2007–08 Football League Two

April 2014 August 2022 Football League Two 2007–08 Milton Keynes Dons (champions) Peterborough United (runners up) Hereford United Stockport County (play-off winners) Mansfield Town Wrexham Aaron McLean (29) Peterborough United 8–2 Accrington Stanley (15 January 2008) Stockport County 6–0 Wycombe Wanderers (8 December 2007) Bury 1–5 Milton Keynes Dons (2 February 2008) Peterborough United 8–2 Accrington Stanley (15 January 2008) 1427 2.59 Peterborough United (13) Milton Keynes Dons (23) Lincoln City (11) Milton Keynes Dons v Morecambe (17,250) (3 May 2008) Wrexham v Wycombe Wanderers (2,805) (7 November 2007) 4,346 2006–07 2008–09 The Football League 2007–08 (named Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons), was the sixteenth season under its current league division format. It began in August 2007 and concluded in May 2008, with the promotion play-off finals. The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The third and final division of these is League Two. The winner and the runner up of League Two will be automatically promoted to the Football League One and they will be joined by the winner of the League Two playoff. The bottom four teams in the league will be relegated to the Conference. Dagenham & Redbridge and Morecambe played at this level for the first time. Changes from last season From League Two Promoted to League One Walsall Hartlepool United Swindon Town Bristol Rovers Relegated to Conference Boston United Torquay United To League Two Relegated from League One Chesterfield Bradford City Rotherham United Brentford Promoted from Conference Dagenham & Redbridge Morecambe League table main WDL PR 5 MKD Milton Keynes Dons PET Peterborough United HER Hereford United STP Stockport County ROC Rochdale DAR Darlington WYC Wycombe Wanderers CHF Chesterfield ROT Rotherham United BRA Bradford City MOR Morecambe BAR Barnet BRY Bury BRE Brentford LIN Lincoln City GRI Grimsby Town ACC Accrington Stanley SHR Shrewsbury Town MAC Macclesfield Town D&R Dagenham & Redbridge NTC Notts County CHE Chester City MAN Mansfield Town WRE Wrexham 29 10 7 82 37 C,P 28 8 10 84 43 P 26 10 10 72 41 P 24 10 12 72 54 O,P 23 11 12 77 54 22 12 12 67 40 22 12 12 56 42 19 12 15 76 56 21 11 14 62 58 -10 17 11 18 63 61 16 12 18 59 63 16 12 18 56 63 16 11 19 58 61 17 8 21 52 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0–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 Barnet 2–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 0–3 1–2 5–2 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 3–2 2–1 Bradford City 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 3–2 4–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 Brentford 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–4 3–0 2–1 2–3 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–3 Bury 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–5 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 2–2 Chester City 2–3 3–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–4 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 2–2 Chesterfield 4–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 4–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 3–4 0–2 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 Dagenham & Redbridge 1–3 1–1 1–4 1–2 1–1 6–2 0–3 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 Darlington 1–0 1–0 1–3 3–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 3–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 Grimsby Town 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 4–2 1–4 0–4 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–4 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 Hereford United 0–0 1–2 4–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 4–1 5–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 Lincoln City 2–0 4–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–4 2–0 0–4 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 0–4 0–1 2–4 1–0 Macclesfield Town 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–3 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–2 1–2 Mansfield Town 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–3 1–1 1–3 1–3 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 5–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–4 0–1 3–1 4–2 2–1 0–4 Milton Keynes Dons 5–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 4–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 4–1 2–2 Morecambe 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 5–3 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–4 0–3 1–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 Notts County 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 Peterborough United 8–2 1–0 2–1 7–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 Rochdale 4–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–4 0–2 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 4–2 0–2 4–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 Rotherham United 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 3–2 3–0 3–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 2–4 2–0 1–4 3–0 1–1 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–3 4–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–3 2–0 0–0 0–2 3–4 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–1 Stockport County 2–0 2–4 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 6–0 Wrexham 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 0–4 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 Wycombe Wanderers 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 complete The Football League Top scorers PosPlayerTeamGoals1ENG Aaron McLeanPeterborough United292ENG Scott McGleishWycombe Wanderers263ENG Jack LesterChesterfield244ENG Michael BouldingMansfield Town225ENG Liam DickinsonStockport County196ENG Andy BishopBury177ENG Glenn PooleBrentford147ENG Peter ThorneBradford City147ENG Adam Le FondreRochdale147ENG Ben StrevensDagenham & Redbridge14 Managers ClubManager Accrington Stanley John Coleman Barnet Paul Fairclough Bradford City Stuart McCall Brentford Terry Butcher Bury Chris Casper Chester City Bobby Williamson Chesterfield Lee Richardson Dagenham & Redbridge John Still Darlington Dave Penney Grimsby Town Alan Buckley Hereford United Graham Turner Lincoln City John Schofield Macclesfield Town Ian Brightwell Mansfield