2007–08 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United

2007–08 season
Chairman	Björgólfur Guðmundsson
Manager	Alan Curbishley
Premier League	10th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Dean Ashton (10) All: Dean Ashton (12)
Highest home attendance	34,996 (25 November vs Tottenham Hotspur)
Lowest home attendance	25,774 (26 September vs Plymouth Argyle)
Average home league attendance	33,898
Home colours Away colours
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This 2007–08 season saw West Ham United compete in the Premier League, where the club finished in 10th place.

Players

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Green	27	EU	2006	68	0	2012	£2M
21	GK		Wright	29	EU	2007	3	0		Free
23	GK		Walker	34	EU	2004	20	0		Bosman ruling
33	GK		Štěch	17	EU	2006	0	0	2009	Undisclosed
2	RB		Neill (captain)	29	Non-EU	2007 (Winter)	52	0		£1.5m
14	RB		Paintsil	26	Non-EU	2006	24	0		Undisclosed
18	RB		Spector	21	Non-EU	2006	56	0		£0.5M
4	CB		Gabbidon	28	EU	2005	75	0	2011	£3.5M combined
5	CB		Ferdinand	22	EU	2002	163	5	2010	Youth system
6	CB		Upson	28	EU	2007 (Winter)	35	1		£6M
19	CB		Collins	24	EU	2005	41	2	2011	£3.5M combined
24	CB		Dailly	33	EU	2001 (Winter)	191	4		£1.75m
27	CB		Davenport	24	EU	2007 (Winter)	16	0		£3M
30	CB		Tomkins	18	EU	2005	6	0		Youth system
45	CB		Spence	17	EU	2007	0	0		Youth system
3	LB		McCartney	26	EU	2006	69	1		£0.6M
7	RM		Ljungberg (VC)	30	EU	2007	28	2	2011	£3M
15	RM		Solano	32	Non-EU	2007	23	4	2008	Free
20	RM		Faubert	24	EU	2007	8	0	2012	£6.1M
29	RM		Bowyer	30	EU	2006	53	4		Free
32	RM		Dyer	28	EU	2007	3	0	2011	£6M
8	CM		Parker	26	EU	2007	20	1	2012	£7M
16	CM		Noble	20	EU	2003	74	6	2011	Youth system
17	CM		Mullins	28	EU	2003	192	6		£0.8M
22	CM		Stokes	20	EU	2005	1	0		Youth system
26	CM		Quashie	29	EU	2007 (Winter)	8	0		£1.75M
39	CM		Collison	18	EU	2007	2	0		Youth system
11	LM		Etherington	26	EU	2003	180	16		£0.5M
28	LM		Reid	19	EU	2004	7	0		Youth system
34	LM		Boa Morte	30	EU	2007 (Winter)	48	2		£5M
9	CF		Ashton	23	EU	2006 (Winter)	51	18		£7m
10	CF		Bellamy	28	EU	2007	9	4	2012	£7.5M
12	CF		Cole	23	EU	2006	58	8		Undisclosed
25	CF		Zamora	26	EU	2004	148	39	2011	Undisclosed
31	CF		Ephraim	19	EU	2004	1	0		Youth system
37	CF		Camara	30	Non-EU	2007	10	0	2008	Loan
40	CF		Sears	17	EU	2007	7	1		Youth system

• Last updated: 11 May 2008
• Source: whufc.com, players' Wikipedia articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport, contract ending and transfer fee)
• Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).
• Player must own an EU passport or be a full, current, 'A' international to legally play in English football. (Source)
• Squad size is unlimited.

