2007–08_Peterborough_United_F.C._season

Peterborough United
2007–08 season
Chairman	Darragh MacAnthony
Manager	Darren Ferguson
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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2007–08 Peterborough United F.C. season

Peterborough United 2007–08 football season

During the 2007–08 season Peterborough United finished as runners-up in Football League Two.

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Area	Sponsor	Type
Football League	Football League	Domestic League
Fitness	Muscle Finesse	Fitness
Photography	FC Pix	Photography
Stand Sponsor	Norwich and Peterborough	Building Society
Club Partner	Thomas Cook	Charter airline

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

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

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

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

2007–08_Peterborough_United_F.C._season

2007–08 Peterborough United F.C. season

Sponsors

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Transfers

In

Out

Fixtures and results

Friendlies

Football League Two

FA Cup

League Cup

Football League Trophy

Statistics

Goal scorers

Cards

See also

References

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Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
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

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 July	Stamford	Away	W 1–0	712	Scott Ginty
13 July	Celtic	Home	L 1–2	5,800	Aaron McLean
18 July	Hucknall Town	Away	W 3–0	216	Rene Howe, Scott Ginty, Guy Branston
21 July	Liverpool	Home	D 0–0	9,339
24 July	Stevenage Borough	Away	D 1–1	1,500	Josh Low
26 July	Kettering Town	Away			Cancelled due to waterlogged pitch
28 July	Billericay Town	Away	D 3–3	935	Aaron McLean, Chris Whelpdale, Rene Howe
31 July	Birmingham City	Home	L 0–3	4,371
4 August	Manchester United	Home	L 1–3	11,574	Rene Howe
8 August	Bedford Town	Away	L 0–1	379

