2007–08 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season November 2016 October 2023 February 2012 Recent history of Aston Villa Aston Villa records and statistics Aston Villa 2007–08 Martin O'Neill Randy Lerner Premier League 6th FA Cup Third round League Cup Third round John Carew (13) John Carew (13) 42,640 (vs. Manchester United, Liverpool, Newcastle United and Sunderland) 25,956 (vs. Leicester City) _astonvilla0708h _astonvilla0708h _astonvilla0708h _astonvilla0708h _astonvilla0708hl 88A7E0 970045 88A7E0 FFFFFF 88A7E0 _astonvilla0708a _astonvilla0708a _astonvilla0708a _astonvilla0708a _astonvilla0708al ADD8E6 ADD8E6 ADD8E6 88A7E0 FFFFFF _astonvilla0708t _astonvilla0708t _astonvilla0708t _astonvilla0708a _astonvilla0708tl 000000 000000 000000 88A7E0 970045 2006–07 2008–09 Second City Derby 52--36--28 2006–07 2009–10 The 2007-08 season was Aston Villa's 16th season in the Premier League. The 2007–08 Premier League season was 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. There were debuts for Nigel Reo-Coker, Zat Knight, Scott Carson, Marlon Harewood, Curtis Davies, Moustapha Salifou and Wayne Routledge.https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/villa-seasons Aston Villa's Seasons AVFC History Reo-Coker scored his first goal for Villa in a 5–0 League Cup 2nd round victory over Wrexham on 28 August 2007.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_cup/6963522.stm Wrexham 0–5 Aston Villa BBC Sport 28 August 2007 3 September 2009 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.September 2016 Carson was loaned from Liverpool where he had been 2nd choice to Pepe Reina with further competition from Charles Itandje. Kit Supplier Sponsor Nike 32Red.com Premier League 2007–08 Premier League AST Matches table b Matchday Ground H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A Result L/W/D/W/W/L/W/D/W/L/D/W/W/W/L/L/D/D/D/W/W/W/D/D/L/W/W/D/D/L/L/L/W/W/W/D/L/D Position 14/8/9/5/3/6/4/5/5/9/8/8/6/6/7/8/8/8/8/7/7/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/7/7/8/7/7/6/6/6/6 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd green1 blue1 lavender red1 worldfootball.net 26 January 2020 1 11 August 2007 Aston Villa 1–2 Report Liverpool Mellberg 26Bouma 58Barry 67, 85 pen.Petrov 89 Laursen 31 o.g.Pennant 55Reina 84Gerrard 87 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 42,640 L 2 18 August 2007 15:00 BST Newcastle United 0–0 Report Aston Villa Gardner 68Reo-Coker 87 Newcastle upon Tyne St. James' Park 51,049 Howard Webb D 3 25 August 2007 Aston Villa 2–1 Report Fulham Young 51Maloney 90 Baird 6 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 36,638 W 4 2 September 2007 16:00 BST Aston Villa 2–0 Report Chelsea Knight 47Reo-Coker 56Barry 66Carew 71Agbonlahor 88 Drogba 70 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 37,714 Mark Clattenburg W 5 16 September 2007 16:00 BST Manchester City 1–0 Report Aston Villa M. Johnson 47Sun 68Moore 78 Manchester City of Manchester Stadium 38,363 Martin Atkinson L 6 23 September 2007 Aston Villa 2–0 Report Everton Carew 14Agbonlahor 50 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 38,747 W 7 1 October 2007 Tottenham Hotspur 4–4 Report Aston Villa Berbatov 20Chimbonda 69Keane 82 pen.Kaboul 90 Laursen 22 33Agbonlahor 40Gardner 49 Haringey, London White Hart Lane 36,094 Mike Dean D 8 6 October 2007 Aston Villa 1–0 Report West Ham United Gardner 24 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 40,842 W 9 20 October 2007 Aston Villa 1–4 Report Manchester United Agbonlahor 12Reo-Coker 0 60Carson 0 66 Rooney 36 44Ferdinand 