2007–08 Birmingham City F.C. season
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2007–08 season | |
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Chairman | David Gold |
Manager |
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Ground | St Andrew's |
Premier League | 19th (relegated) |
FA Cup | Third round (eliminated by Huddersfield Town) |
League Cup | Third round (eliminated by Blackburn Rovers) |
Top goalscorer | Mikael Forssell (9) |
Highest home attendance | 29,252 vs Liverpool, 26 April 2008 |
Lowest home attendance | 10,185 vs Hereford United, League Cup 2nd round, 28 August 2007 |
Average home league attendance | 26,181[1] |
The
After Steve Bruce resigned as manager in November, Alex McLeish resigned his post as Scotland national team manager to take over.
Pre-season
After successfully returning to the Premier League at the first attempt, manager Steve Bruce started to look to add depth to his team ahead of the new season. On loan midfielder
The Blues were also ready to spend £3m on
Four players were allowed to leave the club: defender Bruno Ngotty left on a free transfer to sign for Leicester City, midfielder Julian Gray also left on a free transfer for Coventry City, midfielder Stephen Clemence joined Leicester City for £1m, and striker DJ Campbell also joining Leicester City for £2.1m.
July also saw the Blues become the latest English club to be involved in a take over bid by a foreign millionaire.
Pre-season friendlies
Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Report |
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16 July 2007 | Hollenbach/Hohenlohe Auswahl | A | W | 2–0 | Forssell, Danns 87' pen. | 2,000 | [4] |
18 July 2007 | 1. FC Heidenheim | A | W | 2–0 | Forssell 29' | [5] | |
23 July 2007 | FC Schweinfurt 05 | A
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W | 5–2 | Forssell (2) 10', 34' pen., McSheffrey 13', Jerome 42', 52' | [6] | |
28 July 2007 | Walsall | A | W | 2–0 | Forssell 4', Jerome 33' | [7] | |
31 July 2007 | Peterborough United |
A | W | 3–0 | Kapo 50', Jerome, 54' Larsson 57' | [8] | |
4 August 2007 | Sheffield Wednesday |
A | W | 3–0 | Ridgewell 3', O'Connor 66' | 5,689 | [9] |
Season review
August
The new season started with a tough away trip to
August also saw the close of the transfer window. Before the season had begun, Steve Bruce continued to strengthen his side with the signings of defender
September
On 1 September Birmingham travelled to the
October
Blues' first game in October saw them return to Ewood Park for the second time in eleven days. Goals from David Bentley and
November
November started with an away game at Goodison Park against Everton. An early Yakubu goal was cancelled out in the 80th minute by Kapo, only for two injury-time goals from Lee Carsley and James Vaughan saw Everton snatch all three points. Next up was the Second City derby against Aston Villa at St Andrew's. An early Ridgewell own goal gave Villa a first-half lead. Forssell tied the game early in the second half, but Gabriel Agbonlahor gave Villa all three points. The Villa game was to be the last game in charge of the Blues for Steve Bruce, who left the club to join Wigan Athletic on 20 November 2007.[10] This left Bruce's assistant Eric Black in charge for the game against Portsmouth at St Andrew's. Debutant goalkeeper Richard Kingson was at fault for Portsmouth's first goal as Sulley Muntari's shot rolled under the arms of the keeper. Niko Kranjčar added a late second as Portsmouth strolled to victory. Black's short reign as Blues manager ended on 26 November as he left to join Bruce at Wigan. The following day, former Scotland manager Alex McLeish was appointed manager of the club.[11] McLeish had quit Scotland the day before to take over at the midlands club, and brought his two Scottish assistants, Andy Watson and former Villa caretaker manager Roy Aitken.
December
McLeish's first game in charge was a tricky visit to
December also saw the collapse of Carson Yeung's attempted takeover of the club. The board decided to terminate talks, as Yeung had failed to come up with the reported £35m to buy the remaining 70.1% shares of the club. David Gold also confirmed that there would be no chance of another takeover bid until summer 2008.[12]
January
January would see the Blues play three of the "big four" in English football. First up was a trip to Old Trafford to play Manchester United. Carlos Tevez struck the only goal of the game for the Manchester side 25 minutes in. Next up in the league for the Blues was their first ever trip to the Emirates Stadium to take on Arsenal. A penalty from Emmanuel Adebayor had given Arsenal a first half lead, but the Blues fought back to earn a point just after half time through O'Connor's header from a Larsson corner. The third of the "big four" were Chelsea, who visited St Andrew's. It took a late goal from Claudio Pizarro to beat Blues, as Chelsea took all three points from the encounter. The last game of the month was a must-win tie in the north east as the Blues took on Sunderland. But it was not to be as Sunderland won a one sided encounter with goals from Daryl Murphy and Rade Prica.
