2007–08 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Crystal Palace
2007–08 season
Chairman	Simon Jordan
Manager	Peter Taylor (until 8 October); Neil Warnock (from 11 October)
Championship	5th (play-offs)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Clinton Morrison (16); All: ; Clinton Morrison (16)
Highest home attendance	23,950 vs Burnley (4 May 2008)
Lowest home attendance	13,048 vs Preston North End (27 November 2007)
Average home league attendance	16,031
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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]

Statistics[edit]

Appearances[edit]

Last updated on 13 May 2008.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship (including play-offs)		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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[edit]

Starting 11[edit]

No.	Pos.	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[edit]

Management[edit]

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[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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[edit]

Preseason[edit]

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

27 July 2007	IK Oddevold	1–4	Crystal Palace
19:30	Engelbrektsson 60'	(Report)	Dayton Morrison Martin Watson

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[edit]

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

3 November 2007	Scunthorpe United	0–0	Crystal Palace	Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
15:00		(Report)		Attendance: 6,778 Referee: Clive Penton

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

12 January 2008	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–3	Crystal Palace	Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
15:00		(Report)	Morrison 24' Scannell 49' Scowcroft 69'	Attendance: 22,650 Referee: Howard Webb

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

23 February 2008	Crystal Palace	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Selhurst Park, London
15:00		(Report)	Gray 76' Kyle 89'	Attendance: 15,679 Referee: Andy Woolmer

1 March 2008	Preston North End	0–1	Crystal Palace	Deepdale, Preston
15:00		(Report)	Morrison 76'	Attendance: 12,347 Referee: Mike Jones

4 March 2008	Crystal Palace	0–0	Cardiff City	Selhurst Park, London
20:00		(Report)		Attendance: 13,446 Referee: Scott Mathieson

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

12 March 2008	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Crystal Palace	The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
19:45	Phillips 30'	(Report)	Moses 55'	Attendance: 20,378 Referee: Peter Walton

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[edit]

Semi-final[edit]

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

Football League Cup[edit]

Round 1[edit]

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

FA Cup[edit]

Round 3[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Notes[edit]

^ Cort was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Guyana internationally and would make his international debut for Guyana in October 2011.
^ Fletcher was born in Camberley, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 2004.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.

External links[edit]

Crystal Palace F.C. official website
Crystal Palace F.C. on Soccerbase Archived 9 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[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.

[3] Cort was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Guyana internationally and would make his international debut for Guyana in October 2011.

[4] Fletcher was born in Camberley, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 2004.

[5] 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.

[6] 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.

[7] 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.

[8] 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.

[9] 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.

[10] 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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