2007–08 Manchester City F.C. season

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Manchester City
2007–08 season
Owner &
chairman		Thaksin Shinawatra
ManagerSven-Göran Eriksson
StadiumCity of Manchester Stadium
Premier League9th
FA CupFourth round
League CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Elano (8)
All: Elano (10)
Highest home attendance47,321
(vs. Liverpool, 30 December 2007)
Lowest home attendance20,938
(vs. Norwich City, 25 September 2007)
Average home league attendance42,126
Away colours
Third colours

The 2007–08 season was Manchester City Football Club's sixth consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its 11th season since the Premier League was first created, with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 116th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

Season review[]

The season started with a new owner in Thaksin Shinawatra and his newly appointed manager, Sven-Göran Eriksson. After spending three of the four previous Premier League seasons finishing in low mid-table positions (i.e., two to four places above the relegation zone), the Manchester City team was badly in need of an influx of new blood if it was to avoid a similar fate, or worse, in the upcoming season. Consequently, the newly infused funds from the club's wealthy Thai owner came at quite a fortuitous time for the team, and Eriksson was very active in the summer transfer market as he spent approximately £30 million adding eight relatively high-profile players to the City first team squad.

As a consequence of this mini spending spree Manchester City started the new season strongly and spent a large portion of it occupying one of the top five positions in the Premier League table. Unfortunately, the strong results of the first two-thirds of the season were not sustained in the final third and the team ultimately slipped down the rankings to finish the season in ninth place. This loss of form in the final months also led to Shinawatra summarily sacking Eriksson, a decision that was received with mixed emotions by the Manchester City supporters since both characters had achieved the status of "white knights" in their eyes for their respective financial and managerial contributions to the transformation of the club.[1] Two days after his end-of-season dismissal, on 2 June 2008 Eriksson was replaced by Mark Hughes.[2]

This season also saw Manchester City gain entry into the next season's UEFA Cup competition by finishing sixth in the English "Fair Play" rankings (with the five teams ranked above City having already qualified for European competition).

Team kit[]

Supplier: Le Coq Sportif / Sponsor: Thomas Cook

Home
Home alt
Memorial
Away
Away alt.
Third
Third alt.
Third alt. 2


Goalkeeper 1
Goalkeeper 2
Goalkeeper 3

Kit description[]

The start of the 2007–08 Premier League campaign saw a number of changes for Manchester City, the most notable being the hiring of former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, while a somewhat less prominent change for the club saw the termination of Reebok as the team's kit supplier (for the four previous seasons) with the French sportswear manufacturer, Le Coq Sportif, now resuming this role once again. The shirt sponsor continued to be Thomas Cook, although the travel company had undergone a name change during the close season after its announced merger with MyTravel Group in June 2007, with the newly merged company now being called Thomas Cook Group.

The switch to a new kit supplier resulted in three new team kits for this season. The new home kit consisted of a return to a full sky blue shirt, but now with vertical white pin stripes on the body (but not the sleeves and shoulders) together with matching solid sky blue socks and the traditional all white shorts. The shirt sported a Le Coq Sportif logo on the upper portion of both sleeves with the Manchester City crest in the centre of the chest above the Thomas Cook logo, while the City crest was also repeated at the base of the right leg on the shorts.

The new away kit – a striking solid purple colour but sporting the same vertical white pin stripes on the body of the shirt as the home kit plus all the same kit supplier, sponsorship and club crest logos – was possibly a throwback to the classic maroon and thin white striped shirts that had been the club's one-time strip created for its appearance at Wembley in the 1956 FA Cup Final against Birmingham City. In comparison to the new home and away kits, the new third kit consisted of a relatively conservative all white shirt and socks with solid sky blue shorts, with the white shirt sporting a thin sky blue diagonal sash across the front of the left shoulder.

New goalkeeper strips – a two-tone green (solid light green shirt plus solid dark green shorts and socks), an all-grey change and a yellow third with purple shorts and socks, were introduced for this season.