45Giggs 75 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 42,640 Rob Styles L 10 28 October 2007 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Report Aston Villa Anelka 22 Moore 57 Greater Manchester Reebok Stadium 18,413 D 11 3 November 2007 Aston Villa 2–0 Report Derby County Laursen 57Young 61 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 40,938 W 12 11 November 2007 Birmingham 1–2 Report Aston Villa Forssell 62 Ridgewell 11 o.g.Agbonlahor 87 Birmingham St Andrew's 26,539 W 13 24 November 2007 Middlesbrough 0–3 Report Aston Villa Carew 45Mellberg 48Agbonlahor 58 Teesside Riverside Stadium 23,900 W 14 28 November 2007 Blackburn Rovers 0–4 Report Aston Villa Carew 29Agbonlahor 53 pen.Young 81Harewood 89 Blackburn, Lancashire Ewood Park 20,776 Phil Dowd W 15 1 December 2007 Aston Villa 1–2 Report Arsenal Gardner 14 Flamini 23Adebayor 35 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 42,018 L 16 8 December 2007 12:45 Aston Villa 1–3 Report Portsmouth Carew 4Berger 67Barry 72 pen. Gardner 10 o.g.Muntari 40 61Mendes 43Johnson 68James 74Pamarot 75Kranjčar 80 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 35,790 L 17 15 December 2007 Sunderland 1–1 Report Aston Villa Higginbotham 10 Maloney 73 County Durham Stadium Of Light 43,248 D 18 22 December 2007 Aston Villa 1–1 Report Manchester City Carew 14 Bianchi 11 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 41,455 D 19 26 December 2007 Chelsea 4–4 Report Aston Villa Shevchenko 45+4 pen. 50Alex 66Carvalho 0 80Ballack 88A. Cole 0 90 Maloney 14 44Knight 0 45Laursen 72Barry 90+2 pen. Fulham, London Stamford Bridge 41,686 Phil Dowd D 20 29 December 2007 Wigan 1–2 Report Aston Villa Bramble 28 Davies 55Agbonlahor 70 Wigan JJB Stadium 18,806 W 21 1 January 2008 Aston Villa 2–1 Report Tottenham Mellberg 41Laursen 81 Defoe 79 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 41,609 W 22 12 January 2008 Aston Villa 3–1 Report Reading Carew 22 88Laursen 55 Harper 90 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 38,288 W 23 21 January 2008 Liverpool 2–2 Report Aston Villa Benayoun 19Crouch 88 Harewood 69Aurélio 72 o.g. Merseyside Anfield 42,590 D 24 26 January 2008 Aston Villa 1–1 Report Blackburn Young 73 Santa Cruz 68 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 39,602 D 25 3 February 2008 Fulham 2–1 Report Aston Villa Davies 73Bullard 86 Hughes 69 o.g. Hammersmith Craven Cottage 24,760 L 26 9 February 2008 Aston Villa 4–1 Report Newcastle United Bouma 48Carew 51 72 90 pen. Owen 4 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 42,640 Lee Mason W 27 24 February 2008 Reading 1–2 Report Aston Villa Shorey 90 Young 45Harewood 82 Berkshire Madejski Stadium 23,889 W 28 1 March 2008 Arsenal 1–1 Report Aston Villa Bendtner 90 Senderos 27 o.g. Highbury Emirates Stadium 60,097 D 29 12 March 2008 Aston Villa 1–1 Report Middlesbrough Barry 74 pen. Downing 23 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 39,874 D 30 15 March 2008 Portsmouth 2–0 Report Aston Villa Defoe 11Reo-Coker 38 o.g. Hampshire Fratton Park 20,388 L 31 22 March 2008 Aston Villa 0–1 Report Sunderland Chopra 83 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 42,640 L 32 29 March 2008 Manchester United 4–0 Report Aston Villa Ronaldo 17Tevez 33Rooney 53 70 Trafford, Greater Manchester Old Trafford 75,932 Mark Halsey L 33 5 April 2008 Aston Villa 4–0 Report Bolton Wanderers Barry 9 60Agbonlahor 56Harewood 85 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 37,773 Martin Atkinson W 34 12 April 2008 Derby County 0–6 Report Aston Villa Young 25Carew 26Petrov 36Barry 