2007–08 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

During the 2007–08 English football season, West Bromwich Albion competed in the Football League Championship. They finished the season in first place, thus earning promotion to the Premier League the following season.

Season summary

After the previous season's play-off final heartbreak, Tony Mowbray set about restructuring his squad, moving out several players for multi-million pound fees after press reports of dressing room division.^[1] High profile players such as Jason Koumas, Diomansy Kamara and Curtis Davies were sold to Premier League clubs for large fees, joining Paul McShane, Nathan Ellington, Darren Carter and Steve Watson in leaving the Hawthorns. Mowbray replaced them by signing a total of 14 permanent and loan players in the summer transfer window, making an overall profit in the process.

Despite the large changes in his squad, Mowbray won the Championship Manager of the Month award in September, after Albion gained 13 out of the maximum 15 points and climbed to second.^[2] At the start of 2008, Mowbray's young Albion team topped the table, receiving growing plaudits from the media^[3] and supporters^[4] alike for their attractive brand of attacking one touch passing football, a reflection of Mowbray's staunch footballing philosophy.^[5]

Mowbray guided Albion to the Football League Championship title and promotion to the Premier League, and also reached the FA Cup semi-final. The semi-final, the first to be played at the new Wembley Stadium, pitted Albion against Portsmouth, the only remaining Premier League team left in the FA Cup. Portsmouth won the match 1–0 with the only goal of the game coming from former Albion striker Nwankwo Kanu. Mowbray won the Championship manager of the month award for April,^[6] as well as the League Managers Association manager of the year award.^[7]

Kit

English company Umbro remained West Bromwich's kit manufacturers. T-Mobile remained the kit sponsors.

Final league table

Main article: 2007–08 Football League


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion (C) (P)	46	23	12	11	88	55	+33	81	Promotion to Premier League
2	Stoke City !Stoke City (P)	46	21	16	9	69	55	+14	79	Promotion to Premier League
3	Hull City !Hull City (P)	46	21	12	13	65	47	+18	75	Qualification to League Championship playoffs
4	Bristol City !Bristol City	46	20	14	12	54	53	+1	74
5	Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	46	18	17	11	58	42	+16	71
6	Watford !Watford	46	18	16	12	62	56	+6	70
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	18	16	12	53	48	+5	70
8	Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	46	18	15	13	65	56	+9	69
9	Sheffield United !Sheffield United	46	17	15	14	56	51	+5	66
10	Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle	46	17	13	16	60	50	+10	64
11	Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	46	17	13	16	63	58	+5	64
12	Cardiff City !Cardiff City	46	16	16	14	59	55	+4	64
13	Burnley !Burnley	46	16	14	16	60	67	−7	62
14	Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	46	14	16	16	60	66	−6	58
15	Preston North End !Preston North End	46	15	11	20	50	56	−6	56
16	Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	46	14	13	19	54	55	−1	55
17	Norwich City !Norwich City	46	15	10	21	49	59	−10	55
18	Barnsley !Barnsley	46	14	13	19	52	65	−13	55
19	Blackpool !Blackpool	46	12	18	16	59	64	−5	54
20	Southampton !Southampton	46	13	15	18	56	72	−16	54
21	Coventry City !Coventry City	46	14	11	21	52	64	−12	53
22	Leicester City !Leicester City (R)	46	12	16	18	42	45	−3	52	Relegation to League One
23	Scunthorpe United !Scunthorpe United (R)	46	11	13	22	46	69	−23	46
24	Colchester United !Colchester United (R)	46	7	17	22	62	86	−24	38

Updated to games played on 4 May 2008.
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

