2007–08 Football League Championship

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Football league season

Football League Championship
Season	2007–08
Champions	West Bromwich Albion 1st Championship title 3rd 2nd tier title
Promoted	West Bromwich Albion Stoke City Hull City
Relegated	Leicester City Colchester United Scunthorpe United
Goals scored	1,394
Average goals/game	2.53
Top goalscorer	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (23)
Biggest home win	Ipswich Town 6–0 Bristol City (2007-11-10)
Highest attendance	36,208 Sheffield Wednesday v Norwich City
Average attendance	17,067
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the sixteenth season under its current league division format and its fourth with its current sponsorship. The leagues started in August 2007 and concluded in May 2008, with the promotion play-off finals.

The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The top divisions of these is the League Championship. The winner and the runner up of the League Championship will be automatically promoted to the Premiership and they will be joined by the winner of the League Championship play-off. The bottom three teams in the Championship will be relegated to the second division, League One.

West Bromwich Albion finished top of the league with 81 points, closely followed by Stoke City who had 79 points. Hull City were promoted through the play-offs. Colchester and Scunthorpe United were both relegated several weeks before the end of the season. However, in a very tight league, with a gap of only 29 points between top and 22nd place, the final team to be relegated, Leicester City, went down on the final day while six other teams were within three points of them, despite the fact that only Crystal Palace had conceded less goals.

Changes from last season

From Championship

Promoted to Premier League

Relegated to League One

To Championship

Relegated from Premier League

Promoted from League One

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Barnsley	Oakwell	23,009
Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	9,788
Bristol City	Ashton Gate	21,497
Burnley	Turf Moor	22,546
Cardiff City	Ninian Park	22,008
Charlton Athletic	The Valley	27,111
Colchester United	Layer Road	6,320
Coventry City	Ricoh Arena	32,609
Crystal Palace	Selhurst Park	26,309
Hull City	KC Stadium	25,586
Ipswich Town	Portman Road	30,311
Leicester City	Walkers Stadium	32,261
Norwich City	Carrow Road	26,034
Plymouth Argyle	Home Park	19,500
Preston North End	Deepdale	24,500
Queens Park Rangers	Loftus Road	19,128
Scunthorpe United	Glanford Park	9,088
Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	32,609
Sheffield Wednesday	Hillsborough	39,814
Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,689
Stoke City	Brittania Stadium	27,500
Watford	Vicarage Road	19,920
West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns	26,688
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Molineux	28,525

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Kit maker	Sponsor
Barnsley	Simon Davey	Surridge	Wake Smith Solicitors
Blackpool	Simon Grayson	Carlotti	Floors 2 Go
Bristol City	Gary Johnson	Puma	Bristol Trade Centre
Burnley	Owen Coyle	Erreà	Holland's Pies
Cardiff City	Dave Jones	Joma	Communications Direct
Charlton Athletic	Alan Pardew	Joma	Llanera
Colchester United	Geraint Williams	Diadora	Haart Estate Agents (H)/Smart Energy (A)
Coventry City	Chris Coleman	Puma	Cassidy Group
Crystal Palace	Neil Warnock	Erreà	GAC Logistics
Hull City	Phil Brown	Umbro	Karoo (H)/Kingston Communications (A)
Ipswich Town	Jim Magilton	Mitre (H)/Punch (A & T)	E.ON
Leicester City	Ian Holloway	Jako	Topps Tiles
Norwich City	Glenn Roeder	Xara	Flybe
Plymouth Argyle	Paul Sturrock	Puma	Ginsters
Preston North End	Alan Irvine	Diadora	Enterprise plc
Queens Park Rangers	Luigi De Canio	Le Coq Sportif	Cargiant
Scunthorpe United	Nigel Adkins	Carlotti	Rainham Steel
Sheffield United	Kevin Blackwell	Le Coq Sportif	Capital One
Sheffield Wednesday	Brian Laws	Lotto	PlusNet
Southampton	Nigel Pearson	Saints	Flybe
Stoke City	Tony Pulis	Le Coq Sportif	Britannia Building Society
Watford	Aidy Boothroyd	Diadora	Beko
West Bromwich Albion	Tony Mowbray	Umbro	T-Mobile
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Mick McCarthy	Le Coq Sportif	Chaucer Consulting

