Sunderland A.F.C. season 2007-08

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Sunderland
Season 2007–08
Manager Flag of Ireland Roy Keane
Chairman Flag of Ireland Niall Quinn
League Premier League
Final league position 15th
FA Cup Third Round
Carling Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League: Kenwyne Jones (7)
All: Kenwyne Jones (7)
Highest home attendance 47,802 (v Arsenal, 11 May 2008)
Lowest home attendance 20,821 (v Wigan Athletic, 5 January 2008)

The 2007-08 season is the 107th full season of league football for Sunderland A.F.C.. They play in the English Premiership, having been promoted as champions of the Championship in the previous season.

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[edit] Overview

After finishing the previous season as champions of the Championship, Roy Keane looked to strengthen his squad for his first season as a Premiership manager. The Drumaville Consortium made good with their promise to financially back the manager, spending over £27 million on players during the summer, including the record-breaking signing of goalkeeper Craig Gordon.

Sunderland toured Ireland during pre-season, before a home game against Italian side Juventus to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Stadium of Light.

[edit] Match results

[edit] Legend

Win Draw Loss

[edit] Pre-season

Game Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Notes
1 18 July 2007 Darlington Away 2–0 4,500 Wallace, Stokes [1]
2 21 July 2007 Scunthorpe United Away 0–1 5,388 [2]
3 28 July 2007 Bohemian Away 1–0 5,033 John [3]
4 30 July 2007 Cork City Away 1–1 9,000 Miller [4]
5 1 August 2007 Galway United Away 4–0 5,000 Chopra, Richardson, Connolly, John [5]
6 4 August 2007 Juventus Home 1–1 25,852 Murphy [6]

[edit] Premier League

Main article: Premier League 2007-08
Game Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Notes
1 11 August 2007 Tottenham Hotspur Home 1–0 43,967 Chopra [7]
2 15 August 2007 Birmingham City Away 2–2 24,898 Chopra, John [8]
3 18 August 2007 Wigan Athletic Away 0–3 18,639 [9]
4 25 August 2007 Liverpool Home 0–2 45,645 [10]
5 1 September 2007 Manchester United Away 0–1 75,648 [11]
6 15 September 2007 Reading Home 2–1 39,272 Jones, Wallace [12]
7 22 September 2007 Middlesbrough Away 2–2 30,675 Leadbitter, Miller [13]
8 29 September 2007 Blackburn Rovers Home 1–2 41,252 Leadbitter [14]
9 7 October 2007 Arsenal Away 2–3 60,098 Jones, Wallace [15]
10 21 October 2007 West Ham United Away 1–3 34,913 Jones [16]
11 27 October 2007 Fulham Home 1–1 39,392 Jones [17]
12 5 November 2007 Manchester City Away 0–1 40,038 [18]
13 10 November 2007 Newcastle United Home 1–1 47,701 Higginbotham [19]
14 24 November 2007 Everton Away 1–7 38,594 Yorke [20]
15 1 December 2007 Derby County Home 1–0 42,380 Stokes [21]
16 8 December 2007 Chelsea Away 0–2 41,707 [22]
17 15 December 2007 Aston Villa Home 1–1 43,248 Higginbotham [23]
18 22 December 2007 Reading Away 1–2 24,082 Chopra (pen) [24]
19 26 December 2007 Manchester United Home 0–4 47,360 [25]
20 29 December 2007 Bolton Wanderers Home 3–1 42,058 Richardson, Jones, Murphy [26]
21 1 January 2008 Blackburn Rovers Away 0–1 23,212 [27]
22 12 January 2008 Portsmouth Home 2–0 37,369 Richardson (2) [28]
23 19 January 2008 Tottenham Hotspur Away 0–2 36,070 [29]
24 29 January 2008 Birmingham City Home 2–0 37,674 Murphy, Prica [30]
25 2 February 2008 Liverpool Away 0–3 43,244 [31]
26 9 February 2008 Wigan Athletic Home 2–0 43,600 Etuhu, Murphy [32]
27 23 February 2008 Portsmouth Away 0–1 20,139 [33]
28 1 March 2008 Derby County Away 0–0 33,058 [34]
29 8 March 2008 Everton Home 0–1 42,595 [35]
30 15 March 2008 Chelsea Home 0–1 44,679 [36]
31 22 March 2008 Aston Villa Away 1–0 42,640 Chopra [37]
32 29 March 2008 West Ham United Home 2–1 45,690 Jones, Reid [38]
33 5 April 2008 Fulham Away 3–1 25,053 Collins, Chopra, Jones [39]
34 12 April 2008 Manchester City Home 1–2 46,797 Whitehead [40]
35 19 April 2008 Newcastle United Away 0–2 52,305 [41]
36 26 April 2008 Middlesbrough Home 3–2 45,059 Higginbotham, Chopra, Pogatetz (O.G.) [42]
37 3 May 2008 Bolton Wanderers Away 0–2 25,053 [43]
38 11 May 2008 Arsenal Home 0–1 47,802 [44]