58Agbonlahor 76Harewood 85 Derby, Derbyshire Pride Park Stadium 33,036 Keith Stroud W 35 20 April 2008 Aston Villa 5–1 Report Birmingham City Young 28 63Carew 42 53Agbonlahor 78 Forssell 67 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 42,584 Mark Clattenburg W 36 27 April 2008 Everton 2–2 Report Aston Villa Neville 54Yobo 84 Agbonlahor 80Carew 86 Merseyside Goodison Park 37,936 D 37 3 May 2008 Aston Villa 0–2 Report Wigan Valencia 52 63 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 42,640 L 38 11 May 2008 West Ham United 2–2 Report Aston Villa Solano 8Ashton 88 Young 14Barry 58 London Upton Park D League Cup Second round 28 August 2007 Wrexham 0–5 Report Aston Villa Maloney 30 72Moore 52Reo-Coker 62Harewood 78 Wrexham, North Wales Racecourse Ground 8,221 Graham Laws W Third round 26 September 2007 Aston Villa 0–1 Report Leicester City Fryatt 86 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 25,956 L FA Cup 5 January 2008 Aston Villa 0–2 Report Manchester United Ronaldo 85 87 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park 33,630 L Players First team squad 3 Holland DF Wilfred Bouma 4 Sweden DF Olof Mellberg 5 Denmark DF Martin Laursen 6 England MF Gareth Barry 7 England MF Ashley Young 8 England FW Luke Moore 9 England FW Marlon Harewood 10 Norway FW John Carew 11 England FW Gabriel Agbonlahor 13 England GK Stuart Taylor 15 ENG DF Curtis Davies on loan from West Bromwich Albion 16 England DF Zat Knight 17 Togo MF Moustapha Salifou 18 England MF Wayne Routledge 19 Bulgaria MF Stilyan Petrov 20 England MF Nigel Reo-Coker 22 England GK Scott Carson on loan from Liverpool 23 CZE MF Patrik Berger 26 England MF Craig Gardner 27 England MF Isaiah Osbourne 28 Scotland MF Shaun Maloney Left club during season 21 England MF Gary Cahill to Bolton Wanderers Reserve squad The following players made most of their appearances playing for the reserves, but may have also appeared for the youth team.http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/2007-08.html Aston Villa Player Database 1 Denmark GK Thomas Sørensen 29 IRL DF Stephen O'Halloran SWE DF Erik Lund IRL DF Shane LowryLowry was born in Perth, Australia, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level before switching his international allegiance to Australia. ENG MF Jonathan Hogg ENG MF Sam Williams SUI MF Yagó Bellón HUN MF Zoltán Stieber on loan Yeovil Town SWE FW Tobias Mikaelsson on loan to Port Vale Youth squad The following players made most of their appearances playing for the youth team, but may have also appeared for the reserves. 14 England FW Nathan Delfouneso ENG GK Elliot Parish IRL GK David Bevan AUT GK Thomas Dau ENG DF Nathan Baker ENG DF Durrell Berry ENG DF Daniel Bradley ENG DF Steven Clancy on trial to Crewe Alexandra ENG DF Ciaran ClarkClark was born in Harrow, England, and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-20 level, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 2011. ENG DF Calum Flanagan ENG DF Matthew Roome ENG DF Sam Simmonds IRL DF Danny Earls USA DF Eric Lichaj ENG MF Marc Albrighton ENG MF Harry Forrester ENG MF William Grocott ENG MF Jason Lampkin SCO MF Barry Bannan AUT MF Dominik Hofbauer SUI MF Damian Bellón AUS MF Chris Herd on loan to Port Vale and Wycombe Wanderers ENG FW Kofi Poyser ENG FW Ryan Simmonds IRL FW James CollinsCollins was born in Coventry, England, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and has represented them at U-19 and U-21 level. AUT FW Andreas Weimann DF Will Ricketts Aaron Griffiths on trial to Coventry City Other players ENG GK Deale Chamberlain IRL GK Lee