2007–08 Bristol City F.C. season

Bristol City
2007–08 season
ChairmanSteve Lansdown
ManagerGary Johnson
StadiumAshton Gate
Championship4th (qualified for playoffs)
Play-offsRunners-up
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerByfield (8)
Average home league attendance16,275

During the 2007–08 English football season, Bristol City F.C. competed in the Football League Championship, following promotion from League One the previous season.

Season summary

In the summer between City's promotion and the start of the Championship season, Gary Johnson made a number of signings. However their pre-season form did not start well, losing 4–2 to Forest Green Rovers and 3–1 to Motherwell F.C. as the club trialed various players. However City got off to a good start going unbeaten for a number of matches and briefly topping the Championship after beating Coventry City 3–0. City then suffered a slight blip after losing 3–0 to Barnsley before beating several big teams, including Sheffield United (live on Sky Sports) and Southampton. In November, City's form dipped and they endured a run of 4 games without a win, including a 6–0 thrashing at the hands of Ipswich Town. In December, City's form picked up again and went unbeaten all the way to Boxing Day, when they lost to West Bromwich Albion 4–1.

After a stop-start run of form, including victories over Blackpool and Coventry City and losses to Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace, City went top of the Championship on 1 March, after a 2–1 home victory over Hull City. After some indifferent results, City went back to the top after a last-gasp winner from Steve Brooker, who was just returning from injury, in a 2–1 win over Norwich City. However a poor run ended City's chances of an automatic promotion place. On 4 May 2008, a 3–0 home win against Preston North End on the final day of the league season ensured a playoff place and a semi-final fixture against Crystal Palace. On 13 May 2008, a 4–2 aggregate win over Crystal Palace with goals from Lee Trundle and Michael McIndoe confirmed City's trip to Wembley,[1] where they were beaten 1–0 by Hull City.[2] At the end of the season, defender Bradley Orr and midfielder Marvin Elliott were both included in the PFA Team of the Year, while goalkeeper Adriano Basso was named the club's player of the season. Elliott was the club's young player of the season.

Kit

Bristol City's kit was manufactured by German company Puma and sponsored by Bristol Trade Centre. The club's away kit was all black with white trimmings and rendered in the same template as the home kit; the third kit featured black shorts, white shirts and black and white socks.

Final league table

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Championship
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Stoke City (P) 46 21 16 9 69 55 +14 79 Promotion to the Premier League
3 Hull City (O, P) 46 21 12 13 65 47 +18 75 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Bristol City 46 20 14 12 54 53 +1 74
5 Crystal Palace 46 18 17 11 58 42 +16 71
6 Watford 46 18 16 12 62 56 +6 70
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.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Bristol City's score comes first[3]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Championship

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
11 August 2007 Queens Park Rangers H 2–2 18,228 Johnson, Murray
18 August 2007 Blackpool A 1–1 8,983 Murray
25 August 2007 Scunthorpe United H 2–1 12,474 Trundle
1 September 2007 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–0 17,559 B Wilson
15 September 2007 Coventry City A 3–0 21,538 McIndoe, Konstantopoulos (own goal), Byfield
18 September 2007 West Bromwich Albion H 1–1 16,571 Orr
22 September 2007 Burnley H 2–2 14,079 Byfield (2)
29 September 2007 Preston North End A 0–0 12,098
2 October 2007 Barnsley A 0–3 9,679
6 October 2007 Sheffield United H 2–0 13,071 Noble, McIndoe
20 October 2007 Norwich City A 3–1 24,125 McIndoe, Murray, Trundle
24 October 2007 Southampton H 2–1 18,326 Byfield, Sproule
27 October 2007 Stoke City H 1–0 15,012 Elliott
3 November 2007 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–1 26,094 Fontaine
6 November 2007 Charlton Athletic H 0–1 15,420
10 November 2007 Ipswich Town A 0–6 22,020
24 November 2007 Leicester City H 0–2 15,040
27 November 2007 Hull City A 0–0 15,768
1 December 2007 Watford A 2–1 16,689 Showunmi, Byfield
4 December 2007 Ipswich Town H 2–0 14,062 Elliott, Orr (pen)
8 December 2007 Plymouth Argyle A 1–1 16,530 Timár (own goal)
15 December 2007 Cardiff City H 1–0 15,753 Elliott
22 December 2007 Barnsley H 3–2 16,588 Showunmi (2), Byfield
26 December 2007 West Bromwich Albion A 1–4 27,314 Byfield
29 December 2007 Burnley A 1–0 12,109 Vaskó
1 January 2008 Coventry City H 2–1 15,899 Byfield, Elliott
12 January 2008 Colchester United H 1–1 16,484 Sproule
19 January 2008 Crystal Palace A 0–2 19,010
26 January 2008 Blackpool H 1–0 15,465 Elliott
2 February 2008 Queens Park Rangers A 0–3 16,502
9 February 2008 Sheffield Wednesday H 2–1 15,520 Adebola, Orr
12 February 2008 Scunthorpe United A 1–0 5,423 Orr
18 February 2008 Crystal Palace H 1–1 16,446 McCombe
23 February 2008 Colchester United A 2–1 5,609 Adebola, McIndoe
1 March 2008 Hull City H 2–1 15,859 Adebola, McCombe
4 March 2008 Charlton Athletic A 1–1 24,075 McCombe
8 March 2008 Leicester City A 0–0 22,616
11 March 2008 Watford H 0–0 19,026
15 March 2008 Plymouth Argyle H 1–2 19,011 Trundle (pen)
22 March 2008 Cardiff City A 1–2 16,458 Adebola
29 March 2008 Norwich City H 2–1 17,511 Adebola, Brooker
5 April 2008 Southampton A 0–2 22,890
12 April 2008 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0–0 19,332
19 April 2008 Stoke City A 1–2 24,475 Adebola
26 April 2008 Sheffield United A 1–2 29,787 McIndoe (pen)
4 May 2008 Preston North End H 3–0 19,169 Trundle, McIndoe, Noble

