2007–08 England Hockey League season

2007–08 England Hockey League
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The 2007–08 English Hockey League season took place from September 2007 until April 2008. The league was sponsored by Slazenger and the men's title was won by Reading with the women's title going to Slough.[1] There were no playoffs during the season.

The Men's Cup was won by Beeston and the Women's Cup was won by Leicester.[2][3]

Men's Slazenger Premier Division League Standings

[4]

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Reading 18 15 1 2 59 26 33 46
2 East Grinstead 18 12 2 4 77 46 31 38
3 Cannock 18 11 1 6 55 38 17 34
4 Havant 18 8 2 8 73 71 2 26
5 Bowdon 18 8 2 8 44 48 -4 26
6 Surbiton 18 8 0 10 38 48 -10 24
7 Beeston 18 6 3 9 45 57 -12 21
8 Loughborough Students 18 8 2 8 42 38 4 16*+
9 Hampstead and Westminster 18 3 5 10 31 49 -18 12*
10 Canterbury 18 2 0 16 31 74 -43 6
  • + deducted 2 points for fielding a de-registered player [5]
  • * deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player
= Champions
= Relegated

Results

Home \ Away Bee Bow Can Can EG HW Hav Lou Rea Sub
Beeston — 0–1 2–1 5–4 5–6 1–2 5–5 0–6 2–7 3–2
Bowdon 1–1 — 1–4 5–2 4–8 5–0 5–2 1–2 1–4 2–1
Cannock 6–2 3–4 — 4–2 1–2 1–1 5–4 2–0 0–3 2–3
Canterbury 2–5 2–0 2–3 — 2–6 3–5 5–8 1–0 0–2 0–1
East Grinstead 4–6 6–2 3–0 8–1 — 3–3 6–3 3–2 2–3 0–3
Hampstead and Westminster 1–1 2–4 0–3 2–1 1–4 — 4–4 1–1 0–2 2–3
Havant 3–2 4–1 4–5 10–2 3–8 3–1 — 3–6 4–3 2–6
Loughborough Students 2–1 2–1 3–8 6–2 1–1 2–1 3–5 — 1–2 3–2
Reading 3–1 3–3 0–2 3–0 2–1 4–2 4–3 3–2 — 5–1
Surbiton 1–3 2–3 2–5 1–0 4–6 4–3 0–3 1–0 1–6 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Women's Slazenger Premier Division League Standings

[6]

Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 Slough 18 14 0 4 56 31 42
2 Bowdon Hightown 18 13 2 3 72 29 41
3 Leicester 18 9 6 3 53 27 33
4 Olton & West Warwicks 18 11 0 7 47 36 33
5 Canterbury 18 8 3 7 41 35 27
6 Clifton 18 8 2 8 44 46 26
7 Ipswich 18 4 4 10 31 53 16
8 Brooklands Poynton 18 4 3 11 27 45 15
9 Chelmsford 18 3 6 9 25 45 15
10 Old Loughtonians 18 1 4 13 15 64 7
= Champions
= Relegated

Men's Cup

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Reading Doncaster 5-2
Bowdon Old Georgians 3-0
Havant East Grinstead 2-1
Beeston Holcombe 3-1

Semi-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Beeston Havant 5-2
Bowdon Reading 3-1

Final

(Held at the Highfields Sports Club, Nottingham on 18 May)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Beeston Bowdon 4-3

Women's Cup

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Barnes Staines 1-1 (3-4 p)
Slough Ipswich 7-1
Olton & West Warwick Bowdon Hightown 3-4
Old Loughtonians Leicester 0-1

Semi-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Leicester Staines 8-0
Slough Bowdon Hightown 3-2

Final

(Held at Highfields Sports Club, Nottingham on 18 May)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Leicester Slough 1-0

References

  1. ^ "Slazenger EHL Newsletter 07.04.08". England Hockey.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "2007–08 Men's Cup". England Hockey.
  3. ^ "2007–08 Women's Cup". England Hockey. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  4. ^ "2007–08 Men's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
  5. ^ "Loughborough and Bath punished for fielding de-registered players, page 7" (PDF). talkhockeyradio.
  6. ^ "2007–08 Women's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.