Boyle contract cancelled FRA GK Steve Mandanda on trial from Le Havre ENG DF Scott Bridges to Banbury United ENG DF James Clifton ENG DF Jordan Collins ENG DF Ben Love WAL DF Tomos Roberts IRL DF Mark Power CIV DF Arsène Menessou on trial from Le Havre ENG MF Richard Blythe ENG MF Jack Dyer ENG MF Gary Gardner ENG MF Charlie Ward HUN MF András Stieber ENG FW Ethan Moore NIR FW Adam McGurk Joseph Jackman Kit The 2007–08 season saw the unveiling of Nike as the club's kit producer, taking over from Danish firm Hummel. The deal – worth £25 million over 5 seasons – was announced on 7 February 2007, with all home, away and goalkeeper kits being unveiled on 17 July 2007. The home shirt was made available to purchase on 8 August 2007, and the away on 4 October 2007. A charcoal and white third shirt was unveiled and released in November 2007. The home shirt followed the club's usual template of a claret body and blue arms, with a white "AVFC" banner and printed lion featured on the hem and back of the collar respectively. The away shirt featured a white body, with blue pinstripes – in a similar style to that of the 1982 European Cup winners' jersey (which featured claret stripes in place of the modern blue alternative). The third shirt was charcoal with white piping. The home goalkeeper shirt featured horizontal stripes, with different alternating shades of grey. The away replicated this style, with different shades of yellow. Gibraltar-based betting firm 32Red continued their sponsorship of the club, however with the contract in its last year, Villa are expected to announce another deal for the forthcoming 2008–09 season. Crest A new crest was revealed on 2 May 2007 to be introduced for the 2007–08 season. The new crest included a star to represent the European Cup win in 1982, and has a light blue background behind Villa's "lion rampant." The traditional motto "Prepared" remained in the crest, and the name "Aston Villa" was shortened to AVFC, FC having been omitted from the previous crest. Randy Lerner petitioned fans to help with the design of the new crest. Transfers Summer transfer window Following the transfer of prolific striker Juan Pablo Ángel to New York Red Bulls in April, several Villa first-teamers followed the Colombian out of the door in the summer of 2007. Gavin McCann joined Bolton Wanderers in £1 million deal on 12 June, then a fortnight later, versatile defender Aaron Hughes left for Fulham, also in a £1 million deal. McCann was joined by Jlloyd Samuel – who had spent much of the previous season on the bench for the Midlanders – at Bolton, signing on a free transfer when his contract expired on 1 July. However, the two most surprising deals occurred with two academy players, in Steven Davis and Liam Ridgewell. Davis – who had won Player of the Year for the club in the 2005–06 season – signed for Fulham on 5 July for an undisclosed fee. Liam Ridgewell made the trip across the city to Birmingham City on 3 August, in a £2 million move. Other moves saw midfielder Lee Hendrie end his 14-year association with the club in a free transfer to Sheffield United, Phil Bardsley returned to Manchester United after a 13-game loan stint at the club, whilst Stephen Henderson, Bobby Olejnik, Mark Delaney, Scott Bridges and Eric Djemba-Djemba all left Villa Park. Villa clinched their first transfer on 5 July with the £8.5 million signing of midfield battler Nigel Reo-Coker from West Ham United. 