# 2007–08 Hartlepool United F.C. season

The 2007–08 season was the 99th year of competitive football played by Hartlepool United Football Club, a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.

## Season summary

Having finished second in League Two the previous season, manager Danny Wilson led the club to a 15th-place finish in their first season back in League One, although they were only six points clear of the relegation zone in a tight division.

## Players

    As of End of Season.

### Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | DEN | Jan Budtz |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Jamie McCunnie |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Robbie Elliott |
| 4 | MF | IRL | Willie Boland |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Michael Nelson |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ben Clark |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Gary Liddle |
| 8 | DF | ENG | Ritchie Humphreys |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Richie Barker |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Joel Porter |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Andy Monkhouse |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Micky Barron |
| 14 | FW | ENG | James Brown |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Antony Sweeney |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | ENG | David Foley |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ali Gibb |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Matty Robson |
| 20 | DF | GHA | Godwin Antwi |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Arran Lee-Barrett |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Stephen Turnbull |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Michael Mackay |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Michael Rae |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Sam Collins |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Tom Haigh |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Martin Young |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Scott Allison |
| 32 | MF | ENG | Jonny Rowell |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Player | From | Fee |
| 22 May 2007 | GK | Arran Lee-Barrett | Coventry City | Free |
| 29 June 2007 | GK | Jan Budtz | Doncaster Rovers | Free |
| 15 June 2007 | DF | Jamie McCunnie | Dunfermline | Free |
| 6 July 2007 | DF | Robbie Elliott | Leeds United | Free |
| 12 July 2007 | FW | Ian Moore | Leeds United | Free |
| 31 January 2008 | DF | Sam Collins | Hull City | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Player | From | End date |
| 29 June 2007 | DF | Godwin Antwi | Liverpool | 1 June 2008 |
| 1 October 2007 | DF | Danny Coles | Hull City | 1 November 2007 |
| 22 November 2007 | DF | Eddie Nolan | Blackburn Rovers | 22 January 2008 |
| 22 January 2008 | MF | Alan Thompson | Leeds United | 22 February 2008 |
| 14 February 2008 | DF | Graeme Lee | Doncaster Rovers | 14 March 2008 |
| 14 February 2008 | FW | Tom Craddock | Middlesbrough | 17 March 2008 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 21 May 2007 | FW | Michael Proctor | Wrexham | Free |
| 24 May 2007 | DF | John Brackstone | Darlington | Free |
| 25 May 2007 | GK | Dimitrios Konstantopoulos | Coventry City | Free |
| 11 June 2007 | FW | Eifion Williams | Wrexham | Free |
| 3 July 2007 | MF | Darrell Clarke | Salisbury City | Free |
| 4 July 2007 | MF | Mark Tinkler | Livingston | Free |
| 7 July 2007 | MF | Phil Turnbull | York City | Free |
| 25 July 2007 | GK | Jim Provett | Bury | Free |
| 27 July 2007 | DF | Darren Williams | Bradford City | Free |
| 7 August 2007 | DF | Carl Jones | York City | Free |
| 31 January 2008 | MF | Lee Bullock | Bradford City | Free |
| 31 January 2008 | FW | Ian Moore | Tranmere Rovers | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Player | To | End date |
| 30 August 2007 | MF | Lee Bullock | Mansfield Town | 30 September 2007 |
| 5 October 2007 | MF | Lee Bullock | Mansfield Town | 5 December 2007 |
| 2 January 2008 | MF | Lee Bullock | Bradford City | 31 January 2008 |
| 11 January 2008 | MF | Ali Gibb | Notts County | 11 February 2008 |

## Results
### Pre-season friendlies
### League One
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |

#### Results by matchday

| 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 |

#### Results
### Football League Trophy
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | DEN | Jan Budtz | 34 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Jamie McCunnie | 36 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Robbie Elliott | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | IRL | Willie Boland | 38 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Michael Nelson | 51 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ben Clark | 22 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Gary Liddle | 47 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Ritchie Humphreys | 50 | 3 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Richie Barker | 43 | 16 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Joel Porter | 45 | 13 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Andy Monkhouse | 28 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | James Brown | 41 | 13 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Antony Sweeney | 41 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Graeme Lee | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | David Foley | 38 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ali Gibb | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Matty Robson | 22 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GHA | Godwin Antwi | 34 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Arran Lee-Barrett | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Ian Moore | 30 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Tom Craddock | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Stephen Turnbull | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Michael Mackay | 29 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Danny Coles | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | EIR | Eddie Nolan | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Sam Collins | 10 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Alan Thompson | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total |
| 1 | Richie Barker | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | James Brown | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | Joel Porter | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Ian Moore | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Michael Mackay | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Antony Sweeney | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | David Foley | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ritchie Humphreys | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Gary Liddle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Sam Collins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Andy Monkhouse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Michael Nelson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Godwin Antwi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Ben Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Jamie McCunnie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Matty Robson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Alan Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean Sheets

| Rank | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total |
| 1 | Jan Budtz | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Arran Lee-Barrett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Penalties

| Date | Name | Opposition | Scored? |
| 11 August 2007 | Richie Barker | Luton Town | Y |
| 18 August 2007 | Richie Barker | Doncaster Rovers | Y |
| 1 September 2007 | Richie Barker | Oldham Athletic | Y |
| 27 October 2007 | Richie Barker | Brighton and Hove Albion | Y |
| 15 December 2007 | Richie Barker | Crewe Alexandra | Y |
| 22 January 2008 | Richie Barker | Southend United | Y |
| 2 February 2008 | Richie Barker | Luton Town | Y |
| 15 March 2008 | Tom Craddock | Tranmere Rovers | N |

### Suspensions

| Date Incurred | Name | Games Missed | Reason |
| 14 August 2007 | Ali Gibb | 3 | (vs. Scunthorpe United) |
| 18 August 2007 | Robbie Elliott | 3 | (vs. Doncaster Rovers) |
| 12 October 2007 | Ian Moore | 1 | |
| 27 October 2007 | Jamie McCunnie | 1 | |
| 27 October 2007 | Willie Boland | 3 | (vs. Brighton and Hove Albion) |
| 9 February 2008 | Sam Collins | 3 | (vs. Southend United) |
| 15 March 2008 | Jamie McCunnie | 1 | (vs. Tranmere Rovers) |