2007/2008 season
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| Sunderland A.F.C. | |
| Season 2007–2008 | |
|---|---|
| First team coach | Roy Keane |
| Chairman | Niall Quinn |
| League | Premier League |
| Final league position | 15th |
| FA Cup | Third round |
| League Cup | Second round |
| Top goalscorer | Kenwyne Jones (7 goals) |
| ← Previous season 2006/2007 | Next season → 2008/2009 |
The 2007/2008 season was well known for being Roy Keane's first season as a Premier League manager and his second at the Stadium of Light. The main achievement of this season was that Sunderland secured their place in the Premier League for the 2008/2009 season finishing 15th, avoiding the embarassment of relegation for a third premier league season in a row. A large event of the season was also that Sunderland smashed their transfer record by paying £9 million for the Scottish international goalkeeper Craig Gordon.
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[edit] Team stats
Caps and goals
- Craig Gordon - 6 clean sheets
- Greg Halford - 0 goals
- Ian Harte - 0 goals
- Dickson Etuhu - 1 goal
- Nyron Nosworthy - 0 goals
- Paul McShane - 0 goals
- Carlos Edwards - 0 goals
- Dean Whitehead - 1 goal
- Anthony Stokes - 1 goal
- Kieran Richardson - 3 goals
- Daryl Murphy - 3 goals
- Liam Miller - 1 goal
- Darren Ward - 1 clean sheet
- Danny Higginbotham - 3 goals
- Danny Collins - 1 goal
- Michael Chopra - 6 goals
- Kenwyne Jones - 7 goals
- Grant Leadbitter - 2 goals
- Dwight Yorke - 1 goal
- Andy Reid - 1 goals
- Russell Anderson - 0 goals
- Roy O'Donovan - 0 goals
- Trevor Carson - 0 clean sheets
- Jean- Yves Mvoto - 0 goals
- Phil Bardsley - 0 goals
- Stanislav Varga - 0 goals
- Graham Kavanagh - 0 goals
- Peter Hartley - 0 goals
- Jake Richardson - 0 goals
- David Connolly - 0 goals
- Marton Fulop - 0 clean sheets
- Ross Wallace - 2 goals
- Billy Dennehy - 0 goals
- Gavin Donoghue - 0 goals
- Robbie Weir - 0 goals
- Jamie Chandler - 0 goals
- Martyn Waghorn - 0 goals
- David Dowson - 0 goals
- Jonny Evans - 0 goals
- Rade Prica - 1 goal
- Andrew Cole - 0 goals
- Jack Pelter - 0 goals
- Arnau Riera - 0 goals
- Stephen Wright - 0 goals
- Stern John - 1 goal
[edit] Transfers
[edit] In
- Greg Halford - Reading - £3,000,000
- Russell Anderson - Aberdeen - £1,000,000
- Michael Chopra - Cardiff - £5,000,000
- Kieran Richardson - Manchester United - £5,500,000
- Dickson Etuhu - Norwich - £1,500,000
- Paul McShane - West Brom - £2,500,000
- Craig Gordon - Hearts - £9,000,000
- Roy O'Donovan - Cork - Undisclosed
- Andrew Cole - Portsmouth - Free
- Ian Harte - Levante - Free
- Danny Higginbotham - Stoke - £3,000,000
- Kenwyne Jones - Southampton - £6,000,000 + (Exchange with Stern John)
- Jack Pelter - Canterbury (New Zealand) - Free
- Jonny Evans - Manchester United - Loan
- Jean- Yves Mvoto - Paris St. Germain - Undisclosed
- Phil Bardsley - Manchester United - £2,000,000
- Rade Prica - Aalborg - £2,000,000
- Andy Reid - Charlton - £4,000,000
[edit] Out
- Stephen Wright - Stoke - Loan
- Marton Fulop - Leicester - Loan
- Tobias Hysen - Göteborg - Undisclosed
- Stern John - Southampton - £ (Exchange with Kenwyne Jones)
- Billy Dennehy - Accrington Stanley - Loan
- Stanislav Varga - Burnley - Loan
- Andrew Cole - Burnley - Loan
- Greg Halford - Charlton - Loan
- Graham Kavanagh - Sheffield Wednesday - Loan
- Clive Clarke - Retired
- David Dowson - Chesterfield - Loan
- Peter Hartley - Chesterfield - Loan
[edit] Results
| Competition | Match | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Premier League | Sunderland 1-0 Tottenham | 11-08-2007 |
| Premier League | Birmingham 2-2 Sunderland | 15-08-2007 |
| Premier League | Wigan 3-0 Sunderland | 18-08-2007 |
| Premier League | Sunderland 0-2 Liverpool | 25-08-2007 |
| League Cup | Luton 3-0 Sunderland | 28-08-2007 |
| Premier League | Manchester United 1-0 Sunderland | 01-09-2007 |
| Premier League | Sunderland 2-1 Reading | 15-09-2007 |
| Premier League | Middlesbrough 2-2 Sunderland | 22-09-2007 |
| Premier League | Sunderland 1-2 Blackburn | 29-09-2007 |
| Premier League | Arsenal 3-2 Sunderland | 07-10-2007 |
| Premier League | West Ham 3-1 Sunderland | 21-10-2007 |
| Premier League | Sunderland 1-1 Fulham | 27-10-2007 |
| Premier League | Manchester City 1-0 Sunderland | 05-11-2007 |
| Premier League | Sunderland 1-1 Newcastle | 11-11-2007 |
| Premier League | Everton 7-1 Sunderland | 24-11-2007 |
| Premier League | Sunderland 1-0 Derby | 01-12-2007 |
| Premier League | Chelsea 2-0 Sunderland | 08-12-2007 |
| Premier League | Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa | 15-12-2007 |
| Premier League | Reading 2-1 Sunderland | 22-12-2007 |
| Premier League | Sunderland 0-4 Machester United | 26-12-2007 |
| Premier League | Sunderland 3-1 Bolton | 29-12-2007 |
| Premier League | Blackburn 1-0 Sunderland | 02-01-2008 |
| FA Cup | Sunderland 0-3 Wigan | 05-01-2008 |
| Premier League | Sunderland 2-0 Portsmouth | 13-01-2008 |
| Premier League | Tottenham 2-0 Sunderland | 19-01-2008 |
| Premier League | Sunderland 2-0 Birmingham | 29-01-2008 |
| Premier League | Liverpool 3-0 Sunderland | 02-02-2008 |
| Premier League | Sunderland 2-0 Wigan | 09-02-2008 |
| Premier League | Portsmouth 1-0 Sunderland | 23-02-2008 |
| Premier League | Derby 0-0 Sunderland | 01-03-2008 |
| Premier League | Sunderland 0-1 Everton | 09-03-2008 |
| Premier League | Sunderland 0-1 Chelsea | 15-03-2008 |
| remier League | Aston Villa 0-1 Sunderland | 22-03-2008 |
| Premier League | Sunderland 2-1 West Ham | 29-03-2008 |
| Premier League | Fulham 1-3 Sunderland | 05-04-2008 |
| Premier League | Sunderland 1-2 Manchester City | 12-04-2008 |
| Premier League | Newcastle 2-0 Sunderland | 19-04-2008 |
| Premier League | Sunderland 3-2 Middlesbrough | 26-04-2008 |
| Premier League | Bolton 2-0 Sunderland | 03-05-2008 |
| Premier League | Sunderland 0-1 Arsenal | 11-05-2008 |
