2007–08 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 2007–08 Premier League season was Aston Villa's 133rd season in English football. It was the club's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and 16th consecutive season in the Premier League. The season saw Martin O'Neill continue as manager as the club impressed in league competition, but struggled in both domestic cup competitions – being knocked out in the third round of both.

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)

Aston Villa

2007–08 season
Chairman	Randy Lerner
Manager	Martin O'Neill
Premier League	6th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: John Carew (13) All: John Carew (13)
Highest home attendance	42,640 (vs. Manchester United, Liverpool, Newcastle United and Sunderland)
Lowest home attendance	25,956 (vs. Leicester City)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Second City Derby

52--36--28

← 2006–07 2009–10 →

There were debuts for Nigel Reo-Coker, Zat Knight, Scott Carson, Marlon Harewood, Curtis Davies, Moustapha Salifou and Wayne Routledge.^[1] Reo-Coker scored his first goal for Villa in a 5–0 League Cup 2nd round victory over Wrexham on 28 August 2007.^[2] Zat Knight signed from Fulham. His last Fulham match was the 2–1 defeat against Villa, in which he played a part in Villa's equaliser when an Ashley Young shot deflected off him into the net, although this was later given as Young's goal.^{[citation needed]} Carson was loaned from Liverpool where he had been 2nd choice to Pepe Reina with further competition from Charles Itandje.

Kit

Kit Supplier	Sponsor
Nike	32Red.com

Transfers

Transferred in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee
5 July 2007	CM	Nigel Reo-Coker	West Ham United	£8,500,000
17 July 2007	CF	Marlon Harewood	West Ham United	£4,000,000
29 August 2007	CB	Zat Knight	Fulham	£3,500,000
31 August 2007	AM	Moustapha Salifou	FC Wil	£750,000
30 January 2008	RM	Wayne Routledge	Tottenham Hotspur	£1,250,000
				£18,000,000

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Loan End
10 August 2007	GK	Scott Carson	Liverpool	31 May 2008
31 August 2007	CB	Curtis Davies	West Bromwich Albion	31 May 2008

Transferred out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee
8 June 2007	CM	Gavin McCann	Bolton Wanderers	£1,000,000
27 June 2007	RB	Aaron Hughes	Fulham	£1,000,000
1 July 2007	RB	Mark Delaney	Retired	—
1 July 2007	CF	Chris Sutton	Retired	—
1 July 2007	DM	Eric Djemba-Djemba	Qatar SC	Free transfer
1 July 2007	GK	Stephen Henderson	Bristol City	Free transfer
1 July 2007	RM	Lee Hendrie	Sheffield United	Free transfer
1 July 2007	GK	Bobby Olejnik	Falkirk	Free transfer
1 July 2007	LB	Jlloyd Samuel	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer
5 July 2007	CM	Steven Davis	Fulham	£2,000,000
3 August 2007	CB	Liam Ridgewell	Birmingham City	£2,000,000
30 January 2008	CB	Gary Cahill	Bolton Wanderers	£5,000,000
				£11,000,000

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Loan End
19 September 2007	CB	Gary Cahill	Sheffield United	16 January 2008
16 January 2008	LB	Stephen O'Halloran	Southampton	16 February 2008
28 February 2008	LB	Stephen O'Halloran	Leeds United	31 May 2008

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure £18,000,000

Income £11,000,000

Balance £7,000,000

Final league table

Main article: 2007–08 Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Liverpool	38	21	13	4	67	28	+39	76	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5	Everton	38	19	8	11	55	33	+22	65	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Aston Villa	38	16	12	10	71	51	+20	60	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
7	Blackburn Rovers	38	15	13	10	50	48	+2	58
8	Portsmouth	38	16	9	13	48	40	+8	57	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Competition
Notes:

1. As FA Cup winners

Players

First team 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 3 DF  NED Wilfred Bouma 4 DF  SWE Olof Mellberg 5 DF  DEN Martin Laursen 6 MF  ENG Gareth Barry 7 MF  ENG Ashley Young 8 FW  ENG Luke Moore 9 FW  ENG Marlon Harewood 10 FW  NOR John Carew 11 FW  ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor 13 GK  ENG Stuart Taylor 15 DF  ENG Curtis Davies (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  ENG Zat Knight 17 MF  TOG Moustapha Salifou 18 MF  ENG Wayne Routledge 19 MF  BUL Stilyan Petrov 20 MF  ENG Nigel Reo-Coker 22 GK  ENG Scott Carson (on loan from Liverpool) 23 MF  CZE Patrik Berger 26 MF  ENG Craig Gardner 27 MF  ENG Isaiah Osbourne 28 MF  SCO Shaun Maloney

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 21 MF  ENG Gary Cahill (to Bolton Wanderers)

Reserve squad

The following players made most of their appearances playing for the reserves, but may have also appeared for the youth team.^[3]

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  DEN Thomas Sørensen 29 DF  IRL Stephen O'Halloran — DF  SWE Erik Lund — DF  IRL Shane Lowry[notes 1] — MF  ENG Jonathan Hogg

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Sam Williams — MF  SUI Yagó Bellón — MF  HUN Zoltán Stieber (on loan Yeovil Town) — FW  SWE Tobias Mikaelsson (on loan to Port Vale)

Youth squad

The following players made most of their appearances playing for the youth team, but may have also appeared for the reserves.

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 14 FW  ENG Nathan Delfouneso — GK  ENG Elliot Parish — GK  IRL David Bevan — GK  AUT Thomas Dau — DF  ENG Nathan Baker — DF  ENG Durrell Berry — DF  ENG Daniel Bradley — DF  ENG Steven Clancy (on trial to Crewe Alexandra) — DF  ENG Ciaran Clark[notes 2] — DF  ENG Calum Flanagan — DF  ENG Matthew Roome — DF  ENG Sam Simmonds — DF  IRL Danny Earls — DF  USA Eric Lichaj

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Marc Albrighton — MF  ENG Harry Forrester — MF  ENG William Grocott — MF  ENG Jason Lampkin — MF  SCO Barry Bannan — MF  AUT Dominik Hofbauer — MF  SUI Damian Bellón — MF  AUS Chris Herd (on loan to Port Vale and Wycombe Wanderers) — FW  ENG Kofi Poyser — FW  ENG Ryan Simmonds — FW  IRL James Collins[notes 3] — FW  AUT Andreas Weimann — DF   Will Ricketts —   Aaron Griffiths (on trial to Coventry City)

Other players

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 — GK  ENG Deale Chamberlain — GK  IRL Lee Boyle (contract cancelled) — GK  FRA Steve Mandanda (on trial from Le Havre) — DF  ENG Scott Bridges (to Banbury United) — DF  ENG James Clifton — DF  ENG Jordan Collins — DF  ENG Ben Love — DF  WAL Tomos Roberts — DF  IRL Mark Power

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  CIV Arsène Menessou (on trial from Le Havre) — MF  ENG Richard Blythe — MF  ENG Jack Dyer — MF  ENG Gary Gardner — MF  ENG Charlie Ward — MF  HUN András Stieber — FW  ENG Ethan Moore — FW  NIR Adam McGurk —   Joseph Jackman

Kit

The 2007–08 season saw the unveiling of Nike as the club's kit producer, taking over from Danish firm Hummel. The deal – worth £25 million over 5 seasons – was announced on 7 February 2007, with all home, away and goalkeeper kits being unveiled on 17 July 2007. The home shirt was made available to purchase on 8 August 2007, and the away on 4 October 2007. A charcoal and white third shirt was unveiled and released in November 2007. The home shirt followed the club's usual template of a claret body and blue arms, with a white "AVFC" banner and printed lion featured on the hem and back of the collar respectively. The away shirt featured a white body, with blue pinstripes – in a similar style to that of the 1982 European Cup winners' jersey (which featured claret stripes in place of the modern blue alternative). The third shirt was charcoal with white piping. The home goalkeeper shirt featured horizontal stripes, with different alternating shades of grey. The away replicated this style, with different shades of yellow.

Gibraltar-based betting firm 32Red continued their sponsorship of the club, however with the contract in its last year, Villa are expected to announce another deal for the forthcoming 2008–09 season.