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Pos	Attendance	Scorers	Ref.
11 August	Rochdale	Home	3–0	2nd	5,575	Josh Low, Aaron McLean, Danny Crow	^[1]
19 August	Rotherham United	Away	1–3	8th	4,291	Aaron McLean
25 August	Chesterfield	Home	2–3	15th	5,005	Charlie Lee, Aaron McLean	^[2]
1 September	Accrington Stanley	Away	2–0	7th	1,484	Charlie Lee, Aaron McLean
8 September	Mansfield Town	Home	2–1	4th	4,721	Josh Low, Danny Crow
15 September	Bradford City	Away	0–1	9th	13,819	—
22 September	Morecambe	Home	1–1	9th	4,473	Aaron McLean
29 September	Darlington	Away	1–1	10th	3,974	Craig Mackail-Smith
2 October	Shrewsbury Town	Away	2–0	7th	5,220	Charlie Lee, George Boyd
6 October	Grimsby Town	Home	2–1	7th	4,786	George Boyd, Aaron McLean	^[3]
13 October	Wycombe Wanderers	Home	2–1	6th	4,567	Aaron McLean, Charlie Lee
20 October	Lincoln City	Away	1–1	6th	5,036	Gary Croft (OG)
27 October	Hereford United	Home	1–1	6th	5,008	Craig Mackail-Smith
3 November	Stockport County	Away	2–1	5th	5,042	Craig Mackail-Smith, Aaron McLean
6 November	Dagenham and Redbridge	Home	3–1	5th	4,200	Dean Keates, Aaron McLean 2
17 November	Bury	Away	0–2	5th	2,660	—
24 November	Brentford	Home	7–0	3rd	4,865	Aaron McLean 3, Chris Whelpdale, George Boyd, Craig Mackail-Smith, Rene Howe	^[4]
4 December	Notts County	Away	1–0	3rd	4,412	Craig Mackail-Smith
8 December	Chester City	Away	2–1	2nd	2,291	Aaron McLean, Craig Mackail-Smith
15 December	Milton Keynes Dons	Home	1–2	3rd	10,351	Aaron McLean
22 December	Bradford City	Home	2–1	2nd	5,355	Aaron McLean, Jeff Hughes	^[5]
26 December	Mansfield Town	Away	0–2	3rd	3,107	—
29 December	Morecambe	Away	2–3	4th	2,371	Craig Morgan, Charlie Lee
1 January	Shrewsbury Town	Home	2–1	5th	5,062	Charlie Lee, Craig Morgan
12 January	Macclesfield Town	Home	0–1	6th	5,238	—	^[6]
15 January	Accrington Stanley	Home	8–2	5th	4,257	George Boyd 3, Aaron McLean 3, Craig Mackail-Smith 2	^[7]
29 January 2008 (2008-01-29)	Rotherham United	Home	3–1		5,152	Charlie Lee, Aaron McLean, Craig Mackail-Smith	^[8]
2 February 2008 (2008-02-02)	Rochdale	Away	2–0		3,076	George Boyd, Aaron McLean
9 February 2008 (2008-02-09)	Wrexham	Home	0–0		5,505	—
13 February 2008 (2008-02-13)	Chesterfield	Away	2–1		3,973	Aaron McLean, George Boyd
16 February 2008 (2008-02-16)	Barnet	Home	1–0		5,520	Liam Hatch
23 February 2008 (2008-02-23)	Macclesfield Town	Away	3–0		2,094	George Boyd, Chris Whelpdale, Aaron McLean
26 February 2008 (2008-02-26)	Wrexham	Away	2–0			Jamie Day 2
1 March 2008 (2008-03-01)	Bury	Home	1–0		6,150	Dean Keates
4 March 2008 (2008-03-04)	Barnet	Away	2–0			Dean Keates, Jamie Day
8 March 2008 (2008-03-08)	Dagenham & Redbridge	Away	3–2		3,130	George Boyd, Craig Mackail-Smith, Aaron McLean
11 March 2008 (2008-03-11)	Brentford	Away	2–1		4,049	Aaron McLean, Craig Mackail-Smith
15 March 2008 (2008-03-15)	Notts County	Home	0–0		7,173	—
21 March 2008 (2008-03-21)	Milton Keynes Dons	Away	1–1		14,521	Chris Whelpdale
24 March 2008 (2008-03-24)	Chester City	Home	1–0		6,457	Dean Keates
29 March 2008 (2008-03-29)	Lincoln City	Home	4–0		8,035	Aaron McLean 2, Scott Rendell 2
5 April 2008 (2008-04-05)	Wycombe Wanderers	Away	2–2		6,202	George Boyd, Liam Hatch
12 April 2008 (2008-04-12)	Stockport County	Home	0–1		10,023	—
19 April 2008 (2008-04-19)	Hereford United	Away	1–0		5,279	Dean Keates
26 April 2008 (2008-04-26)	Grimsby Town	Away	4–1		4,125	Aaron McLean 2, Craig Mackail-Smith, Scott Rendell
3 May 2008 (2008-05-03)	Darlington	Home	0–2	2nd	10,400	—	^[9]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 November	Round 1	Wrexham	Home	W 4–1	4,266	Craig Mackail-Smith 3, Aaron McLean
1 December	Round 2	Staines Town	Away	W 5–0	2,460	Craig Mackail-Smith 4, Aaron McLean
5 January	Round 3	Colchester United F.C.	Away	W 3–1	4,003	Aaron McLean, George Boyd, Charlie Lee
26 January	Round 4	West Bromwich Albion F.C.	Home	L 0–3	12,701

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August	Round 1 South	Southampton	Home	W 2–1	4,087	Grzegorz Rasiak(OG), George Boyd
28 August	Round 2	West Bromwich Albion	Home	L 0–2	4,917

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
4 September	Round 1 SE Section	Nottingham Forest	Away	W 3–2	3,102	Charlie Lee, Luke Chambers(OG), George Boyd
8 October	Round 2 SE Section	Milton Keynes Dons	Away	L 1–3	5,087	Aaron McLean