Squad statistics

Player				Total			Premier League		FA Cup		Football League Cup
No.	P	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		Green	41	41		38		2		1
2	RB		Neill	40	40		34		2		4
5	CB		Ferdinand	26	29	2	25	2	2		2
6	CB		Upson	33	33	1	29	1	2		2
3	LB		McCartney	44	44	1	38	1	2		4
7	RM		Ljungberg	25	28	2	25	2	1		2
17	CM		Mullins	37	39		34		1		4
16	CM		Noble	28	36	3	31	3	2		3
34	LM		Boa Morte	23	32	1	27		1		4	1
12	CF		Cole	25	37	5	31	4	2		4	1
9	CF		Ashton	24	35	12	31	10	2		2	2
8	CM		Parker	19	20	1	18	1			2
11	LM		Etherington	18	21	3	18	3	2		1
29	RM		Bowyer	15	20	4	15	4	2		3
15	RM		Solano	14	23	4	23	4
18	RB		Spector	13	28		26		1		1
25	CF		Zamora	12	14	1	13	1			1
4	CB		Gabbidon	11	14		10				4
10	CF		Bellamy	8	9	4	8	2			1	2
14	RB		Pantsil	5	17		14		1		2
30	CB		Tomkins	5	6		6
20	RM		Faubert	4	8		7		1
33	CF		Camara	3	10		10
19	CB		Collins	3	5		3				2
21	GK		Wright	3	3						3
32	MF		Dyer	3	3		2				1
40	CF		Sears	1	7	1	7	1
39	CM		Collison	1	2		2
28	LM		Reid		4		1		1		2
23	GK		Walker
24	CB		Dailly
31	CF		Ephraim
		Own goals			3		3
33	GK		Štěch
27	CB		Davenport
45	CB		Spence
26	CM		Quashie
22	MF		Stokes

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by start team and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank

Top scorers

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Total goals
1		9	Dean Ashton	10		2	12
2		12	Carlton Cole	4		1	5
3		29	Lee Bowyer	4			4
=		15	Nolberto Solano	4			4
=		10	Craig Bellamy	2		2	4
6		11	Matthew Etherington	3			3
=		16	Mark Noble	3			3
8		5	Anton Ferdinand	2			2
=		7	Fredrik Ljungberg	2			2
=		3	George McCartney	1			1
=		8	Scott Parker	1			1
=		40	Freddie Sears	1			1
10		6	Matthew Upson	1			1
=		25	Bobby Zamora	1			1
=		34	Luís Boa Morte			1	1
=			Own goals	3			3

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name				Notes
29	RM		Bowyer	7		1
34	LM		Boa Morte	6	1
12	CF		Cole	9
2	RB		Neill	7
16	CM		Noble	6
14	RB		Pantsil	5
3	LB		McCartney	5
15	RM		Solano	3
18	RB		Spector	3
17	CM		Mullins	3
7	RM		Ljungberg	3
8	CM		Parker	3
10	CF		Bellamy	2
4	CB		Gabbidon	2
11	LM		Etherington	2
1	GK		Green	2
6	CB		Upson	2
37	CF		Camara	1
5	CB		Ferdinand	1
20	RM		Faubert	1
25	CF		Zamora	1

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
28	4-4-2	1-12, 19-22, 26, 30-31, 35-36, 38-44
14	4-4-1-1	13-18, 25, 27-29, 32-34, 37
2	4-5-1	23-24

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[1]

