2007–08 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town
2007–08 season
Chairman	David Sheepshanks
Manager	Jim Magilton
Stadium	Portman Road
Championship	8th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Jonathan Walters (13); All: Jonathan Walters (13)
Highest home attendance	29,656; (vs Norwich City, 13 Apr 2008, Championship)
Lowest home attendance	17,938; (vs Leicester City, 11 Dec 2007, Championship)
Average home league attendance	21,935
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

During the 2007–08 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League Championship.

Season summary

Despite making a strong challenge for promotion during the season, Ipswich Town were denied the chance to participate in the play-offs for promotion to the Premier League on the last day of the season, with Crystal Palace and Watford taking the play-off places instead.

First-team squad

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	NED	Fabian Wilnis
4	DF	CAN	Jason de Vos (captain)
5	DF	IRL	Alex Bruce
6	DF	ENG	Richard Naylor
7	MF	IRL	Owen Garvan
8	MF	FRA	Sylvain Legwinski
9	FW	ESP	Pablo Couñago
10	MF	ENG	Tommy Miller
11	MF	WAL	Gavin Williams
14	FW	IRL	Alan Lee
15	DF	ESP	Sito


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	ENG	Danny Haynes
19	FW	IRL	Jonathan Walters
20	DF	ENG	David Wright
21	DF	ENG	Danny Simpson (on loan from Manchester United)
22	MF	ENG	Gary Roberts
23	DF	ENG	Dan Harding
25	MF	IRL	Alan Quinn
26	MF	MKD	Veliče Šumulikoski
28	MF	ENG	David Norris
32	FW	FIN	Shefki Kuqi (on loan from Crystal Palace)
43	GK	ENG	Stephen Bywater (on loan from Derby County)

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	IRL	Shane Supple (on loan to Falkirk)
3	DF	ENG	Matt Richards (on loan to Brighton & Hove Albion)
12	MF	CAN	Jaime Peters (on loan to Yeovil Town)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	IRL	George O'Callaghan (to Cork City)
24	FW	IRL	Billy Clarke (on loan to Falkirk)
27	GK	SCO	Neil Alexander (to Rangers)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	IRL	Nick Colgan
16	DF	NIR	Chris Casement
17	FW	ENG	Dean Bowditch
29	MF	ENG	Ed Upson
31	DF	IRL	Michael Synnott


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
35	DF	ENG	Tommy Smith
36	MF	ENG	Liam Trotter
37	GK	ENG	Andrew Plummer
38	FW	ENG	Jordan Rhodes

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
30	MF	ENG	Sammy Moore (to Stevenage Borough)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
32	DF	ENG	Ian Miller (to Darlington)

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Jim Magilton
Assistant Manager	Bryan Klug
Goalkeeping Coach	Andy Rhodes
Specialist Skills Coach	Steve Foley
Fitness Coach	Simon Thadani
Head Physiotherapist	Matt Byard

Pre-season

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 July 2007	Burton Albion	A	3–0	935	Richards, Lee (2) (pen)
12 July 2007	Kettering Town	A	3–1	Unknown	O'Callaghan, Clarke, Synnott
18 July 2007	Stevenage	A	0–3	Unknown
19 July 2007	Chelmsford City	A	2–2	Unknown	Unknown (o.g.) Moore
21 July 2007	Rushden & Diamonds	A	2–1	1,060	Walters, Roberts
24 July 2007	Crawley Town	A	5–1	1,043	Miller (3) (pen), Lee (2)
27 July 2007	Bury Town	A	6–1	1,926	Clarke (3), Haynes, Garvan, Robinson
31 July 2007	Royal Antwerp	A	1–1	Unknown	Roberts
3 August 2007	Leiston	A	P
5 August 2007	Panathinaikos	H	2–0	8,165	Couñago (2)
7 August 2007	Dartford	A	3–1	649	Roberts, Clarke, O'Callaghan

Competitions

Football League Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
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
8	Ipswich Town	46	18	15	13	65	56	+9	69
9	Sheffield United	46	17	15	14	56	51	+5	66
10	Plymouth Argyle	46	17	13	16	60	50	+10	64

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2008. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Ipswich Town's score comes first^[1]

