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Milton Keynes Dons

2007–08 season
Chairman	Pete Winkelman
Manager	Paul Ince
Stadium	Stadium mk
League Two	1st (promoted to League One)
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Second round
League Trophy	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Mark Wright (13) All: Mark Wright (15)
Highest home attendance	17,250 (vs Morecambe) 3 May 2008, League Two
Lowest home attendance	5,087 (vs Peterborough United) 9 October 2007, League Trophy R2
Average home league attendance	9,456
Biggest win	5–0 (vs Accrington Stanley) 8 December 2007, League Two
Biggest defeat	0–2 (vs Stockport County) 27 October 2007, League Two
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2007–08 season was the fourth season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Milton Keynes Dons Football Club, a professional football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. Their fourth-place finish in 2006–07 and loss to Shrewsbury Town in the play-offs meant it was their second successive season in League Two. After the closure of the National Hockey Stadium this was the first season where the MK Dons played home fixtures at Stadium mk. The season ran from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.

Paul Ince, starting his first season as Milton Keynes Dons manager, made nine permanent summer signings. After the eighth round of League Two fixtures the MK Dons reached first place and occupied this spot in thirty-seven of the remaining thirty-eight game weeks; they ended the season as champions of the twenty-four-team 2007–08 Football League Two. MK Dons also won their first national knockout competition, with a 2–0 victory over Grimsby Town at Wembley Stadium in the 2008 Football League Trophy Final. They lost in their opening round match in the 2007–08 FA Cup, and were eliminated in the second round of the Football League Cup.

Thirty-one players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were sixteen different goalscorers. Defender Dean Lewington missed only two of the fifty-five first-team matches over the season. Mark Wright finished as leading scorer with fifteen goals, of which thirteen came in league competition and two came in the Football League Trophy. Keith Andrews won the Football League Two Player of the Year Award.

Background and pre-season

The 2006–07 season was Martin Allen first season as manager of Milton Keynes Dons, after Danny Wilson was sacked at the end of the 2005–06 season for failing to save the club from relegation to League Two. Having been second come the start of 2007, the team finished in fourth-place in the 2006–07 Football League Two – one point below an automatic promotion place; this meant that the team participated in the League Two play-offs. MK Dons were beaten 2–1 on aggregate by Shrewsbury Town in the play-off semi-final. In May 2007 Allen moved on to manage Championship side Leicester City after both clubs had negotiated a compensation package.

Ahead of 2007–08, MK Dons released Adolfo Baines, Lee Harper, Junior Lewis, Nick Rizzo, Jamie Smith and Oliver Thorne. Players sold were Paul Butler to Chester City, Dominic Blizzard to Stockport County, Gary Smith to Brentford, Izale McLeod to Charlton Athletic and Clive Platt to Colchester United. Milton Keynes Dons made nine summer signings, those being goalkeepers Nathan Abbey from Brentford and Willy Guéret from Swansea City; defender Jude Stirling from Peterborough United; midfielders Colin Cameron from Coventry City, Luke Howell from Gillingham, Alan Navarro from Macclesfield Town and Mark Wright from Walsall; and forwards Drewe Broughton from Chester City and Kevin Gallen from Queens Park Rangers.

Summary and aftermath

On 29 September 2007 Milton Keynes Dons reached first place and stayed there for the rest of the season except for one game week. The lowest position the club occupied was 19th after the first round of fixtures. For the first time in their history, the MK Dons had a better record away than at home in the league. The team won 18 matches, drew three and lost two away, compared to winning 11, drawing seven and losing five at home. Dean Lewington recorded the highest number of appearances during the season, appearing in 53 of the MK Dons' 55 matches. Mark Wright was the Dons' top scorer in the league and in all competitions, with 11 league goals and 15 in total. Three other players, Keith Andrews, Lloyd Dyer and Aaron Wilbraham, reached double figures.

As a result of their promotion the Milton Keynes Dons returned to Football League One after two seasons in League Two. Prior to the club's return to League One, the MK Dons released Drewe Broughton, Matt Carbon, Sam Collins, Liam Kelly, Jake Livermore and Kieran Murphy, while Mustapha Carayol, Lloyd Dyer and Gareth Edds left on their own accord for Torquay United, Leicester City and Tranmere Rovers. New players to join were midfielders Flavien Belson from FC Metz, Peter Leven from Chesterfield and Florian Sturm from FC Vaduz.

Competitions

League Two

Final table

Source: Sky Sports

Matches

FA Cup

Matches

League Cup

Matches

1. After extra-time. 2–2 at the conclusion of 90 minutes. MK Dons won 5–3 on penalties.
2. After extra-time. 2–2 at the conclusion of 90 minutes.

