2007–08 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 West Bromwich Albion 2007–08 Tony Mowbray Jeremy Peace The Hawthorns Championship 1st (promoted to the Premier League) FA Cup Semi-finals League Cup Third round Kevin Phillips (22) Kevin Phillips (24) 22,311 _wba0708h _wba0708h _wba0708h _wba0708h _wba0708hl _wba0708a _wba0708a _wba0708a _wba0708a _wba0708al _wba0607t _wba0607t _wba0607t _wba0607t _wba0607tl 2006–07 2008–09 During the 2007–08 English football season, West Bromwich Albion competed in the Football League Championship. They finished the season in first place, thus earning promotion to the Premier League the following season. Season summary After the previous season's play-off final heartbreak, Tony Mowbray set about restructuring his squad, moving out several players for multimillion-pound fees after press reports of dressing room division.Boss: I had to clear decks https://web.archive.org/web/20080118170340/http://www.expressandstar.com/2007/09/12/boss-i-had-to-clear-decks/ 18 January 2008 Express & Star, 12 September 2007 High-profile players such as Jason Koumas, Diomansy Kamara and Curtis Davies were sold to Premier League clubs for large fees, joining Paul McShane, Nathan Ellington, Darren Carter and Steve Watson in leaving the Hawthorns. Mowbray replaced them by signing a total of 14 permanent and loan players in the summer transfer window, making an overall profit in the process. Despite the large changes in his squad, Mowbray won the Championship Manager of the Month award in September, after Albion gained 13 out of the maximum 15 points and climbed to second.4 October 2007 http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~1127177,00.html Mowbray wins award West Bromwich Albion F.C. 4 October 2007 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080118083252/http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10366~1127177%2C00.html 18 January 2008 At the start of 2008, Mowbray's young Albion team topped the table, receiving growing plaudits from the mediahttp://sport.independent.co.uk/football/coca_cola/article3286759.ece The Independent West Bromwich Albion 4 Bristol City 1: Bednar fires Albion to the summit Jon Culley 27 December 2007 25 May 2010 London dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071230150220/http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/coca_cola/article3286759.ece 30 December 2007 and supportersMowbray hails Baggies fans Birmingham Post, 28 December 2007 alike for their attractive brand of attacking one touch passing football, a reflection of Mowbray's staunch footballing philosophy.Mowbray can pass Premier test Birmingham Post, 11 December 2007 Mowbray guided Albion to the Football League Championship title and promotion to the Premier League, the first league title won by the club since the old Division One in 1920. The club also reached the FA Cup semi-final. The semi-final, the first to be played at the new Wembley Stadium, pitted Albion against Portsmouth, the only remaining Premier League team left in the FA Cup. Portsmouth won the match 1–0 with the only goal of the game coming from former Albion striker Nwankwo Kanu. Mowbray won the Championship manager of the month award for April,Mowbray claims managerial award http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/7391042.stm BBC Sport 8 May 2008 14 May 2008 as well as the League Managers Association manager of the year award.Ferguson wins managerial honour http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7397622.stm BBC Sport 13 May 2008 14 May 2008 Kit English company Umbro remained West Bromwich's kit manufacturers. T-Mobile remained the kit sponsors. Final league table 2007–08 Football League Championship WBA Results West Bromwich Albion's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-bromwich-albion/2007-2008/results West Bromwich Albion 2007-2008 Results - statto.com 12 November 2013 12 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131112195025/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-bromwich-albion/2007-2008/results live Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Championship DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 11 August 2007 BurnleyA1–215,337 (2,191)Phillips 18 August 2007 Preston North EndH2–019,556Phillips, Miller 25 August 2007 Sheffield UnitedA0–123,491 1 September 2007 BarnsleyH2–018,310 (932)Teixeira, Beattie 15 September 2007 Ipswich TownH4–019,460 (1,013)Miller, Teixeira, Phillips (2) 18 September 2007 Bristol CityA1–116,571 (2,019)Koren 22 September 2007 Scunthorpe UnitedA3–28,307 (1,800)Barnett, Brunt, Teixeira 30 September 2007 Queens Park RangersH5–124,757 (785)Phillips (2), Miller, Koren, Greening 