January also saw the opening of the transfer window. McLeish was able to strengthen his side with the signings of left back
February
February featured three Premier League encounters. Derby County were in real trouble in the Premier League, occupying 20th position, with 19th-place Fulham well out of reach for the East Midlands club. Their visit to St Andrew's also saw the return of
March
March started with the newly crowned League Cup winners visiting St Andrew's. It was not to be Tottenham's day, however, as the Blues emphatically won 4–1. A Forssell hat-trick and a free kick from Larsson saw the Blues lead 4–0 before a late Jermaine Jenas goal in second half injury time saw Maik Taylor fail to get his clean sheet. Next up for the Blues was a tricky away tie to another team going well in a domestic cup. Portsmouth, who had just qualified for the semi-final of the FA Cup, went into an early two-goal lead thanks to Jermain Defoe, before goals from Fabrice Muamba and another Larsson free kick saw Blues complete a first-half comeback. Second-half goals from Hermann Hreiðarsson and Nwankwo Kanu saw the Blues fail to get anything from the south coast.
The next two Blues games would see the team go head to head with other Premier League teams in trouble at the foot of the table. Newcastle were first up at St Andrew's, where a James McFadden goal in the first half was cancelled out by an early goal in the second half by Michael Owen. Then it was a trip to the Madejski Stadium, where Reading were able to capitalise on poor defending from set plays to earn a 2–1 victory, leaving the Blues only a point from 18th placed Bolton. The only highlight of the game was a goal for Mauro Zárate. The last game of the month saw Manchester City visit St Andrew's. Two Zárate goals and a penalty by Gary McSheffrey were enough to overcome the Manchester team, who scored with a penalty of their own from Elano.
April
The first game in April came on the 5th, an away trip to Wigan. Former Birmingham boss Steve Bruce managed his side to a 2–0 win over Birmingham, with
With other teams' results around them not going their way, Blues dropped to 18th in the league table. Birmingham's final game of April came on the 26th against Liverpool at St Andrew's. Birmingham went into this game having drawn four and won two of their last six meetings against Liverpool in the Premier League. Birmingham opened the scoring through Forssell on the 34th minute, were looking comfortable throughout most of the game, and Larsson scored a 30-yard free kick to make it 2–0. Birmingham, however, let their lead slip, after Peter Crouch and Yossi Benayoun both scored for Liverpool to share the points. Birmingham remained in 18th position.
May
At the end of season awards ceremony, held at the
A must-win game for Birmingham against relegation rivals Fulham followed, described by McLeish as "the most important game of the season".[18] The first half ended goalless, but Fulham took the lead through Brian McBride. Erik Nevland then doubled Fulham's tally in the 87th minute, and the game ended 2–0. It took Fulham out of the relegation zone, while Birmingham fell to 19th. Birmingham's final game of the season saw them score four goals against Blackburn. A first-half goal from David Murphy was cancelled out by Blackburn's Morten Gamst Pedersen early in the second half. After a miss from close range by Cameron Jerome, the striker responded by scoring two goals, and Muamba got a late goal. It turned out not to be enough, as both Fulham and Reading secured wins, which left Birmingham to be relegated back to the Championship in 19th place. In Birmingham's last game in the 2007–08 Premier League season, they beat Blackburn 4–1. The game saw the Birmingham fans calling for the board to resign after the club was relegated.[19]
Post-season
Birmingham issued a statement confirming that
Birmingham also decided to release youth players Asa Hall, David Howland, Adam Legzdins and Stefan Milojević,[28] McLeish chose not to pursue the purchase of loanee Rafael Schmitz,[29] and Daniël de Ridder's contract was cancelled by mutual consent at the end of June; he joined Wigan the following day.[30] The club were unable to agree a new contract with top scorer Mikael Forssell, and chose not to take up their two-year option, so he left for Hannover 96 on a free transfer under the Bosman ruling.[31][32] Fabrice Muamba, the club's Young Player of the Year in 2006–07, signed for Bolton Wanderers for an initial £5m fee, with an extra £750,000 potentially payable in add-ons.[33]
Two members of the backroom staff also left the club: fitness coach Dan Harris joined West Bromwich Albion and physiotherapist Neil McDiarmid ended a 14-year connection with the club to concentrate on private practice.[34]
McLeish said that he would not rush into signing new players, but that he would take time to make sure he buys quality players to help the club achieve promotion back to the Premier league at the first time of asking.[35] He urged fans to be patient, as most signings would happen during July.[36] He was aiming for a minimum squad size of 23,[37] and expected to retain Larsson[38] and McFadden.[39] The club decided to activate the one-year option on Tunisian midfielder Mehdi Nafti's contract, which had been due to expire in June.[40] McLeish told Maik Taylor he would remain as first-choice goalkeeper if he agreed a new contract;[41] Taylor signed a two-year deal a few weeks later.[42] It was confirmed that Everton midfielder Lee Carsley would join Birmingham on a free transfer when his contract expired.[43]
Premier League
Match details
- General sources (match reports):[45] Match content not verifiable from these sources is referenced individually.