League Trophy

Matches

1. MK Dons won 5–4 on penalties.
2. Aggregate score 1–1. MK Dons won 5–4 on penalties.

Player details

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition.

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		Other
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1 †	GK	NGA	Ademola Bankole	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Jude Stirling	41	2	34	2	0	0	2	0	5	0
3	DF	ENG	Dean Lewington	53	0	45	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
4	MF	IRL	Keith Andrews	45	14	41	12	0	0	0	0	4	2
5	DF	GUI	Drissa Diallo	35	2	30	2	0	0	1	0	4	0
6	DF	ENG	Sean O'Hanlon	51	5	43	4	1	0	1	0	6	1
7 †	MF	SCO	Jon-Paul McGovern	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
8	FW	ENG	Kevin Gallen	31	9	24	8	1	0	2	1	4	0
9 †	FW	GER	Felix Bastians	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 †	FW	ENG	Leon Knight	18	5	17	4	0	0	1	1	0	0
10	FW	SCO	Colin Cameron	35	4	29	3	1	0	0	0	5	1
11	FW	ENG	Lloyd Dyer	50	11	45	11	0	0	2	0	3	0
12	GK	FRA	Willy Guéret	52	0	46	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
13	MF	AUS	Gareth Edds	11	0	7	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
14	FW	ENG	Mark Wright	41	15	34	13	1	0	2	0	4	2
15	FW	ENG	Drewe Broughton	19	1	13	0	1	0	1	1	4	0
16	FW	ENG	Aaron Wilbraham	40	10	35	10	1	0	2	0	2	0
17	DF	ENG	Kieran Murphy	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
18	FW	ENG	John Miles	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18 †	FW	ENG	Scott Taylor	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19 †	FW	ENG	John Hastings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	ENG	Carl Regan	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Alan Navarro	47	3	39	3	1	0	2	0	5	0
21	MF	ENG	Luke Howell	11	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
22 †	MF	ENG	Jake Livermore	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22 †	MF	RSA	Bally Smart	11	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
23	FW	USA	Jemal Johnson	46	8	39	5	1	1	0	0	6	2
24	DF	ENG	Matt Carbon	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF	ENG	Danny Swailes	47	5	40	4	1	0	1	0	5	1
26 †	DF	ENG	Sam Page	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	ENG	Sam Collins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	SCO	Liam Kelly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	GK	ENG	Nathan Abbey	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
30	MF	GAM	Mustapha Carayol	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
31	GK	ENG	Laurie Walker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	ENG	Jordan Hadfield	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	ENG	Adam Chicksen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	ENG	Sam Baldock	9	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	3	0

1. Includes Football League Trophy and 2006–07 Football League Two play-offs.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
5 July 2007	FW	Kevin Gallen	Free agent	Free transfer
11 July 2007	MF	Mark Wright	Free agent
25 July 2007	FW	Drewe Broughton	Free agent
1 August 2007	MF	Colin Cameron	Free agent
3 August 2007	FW	Mustapha Carayol	Free agent
10 August 2007	GK	Nathan Abbey	Free agent
	MF	Alan Navarro	Free agent
11 August 2007	GK	Willy Guéret	Free agent
	DF	Luke Howell	Free agent
19 August 2007	DF	Danny Swailes	Macclesfield Town	Undisclosed
31 August 2007	FW	Jemal Johnson	Wolverhampton Wanderers
4 December 2007	DF	Matt Carbon	Free agent	Free transfer
1 February 2008	DF	Carl Regan	Macclesfield Town	Undisclosed
	MF	Craig Dobson	Stevenage Borough

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2007	MF	Ben Harding	Released
	MF	Gary Smith	Released
3 July 2007	FW	Clive Platt	Colchester United	£300,000
9 August 2007	FW	Izale McLeod	Charlton Athletic	£1,100,000
31 August 2007	MF	Jon-Paul McGovern	Swindon Town	Undisclosed

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
15 November 2007	MF	Jordan Hadfield	Macclesfield Town	End of season
25 January 2008	FW	John Miles	Accrington Stanley	End of season

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
18 September 2007	MF	John Hastings	Ebbsfleet United	18 October 2007
28 September 2007	FW	Sam Collins	Kettering Town	Unknown
15 October 2007	DF	Sam Page	Hendon	15 December 2007
18 October 2007	FW	Scott Taylor	Rochdale	18 November 2007
26 October 2007	FW	Mustapha Carayol	Crawley Town	End of season
16 November 2007	DF	Kieran Murphy
20 November 2007	MF	John Hastings	Maidenhead United	Unknown
22 November 2007	FW	Sam Collins	Hendon
25 January 2008	FW	Drewe Broughton	Wrexham	April 2008

1. Previous club: Chester City.
2. Previous club: Walsall.
3. Previous club: Chester City.
4. Previous club: Coventry City.
5. Previous club: Macclesfield Town.
6. Previous club: Brentford.
7. Previous club: Macclesfield Town.
8. Previous club: Swansea City.
9. Previous club: Gillingham.
10. Previous club: New Zealand Knights.
11. Joined Aldershot Town on 6 August 2007.
12. Joined Brentford on 1 August 2007.
13. Originally one month loan, extended until end of season.

References

1. "Football League Attendances For The 2007/08 Season". East Midlands Football. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
2. "Andrews appointed first-team coach". mkdons.com. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
3. "MK Dons 1-2 Bury". BBC Sport. 11 August 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
4. "Macclesfield 3-3 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
5. "MK Dons 3-0 Shrewsbury". BBC Sport. 25 August 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
6. "Rochdale 3-2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 1 September 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
7. "MK Dons 3-0 Notts County". BBC Sport. 7 September 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
8. "Brentford 0-3 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 15 September 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
9. "MK Dons 1-0 Darlington". BBC Sport. 22 September 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
10. "Morecambe 0-1 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 29 September 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
11. "Mansfield 1-2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 2 October 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
12. "MK Dons 2-1 Bradford". BBC Sport. 6 October 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
13. "MK Dons 4-0 Lincoln". BBC Sport. 14 October 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
14. "Hereford 0-1 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 20 October 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
15. "MK Dons 0-2 Stockport". BBC Sport. 27 October 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
16. "Wycombe 1-1 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 3 November 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
17. "MK Dons 2-0 Grimsby". BBC Sport. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
18. "Chester 0-2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 17 November 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
19. "MK Dons 1-2 Chesterfield". BBC Sport. 24 November 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
20. "Dagenham 0-1 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 4 December 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
21. "MK Dons 5-0 Accrington". BBC Sport. 8 December 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
22. "Peterborough 1-2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 15 December 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
23. "MK Dons 1-1 Brentford". BBC Sport. 21 December 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
24. "Notts County 1-2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 15 December 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
25. "Darlington 0-1 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 29 December 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
26. "MK Dons 1-0 Mansfield". BBC Sport. 1 January 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
27. "Rotherham 0-1 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 5 January 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
28. "MK Dons 0-1 Barnet". BBC Sport. 12 January 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
29. "Wrexham 1-0 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 19 January 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
30. "MK Dons 0-1 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 26 January 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
31. "MK Dons 1-1 Macclesfield". BBC Sport. 29 December 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
32. "Bury 1-5 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 2 February 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
33. "MK Dons 1-1 Rotherham". BBC Sport. 9 February 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
34. "Shrewsbury 3-3 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 12 February 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
35. "Barnet 0-2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 23 February 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
36. "MK Dons 1-0 Chester". BBC Sport. 1 March 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
37. "Grimsby 0-1 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 7 March 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
38. "Chesterfield 1-2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 10 March 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
39. "MK Dons 4-0 Dagenham". BBC Sport. 15 March 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
40. "MK Dons 1-1 Peterborough". BBC Sport. 21 March 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
41. "MK Dons 4-0 Dagenham". BBC Sport. 24 March 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
42. "Lincoln 1-2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 4 April 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
43. "MK Dons 4-1 Wrexham". BBC Sport. 8 April 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
44. "MK Dons 2-2 Wycombe". BBC Sport. 12 April 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
45. "MK Dons 0-0 Hereford". BBC Sport. 15 April 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
46. "Stockport 2-3 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
47. "Bradford 1-2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 26 April 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
48. "MK Dons 1-1 Morecambe". BBC Sport. 3 May 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
49. "Crewe 2-1 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 10 November 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
50. "MK Dons 3-3 Ipswich (aet)". BBC Sport. 14 August 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
51. "MK Dons 2-3 Sheffield Utd (aet)". BBC Sport. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
52. "MK Dons 3-1 Peterborough". BBC Sport. 9 October 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
53. "Bournemouth 0-2 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
54. "Gillingham 1-1 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 8 January 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
55. "Swansea 0-1 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
56. "MK Dons 0-1 Swansea (agg 1-1)". BBC Sport. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
57. "MK Dons 2-0 Grimsby". BBC Sport. 30 March 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
58. ^ "Transfers - July 2007". BBC. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
59. ^ "Transfers - August 2007". BBC. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
60. ^ "Regan joins Dobson at Dons". Milton Keynes Citizen. 1 February 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
61. ^ "Transfers - November 2007". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
62. ^ "Transfers - January 2008". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
63. ^ "Transfers - September 2007". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
64. ^ "Transfers - October 2007". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 June 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Official Supporters Association website
• MK Dons news on MKWeb

• Milton Keynes Dons F.C. seasons
• 2007–08 Football League Two by team