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 August 2007	Sheffield Wednesday	H	4–1	23,099	Lee (2) (pen), Roberts, Couñago
18 August 2007	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–1	13,260	Lee
26 August 2007	Crystal Palace	H	1–0	19,382	Walters
1 September 2007	Watford	A	0–2	17,295
15 September 2007	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–4	19,460
22 September 2007	Coventry City	H	4–1	18,840	de Vos, Couñago (2), Walters
29 September 2007	Hull City	A	1–3	15,456	Harding
2 October 2007	Burnley	A	2–2	9,952	Legwinski, Lee
6 October 2007	Preston North End	H	2–1	19,243	Lee, Miller
20 October 2007	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	13,946	Legwinski
23 October 2007	Colchester United	H	3–1	25,727	Walters, Trotter, Haynes
27 October 2007	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-0	23,308	Lee, Couñago, Haynes
4 November 2007	Norwich City	A	2–2	25,461	Lee, Couñago
6 November 2007	Sheffield United	A	1–3	25,033	Walters
10 November 2007	Bristol City	H	6–0	22,020	Walters (3), Wright, Miller (pen), Couñago
24 November 2007	Cardiff City	A	0–1	15,173
27 November 2007	Southampton	H	2–0	19,791	Walters, Couñago
1 December 2007	Barnsley	H	0–0	19,540
4 December 2007	Bristol City	A	0–2	14,062
8 December 2007	Charlton Athletic	A	1–3	24,680	Couñago
11 December 2007	Leicester City	H	3–1	17,938	Couñago, Lee (pen), Walters
15 December 2007	Scunthorpe United	H	3–2	19,306	Couñago, Garvan, Miller
22 December 2007	Burnley	H	0–0	20,077
26 December 2007	Leicester City	A	0–2	24,049
29 December 2007	Coventry City	A	1–2	18,346	Haynes
1 January 2008	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–0	24,000	Wright, de Vos
12 January 2008	Stoke City	H	1–1	20,346	Haynes
19 January 2008	Blackpool	A	1–1	9,154	Walters
29 January 2008	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–0	20,095
2 February 2008	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–1	19,092	Quinn, Lee
9 February 2008	Watford	H	1–2	24,227	Walters
12 February 2008	Crystal Palace	A	1–0	16,090	Haynes
16 February 2008	Blackpool	H	2–1	21,059	Šumulikoski, Walters
23 February 2008	Stoke City	A	0–1	23,563
1 March 2008	Southampton	A	1–1	23,299	David Norris
4 March 2008	Sheffield United	H	1–1	20,190	Lee
11 March 2008	Barnsley	A	1–4	11,333	Couñago
15 March 2008	Charlton Athletic	H	2–0	23,539	Garvan, Haynes
22 March 2008	Scunthorpe United	A	2–1	6,636	Couñago, Sito
29 March 2008	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–0	24,570
5 April 2008	Colchester United	A	0–2	6,264
9 April 2008	Cardiff City	H	1–1	20,311	Rhodes
13 April 2008	Norwich City	H	2–1	29,656	Pearce (o.g.), Haynes
19 April 2008	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	26,072	Miller
26 April 2008	Preston North End	A	2–2	14,187	Miller, Walters
4 May 2008	Hull City	H	1–0	28,233	Lee

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 2007	Portsmouth	H	0–1	23,446

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	14 August 2007	Milton Keynes Dons	A	3–3 (lost 3–5 on pens)	7,496	Lee (pen), Murphy (o.g.), Garvan

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee	Ref
13 July 2007	FW	Pablo Couñago	Málaga	Free transfer	^[2]
16 July 2007	GK	Neil Alexander	Cardiff City	Free transfer	^[3]
19 July 2007	MF	Tommy Miller	Sunderland	Free transfer	^[4]
23 January 2008	MF	Alan Quinn	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	^[5]
28 January 2008	MF	Veliče Šumulikoski	Bursaspor	Undisclosed	^[6]
31 January 2008	MF	David Norris	Plymouth Argyle	Undisclosed	^[7]
31 January 2008	GK	Nick Colgan	Free agent	Free transfer	^[8]

Loans in

Date from	Pos	Name	From	Date until	Ref
31 January 2008	GK	Stephen Bywater	Derby County	30 June 2008	^[9]
15 March 2008	FW	Shefki Kuqi	Crystal Palace	30 June 2008	^[10]
21 March 2008	DF	Danny Simpson	Manchester United	30 June 2008	^[11]

Transfers out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee	Ref
3 June 2007	DF	James Krause	Rushden & Diamonds	Free transfer	^[12]
1 July 2007	MF	Darren Currie	Luton Town	Free transfer	^[13]
1 July 2007	MF	Martin Brittain	Carlisle United	Free transfer	^[14]
1 July 2007	MF	Stuart O'Keefe	Southend United	Free transfer	^[15]
1 July 2007	FW	Darryl Knights	Yeovil Town	Free transfer	^[16]
1 July 2007	FW	Kieron Leabon	Boston United	Free transfer	^[17]
27 July 2007	GK	Lewis Price	Derby County	Undisclosed	^[18]
11 January 2008	DF	Ian Miller	Darlington	Free transfer	^[19]
24 January 2008	MF	Sammy Moore	Stevenage Borough	Free transfer	^[20]
30 January 2008	GK	Neil Alexander	Rangers	£500,000	^[21]
31 January 2008	MF	George O'Callaghan	Cork City	Free transfer	^[22]

