Crystal Palace F.C. season 2007-08

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Crystal Palace
Season 2007-08
Manager Flag of England Neil Warnock
Chairman Flag of England Simon Jordan
League The Championship
Final league position 5th (play-offs)
FA Cup 3rd round
Carling Cup 1st round
Top goalscorer League:
Clinton Morrison (16)
All:
Clinton Morrison (16)
Highest home attendance 23,950 vs Burnley (04 May 2008)
Lowest home attendance 13,048 vs Preston North End (27 November 2007)

Main article: History of Crystal Palace F.C.
Preceding article: Crystal Palace F.C. season 2006-07
Succeeding article: Crystal Palace F.C. season 2008-09

The 2007-08 season was Crystal Palace Football Club's 3rd consecutive season in the The Championship. Manager Peter Taylor was sacked on October 8, 2007[1] and replaced by former Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock on October 11, 2007.[2]


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[edit] Statistics

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

[edit] Club

[edit] The management

Position Staff
Manager Flag of England Peter Taylor (August-October)/Flag of England Neil Warnock (October-May)
Assistant manager Flag of England Mick Jones (October-May)
First team coach Flag of Wales Kit Symons (August-October)/Flag of England Keith Curle (October-May)
Goalkeeping coach Flag of England Tony Burns (August-November)/Flag of England Jim Stannard (November-May)
Chief scout Flag of Scotland Allan Gemmill (August-May)
Fitness coach Flag of England Mark Hulse (August-November)/Flag of England Carl Serrant (November-May)
Reserve team manager Flag of Wales Kit Symons (August-October)/Flag of Scotland Dougie Freedman (October-March)/Flag of England Gary Issot (March-May)
U18 team/Academy manager Flag of England Gary Issot (August-May)
Head physiotherapist Flag of England Paul Caton (August-May)

Source:[citation needed]

[edit] Matches

[edit] Pre-season

2007-07-13
19:00		 Chelmsford City 0 – 2 Crystal Palace Melbourne Stadium, Chelmsford
Attendance: 997
Referee: Rayford Lee
(Report) Freedman Scored in the 74, 82th minute 74, 82'
2007-07-14
15:00		 Bromley 2 – 2 Crystal Palace Hayes Lane, London
Attendance: 3,148
Referee: Steve Bennett
Hockton Scored in the 56th minute 56'
Chaaban Scored in the 56th minute 56'		 (Report) Duku Scored in the 50th minute 50' o.g.
Green Scored in the 90th minute 90'
2007-07-17
19:00		 Aldershot Town 0 – 2 Crystal Palace Recreation Ground, Aldershot
Attendance: 1,520
Referee: Steven Cook
(Report) Watson Scored in the 22nd minute 22' (pen.)
Kuqi Scored in the 58th minute 58'
2007-07-20
19:00		 Dartford 0 – 3 Crystal Palace Princes Park, Dartford
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Steve Bennett
(Report) Fletcher Scored in the 16th minute 16'
Green Scored in the 56th minute 56'
Ifill Scored in the 89th minute 89'
2007-07-21
15:00		 Barnet 2 – 3 Crystal Palace Underhill Stadium, London
Attendance: 1,371
Referee: Grant Hegley
Carew Scored in the 69th minute 69'
Yakubu Scored in the 89th minute 89'		 (Report) Giele Scored in the 18th minute 18' o.g.
Watson Scored in the 24th minute 24'
Ifill Scored in the 28th minute 28'
2007-07-24
19:30		 IFK Göteborg Flag of Sweden 1 – 2 Flag of England Crystal Palace Grebbestad
Attendance: 1,300
Mourad Scored in the 74th minute 74' (Report) Ifill Scored in the 2nd minute 2'
Scowcroft Scored in the 35th minute 35'
2007-07-27
19:30		 IK Oddevold Flag of Sweden 1 – 4 Flag of England Crystal Palace
Engelbrektsson Scored in the 60th minute 60' (Report) Dayton Scored
Morrison Scored
Martin Scored
Watson Scored
2007-07-31
20:00		 Crystal Palace Flag of England 1 – 1 Flag of Belgium Anderlecht Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 5,232
Referee: Alan Wiley
Watson Scored in the 50th minute 50' (pen.) (Report) Théréau Scored in the 26th minute 26'
2007-08-04
15:00		 Crystal Palace 0 – 0 Everton Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 10,010
Referee: Phil Crossley
(Report)