3 October 2007 Stoke CityH1–120,048 (1,384)Barnett 6 October 2007 SouthamptonA2–321,967 (2,218)Koren (2) 20 October 2007 Colchester UnitedA2–35,798 (1,000)Phillips, Miller 23 October 2007 BlackpoolH2–122,030 (1,382)Miller, Morrison 27 October 2007 Norwich CityH2–020,247Miller, Phillips 3 November 2007 WatfordA3–018,273 (2,200)Miller, Phillips, Albrechtsen 6 November 2007 Sheffield WednesdayH1–119,807 (1,726)Phillips 12 November 2007 Coventry CityA4–018,566 (2,818)Robinson, Teixeira (2), Koren 25 November 2007 Wolverhampton WanderersH0–027,493 (2,600) 28 November 2007 Plymouth ArgyleA2–114,348Bednář (2) 1 December 2007 Crystal PalaceA1–115,247Hudson (own goal) 4 December 2007 Coventry CityH2–420,641Bednář (2) 8 December 2007 Leicester CityA2–122,088Gera, Beattie 15 December 2007 Charlton AthleticH4–220,346 (787)Bednář, Gera (2), Phillips 22 December 2007 Stoke CityA1–318,420 (2,439)Bednář 26 December 2007 Bristol CityH4–127,314 (2,600)Bednář, Koren, Phillips (2) 29 December 2007 Scunthorpe UnitedH5–025,238 (584)Phillips (2), Koren, Gera, Beattie 1 January 2008 Ipswich TownA0–224,000 12 January 2008 Hull CityA3–118,391 (1,524)Phillips, Morrison, Bednář 19 January 2008 Cardiff CityH3–322,325 (2,453)Bednář, Albrechtsen, Johnson (own goal) 29 January 2008 Preston North EndA1–212,473 (1,842)Gera 2 February 2008 BurnleyH2–122,206 (2,081)Cesar, Bednář 9 February 2008 BarnsleyA1–213,083 (2,065)Morrison 12 February 2008 Sheffield UnitedH0–022,643 23 February 2008 Hull CityH1–222,716 (1,424)Bednář 1 March 2008 Plymouth ArgyleH3–022,503 (1,346)Gera, Miller, Bednář 4 March 2008 Sheffield WednesdayA1–018,805Phillips 12 March 2008 Crystal PalaceH1–120,378Phillips 15 March 2008 Leicester CityH1–422,038 (1,736)Koren 21 March 2008 Charlton AthleticA1–123,412Phillips 29 March 2008 Colchester UnitedH4–320,433 (686)Phillips, Brunt, Bednář, Morrison 1 April 2008 Cardiff CityA0–013,915 8 April 2008 BlackpoolA3–19,628 (1,900)Phillips (2, 1 pen), Miller 12 April 2008 WatfordH1–126,508Barnett 15 April 2008 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–027,883 (2,600)Gera 19 April 2008 Norwich CityA2–125,442 (2,500)Koren, Gera 28 April 2008 SouthamptonH1–126,167 (1,263)Brunt 4 May 2008 Queens Park RangersA2–018,309 (2,600)Do-Heon, Brunt FA Cup 2007–08 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR35 January 2008 Charlton AthleticA1–112,682MillerR3R15 January 2008 Charlton AthleticH2–2 (won 4–3 on pens)12,691Bednář, MorrisonR426 January 2008 Peterborough UnitedA3–012,701Bednář, Koren, Phillips (pen)R516 February 2008 Coventry CityA5–028,163 (5,000)Brunt, Bednář (2, 1 pen), Miller, GeraQF9 March 2008 Bristol RoversA5–112,011 (1,500)Morrison, Miller (3), PhillipsSF5 April 2008 PortsmouthN0–183,584 League Cup 2007–08 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR114 August 2007 BournemouthH1–010,250 (432)BeattieR228 August 2007 Peterborough UnitedA2–04,917Gera, EllingtonR325 September 2007 Cardiff CityH2–414,085Miller (2, 1 pen) Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2007-2008/flcham/wba.htm FootballSquads - West Bromwich Albion - 2007/08 1 IRL GK Dean KielyKiely was born in Salford, England, and represented them at U-15, U-16, and U-18 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in November 1999. 2 BEL DF Carl Hoefkens 3 ENG DF Paul Robinson 4 ENG DF Leon Barnett 5 ENG DF Neil Clement 7 SLO MF Robert Koren 8 ENG MF Jonathan Greening 9 CZE FW Roman Bednář on loan from Hearts 10 SCO FW Craig Beattie 11 HUN MF Zoltán Gera 12 KOR MF Kim Do-heon on loan from Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 13 ENG GK Luke Steele 14 DEN DF Martin Albrechtsen 15 NED FW Sherjill MacDonald 16 ENG DF Jared Hodgkiss 17 ENG FW Ishmael Miller 18 ANT DF Shelton Martis 19 CZE GK Michal Daněk on loan from Viktoria Plzeň 20 POR MF Filipe TeixeiraTeixeira was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally and represented them at U-18, U-20, and U-21 level. 21 ENG FW Kevin Phillips 22 ENG FW Stuart Nicholson 23 Mozambique DF Tininho 24 ENG FW Luke Moore on loan from Aston Villa 25 SLO DF Boštjan Cesar on loan from Marseille 26 CPV DF PeléPelé was born in Albufeira, Portugal, but also qualified to represent Cape Verde internationally and made his international debut for Cape Verde in 2006. 27 SCO MF James MorrisonMorrison was born in Darlington, England, and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandparents and made his international debut for Scotland in May 2008. 