On 10 February 2008, during the club's local derby game against Manchester United, the City team played in a one-off special kit to mark the 50-year memorial of the Munich air disaster. This kit was devoid of the pinstripes, contained no kit supplier or sponsorship logos and had a black ribbon on the right shoulder bearing "1958–2008", with "Manchester remembers" written underneath.[3]

Historical league performance[]

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Premier LeagueFootball League Division OnePremier LeagueFootball League Division OneFootball League Division TwoFootball League Division OnePremier LeagueFootball League First Division

Friendly games[]

Pre-season[]

14 July 2007 Doncaster Rovers England 1–3 England Manchester City Doncaster, England
15:00 BST McDaid Goal 17' MCFC report Goal 48' Corradi
Goal 62' Richards
Goal 64' Mpenza		 Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 6,375
18 July 2007 Örgryte IS Sweden 1–4 England Manchester City Varberg, Sweden
19:00 BST Mwila Goal 37'
MCFC report
BBC Sport report
YouTube video		 Goal 18' Bianchi
Goal 53' Corradi
Goal 61' Samaras
Goal 64' Logan
Yellow card 65' Fernandes
Yellow card 75' Dickov		 Stadium: Påskbergsvallen
Attendance: 5,000+
21 July 2007 Carlstad United Sweden 0–4 England Manchester City Karlstad, Sweden
15:00 BST MCFC report Goal 5' Corradi
Goal 20' Goal 51' Bianchi
Yellow card 52' Richards
Goal 78' Laird		 Stadium: Tingvalla IP
28 July 2007 Charleroi Belgium 2–0 England Manchester City Charleroi, Belgium
18:00 BST Oulmers Goal 20' (pen.)
Jovial Goal 35'		 MCFC report
M.E.N. report		 Yellow card 39' M. Mills Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
1 August 2007 Shrewsbury Town England 0–2 England Manchester City Shrewsbury, England
19:45 BST MCFC report
Guardian report		 Yellow card 42' Geovanni
Goal 81' Corradi
Goal 90' Dickov		 Stadium: New Meadow

Thomas Cook Trophy[]

4 August 2007 Manchester City England 0–1 Spain Valencia Manchester, England
15:00 BST Corradi Yellow card 74' M.E.N. report
Guardian report
Dailymotion video		 Goal 10' Silva
Yellow card 52' Angulo		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 27,902
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Post-season[]

17 May 2008 Thai League All-Star XI Thailand 3–1 England Manchester City Bangkok, Thailand
17:00 (local time) Ney Fabiano Goal 37'
Sripan Goal 44'
Chanabut Goal 73'		 MCFC report Goal 22' Caicedo Stadium: Rajamangala National Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
22 May 2008 Hong Kong Invitational XI Hong Kong 3–1 England Manchester City Hong Kong, China
18:00 (local time) Giovane Goal 27'
Festus Goal 48'
Liang Goal 71'		 MCFC report Goal 15' Hamann Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 20,000

Competitive games[]

Premier League[]

Main article: 2007–08 Premier League

Position in final standings[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Blackburn Rovers 38 15 13 10 50 48 +2 58
8 Portsmouth 38 16 9 13 48 40 +8 57 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
9 Manchester City 38 15 10 13 45 53 −8 55 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round[b]
10 West Ham United 38 13 10 15 42 50 −8 49
11 Tottenham Hotspur 38 11 13 14 66 61 +5 46 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[c]
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Competition
Notes:
  1. ^ As FA Cup winners
  2. ^ Manchester City qualified as the highest-ranked team not already qualified for European competitions of Premier League Fair Play Ranking by The Football Association, the top association among UEFA Fair Play ranking winners.
  3. ^ As League Cup winners

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 15 10 13 45 53  −8 55 11 4 4 28 20  +8 4 6 9 17 33  −16

Last updated: 11 May 2008 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2007–08

Results per matchday[]

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GroundAHHAAHAHHHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAA
ResultWWWLLWDWWWLWDWDLWDDDWLDDLWLDLWDLLWWLLL
Position22125223333334644554756777888899988899
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2008. Source: 2007–08 Premier League results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Individual match reports[]

