Crystal Palace F.C. season 2007–08

Crystal Palace
2007-08 season
Chairman	Simon Jordan
Manager	Neil Warnock
The Championship	7th
FA Cup	3rd round
Carling Cup	1st round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Clinton Morrison (13); All: ; Clinton Morrison (13)
Highest home attendance	19,010 vs Bristol City (19 January 2008)
Lowest home attendance	13,048 vs Preston North End (27 November 2007)

The 2007-08 season is 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]

Squad

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2008.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Scott Flinders
2	DF	ENG	Matthew Lawrence
3	DF	ENG	Tony Craig
4	DF	ENG	Clint Hill
5	DF	ENG	Mark Hudson (captain)
7	MF	WAL	Carl Fletcher
8	FW	ENG	James Scowcroft
9	FW	SCO	Dougie Freedman
10	FW	EIR	Clinton Morrison
11	MF	BRB	Paul Ifill
12	GK	ARG	Julián Speroni
14	MF	ENG	Ben Watson
15	MF	EIR	Mark Kennedy
16	MF	ENG	Neil Danns
18	DF	ENG	John Halls (on loan from Reading)
19	MF	ENG	Tom Soares


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	ENG	Danny Butterfield
23	DF	POR	José Fonte (on loan from Benfica)
24	MF	NIR	Jeff Hughes
28	MF	ENG	Shaun Derry
30	MF	ENG	John Bostock
31	DF	ENG	Arron Fray
32	FW	FIN	Shefki Kuqi
34	DF	ENG	Lee Hills
35	DF	WAL	Rhoys Wiggins
36	MF	ENG	Lewwis Spence
39	MF	ENG	James Dayton
41	DF	ENG	Moses Swaibu
42	FW	ENG	Ben Kudjodji
43	FW	ENG	Victor Moses
44	FW	EIR	Sean Scannell

Transfers

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	DF	ENG	Tony Craig (from Millwall, undisclosed^[3])

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
38	GK	ENG	David Wilkinson (on loan to Eastleigh until June 2008
40	MF	ENG	Ryan Hall (on loan to Dagenham & Redbridge until February 2008)

Statistics

Last updated on February 2, 2008.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		The Championship		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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Tony Craig	14	0	13	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Clint Hill	17	3	16	3	1	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Mark Hudson	32	2	30	2	1	0	1	0
7	FW	WAL	Carl Fletcher	19	1	18	1	1	0	0	0
8	FW	ENG	James Scowcroft	29	8	28	8	1	0	0	0
9	FW	SCO	Dougie Freedman	16	2	15	1	0	0	1	1
10	FW	EIR	Clinton Morrison	30	13	28	13	1	0	1	0
11	MF	BRB	Paul Ifill	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0
12	GK	NGA	Julian Speroni	30	-30	30	-30	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Ben Watson	28	2	26	2	1	0	1	0
15	MF	EIR	Mark Kennedy	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	ENG	Neil Danns	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	AUS	Besian Idrizaj	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	EIR	John Halls	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	ENG	Tom Soares	28	2	27	2	0	0	1	0
20	DF	ENG	Danny Butterfield	19	0	18	0	0	0	1	0
21	MF	ENG	Dave Martin	10	0	9	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW	ENG	Paul Dickov	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	POR	José Fonte	13	0	11	0	1	0	1	0
25	MF	NIR	Jeff Hughes	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	ENG	Stuart Green	11	2	10	2	0	0	1	0
27	MF	FRA	Franck Songo'o	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	ENG	Shaun Derry	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	ENG	John Bostock	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
31	DF	ENG	Arron Fray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	FIN	Shefki Kuqi	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
33	FW	ENG	Lewis Grabban	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
34	DF	ENG	Lee Hills	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
35	DF	WAL	Rhoys Wiggins	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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF	ENG	Moses Swaibu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	FW	ENG	Ben Kudjodji	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	FW	ENG	Victor Moses	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
44	FW	EIR	Sean Scannell	12	2	11	2	1	0	0	0

Club

The management

Position	Staff
Manager	Neil Warnock
Assistant manager	Mick Jones
First team coach	Keith Curle
Goalkeeping coach	Jim Stannard
Chief scout	Allan Gemmill
Fitness coach	Carl Serrant
Reserve team manager	Dougie Freedman
U18 team/Academy manager	Gary Issot
Head physiotherapist	Paul Caton

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

Pre-season

2007-07-13
19:00

Chelmsford City	0 – 2	Crystal Palace
	(Report)	Freedman 74' 82'

Melbourne Stadium, Chelmsford

Attendance: 997

Referee: Rayford Lee

2007-07-14
15:00

Bromley	2 – 2	Crystal Palace
Hockton 56' Chaaban 56'	(Report)	Duku 50' o.g. Green 90'