West Bromwich Albion's score comes first^[8]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2007	Burnley	A	1-2	15,337	Phillips
18 August 2007	Preston North End	H	2-0	19,556	Phillips, Miller
25 August 2007	Sheffield United	A	0-1	23,491
1 September 2007	Barnsley	H	2-0	18,310	Teixeira, Beattie
15 September 2007	Ipswich Town	H	4-0	19,460	Miller, Teixeira, Phillips (2)
18 September 2007	Bristol City	A	1-1	16,571	Koren
22 September 2007	Scunthorpe United	A	3-2	8,307	Barnett, Brunt, Teixeira
30 September 2007	Queens Park Rangers	H	5-1	24,757	Phillips (2), Miller, Koren, Greening
3 October 2007	Stoke City	H	1-1	20,048	Barnett
6 October 2007	Southampton	A	2-3	21,967	Koren (2)
20 October 2007	Colchester United	A	2-3	5,798	Phillips, Miller
23 October 2007	Blackpool	H	2-1	22,030	Miller, Morrison
27 October 2007	Norwich City	H	2-0	20,247	Miller, Phillips
3 November 2007	Watford	A	3-0	18,273	Miller, Phillips, Albrechtsen
6 November 2007	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1	19,807	Phillips
12 November 2007	Coventry City	A	4-0	18,566	Robinson, Teixeira (2), Koren
25 November 2007	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-0	27,493
28 November 2007	Plymouth Argyle	A	2-1	14,348	Bednář (2)
1 December 2007	Crystal Palace	A	1-1	15,247	Hudson (own goal)
4 December 2007	Coventry City	H	2-4	20,641	Bednář (2)
8 December 2007	Leicester City	A	2-1	22,088	Gera, Beattie
15 December 2007	Charlton Athletic	H	4-2	20,346	Bednář, Gera (2), Phillips
22 December 2007	Stoke City	A	1-3	18,420	Bednář
26 December 2007	Bristol City	H	4-1	27,314	Bednář, Koren, Phillips (2)
29 December 2007	Scunthorpe United	H	5-0	25,238	Phillips (2), Koren, Gera, Beattie
1 January 2008	Ipswich Town	A	0-2	24,000
12 January 2008	Hull City	A	3-1	18,391	Phillips, Morrison, Bednář
19 January 2008	Cardiff City	H	3-3	22,325	Bednář, Albrechtsen, Johnson (own goal)
29 January 2008	Preston North End	A	1-2	12,473	Gera
2 February 2008	Burnley	H	2-1	22,206	Cesar, Bednář
9 February 2008	Barnsley	A	1-2	13,083	Morrison
12 February 2008	Sheffield United	H	0-0	22,643
23 February 2008	Hull City	H	1-2	22,716	Bednář
1 March 2008	Plymouth Argyle	H	3-0	22,503	Gera, Miller, Bednář
4 March 2008	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-0	18,805	Phillips
12 March 2008	Crystal Palace	H	1-1	20,378	Phillips
15 March 2008	Leicester City	H	1-4	22,038	Koren
21 March 2008	Charlton Athletic	A	1-1	23,412	Phillips
29 March 2008	Colchester United	H	4-3	20,433	Phillips, Brunt, Bednář, Morrison
1 April 2008	Cardiff City	A	0-0	13,915
8 April 2008	Blackpool	A	3-1	9,628	Phillips (2, 1 pen), Miller
12 April 2008	Watford	H	1-1	26,508	Barnett
15 April 2008	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-0	27,883	Gera
19 April 2008	Norwich City	A	2-1	25,442	Koren, Gera
28 April 2008	Southampton	H	1-1	26,167	Brunt
4 May 2008	Queens Park Rangers	A	2-0	18,309	Do-Heon, Brunt

FA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 2008	Charlton Athletic	A	1-1	12,682	Miller
R3R	15 January 2008	Charlton Athletic	H	2-2 (won 4-3 on pens)	12,691	Bednář, Morrison
R4	26 January 2008	Peterborough United	A	3-0	12,701	Bednář, Koren, Phillips (pen)
R5	16 February 2008	Coventry City	A	5-0	28,163	Brunt, Bednář (2, 1 pen), Miller, Gera
QF	9 March 2008	Bristol Rovers	A	5-1	12,011	Morrison, Miller (3), Phillips
SF	5 April 2008	Portsmouth	N	0-1	83,584

League Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	14 August 2007	Bournemouth	H	1-0	10,250	Beattie
R2	28 August 2007	Peterborough United	A	2-0	4,917	Gera, Ellington
R3	25 September 2007	Cardiff City	H	2-4	14,085	Miller (2, 1 pen)

