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Everything about Premier League 2007-08 totally explainedThe 2007–08 Premier League season (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the sixteenth since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 11 August 2007, and the season ended on 11 May 2008. Manchester United went into the 2007–08 season as the Premier League's defending champions, having won their ninth Premiership title and sixteenth league championship overall the previous season. The first goal of the season was scored by Michael Chopra, who scored a 94th minute winner for Sunderland against Tottenham in the early kick-off. The first red card of the season was given to Reading's Dave Kitson after a challenge on Patrice Evra in their opening game against Manchester United. The first hat-trick was scored by Emmanuel Adebayor in the match between Arsenal and Derby County.
On 29 September 2007, Portsmouth beat Reading 7–4 in the highest scoring match in English Premier League history. On 15 December 2007, both Roque Santa Cruz ( Blackburn Rovers) and Marcus Bent ( Wigan Athletic) scored hat-tricks during Wigan's 5–3 home win over Blackburn. This was the first occasion in Premier League history that two players on opposing teams had scored hat-tricks during the same match.
On 29 March 2008, Derby County drew 2–2 with Fulham while Birmingham City, who were 17th in the table at the time, beat Manchester City 3–1, to make Derby County the first team in Premier League history to be relegated in March.
On 11 May 2008, the final day of the season, Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic 2–0 while Chelsea drew 1–1 with Bolton Wanderers, thus crowning Manchester United with their tenth Premier League title, and 17th championship overall, just one behind Liverpool's total of 18. Meanwhile, despite Birmingham beating Blackburn Rovers 4-1 and Reading beating Derby 4-0, both Birmingham and Reading were relegated due to Fulham's 1-0 win over Portsmouth. This meant that Fulham avoided relegation by a goal difference of -22, compared to Reading's -25. On the same day, Middlesbrough beat Manchester City 8–1 to claim the biggest win of the season.
The season was notable for the return of the English league to the top of UEFA's official ranking list, overtaking La Liga for the period from 1 May 2008 to 30 April 2009. This followed the success of English clubs in the UEFA Champions League, with both champions Manchester United and runners-up Chelsea reaching the European Cup final. This was the first time that the English league had topped the UEFA rankings since the events at the Heysel Stadium in 1985.
Final league table
Results
Season statistics
Scoring
Cards
First yellow card: Didier Zokora for Tottenham Hotspur against Sunderland (11 August 2007)
Lowest average home attendance: 19,046 (Wigan Athletic)
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| Cristiano Ronaldo
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|Manchester United
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| Emmanuel Adebayor
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|Arsenal
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| Fernando Torres
|Liverpool
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| Roque Santa Cruz
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|Blackburn Rovers
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| Benjani
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|Portsmouth / Manchester City
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| Dimitar Berbatov
|Tottenham Hotspur
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| Robbie Keane
|Tottenham Hotspur
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| Yakubu
|Everton
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| Carlos Tévez
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|Manchester United
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| John Carew
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|Aston Villa
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Monthly awards
| Month |
anager of the Month |
layer of the Month |
| August 2007 |
Sven-Göran Eriksson (Manchester City) |
Micah Richards (Manchester City) |
Cesc Fàbregas (Arsenal) |
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) |
Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) |
Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn Rovers) |
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) |
Fernando Torres (Liverpool) |
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) |
Ashley Young (Aston Villa)
PFA Players' Player of the Year
The PFA Players' Player of the Year award for 2008 was won by Cristiano Ronaldo for the second year in a row.
The shortlist for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award, in alphabetical order, was as follows:
Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal)
Cesc Fàbregas (Arsenal)
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
David James (Portsmouth)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
PFA Young Player of the Year
The PFA Young Player of the Year award was won by Cesc Fàbregas of Arsenal.
PFA Merit Award
BBC broadcaster and former England and Blackpool full-back Jimmy Armfield received the PFA Merit Award for his services to the game.
Barclays Player of the Season
Cristiano Ronaldo, 23, won the Barclays Player of the Season accolade for the second season in succession.
Barclays Manager of the Season
Sir Alex Ferguson, 66, picked up the Barclays Manager of the Season for the eighth time. During his hugely successful spell with Manchester United, which began in 1986, he's won ten Premier League titles, five FA Cups and two European titles.
Barclays Golden Glove Award
Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina has claimed the Premier League's golden gloves award for the third season in succession. Unbeaten in a total of 18 games, Reina kept more clean sheets than any other goalkeeper in the top flight during the 2007-08 campaign.
Barclays Premier League Merit Award
Cristiano Ronaldo, the 23-year-old Portuguese winger, collected the Barclays Premier League Merit Award for reaching 30 league goals this season. Both of the new kits have a small Chelsea Lion embossed on the lower back.
