 65' (Report) Attendance: 10 480
Referee: Lee Mason

End-of-season awards

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Award Winner
Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year Julián Speroni
Crystal Palace F.C. Young Player of the Year Sean Scannell
Vice Presidents' Player of the Year Shaun Derry
Vice Presidents' Young Player of the Year Sean Scannell
Scholar Player of the Year Lee Hills
Academy Player of the Year Kyle de Silva
Crystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season James Scowcroft v Wolverhampton Wanderers (12–01–08)
Special Achievement Award Clinton Morrison for scoring 100 Crystal Palace goals
Special Achievement Award Geoff Thomas for his services to the club as captain (1988–1992)

References

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  1. ^ "Crystal Palace boss Taylor sacked". BBC Sport. 8 October 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Warnock appointed new Palace boss". BBC Sport. 11 October 2007. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

Notes

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  1. ^ Cort was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Guyana internationally and would make his international debut for Guyana in October 2011.
  2. ^ Fletcher was born in Camberley, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 2004.
  3. ^ Morrison was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2001.
  4. ^ Ifill was born in Brighton, England, but also qualified to represent Barbados internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Barbados in June 2004.
  5. ^ Kuqi was born in Vučitrn, Yugoslavia (part of Serbia in 2007, but now part of Kosovo), but was raised in Finland and made his international debut for Finland in August 1999.
  6. ^ Wiggins was born in Hillingdon, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and has represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level.
  7. ^ Moses was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but obtained asylum in England at the age of 11, and represented them at youth level before making his international debut for Nigeria in 2012.
  8. ^ Scannell was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland internationally through his father, as well as Jamaica, and has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth and B level.
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