Hayes Lane, Bromley

Attendance: 3,148

Referee: Steve Bennett

2007-07-17
19:00

Aldershot Town	0 – 2	Crystal Palace
	(Report)	Watson 22' (pen.) Kuqi 58'

Recreation Ground, Aldershot

Attendance: 1,520

Referee: Steven Cook

2007-07-20
19:00

Dartford	0 – 3	Crystal Palace
	(Report)	Fletcher 16' Green 56'Ifill 89'

Princes Park, Dartford

Attendance: 4,100

Referee: Steve Bennett

2007-07-21
15:00

Barnet	2 – 3	Crystal Palace
Carew 69' Yakubu 89'	(Report)	Giele 18' o.g. Watson 24' Ifill 28'

Underhill Stadium, Barnet

Attendance: 1,371

Referee: Grant Hegley

2007-07-24
19:30

IFK Göteborg	1 – 2	Crystal Palace
	(Report)	Ifill 2' Scowcroft 35'

Grebbestad

2007-07-27
19:30

IK Oddevold	1 – 4	Crystal Palace
	(Report)

2007-07-31
20:00

Crystal Palace	1 – 1	Anderlecht
Watson 50' (pen.)	(Report)	Théréau 26'

Selhurst Park, London

Attendance: 5,232

2007-08-04
15:00

Crystal Palace	0 – 0	Everton
	(Report)

Selhurst Park, London

Attendance: 10,010

The Championship

2007-08-11
15:00

Southampton	1 – 4	Crystal Palace
Saganowski 45+2'	(Report)	Scowcroft 30' 31' 55' Morrison 57'

St Mary's Stadium, Southampton

Attendance: 25,054

Referee: Lee Probert

2007-08-18
15:00

Crystal Palace	2 – 2	Leicester City
Green 33' Morrison 90+3'	(Report)	Campbell 63' Kisnorbo 87'

Selhurst Park, London

Attendance: 15,607

Referee: Michael Russell

2007-08-26
13:15

Ipswich Town	1 – 0	Crystal Palace
Walters 73'	(Report)

Portman Road, Ipswich

Attendance: 19,382

Referee: Andy D'Urso

2007-09-01
15:00

Crystal Palace	0 – 1	Charlton Athletic
	(Report)	Todorov 74'

Selhurst Park, London

Attendance: 18,556

Referee: Nigel Miller

2007-09-15
15:00

Norwich City	1 – 0	Crystal Palace
Střihavka 75'	(Report)

Carrow Road, Norwich

Attendance: 24,228

Referee: Lee Probert

2007-09-18
20:00

Crystal Palace	1 – 1	Coventry City
Green 26'	(Report)	Best 87'

Selhurst Park, London

Attendance: 14,455

Referee: Andy Woolmer

2007-09-22
15:00

Crystal Palace	3 – 2	Sheffield United
Soares 60' Fletcher 70' Watson 89' (pen.)	(Report)	Hudson o.g. 48' Beattie 76'

Selhurst Park, London

Attendance: 14,131

Referee: Kevin Friend

2007-12-26
13:00

Chelsea	4 – 4	Aston Villa
Shevchenko 45+4' (pen.) 49' Alex 65' Carvalho 78' Ballack 87' A. Cole 90+1'	(Report)	Maloney 13' 43' Knight 45+2' Laursen 71' Barry 90+2' (pen.)

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 41,686

Referee: Phil Dowd

Football League Cup

Round 1

2007-08-14
19:45

Bristol Rovers	1 – 1	Crystal Palace
Disley 64'	(Report)	Freedman 31'
Penalties
Walker Jacobsen Disley \|Anthony	4 – 1	Freedman Morrison Kuqi

Memorial Stadium, Bristol

Attendance: 5,566

Referee: Tony Bates

FA Cup

Round 3

2008-01-05
15:00

Watford	2 – 0	Crystal Palace
Shittu 28', 65'	(Report)

Vicarage Road, Watford

Attendance: 10,480

Referee: Lee Mason

References

^ "Crystal Palace boss Taylor sacked". BBC Sport. 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2008-02-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Warnock appointed new Palace boss". BBC Sport. 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2008-02-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Eagles Net Lions Defender". cpfc.premiumtv.co.uk. 2007-06-28. Retrieved 2008-02-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

[1] "Crystal Palace boss Taylor sacked". BBC Sport. 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2008-02-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[2] "Warnock appointed new Palace boss". BBC Sport. 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2008-02-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[3] "Eagles Net Lions Defender". cpfc.premiumtv.co.uk. 2007-06-28. Retrieved 2008-02-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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