[edit] Football League Championship

2007-08-11
15:00		 Southampton 1 – 4 Crystal Palace St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Attendance: 25,054
Referee: Lee Probert
Saganowski Scored in the 45+2th minute 45+2' (Report) Scowcroft Scored in the 30, 31, 55th minute 30, 31, 55'
Morrison Scored in the 57th minute 57'
2007-08-18
15:00		 Crystal Palace 2 – 2 Leicester City Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 15,607
Referee: Michael Russell
Green Scored in the 33rd minute 33'
Morrison Scored in the 90+3th minute 90+3'		 (Report) Campbell Scored in the 63rd minute 63'
Kisnorbo Scored in the 87th minute 87'
2007-08-26
13:15		 Ipswich Town 1 – 0 Crystal Palace Portman Road, Ipswich
Attendance: 19,382
Referee: Andy D'Urso
Walters Scored in the 73rd minute 73' (Report)
2007-09-01
15:00		 Crystal Palace 0 – 1 Charlton Athletic Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 18,556
Referee: Nigel Miller
(Report) Todorov Scored in the 74th minute 74'
2007-09-15
15:00		 Norwich City 1 – 0 Crystal Palace Carrow Road, Norwich
Attendance: 24,228
Referee: Lee Probert
Střihavka Scored in the 75th minute 75' (Report)
2007-09-18
20:00		 Crystal Palace 1 – 1 Coventry City Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 14,455
Referee: Andy Woolmer
Green Scored in the 26th minute 26' (Report) Best Scored in the 87th minute 87'
2007-09-22
15:00		 Crystal Palace 3 – 2 Sheffield United Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 14,131
Referee: Kevin Friend
Soares Scored in the 60th minute 60'
Fletcher Scored in the 70th minute 70'
Watson Scored in the 89th minute 89' (pen.)		 (Report) Hudson Scored in the o.g. 48th minute o.g. 48'
Beattie Scored in the 76th minute 76'
2007-09-29
15:00		 Burnley 1 – 1 Crystal Palace Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,711
Referee: Trevor Kettle
Blake Scored in the 13th minute 13' (Report) Hudson Scored in the 5th minute 5'
2007-10-02
19:45		 Plymouth Argyle 1 – 0 Crystal Palace Home Park, Plymouth
Attendance: 10,451
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
Halmosi Scored in the 50th minute 50' (Report)
2007-10-06
15:00		 Crystal Palace 1 – 1 Hull City Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 15,769
Referee: Richard Beeby
Scowcroft Scored in the 81st minute 81' (Report) Marney Scored in the 90+1th minute 90+1' (pen.)
2007-10-20
15:00		 Blackpool 1 – 1 Crystal Palace Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
Attendance: 9,037
Referee: Graham Laws
Fox Scored in the 69th minute 69' (Report) Soares Scored in the 59th minute 59' Sent off in the 88th minute 88'
2007-10-23
20:00		 Crystal Palace 1 – 3 Stoke City Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 14,237
Referee: Mike Thorpe
Freedman Scored in the 51st minute 51' (Report) Cresswell Scored in the 49, 59th minute 49, 59'
Shawcross Scored in the 74th minute 74'
2007-10-29
20:00		 Crystal Palace 0 – 2 Watford Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 13,986
Referee: Keith Stroud
(Report) Smith Scored in the 32nd minute 32'
King Scored in the 67th minute 67'
2007-11-03
15:00		 Scunthorpe United 0 – 0 Crystal Palace Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
Attendance: 6,778
Referee: Clive Penton
(Report)
2007-11-06
19:45		 Cardiff City 1 – 1 Crystal Palace Ninian Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 11,781
Referee: Lee Mason
Purse Scored in the 9th minute 9' (Report) Watson Scored in the 44th minute 44' (pen.)
2007-11-10
15:00		 Crystal Palace 1 – 1 Queens Park Rangers Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 17,010
Referee: Peter Walton
Morrison Scored in the 88th minute 88' (Report) Sinclair Scored in the 45th minute 45'
2007-11-24
15:00		 Colchester United 1 – 2 Crystal Palace Layer Road, Colchester
Attendance: 5,856
Referee: Paul Taylor
Balwin Sent off in the 8th minute 8'
Jackson Scored in the 69th minute 69'		 (Report) Morrison Scored in the 8, 74th minute 8, 74'
2007-11-27
19:45		 Crystal Palace 2 – 1 Preston North End