Crest

A new crest was revealed on 2 May 2007 to be introduced for the 2007–08 season. The new crest included a star to represent the European Cup win in 1982, and has a light blue background behind Villa's "lion rampant." The traditional motto "Prepared" remained in the crest, and the name "Aston Villa" was shortened to AVFC, FC having been omitted from the previous crest. Randy Lerner petitioned fans to help with the design of the new crest.

Transfers

Summer transfer window

Following the transfer of prolific striker Juan Pablo Ángel to New York Red Bulls in April, several Villa first-teamers followed the Colombian out of the door in the summer of 2007. Gavin McCann joined Bolton Wanderers in £1 million deal on 12 June, then a fortnight later, versatile defender Aaron Hughes left for Fulham, also in a £1 million deal. McCann was joined by Jlloyd Samuel – who had spent much of the previous season on the bench for the Midlanders – at Bolton, signing on a free transfer when his contract expired on 1 July. However, the two most surprising deals occurred with two academy players, in Steven Davis and Liam Ridgewell. Davis – who had won Player of the Year for the club in the 2005–06 season – signed for Fulham on 5 July for an undisclosed fee. Liam Ridgewell made the trip across the city to Birmingham City on 3 August, in a £2 million move. Other moves saw midfielder Lee Hendrie end his 14-year association with the club in a free transfer to Sheffield United, Phil Bardsley returned to Manchester United after a 13-game loan stint at the club, whilst Stephen Henderson, Bobby Olejnik, Mark Delaney, Scott Bridges and Eric Djemba-Djemba all left Villa Park.

Villa clinched their first transfer on 5 July with the £8.5 million signing of midfield battler Nigel Reo-Coker from West Ham United. 11 days later, Marlon Harewood also moved from Upton Park, for an undisclosed fee. Scott Carson was the next to arrive on 10 August, in a loan switch from Liverpool (although some media sources claim a fee of £2 million up front was agreed), before defenders Zat Knight and Curtis Davies both signed on 29 and 31 August respectively. Knight signed for his hometown club for a fee of £3.5 million from Fulham, whilst Davies signed on a season-long loan from local rivals West Bromwich Albion. Other deals saw Austrian youngsters Andreas Weimann and Dominik Hofbauer sign, as well as Eric Lichaj, Harry Forrester and Togolese international Moustapha Salifou.

Winter transfer window

After failing to find a suitor in the summer, Gary Cahill was allowed to leave on a loan deal to Sheffield United in September; however, he joined Bolton on a permanent deal on 30 January for an undisclosed fee. Youngsters Chris Herd, Tobias Mikaelsson, Stephen O'Halloran and Zoltán Stieber were all farmed out on loan. The biggest news, however, was that Swedish international defender Olof Mellberg, was to join Italian giants Juventus on a free transfer at the end of the season.

Unlike the summer transfer window, Aston Villa were extremely quiet in the winter equivalent, purchasing just one senior player in Wayne Routledge (£1.25 million) from Tottenham Hotspur. He was also followed by youngsters Thomas Dau and Lance Heslop.

Summary

In

Date	Player	Previous Club	Fee	Ref
June 2007	Andreas Weimann	Rapid Wien	Undisclosed
July 2007	Harry Forrester	Watford	Undisclosed
July 2007	Eric Lichaj	University of North Carolina	Undisclosed
5 July 2007	Nigel Reo-Coker	West Ham United	£8,500,000
17 July 2007	Marlon Harewood	West Ham United	Undisclosed
29 August 2007	Zat Knight	Fulham	£3,500,000
31 August 2007	Moustapha Salifou	FC Wil 1900	Undisclosed
4 December 2007	Thomas Dau	SV Schwechat Juniors	Undisclosed
December 2007	Lance Heslop	Auckland City	Undisclosed
30 January 2008	Wayne Routledge	Tottenham Hotspur	£1,250,000

