# Championnat d'Angleterre de football de quatrième division 2007-2008

La saison 2007-2008 de League Two est la cinquantième édition de la quatrième division anglaise.
Les vingt-quatre clubs participants au championnat ont été confrontés à deux reprises aux vingt-trois autres.
À la fin de la saison, les trois premiers ont été promus en League One et les quatre suivants se sont affrontés en barrages.
Les deux derniers ont été quant à eux relégués en Conférence National.
Dagenham & Redbridge et Morecambe on accédé pour la première fois de leur histoire aux divisions professionnelles.

## Les 24 clubs participants

Accrington Stanley
Bradford
Bury
Chester City
Chesterfield
Darlington
Grimsby Town
Hereford United
Londres
Lincoln City
Macclesfield
Mansfield
MK Dons
Morecambe
Notts County
Peterborough United
Rochdale
Rotherham
Shrewsbury
Stockport
Wrexham
Wycombe
Localisation des clubs engagés dans le championnat. :
Barnet
Brentford
Dag & Red
Clubs londoniens :
| Club | Stade | Capacité | Ville (quartier) |
| Accrington Stanley | Crown Ground | 5 057 | Accrington |
| Barnet | Underhill Stadium | 5 568 | Londres (Barnet) |
| Bradford City | Valley Parade | 25 136 | Bradford |
| Brentford | Griffin Park | 12 763 | Londres (Brentford) |
| Bury | Gigg Lane | 11 840 | Bury |
| Chester City | Deva Stadium | 5 376 | Chester |
| Chesterfield | Saltergate | 8 504 | Chesterfield |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | Victoria Road | 6 000 | Londres (Dagenham) |
| Darlington | Darlington Arena | 25 294 | Darlington |
| Grimsby Town | Blundell Park | 9 106 | Grimsby |
| Hereford | Edgar Street | 7 100 | Hereford |
| Lincoln City | Sincil Bank | 10 127 | Lincoln |
| Macclesfield Town | Moss Rose | 6 335 | Macclesfield |
| Mansfield Town | Field Mill | 10 000 | Mansfield |
| Milton Keynes Dons | Stadium mk | 22 000 | Milton Keynes |
| Morecambe | Christie Park | 6 400 | Morecambe |
| Notts County | Meadow Lane | 19 588 | Nottingham |
| Peterborough United | London Road Stadium | 15 460 | Peterborough |
| Rochdale | Spotland Stadium | 10 249 | Rochdale |
| Rotherham United | Don Valley Stadium | 25 000 | Rotherham |
| Shrewsbury Town | New Meadow | 9 875 | Shrewsbury |
| Stockport County | Edgeley Park | 10 651 | Stockport |
| Wrexham | Racecourse Ground | 15 550 | Wrexham |
| Wycombe Wanderers | Adams Park | 10 000 | High Wycombe |

## Managers

| Club | Manager |
| Accrington Stanley | John Coleman |
| Barnet | Paul Fairclough |
| Bradford City | Stuart McCall |
| Brentford | Terry Butcher |
| Bury | Chris Casper |
| Chester City | Bobby Williamson |
| Chesterfield | Lee Richardson |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | John Still |
| Darlington | Dave Penney |
| Grimsby Town | Alan Buckley |
| Hereford | Graham Turner |
| Lincoln City | John Schofield |
| Macclesfield Town | Ian Brightwell |
| Mansfield Town | Bill Dearden |
| Milton Keynes Dons | Paul Ince |
| Morecambe | Sammy McIlroy |
| Notts County | Steve Thompson |
| Peterborough United | Darren Ferguson |
| Rochdale | Keith Hill |
| Rotherham United | Mark Robins |
| Shrewsbury Town | Gary Peters |
| Stockport County | Jim Gannon |
| Wrexham | Brian Carey |
| Wycombe Wanderers | Paul Lambert |

### Changements de Managers

| Club | Managers partant | Type de départ | Date | Managers arrivant | Date de nomination | Position du club |
| Lincoln City | John Schofield | Fin de contrat | 15 octobre 2007 | Peter Jackson | 30 octobre 2007 | 23 rd |
| Notts County | Steve Thompson | Fin de contrat | 16 octobre 2007 | Ian McParland | 18 octobre 2007 | 19th |
| Wrexham | Brian Carey | Replaced | 15 novembre 2007 | Brian Little | 15 novembre 2007 | 23 rd |
| Brentford | Terry Butcher | Consentement mutuel | 11 décembre 2007 | Andy Scott | 4 janvier 2008 | 19th |
| Bury | Chris Casper | Fin de contrat | 14 janvier 2008 | Alan Knill | 4 février 2008 | 19th |
| Macclesfield Town | Ian Brightwell | Consentement mutuel | 27 février 2008 | Keith Alexander | 27 février 2008 | 22nd |
| Chester City | Bobby Williamson | Fin de contrat | 4 mars 2008 | Simon Davies | 11 mars 2008 | 17th |
| Shrewsbury Town | Gary Peters | Consentement mutuel | 4 mars 2008 | Paul Simpson | 12 mars 2008 | 16th |
| Mansfield Town | Bill Dearden | Consentement mutuel | 8 mars 2008 | Paul Holland | 25 mars 2008 | 23 rd |
| Wycombe Wanderers | Paul Lambert | Consentement mutuel | 20 mai 2008 | Peter Taylor | 29 mai 2008 | 7th |
| Milton Keynes Dons | Paul Ince | Consentement mutuel (engagé par Blackburn Rovers) | 22 juin 2008 | Roberto Di Matteo | 2 juillet 2008 | 1st |

