# 2007–08 Hull City A.F.C. season

During the 2007–08 English football season, Hull City A.F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

## Season summary

Hull finished a mere four points adrift of second-placed Stoke City for promotion to the Premier League, qualifying for the play-offs instead. After trouncing Watford 6–1 over two legs, Hull City reached Wembley to play a Bristol City side aiming for a second successive promotion. A single Dean Windass goal gave Hull the game and promotion to English football's top flight for the first time in Hull's history. Promotion was made all the more incredible considering that five seasons ago Hull were languishing in the bottom tier of the Football League, and that when manager Phil Brown had taken the managerial role at Hull in December 2006 the club were in the Championship relegation zone.

## Players
### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | WAL | Boaz Myhill |
| 2 | MF | ENG | Nathan Doyle |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Andy Dawson |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Ian Ashbee |
| 5 | MF | ENG | Simon Walton (on loan from Queens Park Rangers) |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Michael Turner |
| 7 | MF | NIR | Stuart Elliott |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Nick Barmby |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Dean Windass |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Bryan Hughes |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Matt Duke |
| 13 | MF | ENG | Ryan France |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Richard Garcia |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Wayne Brown |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Michael Bridges |
| 18 | FW | IRL | Caleb Folan |
| 19 | MF | ENG | John Welsh |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | DEN | Henrik Pedersen |
| 21 | DF | WAL | Sam Ricketts |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Dean Marney |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Craig Fagan (on loan from Derby County) |
| 24 | MF | ENG | David Livermore |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Fraizer Campbell (on loan from Manchester United) |
| 26 | GK | ENG | Tom Woodhead |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Nicky Featherstone |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Matty Plummer |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Will Atkinson |
| 32 | MF | ENG | James Bennett |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Brewster Frizzell |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Frank Belt |
| 35 | GK | ENG | Mark Tyler (on loan from Peterborough United) |
| 37 | DF | SCO | Liam Cooper |
| 44 | MF | NGA | Jay-Jay Okocha |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Danny Coles (to Bristol Rovers) |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Stephen McPhee (to Blackpool) |
| 10 | DF | ENG | Neil Clement (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) |
| 16 | DF | IRL | Damien Delaney (to Queens Park Rangers) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Sam Collins (to Hartlepool United) |
| 28 | GK | ENG | Curtis Aspden (to Farsley Celtic) |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Ben Wilkinson (on loan to Gretna) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Player | Club From | Fee |
| 19 June 2007 | FW | Dean Windass | Bradford City | £150,000 |
| 29 June 2007 | MF | Bryan Hughes | Charlton Athletic | Free |
| 2 July 2007 | DF | Richard Garcia | Colchester United | Free |
| 14 July 2007 | MF | Wayne Brown | Colchester United | £450,000 |
| 13 August 2007 | FW | Henrik Pedersen | Bolton Wanderers | Free |
| 31 August 2007 | FW | Caleb Folan | Wigan Athletic | £1,000,000 |

### Out

| Date | Position | Player | Club To | Fee |
| 24 May 2007 | DF | Scott Wiseman | Darlington | Free |
| 1 June 2007 | MF | Ray Parlour | Free Agency | Released |
| 20 June 2007 | FW | Jon Parkin | Stoke City | £250,000, rising to £500,000 |
| 25 June 2007 | FW | Nicky Forster | Brighton and Hove Albion | £75,000 |
| 10 July 2007 | FW | Darryl Duffy | Swansea City | £200,000 |
| 7 January 2008 | FW | Stephen McPhee | Blackpool | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2008 | DF | Danny Coles | Bristol Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 17 January 2008 | DF | Damien Delaney | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2008 | DF | Sam Collins | Hartlepool United | Nominal |

### Loan In

| Date | Position | Player | Club From | Length |
| 18 October 2007 | FW | Fraizer Campbell | Manchester United | Three months(extended 4 January) |
| 29 January 2008 | MF | Simon Walton | Queens Park Rangers | Until end of season |
| 20 February 2008 | DF | Neil Clement | West Bromwich Albion | Until end of season(recalled 27 March) |
| 8 March 2008 | FW | Craig Fagan | Derby County | Until end of season |

### Loan Out

| Date | Position | Player | Club To | Length |
| 28 September 2007 | DF | Sam Collins | Swindon Town | One Month |
| 1 October 2007 | DF | Danny Coles | Hartlepool United | One Month |
| 1 November 2007 | DF | Danny Coles | Bristol Rovers | Three Months |

## Statistics
### Starting 11

    Considering starts in all competitions
* GK: Boaz Myhill, 46
* RB: Sam Ricketts, 45
* CB: Michael Turner, 48
* CB: Wayne Brown, 44
* LB: Andy Dawson, 25
* RM: Richard Garcia, 36
* CM: Ian Ashbee, 43
* CM: Dean Marney, 36
* LM: Bryan Hughes, 27
* CF: Fraizer Campbell, 32
* CF: Dean Windass, 29

## Football League Championship
### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 17 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | West Bromwich Albion (C, P) | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 88 | 55 | +33 | 81 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Stoke City (P) | 46 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 69 | 55 | +14 | 79 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Hull City (O, P) | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 75 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Bristol City | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 74 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 71 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |