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Hartlepool United

2007–08 season
Owner	IOR
Chairman	Ken Hodcroft
Manager	Danny Wilson
Stadium	Victoria Park
Football League One	15th
FA Cup	Second round (Eliminated by Hereford United)
Football League Cup	Second round (Eliminated by Sheffield Wednesday)
Football League Trophy	Third round (Eliminated by Morecambe)
Top goalscorer	League: Richie Barker (13) All: Richie Barker (16)
Highest home attendance	7,784 (vs Leeds United)
Lowest home attendance	2,776 (vs Morecambe)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2006–072008–09 →

The 2007–08 season was the 99th year of competitive football played by Hartlepool United Football Club, a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.

Season summary

Having finished second in League Two the previous season, manager Danny Wilson led the club to a 15th-place finish in their first season back in League One, although they were only six points clear of the relegation zone in a tight division.

Players

As of End of Season.

Current 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 1 GK  DEN Jan Budtz 2 DF  SCO Jamie McCunnie 3 DF  ENG Robbie Elliott 4 MF  IRL Willie Boland 5 DF  ENG Michael Nelson 6 DF  ENG Ben Clark 7 MF  ENG Gary Liddle 8 DF  ENG Ritchie Humphreys 9 FW  ENG Richie Barker 10 FW  AUS Joel Porter 11 MF  ENG Andy Monkhouse 12 DF  ENG Micky Barron 14 FW  ENG James Brown 15 MF  ENG Antony Sweeney

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  ENG David Foley 18 MF  ENG Ali Gibb 19 MF  ENG Matty Robson 20 DF  GHA Godwin Antwi 21 GK  ENG Arran Lee-Barrett 23 MF  ENG Stephen Turnbull 24 FW  ENG Michael Mackay 26 FW  ENG Michael Rae 27 DF  ENG Sam Collins 29 MF  ENG Tom Haigh 30 MF  ENG Martin Young 31 GK  ENG Scott Allison 32 MF  ENG Jonny Rowell

Transfers

Transfers in

Loans in

Transfers out

Loans out

Competitions

Results

Pre-season friendlies

17 July 2007 (2007-07-17)	Hartlepool United	1–3	Newcastle United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:00	Brown 49'	Report	Ameobi 56', 72' Owen 58'	Attendance: 6,030 Referee: Clive Oliver

24 July 2007 (2007-07-24)	RKC Waalwijk	1–3	Hartlepool United	Mandemakers Stadion, Waalwijk
19:00	Barto 43'	Report	Sweeney 23' Barker 52' (pen.) Moore 78'

1 August 2007 (2007-08-01)	Hartlepool United	1–1	AZ Alkmaar	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:00	Liddle 88'	Report	Medunjanin 72'	Attendance: 2,763

2 August 2007 (2007-08-02)	Consett	0–4	Hartlepool United	Belle View Stadium, Consett
15:00		Report	Mackay Bullock Maidens Haigh

League One

Results summary

League table

Results by matchday

Results

11 August 2007 (2007-08-11) 1	Luton Town	2–1	Hartlepool United	Kenilworth Road, Luton
15:00	Currie 36' Goodall 84'	Report	Barker 90' (pen.)	Attendance: 8,013 Referee: Mark Haywood

18 August 2007 (2007-08-18) 2	Hartlepool United	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Antwi 42' Barker 80' (pen.)	Report	Hayter 70'	Attendance: 5,544 Referee: Mike Dean

25 August 2007 (2007-08-25) 3	Port Vale	0–2	Hartlepool United	Vale Park, Burslem
15:00		Report	Robson 6' Brown 88'	Attendance: 3,978 Referee: Dean Whitestone

1 September 2007 (2007-09-01) 4	Hartlepool United	4–1	Oldham Athletic	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Moore 15' Brown 26' Barker 44' (pen.) Porter 83'	Report	Davies 14'	Attendance: 5,015 Referee: Rob Shoebridge

8 September 2007 (2007-09-08) 5	Leeds United	2–0	Hartlepool United	Elland Road, Leeds
15:00	Kandol 20' Beckford 50'	Report		Attendance: 26,877 Referee: Pat Miller

15 September 2007 (2007-09-15) 6	Hartlepool United	1–1	Swindon Town	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Porter 68'	Report	McGovern 31'	Attendance: 4,943 Referee: Darren Drysdale