11 August 2007 1 West Ham United 0–2 Manchester City London, England
15:00 BST MCFC report Bianchi Goal 18'
Geovanni Goal 87'		 Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,921
Referee: Peter Walton
15 August 2007 2 Manchester City 1–0 Derby County Manchester, England
19:45 BST Johnson Goal 43' MCFC report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 43,620
Referee: L. S. Mason
19 August 2007 3 Manchester City 1–0 Manchester United Manchester, England
13:30 BST Geovanni Goal 31' MCFC report
YouTube video		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 44,955
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
25 August 2007 4 Arsenal 1–0 Manchester City London, England
15:00 BST Fàbregas Goal 80' MCFC report Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,114
Referee: Chris Foy
2 September 2007 5 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Manchester City Blackburn, England
15:00 BST McCarthy Goal 13'
Kerimoğlu Yellow card 54' Yellow-red card		 MCFC report Dunne Yellow card 65' Red card Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 26,881
Referee: Mike Dean
16 September 2007 6 Manchester City 1–0 Aston Villa Manchester, England
16:00 BST Johnson Goal 48' MCFC report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 38,363
Referee: Martin Atkinson
22 September 2007 7 Fulham 3–3 Manchester City London, England
15:00 BST Davies Goal 13'
Bouazza Goal 48'
Murphy Goal 74'		 MCFC report Petrov Goal 36', 60'
Mpenza Goal 50'		 Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 24,674
Referee: Mark Halsey
29 September 2007 8 Manchester City 3–1 Newcastle United Manchester, England
12:45 BST Petrov Goal 37'
Mpenza Goal 47'
Elano Goal 87'		 MCFC report Martins Goal 29' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,606
Referee: Chris Foy
7 October 2007 9 Manchester City 3–1 Middlesbrough Manchester, England
15:00 BST Riggott Goal 10' (o.g.)
Elano Goal 33', 63'		 MCFC report Hutchinson Goal 88' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,438
Referee: Steve Bennett
20 October 2007 10 Manchester City 1–0 Birmingham City Manchester, England
15:00 BST Elano Goal 36' MCFC report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 45,688
Referee: Mike Dean
27 October 2007 11 Chelsea 6–0 Manchester City London, England
15:00 BST Essien Goal 16'
Drogba Goal 31', 56'
Cole Goal 60'
Kalou Goal 75'
Shevchenko Goal 90'		 MCFC report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,832
Referee: Mike Riley
5 November 2007 12 Manchester City 1–0 Sunderland Manchester, England
20:00 GMT Ireland Goal 66' MCFC report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,038
Referee: Alan Wiley
11 November 2007 13 Portsmouth 0–0 Manchester City Portsmouth, England
16:00 GMT MCFC report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 19,529
Referee: Mark Halsey
24 November 2007 14 Manchester City 2–1 Reading Manchester, England
15:00 GMT Petrov Goal 11'
Ireland Goal 90'		 MCFC report Harper Goal 43' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 43,813
Referee: Steve Tanner
1 December 2007 15 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Manchester City Wigan, England
15:00 GMT Scharner Goal 24'
Melchiot Red card 88'		 MCFC report Geovanni Goal 1' Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 18,614
Referee: Mike Riley
9 December 2007 16 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Manchester City London, England
15:00 GMT Chimbonda Goal 44'
Defoe Goal 82'		 MCFC report Bianchi Goal 60'
Ireland Red card 81'		 Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,646
Referee: Mark Halsey
15 December 2007 17 Manchester City 4–2 Bolton Wanderers Manchester, England
15:00 GMT Bianchi Goal 7'
Michalík Goal 48' (o.g.)
Vassell Goal 77'
Etuhu Goal 90'		 MCFC report Diouf Goal 31'
Nolan Goal 40'		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,506
Referee: P. Walton
22 December 2007 18 Aston Villa 1–1 Manchester City Birmingham, England
15:00 GMT Carew Goal 14' MCFC report Bianchi Goal 11' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 41,455
Referee: Lee Mason
27 December 2007 19 Manchester City 2–2 Blackburn Rovers Manchester, England
19:45 GMT Vassell Goal 27'
Nelsen Goal 30' (o.g.)		 MCFC report Santa Cruz Goal 28', 84' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 42,112
Referee: Howard Webb
30 December 2007 20 Manchester City 0–0 Liverpool Manchester, England
16:00 GMT MCFC report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 47,321
Referee: Uriah Rennie
2 January 2008 21 Newcastle United 0–2 Manchester City Newcastle, England
19:45 GMT MCFC report Elano Goal 38'
Fernandes Goal 76'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 50,956
Referee: Martin Atkinson
12 January 2008 22 Everton 1–0 Manchester City Liverpool, England
15:00 GMT Lescott Goal 31' MCFC report Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 38,474
Referee: Mark Halsey
20 January 2008 23 Manchester City 1–1 West Ham United Manchester, England
16:00 GMT Vassell Goal 16' MCFC report Cole Goal 8' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 39,042
Referee: Phil Dowd
30 January 2008 24 Derby County 1–1 Manchester City Derby, England
19:45 GMT Jihai Goal 47' (o.g.) BBC Sport report
MCFC report		 Sturridge Goal 63' Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 31,368
Referee: Steve Bennett
2 February 2008 25 Manchester City 1–3 Arsenal Manchester, England
12:45 GMT Fernandes Goal 28' BBC Sport report
MCFC report		 Adebayor Goal 9', 88'
Eduardo Goal 26'		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 46,426
Referee: Andre Marriner
10 February 2008 26 Manchester United 1–2 Manchester City Manchester, England
13:30 GMT O'Shea Yellow card 57'
Carrick Goal 90'		 BBC Sport report
MCFC report		 Vassell Goal 24'
Benjani Goal 45'		 Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 75,970
Referee: Howard Webb
25 February 2008 27 Manchester City 0–2 Everton Manchester, England
20:00 GMT Petrov Red card 90' BBC Sport report
MCFC report		 Yakubu Goal 30'
Lescott Goal 37'		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 41,478
Referee: Rob Styles
1 March 2008 28 Manchester City 0–0 Wigan Athletic Manchester, England
17:15 GMT BBC Sport report
MCFC report		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 38,261
Referee: Steve Bennett
8 March 2008 29 Reading 2–0 Manchester City Reading, England
15:00 GMT Long Goal 62'
Kitson Goal 87'		 BBC Sport report
MCFC report		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 24,062
Referee: Uriah Rennie
16 March 2008 30 Manchester City 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester, England
16:00 GMT Ireland Goal 59'
Onuoha Goal 71'		 BBC Sport report
MCFC report		 Keane Goal 32' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,108
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
22 March 2008 31 Bolton Wanderers 0–0 Manchester City Bolton, England
15:00 GMT MCFC report Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 22,633
Referee: Andre Marriner
29 March 2008 32 Birmingham City 3–1 Manchester City Birmingham, England
15:00 GMT Zárate Goal 40', 54'
Queudrue Red card 57'
McSheffrey Goal 77' (pen.)		 BBC Sport report
MCFC report		 Elano Goal 59' (pen.) Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 22,962
Referee: Rob Styles
5 April 2008 33 Manchester City 0–2 Chelsea Manchester, England
15:00 BST BBC Sport report
MCFC report		 Dunne Goal 6' (o.g.)
Kalou Goal 53'		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 42,594
Referee: Chris Foy
12 April 2008 34 Sunderland 1–2 Manchester City Sunderland, England
15:00 BST Whitehead Goal 82' BBC Sport report
MCFC report		 Elano Goal 79' (pen.)
Vassell Goal 87'		 Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 46,797
Referee: Mike Riley
20 April 2008 35 Manchester City 3–1 Portsmouth Manchester, England
16:00 BST Vassell Goal 11'
Petrov Goal 13'
Benjani Goal 74'		 BBC Sport report
MCFC report		 Utaka Goal 24'
Hreiðarsson Red card 40'		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,205
Referee: Andre Marriner
26 April 2008 36 Manchester City 2–3 Fulham Manchester, England
15:00 BST Ireland Goal 10'
Benjani Goal 21'		 BBC Sport report
MCFC report		 Kamara Goal 69', 90'
Murphy Goal 79'		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 43,634
Referee: Mike Dean
4 May 2008 37 Liverpool 1–0 Manchester City Liverpool, England
16:00 BST Torres Goal 58' BBC Sport report
MCFC report		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,074
Referee: Mark Halsey
11 May 2008 38 Middlesbrough 8–1 Manchester City Middlesbrough, England
15:00 BST Downing Goal 16' (pen.), 58'
Alves Goal 37', 60', 90'
Johnson Goal 70'
Rochemback Goal 80'
Aliadiere Goal 85'		 BBC Sport report
MCFC report		 Dunne Red card 15'
Elano Goal 88'		 Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 27,613
Referee: Phil Dowd

