# 2007–08 Crystal Palace F.C. season

The 2007–08 season was Crystal Palace Football Club's third consecutive season in The Championship. Manager Peter Taylor was sacked on 8 October 2007 and replaced by former Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock on 11 October 2007.

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 13 May 2008.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship (including play-offs) | Championship (including play-offs) | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Scott Flinders | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | -1 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Matthew Lawrence | 41 | 1 | 37+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Tony Craig | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Clint Hill | 31 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Mark Hudson | 49 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Leon Cort | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | WAL | Carl Fletcher | 29 | 1 | 17+11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ENG | James Scowcroft | 40 | 9 | 35+4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Dougie Freedman | 20 | 2 | 4+15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | IRL | Clinton Morrison | 47 | 16 | 35+10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRB | Paul Ifill | 15 | 2 | 5+10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ARG | Julián Speroni | 48 | -45 | 48 | -45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Ben Watson | 46 | 7 | 43+1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | IRL | Mark Kennedy | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Neil Danns | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | AUT | Besian Idrizaj | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Scott Sinclair | 10 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | John Halls | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Tom Soares | 42 | 6 | 40+1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Danny Butterfield | 33 | 0 | 27+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Dave Martin | 10 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Kyel Reid | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SCO | Paul Dickov | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Nathan Ashton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | POR | José Fonte | 26 | 1 | 18+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NIR | Jeff Hughes | 10 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Stuart Green | 11 | 2 | 7+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | CMR | Franck Songo'o | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Shaun Derry | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | John Bostock | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ENG | Arron Fray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | FIN | Shefki Kuqi | 9 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ENG | Lewis Grabban | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Lee Hills | 13 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | WAL | Rhoys Wiggins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Lewwis Spence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | ENG | Charlie Sheringham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | ENG | David Wilkinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ENG | James Dayton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ENG | Ryan Hall | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | ENG | Moses Swaibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | ENG | Ben Kudjodji | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | ENG | Victor Moses | 15 | 3 | 10+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | IRL | Sean Scannell | 25 | 2 | 11+13 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | ENG | Ashley-Paul Robinson | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Players
### Starting 11

| No. | Pos. | Name | MS | Notes |
| 12 | GK | Julián Speroni | 48 | |
| 2 | RB | Matthew Lawrence | 38 | Danny Butterfield has 28 starts |
| 5 | CB | Mark Hudson | 49 | |
| 23 | CB | José Fonte | 20 | |
| 4 | LB | Clint Hill | 30 | |
| 19 | RM | Tom Soares | 41 | |
| 14 | CM | Ben Watson | 45 | |
| 28 | CM | Shaun Derry | 32 | |
| 44 | LM | Sean Scannell | 12 | Carl Fletcher has 18 starts |
| 8 | CF | James Scowcroft | 36 | |
| 10 | CF | Clinton Morrison | 36 | |

## Club
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Peter Taylor (July–October)/ Neil Warnock (October–June) |
| Assistant manager | Mick Jones (October–June) |
| First team coach | Kit Symons (July–October)/ Keith Curle (October–June) |
| Goalkeeping coach | Tony Burns (July–November)/ Jim Stannard (November–June) |
| Chief scout | Allan Gemmill |
| Fitness coach | Mark Hulse (July–November)/ Carl Serrant (November–June) |
| Reserve team manager | Kit Symons (July–October)/ Dougie Freedman (October–March)/ Gary Issot (March–June) |
| Academy manager | David Moss |
| U18 team/Assistant academy manager | Gary Issott |
| Head physiotherapist | Paul Caton |
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## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 6 | Watford | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 70 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 70 | |

## End-of-season awards

| Award | Winner |
| Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year | Julián Speroni |
| Crystal Palace F.C. Young Player of the Year | Sean Scannell |
| Vice Presidents' Player of the Year | Shaun Derry |
| Vice Presidents' Young Player of the Year | Sean Scannell |
| Scholar Player of the Year | Lee Hills |
| Academy Player of the Year | Kyle de Silva |
| Crystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season | James Scowcroft v Wolverhampton Wanderers (12–01–08) |
| Special Achievement Award | Clinton Morrison for scoring 100 Crystal Palace goals |
| Special Achievement Award | Geoff Thomas for his services to the club as captain (1988–1992) |