2007–08 Sheffield United F.C. season

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Sheffield United
2007–08 season
ChairmanTerry Robinson
ManagerBryan Robson (until 14 February)
Kevin Blackwell (from 14 February)
StadiumBramall Lane
Championship9th
FA CupFifth round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerBeattie (22)
Average home league attendance25,605

Sheffield United competed in the Football League Championship during the 2007–08 football season, after being relegated from the Premier League during 2006–07.

Season summary[]

Manager Bryan Robson was dismissed in February with Sheffield United nowhere near a position good enough for an immediate return to the Premier League.[1] His replacement, Kevin Blackwell, improved United's form sufficiently that they were still mathematically in with a shout of a play-off place until the last day of the season, but a shock loss to relegation-threatened Southampton ended any such hopes (though results elsewhere meant that the Blades wouldn't have made the play-offs even had they won), and United finished in a relatively disappointing 9th position.

Kit[]

Sheffield United maintained both their kit manufacturing agreement with French company Le Coq Sportif, who produced a new home kit for the season, and their kit sponsorship agreement with American bank Capital One. A new away strip with fluorescent green shirts and black shirts and socks with fluorescent green trim was also introduced.[2]

Final league table[]

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Championship
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
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.

Results[]

Sheffield United's score comes first[3]

Legend[]

Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
11 August 2007 Colchester United H 2–2 26,202 Beattie, Tonge
18 August 2007 Watford A 0–1 16,414
25 August 2007 West Bromwich Albion H 1–0 23,491 Beattie
1 September 2007 Scunthorpe United A 2–3 8,801 Webber (2)
15 September 2007 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 3–1 26,003 Beattie (2, 1 pen), Stead
18 September 2007 Blackpool A 2–2 9,512 Beattie (2)
22 September 2007 Crystal Palace A 2–3 14,131 Hudson (own goal), Beattie
29 September 2007 Southampton H 1–2 24,561 Gillespie
2 October 2007 Cardiff City H 3–3 26,186 Beattie, Armstrong, Morgan
6 October 2007 Bristol City A 0–2 13,071
20 October 2007 Preston North End H 1–1 23,661 Beattie (pen)
23 October 2007 Leicester City A 1–0 21,146 Webber
27 October 2007 Hull City A 1–1 20,185 Stead
3 November 2007 Burnley H 0–0 25,306
6 November 2007 Ipswich Town H 3–1 25,033 Beattie (2, 1 pen), Gillespie
10 November 2007 Stoke City A 1–0 12,158 Cahill
24 November 2007 Plymouth Argyle H 0–1 23,811
27 November 2007 Charlton Athletic A 3–0 20,737 Beattie, Cahill, Armstrong
1 December 2007 Coventry City A 1–0 20,355 Armstrong
4 December 2007 Stoke City H 0–3 23,378
8 December 2007 Norwich City A 0–1 24,493
15 December 2007 Barnsley H 1–0 26,629 Kilgallon
22 December 2007 Cardiff City A 0–1 12,869
26 December 2007 Blackpool H 1–1 26,409 Beattie
29 December 2007 Crystal Palace H 0–1 23,982
1 January 2008 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–0 24,791
12 January 2008 Queens Park Rangers H 2–1 28,894 Stewart (own goal), Hendrie
19 January 2008 Sheffield Wednesday A 0–2 30,486
29 January 2008 Watford H 1–1 23,161 Carney
2 February 2008 Colchester United A 2–2 5,695 Shelton, Carney
9 February 2008 Scunthorpe United H 0–0 25,668
12 February 2008 West Bromwich Albion A 0–0 22,643
23 February 2008 Queens Park Rangers A 1–1 15,383 Morgan
1 March 2008 Charlton Athletic H 0–2 23,180
4 March 2008 Ipswich Town A 1–1 20,190 Beattie
8 March 2008 Plymouth Argyle A 1–0 13,669 Beattie
11 March 2008 Coventry City H 2–1 23,864 Sharp, Speed
15 March 2008 Norwich City H 2–0 25,536 Sharp, Kilgallon
22 March 2008 Barnsley A 1–0 15,798 Sharp
29 March 2008 Preston North End A 1–3 14,647 Beattie (pen)
5 April 2008 Leicester City H 3–0 24,818 Beattie (3)
8 April 2008 Sheffield Wednesday H 2–2 31,760 Wood (own goal), Beattie
12 April 2008 Burnley A 2–1 11,693 Beattie, Sharp
19 April 2008 Hull City H 2–0 28,188 Quinn, Beattie (pen)
26 April 2008 Bristol City H 2–1 29,787 Speed (2, 1 pen)
4 May 2008 Southampton A 2–3 31,957 Quinn, Stead

