2007–08 Aston Villa F.C. season
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The 2007–08 Premier League season was Aston Villa's 133rd season in English football. It was the club's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and 16th consecutive season in the Premier League. The season saw Martin O'Neill continue as manager as the club impressed in league competition, but struggled in both domestic cup competitions – being knocked out in the third round of both.
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2007–08 season | ||||
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Chairman | Randy Lerner | |||
Manager | Martin O'Neill | |||
Premier League | 6th | |||
FA Cup | Third round | |||
League Cup | Third round | |||
Top goalscorer | League: John Carew (13) All: John Carew (13) | |||
Highest home attendance | 42,640 (vs. Manchester United, Liverpool, Newcastle United and Sunderland) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 25,956 (vs. Leicester City) | |||
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There were debuts for Nigel Reo-Coker, Zat Knight, Scott Carson, Marlon Harewood, Curtis Davies, Moustapha Salifou and Wayne Routledge.[1] Reo-Coker scored his first goal for Villa in a 5–0 League Cup 2nd round victory over Wrexham on 28 August 2007.[2] Zat Knight signed from Fulham. His last Fulham match was the 2–1 defeat against Villa, in which he played a part in Villa's equaliser when an Ashley Young shot deflected off him into the net, although this was later given as Young's goal.[citation needed] Carson was loaned from Liverpool where he had been 2nd choice to Pepe Reina with further competition from Charles Itandje.
Transferred in
Date | Pos | Player | From | Fee |
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5 July 2007 | CM | Nigel Reo-Coker | West Ham United | £8,500,000 |
17 July 2007 | CF | Marlon Harewood | West Ham United | £4,000,000 |
29 August 2007 | CB | Zat Knight | Fulham | £3,500,000 |
31 August 2007 | AM | Moustapha Salifou | FC Wil | £750,000 |
30 January 2008 | RM | Wayne Routledge | Tottenham Hotspur | £1,250,000 |
£18,000,000 |
Loaned in
Date | Pos | Player | From | Loan End |
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10 August 2007 | GK | Scott Carson | Liverpool | 31 May 2008 |
31 August 2007 | CB | Curtis Davies | West Bromwich Albion | 31 May 2008 |
Transferred out
Date | Pos | Player | To | Fee |
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8 June 2007 | CM | Gavin McCann | Bolton Wanderers | £1,000,000 |
27 June 2007 | RB | Aaron Hughes | Fulham | £1,000,000 |
1 July 2007 | RB | Mark Delaney | Retired | — |
1 July 2007 | CF | Chris Sutton | Retired | — |
1 July 2007 | DM | Eric Djemba-Djemba | Qatar SC | Free transfer |
1 July 2007 | GK | Stephen Henderson | Bristol City | Free transfer |
1 July 2007 | RM | Lee Hendrie | Sheffield United | Free transfer |
1 July 2007 | GK | Bobby Olejnik | Falkirk | Free transfer |
1 July 2007 | LB | Jlloyd Samuel | Bolton Wanderers | Free transfer |
5 July 2007 | CM | Steven Davis | Fulham | £2,000,000 |
3 August 2007 | CB | Liam Ridgewell | Birmingham City | £2,000,000 |
30 January 2008 | CB | Gary Cahill | Bolton Wanderers | £5,000,000 |
£11,000,000 |
Loaned out
Date | Pos | Player | To | Loan End |
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19 September 2007 | CB | Gary Cahill | Sheffield United | 16 January 2008 |
16 January 2008 | LB | Stephen O'Halloran | Southampton | 16 February 2008 |
28 February 2008 | LB | Stephen O'Halloran | Leeds United | 31 May 2008 |
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure£18,000,000 |
Income£11,000,000 |
Balance£7,000,000 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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4 | Liverpool | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 67 | 28 | +39 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
5 | Everton | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 65 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
6 | Aston Villa | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 71 | 51 | +20 | 60 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round |
7 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 58 | |
8 | Portsmouth | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 57 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1] |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Competition
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