League Cup[]

29 August 2007 Second Round Bristol City 1–2 Manchester City Bristol, England
19:45 BST Orr Goal 69' MCFC report Mpenza Goal 17'
Bianchi Goal 81'		 Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 14,541
Referee: Richard Beeby
25 September 2007 Third Round Manchester City 1–0 Norwich City Manchester, England
19:45 BST Samaras Goal 89' MCFC report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 20,938
Referee: Andre Marriner
31 October 2007 Fourth Round Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Manchester City Bolton, England
20:00 GMT MCFC report Elano Goal 85' (pen.) Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 15,501
Referee: Howard Webb
18 December 2007 Fifth Round Manchester City 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester, England
19:45 GMT MCFC report Defoe Goal 5'
Zokora Red card 19'
Malbranque Goal 83'		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 38,564
Referee: Steve Bennett

FA Cup[]

5 January 2008 Third Round West Ham United 0–0 Manchester City London, England
15:00 GMT MCFC report Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 33,806
Referee: Rob Styles
16 January 2008 Third Round Replay Manchester City 1–0 West Ham United Manchester, England
15:00 GMT Elano Goal 73' MCFC report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 27,809
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
27 January 2008 Fourth Round Sheffield United 2–1 Manchester City Sheffield, England
16:00 GMT Shelton Goal 11'
Stead Goal 24'		 MCFC report Sturridge Goal 48' Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 20,800
Referee: Alan Wiley