Date | League position |
Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Refs |
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12 August 2007 | 13th | Chelsea | A | L | 2–3 | Forssell 15', Kapo 36' | 41,590 | |
15 August 2007 | 13th | Sunderland | H | D | 2–2 | 82' | 24,898 | |
18 August 2007 | 18th | West Ham United | H | L | 0–1 | 24,961 | ||
25 August 2007 | 11th | Derby County | A | W | 2–1 | Jerome (2) 1', 63' | 31,117 | |
1 September 2007 | 16th | Middlesbrough | A | L | 0–2 | 22,920 | ||
15 September 2007 | 12th | Bolton Wanderers | H | W | 1–0 | Kapo 37' | 28,124 | |
22 September 2007 | 12th | Liverpool | A | D | 0–0 | 44,215 | ||
29 September 2007 | 14th | Manchester United | H | L | 0–1 | 26,526 | ||
7 October 2007 | 13th | Blackburn Rovers | A | L | 1–2 | Jerome 68' | 19,316 | |
20 October 2007 | 14th | Manchester City | A | L | 0–1 | 45,688 | ||
27 October 2007 | 13th | Wigan Athletic | H | W | 3–2 | Kapo (2) 26' pen., 81', Liam Ridgewell 67' | 27,661 | |
3 November 2007 | 14th | Everton | A | L | 1–3 | Kapo 80' | 35,155 | |
11 November 2007 | 15th | Aston Villa | H | L | 1–2 | Forssell 62' | 26,539 | |
24 November 2007 | 16th | Portsmouth | H | L | 0–2 | 22,089 | ||
2 December 2007 | 12th | Tottenham Hotspur | A | W | 3–2 | McSheffrey 24' pen., Jerome 62', Larsson 90+2' | 35,635 | |
8 December 2007 | 13th | Newcastle United | A | L | 1–2 | Jerome 9' | 49,948 | |
15 December 2007 | 15th | Reading | H | D | 1–1 | Forssell 4' | 27,300 | |
22 December 2007 | 16th | Bolton Wanderers | A
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L | 0–3 | 19,111 | ||
26 December 2007 | 14th | Middlesbrough | H | W | 3–0 | Downing 22' o.g., Forssell 45', McSheffrey 90' pen. | 24,094 | |
29 December 2007 | 15th | Fulham | H | D | 1–1 | Forssell 55' | 28,293 | |
1 January 2008 | 15th | Manchester United | A | L | 0–1 | 75,459 | ||
12 January 2008 | 16th | Arsenal | A | D | 1–1 | O'Connor 48' | 60,037 | |
19 January 2008 | 16th | Chelsea | H | L | 0–1 | 26,567 | ||
29 January 2008 | 17th | Sunderland | A | L | 0–2 | 37,674 | ||
2 February 2008 | 18th | Derby County | H | D | 1–1 | Larsson 68' | 25,924 | |
9 February 2008 | 17th | West Ham United | A | D | 1–1 | McFadden 16' pen. | 34,884 | |
23 February 2008 | 17th | Arsenal | H | D | 2–2 | McFadden (2) 28', 90+5' pen. | 27,195 | |
1 March 2008 | 16th | Tottenham Hotspur | H | W | 4–1 | Forssell (3) 7', 59', 81', Larsson 55' | 26,055 | |
12 March 2008 | 17th | Portsmouth | A | L | 2–4 | Muamba 10', Larsson 40' | 20,138 | |
17 March 2008 | 16th | Newcastle United | H | D | 1–1 | McFadden 33' | 25,777 | |
22 March 2008 | 17th | Reading | A | L | 1–2 | Zárate 64' | 24,085 | |
29 March 2008 | 17th | Manchester City | H | W | 3–1 | Zárate (2) 40', 54', McSheffrey 77' pen. | 22,962 | |
5 April 2008 | 17th | Wigan Athletic | A
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L | 0–2 | 17,926 | ||
12 April 2008 | 17th | Everton | H | D | 1–1 | Zárate 83' | 25,923 | |
20 April 2008 | 18th | Aston Villa | A | L | 1–5 | Forssell 67' | 42,584 | |
25 April 2008 | 18th | Liverpool | H | D | 2–2 | Forssell 34', Larsson 55' | 29,252 | |
3 May 2008 | 19th | Fulham | A | L | 0–2 | 25,308 | ||
11 May 2008 | 19th | Blackburn Rovers | H | W | 4–1 | Murphy 31', Jerome (2) 73', 89', Muamba 90+3' | 26,668 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 37 | |
