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2007–08 Millwall F.C. season

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Millwall
2007–08 season
ChairmanJohn Berylson
ManagerWillie Donachie
Richard Shaw & Colin West (caretakers)
Kenny Jackett
League One17th
FA CupFourth round
Carling CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Gary Alexander (7)
All: Gary Alexander and Jay Simpson (8)
Highest home attendance13,395 (vs Leeds United, 19 March)
Lowest home attendance6,617 (vs Northampton Town, 2 October)
Average home league attendance8,669

The 2007–08 Football League One season saw Millwall finish 17th, narrowly avoiding relegation to the fourth tier of English football. This was Millwall's 82nd season in the Football League and 39th in the third tier and Kenny Jackett's first season in charge of the club.

Results

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Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
15 Hartlepool United 46 15 9 22 62 65 −3 54
16 Bristol Rovers 46 12 17 17 45 53 −8 53
17 Millwall 46 14 10 22 45 61 −16 52
18 Yeovil Town 46 14 10 22 38 59 −21 52
19 Cheltenham Town 46 13 12 21 42 64 −22 51
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2008. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Players

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[1]

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 England ENG Lenny Pidgeley
2 DF England ENG Danny Senda
3 DF England ENG Andy Frampton
4 MF England ENG Danny Spiller
5 DF England ENG Paul Robinson
6 DF United States USA Zak Whitbread
7 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Alan Dunne
8 FW England ENG Gary Alexander
9 FW England ENG Neil Harris
10 FW England ENG Lewis Grabban[notes 1]
11 MF England ENG Ryan Smith
12 MF England ENG Chris Hackett
13 GK England ENG Chris Day
14 MF England ENG Dave Brammer
15 FW Scotland SCO Tom Brighton
16 DF England ENG Scott Barron
17 FW England ENG Bas Savage
18 MF England ENG Dave Martin
19 FW England ENG Jay Simpson (on loan from Arsenal)
20 MF England ENG Adrian Forbes
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Ivory Coast CIV Zoumana Bakayoko
22 MF Ghana GHA Ali Fuseini
23 GK England ENG Preston Edwards
24 GK England ENG Rhys Evans
25 MF Croatia CRO Ahmet Brković
26 MF Scotland SCO Marc Laird
27 DF England ENG Richard Shaw
28 DF England ENG Mark Phillips
29 FW England ENG Andrew Callaghan
30 DF England ENG Marcus Bignot
31 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Ross Gaynor
32 DF Antigua and Barbuda ATG Justin Cochrane[notes 2]
33 DF England ENG Jack Sim
34 FW England ENG Gary Noël[notes 3]
35 DF England ENG Michael Noone
36 DF England ENG Pat O'Connor
37 MF England ENG Gary Bowers
40 DF England ENG Darren Ebsworth
41 MF Turkey TUR Jem Karacan
42 DF England ENG Tony Craig (on loan from Crystal Palace)

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW Jamaica JAM Darren Byfield[notes 4] (to Bristol City)
10 FW England ENG Will Hoskins (on loan from Watford)
17 FW England ENG Ben May (to Scunthorpe United)
18 MF England ENG Jamie O'Hara (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
20 MF Jersey Jersey Peter Vincenti (to Stevenage Borough)
24 MF England ENG Neal Ardley (retired)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 GK Scotland SCO Rab Douglas (on loan from Leicester City)
24 FW England ENG Adebayo Akinfenwa (to Northampton Town)
26 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Brent Sancho (to Ross County)
30 MF England ENG Tom Kilbey (to Portsmouth)
32 MF Scotland SCO Bryan Hodge (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW England ENG Kiernan Hughes-Mason

Notes

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  1. ^ Grabban was born in England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally.
  2. ^ Cochrane was born in England.
  3. ^ Noël was born in London, England, but also qualified to represent Mauritius internationally and made his international debut for Mauritius in March 2016.
  4. ^ Byfield was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.

References

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads – Millwall – 2007/08".
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