29 NIR MF Chris Brunt 30 POL FW Bartosz Ślusarski 32 ENG MF David Worrall Left club during season 6 ENG DF Curtis Davies on loan to Aston Villa 9 ENG FW Nathan Ellington to Watford 12 ENG MF Richard Chaplow to Preston North End 19 WAL FW John Hartson retired 24 ENG DF Ronnie Wallwork to Sheffield Wednesday 31 ENG GK Luke Daniels on loan to Motherwell Transfers Out Chris Perry – released (later joined Luton Town), 1 June 2007 Diomansy Kamara – Fulham, £6,000,000, 9 July 20079 July 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/fulham/6256888.stm Fulham sign Kamara from West Brom BBC Sport 13 November 2008 Steve Watson – Sheffield Wednesday, free, 10 July 20072007-07-10 Owls complete signing of Watson en-GB http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/6278548.stm 2020-07-14 Jason Koumas – Wigan Athletic, £5,300,000, 10 July 2007http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wigan_athletic/6748685.stm Wigan complete signing of Koumas 2007-07-10 2007-07-10 BBC Sport Paul McShane – Sunderland, £1,500,000, 26 July 20072007-07-26 Sunderland sign defender McShane en-GB http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/6918285.stm 2020-07-14 Darren Carter – Preston North End, £750,000, 9 August 20072007-08-09 Carter joins Preston from Baggies en-GB http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6939674.stm 2020-07-14 Nathan Ellington – Watford, £3,250,000, 29 August 2007Football My Club Watford Watford sign Ellington for £3.25m http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/watford/6969399.stm 2020-07-14 BBC Sport Curtis Davies – Aston Villa, season loan, 31 August 200731 August 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/6970772.stm Villa sign Davies on season loan BBC Sport 31 August 2007 In Shelton Martis – Hibernian, £50,000, 2 July 2007.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/6260566.stm West Brom capture defender Martis 2 July 2007 2 July 2007 BBC Sport Craig Beattie – Celtic, £1,250,000, 3 July 20072007-07-03 West Brom complete Beattie deal en-GB http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/6265948.stm 2020-07-14 Tomasz Kuszczak - Manchester United £2,100,000, 9 July 2007http://world.wba.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~1110856,00.html WBA financial results Peace Jeremy 14 September 2007 WBA.premiumtv.co.uk 13 August 2008 West Bromwich Albion FC https://web.archive.org/web/20180404073918/http://world.wba.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~1110856,00.html 4 April 2018 dead Filipe Teixeira – Académica, £600,000, 17 July 2007http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/6903087.stm Baggies sign midfielder Teixeira BBC Sport 17 July 2007 6 October 2007 Leon Barnett – Luton Town, £2,500,000, 26 July 2007http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/6914541.stm Barnett completes West Brom move 2007-07-26 2019-06-14 en-GB Tininho – Beira-Mar, £230,000, 31 July 2007http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~1079613,00.html https://archive.today/20120805224949/http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~1079613,00.html dead 5 August 2012 Tininho bags Albion deal West Bromwich Albion F.C. 31 July 2007 14 January 2008 Boštjan Cesar – Marseille, season loan, 7 August 2007 Baggies sign Marseille defender http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/6928394.stm BBC Sport 2007-08-02 2007-08-07 Carl Hoefkens – Stoke City, £750,000, 7 August 2007http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/6932245.stm West Brom sign Stoke's Hoefkens 2007-08-07 2019-06-14 en-GB James Morrison – Middlesbrough, £1,500,000, 7 August 2007http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/6932011.stm Morrison secures move to Baggies 2007-08-07 2019-06-14 en-GB Pelé – Southampton, £1,000,000, 9 August 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/6937221.stm Baggies swoop for midfielder Pelé BBC Sport 9 August 2007 9 August 2007 Chris Brunt – Sheffield Wednesday, £3,000,000, 15 August 2007http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/6945739.stm West Brom complete £3m Brunt deal 2007-08-15 2019-06-14 en-GB Ishmael Miller – Manchester City, loan, 15 August 2007(made permanent 31 January 2008 for £900,000)2007-08-15 West Brom sign Man City striker en-GB http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/6944790.stm 2023-03-062008-02-04 Miller completes £900,000 move West Bromwich Albion News Latest Headlines Latest Headlines http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~1230457,00.html 2023-03-06 4 February 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080204021025/http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~1230457,00.html dead Bartosz Ślusarski – Dyskobolia Grodzisk Michal Daněk – Viktoria Plzeň, loan Roman Bednář – Hearts, loan References 2 Notes notes 2 Category:West Bromwich Albion F.C. seasons West Bromwich Albion