22 September 2007 (2007-09-22) 7	Leyton Orient	2–4	Hartlepool United	Brisbane Road, Leyton
15:00	Melligan 55' Daniels 87'	Report	Moore 10', 90' Brown 51' Monkhouse 84'	Attendance: 5,325 Referee: Mark Haywood

29 September 2007 (2007-09-29) 8	Hartlepool United	0–1	Walsall	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00		Report	Hall 89'	Attendance: 4,948 Referee: Graham Salisbury

2 October 2007 (2007-10-02) 9	Hartlepool United	2–2	Carlisle United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45	Barker 39' Mackay 86'	Report	Graham 19', 45'	Attendance: 5,359 Referee: Mike Pike

6 October 2007 (2007-10-06) 10	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Hartlepool United	City Ground, Nottingham
15:00	Commons 11' Agogo 83'	Report	Barker 38'	Attendance: 17,520 Referee: Tony Bates

12 October 2007 (2007-10-12) 11	Hartlepool United	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45	Brown 39'	Report		Attendance: 4,963 Referee: Carl Boyeson

27 October 2007 (2007-10-27) 12	Hartlepool United	1–2	Brighton and Hove Albion	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Barker 86' (pen.)	Report	Clark 14' (o.g.) Savage 90'	Attendance: 5,619 Referee: Jonathan Moss

3 November 2007 (2007-11-03) 13	Millwall	0–1	Hartlepool United	The Den, Bermondsey
15:00		Report	Sweeney 51'	Attendance: 7,731 Referee: Steven Cook

6 November 2007 (2007-11-06) 14	Huddersfield Town	2–0	Hartlepool United	Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
19:45	Cadamarteri 12' Beckett 87'	Report		Attendance: 8,154 Referee: Andy Woolmer

18 November 2007 (2007-11-18) 15	Hartlepool United	1–1	Bournemouth	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Moore 41'	Report	Henry 16'	Attendance: 3,496 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

24 November 2007 (2007-11-24) 16	Gillingham	2–1	Hartlepool United	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham
15:00	Oli 46', 59'	Report	Brown 25'	Attendance: 5,488 Referee: Roger East

27 November 2007 (2007-11-27) 17	Swansea City	1–0	Hartlepool United	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
19:45	Rangel 82'	Report		Attendance: 11,421 Referee: Iain Williamson

4 December 2007 (2007-12-04) 18	Hartlepool United	3–1	Tranmere Rovers	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45	Liddle 3' Brown 11' Porter 58'	Report	Cansdell-Sherriff 54'	Attendance: 3,583 Referee: Karl Evans

8 December 2007 (2007-12-08) 19	Yeovil Town	3–1	Hartlepool United	Huish Park, Yeovil
15:00	Skiverton 27' Stewart 31' Owusu 77'	Report	Mackay 10'	Attendance: 4,694 Referee: Andy D'Urso

15 December 2007 (2007-12-15) 20	Hartlepool United	3–0	Crewe Alexandra	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Nelson 67' Barker 85', 88' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 3,915 Referee: Mark Haywood

22 December 2007 (2007-12-22) 21	Swindon Town	2–1	Hartlepool United	County Ground, Swindon
15:00	Cox 49' Corr 73' (pen.)	Report	Moore 45'	Attendance: 5,875 Referee: Rob Lewis

26 December 2007 (2007-12-26) 22	Hartlepool United	1–1	Leeds United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Nelson 22'	Report	Beckford 90'	Attendance: 7,784 Referee: Lee Mason

29 December 2007 (2007-12-29) 23	Hartlepool United	1–1	Leyton Orient	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Moore 55'	Report	Chambers 33'	Attendance: 4,379 Referee: Darren Drysdale

1 January 2008 (2008-01-01) 24	Carlisle United	4–2	Hartlepool United	Brunton Park, Carlisle
15:00	Garner 42', 69' Smith 66' Hackney 90'	Report	Humphreys 39', 48'	Attendance: 7,496 Referee: Mike Jones

12 January 2008 (2008-01-12) 25	Northampton Town	1–1	Hartlepool United	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00	Dolman 16'	Report	Clark 44'	Attendance: 4,639 Referee: Mick Russell

18 January 2008 (2008-01-18) 26	Hartlepool United	0–2	Cheltenham Town	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45		Report	Gillespie 11', 79'	Attendance: 4,120 Referee: Scott Mathieson

22 January 2008 (2008-01-22) 27	Hartlepool United	4–3	Southend United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45	Barker 17' (pen.) Brown 47', 53' Sweeney 89'	Report	Hammell 30' (pen.) Gower 83' Black 90'	Attendance: 3,217 Referee: Carl Boyeson