[edit] FA Cup

Main article: FA Cup 2007-08
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Notes
3 5 January 2008 Wigan Athletic Home 0–3 20,821 [45]

[edit] League Cup

Main article: Football League Cup 2007-08
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Notes
2 27 August 2007 Luton Town Away 0–3 4,401 [46]

[edit] League table

P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United  (C) 38 27 6 5 80 22 +58 87 UEFA Champions League 2008–09
Group stage
2 Chelsea 38 25 10 3 65 26 +39 85
3 Arsenal 38 24 11 3 74 31 +43 83 UEFA Champions League 2008-09
Third qualifying round
4 Liverpool 38 21 13 4 67 28 +39 76
5 Everton 38 19 8 11 55 33 +22 65 UEFA Cup 2008-09 First round
6 Aston Villa 38 16 12 10 71 51 +20 60 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008 Third round
7 Blackburn Rovers 38 15 13 10 50 48 +2 58
8 Portsmouth 38 16 9 13 48 40 +8 57 UEFA Cup 2008-09 First round 1
9 Manchester City 38 15 10 13 45 53 −8 55 UEFA Cup 2008–09 First qualifying round 2
10 West Ham United 38 13 10 15 42 50 −8 49
11 Tottenham Hotspur 38 11 13 14 66 61 +5 46 UEFA Cup 2008-09 First round 3
12 Newcastle United 38 11 10 17 45 65 −20 43
13 Middlesbrough 38 10 12 16 43 53 −10 42
14 Wigan Athletic 38 10 10 18 34 51 −17 40
15 Sunderland 38 11 6 21 36 59 −23 39
16 Bolton Wanderers 38 9 10 19 36 54 −18 37
17 Fulham 38 8 12 18 38 60 −22 36
18 Reading  (R) 38 10 6 22 41 66 −25 36 Relegation to
League Championship
19 Birmingham City  (R) 38 8 11 19 46 62 −16 35
20 Derby County  (R) 38 1 8 29 20 89 −69 11

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
1 via FA Cup 2007-08
2 via UEFA Fair Play ranking
3 via Football League Cup 2007-08
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted.