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	West Bromwich Albion (C, P)	46	23	12	11	88	55	+33	81	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Stoke City (P)	46	21	16	9	69	55	+14	79	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Hull City (O, P)	46	21	12	13	65	47	+18	75	Qualification for Championship play-offs
4	Bristol City	46	20	14	12	54	53	+1	74
5	Crystal Palace	46	18	17	11	58	42	+16	71
6	Watford	46	18	16	12	62	56	+6	70
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	18	16	12	53	48	+5	70
8	Ipswich Town	46	18	15	13	65	56	+9	69
9	Sheffield United	46	17	15	14	56	51	+5	66
10	Plymouth Argyle	46	17	13	16	60	50	+10	64
11	Charlton Athletic	46	17	13	16	63	58	+5	64
12	Cardiff City	46	16	16	14	59	55	+4	64
13	Burnley	46	16	14	16	60	67	−7	62
14	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	16	16	60	66	−6	58
15	Preston North End	46	15	11	20	50	56	−6	56
16	Sheffield Wednesday	46	14	13	19	54	55	−1	55
17	Norwich City	46	15	10	21	49	59	−10	55
18	Barnsley	46	14	13	19	52	65	−13	55
19	Blackpool	46	12	18	16	59	64	−5	54
20	Southampton	46	13	15	18	56	72	−16	54
21	Coventry City	46	14	11	21	52	64	−12	53
22	Leicester City (R)	46	12	16	18	42	45	−3	52	Relegation to Football League One
23	Scunthorpe United (R)	46	11	13	22	46	69	−23	46
24	Colchester United (R)	46	7	17	22	62	86	−24	38

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2008. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

The Football League Championship Playoffs took place at the end of May 2008. They involved the teams that finished third to sixth in the table. Hull (3rd) and Bristol City (4th) qualified from their semi-finals against Watford (6th) and Crystal Palace (5th) respectively over two legs. Hull City won the final with a single Dean Windass goal to win promotion to the Premier League.

Semifinals					Final

3	Hull City	2	4	6

6	Watford	0	1	1
					3	Hull City	1

					4	Bristol City	0
4	Bristol City	2	2	4

5	Crystal Palace	1	1	2

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BRI	BUR	CAR	CHA	COL	COV	CRY	HUL	IPS	LEI	NWC	PLY	PNE	QPR	SCU	SHU	SHW	SOU	STK	WAT	WBA	WOL
Barnsley		2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–4	0–0	1–3	4–1	0–1	1–3	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	3–3	3–2	2–1	1–0
Blackpool	1–1		1–1	3–0	0–1	5–3	2–2	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–3	1–1	1–3	0–0
Bristol City	3–2	1–0		2–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0
Burnley	2–1	2–2	0–1		3–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–3	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–3
Cardiff City	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–1		0–2	4–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–3
Charlton Athletic	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–3	3–0		1–2	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–3	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–3
Colchester United	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–3	1–1	2–2		1–5	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	3–2	0–1
Coventry City	4–0	3–1	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0		0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–4	1–1
Crystal Palace	2–0	0–0	2–0	5–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1		1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–2
Hull City	3–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1		3–1	2–0	2–1	2–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	5–0	1–1	3–0	1–3	2–0
Ipswich Town	0–0	2–1	6–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	4–1	1–0	1–0		3–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–0
Leicester City	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–0		4–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–1	4–1	1–2	0–0
Norwich City	1–0	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–2	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–0		2–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–1
Plymouth Argyle	3–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	4–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–0		2–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1
Preston North End	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	0–3	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–0		0–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1
Queens Park Rangers	2–0	3–2	3–0	2–4	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	2–2		3–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	3–0	1–1	0–2	0–0
Scunthorpe United	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	3–3	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–2		3–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–3	2–3	0–2
Sheffield United	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0		2–2	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	3–1
Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	0–2	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–0		5–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–3
Southampton	2–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–4	4–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	2–3	1–0	3–2	0–0		3–2	0–3	3–2	0–0
Stoke City	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–2	3–1	3–1	3–2	0–1	2–4	3–2		0–0	3–1	0–0
Watford	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–4	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–0		0–3	3–0
West Brom	2–0	2–1	4–1	2–1	3–3	4–2	4–3	2–4	1–1	1–2	4–0	1–4	2–0	3–0	2–0	5–1	5–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1		0–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–3	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–3	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–4	1–2	0–1

Source: The Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	Plymouth Argyle Wolverhampton Wanderers	23
2	James Beattie	Sheffield United	22
2	Kevin Phillips	West Bromwich Albion	22
4	Stern John	Southampton	19
5	Kevin Lisbie	Colchester United	17
6	Clinton Morrison	Crystal Palace	16
7	Fraizer Campbell	Hull City	15
7	Ricardo Fuller	Stoke City	15
9	Liam Lawrence	Stoke City	14

Team of the Year

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Wayne Hennessey	Wolverhampton Wanderers
DF	Bradley Orr	Bristol City
DF	Danny Shittu	Watford
DF	Paul Robinson	West Bromwich Albion
DF	Ryan Shawcross	Stoke City
MF	Brian Howard	Barnsley
MF	Marvin Elliott	Bristol City
MF	Liam Lawrence	Stoke City
MF	Jonathan Greening	West Bromwich Albion
ST	Ricardo Fuller	Stoke City
ST	Kevin Phillips	West Bromwich Albion

