Question: The 2007–08 Watford F.C. season started off strong, but fell off on part to selling one of their players who was born in what year?

Context articles: 2007–08 Scottish Third Division
2009–10 Crystal Palace F.C. season
Watford F.C. Player of the Season
1982–83 Watford F.C. season
2007–08 FC Bayern Munich season
2007–08 Watford F.C. season
Marlon King
1999–2000 Watford F.C. season
Watford F.C. Under-23s and Academy
2008 Galway United F.C. season

The 2007–08 Scottish Football League Third Division was the 13th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football.
 The season started on 4 August 2007 and ended on 26 April 2008.
 East Fife F.C. finished top and were promoted alongside Arbroath F.C. as play-off winners.
 Stranraer F.C. were also promoted due to Gretna being demoted to the Third Division.
The Crystal Palace F.C. season 2009–10 was Crystal Palace's 5th consecutive season in the Championship, after a 15th-placed finish in the previous campaign.
 The season started well before taking a turn for the worse when the club was placed into administration at the end of January 2010, culminating in manager Neil Warnock leaving his job just over a month later and being replaced by Paul Hart, whose tenure saw the club survive relegation on the final day of the season.
Watford Football Club are an English football club, from Watford, Hertfordshire.
 Founded in 1881 as Watford Rovers, the club has competed in the Football League since 1920, with the exceptions of 1999–2000, 2006–07, 2015–16 and 2016–17, when it competed in the Premier League.
 First introduced by the "Watford Observer" in the 1972–73 season, the Watford F.C. Player of the Season award is voted for annually by supporters of the club.
 It recognises the best overall performance by an individual player through the season.
 Each year the winner is presented with the "Watford Observer Trophy" at the club's end-of-season awards dinner.
During the 1982–83 English football season, Watford F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, after being promoted from the Second Division the previous season.
 Under Graham Taylor's management, Watford finished second in the First Division – their highest ever league finish.
 As a result, Watford qualified for European competition for the first time.
 Luther Blissett finished the season as the division's top scorer, with 27 league goals.
Prior to the beginning of the 2007–08 season, Bayern Munich underwent a major restructuring of the team, releasing or retiring nine players while adding ten others to the squad, most notably Luca Toni and Franck Ribéry.
 The season started with Bayern winning the DFB-Ligapokal, followed by a shootout win in the DFB-Pokal against Wacker Burghausen on 6 August 2007.
 On the first day of the 2007–08 Bundesliga season, Bayern achieved a 3–0 victory over Hansa Rostock.
 As the season progressed, Bayern continued in first in the league table, eventually winning the championship.
 Bayern also won the 2007–08 DFB-Pokal, thereby completing the double.
 International success was thwarted by Zenit Saint Petersburg, however, when Bayern suffered a 4–0 defeat in the second leg of the semi-final after a draw at home.
 The 2007–08 season was goalkeeper Oliver Kahn's last season with Bayern.
Following relegation from the Premier League in 2006–07, Watford started the 2007–08 season strongly, winning eleven of their opening sixteen games and opening up an 8-point gap at the top of the Championship table.
 However, after the departure of Adam Johnson to Middlesbrough on 11 November 2007 Watford's form declined; they won six of their next sixteen Championship games, and only one of their final sixteen.
 In January 2008 Watford sold captain Gavin Mahon and top scorer Marlon King, but purchased Mat Sadler, Leigh Bromby and John Eustace.
 Watford finished the 2007–08 season in 6th position, and were eliminated in the play-off semi finals to Hull City.
Marlon Francis King (born 26 April 1980) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker.
During the 1999–2000 English football season, Watford F.C. competed in the FA Premier League, after being promoted from the First Division last season.
Watford F.C. Under-23s and Academy is the youth setup of Watford.
 The Under-23 team is effectively Watford's second-string side, but is limited to three outfield players and one goalkeeper over the age of 23 per game following the introduction of new regulations from the 2012–13 season.
 They play in Premier League 2 Division 2 and also compete in the Checkatrade Trophy.
 The Under-18 side is the most senior team in the Academy.
2008 Galway United F.C. season.
 This is a list of competitive matches played by Galway United F.C. in during the 2008 League of Ireland Premier Division season.
 Jeff Kenna served as player-manager of Galway United F.C. during this season.
 During the season there were rumours of financial troubles and the selling of the players within the squad, most notably Derek O'Brien.
 Relegation also loomed on the horizon.
 However, a surge of great form which saw the United reach the 2008 FAI Cup semi-finals gave the club a fighting chance of survival.
 A 3–0 victory over Finn Harps in the penultimate game of the season put survival in United's own hands and their victory the following week away to UCD ensured that Galway United would be playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division in 2009.