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| Derby County |
adidas |
Derbyshire Building Society |
adidas replaces Joma. New white home kit and black away kit. New crest design. Third kit is bright yellow. |
| Everton |
Umbro |
Chang Beer |
New royal blue home kit and white away kit designs. New navy blue alternative kit. |
| Fulham |
Nike |
LG |
Nike replaces Airness as kit maker; LG replaces Pipex as shirt sponsor. All-white home kit and red-and-black striped away kit, honouring Fulham's 1974-75 FA Cup final team, with white V-neck collar.. Third kit of all-sky blue. |
| Liverpool |
adidas |
Carlsberg |
Home kit same as 06-07. New white away kit with red trim. Also, new black and red third/European away kit. New Adidas kit for 2008–09 was previewed in the final home game of the season against Manchester City on 4 May. |
| Manchester City |
le coq sportif |
Thomas Cook.com |
Reebok replaced by French sports kit makers. White shorts replace sky blue in home kit, with shirt having white pinstripes. New indigo away kit also with white pinstripes. Third kit is white with a blue cross white shorts and socks. |
| Manchester United |
Nike |
AIG |
New red home shirt with a white line which runs down the centre of the back, blue goalkeeper shirt were released on 1 August. Away kit is black with red trim and red line on the back. Last year's white away kit has been confirmed as the third kit. |
| Middlesbrough |
Erreà |
Garmin |
888.com replaced as sponsor by satellite navigation company Garmin. New home kit with red pinstripe, and new white and gold away kit. New crest design. |
| Newcastle United |
adidas |
Northern Rock |
New home kit with solid black back and sky blue trims. New sky blue away kit with black trim. New sky blue and white third kit. |
| Portsmouth |
Canterbury |
Oki |
Rugby jersey manufacturer Canterbury replaces Jako in the New Zealand brand's first venture into football. Home shirt is blue with white and gold trim. Away shirt is white with blue and gold trim. Third shirt is black with gold trim. Each kit has a number of reflective circles on the sleeves and down the sides. |
| Reading |
Puma |
Kyocera |
Home kit same as 06-07. New black and grey hooped away kit with black back and 'arch' design. Third kit is the same as last season's. |
| Sunderland |
Umbro |
boylesports.com |
Another change from Lonsdale to Umbro; Reg Vardy out as sponsor. New home kit is red-and-white stripes with Umbro diamond design on shoulders. Away kit is all white with red and black trimmings. Third kit is all blue with red and white trimmings. |
| Tottenham Hotspur |
Puma |
Mansion Casino |
Celebrating their 125th season. Home strip to change to all white - navy blue away kit and yellow third kit to carry Chinese Mandarin version of the Mansion logo. Halved white and light blue throwback to be worn on anniversary date. |
| West Ham United |
Umbro |
XL Airways |
Reebok replaced by Umbro; JobServe replaced by XL Airways as sponsor. New claret-and-blue home shirt unveiled on 16 June; white away shirt unveiled on 27 July. |
| Wigan Athletic |
Umbro |
JJB Sports |
New home, away and third kit. JJB replaced by Umbro as kit maker, but remains as sponsor. Home kit is a return to blue-and-white stripes with solid blue back. Away kit is white with blue and black trim, with the third kit being black with blue and white trim. |
In addition, Premier League officials are supplied with new kit made by Umbro, replacing American makers Official Sports, and are sponsored by Air Asia, replacing Emirates.
Stadia
| Team |
Stadium |
Capacity |
| Manchester United |
Old Trafford |
76,212 |
| Arsenal |
Emirates Stadium |
60,355 |
| Newcastle United |
St James' Park |
52,387 |
| Sunderland |
Stadium of Light |
48,707 |
| Manchester City |
City of Manchester Stadium |
47,726 |
| Liverpool |
Anfield |
45,522 |
| Aston Villa |
Villa Park |
42,640 |
| Chelsea |
Stamford Bridge |
42,055 |
| Everton |
Goodison Park |
40,569 |
| Tottenham Hotspur |
White Hart Lane |
36,240 |
| West Ham United |
Upton Park |
35,303 |
| Middlesbrough |
Riverside Stadium |
35,049 |
| Derby County |
Pride Park Stadium |
33,597 |
| Blackburn Rovers |
Ewood Park |
31,367 |
| Birmingham City |
St Andrews Stadium |
30,009 |
| Bolton Wanderers |
Reebok Stadium |
28,723 |
| Fulham |
Craven Cottage |
26,300 |
| Wigan Athletic |
JJB Stadium |
25,138 |
| Reading |
Madejski Stadium |
24,161 |
| Portsmouth |
Fratton Park |
20,688 |
Managerial changes
Records
Derby County finished with the worst record since the league was founded in 1992-93 and also the worst since the introduction of the three points for a win rule. Among the records set by the Rams were:
- A final record of one win, eight draws and 29 losses for a total of eleven points, worse than the Sunderland team from 2005-06, with the previously set lows of three wins, six draws and 29 losses totaling fifteen points. The single win, coming at home against Newcastle United 1-0 on 17 September was also a record for the fewest wins in a Premiership campaign.
- Derby's 20 goals scored as a team (with Ronaldo, Adebayor and Torres each scoring more goals individually) was lower than the 2002-03 Black Cats' total with 21 goals scored. This marked the third time a team was outscored by one or more players. The team also failed to score in 21 of their 38 games.
- Their −69 goal difference (20 goals scored, 89 conceded) was worse than Ipswich Town's 1994-95 goal difference of −57 (36 goals scored, 97 conceded). The 89 goals they conceded was the worst defensive performance by a team since Ipswich Town conceded 97 goals in 1994-95.
- The 29 defeats they suffered equalled the 2005-06 Sunderland team for the most losses suffered in one Premier League season.
Chelsea's 85 points accumulated was a new record for the most points gained in a 38-game season without securing the title. The 83 points achieved by Arsenal was a new record for the most points gained in a 38-game season for finishing third.
Manchester United's goal difference of +58 is the greatest ever attained in a Premier League season, beating the record set by Chelsea in the 2004-05 season.
Cristiano Ronaldo beat his own record for most goals scored by a midfielder, raising the record to 31 goals. The previous record was 17 goals, from the the previous season. Furthermore, his goal total equalled the highest number of goals ever scored in the Premier League during a 38-game season, equalling the record first set by Newcastle United's Alan Shearer during the 1995-96 season.
Fernando Torres scored 24 goals for Liverpool, a new record for goals scored by a foreign player during his debut season.Further Information
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