29 January 2008 (2008-01-29) 28	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Hartlepool United	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
19:45	Wellens 34' Lockwood 54'	Report		Attendance: 6,442 Referee: Trevor Kettle

2 February 2008 (2008-02-02) 29	Hartlepool United	4–0	Luton Town	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Barker 30' (pen.), 73' Thompson 64' Porter 64'	Report		Attendance: 3,913 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

9 February 2008 (2008-02-09) 30	Southend United	2–1	Hartlepool United	Roots Hall, Southend
15:00	McCormack 61' Bailey 66'	Report	Sweeney 9'	Attendance: 7,436 Referee: Gavin Ward

12 February 2008 (2008-02-12) 31	Hartlepool United	3–2	Port Vale	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45	Barker 68', 90' Sweeney 87'	Report	Herd 3', 15'	Attendance: 3,630 Referee: Keith Hill

16 February 2008 (2008-02-16) 32	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Hartlepool United	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00	Lindegaard 40'	Report	Porter 53'	Attendance: 3,583 Referee: Clive Penton

22 February 2008 (2008-02-22) 33	Hartlepool United	0–1	Northampton Town	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45		Report	Coke 82'	Attendance: 3,945 Referee: Phil Joslin

1 March 2008 (2008-03-01) 34	Bournemouth	2–0	Hartlepool United	Dean Court, Bournemouth
15:00	Vokes 6', 45'	Report		Attendance: 3,984 Referee: Danny McDermid

4 March 2008 (2008-03-04) 35	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Hartlepool United	Boundary Park, Oldham
19:45		Report	Mackay 74'	Attendance: 3,765 Referee: Andy Woolmer

8 March 2008 (2008-03-08) 36	Hartlepool United	4–0	Gillingham	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Monkhouse 21' Porter 26' Collins 73' McCunnie 90'	Report		Attendance: 4,055 Referee: Karl Evans

11 March 2008 (2008-03-11) 37	Hartlepool United	2–1	Huddersfield Town	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45	Collins 29' Mackay 49'	Report	Clarke 64'	Attendance: 3,650 Referee: Mick Russell

15 March 2008 (2008-03-15) 38	Tranmere Rovers	3–1	Hartlepool United	Prenton Park, Birkenhead
15:00	Greenacre 36' Nelson 64' (o.g.) Cansdell-Sherriff 90'	Report	Humphreys 71'	Attendance: 5,608 Referee: Dean Whitestone

22 March 2008 (2008-03-22) 39	Crewe Alexandra	3–1	Hartlepool United	Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00	Maynard 20', 30' Pope 85'	Report	Porter 81'	Attendance: 4,412 Referee: Stuart Attwell

24 March 2008 (2008-03-24) 40	Hartlepool United	2–0	Yeovil Town	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Brown 28' Porter 18'	Report		Attendance: 3,808 Referee: Carl Boyeson

29 March 2008 (2008-03-29) 41	Hartlepool United	1–3	Swansea City	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Liddle 1'	Report	Pratley 23', 73' Scotland 45' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,484 Referee: Lee Probert

12 April 2008 (2008-04-12) 43	Hartlepool United	0–1	Millwall	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00		Report	Simpson 11'	Attendance: 4,077 Referee: Rob Shoebridge

19 April 2008 (2008-04-19) 44	Brighton and Hove Albion	2–1	Hartlepool United	Withdean Stadium, Brighton
15:00	Murray 38' Cox 89'	Report	Porter 75'	Attendance: 6,178 Referee: Ray Lee

26 April 2008 (2008-04-26) 45	Hartlepool United	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00		Report	McGugan 84'	Attendance: 5,206 Referee: Andy Penn

3 May 2008 (2008-05-03) 46	Walsall	2–2	Hartlepool United	Banks's Stadium, Walsall
15:00	Dobson 9' Mooney 15'	Report	Mackay 19' Brown 90'	Attendance: 5,021 Referee: Mike Thorpe

FA Cup

11 November 2007 (2007-11-11) First round	Gainsborough Trinity	0–6	Hartlepool United	The Northolme, Gainsborough
15:00		Report	Barker 8', 25' Liddle 51' Moore 70' Brown 76' Porter 82'	Attendance: 2,402 Referee: Richard Beeby