17 | Fulham | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 36 | |
18 | Reading (R) | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 41 | 66 | −25 | 36 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
19 | Birmingham City (R) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 35 | |
20 | Derby County (R) | 38 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 20 | 89 | −69 | 11 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Competition
(R) Relegated
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 39 | −23 |
Source: [46]
FA Cup
Birmingham's third round encounter pitted them against
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Report |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Third round | 5 January 2008 | Huddersfield Town | A
|
L | 1–2 | O'Connor 19' | 13,410 | [45] |
Football League Cup
The last game in August saw
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Report |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Second round | 28 August 2007 | Hereford United | H | W | 2–1 | O'Connor 27', McSheffrey 38' | 10,185 | [45] |
Third round | 26 September 2007 | Blackburn Rovers | A | L | 0–3 | 9,205 | [45] |
Transfers
In
Date | Player | Club† | Fee | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
11 May 2007 | Fabrice Muamba | Arsenal | Undisclosed | [47] |
28 June 2007 | Garry O'Connor | Lokomotiv Moscow | £2,700,000 | [48] |
29 June 2007 | Olivier Kapo | Juventus | Free | [49] |
1 July 2007 | Stuart Parnaby | (Middlesbrough) | Free | [50] |
3 July 2007 | Daniël de Ridder | ( Celta Vigo ) |
Free | [51] |
4 July 2007 | Richard Kingson | Antalyaspor | Undisclosed | [52] |
3 August 2007 | Franck Queudrue | Fulham | £2,500,000 | [53] |
3 August 2007 | Liam Ridgewell | Aston Villa | £2,000,000 | [53] |
16 January 2008 | David Murphy | Hibernian | £1,500,000 | [54] |
18 January 2008 | James McFadden | Everton | £4,750,000 | [54] |
- † Brackets round club names denote the player's contract with that club expired before he joined Birmingham City.
Out
Date | Player | Fee | Joined† | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2007 | Bruno Ngotty | Free | (Leicester City) | [55] |
10 July 2007 | Julian Gray | Free | (Coventry City) | [56] |
13 July 2007 | Stephen Clemence | £1,000,000 | Leicester City | [57] |
20 July 2007 | DJ Campbell | £2,100,000 | Leicester City | [58] |
7 January 2008 | Neil Kilkenny | Undisclosed | Leeds United | [59] |
8 January 2008 | Sam Oji | Free | (Leyton Orient) | [60] |
8 January 2008 | Rowan Vine | £1,000,000 | Queens Park Rangers | [61] |
14 January 2008 | Olivier Tébily | Released | (Toronto FC) | [62] |
22 January 2008 | Neil Danns | £600,000 | Crystal Palace | [63] |
24 January 2008 | Mat Sadler | £750,000 | Watford | [64] |
16 May 2008 | Richard Kingson | Released | (Wigan Athletic) | [27] |
16 June 2008 | Fabrice Muamba | £5,000,000 | Bolton Wanderers | [33] |
30 June 2008 | Daniël de Ridder | Released | (Wigan Athletic) | [30] |
30 June 2008 | Mikael Forssell | Released | (Hannover 96) | [32] |
30 June 2008 | Asa Hall | Released | (Luton Town) | [28] |
30 June 2008 | David Howland | Released | (Port Vale) | [28] |
30 June 2008 | Adam Legzdins | Released | (Crewe Alexandra) | [28] |
30 June 2008 | Stefan Milojević | Released | (Chênois) | [28][65] |
- † Brackets round club names denote the player joined that club after his Birmingham City contract expired.
