Shrewsbury Town F.C.

2007–08 season
Chairman	Roland Wycherley
Manager	Gary Peters (until 4 March 2008) Paul Simpson (from 12 March 2008)
Stadium	New Meadow
League Two	18th
FA Cup	First round (eliminated byWalsall)
League Cup	Second round (eliminated byLincoln City)
League Trophy	First round (eliminated byYeovil Town)
Top goalscorer	David Hibbert (12)
Highest home attendance	7,707 vStockport County, Football League Two, 26 December 2007
Lowest home attendance	3,069 vColchester United, Football League Cup, 14 August 2007
Average home league attendance	5,659
Biggest win	4–0 (two matches)
Biggest defeat	0–3 (one match) 1–4 (two matches)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The2007–08 season was the 108th season of competitiveassociation football and 57th season in theFootball League played byShrewsbury Town Football Club, a professional football club based inShrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Their seventh-place finish in 2006–07 and loss toBristol Rovers in the2007 Football League Two play-off final meant it was their fourth successive season inLeague Two.^[1] During the summer of 2007 the club moved home stadium fromGay Meadow, where they had played since 1910, toNew Meadow (also known as Oteley Road Stadium).^[2] The season began on 1 July 2007 and concluded on 30 June 2008.

ManagerGary Peters signed two players before the close of the summer transfer window. Having stood 11th in the league table on 19 January, Shrewsbury were on a seven-match run without a win when Peters left the club by mutual consent in March 2008. He was replaced byPaul Simpson, who led Shrewsbury to safety from relegation despite only achieving one win in his twelve matches. The team finished the season 18th in the table. They lost in their opening round matches in both the2007–08 FA Cup and theFootball League Trophy, and were eliminated in the second round of theFootball League Cup.

34 players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were 19 different goalscorers. DefenderBen Herd appeared in 48 of the 50 first-team matches over the season, the most by any player. DefenderMarc Tierney made the most starts with 46, he came on in one game as a substitution making him the player with the second most appearances overall.David Hibbert finished as leading scorer with 12 goals, all of which came in league competition. Hibbert also received the mostyellow cards, being booked in nine matches.Colin Murdock was the only player to be sent off in a match, receiving a red card away atGrimsby Town in the league.

The 2006–07 season wasGary Peters' third season as manager of Shrewsbury Town, following his appointment in November 2004. Shrewsbury reached the play-offs with a seventh-place finish in the2006–07 League Two table. They beatMilton Keynes Dons 2–1 on aggregate with all goals coming in the second leg away at theNational Hockey Stadium inMilton Keynes.^[3] Shrewsbury were beaten 3–1 in the2007 Football League Two play-off final atWembley Stadium and remained in League Two.^[1]

Shrewsbury Town left their home stadiumGay Meadow after 97 years at the end of the 2006–07 season. There were various reasons the club decided to move stadium, most notably due to the close proximity to theRiver Severn making it prone to flooding.^[2] A new stadium with a capacity of 10,000 spectators was built as a replacement for Gay Meadow, it was known during the building phase and the club's first season there as bothNew Meadow and Oteley Road Stadium, with the former being the final name (excluding names used for sponsorship purposes). The first match at the new stadium was played on the 14 July 2007 against A-Line All Stars, a goal each fromDavid Hibbert,Danny Hall, Tom Moss and trialist Kieran Donnolly gave Shrewsbury a 4–0 win.^[4]

Ahead of 2007–08, Shrewsbury releasedSagi Burton.^[5] Four players left the club:Richard Hope toWrexham,David Edwards toLuton Town,Ross Draper toStafford Rangers andSteven Hogg toGretna. Shrewsbury made two permanent summer signings, those beingdefenderColin Murdock fromRotherham United,^[6] andstrikerFola Onibuje fromWycombe Wanderers.^[7] StrikerStuart Nicholson was brought it on a scheduled season-long loan fromWest Bromwich Albion.^[8]

For the first six games Shrewsbury occupied a top seven place, enough for either automatic promotion or qualification in theLeague Two play-offs. From match seven Shrewsbury were in lower midtable for the rest of the season. Though never dropping as low as 23rd or 24th, the club went on a run of one win in 20 matches which brought them into the relegation battle, but a 3–0 win againstWrexham was enough for Shrewsbury to survive. The club finished in 18th place in the league table.Ben Herd made the most appearances for the club playing in 48 of the 50 first-team matches.David Hibbert was top scorer with 12 goals, all of them scored in League Two, and was the only player to reach double figures.

