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Peterborough United

2007–08 season
Chairman	Darragh MacAnthony
Manager	Darren Ferguson
Stadium	London Road Stadium
League Two	2nd (promoted)
FA Cup	Fourth round
Football League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Aaron McLean (29) All: Aaron McLean (33)
Highest home attendance	12,701 (28 March vs. West Brom)
Lowest home attendance	4,087 (6 September vs. Southampton)
Home colours Away colours
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During the 2007–08 season Peterborough United finished as runners-up in Football League Two.

Sponsors

Squad

Goalkeepers

No.		Player	Pos	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	Cup Apps	Cup Gls	Tot Apps	Tot Gls	Date Signed	Previous Club
1		Mark Tyler	GK	17	-	4	-	21	-	7 December 1994	Norwich
13		Shwan Jalal	GK	7	-	3	-	10	-	8 January 2007	Woking
31		James McKeown	GK	0 (1)	-	0	-	0 (1)	-	20 July 2007	Walsall
32		Joe Lewis	GK	22	-	1	-	23	-	8 January 2008	Norwich

Defenders

No.		Player	Pos	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	Cup Apps	Cup Gls	Tot Apps	Tot Gls	Date Signed	Previous Club
3		Shane Blackett	DF	9 (2)	-	3	-	12 (2)	-	29 January 2007	Dagenham & Redbridge
4		Craig Morgan	DF	41	2	5	-	46	2	23 November 2006	Milton Keynes Dons
5		Chris Westwood	DF	35 (2)	-	5(1)	-	40 (3)	-	14 May 2007	Walsall
6		Charlie Lee	DF	32 (10)	6	5 (3)	2	37 (13)	8	23 May 2007	Tottenham Hotspur
14		Scott Mitchell	DF	1 (4)	-	0 (1)	-	1 (5)	-	1 January 2008	Livingston
19		Adam Smith	DF	0	-	0	-	0	-	20 November 2006	King's Lynn
22		Kieran Charnock	DF	10	-	4	-	14	-	5 July 2007	Northwich Victoria
25		Jeff Hughes	DF	2 (5)	1	1 (1)	-	3 (6)	1	-	Crystal Palace
27		Claude Gnakpa	DF	25 (3)	-	3 (1)	-	28 (4)	-	17 July 2007	Swindon Town
28		Guy Branston	DF	1 (1)	-	0	-	1 (1)	-	24 July 2006	Oldham
29		Tom Williams	DF	3 (4)	-	0 (0)	-	3 (4)	-	1 July 2008	Wycombe
33		Danny Blanchett	DF	1	-	1	-	2	-	19 March 2007	Cambridge City

Midfielders

No.		Player	Pos	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	Cup Apps	Cup Gls	Tot Apps	Tot Gls	Date Signed	Previous Club
2		Josh Low	MF	9 (6)	2	3 (2)	-	12 (8)	2	4 January 2007	Leicester City
7		Adam Newton	MF	26 (6)	-	5	-	31 (6)	-	1 May 2002	West Ham United
8		Micah Hyde (c)	MF	33 (4)	-	6	-	39 (4)	-	11 January 2007	Burnley
10		George Boyd	MF	41 (5)	12	7	3	48 (5)	15	8 January 2007	Stevenage Borough
11		Dean Keates	MF	33 (7)	5	3 (2)	-	36 (9)	5	14 May 2007	Walsall
15		Peter Gain	MF	0	-	0	-	0	-	20 June 2005	Lincoln City
17		Jamie Day	MF	42	3	6 (1)	-	48 (1)	3	1 July 2003	Youth Team
18		Chris Whelpdale	MF	29 (6)	3	7	-	36 (6)	3	15 May 2007	Billericay Town
20		Alfie Potter	MF	0 (2)	-	0 (1)	-	0 (3)	-	1 June 2007	Youth Team
21		Darren Ferguson	MF	0	-	0	-	0	-	20 January 2007	Wrexham
24		Billy Crook	MF	0	-	0	-	0	-	20 June 2007	Youth Team
29		Gavin Strachan	MF	0 (3)	-	2 (1)	-	2 (4)	-	29 January 2007	Hartlepool United