Loan in
Date | Player | Club | Return | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
6 July 2007 | Rafael Schmitz | Lille | End of season | [66] |
10 August 2007 | Johan Djourou | Arsenal | January 2008 | [67] |
31 August 2007 | Borja Oubiña | Celta Vigo |
11 February 2008 | [68] |
31 August 2007 | Wilson Palacios | Deportivo Olimpia |
2 January 2008 | [69] |
21 January 2008 | Mauro Zárate | Al-Sadd |
End of season | [70] |
Loan out
Date | Player | Club | Return | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
10 August 2007 | Neil Kilkenny | Oldham Athletic | 1 January 2008 | [71] |
28 August 2007 | Sam Oji | Leyton Orient | Three months | [72] |
31 August 2007 | Sone Aluko | Aberdeen | End of season | [73] |
1 October 2007 | Adam Legzdins | Halifax Town | End of season | [74] |
2 October 2007 | Rowan Vine | Queens Park Rangers | January 2008 | [75] |
1 November 2007 | Martin Taylor | Sheffield United | 8 December 2007 | [76] |
8 November 2007 | Krystian Pearce | Notts County | Two months | [77] |
16 January 2008 | Asa Hall | Shrewsbury Town | End of season | [78] |
23 January 2008 | David Howland | Port Vale | End of season | [79] |
31 January 2008 | Artur Krysiak | Gretna | End of season | [80] |
31 January 2008 | Krystian Pearce | Port Vale | Three months | [81] |
Appearances and goals
- 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 Birmingham.
No.[82] | Pos | Nat | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | Discipline | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals! | ||||||
1 | GK | NIR | Maik Taylor | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2 | DF | IRE | Stephen Kelly
|
38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
DF | ENG | Mat Sadler | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | DF | ENG | Martin Taylor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | DF | BRA | Rafael Schmitz* | 12 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 12 (4) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
6 | DF | ENG | Liam Ridgewell | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
7 | MF | SWE | Sebastian Larsson | 32 (3) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 (3) | 6 | 5 | 0 |
8 | FW | SCO | Garry O'Connor | 5 (18) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 (18) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | FIN | Mikael Forssell | 21 (9) | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 (9) | 9 | 0 | 0 |
10 | FW | ENG | Cameron Jerome | 21 (12) | 7 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 (13) | 7 | 3 | 0 |
11 | MF | ENG | Gary McSheffrey | 24 (8) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 (8) | 4 | 4 | 0 |
12 | MF | TUN | Mehdi Nafti | 19 (7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 (7) | 0 | 8 | 0 |
13 | GK | IRE | Colin Doyle | 3 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
14 | DF | ENG | David Murphy | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
15 | DF | FRA | Franck Queudrue | 14 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 (2) | 0 | 4 | 1 |
DF | SUI | Johan Djourou* | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | FW | SCO | James McFadden | 10 (2) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (2) | 4 | 2 | 0 |
MF | ENG | Neil Danns | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | GK | GHA | Richard Kingson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FW | ENG | Rowan Vine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
19 | FW | ARG | Mauro Zárate* | 6 (8) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (8) | 4 | 1 | 0 |
20 | MF | NED | Daniël de Ridder | 6 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
21 | DF | ENG | Stuart Parnaby | 4 (9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 (9) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
22 | MF | NIR | Damien Johnson | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
23 | FW | FRA | Olivier Kapo | 22 (4) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 (4) | 5 | 5 | 0 |
24 | DF | TUN | Radhi Jaïdi | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
25 | MF | ENG | Sone Aluko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | MF | ENG | Fabrice Muamba | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
MF | HON | Wilson Palacios* | 4 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
MF | ESP | Borja Oubiña* | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
30 | DF | ENG | Krystian Pearce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | MF | ENG | Jordon Mutch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
— | MF | NIR | David Howland[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- League Cup fourth round tie against Blackburn Rovers in September 2007, having obtained confirmation from the Premier League that it was within the rules for a boy of that age to play, but were informed less than two hours before kick-off that under the Football Association's child protection policy Mutch would not be eligible. Special dispensation was granted for Howland, who had not been allocated a squad number, to take his place on the bench wearing a numberless shirt.[83]
No.[82] | Pos | Nat | Name |
---|---|---|---|
MF | AUS | Neil Kilkenny | |
MF | CIV | Olivier Tébily |
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