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2007–08 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 5 January 2008 Bolton Wanderers A 1–0 15,286 Carney
R4 27 January 2008 Manchester City H 2–1 20,800 Shelton, Stead
R5 17 February 2008 Middlesbrough H 0–0 22,210
R5R 27 February 2008 Middlesbrough A 0–1 28,108

League Cup[]

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 14 August 2007 Chesterfield H 3–1 11,170 Stead (2), Webber
R2 28 August 2007 Milton Keynes Dons A 3–2 (a.e.t.) 7,943 Lucketti, Law, Horsfield
R3 25 September 2007 Morecambe H 5–0 8,854 Sharp (2), Shelton (2), Hendrie
R4 31 October 2007 Arsenal H 0–3 16,971

Players[]

First-team squad[]

Squad at end of season[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Paddy Kenny[notes 1]
3 DF Scotland SCO Gary Naysmith
5 DF England ENG Chris Morgan
6 FW England ENG James Beattie
7 FW Jamaica JAM Luton Shelton
8 FW England ENG Jon Stead
9 FW England ENG Rob Hulse
10 FW England ENG Danny Webber
11 MF England ENG Lee Hendrie
12 FW Wales WAL David Cotterill (on loan from Wigan Athletic)
13 GK England ENG Ian Bennett
14 DF Australia AUS David Carney
15 MF Wales WAL Gary Speed
16 DF England ENG Matthew Kilgallon
17 MF Scotland SCO Nick Montgomery[notes 2]
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF England ENG Michael Tonge
19 MF Northern Ireland NIR Keith Gillespie
20 DF England ENG Chris Armstrong[notes 3]
21 DF England ENG John Halls (on loan from Reading)
22 DF England ENG Chris Lucketti
23 MF England ENG Lee Martin (on loan from Manchester United)
24 FW England ENG Billy Sharp
25 GK England ENG Paul Gerrard
26 DF England ENG Derek Geary
28 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen Quinn
29 FW England ENG Geoff Horsfield
31 MF England ENG Nicky Law
33 DF England ENG Ugo Ehiogu
35 MF England ENG James Ashmore
— FW North Macedonia MKD Goran Slavkovski[notes 4] (on loan from Inter Milan)

Left club during season[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF England ENG Leigh Bromby (to Watford)
4 DF England ENG Phil Bardsley[notes 5] (on loan from Manchester United)
12 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Alan Quinn (to Ipswich Town)
21 MF England ENG Mikele Leigertwood[notes 6] (to Queens Park Rangers)
21 DF England ENG Gary Cahill (on loan from Aston Villa)
23 MF Egypt EGY Ahmed Fathy (to Al Ahly)
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 FW France FRA Christian Nadé (to Hearts)
30 MF China CHN Li Tie (to Chengdu Blades)
32 DF England ENG Evan Horwood (to Carlisle United)
36 MF England ENG Ian Ross (to Rotherham United)
40 GK England ENG Jamie Annerson (released)

References[]

  1. ^ "Blackwell in for Robson at Blades". BBC Sport. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  2. ^ "The Championship 2007-2008 - Historical Football Kits". www.historicalkits.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Sheffield United 2007-2008 Results". statto.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013.
  4. ^ "FootballSquads - Sheffield United - 2007/08". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Kenny was born in Halifax, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in June 2004.
  2. ^ Montgomery was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
  3. ^ Armstrong was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and represented England at U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandmother and represented them at B level.
  4. ^ Slavkovski was born in Malmö, Sweden, and represented Sweden at every level between U-15 and U-19, but also qualified to represent Macedonia (now North Macedonia) internationally and would later represent them at U-21 level.
  5. ^ Bardsley was born in Salford, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Scotland in October 2010.
  6. ^ Leigertwood was born in Enfield, England, but also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally and would make his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in November 2008.
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