# 2007–08 Gretna F.C. season

The 2007–08 season was the sixth and final season for Gretna in the Scottish Football League (SFL), and Gretna's only season in the Scottish Premier League (SPL). The club dissolved at the end of the season.

## Players
### Gretna's final squad

    The squad given here is made up of the players registered to the club on the date of Gretna F.C.'s final league match (Gretna 1–0 Hearts, 14 May 2008).
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Craig Barr |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Ryan Baldacchino |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Gavin Skelton |
| 12 | MF | IRL | Brendan McGill |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Steven Hogg |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Nicky Deverdics |
| 24 | GK | SCO | Greg Fleming |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Paul Murray (captain) |
| 27 | MF | GHA | Abdul Osman |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Dan Robinson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Danny Hall |
| 37 | DF | ENG | Kyle Naughton (on loan from Sheffield United) |
| 38 | MF | ENG | John Paul Kissock (on loan from Everton) |
| 39 | MF | ENG | Ben Wilkinson (on loan from Hull City) |
| 40 | GK | POL | Artur Krysiak (on loan from Birmingham City) |
| 41 | DF | ENG | Rhys Meynell (on loan from Barnsley) |
| 43 | DF | SWE | Erik Schultz-Eklund |
| 45 | MF | ENG | Nathan Fisher |
| 46 | FW | ENG | Nathan Taylor |
| 47 | DF | ENG | Jack Sharples |

### Left club during season

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 | SCO | Colin Scott (released) |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Danny Grainger (to Dundee United) |
| 4 | DF | ENG | David Cowan (to Dundee) |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Martin Canning (to Hibernian) |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Ryan Baldacchino (to Altona Magic) |
| 8 | FW | SCO | James Grady (to Hamilton Academical) |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Colin McMenamin (to Dundee) |
| 10 | MF | SCO | David Graham (to Hamilton Academical) |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Kenny Deuchar (to Real Salt Lake) |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Allan Jenkins (to Greenock Morton) |
| 16 | DF | SCO | Ryan McGuffie (to Greenock Morton) |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Eric Paartalu (made redundant; to Greenock Morton) |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Fraser McLaren (on loan to Montrose) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | SCO | Chris Innes (made redundant) |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Michael Tait (on loan to Newcastle Blue Star; made redundant) |
| 23 | MF | NIR | Niall Henderson (to Raith Rovers) |
| 25 | GK | SCO | David Mathieson (made redundant) |
| 28 | MF | URU | Fabián Yantorno (released) |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Aurélien Collin (made redundant) |
| 30 | FW | FRA | Mickaël Buscher (made redundant) |
| 31 | DF | ENG | Evan Horwood (on loan from Sheffield United) |
| 32 | DF | SCO | Nicholas Faulds (made redundant) |
| 33 | GK | ENG | Tony Caig (to Houston Dynamo) |
| 35 | FW | NGA | Henry Makinwa (made redundant) |
| 44 | GK | ENG | Conor Grant (made redundant) |

### Youth team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ENG | Dan Ewing |
| — | DF | ENG | Andrew Johnson |
| — | MF | ENG | Alex Redfern (made redundant) |
| — | FW | SCO | Liam Cusack (made redundant) |
| — | FW | SCO | Ryan O'Hara (made redundant) |
| — | FW | ENG | Joe Hughes (made redundant) |
| — | | SCO | Callum McKinlay (made redundant) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | | ENG | Jake Cunningham (made redundant) |
| — | MF | | Mario Campagna (made redundant) |
| — | | | Grant Easton (made redundant) |
| — | | | Christopher Moffet (made redundant) |
| — | | | Jack Pattison (made redundant) |
| — | | | Daniel Smee (made redundant) |

