Season 2007/08



Coca-Cola Championship


The Key
Home games in bold
LC = Carling League Cup
FA = FA Cup
OG = Own Goal scored
* = Extra Time played
All Saturday kick off times 3.00pm and weekday kick off times 7.45pm unless stated


August
Score
 Scorers Venue
Pos.
 Attendance
Sat 11 Ipswich Town 1-4 Clarke Portman Road
24th
 23,099
Thu 16 Rotherham United (LC 1R) 3-1 Whelan, Burton, Small Milmoor Ground
-
 6,416
Sun 19 Wolverhampton Wanderers (1.30pm KO) 1-3 Small Hillsborough
24th
 22,131
Sat 25 Charlton Athletic 2-3 O'Brien, Spurr The Valley
24th
 22,033
Tue 28 Hartlepool United (LC 2R) 2-1* Burton, Folly Hillsborough
-
 8,751

September Score Scorers Venue
Pos.
Attendance
Sat 1 Bristol City (12.45pm KO) 0-1 - Hillsborough
24th
 17,559
Sat 15 Preston North End 0-1 - Deepdale
24th
 13,062
Tue 18 Burnley 0-2 - Hillsborough
24th
 18,359
Sat 22 Hull City 1-0 Jeffers Hillsborough
24th
 21,518
Wed 26 Everton (LC 3R) 0-3 - Hillsborough
-
 16,463
Sat 29 Norwich City (5.20pm KO) 1-0 Small Carrow Road
23rd
 23,293

October
Score
 Scorers Venue
Pos.
Attendance
Tue 2 Watford 1-2 Kavanagh Vicarage Road
23rd
 15,473
Sat 6 Leicester City 0-2 - Hillsborough
23rd
 20,010
Sat 20 Stoke City 4-2 J.Johnson, Tudgay 2, Burton Britannia Stadium
22nd
 14,019
Tue 23 Scunthorpe United 1-2 Burton (pen) Hillsborough
22nd
 21,557
Sat 27 Blackpool 2-1 Tudgay, Hinds Hillsborough
21st
 19,238

November Score Scorers Venue
Pos.
Attendance
Sat 3 Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Sodje, O'Brien Home Park
18th
 12,145
Tue 6 West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Watson The Hawthorns
18th
 19,807
Sat 10 Southampton 5-0 Whelan 2 (1 pen), Sodje 2, O'Brien Hillsborough
16th
 19,442
Sat 24 Queens Park Rangers 0-0 - Loftus Road
16th
 15,241
Tue 27 Barnsley 1-0 Sodje Hillsborough
14th
 27,769

December Score Scorers Venue
Pos.
Attendance
Sat 1 Colchester United 1-2 Sodje Hillsborough
15th
 22,331
Tue 4 Southampton 0-0 - St Marys Stadium
16th
 17,981
Sat 8 Coventry City A-A (Match abandoned after 28 mins due to waterlogged pitch) Hillsborough
17th
 -
Sat 15 Crystal Palace 1-2 Hinds Selhurst Park
17th
 14,865
Sat 22 Watford 0-1 - Hillsborough
19th
 19,641
Wed 26 Burnley (3.00pm KO) 1-1 Burton (pen) Turf Moor
21st
 15,326
Sun 30 Hull City (3.00pm KO) 0-1 - KC Stadium
22nd
 21,252

January Score Scorers Venue
Pos.
Attendance
Tue 1 Preston North End (3.00pm KO) 2-1 Sodje, Jeffers (pen) Hillsborough
19th
 20,690
Sun 6 Derby County (FA 3R) (2.00pm KO) 2-2 Beevers, Tudgay Pride Park
-
 20,612
Sat 12 Cardiff City 0-1 - Ninian Park
21st
 14,015
Tue 15 Derby County (FA 3Rr) P-P (Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch) Hillsborough
-
 -
Sat 19 Sheffield United (12.45pm KO) 2-0 Sodje, Tudgay Hillsborough
21st
 30,486
Tue 22 Derby County (FA 3Rr) 1-1* Watson (Derby win 4-2 on penalties) Hillsborough
-
 18,020
Tue 29 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Tudgay Molineux Stadium
21st
 22,746

February Score Scorers Venue
Pos.
Attendance
Sat 2 Ipswich Town 1-2 Tudgay Hillsborough
21st
 19,092
Sat 9 Bristol City 1-2 Bullen Ashton Gate
22nd
 15,520
Tue 12 Charlton Athletic 0-0 - Hillsborough
22nd
 17,211
Tue 19 Coventry City P-P (Match postponed due to frozen pitch) Hillsborough
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Sat 23 Cardiff City 1-0 Tudgay Hillsborough
21st
 18,539

March Score Scorers Venue
Pos.
Attendance
Sat 1 Barnsley 0-0 - Oakwell Stadium
22nd
 18,257
Tue 4 West Bromwich Albion 0-1 - Hillsborough
22nd
 18,805
Sat 8 Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Kavanagh, Burton (pen) Hillsborough
22nd
 18,555
Tue 11 Colchester United 2-1 Burton, Small Layer Road
21st
 5,086
Sat 15 Coventry City 0-0 - Ricoh Arena
22nd
 19,283
Sat 22 Crystal Palace 2-2 Sahar, Small Hillsborough
22nd
 19,875
Sat 29 Stoke City 1-1 Songo'o Hillsborough
22nd
 21,857

April Score Scorers Venue
Pos.
Attendance
Tue 1 Coventry City 1-1 Wood Hillsborough
20th
 21,110
Sat 5 Scunthorpe United (12.00pm KO) 1-1 Sahar Glanford Park
21st
 7,425
Tue 8 Sheffield United 2-2 Bolder 2 Brammal Lane
20th
 31,760
Mon 14 Plymouth Arg (8.00pm KO) 1-1 Spurr Hillsborough
20th
 20,635
Sat 19 Blackpool 1-2 Wood Bloomfield Road
22nd
 9,633
Sat 26 Leicester City 3-1 Slusarski, Watson, Clarke Walkers Stadium
20th
 31,892

May Score Scorers Venue
Pos.
Attendance
Sun 4 Norwich City (2.00pm KO)     Hillsborough
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Goal Scorers

  Player League L'gue Cup FA Cup TOTAL
Marcus Tudgay 7 - 1 8
Deon Burton 5 2 - 7
Akpo Sodje 7 - - 7
Wade Small 4 1 - 5
Burton O'Brien 3 - - 3
Steve Watson 2 - 1 3
Glenn Whelan 2 1 - 3
Adam Bolder 2 - - 2
Leon Clarke 2 - - 2
Richard Hinds 2 - - 2
Francis Jeffers 2 - - 2
Graham Kavanagh 2 - - 2
Ben Sahar 2 - - 2
Tommy Spurr 2 - - 2
Richard Wood 2 - - 2
Mark Beevers - - 1 1
Lee Bullen 1 - - 1
Yoann Folly - 1 - 1
Jermaine Johnson 1 - - 1
Bartosz Slusarski 1 - - 1
Franck Songo'o 1 - - 1


  Position TOTAL
Defenders 8
Midfielder 21
Strikers 29

 

Assists (not inc Blackpool)

Note that an assist is an intentional set-up, not a rebounded shot, deflection or winning of a penalty.
  Player Corner Free-kick Open Play Total Assists
Jermaine Johnson - - 7 7
Deon Burton - - 5 5
Burton O'Brien 1 1 1 3
Steve Watson - - 3 3
Graham Kavanagh 1 1 - 2
Franck Songo'o - - 2 2
Marcus Tudgay - - 2 2
Leon Clarke - - 1 1
Francis Jeffers - - 1 1
Sean McAllister - - 1 1
Frank Simek - - 1 1
Enoch Showunmi - - 1 1
Akpo Sodje - - 1 1
Glenn Whelan 1 - - 1

 