[edit] Player details

Sources[47][48]
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup Carling Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Flag of Scotland Craig Gordon 34 0 1 0 0 0 35 0 1 0
2 DF Flag of England Greg Halford 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 1 2
3 DF Flag of Ireland Ian Harte 3 (5) 0 0 0 0 0 3 (5) 0 0 0
4 MF Flag of Nigeria Dickson Etuhu 18 (2) 1 0 0 1 0 20 (2) 1 5 0
5 DF Flag of Jamaica Nyron Nosworthy 29 0 1 0 1 0 31 0 3 0
6 DF Flag of Ireland Paul McShane 20 (1) 0 1 0 0 0 21 (1) 0 4 1
7 MF Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Carlos Edwards 11 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 11 (2) 0 0 0
8 MF Flag of England Dean Whitehead (c) 27 1 1 0 0 0 28 1 7 0
9 FW Flag of Ireland Anthony Stokes 8 (12) 1 0 0 1 0 9 (12) 1 1 0
10 MF Flag of England Kieran Richardson 15 (2) 3 1 0 0 0 16 (2) 3 3 0
11 FW Flag of Ireland Daryl Murphy 20 (8) 3 1 0 1 0 22 (8) 3 2 0
12 MF Flag of Ireland Liam Miller 16 (8) 1 0 0 1 0 17 (8) 1 4 1
13 GK Flag of Wales Darren Ward 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0
14 DF Flag of England Danny Higginbotham 21 3 0 0 0 0 21 3 1 0
15 DF Flag of Wales Danny Collins 32 (4) 1 1 0 0 0 33 (4) 1 6 0
16 FW Flag of England Michael Chopra 21 (12) 6 0 0 1 0 22 (12) 6 7 0
17 FW Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Kenwyne Jones 33 7 0 0 0 0 33 7 2 0
18 MF Flag of England Grant Leadbitter 17 (14) 2 0 (1) 0 1 0 18 (15) 2 5 0
19 MF Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke 17 (3) 1 0 0 0 (1) 0 17 (4) 1 4 1
20 FW Flag of England Andy Cole 3 (4) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 3 (5) 0 0 0
21 DF Flag of Scotland Russell Anderson 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 0 0
22 DF Flag of Ireland Clive Clarke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW Flag of Ireland Roy O'Donovan 4 (13) 0 1 0 0 (1) 0 5 (14) 0 2 0
24 GK Flag of Northern Ireland Trevor Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Flag of Northern Ireland Jean-Yves Mvoto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Flag of England Phil Bardsley 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 3 0
27 DF Flag of Slovakia Stanislav Varga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF Flag of Ireland Graham Kavanagh 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
29 DF Flag of England Peter Hartley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF Flag of England Jake Richardson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW Flag of Ireland David Connolly 1 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (3) 0 1 0
32 GK Flag of Hungary Márton Fülöp 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
33 MF Flag of Scotland Ross Wallace 18 (3) 2 0 0 1 0 19 (2) 2 4 0
34 MF Flag of Ireland Billy Dennehy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF Flag of England Michael Kay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF Flag of Ireland Gavin Donoghue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF Flag of Northern Ireland Robbie Weir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF Flag of England Jamie Chandler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 FW Flag of England Martyn Waghorn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 FW Flag of England David Dowson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 DF Flag of Ireland Michael Liddle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF Flag of Northern Ireland Jonny Evans 15 0 1 0 0 0 16 0 0 0
45 DF Flag of Sweden Rade Prica 0 (6) 1 0 0 0 0 0 (6) 1 0 0
- DF Flag of New Zealand Jack Pelter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date Pos Name From Fee Notes
17 May 2007 MF Robbie Weir Youth system – [49]
17 May 2007 MF Jamie Chandler Youth system – [49]
17 May 2007 FW David Dowson Youth system – [49]
11 June 2007 DF Greg Halford Charlton Athletic £3,000,000 [50]
27 June 2007 DF Russell Anderson Aberdeen £1,000,000 [51]
13 July 2007 FW Michael Chopra Cardiff City £5,000,000 [52]
16 July 2007 MF Kieran Richardson Manchester United Undisclosed fee [53]
17 July 2007 MF Dickson Etuhu Norwich City £1,500,000 [54]
26 July 2007 DF Paul McShane West Bromwich Albion £2,500,000 [55]
7 August 2007 GK Craig Gordon Heart of Midlothian £9,000,000 [56]
9 August 2007 FW Roy O'Donovan Cork City Undisclosed fee [57]
24 August 2007 FW Andy Cole Portsmouth Free [58]
29 August 2007 DF Ian Harte Levante Free [59]
29 August 2007 DF Danny Higginbotham Stoke City £3,000,000 [60]
29 August 2007 FW Kenwyne Jones Southampton £6,000,000 [61]
8 September 2007 DF Jack Pelter Canterbury United Free [62]
26 December 2007 FW Martyn Waghorn Youth system – [63]
Status
 EU
 Country
 N
 P
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Transfer
Window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
Loaned YesY EU  NIR 44 CB Evans 20 Manchester United Winter transfer window 2008 N/A 4/1 SAFC
Transferred YesY EU  FRA 25 CB Mvoto 20 Paris Saint-Germain Flag of France Winter transfer window 2011 Undisclosed 15/1 SAFC
Transferred YesY EU  ENG 26 RB Bardsley 23 Manchester United Winter transfer window 2011 £ 2m 22/1 SAFC
Transferred YesY EU  SWE 45 CF Prica 28 AaB Flag of Denmark Winter transfer window 2011 £ 2m 23/1 SAFC
Transferred YesY EU  IRE 20 CF Reid 26 Charlton Athletic Winter transfer window 2011 £ 4m 31/1 SAFC

