2007–08 Darlington F.C. season

November 2024 Darlington 2007–08 Dave Penney George Houghton The Darlington Arena League Two 6th FA Cup First round Football League Cup First round Johnstone's Paint Trophy Northern second round Wright (12) Wright (14) 8,057 (vs Rochdale, 10 May 2008, League Two play-offs) 2,628 (vs Shrewsbury Town, 6 November 2007, League Two) 3,995 4–0 (vs. Stockport County, 14 October 2007, League Two)4-0 (vs. Grimsby Town, 4 December 2007, League Two)4-0 (vs. Lincoln City, 22 December 2007, League Two) 1–5 (vs. Hereford United, 3 November 2007, League Two) _blackhoops _black_hoops _black_hoops _black_thinstripe_color 000000 2006–07 2008–09 During the 2007–08 English football season, Darlington F.C. competed in League Two of English football as well as the FA Cup, the League Cup and the League Trophy. League table DAR Results https://www.11v11.com/teams/darlington/tab/matches/season/2008/ Darlington match record: 2008 - 11v11.com 12 November 2022 Football League Two 2007–08 Football League Two 11 August 2007 15:00 BST 1 Darlington 2–0 Wrexham McBride 42, 86 Wright 47 Oakes 0 63 Joachim 72 Valentine 19 Williams 30 Pejic 69 The Darlington Arena Darlington Karl Evans 4,408 W 18 August 2007 15:00 BST 2 Accrington Stanley 0–3 Darlington Branch 75 Wright 26, 41 Ryan 32 Abbott 49, 49 pen. Crown Ground Accrington Mark Haywood 1,805 W 25 August 2007 15:00 BST 3 Darlington 2–2 Notts County Wright 40 Miller 86 Smith 65 Butcher 72, 90 The Darlington Arena Darlington Peter Walton 3,763 D 1 September 2007 15:00 BST 4 Macclesfield Town 0-0 Darlington Dunfield 52 Wright 60 Moss Rose Macclesfield Andy Woolmer 2,288 D 8 September 2007 13:00 BST 5 Rotherham United 0–2 Darlington Coughlan 13 Abbott 10 Ravenhill 28 Cummins 52 Austin 59 Blundell 76 Millmoor Rotherham Darren Drysdale 3,988 W 15 September 2007 15:00 BST 6 Darlington 2–0 Lincoln City Abbott 34 Ravenhill 46 Ryan 67 Hand 21 The Darlington Arena Darlington Anthony Taylor 4,075 W 22 September 2007 15:00 BST 7 Milton Keynes Dons 1-0 Darlington Knight 61 Diallo 89 White 64 Wright 83 Stadium MK Milton Keynes Andy D'Urso 7,901 L 29 September 2007 15:00 BST 8 Darlington 1-1 Peterborough United White 32 Barrau 2 62 75 Wright 63 Day 12 Charnock 30 Mackail-Smith 90 The Darlington Arena Darlington Mark Haywood 3,974 D 2 October 2007 19:30 BST 9 Darlington 1-1 Rochdale Wright 59 Foster 90 Le Fondre 28 Prendergast 77, 88 The Darlington Arena Darlington Carl Boyeson 3,031 D 6 October 2007 15:00 BST 10 Dagenham & Redbridge 0–3 Darlington Moore 68 Foster 45 Blundell 67 Wright 83 Keltie 88 Ravenhill 90 Victoria Road Dagenham Paul Melin 1,888 W 14 October 2007 14:00 BST 11 Darlington 4-0 Stockport County Ryan 21 Joachim 28 Wright 65, 85 Smith 76 Blundell 81 Proudlock 66 The Darlington Arena Darlington Andy Haines 3,841 W 20 October 2007 15:00 BST 12 Bradford City 0–0 Darlington Williams 17 Conolon 68 Smith 15 Keltie 30 Foster 68 Wainwright 69 Austin 90 Valley Parade Bradford Gavin Ward 14,074 D 27 October 2007 15:00 BST 13 Darlington 0-0 Chesterfield Ravenhill 85 Picken 72 The Darlington Arena Darlington Stuart Attwell 4,205 D 3 November 2007 15:00 GMT 14 Hereford United 5-1 Darlington Rose 4 Robinson 22 Smith 47 Benjamin 58 Easton 90 Colbeck 16 Foster 71 Edgar Street Hereford Mick Russell 3,516 L 6 November 2007 19:30 GMT 15 Darlington 2-0 Shrewsbury Town Joachim 27 Colbeck 63 Murdock 56 The Darlington Arena Darlington Mike Pike 2,628 W 17 November 2007 15:00 GMT 16 Brentford 0-2 Darlington Moore 65 Dickson 67 Mackie 78 Keltie 17, 17 pen. Foran 20 Wright 37, 40 Griffin Park Brentford Mike Thorpe 4,657 W 24 November 2007 15:00 GMT 17 Darlington 1-0 Wycombe Wanderers Abbott 77 Keltie 90 Torres 24 The Darlington Arena Darlington Scott Mathieson 3,002 W 4 December 2007 15:00 GMT 18 Grimsby Town 