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 1 GK Robert Green 41 2 RB Lucas Neill 40 5 CB Anton Ferdinand 26 6 CB Matthew Upson 33 3 LB George McCartney 44 7 RM Fredrik Ljungberg 25 17 CM Hayden Mullins 37 16 CM Mark Noble 28 34 LM Luís Boa Morte 23 9 CF Dean Ashton 24 12 CF Carlton Cole 25 Transfers In N P Name EU Country Age Type Moving from Transfer window Ends Transfer fee Source 8 CM Parker EU 26 Transferred Newcastle United Summer 2012 £7M 20 MF Faubert EU 23 Transferred Bordeaux Summer 2012 £6.1M 21 GK Wright EU 29 Signed Everton Summer Free 10 CF Bellamy EU 27 Transferred Liverpool Summer 2012 £7.5M 7 MF Ljungberg EU 30 Transferred Arsenal Summer 2011 £3M 32 MF Dyer EU 28 Transferred Newcastle United Summer 2011 £6M 15 RM Solano Non-EU 32 Transferred Newcastle United Summer 2008 Free 33 CF Camara Non-EU 30 Loaned Wigan Athletic Summer 2008 Out N P Name EU Country Age Status Moving to Transfer window Transfer fee Source FB Mears EU 24 Transferred Derby County Summer £1M CF Sheringham EU 41 Transferred Colchester United Summer Free CM Reo-Coker EU 23 Transferred Aston Villa Summer £8.5M RM Newton EU 31 Transferred Leicester City Summer Free GK Carroll EU 29 Transferred Rangers Summer Free MF Benayoun Non-EU 27 Transferred Liverpool Summer Undisclosed FB Konchesky EU 26 Transferred Fulham Summer £3.25M CF Harewood EU 27 Transferred Aston Villa Summer Undisclosed CF Tevez Non-EU 23 Transferred Manchester United Summer Undisclosed CF Ephraim EU 19 Loaned Queens Park Rangers Summer Loan DF Dailly EU 33 Loaned Southampton Loan FW Ephraim EU 19 Transferred Queens Park Rangers Winter Undisclosed DF Dailly EU 33 Transferred Rangers Winter Undisclosed Last updated: 12 January 2008 EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable. Club Management Position Staff Manager Alan Curbishley Assistant manager Mervyn Day Goalkeeping coach Luděk Mikloško First team coach Glynn Snodin Chief scout Roger Cross Head of Physiotheraphy George Cooper Last updated: 15 Aug 2007 Source: West Ham United F.C.#Current staff Kit Supplier: Umbro Sponsor(s): XL.com Home Away Source: Wikipedia West Ham United Article Other information Chairman Björgólfur Guðmundsson Ground (capacity and dimensions) Boleyn Ground (Upton Park) (35,146 / 112x72 yards) Source: West Ham United F.C. article on 15 Aug 2007 Competitions Overall Competition Started round Current position / round Final position / round First match Last match Premier League — 10 10 11 Aug 2007 11 May 2008 Football League Cup 2nd round Quarter finals Quarter finals 28 Aug 2007 12 Dec 2007 FA Cup 3rd round 3rd round 3rd round 5 Jan 2008 16 Jan 2008 Last updated: 11 May 2008 Source: Competitions Matches Pre-season Match Date Competition or tour Ground Opponent Score^1 Scorers GD 1 14 Jul 2007 — A Dagenham & Redbridge 2 - 0 Noble 83', Smith og 84' 2 2 17 Jul 2007 — A Sigma Olomouc 0 - 1 3 21 Jul 2007 — A Lazio 0 - 2 4 24 Jul 2007 — A Leyton Orient 1 - 1 Ashton 15' 0 5 25 Jul 2007 — A MK Dons 2 - 3 Ephraim 16', Upson 17' 6 28 Jul 2007 — A Southend United 3 - 1 Zamora 30', Bellamy 39', Ljungberg 50' 2 7 31 Jul 2007 — A Norwich City 2 - 1 Spector 27', Ashton 43' 1 8 4 Aug 2007 — H Roma 2 - 1 McCartney 63', Ashton 66' 1 Last updated: 15 Aug 2007 ^1West Ham United goals come first. Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of West Ham United. Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference Premier League M Date Tournament Round Ground Opponent Score^1 Report 1 11 August 2007 Premier League 1 H Manchester City 0 – 2 2 18 August 2007 Premier League 2 A Birmingham City 1 – 0 3 25 August 2007 Premier League 3 H Wigan Athletic 1 – 1 4 1 September 2007 Premier League 4 A Reading 3 – 0 5 15 September 2007 Premier League 5 H Middlesbrough 3 – 0 6 23 September 2007 Premier League 6 A Newcastle United 1 – 3 7 29 September 2007 Premier League 7 H Arsenal 0 – 1 8 6 October 2007 Premier League 8 A Aston Villa 0 – 1 9 21 October 2007 Premier League 9 H Sunderland 3 – 1 10 27 October 2007 Premier League 10 A Portsmouth 0 – 0 11 4 November 2007 Premier League 11 H Bolton Wanderers 1 – 1 12 10 November 2007 Premier League 12 A Derby County 5 – 0 13 25 November 2007 Premier League 13 H Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 1 14 1 December 2007 Premier League 14 A Chelsea 0 – 1 15 9 December 2007 Premier League 15 A Blackburn Rovers 1 – 0 16 15 December 2007 Premier League 16 H Everton 0 – 2 17 22 December 2007 Premier League 17 A Middlesbrough 2 – 1 18 26 December 2007 Premier League 18 H Reading 1 – 1 19 29 December 2007 Premier League 19 H Manchester United 2 – 1 20 1 January 2008 Premier League 20 A Arsenal 0 – 2 21 12 January 2008 Premier League 21 H Fulham 2 – 1 22 20 January 2008 Premier League 22 A Manchester City 1 – 1 23 30 January 2008 Premier League 23 H Liverpool 1 – 0 24 2 February 2008 Premier League 24 A Wigan Athletic 0 – 1 25 9 February 2008 Premier League 25 H Birmingham City 1 – 1 26 23 February 2008 Premier League 26 A Fulham 1 – 0 27 1 March 2008 Premier League 27 H Chelsea 0 – 4 28 5 March 2008 Premier League 28 A Liverpool 0 – 4 29 9 March 2008 Premier League 29 A Tottenham Hotspur 0 – 4 30 15 March 2008 Premier League 30 H Blackburn Rovers 2 – 1 31 22 March 2008 Premier League 31 A Everton 1 – 1 32 29 March 2008 Premier League 32 A Sunderland 1 – 2 33 8 April 2008 Premier League 33 H Portsmouth 0 – 1 34 12 April 2008 Premier League 34 A Bolton Wanderers 0 – 1 35 19 April 2008 Premier League 35 H Derby County 2 – 1 36 26 April 2008 Premier League 36 H Newcastle United 2 – 2 37 3 May 2008 Premier League 37 A Manchester United 1 – 4 38 11 May 2008 Premier League 38 H Aston Villa 2 – 2 Last updated: 11 May 2008 Source: [2] ^1West Ham goals come first. National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of West Ham. M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement. Results summary Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 38 13 10 15 42 50  −8 49 7 7 5 24 24  0 6 3 10 18 26  −8 Last updated: 11 May 2008. Source: Barclays Premier League Results by round Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground H A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H H A H A H A H A H A A H A A H A H H A H Result L W D W W L L L W D D W D L W L W D W L W D W L D W L L L W D L L L W D L D Last updated: 11 May 2008. Source: Competitive Matches Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed. League Cup M Date Tournament Round Ground Opponent Score^1 Report 4 28 August 2007 Football League Cup 2nd Round A Bristol Rovers 2 – 1 8 26 September 2007 Football League Cup 3rd round H Plymouth Argyle 1 – 0 13 30 October 2007 Football League Cup 4th round A Coventry City 2 – 1 19 12 December 2007 Football League Cup Quarter finals H Everton 1 – 2 Source: ^1{{{t}}} goals come first. National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of {{{t}}}. M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement. FA Cup M Date Tournament Round Ground Opponent Score^1 Report 25 5 January 2008 FA Cup Third round H Manchester City 0 – 0 27 16 January 2008 FA Cup Third round replay A Manchester City 0 – 1 Source: ^1{{{t}}} goals come first. National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of {{{t}}}. M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement. Final league table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 9 Manchester City 38 15 10 13 45 53 −8 55 2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round ^2 10 West Ham United 38 13 10 15 42 50 −8 49 11 Tottenham Hotspur 38 11 13 14 66 61 +5 46 2008–09 UEFA Cup First round ^3 Updated to games played on 13 May 2008. Source: 2007–08 Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round. Only applicable when the season is not finished: (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament. External links West Ham United FC official website West Ham United FC on Soccerbase References All West Ham United players: 2008 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 November 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2008.