Championship play-offs

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
SF 1st Leg 10 May 2008 Crystal Palace A 2–1 22,869 Carey, Noble
SF 2nd Leg 13 May 2008 Crystal Palace H 2–1 (a.e.t.) 18,842 Trundle, McIndoe
F 24 May 2008 Hull City N 0–1 86,703

FA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 5 January 2008 Middlesbrough H 1–2 15,895 Fontaine

League Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 14 August 2007 Brentford A 3–0 2,213 Elliott, Jevons (2)
R2 29 August 2007 Manchester City H 1–2 14,541 Orr

Squad statistics

Source:[4][5]
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Bristol City.
Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
No. Pos. Nat. Name Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
League FA Cup League Cup Play-offs Total Discipline
1 GK  BRA Adriano Basso 44 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 48 0 0 0
2 MF  ENG Bradley Orr 42 4 1 0 1 (1) 1 3 0 47 (1) 5 5 2
3 DF  SCO Jamie McAllister 40 (1) 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 46 (1) 0 9 1
4 DF  ENG Liam Fontaine 32 (6) 1 1 1 2 0 1 (2) 0 36 (8) 2 7 0
5 DF  ENG Jamie McCombe 25 (9) 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 27 (9) 3 3 0
6 DF  SCO Louis Carey 33 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 37 1 5 0
7 MF  SCO Scott Murray 4 (10) 3 0 (1) 0 2 0 0 0 6 (11) 3 0 0
8 MF  ENG David Noble 10 (16) 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 14 (16) 3 3 0
9 FW  ENG Steve Brooker 1 (3) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (3) 1 0 0
10 † FW  ENG Phil Jevons 0 (2) 0 0 0 1 (1) 2 0 0 1 (3) 2 0 0
10 MF  AUS Nick Carle 14 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17 (3) 0 2 0
11 MF  SCO Michael McIndoe 45 6 0 0 1 0 3 1 49 7 3 0
14 MF  ENG Cole Skuse 5 (20) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 5 (21) 0 1 0
15 FW  NGA Enoch Showunmi 10 (7) 3 0 (1) 0 1 0 0 0 11 (8) 3 1 0
16 DF  IRL Richard Keogh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
17 MF  ENG Alex Russell 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
18 DF  ENG Brian Wilson 16 (2) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 18 (2) 1 1 0
19 DF  HUN Tamás Vaskó * 8 (11) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 (11) 1 3 0
20 MF  ENG Kevin Betsy 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 1 0
22 GK  ENG Chris Weale 2 (1) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 (1) 0 0 0
23 FW  ENG Lee Trundle 21 (14) 5 0 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 3 1 25 (16) 6 2 0
24 DF  WAL Christian Ribeiro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF  ENG Marvin Elliott 44 (1) 5 1 0 2 1 3 0 50 (1) 6 3 0
29 MF  NIR Ivan Sproule 31 (9) 2 1 0 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0 32 (12) 2 6 0
32 GK  IRL Stephen Henderson 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
33 MF  ENG Lee Johnson 39 (1) 1 1 0 1 0 0 (3) 0 41 (4) 1 4 0
34 FW  JAM Darren Byfield 17 (16) 8 1 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 18 (17) 8 5 0
35 FW  NGA Dele Adebola 16 (1) 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 19 (1) 6 2 0
Players not included in matchday squads
No. Pos. Nat. Name
12 MF  ENG Jennison Myrie-Williams
21 MF  ENG Frankie Artus
26 DF  WAL James Wilson
27 DF  ENG Jordan Walker
39 DF  ENG Christopher Venn
30 MF  ENG Tristan Plummer
34 † DF  WAL David Partridge

References

  1. ^ "Bristol C 2–1 C Palace (agg 4–2)". BBC Sport. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Bristol City 0–1 Hull". BBC Sport. 24 May 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Bristol City 2007-2008 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Bristol City". FootballSquads. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Squad stats". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 September 2017.