0-4 Darlington Boshell 27 White 3 Blundell 25, 53 Foster 40 Foran 50 Ravenhill 76 Cummins 90 Blundell Park Grimsby Keith Hill 3,057 W 22 December 2007 15:00 GMT 19 Lincoln City 0-4 Darlington Foran 11 Keltie 32 pen. Cummins 45, 51, 84 Sincil Bank Lincoln Graham Horwood 4,025 W 26 December 2007 15:15 GMTRotherham Home Note 1 20 Darlington 1-1 Rotherham United Ridley 50 Foran 63 Cummins 68 Sharps 27 O'Grady 36 The Darlington Arena Darlington Jon Moss 6,965 D 29 December 2007 15:00 GMT 21 Darlington 0-1 Milton Keynes Dons Purdie 2 White 28 Miller 83 Navarro 45 Johnson 84 Andrews 86 Wright 90 Swailes 90 The Darlington Arena Darlington Graham Salisbury 5,304 L 1 January 2008 15:00 GMT 22 Rochdale 3-1 Darlington Thompson 22 Rundle 36 Murray 37 Le Fondre 45 pen. McArdle 90 White 2 31 74 Austin 36 Keltie 54 pen. Ravenhill 55 Wright 81 Spotland Stadium Rochdale Rob Lewis 3,116 L 12 January 2008 15:00 GMT 23 Darlington 3-0 Bury Wright 12 Miller 22 Mayo 58 Keltie 65 Futcher 61 Challinor 79 The Darlington Arena Darlington Anthony Bates 3,003 W 15 January 2008 15:00 GMT 24 Morecambe 0-3 Darlington Grand 74 Austin 27 Wright 60 Joachim 63 Cummins 65 Blundell 70 Christie Park Morecambe Darren Drysdale 2,773 W 19 January 2008 15:00 GMT 25 Mansfield Town 0-1 Darlington Buxton 76 Ravenhill 20 Blundell 30 pen. Foran 45 Foster 62 Field Mill Mansfield Michael Jones 3,344 W 26 January 2008 15:00 GMT 26 Darlington 2-2 Macclesfield Town Wright 10, 54 Cresswell 72 o.g. Ravenhill 90 Gritton 60 Cresswell 64 Reid 90 The Darlington Arena Darlington Dean Whitestone 3,585 D 29 January 2008 19:30 GMT 27 Darlington 1-0 Accrington Stanley Wright 1 The Darlington Arena Darlington Kevin Friend 2,808 W 2 February 2008 14:30 GMT 28 Wrexham 2-0 Darlington Evans 21 Proctor 86 Ravenhill 53 Cummins 57 Racecourse Ground Wrexham Steven Cook 4,013 L 9 February 2008 19:30 GMT 29 Darlington 1-0 Accrington Stanley Joachim 11 White 31 Blundell 70 The Darlington Arena Darlington Kevin Friend 3,145 W 12 February 2008 15:00 GMT 30 Notts County 0-1 Darlington Ravenhill 45 Austin 74 Meadow Lane Nottingham Mick Russell 3,421 W 16 February 2008 15:00 GMT 31 Darlington 1-2 Mansfield Town Wright 19 Austin 22 White 0 45 Blundell 49 Louis 56 Dawson 64 The Darlington Arena Darlington Neil Swarbrick 3,527 L 23 February 2008 15:00 GMT 32 Bury 1-2 Darlington Sodje 66, 88 Ndumbu-Nsungu 6 pen. Ravenhill 19 Austin 35 Cummins 67 Wiseman 89 Gigg Lane Bury Andy Hall 2,554 W 1 March 2008 15:00 GMT 33 Darlington 3-1 Brentford Ndumbu-Nsungu 48 Joachim 59 Stockdale 83 Abbott 90 Reid 82 The Darlington Arena Darlington Dave Foster 3,508 W 4 March 2008 19:30 GMT 34 Darlington 1-0 Chester City Abbott 27 Linwood 28 Roberts 66 The Darlington Arena Darlington Rob Shoebridge 3,294 W 8 March 2008 15:00 GMT 35 Wycombe Wanderers 2-0 Darlington Knight 24 Bloomfield 71 McGleish 84 Ravenhill 42 Valentine 45 Ndumbu-Nsungu 90 Adams Park High Wycombe Ray Lee 5,185 L 11 March 2008 15:00 GMT 36 Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Darlington Miller 45 Kennedy 61 New Meadow Shrewsbury Roger East 4,499 D 15 March 2008 15:00 GMT 37 Darlington 3-2 Grimsby Town Wright 21, 64 Abbott 33, 44 Austin 74 Butler 29, 30 Clarke 38 Bolland 63 The Darlington Arena Darlington Anthony Taylor 3,499 W 22 March 2008 15:00 GMT 38 Chester City 2-1 Darlington Rutherford 6, 75 Partridge 36 Stockdale 21 Foster 43, 84 Deva Stadium Chester Darren Deadman 1,759 L 24 March 2008 15:00 GMT 39 Darlington 2-2 Morecambe Foran 57 Kennedy 84 Ndumbu-Nsungu 89 Thompson 38 pen. Newby 41 The Darlington Arena Darlington Michael Oliver 3,719 D 29 March 2008 15:00 GMT 40 Darlington 1-3 Bradford City Keltie 11 pen. Nelthorpe 65 Foran 0 83 Foster 85 Penford 50 Conlon 63 Colbeck 79 Nix 88 The Darlington Arena Darlington Darren Drysdale 4,492 L 1 April 