2007–08 Sheffield United F.C. season

Sheffield United
2007–08 season
Chairman	Terry Robinson
Manager	Bryan Robson; (until 14 February); Kevin Blackwell; (from 14 February)
Stadium	Bramall Lane
Championship	9th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	Beattie (22)
Average home league attendance	25,605
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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, was unable to improve United's form sufficiently to qualify for the play-offs 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

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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


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


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

Squad

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRL	Paddy Kenny
3	DF	SCO	Gary Naysmith
5	DF	ENG	Chris Morgan
6	FW	ENG	James Beattie
7	FW	JAM	Luton Shelton
8	FW	ENG	Jon Stead
9	FW	ENG	Rob Hulse
10	FW	ENG	Danny Webber
11	MF	ENG	Lee Hendrie
12	FW	WAL	David Cotterill (on loan from Wigan Athletic)
13	GK	ENG	Ian Bennett
14	DF	AUS	David Carney
15	MF	WAL	Gary Speed
16	DF	ENG	Matthew Kilgallon
17	MF	SCO	Nick Montgomery
18	MF	ENG	Michael Tonge


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	NIR	Keith Gillespie
20	DF	ENG	Chris Armstrong
21	DF	ENG	John Halls (on loan from Reading)
22	DF	ENG	Chris Lucketti
23	MF	ENG	Lee Martin (on loan from Manchester United)
24	FW	ENG	Billy Sharp
25	GK	ENG	Paul Gerrard
26	DF	ENG	Derek Geary
28	MF	IRL	Stephen Quinn
29	FW	ENG	Geoff Horsfield
31	MF	ENG	Nicky Law
33	DF	ENG	Ugo Ehiogu
35	MF	ENG	James Ashmore
40	GK	ENG	Jamie Annerson
—	FW	MKD	Goran Slavkovski (on loan from Inter Milan)

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ENG	Leigh Bromby
4	DF	ENG	Phil Bardsley (on loan from Manchester United)
12	MF	IRL	Alan Quinn
21	MF	ATG	Mikele Leigertwood
21	DF	ENG	Gary Cahill (on loan from Aston Villa)