| Season | 2007–08 |
|---|---|
| Promoted | Swansea City (champions) Nottingham Forest Doncaster Rovers |
| Relegated | AFC Bournemouth Gillingham Port Vale Luton Town |
| Goals | 1,335 |
| Average goals/game | 2.42 |
| Top goalscorer | Jason Scotland (24) |
| Biggest home win | Swindon Town 6–0Port Vale (19 April 2008) |
| Biggest away win | Leyton Orient 0–5Swansea City (6 October 2007) |
| Highest scoring | Crewe Alexandra 4–3Tranmere Rovers (1 January 2008) AFC Bournemouth 4–3Luton Town (22 January 2008) Hartlepool United 4–3Southend United (22 January 2008) |
| Longest winning run | Carlisle United (8) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Swansea City (25) |
| Longest losing run | Port Vale (10) |
| Highest attendance | Leeds United vGillingham (38,256) (3 May 2008) |
| Lowest attendance | Luton Town vOldham Athletic (5,417) (15 March 2008) |
| Average attendance | 7,993 |
2008–09 → | |
The Football League 2007–08 (namedCoca-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 second division of these isLeague One. The winner and the runner up of League One will be automatically promoted to theFootball League Championship and they will be joined by the winner of the League One playoff. The bottom four teams in the league will be relegated to the third division,League Two.
Leeds United played at this level for the first time in their history having spent all their time in the top two divisions.
Promoted toChampionship
Relegated toLeague Two
Relegated fromChampionship
Promoted fromLeague Two
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swansea City(C, P) | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 82 | 42 | +40 | 92 | Promotion toFootball League Championship |
| 2 | Nottingham Forest(P) | 46 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 82 | |
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers(O, P) | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 80 | Qualification forLeague One play-offs[a] |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 80 | |
| 5 | Leeds United | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 76[b] | |
| 6 | Southend United | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 70 | 55 | +15 | 76 | |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 69 | |
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 67 | |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 66 | |
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 66 | |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 65 | |
| 12 | Walsall | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 64 | |
| 13 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 63 | 56 | +7 | 61 | |
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 60 | |
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 62 | 65 | −3 | 54 | |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 53 | |
| 17 | Millwall | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 52 | |
| 18 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 52 | |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 51 | |
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 50 | |
| 21 | AFC Bournemouth(R) | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 62 | 72 | −10 | 48[c] | Relegation toFootball League Two |
| 22 | Gillingham(R) | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 44 | 73 | −29 | 46 | |
| 23 | Port Vale(R) | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 47 | 81 | −34 | 38 | |
| 24 | Luton Town(R) | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 43 | 63 | −20 | 33[c] |
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 0 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| 6 | Southend United | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | Leeds United | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | Carlisle United | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 5 | Leeds United | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Home \ Away | BOU | B&HA | BRR | CRL | CHL | CRE | DON | GIL | HAR | HUD | LEE | LEY | LUT | MIL | NOR | NOT | OLD | PTV | STD | SWA | SWI | TRA | WAL | YEO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC Bournemouth | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Bristol Rovers | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Carlisle United | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Cheltenham Town | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Crewe Alexandra | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Doncaster Rovers | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | |
| Gillingham | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| Hartlepool United | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Huddersfield Town | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Leeds United | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Leyton Orient | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Luton Town | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Millwall | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| Northampton Town | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
| Oldham Athletic | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | |
| Port Vale | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| Southend United | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Swansea City | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Swindon Town | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |
| Tranmere Rovers | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Walsall | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Yeovil Town | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle United | Neil McDonald | Contract terminated | 13 August 2007[4] | John Ward | 2 October 2007[5] | 8th |
| Gillingham | Ronnie Jepson | Mutual consent | 9 September 2007[6] | Mark Stimson | 1 November 2007[7] | 22nd |
| Port Vale | Martin Foyle | Mutual consent | 26 September 2007[8] | Lee Sinnott | 5 November 2007[9] | 23rd |
| Cheltenham Town | John Ward | Mutual consent (hired byCarlisle United) | 2 October 2007[10] | Keith Downing | 2 November 2007[11] | 23rd |
| Millwall | Willie Donachie | Contract terminated | 8 October 2007[12] | Kenny Jackett | 6 November 2007[13] | 24th |
| Swindon Town | Paul Sturrock | Mutual consent (hired byPlymouth Argyle) | 27 November 2007[14] | Maurice Malpas | 15 January 2008[15] | 11th |
| Luton Town | Kevin Blackwell | Contract terminated | 16 January 2008[16] | Mick Harford | 16 January 2008[17] | 22nd |
| Leeds United | Dennis Wise | Mutual consent (hired byNewcastle United as executive director) | 29 January 2008[18] | Gary McAllister | 29 January 2008[19] | 6th |
| Huddersfield Town | Andy Ritchie | Mutual consent | 1 April 2008[20] | Stan Ternent | 24 April 2008[21] | 14th |
| Walsall | Richard Money | Mutual consent | 22 April 2008[22] | Jimmy Mullen | 22 May 2008[23] | 8th |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Dean Wilkins | Changing duties from manager to take over as first team coach | 8 May 2008[24] | Micky Adams | 8 May 2008[24] | 7th |