Disciplinary Record

  Player Yellow Red
Mark Beevers 1 -
Adam Bolder 3 -
Deon Burton 4 -
Leon Clarke 1 -
Etienne Esajas 1 -
Yoann Folly 2 -
Peter Gilbert 3 1
Lee Grant 3 -
Richard Hinds 1 -
Jermaine Johnson 7 2
Michael Johnson 1 -
Graham Kavanagh 4 -
Kenny Lunt 2 -
Burton O'Brien 2 -
Ben Sahar 1 -
Frank Simek 2 -
Akpo Sodje 1 -
Wade Small 3 -
Franck Songo'o 3 -
Tommy Spurr 8 -
Marcus Tudgay 2 -
Steve Watson 4 -
Glenn Whelan 8 -
Richard Wood 3 -
TOTAL 70 3

 

Time of Goals

   0-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90+
Goals For 6 8 12 12 5 15
Goals Against 19 8 9 9 3 10

 

Official Player of the Month

 Month
 Winner
 
August
 Frank Simek
The US international takes the vote comfortably with a series of decent displays, despite Wednesday's poor form
September
 Etienne Esajas
The Dutch winger impresses in his first month with the club
October
 Graham Kavanagh
The experienced on loan Sunderland midfielder makes a big impact in his one month stint at Hillsborough
November
 Akpo Sodje
With 4 goals and a string of impressive performances the big man is quickly becoming a hit with the fans
December
 Tommy Spurr
The Owls academy product receives his first POTM award
January
 Mark Beevers
The young defender scores his first senior goal at Derby and shows good form in six January appearances
February
 Marcus Tudgay
Two goals for the Wednesday forward as he picks up his first POTM of the season
March
 Mark Beevers
Just one defeat in seven games and the defender plays a key part of that
April
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Player of the Season
 Mark Beevers
The youngster claims the ultimate prize in only his second season as a pro after an inspiring season at the back

 

Appearances & Goals

  Player League L'gue Cup FA Cup Total (Owls career)
  Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls
Beevers 24 (2) - - - 2 1 27 (2) 1
Boden (2) - (1) - - - 1 (4) -
Bolder 10 (2) 2 - - - - 10 (1) 2
Bowman - - - - - - (1) -
Brunt 1 - - - - - 122 (29) 25
Bullen 16 (5) 1 (1) - 2 - 119 (27) 9
Burch 2 - 1 - - - 3 -
Burton 22 (16) 5 2 (1) 2 (2) - 75 (28) 21
Clarke 2 (5) 2 (1) - (1) - 5 (14) 3
Esajas 4 (13) - - - 1 - 5 (13) -
Gilbert 9 (1) - 1 - - - 33 (2) -
Grant 42 - 2 - 2 - 46 -
Folly 7 (3) - (1) 1 - - 41 (14) 1
Hinds 29 (8) 2 2 - 2 - 33 (8) 2
Jeffers 6 (3) 2 1 - 1 - 8 (3) 2
J.Johnson 28 (5) 1 3 - 2 - 38 (7) 3
M.Johnson 13 - - - - - 13 -
Kavanagh 21 (1) 2 1 - - - 22 (1) 2
Lekaj - - - - - - (2) -
Lunt 3 (1) - 2 (1) - (1) - 38 (10) -
McAllister 5 (2) - - - - - 7 (9) 1
B.O'Brien 25 (7) 3 1 - 1 - 76 (27) 6
Sahar 7 (4) 2 - - - - 7 (4) 2
Showunmi 6 (4) - - - - - 6 (4) -
Simek 17 - 3 - - - 108 (1) 2
Slusarski 2 (4) 1 - - - - 2 (4) 1
Small 18 (11) 4 2 1 1 - 34 (20) 7
Sodje 16 (3) 7 (1) - 1 - 17 (4) 7
Songo'o 11 1 - - - - 11 1
Spurr 38 (1) 2 2 - 2 - 78 (6) 2
Tudgay 28 (6) 7 3 - 2 1 87 (12) 23
Wallwork 4 (3) - - - - - 4 (3) -
Watson 19 (3) 2 1 - 1 - 32 (2) 2
Whelan 24 2 3 1 2 - 151 (6) 15
Wood 25 (1) 2 3 - - - 121 (12) 5