Forwards

No.		Player	Pos	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	Cup Apps	Cup Gls	Tot Apps	Tot Gls	Date Signed	Previous Club
9		Aaron McLean	ST	45	29	8	4	53	33	1 January 2007	Grays Athletic
12		Craig Mackail-Smith	ST	34 (2)	12	4 (1)	7	38 (3)	19	29 January 2007	Dagenham & Redbridge
15		Scott Rendell	ST	3 (7)	3	0	-	3 (7)	3	22 May 2008	Cambridge United
16		Danny Crow	ST	2(2)	2	1(1)	-	3 (3)	2	8 July 2005	Northampton Town
23		Rene Howe	ST	2 (13)	1	1 (2)	-	3 (15)	1	2 July 2007	Kettering Town
26		Liam Hatch	ST	1 (10)	2	0	0	1 (10)	2	1 January 2008	Barnet

Transfers

A transfer between 1 June 2007 & 31 May 2008

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 June 2007	MF		Alfie Potter	Youth Team	n/a
2 July 2007	FW		Rene Howe	Kettering Town	Undisclosed
5 July 2007	DF		Kieran Charnock	Northwich Victoria	Undisclosed
17 July 2007	DF		Claude Gnakpa	Swindon Town	Free
20 July 2007	GK		James McKeown	Walsall	Free
22 November 2007	DF		Jeff Hughes	Crystal Palace	Loan
1 January 2008	FW		Liam Hatch	Barnet	£150,000
1 January 2008	DF		Scott Mitchell	Livingston	Undisclosed
31 December 2007	DF		Tom Williams	Wycombe Wanderers	Loan
8 January 2008	GK		Joe Lewis	Norwich City	£400,000
18 February 2008	ST		Scott Rendell	Cambridge United	Loan
22 May 2008	ST		Scott Rendell	Cambridge United	£115,000

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
6 June 2007	FW		Justin Richards	Kidderminster Harriers	£0
28 June 2007	DF		Ben Futcher	Bury	£0
28 June 2007	DF		Mark Arber	Stevenage Borough	£0
16 July 2007	MF		Richard Butcher	Notts County	£0
1 August 2007	DF		Jude Stirling	Milton Keynes Dons	£0
1 August 2007	FW		Trevor Benjamin	Hereford United	£0
20 September 2007	MF		Alfie Potter	Havant & Waterlooville	Loan
1 January 2008	DF		Guy Branston	Notts County	£0
10 January 2008	MF		Gavin Strachan	Notts County	£0
11 January 2008	FW		Rene Howe	Rochdale	Loan
11 January 2008	GK		Shwan Jalal	Morecambe	Loan
17 January 2008	MF		Peter Gain	Dagenham & Redbridge	£0

Fixtures and results

Friendlies

Football League Two

FA Cup

League Cup

Football League Trophy

Statistics

Goal scorers

Pos	Player	League	Cup	Total
1	Aaron McLean	29	4	33
2	Craig Mackail-Smith	12	7	19
3	George Boyd	12	3	15
4	Charlie Lee	6	2	8
5	Dean Keates	5	0	5
6	Scott Rendell	3	0	3
7	Jamie Day	3	0	3
8	Chris Whelpdale	3	0	3

Cards

Pos	Player
1	Craig Morgan	1	10
2	Claude Gnakpa	0	10
3	Aaron McLean	0	9
4	Jamie Day	0	9
5	Charlie Lee	0	8
6	Chris Whelpdale	0	4
7	Kieran Charnock	0	4
8	Chris Westwood	0	3

See also

• 2007–08 Football League

References

1. "Peterborough 3-0 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 11 August 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
2. "Peterborough 2-3 Chesterfield". 25 August 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
3. "Peterborough 2-1 Grimsby". 6 October 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
4. "Peterborough 7-0 Brentford". 24 November 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
5. "Peterborough 2-1 Bradford". 22 December 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
6. "Peterborough 0-1 Macclesfield". 12 January 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
7. "Peterborough 8-2 Accrington". 15 January 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
8. "Peterborough 3-1 Rotherham". BBC Sport. 29 January 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
9. "Wrexham 0-2 Peterborough". 26 February 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
10. "Barnet 0-2 Peterborough". 3 March 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
11. "Peterborough 0-2 Darlington". 3 May 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2020.

• Peterborough United F.C. seasons
• 2007–08 Football League Two by team