Stadia

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Sheffield Wednesday	Hillsborough Stadium	39,814
Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,689
Coventry City	Ricoh Arena	32,609
Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	32,609
Leicester City	Walkers Stadium	32,500
Ipswich Town	Portman Road	30,311
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Molineux Stadium	28,525
Stoke City	Britannia Stadium	28,383
West Brom	The Hawthorns	28,003
Charlton Athletic	The Valley	27,111
Crystal Palace	Selhurst Park	26,309
Norwich City	Carrow Road	26,034
Hull City	KC Stadium	25,404
Preston North End	Deepdale	24,500
Barnsley	Oakwell	23,009
Burnley	Turf Moor	22,546
Cardiff City	Ninian Park	22,008
Bristol City	Ashton Gate	21,497
Watford	Vicarage Road	19,920
Plymouth Argyle	Home Park	19,500
Queens Park Rangers	Loftus Road	19,128
Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	9,788
Scunthorpe United	Glanford Park	9,183
Colchester United	Layer Road	6,320

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Sheffield United	Neil Warnock	Resigned	16 May 2007	Bryan Robson	16 May 2007	Pre-season
Crystal Palace	Peter Taylor	Sacked	8 October 2007	Neil Warnock	11 October 2007	19th
Leicester City	Martin Allen	Mutual consent	29 August 2007	Gary Megson	13 September 2007	9th
Queens Park Rangers	John Gregory	Sacked	1 October 2007	Luigi De Canio	29 October 2007	24th
Norwich City	Peter Grant	Mutual consent	8 October 2007	Glenn Roeder	30 October 2007	22nd
Leicester City	Gary Megson	Signed by Bolton Wanderers	24 October 2007	Ian Holloway	22 November 2007	19th
Burnley	Steve Cotterill	Mutual consent	8 November 2007	Owen Coyle	22 November 2007	15th
Preston North End	Paul Simpson	Sacked	13 November 2007	Alan Irvine	20 November 2007	21st
Plymouth Argyle	Ian Holloway	Signed by Leicester City	21 November 2007	Paul Sturrock	27 November 2007	7th
Coventry City	Iain Dowie	Sacked	11 February 2008	Chris Coleman	19 February 2008	19th
Sheffield United	Bryan Robson	Mutual consent	14 February 2008	Kevin Blackwell	14 February 2008	16th
Queens Park Rangers	Luigi De Canio	Mutual consent	8 May 2008	Iain Dowie	14 May 2008	14th

Notes

"Football League Attendance Report" (PDF). The Football League. 25 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012.
"Warnock resigns as Blades manager". BBC Sport. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
"Robson unveiled as Sheff Utd boss". BBC Sport. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
"Crystal Palace boss Taylor sacked". BBC Sport. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"Warnock appointed new Palace boss". BBC Sport. 11 October 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"Allen ends brief Leicester reign". BBC Sport. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"Megson excited by Leicester job". BBC Sport. 13 September 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"Gregory sacked as manager of QPR". BBC Sport. 1 October 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"Former Napoli boss takes QPR role". BBC Sport. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"Grant parts company with Canaries". BBC Sport. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"Norwich name Roeder as new boss". BBC Sport. 30 October 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"Bolton target Megson leaves Foxes". BBC Sport. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"Holloway appointed Leicester boss". BBC Sport. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"Burnley manager Cotterill departs". BBC Sport. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"Coyle named new Burnley manager". BBC Sport. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"Struggling Preston sack Simpson". BBC Sport. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"Preston unveil Irvine as new boss". BBC Sport. 20 November 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"Holloway resigns as Plymouth boss". BBC Sport. 21 November 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"Sturrock returns as Plymouth boss". BBC Sport. 27 November 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"Dowie sacked as Coventry manager". BBC Sport. 11 February 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"Coleman unveiled as Coventry boss". BBC Sport. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
^ "Blackwell in for Robson at Blades". BBC Sport. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"De Canio parts company with QPR". BBC Sport. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
"QPR bring in Dowie as new coach". BBC Sport. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.

EFL Championship

Seasons

Clubs

2024–25 clubs

Former clubs

Competition

Statistics and awards

Finances

Sponsors

Coca-Cola (2004–10)
Npower (2010–13)
Sky Bet (2013–present)

Associated competitions

Current: Play-offs - FA Cup - EFL Cup
Past: Anglo-Franco-Scottish Friendship Cup - Anglo-Italian Cup - Full Members' Cup

Prospects

Promotion to Premier League
Relegation to EFL League One

2007–08 in English football

« 2006–07 2008–09 »

National teams

League
competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (Championship, League One, League Two, play-offs)
Levels 5–6	Football Conference (Premier, North, South)
Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern Football League (Premier, Midlands, South & West)
Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier, One) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One East, One West) Kent League (level 9 only) Midland Alliance (level 9 only) Midland Football Combination (level 10 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South West Peninsula League (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (Premier, One) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup
competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

Other

Portsmouth F.C. 7–4 Reading F.C.

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Chelsea Derby County Everton Fulham Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Portsmouth Reading Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wigan Athletic
Championship	Barnsley Blackpool Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Hull City Ipswich Town Leicester City Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke City Watford West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
League One	Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Leeds United Leyton Orient Luton Town Millwall Northampton Town Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic Port Vale Southend United Swansea City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Yeovil Town
League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Bradford City Brentford Bury Chester City Chesterfield Dagenham & Redbridge Darlington Grimsby Town Hereford United Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe Notts County Peterborough United Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers
Non-League	Torquay United York City

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