1 December 2007 (2007-12-01) Second round	Hereford United	2–0	Hartlepool United	Edgar Street, Hereford
15:00	McCombe 45' Robinson 85'	Report		Attendance: 3,801 Referee: Clive Oliver

League Cup

14 August 2007 (2007-08-14) First round	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Hartlepool United	Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
19:45	Paterson 51'	Report	Foley 70', 85'	Attendance: 2,965 Referee: Graham Salisbury

28 August 2007 (2007-08-28) Second round	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Hartlepool United	Hillsborough, Sheffield
19:45	Burton 68' Folly 120'	Report	Moore 55'	Attendance: 8,751 Referee: Andy Penn

Football League Trophy

4 September 2007 (2007-09-04) First round	Chesterfield	1–3	Hartlepool United	Saltergate, Chesterfield
19:00	Allison 72'	Report	Foley 34' Brown 51', 59'	Attendance: 2,807 Referee: Steve Bratt

9 October 2007 (2007-10-09) Second round	Lincoln City	2–5	Hartlepool United	Sincil Bank, Lincoln
19:00	Stallard 4' (pen.)	Report	Porter 38', 50', 75' Mackay 69' Moore 71'	Attendance: 936 Referee: Mike Thorpe

13 November 2007 (2007-11-13) Third round	Hartlepool United	1–1 (2–4 p)	Morecambe	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:00	Barker 13'	Report	Newby 48' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,776 Referee: Anthony Taylor
	Penalties
	Barker McCunnie Sweeney Humphreys		Artell Newby Twiss Lloyd

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		Other
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	DEN	Jan Budtz	34	0	28	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
2	DF	SCO	Jamie McCunnie	36	1	29	1	2	0	2	0	3	0
3	DF	ENG	Robbie Elliott	16	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	MF	IRL	Willie Boland	38	0	34	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	Michael Nelson	51	2	45	2	2	0	2	0	2	0
6	DF	ENG	Ben Clark	22	1	19	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
7	MF	ENG	Gary Liddle	47	3	41	2	2	1	2	0	2	0
8	MF	ENG	Ritchie Humphreys	50	3	45	3	2	0	1	0	2	0
9	FW	ENG	Richie Barker	43	16	36	13	2	2	2	0	3	1
10	FW	AUS	Joel Porter	45	13	39	9	1	1	2	0	3	3
11	MF	ENG	Andy Monkhouse	28	2	25	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	James Brown	41	13	35	10	2	1	2	0	2	2
15	MF	ENG	Antony Sweeney	41	4	36	4	2	0	1	0	2	0
16	DF	ENG	Graeme Lee	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	ENG	David Foley	38	3	34	0	0	0	2	2	2	1
18	MF	ENG	Ali Gibb	11	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
19	MF	ENG	Matty Robson	22	1	17	1	0	0	2	0	3	0
20	DF	GHA	Godwin Antwi	34	1	27	1	2	0	2	0	3	0
21	GK	ENG	Arran Lee-Barrett	19	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW	ENG	Ian Moore	30	9	24	6	2	1	2	1	2	1
22	FW	ENG	Tom Craddock	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Stephen Turnbull	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	ENG	Michael Mackay	29	6	24	5	2	0	0	0	3	1
27	DF	ENG	Danny Coles	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	EIR	Eddie Nolan	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	ENG	Sam Collins	10	2	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	ENG	Alan Thompson	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Clean Sheets

Penalties

Date	Name	Opposition	Scored?
11 August 2007	Richie Barker	Luton Town	Y
18 August 2007	Richie Barker	Doncaster Rovers	Y
1 September 2007	Richie Barker	Oldham Athletic	Y
27 October 2007	Richie Barker	Brighton and Hove Albion	Y
15 December 2007	Richie Barker	Crewe Alexandra	Y
22 January 2008	Richie Barker	Southend United	Y
2 February 2008	Richie Barker	Luton Town	Y
15 March 2008	Tom Craddock	Tranmere Rovers	N

Suspensions

Date Incurred	Name	Games Missed	Reason
14 August 2007	Ali Gibb	3	(vs. Scunthorpe United)
18 August 2007	Robbie Elliott	3	(vs. Doncaster Rovers)
12 October 2007	Ian Moore	1
27 October 2007	Jamie McCunnie	1
27 October 2007	Willie Boland	3	(vs. Brighton and Hove Albion)
9 February 2008	Sam Collins	3	(vs. Southend United)
15 March 2008	Jamie McCunnie	1	(vs. Tranmere Rovers)

References

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