Town Bill Dearden Milton Keynes Dons Paul Ince Morecambe Sammy McIlroy Notts County Steve Thompson Peterborough United Darren Ferguson Rochdale Keith Hill Rotherham United Mark Robins Shrewsbury Town Gary Peters Stockport County Jim Gannon Wrexham Brian Carey Wycombe Wanderers Paul Lambert Stadia and locations UK England right 500 Locations of the League Two 2007–08 teams UK England 53.765356 -2.370911 Accrington left UK England 51.646158 -0.191733 Barnet top UK England 53.804222 -1.759022 Bradford top UK England 51.488183 -0.302639 Brentford left UK England 53.580506 -2.294822 Bury left UK England 53.189181 -2.923814 Chester City left UK England 53.2394 -1.435458 Chesterfield right UK England 51.5478 0.159867 Dag & Red right UK England 54.508425 -1.534394 Darlington right UK England 53.570225 -0.046497 Grimsby right UK England 52.272157 -2.430317 Hereford bottom UK England 53.218289 -0.540811 Lincoln right UK England 53.242781 -2.127136 Macclesfield bottom UK England 53.13844 -1.20030 Mansfield bottom UK England 52.220720 -0.421497 MK Dons right UK England 54.067519 -2.847081 Morecambe right UK England 52.9425 -1.137222 Notts County bottom UK England 52.675317 -0.142564 Peterborough right UK England 53.620844 -2.180033 Rochdale right UK England 53.396064 -1.425798 Rotherham right UK England 52.688489 -2.749297 Shrewsbury left UK England 53.375866 -2.095830 Stockport left UK England 53.05201 -3.00561 Wrexham left UK England 51.630578 -0.800242 Wycombe left Team Stadium Capacity Darlington The Darlington Arena 25,294 Bradford City Valley Parade 25,136 Rotherham United Don Valley Stadium 25,000 Milton Keynes Dons stadium:mk 22,000 Notts County Meadow Lane 19,588 Wrexham Racecourse Ground 15,550 Peterborough United London Road Stadium 15,460 Brentford Griffin Park 12,763 Bury Gigg Lane 11,840 Stockport County Edgeley Park 10,651 Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,249 Lincoln City Sincil Bank 10,127 Mansfield Town Field Mill 10,000 Wycombe Wanderers Adams Park 10,000 Shrewsbury Town New Meadow 9,875 Grimsby Town Blundell Park 9,106 Chesterfield Saltergate 8,504 Hereford United Edgar Street 7,100 Morecambe Christie Park 6,400 Macclesfield Town Moss Rose 6,335 Dagenham & Redbridge Victoria Road 6,000 Barnet Underhill Stadium 5,568 Chester Deva Stadium 5,376 Accrington Stanley Crown Ground 5,057 Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Lincoln City John Schofield Contract terminated 15 October 2007https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/lincoln_city/7045372.stm Lincoln City sack boss Schofield BBC Sport 15 October 2007 1 August 2010 Peter Jackson 30 October 2007https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/lincoln_city/7070035.stm Lincoln name Jackson new manager BBC Sport 30 October 2007 1 August 2010 23rd Notts County Steve Thompson Contract terminated 16 October 2007https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/notts_county/7047584.stm Notts County boss Thompson sacked BBC Sport 16 October 2007 1 August 2010 Ian McParland 18 October 2007https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/notts_county/7050754.stm McParland named Notts County boss BBC Sport 18 October 2007 1 August 2010 19th Wrexham Brian Carey Replaced 15 November 2007https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wrexham/7092852.stm Little confirmed as Wrexham boss BBC Sport 15 November 2007 1 August 2010 Brian Little 15 November 2007 23rd Brentford Terry Butcher Mutual consent 11 December 2007https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/brentford/7138164.stm Boss Butcher leaves Brentford job BBC Sport 11 December 2007 1 August 2010 Andy Scott 4 January 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/brentford/7171511.stm Scott confirmed as Brentford boss BBC Sport 4 January 2008 1 August 2010 19th Bury Chris Casper Contract terminated 14 January 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bury/7187374.stm Bury dismiss Casper and Alexander BBC Sport 14 January 2008 1 August 2010 Alan Knill 4 February 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bury/7226316.stm Bury appoint Knill as new manager BBC Sport 4 February 2008 1 August 2010 19th Macclesfield Town Ian Brightwell Mutual consent 27 February 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/macclesfield_town/7267134.stm Silkmen appoint Alexander manager BBC Sport 27 February 2008 1 August 2010 Keith Alexander 27 February 2008 22nd Chester City Bobby Williamson Contract terminated 4 March 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chester/7273561.stm Chester City manager Williamson sacked BBC Sport 4 March 2008 1 August 2010 Simon Davies 11 March 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chester/7290262.stm Chester City appoint Davies as manager BBC Sport 11 March 2008 1 August 2010 17th Shrewsbury Town Gary Peters Mutual consent 4 March 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/7275224.stm Shrews part company with Peters BBC Sport 4 March 2008 1 August 2010 Paul Simpson 12 March 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/7291438.stm Simpson named Shrewsbury boss BBC Sport 12 March 2008 1 August 2010 16th Mansfield Town Bill Dearden Mutual consent 8 March 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/mansfield_town/7285594.stm Stags part company with Dearden BBC Sport 8 March 2008 1 August 2010 Paul Holland 25 March 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/mansfield_town/7312614.stm Holland named Mansfield manager BBC Sport 25 March 2008 1 August 2010 23rd Wycombe Wanderers Paul Lambert Mutual consent 20 May 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wycombe_wanderers/7410818.stm Lambert resigns as Wycombe boss BBC Sport 20 May 2008 1 August 2010 Peter Taylor 29 May 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wycombe_wanderers/7424474.stm Wycombe name Taylor as new boss BBC Sport 29 May 2008 1 August 2010 7th Milton Keynes Dons Paul Ince Mutual consent (hired by Blackburn Rovers) 22 June 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/7457696.stm Blackburn appoint Ince as manager BBC Sport 22 June 2008 1 August 2010 Roberto Di Matteo 2 July 2008https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/milton_keynes_dons/7484484.stm Di Matteo appointed MK Dons boss BBC Sport 2 July 2008 1 August 2010 1st References Category:EFL League Two seasons 3 4 Eng