11 days later, Marlon Harewood also moved from Upton Park, for an undisclosed fee. Scott Carson was the next to arrive on 10 August, in a loan switch from Liverpool (although some media sources claim a fee of £2 million up front was agreed), before defenders Zat Knight and Curtis Davies both signed on 29 and 31 August respectively. Knight signed for his hometown club for a fee of £3.5 million from Fulham, whilst Davies signed on a season-long loan from local rivals West Bromwich Albion. Other deals saw Austrian youngsters Andreas Weimann and Dominik Hofbauer sign, as well as Eric Lichaj, Harry Forrester and Togolese international Moustapha Salifou. Winter transfer window After failing to find a suitor in the summer, Gary Cahill was allowed to leave on a loan deal to Sheffield United in September; however, he joined Bolton on a permanent deal on 30 January for an undisclosed fee. Youngsters Chris Herd, Tobias Mikaelsson, Stephen O'Halloran and Zoltán Stieber were all farmed out on loan. The biggest news, however, was that Swedish international defender Olof Mellberg, was to join Italian giants Juventus on a free transfer at the end of the season. Unlike the summer transfer window, Aston Villa were extremely quiet in the winter equivalent, purchasing just one senior player in Wayne Routledge (£1.25 million) from Tottenham Hotspur. He was also followed by youngsters Thomas Dau and Lance Heslop. Summary Transferred in DatePosPlayerFromFeeRef. ReferenceJune 2007Austria Andreas WeimannAustria Rapid WienUndisclosed 5 July 2007 CM Nigel Reo-Coker West Ham United £8,500,0002007-07-05 Villa complete Reo-Coker signing https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/6260924.stm 2025-09-02 en-GB11 July 2007AMHarry ForresterWatfordUndisclosed2007-07-11 Watford youngster signs for Villa https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/6290810.stm 2025-09-02 en-GB 17 July 2007 CF Marlon Harewood West Ham United £4,000,0001 August 2007DFUSA Eric LichajUSA University of North CarolinaUndisclosed2007-08-01 Villa snap up American teenager https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/6925578.stm 2025-09-02 en-GB 29 August 2007 CB Zat Knight Fulham £3,500,000 31 August 2007 AM TGO Moustapha Salifou GER FC Wil £750,0004 December 2007Austria Thomas DauAustria SV Schwechat JuniorsUndisclosedDecember 2007New Zealand Lance HeslopNZL Auckland CityUndisclosed 30 January 2008 RM Wayne Routledge Tottenham Hotspur £1,250,000 Loaned in DatePosPlayerFromLoan EndRef. Reference 10 August 2007 GK Scott Carson Liverpool 31 May 2008 31 August 2007 CB Curtis Davies West Bromwich Albion 31 May 2008 Transferred out DatePosPlayerToFeeRef. Reference 8 June 2007 CM Gavin McCann Bolton Wanderers £1,000,000 27 June 2007 RB NIR Aaron Hughes Fulham £1,000,000 1 July 2007 RB WAL Mark Delaney Retired 1 July 2007 CF Chris Sutton Retired 1 July 2007 DM CMR Eric Djemba-Djemba QAT Qatar SC Free transfer 1 July 2007 GK IRL Stephen Henderson Bristol City Free transfer 1 July 2007 RM Lee Hendrie Sheffield United Free transfer2007-07-19 Sheff Utd sign midfielder Hendrie https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/6268474.stm 2025-09-02 en-GB 1 July 2007 GK AUT Bobby Olejnik SCO Falkirk Free transfer 1 July 2007 LB TRI Jlloyd Samuel Bolton Wanderers Free transfer2007-05-25 Samuel departs Villa for Bolton https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/6611023.stm 2025-09-02 en-GB 5 July 2007 CM NIR Steven Davis Fulham £2,000,000 3 August 2007 CB Liam Ridgewell Birmingham City £2,000,000 30 January 2008CB Gary Cahill Bolton Wanderers £5,000,000 Loaned out DatePosPlayerToLoan EndRef. Reference 19 September 2007CB Gary Cahill Sheffield United 16 January 2008 16 January 2008 LB IRL Stephen O'Halloran