Playing statistics[]

No. Pos. Player League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Yellow card.svg Red card.svg
1 GK Sweden Andreas Isaksson 5 1 6
2 DF England Micah Richards (vc) 25 2 2 29 4
3 DF England Michael Ball 28 (9) 3 4 (1) 35 (10) 2
4 DF England Nedum Onuoha 16 (3) 1 2 3 (1) 21 (4) 1
Sold MF France Ousmane Dabo 1 (1) 1 (1)
6 MF England Michael Johnson 23 2 2 25 2 4
7 MF Republic of Ireland Stephen Ireland 33 (1) 4 3 (1) 3 39 (2) 4 2 - / 1
8 MF Brazil Geovanni 19 (17) 3 1 (1) 3 (1) 23 (19) 3 4
9 FW Belgium Émile Mpenza 15 (7) 2 1 2 (1) 1 18 (8) 3
10 FW Italy Rolando Bianchi 19 (12) 4 2 (2) 3 1 24 (14) 5
11 MF Brazil Elano 34 (5) 8 2 1 2 1 38 (5) 10 5
12 FW England Darius Vassell 27 (6) 6 3 2 (1) 32 (7) 6 3
14 FW Scotland Paul Dickov 1 (1) 1 (1)
15 MF Bulgaria Martin Petrov 34 5 3 1 38 5 2 - / 1
16 DF Croatia Vedran Ćorluka 37 (1) 3 3 43 (1) 5
17 DF China Sun Jihai 14 (7) 2 16 (7) 2
19 GK Denmark Kasper Schmeichel 7 7
20 FW Greece Georgios Samaras 5 (3) 2 1 7 (3) 1
21 MF Germany Dietmar Hamann 29 (3) 3 2 34 (3) 10
22 DF Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne (c) 36 3 3 42 4 - / 2
24 DF Spain Javier Garrido 27 (5) 2 29 (5) 4
25 GK England Joe Hart 26 3 3 32
27 FW Zimbabwe Benjani 13 (1) 3 13 (1) 3
28 MF Switzerland Gélson Fernandes 26 (5) 2 3 (2) 3 (1) 32 (8) 2 6
29 FW Bulgaria Valeri Bojinov 3 (2) 3 (2)
30 MF Mexico Nery Castillo 10 (8) 2 12 (8)
33 FW Wales Ched Evans 1 (1) 1 (1)
34 DF England Sam Williamson 1 (1) 1 (1) 1
36 FW England Daniel Sturridge 3 (1) 1 1 (1) 1 4 (2) 2
37 MF Nigeria Kelvin Etuhu 6 (4) 1 1 (1) 1 (1) 8 (6) 1 1
38 DF England Shaleum Logan 2 2
20 FW Ecuador Felipe Caicedo 7 (7) 7 (7) 1
TOTALS 42 2 4 48 60 - / 4

Information current as of 11 May 2008 (end of season)

Last updated: 16 January 2011.
Source: (for players and positions) Season 2007–08 First Team Squad 00(for squad numbers) Season 2007–08 Squad Numbers 00(for actual stats.) All match Reports in Competitive games section above

Goal scorers[]

Information current as of 11 May 2008 (end of season)

Awards[]

Premier League awards[]

Awarded monthly to the player and manager that were chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
August 2007[4] Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson England Micah Richards

Thomas Cook Player of the Month awards[]

Awarded to the player in each category that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the MCFC OWS

Month First Team Reserve Team Academy
August/September[5] Germany Dietmar Hamann England Richard Martin England Scott Kay
October[6] Brazil Elano England Ashley Grimes England Ben Mee
November[7] Croatia Vedran Ćorluka England Javan Vidal England Kieran Trippier
December[8] Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne Republic of Ireland Karl Moore England David Ball
January[9] England Michael Ball not announced Slovakia Vladimír Weiss
February[9] England Joe Hart Republic of Ireland Paul Marshall England Greg Hartley
March[10] Switzerland Gélson Fernandes England Adam Clayton England Andrew Tutte
April[10] England Darius Vassell England Sam Williamson Slovakia Vladimír Weiss

Football Association of Ireland awards[]

Player Year 2007 awards[11]
Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne International Player of the Year
Republic of Ireland Stephen Ireland Young International Player of the Year

Official Supporters Club awards[]

Player Season 2007–08 awards[12]
Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne Player of the Year
England Joe Hart Young Player of the Year
England Ben Mee Most Promising Player of the Year

Transfers and loans[]

Transfers in[]

Transfers out[]

Loans in[]

Loans out[]

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