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Dean Kiely
2	DF	Carl Hoefkens
3	DF	Paul Robinson
4	DF	Leon Barnett
5	DF	Neil Clement
7	MF	Robert Koren
8	MF	Jonathan Greening
9	FW	Roman Bednář (on loan from Hearts)
10	FW	Craig Beattie
11	MF	Zoltan Gera
12	MF	Kim Do-Heon (on loan from Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)
13	GK	Luke Steele
14	DF	Martin Albrechtsen
15	DF	Sherjill MacDonald

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Jared Hodgkiss
17	FW	Ishmael Miller
18	DF	Shelton Martis
19	GK	Michal Daněk (on loan from Viktoria Plzeň)
20	MF	Filipe Teixeira
21	FW	Kevin Phillips
22	FW	Stuart Nicholson
23	DF	Tininho
24	FW	Luke Moore (on loan from Aston Villa)
25	DF	Boštjan Cesar (on loan from Marseille)
26	DF	Pelé
27	MF	James Morrison
29	MF	Chris Brunt
30	FW	Bartosz Ślusarski
32	MF	David Worrall

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.	Position	Player
6	DF	Curtis Davies (on loan to Aston Villa)
9	FW	Nathan Ellington (to Watford)
12	MF	Richard Chaplow (to Preston North End)

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	John Hartson (retired)
24	DF	Ronnie Wallwork (to Sheffield Wednesday)
31	GK	Luke Daniels (on loan to Motherwell)

Transfers

Out

Chris Perry - released (later joined Luton Town), 1 June 2007
Diomansy Kamara - Fulham, £6,000,000, 9 July 2007^[9]
Jason Koumas - Wigan Athletic, £5,300,000, 10 July 2007.^[10]
Curtis Davies - Aston Villa, season loan, 31 August 2007^[11]
Paul McShane
Nathan Ellington - Watford
Darren Carter
Steve Watson

In

Shelton Martis - Hibernian, £50,000, 2 July 2007.^[12]
Filipe Teixeira - Académica, £600,000, 17 July 2007^[13]
Tininho - Beira-Mar, £230,000, 31 July 2007^[14]
Boštjan Cesar - Marseille, season loan, 7 August 2007.^[15]
Pelé - Southampton, £1,000,000, 9 August 2007^[16]
Bartosz Ślusarski - Groclin Dyskobolia
Michal Daněk - Viktoria Plzeň, loan
Roman Bednář - Hearts, loan
Craig Beattie - Celtic
Ishmael Miller - Manchester City
Carl Hoefkens - Stoke City
Chris Brunt - Sheffield Wednesday, £3,000,000
Leon Barnett - Luton Town, £2,500,000
James Morrison - Middlesbrough, £1,500,000

References

↑ Boss: I had to clear decks Express & Star, 12 September 2007
↑ "Mowbray wins award". West Bromwich Albion FC. 4 October 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
↑ Culley, Jon (27 December 2007). "West Bromwich Albion 4 Bristol City 1: Bednar fires Albion to the summit". The Independent. London. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
↑ Mowbray hails Baggies fans Birmingham Post, 28 December 2007
↑ Mowbray can pass Premier test Birmingham Post, 11 December 2007
↑ "Mowbray claims managerial award". BBC Sport. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
↑ "Ferguson wins managerial honour". BBC Sport. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-bromwich-albion/2007-2008/results
↑ "Fulham sign Kamara from West Brom". BBC Sport. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
↑ "Wigan complete signing of Koumas". BBC Sport. 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
↑ "Villa sign Davies on season loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
↑ "West Brom capture defender Martis". BBC Sport. 2 July 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2007.
↑ "Baggies sign midfielder Teixeira". BBC Sport. 17 July 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
↑ "Tininho bags Albion deal". West Bromwich Albion FC. 31 July 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
↑ "Baggies sign Marseille defender". BBC Sport. 2007-08-02. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
↑ "Baggies swoop for midfielder Pelé". BBC Sport. 9 August 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2007.

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