[edit] Out

Status
 EU
 Country
 N
 P
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Transfer
Window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
Retired YesY EU  IRE CB Cunningham 37 Summer transfer window Free 18/5 SAFC
Contract ended YesY EU  SCO CM Miller 29 Ipswich Town Summer transfer window Free 18/5 SAFC
Contract ended YesY EU  FRA WI Mocquet 25 Pau FC Summer transfer window Free 18/5 SAFC
Contract ended YesY EU  SCO CF Smith 21 Aldershot Town Summer transfer window Free 18/5 SAFC
Loaned out YesY EU  ESP CM Arnau 27 Falkirk Summer transfer window — 17/7 SAFC
Transferred YesY EU  IRE CF Elliott 24 Wolverhampton Wanderers Summer transfer window Undisclosed 19/7 SAFC
Loaned out NoN EU  ENG RB Wright 28 Stoke City Summer transfer window — 3/8 SAFC
Loaned out NoN EU  IRE 22 LB Clarke 28 Leicester City Summer transfer window — 16/8 SAFC
Loaned out NoN EU  HUN 32 GK Fülöp 25 Leicester City Summer transfer window — 16/8 SAFC
Transferred YesY EU  SWE WI Hysén 26 IFK Göteborg Summer transfer window Undisclosed 25/8 SAFC
Transferred YesY NoN  TRI 14 CF John 31 Southampton Summer transfer window Exchange 29/8 SAFC
Loaned out NoN EU  IRE 28 CM Kavanagh 34 Sheffield Wednesday — 21/9 SAFC
Loaned out YesY EU  IRE 34 LM Dennehy 21 Accrington Stanley — 22/11 SAFC
Loaned out YesY EU  SVK 27 CB Varga 36 Burnley Winter transfer window — 4/1 SAFC
Loaned out YesY EU  ENG 20 CF Cole 36 Burnley Winter transfer window — 29/1 SAFC
Loaned out YesY EU  ENG 2 RB Halford 23 Charlton Athletic Winter transfer window — 31/1 SAFC
Loaned out YesY EU  IRE 28 CM Kavanagh 34 Sheffield Wednesday Winter transfer window — 31/1 SAFC
Contract terminated EU  IRE 22 LB Clarke 28 — 6/2 SAFC
Loaned out YesY EU  SCO 21 CB Anderson 29 Plymouth Argyle — 19/2 SAFC
Loaned out YesY EU  ENG 40 CF Dowson 19 Chesterfield — 21/2 SAFC
Loaned out YesY EU  ENG 29 CB Hartley 20 Chesterfield — 21/2 SAFC
Loaned out NoN EU  HUN 32 GK Fülöp 25 Stoke City — 22/2 SAFC

Last updated: 22 Feb 2008
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; Undisclosed = Undisclosed; Summer transfer window = Summer transfer window; Winter transfer window = Winter transfer window; n/a = Not applicable.

[edit] Loans in

[edit] Loans out

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Alexander, Nick (2007-07-18). "Darlington 0 Sunderland 2". Sunderland A.F.C.. Retrieved on 2008-10-07.
  2. ^ Alexander, Nick (2007-07-21). "Scunthorpe 1 Sunderland 0". Sunderland A.F.C.. Retrieved on 2008-10-07.
  3. ^ Alexander, Nick (2007-07-28). "Bohemians 0 Sunderland 1". Sunderland A.F.C.. Retrieved on 2008-10-07.
  4. ^ Alexander, Nick (2007-07-30). "Cork City 1 Sunderland 1". Sunderland A.F.C.. Retrieved on 2008-10-07.
  5. ^ Alexander, Nick (2007-08-01). "Galway Utd 0 Sunderland 4". Sunderland A.F.C.. Retrieved on 2008-10-07.
  6. ^ Alexander, Nick (2007-08-04). "Sunderland 1 Juventus 1". Sunderland A.F.C.. Retrieved on 2008-10-07.
  7. ^ McKenzie, Andrew (2007-08-11). "Sunderland 1-0 Tottenham". BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2008-10-05.
  8. ^ "Birmingham 2-2 Sunderland". BBC Sport (2007-08-15). Retrieved on