2008 20:15 BSTBarnet Away Note 2 41 Barnet 0-0 Darlington Purdie 60 White 68 Parker 90 Underhill Stadium Chipping Barnet Paul Armstrong 1,678 D 5 April 2008 15:00 BST 42 Stockport County 1-0 Darlington Dickinson 37 Rose 87 Austin 50 Nelthorpe 63 White 85 Keltie 90 Edgeley Park Stockport Mike Thorpe 6,460 L 12 April 2008 15:00 BST 43 Darlington 0-1 Hereford United Foster 74 Valentine 89 Hooper 69 The Darlington Arena Darlington Dean Whitestone 4,331 L 19 April 2008 15:00 BST 44 Chesterfield 1-1 Darlington Leven 28 Picken 33 Niven 39 Ward 50 Foster 45 Wright 68 Saltergate Chesterfield Karl Evans 3,809 D 26 April 2008 15:00 BST 45 Darlington 2-3 Dagenham & Redbridge Ravenhill 20 Arber 52 o.g. Parker 0 64 Sloma 63, 75 Rainford 66 pen. Keltie 74 o.g. Benson 75 Huke 90 The Darlington Arena Darlington Darren Deadman 3,709 L 3 May 2008 15:00 BST 46 Peterborough United 0-2 Darlington Morgan 66 Hyde 72 Boyd 73 Kennedy 3, 45 Ravenhill 38 Cummins 52 Miller 59 Keltie 73 London Road Stadium Peterborough Steve Bratt 10,400 W Rotherham Home Note 1 Kick off delayed by 15 minutes due to crowd congestion Barnet Away Note 2 Kick off delayed by 30 minutes due to an issue with floodlights League Two play-offs 2008 Football League play-offs#League Two 2008 5 10 y 1st Leg 17:35 BST ReportReport Darlington 2–1 Rochdale Kennedy 28Miller 90 Dagnall 70Jones 90 The Darlington Arena Darlington 8,057 W Paul Armstrong 2008 5 17 y 2nd Leg 12:00 BST ReportReport Rochdale 2–1 3-3 yes Darlington Howe 29Dagnall 43Perkins 78 0 109 Keltie 28 pen. Wainwright 33Ravenhill 49White 74 Spotland Rochdale 9,870 L Richard Beeby Dagnall Kennedy Le Fondre Jones Muirhead 5–4 Guylain Purdie Wainwright Ravenhill Kennedy FA Cup 2007–08 FA Cup 10 November 2007 15:00 GMT First round Darlington 1-1 Northampton Town Blundell 8 Larkin 26 The Darlington Arena Darlington Karl Evans 2,964 D 20 November 2007 19:45 GMT First round replay Northampton Town 2-1 Darlington Kirk 36 Johnson 41 Foster 54 Wright 90 Sixfields Stadium Northampton Paul Melin 2,895 L League Cup 2007–08 Football League Cup 14 August 2007 15:00 BST First round Barnsley 2–1 Darlington Reid 45 Ferenczi 65 Reid 77 Wright 70 Ravenhill 85 Oakwell Barnsley Rob Shoebridge 3,780 L Football League Trophy 2007–08 Football League Trophy 9 October 2007 19:30 BST Northern first round Darlington 0-1 Leeds United Blundell 9 Keltie 67 White 90 Andrews 31 Thompson 43 Huntington 48 The Darlington Arena Darlington Mike Jones 7,891 L Player details Includes players with at least one appearance in any competitionhttps://www.11v11.com/teams/darlington/tab/players/season/2008/ All Darlington football club players: 2008 - 11v11.com 15 November 2022 League Two(Including play-offs) FA Cup League Cup League Trophy 13 David Stockdale England GK 43 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 Andy Oakes England GK 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 Przemysław Kazimierczak Poland GK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Steve Foster England DF 44 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 Alan White England DF 37 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 Neil Austin England DF 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Ian Miller England DF 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Ryan Valentine Wales DF 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Tim Ryan England DF 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 Ben Parker England DF 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Scott Wiseman Gibraltar DF 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 Craig Nelthorpe England DF 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Paul Mayo England DF 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Lee Ridley England DF 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 John Brackstone England DF 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 27 Chris Palmer England DF 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 Kevin Burgess England DF 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 Michael Cummins Ireland Republic MF 42 6 2 0 1 0 1 0 11 Rob Purdie England MF 42 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 14 Ricky Ravenhill England MF 37 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 Clark Keltie England MF 28 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 Neil Wainwright England MF 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 32 Jason Kennedy England MF 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Kevin McBride Scotland MF 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 31 Bryan Hodge Scotland MF 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Joe Colbeck England MF 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Xavier Barrau France MF 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 Julian Joachim England FW 48 6 2 0 1 0 1 0 20 Tommy Wright England FW 41 12 2 1 1 1 1 0 16 Gregg Blundell England FW 36 6 2 1 1 0 1 0 9 Pawel Abbott Poland FW 24 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 30 Richie Foran Ireland Republic FW 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu Congo FW 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Kevin Gall Wales FW 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Matt Green England FW 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 Martin Smith England FW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Johann Smith USA FW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Ian Harty Scotland FW 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 Curtis Main England FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Shaun Reay England FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |} Transfers Darlington (old) Club Details Transfers - www.soccerbase.com https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=719&teamTabs=transfers 15 November 2022 Transfers In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee 18 July 2007 FW Scotland Ian Harty Airdrieonians Free transfer 29 August 2007 MF France Xavier Barrau Bradford City Free transfer 11 January 2008 DF England Ian Miller Ipswich Town Free transfer 18 January 2008 DF Wales Ryan Valentine Wrexham Free transfer 29 January 2008 FW Congo Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu Bradford City Free transfer 31 January 2008 GK Poland Przemysław Kazimierczak Bolton Wanderers Free transfer 31 May 2008 MF Poland Jason Kennedy Middlesbrough Free transfer 1 June 2008 FW England Jason Bradley Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer 28 June 2008 DF England Clayton Fortune Leyton Orient Free transfer Transfers Out Date Position Nationality Name From Fee 30 July 2007 - England Nathan Wright Gretna Signed 1 August 2007 MF England Simon Johnson Hereford United Free transfer 1 January 2008 MF France Xavier Barrau Hamilton Academical Signed 1 January 2008 MF Scotland Kevin McBride Falkirk Signed 1 January 2008 - England Wayne Clarke Released - 1 January 2008 DF England Patrick Collins Released - 1 January 2008 MF England Craig Netherthorpe Released - 1 January 2008 FW Scotland Ian Harty Released - 19 March 2008 FW England Martin Smith Released - 22 May 2008 FW England Julian Joachim Released - 22 May 2008 FW England Shaun Reay Released - 22 May 2008 DF England Kevin Burgess Released - 22 May 2008 DF England John Brackstone Released - 1 June 2008 FW Congo Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu Released - 4 June 2008 GK England David Stockdale Fulham £600,000 References 2 Category:Darlington F.C. seasons Darlington