## Competitions
### Scottish Premier League

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Gretna Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 4 August | Falkirk | H | 0–4 | | 2,731 |
| 2 | 11 August | Hibernian | A | 2–4 | Yantorno, McMenamin | 13,594 |
| 3 | 18 August | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | Barr | 16,407 |
| 4 | 25 August | Motherwell | H | 1–2 | Osman | 3,758 |
| 5 | 1 September | Rangers | A | 0–4 | | 49,689 |
| 6 | 15 September | Kilmarnock | H | 1–2 | Skelton | 1,516 |
| 7 | 22 September | Dundee United | H | 3–2 | Cowan (2), Jenkins | 1,624 |
| 8 | 29 September | Aberdeen | A | 0–2 | | 10,279 |
| 9 | 7 October | Celtic | H | 1–2 | Yantorno | 6,011 |
| 10 | 20 October | St Mirren | A | 0–1 | | 3,646 |
| 11 | 27 October | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | H | 0–4 | | 1,096 |
| 12 | 3 November | Falkirk | A | 0–2 | | 4,843 |
| 13 | 10 November | Hibernian | H | 0–1 | | 2,666 |
| 14 | 25 November | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–1 | Kingston (og) | 1,544 |
| 15 | 1 December | Motherwell | A | 0–3 | | 6,431 |
| 16 | 15 December | Kilmarnock | A | 3–3 | Skelton, Grainger (pen), Horwood | 5,122 |
| 17 | 22 December | Dundee United | A | 2–1 | Deuchar, Deverdics | 6,304 |
| 18 | 26 December | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | Jenkins | 1,730 |
| 19 | 29 December | Celtic | A | 0–3 | | 57,171 |
| 20 | 5 January | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | A | 0–3 | | 3,919 |
| 21 | 16 January | Rangers | H | 1–2 | Deuchar | 6,137 |
| 22 | 19 January | Falkirk | H | 2–0 | Deuchar, Murray | 1,609 |
| 23 | 9 February | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–2 | | 16,138 |
| 24 | 13 February | Hibernian | A | 2–4 | Skelton, Deuchar | 12,087 |
| 25 | 16 February | Motherwell | H | 1–3 | McGill | 2,877 |
| 26 | 24 February | Rangers | A | 2–4 | Deuchar (2) | 48,375 |
| 27 | 27 February | Kilmarnock | H | 4–2 | Deverdics, Meynell, Barr, Buscher | 1,545 |
| 28 | 6 March | Dundee United | H | 0–3 | | 501 |
| 29 | 15 March | Aberdeen | A | 0–3 | | 9,025 |
| 30 | 23 March | Celtic | H | 0–3 | | 3,561 |
| 31 | 29 March | St Mirren | A | 0–2 | | 3,577 |
| 32 | 5 April | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | H | 1–2 | Barr | 431 |
| 33 | 9 April | St Mirren | H | 0–0 | | 751 |
| 34 | 19 April | Falkirk | A | 0–0 | | 4,490 |
| 35 | 26 April | Kilmarnock | A | 1–1 | Barr | 4,086 |
| 36 | 3 May | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | A | 1–6 | Hogg | 3,639 |
| 37 | 10 May | St Mirren | A | 0–0 | | 3,163 |
| 38 | 13 May | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–0 | Skelton | 1,090 |

### Scottish League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Gretna Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| Second round | 28 August | Cowdenbeath | H | 3–1 | Barr, Yantorno, Jenkins | 342 |
| Third round | 25 September | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | A | 0–3 | | 1,717 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Gretna Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| Fourth round | 12 January | Greenock Morton | A | 2–2 | Yantorno, Horwood | 2,848 |
| Fourth round replay | 28 January | Greenock Morton | H | 0–3 | | 1,167 |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 48 | |
| 9 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 43 | |
| 10 | St Mirren | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 54 | −28 | 41 | |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 40 | |
| 12 | Gretna (R) | 38 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 83 | −51 | 13 | Resigned from the Scottish Football League and liquidated |
* ↑ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
* ↑ Gretna were deducted 10 points for entering administration.
* ↑ At the end of the season, Gretna were relegated to the Third Division due to their financial struggles. However, as no buyer was found for the club, they resigned from the Scottish Football League and were subsequently liquidated.