Out

Date	Player	Transfer to	Fee	Ref
12 June 2007	Gavin McCann	Bolton Wanderers	£1,000,000
27 June 2007	Aaron Hughes	Fulham	£1,000,000
1 July 2007	Stephen Henderson	Bristol City	Free
1 July 2007	Bobby Olejnik	Falkirk	Free
1 July 2007	Jlloyd Samuel	Bolton Wanderers	Free
5 July 2007	Steven Davis	Fulham	Undisclosed
19 July 2007	Lee Hendrie	Sheffield United	Free
3 August 2007	Liam Ridgewell	Birmingham City	£2,000,000
30 January 2008	Gary Cahill	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed

Pre-season results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F – A	Competition	Scorers
25 July 2007	Toronto FC	A	4–2	Friendly match	Moore (3), Carew
28 July 2007	Columbus Crew	A	3–1	Friendly match	Young, Barry, Moore
01/08/2007	Stoke City	A	2–0	Friendly match	Berger, Agbonlahor
04/08/2007	Internazionale	H	3–0	Friendly match	Barry (2), Lausren
07/08/2007	Walsall	A	1–1	Friendly match	Boertien (og)

Players of the year

At the end of season awards dinner, Martin Laursen was announced as the Supporters' Player of the Year, whilst Gabriel Agbonlahor was the Supporter's and Player's Young Player of the Year.^[4]

Results

Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	D
Position	14	8	9	5	3	6	4	5	5	9	8	8	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	7	7	6	6	6	6

Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Aston Villa v Liverpool

11 August 2007 1	Aston Villa	1–2	Liverpool	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Mellberg  26' Bouma  58' Barry  67', 85' (pen.) Petrov  89'	Report	Laursen 31' (o.g.) Pennant  55' Reina  84' Gerrard 87'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 42,640

Newcastle United v Aston Villa

18 August 2007 2	Newcastle United	0–0	Aston Villa	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST		Report	Gardner  68' Reo-Coker  87'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 51,049 Referee: Howard Webb

Aston Villa v Fulham

25 August 2007 3	Aston Villa	2–1	Fulham	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Young 51' Maloney 90'	Report	Baird 6'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 36,638

Aston Villa v Chelsea

2 September 2007 4	Aston Villa	2–0	Chelsea	Birmingham, West Midlands
16:00 BST	Knight 47' Reo-Coker  56' Barry  66' Carew  71' Agbonlahor 88'	Report	Drogba  70'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,714 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Manchester City v Aston Villa

16 September 2007 5	Manchester City	1–0	Aston Villa	Manchester
16:00 BST	M. Johnson 47' Sun  68' Moore  78'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 38,363 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Aston Villa v Everton

23 September 2007 6	Aston Villa	2–0	Everton	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Carew 14' Agbonlahor 50'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 38,747

Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa

1 October 2007 7	Tottenham Hotspur	4–4	Aston Villa	Haringey, London
	Berbatov 20' Chimbonda 69' Keane 82' (pen.) Kaboul 90'	Report	Laursen 22', 33' Agbonlahor 40' Gardner 49'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,094 Referee: Mike Dean

Aston Villa v West Ham United

6 October 2007 8	Aston Villa	1–0	West Ham United	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Gardner 24'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 40,842

Aston Villa v Manchester United

20 October 2007 9	Aston Villa	1–4	Manchester United	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Agbonlahor 12' Reo-Coker  60' Carson  66'	Report	Rooney 36', 44' Ferdinand 45' Giggs 75'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 42,640 Referee: Rob Styles

Bolton Wanderers v Aston Villa

28 October 2007 10	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Aston Villa	Greater Manchester
	Anelka 22'	Report	Moore 57'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 18,413

Aston Villa v Derby County

3 November 2007 11	Aston Villa	2–0	Derby County	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Laursen 57' Young 61'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 40,938

Birmingham v Aston Villa

11 November 2007 12	Birmingham	1–2	Aston Villa	Birmingham
	Forssell 62'	Report	Ridgewell 11' (o.g.) Agbonlahor 87'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 26,539

Middlesbrough v Aston Villa

24 November 2007 13	Middlesbrough	0–3	Aston Villa	Teesside
		Report	Carew 45' Mellberg 48' Agbonlahor 58'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 23,900