Southampton 16 February 2008 28 February 2008 LB IRL Stephen O'Halloran Leeds United 31 May 2008 Overall transfer activity Expenditure £18,000,000 Income £11,000,000 Balance £7,000,000 Pre-season results DateOpponentVenueResultF – ACompetitionScorers 25 July 2007Toronto FC CANA4–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20090601073319/http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/aston-villa-fc/aston-villa-news/2007/07/26/toronto-fc-2-aston-villa-4-97319-19519892/ 1 June 2009 Friendly matchMoore (3), Carew 28 July 2007Columbus Crew USAA3–1Friendly matchYoung, Barry, Moore 01/08/2007Stoke CityA2–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20071201105759/http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/astonvilla/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/07/08/01/SOCCER_Villa.html&TEAMHD=astonvilla&DIV=prem&TEAM=ASTON--VILLA&RH=Aston--Villa&PREV_SEASON=2006 1 December 2007 Friendly matchBerger, Agbonlahor 04/08/2007Internazionale ITAH3–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20071201105852/http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/astonvilla/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/07/08/04/SOCCER_Villa.html&TEAMHD=astonvilla&DIV=prem&TEAM=ASTON--VILLA&RH=Aston--Villa&PREV_SEASON=2006 1 December 2007 Friendly matchBarry (2), Lausren 07/08/2007WalsallA1–1Friendly matchBoertien (og) Players of the year At the end of season awards dinner, Martin Laursen was announced as the Supporters' Player of the Year, whilst Gabriel Agbonlahor was the Supporter's and Player's Young Player of the Year.http://www.avfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~1308789,00.html Gabby's Double Gold Aston Villa F.C. 16 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080512115252/http://www.avfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~1308789,00.html 12 May 2008 dead Statistics Appearances and goals As of end of seasonhttps://www.11v11.com/teams/aston-villa/tab/players/season/2004/comp/1/ Aston Villa players: Premier League 2004 Premiership League Cup FA Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 13 Stuart Taylor GK ENG 3+1 0 2 0 0 0 22 Scott Carson GK ENG 35 0 0 0 1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 3 Wilfred Bouma DF NED 38 1 0 0 1 0 4 Olof Mellberg DF SWE 33+1 2 2 0 1 0 5 Martin Laursen DF DEN 38 6 0 0 1 0 15 Curtis Davies DF ENG 9+3 1 1 0 1 0 16 Zat Knight DF ENG 25+2 1 1 0 0 0 26 Craig Gardner DF ENG 15+8 3 1 0 0+1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 6 Gareth Barry MF ENG 37 9 2 0 1 0 7 Ashley Young MF ENG 37 9 0+1 0 1 0 17 Moustapha Salifou MF TOG 0+4 0 0 0 0 0 18 Wayne Routledge MF ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 19 Stilian Petrov MF BUL 22+6 1 1+1 0 1 0 20 Nigel Reo-Coker MF ENG 36 0 2 1 1 0 23 Patrik Berger MF CZE 0+8 0 0+1 0 0 0 27 Isaiah Osbourne MF ENG 1+7 0 2 0 0 0 28 Shaun Maloney MF SCO 11+11 4 2 2 0+1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 8 Luke Moore FW ENG 8+7 1 1+1 1 0+1 0 9 Marlon Harewood FW ENG 1+22 5 2 1 0 0 10 John Carew FW NOR 32 13 0 0 1 0 11 Gabriel Agbonlahor FW ENG 37 11 2 0 1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred or loaned out during the season 21 Gary Cahill DF ENG 0+1 0 1 0 0 0 |- September 2017 Competitions June 2008 Topscorers NOR John Carew – 13 ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor – 11 ENG Ashley Young – 9 ENG Gareth Barry – 8 DEN Martin Laursen – 6 Notes notes References External links Aston Villa official website avfchistory.co.uk 2007–08 season Category:Aston Villa F.C. seasons Aston Villa