## Compétition
### Classement

Le classement est établi sur le barème de points classique (victoire à 3 points, match nul à 1, défaite à 0).
Pour départager les égalités, on tient d'abord compte de la différence de buts générale, puis du nombre de buts marqués, puis des confrontations directes et enfin si la qualification ou la relégation est en jeu, les deux équipes jouent une rencontre d'appui sur terrain neutre.
Classement :
| Rang | Équipe | Pts | J | G | N | P | Bp | Bc | Diff |
| 1 | Milton Keynes Dons | 97 | 46 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 65 | 36 | +29 |
| 2 | Peterborough United | 92 | 46 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 84 | 43 | +41 |
| 3 | Hereford | 88 | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 72 | 41 | +31 |
| 4 | Stockport County | 82 | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 63 | 43 | +20 |
| 5 | Rochdale | 80 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 77 | 54 | +23 |
| 6 | Darlington | 78 | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 67 | 40 | +27 |
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 78 | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 56 | 42 | +14 |
| 8 | Chesterfield $^R$ | 69 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 76 | 56 | +20 |
| 9 | Rotherham United $^R$ | 64$^{-10}$ | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 60 | 58 | +2 |
| 10 | Bradford $^R$ | 62 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 63 | 61 | +2 |
| 11 | Morecambe $^P$ | 60 | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 59 | 63 | -4 |
| 12 | Barnet | 60 | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 56 | 63 | -7 |
| 13 | Bury | 59 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 61 | -3 |
| 14 | Brentford $^R$ | 59 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 52 | 70 | -18 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 58 | 46 | 18 | 4 | 24 | 61 | 77 | -16 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 55 | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 55 | 66 | -11 |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 51 | 46 | 16 | 3 | 27 | 49 | 83 | -34 |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 50 | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 56 | 65 | -9 |
| 19 | Macclesfield Town | 50 | 46 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 47 | 64 | -17 |
| 20 | Dagenham & Redbridge $^P$ | 49 | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 49 | 70 | -21 |
| 21 | Notts County | 48 | 46 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 37 | 53 | -16 |
| 22 | Chester City | 47 | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 51 | 68 | -17 |
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 46 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 48 | 68 | -20 |
| 24 | Wrexham | 40 | 46 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 38 | 70 | -32 |

### Matchs

Tableau de résultats :
| Résultats (▼dom., ►ext.) | ACC | BRN | BRA | BRE | BRY | CHR | CHS | D&R | DAR | GRI | HER | LIN | MAC | MAN | MKE | MOR | NTC | PET | ROC | ROT | SHR | STP | WRE | WYC |
| Accrington Stanley | | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 4-1 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
| Barnet | 2-2 | | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 5-2 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 |
| Bradford City | 0-3 | 1-1 | | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 |
| Brentford | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | | 1-4 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 1-3 |
| Bury | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-5 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 |
| Chester City | 2-3 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-2 |
| Chesterfield | 4-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 6-2 | 0-3 | | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 2-2 |
| Darlington | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | | 3-2 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| Grimsby Town | 1-2 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 1-4 | 0-4 | | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 |
| Hereford United | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 5-1 | 2-0 | | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| Lincoln City | 2-0 | 4-1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 2-0 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 2-1 | | 3-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 1-0 |
| Macclesfield Town | 2-1 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 1-2 |
| Mansfield Town | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 5-0 | | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-4 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 0-4 |
| Milton Keynes Dons | 5-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | | 1-1 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 2-2 |
| Morecambe | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 5-3 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | | 1-1 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 5-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| Notts County | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Peterborough United | 8-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 7-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | | 3-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Rochdale | 4-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 0-2 | | 4-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Rotherham United | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-4 | | 2-0 | 1-4 | 3-0 | 1-1 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 1-1 | | 3-1 | 3-0 | 0-1 |
| Stockport County | 2-0 | 2-4 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | | 2-1 | 6-0 |
| Wrexham | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | | 0-0 |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | |
| Victoire à domicile Match nul Victoire à l'extérieur |||||||||||||||||||||||||

### Barrages

| Demi-finales | Demi-finales | Demi-finales | Demi-finales | | Finale | Finale | Finale |
| (4) Stockport County | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 2 |
| (4) Stockport County | 1 | 1 | | Wembley, Londres | Wembley, Londres | Wembley, Londres | Wembley, Londres | | 2 |
| (7) Wycombe Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 1 | Wembley, Londres | Wembley, Londres | Wembley, Londres | | |
| (7) Wycombe Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 1 | (4) Stockport County | 3 | | | |
| | | | | (5) Rochdale | 2 | | | |
| (5) Rochdale | 1 | 2 | 5 | (5) Rochdale | 2 | | | |
| (6) Darlington | 2 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
* Tirs au but
* Score de l'équipe recevant

## Bilan de la saison

Promotions et relégations :
| Relégués de League One | Bournemouth Gillingham Port Vale Luton Town |
| Promus en League One | Milton Keynes Dons Peterborough United Hereford United Stockport County |
| Relégués en Conference National | Mansfield Town Wrexham |
| Promus de Conference National | Aldershot Town Exeter City |

## Statistiques
### Meilleurs buteurs

| | Buteurs | Clubs | Buts |
| 1 | Aaron McLean | Peterborough United | 29 |
| 2 | Scott McGleish | Wycombe Wanderers | 26 |
| 3 | Jack Lester | Chesterfield | 24 |
| 4 | Michael Boulding | Mansfield Town | 22 |
| 5 | Liam Dickinson | Stockport County | 19 |
| 6 | Andy Bishop | Bury | 17 |
| 7 | Glenn Poole | Brentford | 14 |
| 7 | Peter Thorne | Bradford | 14 |
| 7 | Adam Le Fondre | Rochdale | 14 |
| 7 | Ben Strevens | Dagenham & Redbridge | 14 |