Ahead of the new season, Shrewsbury releasedChris Mackenzie,Andy Cooke and Tom Moss.Colin Murdock,Luke Jones andDarran Kempson left to sign forAccrington Stanley,Kidderminster Harriers andWrexham respectively. The club signed forwardGrant Holt fromNottingham Forest, and defendersMike Jackson fromBlackpool,Shane Cansdell-Sherriff fromTranmere Rovers, andGraham Coughlan fromRotherham United. Brought in on loan were forwardRichard Walker fromBristol Rovers, and goalkeeperLuke Daniels fromWest Bromwich Albion. The Shrewsbury Town F.C. Player of the Year award was established where the club's supporters voted for who they believed was the best player for Shrewsbury during the season, the award was first presented at the end of the2008–09 season.

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Numbers in parentheses denote appearances assubstitute.

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Players with namesin italics and marked * wereon loan from another club for the whole of their season with Shrewsbury Town.

Key to positions: GK –Goalkeeper; DF –Defender; MF –Midfielder; FW –Forward

Players included in matchday squads

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	WAL	Glyn Garner	41	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	42	0	0	0
2	DF	WAL	Darren Moss	28 (3)	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	31 (3)	2	4	0
3	DF/MF	ENG	Neil Ashton	6 (9)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7 (9)	0	2	0
4	DF	ENG	Graeme Lee * †	4 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	2	0
4	MF	ENG	Stewart Drummond †	22 (1)	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	24 (1)	3	4	0
5	DF	ENG	Darran Kempson	18 (5)	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	21 (5)	1	1	0
6	DF/MF	ENG	David Hunt	22 (5)	2	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	23 (6)	2	6	0
7	MF	ENG	Marc Pugh	27 (10)	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	28 (10)	4	4	0
8	DF	ENG	Kelvin Langmead	39	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	42	1	4	0
9	FW	ENG	David Hibbert	36 (8)	12	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	37 (9)	12	9	0
10	FW	ENG	James Constable	7 (7)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7 (7)	4	1	0
10	FW	ENG	Stuart Nicholson * †	6 (8)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	8 (8)	1	2	0
11	FW	ENG	Michael Symes	12 (9)	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	16 (9)	3	4	0
12	DF	ENG	Ben Herd	42 (3)	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	43 (5)	0	7	0
14	MF	ENG	Ben Davies	26 (1)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	26 (1)	6	2	0
15	DF	ENG	Luke Jones †	6 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6 (1)	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG	Danny Hall †	7 (8)	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	9 (9)	0	2	0
16	DF/MF	ENG	Asa Hall *	13 (2)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13 (2)	3	1	0
17	MF	JAM	Chris Humphrey	7 (18)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	10 (18)	0	0	0
18	MF	SCO	Steve Leslie	10 (7)	1	1	0	2	0	0 (1)	0	13 (8)	1	0	0
19	FW	CMR	Guy Madjo	10 (5)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10 (5)	3	0	0
19	MF	ENG	Neil Wainwright * †	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
19	FW	NGA	Fola Onibuje †	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
20	FW	ENG	Andy Cooke	10 (4)	5	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	10 (5)	5	1	0
21	GK	ENG	Chris Mackenzie	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
21	GK	ENG	Scott Bevan	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
22	DF	NIR	Colin Murdock †	29	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	31	2	4	1
23	DF	ENG	Marc Tierney	42 (1)	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	46 (1)	1	2	0
24	MF	IRL	Jimmy Ryan †	1 (3)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4 (3)	0	0	0
25	DF/MF	ENG	Keith Briggs †	1 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	1	0	0
25	MF	ENG	Michael Barnes †	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
25	DF	ENG	Sean Clancy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	ENG	Shane Tudor * †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	ENG	Kevin McIntyre	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	2	4	0
31	GK	SCO	Ryan Esson	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
32	FW	ENG	Tom Moss	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	AUS	James Meredith	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
—	DF	ENG	Martin Riley †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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