2007–08 Peterborough United F.C. season

During the 2007–08 season Peterborough United finished as runners-up in Football League Two.

Peterborough United

2007–08 season
Chairman	Darragh MacAnthony
Manager	Darren Ferguson
Stadium	London Road Stadium
League Two	2nd (promoted)
FA Cup	Fourth round
Football League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Aaron McLean (29) All: Aaron McLean (33)
Highest home attendance	12,701 (28 March vs. West Brom)
Lowest home attendance	4,087 (6 September vs. Southampton)
Home colours Away colours
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Sponsors

Area	Sponsor	Type
Football League	Football League	Domestic League
Fitness	Muscle Finesse	Fitness
Photography	FC Pix	Photography
Stand Sponsor	Norwich and Peterborough	Building Society
Club Partner	Thomas Cook	Charter airline

Squad

Goalkeepers

No.		Player	Pos	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	Cup Apps	Cup Gls	Tot Apps	Tot Gls	Date Signed	Previous Club
1		Mark Tyler	GK	17	-	4	-	21	-	7 December 1994	Norwich
13		Shwan Jalal	GK	7	-	3	-	10	-	8 January 2007	Woking
31		James McKeown	GK	0 (1)	-	0	-	0 (1)	-	20 July 2007	Walsall
32		Joe Lewis	GK	22	-	1	-	23	-	8 January 2008	Norwich

Defenders

No.		Player	Pos	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	Cup Apps	Cup Gls	Tot Apps	Tot Gls	Date Signed	Previous Club
3		Shane Blackett	DF	9 (2)	-	3	-	12 (2)	-	29 January 2007	Dagenham & Redbridge
4		Craig Morgan	DF	41	2	5	-	46	2	23 November 2006	Milton Keynes Dons
5		Chris Westwood	DF	35 (2)	-	5(1)	-	40 (3)	-	14 May 2007	Walsall
6		Charlie Lee	DF	32 (10)	6	5 (3)	2	37 (13)	8	23 May 2007	Tottenham Hotspur
14		Scott Mitchell	DF	1 (4)	-	0 (1)	-	1 (5)	-	1 January 2008	Livingston
19		Adam Smith	DF	0	-	0	-	0	-	20 November 2006	King's Lynn
22		Kieran Charnock	DF	10	-	4	-	14	-	5 July 2007	Northwich Victoria
25		Jeff Hughes	DF	2 (5)	1	1 (1)	-	3 (6)	1	-	Crystal Palace
27		Claude Gnakpa	DF	25 (3)	-	3 (1)	-	28 (4)	-	17 July 2007	Swindon Town
28		Guy Branston	DF	1 (1)	-	0	-	1 (1)	-	24 July 2006	Oldham
29		Tom Williams	DF	3 (4)	-	0 (0)	-	3 (4)	-	1 July 2008	Wycombe
33		Danny Blanchett	DF	1	-	1	-	2	-	19 March 2007	Cambridge City

Midfielders

No.		Player	Pos	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	Cup Apps	Cup Gls	Tot Apps	Tot Gls	Date Signed	Previous Club
2		Josh Low	MF	9 (6)	2	3 (2)	-	12 (8)	2	4 January 2007	Leicester City
7		Adam Newton	MF	26 (6)	-	5	-	31 (6)	-	1 May 2002	West Ham United
8		Micah Hyde (c)	MF	33 (4)	-	6	-	39 (4)	-	11 January 2007	Burnley
10		George Boyd	MF	41 (5)	12	7	3	48 (5)	15	8 January 2007	Stevenage Borough
11		Dean Keates	MF	33 (7)	5	3 (2)	-	36 (9)	5	14 May 2007	Walsall
15		Peter Gain	MF	0	-	0	-	0	-	20 June 2005	Lincoln City
17		Jamie Day	MF	42	3	6 (1)	-	48 (1)	3	1 July 2003	Youth Team
18		Chris Whelpdale	MF	29 (6)	3	7	-	36 (6)	3	15 May 2007	Billericay Town
20		Alfie Potter	MF	0 (2)	-	0 (1)	-	0 (3)	-	1 June 2007	Youth Team
21		Darren Ferguson	MF	0	-	0	-	0	-	20 January 2007	Wrexham
24		Billy Crook	MF	0	-	0	-	0	-	20 June 2007	Youth Team
29		Gavin Strachan	MF	0 (3)	-	2 (1)	-	2 (4)	-	29 January 2007	Hartlepool United

Forwards

No.		Player	Pos	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	Cup Apps	Cup Gls	Tot Apps	Tot Gls	Date Signed	Previous Club
9		Aaron McLean	ST	45	29	8	4	53	33	1 January 2007	Grays Athletic
12		Craig Mackail-Smith	ST	34 (2)	12	4 (1)	7	38 (3)	19	29 January 2007	Dagenham & Redbridge
15		Scott Rendell	ST	3 (7)	3	0	-	3 (7)	3	22 May 2008	Cambridge United
16		Danny Crow	ST	2(2)	2	1(1)	-	3 (3)	2	8 July 2005	Northampton Town
23		Rene Howe	ST	2 (13)	1	1 (2)	-	3 (15)	1	2 July 2007	Kettering Town
26		Liam Hatch	ST	1 (10)	2	0	0	1 (10)	2	1 January 2008	Barnet

Transfers

A transfer between 1 June 2007 & 31 May 2008

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 June 2007	MF		Alfie Potter	Youth Team	n/a
2 July 2007	FW		Rene Howe	Kettering Town	Undisclosed
5 July 2007	DF		Kieran Charnock	Northwich Victoria	Undisclosed
17 July 2007	DF		Claude Gnakpa	Swindon Town	Free
20 July 2007	GK		James McKeown	Walsall	Free
22 November 2007	DF		Jeff Hughes	Crystal Palace	Loan
1 January 2008	FW		Liam Hatch	Barnet	£150,000
1 January 2008	DF		Scott Mitchell	Livingston	Undisclosed
31 December 2007	DF		Tom Williams	Wycombe Wanderers	Loan
8 January 2008	GK		Joe Lewis	Norwich City	£400,000
18 February 2008	ST		Scott Rendell	Cambridge United	Loan
22 May 2008	ST		Scott Rendell	Cambridge United	£115,000

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
6 June 2007	FW		Justin Richards	Kidderminster Harriers	£0
28 June 2007	DF		Ben Futcher	Bury	£0
28 June 2007	DF		Mark Arber	Stevenage Borough	£0
16 July 2007	MF		Richard Butcher	Notts County	£0
1 August 2007	DF		Jude Stirling	Milton Keynes Dons	£0
1 August 2007	FW		Trevor Benjamin	Hereford United	£0
20 September 2007	MF		Alfie Potter	Havant & Waterlooville	Loan
1 January 2008	DF		Guy Branston	Notts County	£0
10 January 2008	MF		Gavin Strachan	Notts County	£0
11 January 2008	FW		Rene Howe	Rochdale	Loan
11 January 2008	GK		Shwan Jalal	Morecambe	Loan
17 January 2008	MF		Peter Gain	Dagenham & Redbridge	£0

Fixtures and results

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 July	Stamford	Away	1–0	712	Ginty
13 July	Celtic	Home	1–2	5,800	McLean
18 July	Hucknall Town	Away	3–0	216	Howe, Ginty, Branston
21 July	Liverpool	Home	0–0	9,339
24 July	Stevenage Borough	Away	1–1	1,500	Low
26 July	Kettering Town	Away			Cancelled due to waterlogged pitch
28 July	Billericay Town	Away	3–3	935	McLean, Whelpdale, Howe
31 July	Birmingham City	Home	0–3	4,371
4 August	Manchester United	Home	1–3	11,574	Howe
8 August	Bedford Town	Away	0–1	379

Football League Two

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Two

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Pos	Attendance	Scorers	Ref.
11 August	Rochdale	Home	3–0	2nd	5,575	Low, McLean, Crow	[1]
19 August	Rotherham United	Away	1–3	8th	4,291	McLean
25 August	Chesterfield	Home	2–3	15th	5,005	Lee, McLean	[2]
1 September	Accrington Stanley	Away	2–0	7th	1,484	Lee, McLean
8 September	Mansfield Town	Home	2–1	4th	4,721	Low, Crow
15 September	Bradford City	Away	0–1	9th	13,819
22 September	Morecambe	Home	1–1	9th	4,473	McLean
29 September	Darlington	Away	1–1	10th	3,974	Mackail-Smith
2 October	Shrewsbury Town	Away	2–0	7th	5,220	Lee, Boyd
6 October	Grimsby Town	Home	2–1	7th	4,786	Boyd, McLean	[3]
13 October	Wycombe Wanderers	Home	2–1	6th	4,567	McLean, Lee
20 October	Lincoln City	Away	1–1	6th	5,036	Croft (o.g.)
27 October	Hereford United	Home	1–1	6th	5,008	Mackail-Smith
3 November	Stockport County	Away	2–1	5th	5,042	Mackail-Smith, McLean
6 November	Dagenham and Redbridge	Home	3–1	5th	4,200	Keates, McLean (2)
17 November	Bury	Away	0–2	5th	2,660
24 November	Brentford	Home	7–0	3rd	4,865	McLean (3), Whelpdale, Boyd, Mackail-Smith, Howe	[4]
4 December	Notts County	Away	1–0	3rd	4,412	Mackail-Smith
8 December	Chester City	Away	2–1	2nd	2,291	McLean, Mackail-Smith
15 December	Milton Keynes Dons	Home	1–2	3rd	10,351	McLean
22 December	Bradford City	Home	2–1	2nd	5,355	McLean, Hughes	[5]
26 December	Mansfield Town	Away	0–2	3rd	3,107
29 December	Morecambe	Away	2–3	4th	2,371	Morgan, Lee
1 January	Shrewsbury Town	Home	2–1	5th	5,062	Lee, Morgan
12 January	Macclesfield Town	Home	0–1	6th	5,238		[6]
15 January	Accrington Stanley	Home	8–2	5th	4,257	Boyd (3), McLean (3), Mackail-Smith (2)	[7]
29 January 2008 (2008-01-29)	Rotherham United	Home	3–1		5,152	Lee, McLean, Mackail-Smith	[8]
2 February 2008 (2008-02-02)	Rochdale	Away	2–0		3,076	Boyd, McLean
9 February 2008 (2008-02-09)	Wrexham	Home	0–0		5,505
13 February 2008 (2008-02-13)	Chesterfield	Away	2–1		3,973	McLean, Boyd
16 February 2008 (2008-02-16)	Barnet	Home	1–0		5,520	Hatch
23 February 2008 (2008-02-23)	Macclesfield Town	Away	3–0		2,094	Boyd, Whelpdale, McLean
26 February 2008 (2008-02-26)	Wrexham	Away	2–0		4,103	Day (2)	[9]
1 March 2008 (2008-03-01)	Bury	Home	1–0		6,150	Keates
4 March 2008 (2008-03-04)	Barnet	Away	2–0		2,202	Keates, Day	[10]
8 March 2008 (2008-03-08)	Dagenham & Redbridge	Away	3–2		3,130	Boyd, Mackail-Smith, McLean
11 March 2008 (2008-03-11)	Brentford	Away	2–1		4,049	McLean, Mackail-Smith
15 March 2008 (2008-03-15)	Notts County	Home	0–0		7,173
21 March 2008 (2008-03-21)	Milton Keynes Dons	Away	1–1		14,521	Whelpdale
24 March 2008 (2008-03-24)	Chester City	Home	1–0		6,457	Keates
29 March 2008 (2008-03-29)	Lincoln City	Home	4–0		8,035	McLean (2), Rendell (2)
5 April 2008 (2008-04-05)	Wycombe Wanderers	Away	2–2		6,202	Boyd, Hatch
12 April 2008 (2008-04-12)	Stockport County	Home	0–1		10,023
19 April 2008 (2008-04-19)	Hereford United	Away	1–0		5,279	Keates
26 April 2008 (2008-04-26)	Grimsby Town	Away	4–1		4,125	McLean (2), Mackail-Smith, Rendell
3 May 2008 (2008-05-03)	Darlington	Home	0–2	2nd	10,400		[11]

FA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 November	Round 1	Wrexham	Home	4–1	4,266	Mackail-Smith (3), McLean
1 December	Round 2	Staines Town	Away	5–0	2,460	Mackail-Smith (4), McLean
5 January	Round 3	Colchester United F.C.	Away	3–1	4,003	McLean, Boyd, Lee
26 January	Round 4	West Bromwich Albion F.C.	Home	0–3	12,701

League Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August	First round	Southampton	Home	2–1	4,087	Rasiak (o.g.), Boyd
28 August	Second round	West Bromwich Albion	Home	0–2	4,917

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Trophy

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
4 September	First round	Nottingham Forest	Away	3–2	3,102	Lee, Chambers (o.g.), Boyd
8 October	Second round	Milton Keynes Dons	Away	1–3	5,087	McLean

Statistics

Goal scorers

Pos	Player	League	Cup	Total
1	Aaron McLean	29	4	33
2	Craig Mackail-Smith	12	7	19
3	George Boyd	12	3	15
4	Charlie Lee	6	2	8
5	Dean Keates	5	0	5
6	Scott Rendell	3	0	3
7	Jamie Day	3	0	3
8	Chris Whelpdale	3	0	3

Cards

Pos	Player
1	Craig Morgan	1	10
2	Claude Gnakpa	0	10
3	Aaron McLean	0	9
4	Jamie Day	0	9
5	Charlie Lee	0	8
6	Chris Whelpdale	0	4
7	Kieran Charnock	0	4
8	Chris Westwood	0	3

See also

• 2007–08 Football League