Blackburn Rovers v Aston Villa

28 November 2007 14	Blackburn Rovers	0–4	Aston Villa	Blackburn, Lancashire
		Report	Carew 29' Agbonlahor 53' (pen.) Young 81' Harewood 89'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 20,776 Referee: Phil Dowd

Aston Villa v Arsenal

1 December 2007 15	Aston Villa	1–2	Arsenal	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Gardner 14'	Report	Flamini 23' Adebayor 35'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 42,018

Aston Villa v Portsmouth

8 December 2007 16	Aston Villa	1–3	Portsmouth	Birmingham, West Midlands
12:45	Carew  4' Berger  67' Barry 72' (pen.)	Report	Gardner 10' (o.g.) Muntari 40', 61' Mendes  43' Johnson  68' James  74' Pamarot  75' Kranjčar  80'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 35,790

Sunderland v Aston Villa

15 December 2007 17	Sunderland	1–1	Aston Villa	County Durham
	Higginbotham 10'	Report	Maloney 73'	Stadium: Stadium Of Light Attendance: 43,248

Aston Villa v Manchester City

22 December 2007 18	Aston Villa	1–1	Manchester City	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Carew 14'	Report	Bianchi 11'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,455

Chelsea v Aston Villa

26 December 2007 19	Chelsea	4–4	Aston Villa	Fulham, London
	Shevchenko 45+4' (pen.), 50' Alex 66' Carvalho  80' Ballack 88' A. Cole  90'	Report	Maloney 14', 44' Knight  45' Laursen 72' Barry 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,686 Referee: Phil Dowd

Wigan v Aston Villa

29 December 2007 20	Wigan	1–2	Aston Villa	Wigan
	Bramble 28'	Report	Davies 55' Agbonlahor 70'	Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 18,806

Aston Villa v Tottenham

1 January 2008 21	Aston Villa	2–1	Tottenham	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Mellberg 41' Laursen 81'	Report	Defoe 79'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,609

Aston Villa v Reading

12 January 2008 22	Aston Villa	3–1	Reading	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Carew 22', 88' Laursen 55'	Report	Harper 90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 38,288

Liverpool v Aston Villa

21 January 2008 23	Liverpool	2–2	Aston Villa	Merseyside
	Benayoun 19' Crouch 88'	Report	Harewood 69' Aurélio 72' (o.g.)	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42,590

Aston Villa v Blackburn

26 January 2008 24	Aston Villa	1–1	Blackburn	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Young 73'	Report	Santa Cruz 68'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,602

Fulham v Aston Villa

3 February 2008 25	Fulham	2–1	Aston Villa	Hammersmith
	Davies 73' Bullard 86'	Report	Hughes 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 24,760

Aston Villa v Newcastle United

9 February 2008 26	Aston Villa	4–1	Newcastle United	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Bouma 48' Carew 51', 72', 90' (pen.)	Report	Owen 4'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 42,640 Referee: Lee Mason

Reading v Aston Villa

24 February 2008 27	Reading	1–2	Aston Villa	Berkshire
	Shorey 90'	Report	Young 45' Harewood 82'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 23,889

Arsenal v Aston Villa

1 March 2008 28	Arsenal	1–1	Aston Villa	Highbury
	Bendtner 90'	Report	Senderos 27' (o.g.)	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,097

Aston Villa v Middlesbrough

12 March 2008 29	Aston Villa	1–1	Middlesbrough	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Barry 74' (pen.)	Report	Downing 23'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,874

Portsmouth v Aston Villa

15 March 2008 30	Portsmouth	2–0	Aston Villa	Hampshire
	Defoe 11' Reo-Coker 38' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,388

Aston Villa v Sunderland

22 March 2008 31	Aston Villa	0–1	Sunderland	Birmingham, West Midlands
		Report	Chopra 83'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 42,640

Manchester United v Aston Villa

29 March 2008 32	Manchester United	4–0	Aston Villa	Trafford, Greater Manchester
	Ronaldo 17' Tevez 33' Rooney 53', 70'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,932 Referee: Mark Halsey

Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers

5 April 2008 33	Aston Villa	4–0	Bolton Wanderers	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Barry 9', 60' Agbonlahor 56' Harewood 85'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,773 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Derby County v Aston Villa

12 April 2008 34	Derby County	0–6	Aston Villa	Derby, Derbyshire
		Report	Young 25' Carew 26' Petrov 36' Barry 58' Agbonlahor 76' Harewood 85'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 33,036 Referee: Keith Stroud

Aston Villa v Birmingham City

20 April 2008 35	Aston Villa	5–1	Birmingham City	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Young 28', 63' Carew 42', 53' Agbonlahor 78'	Report	Forssell 67'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 42,584 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Everton v Aston Villa

27 April 2008 36	Everton	2–2	Aston Villa	Merseyside
	Neville 54' Yobo 84'	Report	Agbonlahor 80' Carew 86'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,936

Aston Villa v Wigan

3 May 2008 37	Aston Villa	0–2	Wigan	Birmingham, West Midlands
		Report	Valencia 52', 63'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 42,640

West Ham United v Aston Villa

11 May 2008 38	West Ham United	2–2	Aston Villa	London
	Solano 8' Ashton 88'	Report	Young 14' Barry 58'	Stadium: Upton Park

League Cup

Wrexham v Aston Villa

28 August 2007 Second round	Wrexham	0–5	Aston Villa	Wrexham, North Wales
		Report	Maloney 30', 72' Moore 52' Reo-Coker 62' Harewood 78'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 8,221 Referee: Graham Laws

Aston Villa v Leicester City

26 September 2007 Third round	Aston Villa	0–1	Leicester City	Birmingham, West Midlands
		Report	Fryatt 86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 25,956

FA Cup

Aston Villa v Manchester United

5 January 2008	Aston Villa	0–2	Manchester United	Birmingham, West Midlands
		Report	Ronaldo 85' 87'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,630

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of end of season^[5]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League Cup		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
13	GK	ENG	Stuart Taylor	6	0	3+1	0	2	0	0	0
22	GK	ENG	Scott Carson	36	0	35	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
3	DF	NED	Wilfred Bouma	39	1	38	1	0	0	1	0
4	DF	SWE	Olof Mellberg	37	2	33+1	2	2	0	1	0
5	DF	DEN	Martin Laursen	39	6	38	6	0	0	1	0
15	DF	ENG	Curtis Davies	14	1	9+3	1	1	0	1	0
16	DF	ENG	Zat Knight	28	1	25+2	1	1	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	Craig Gardner	25	3	15+8	3	1	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ENG	Gareth Barry	40	9	37	9	2	0	1	0
7	MF	ENG	Ashley Young	39	9	37	9	0+1	0	1	0
17	MF	TOG	Moustapha Salifou	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ENG	Wayne Routledge	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	BUL	Stilian Petrov	31	1	22+6	1	1+1	0	1	0
20	MF	ENG	Nigel Reo-Coker	39	1	36	0	2	1	1	0
23	MF	CZE	Patrik Berger	9	0	0+8	0	0+1	0	0	0
27	MF	ENG	Isaiah Osbourne	10	0	1+7	0	2	0	0	0
28	MF	SCO	Shaun Maloney	25	6	11+11	4	2	2	0+1	0
Forwards
8	FW	ENG	Luke Moore	18	2	8+7	1	1+1	1	0+1	0
9	FW	ENG	Marlon Harewood	25	6	1+22	5	2	1	0	0
10	FW	NOR	John Carew	33	13	32	13	0	0	1	0
11	FW	ENG	Gabriel Agbonlahor	40	11	37	11	2	0	1	0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season
21	DF	ENG	Gary Cahill	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0

Last updated: September 2017
Source: Competitions

Topscorers

• John Carew – 13
• Gabriel Agbonlahor – 11
• Ashley Young – 9
• Gareth Barry – 8
• Martin Laursen – 6

Notes

1. Lowry was born in Perth, Australia, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level before switching his international allegiance to Australia.
2. Clark was born in Harrow, England, and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-20 level, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 2011.
3. Collins was born in Coventry, England, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and has represented them at U-19 and U-21 level.