Loans out

Date from	Pos	Name	From	Date until	Ref
25 July 2007	MF	Sammy Moore	Brentford	6 January 2008	^[23]
30 July 2007	DF	Ian Miller	Darlington	10 January 2008	^[24]
31 August 2007	MF	George O'Callaghan	Brighton & Hove Albion	1 January 2008	^[25]
18 September 2007	DF	Matt Richards	Brighton & Hove Albion	30 June 2008	^[26]^[27]
10 October 2007	FW	Jordan Rhodes	Oxford United	10 November 2007	^[28]
22 November 2007	FW	Dean Bowditch	Northampton Town	22 January 2008	^[29]
17 January 2008	DF	Matt Richards	Brighton & Hove Albion	30 June 2008	^[30]
30 January 2008	MF	Jaime Peters	Yeovil Town	4 May 2008	^[31]
31 January 2008	GK	Shane Supple	Falkrik	30 June 2008	^[32]
31 January 2008	FW	Billy Clarke	Falkrik	30 June 2008	^[32]
12 February 2008	FW	Dean Bowditch	Brighton & Hove Albion	5 March 2008	^[33]
12 February 2008	MF	Gary Roberts	Crewe Alexandra	12 March 2008	^[34]
20 February 2008	DF	Tommy Smith	Stevenage Borough	27 April 2008	^[35]

Squad statistics

All statistics updated as of end of season

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
43	GK	ENG	Stephen Bywater	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	NED	Fabian Wilnis	14	0	9+4	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	CAN	Jason de Vos	47	2	46	2	0	0	1	0
5	DF	IRL	Alex Bruce	38	0	35+1	0	1	0	1	0
6	DF	ENG	Richard Naylor	8	0	6+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
15	DF	ESP	Sito	14	1	11+2	1	1	0	0	0
16	DF	NIR	Chris Casement	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	ENG	David Wright	43	2	39+2	2	1	0	1	0
21	DF	ENG	Danny Simpson	8	0	7+1	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	ENG	Dan Harding	31	1	29+1	1	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
7	MF	IRL	Owen Garvan	45	3	39+4	2	1	0	1	1
8	MF	FRA	Sylvain Legwinski	16	2	9+6	2	0	0	0+1	0
10	MF	ENG	Tommy Miller	38	5	32+5	5	0	0	1	0
11	MF	WAL	Gavin Williams	14	0	10+3	0	1	0	0	0
22	MF	ENG	Gary Roberts	22	1	10+11	1	0	0	1	0
25	MF	IRL	Alan Quinn	16	1	14+2	1	0	0	0	0
26	MF	MKD	Veliče Šumulikoski	16	1	10+6	1	0	0	0	0
28	MF	ENG	David Norris	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0
36	MF	ENG	Liam Trotter	8	1	2+5	1	1	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ESP	Pablo Couñago	45	12	35+8	12	1	0	1	0
14	FW	IRL	Alan Lee	47	12	37+8	11	0+1	0	1	1
18	FW	ENG	Danny Haynes	42	7	18+22	7	1	0	0+1	0
19	FW	IRL	Jonathan Walters	41	13	39+1	13	0	0	1	0
32	FW	FIN	Shefki Kuqi	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW	ENG	Jordan Rhodes	8	1	0+8	1	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
12	MF	CAN	Jamie Peters	6	0	0+5	0	0+1	0	0	0
21	MF	IRL	George O'Callaghan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	IRL	Billy Clarke	22	0	9+11	0	1	0	0+1	0
27	GK	SCO	Neil Alexander	31	0	29	0	1	0	1	0

Last updated: end of season
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

No.	Pos	Player	Championship	League Cup	Total
19	FW	Jonathan Walters	13	0	13
9	FW	Pablo Couñago	12	0	12
14	FW	Alan Lee	11	1	12
18	FW	Danny Haynes	7	0	7
10	MF	Tommy Miller	5	0	5
7	MF	Owen Garvan	2	1	3
4	DF	Jason de Vos	2	0	2
8	MF	Sylvain Legwinski	2	0	2
20	DF	David Wright	2	0	2
15	DF	Sito	1	0	1
22	MF	Gary Roberts	1	0	1
23	DF	Dan Harding	1	0	1
25	MF	Alan Quinn	1	0	1
26	MF	Veliče Šumulikoski	1	0	1
28	MF	David Norris	1	0	1
36	MF	Liam Trotter	1	0	1
38	FW	Jordan Rhodes	1	0	1
Own goal			1	1	2
Total			65	3	68

Clean sheets

Number	Name	Championship	Total
27	Neil Alexander	8	8
43	Stephen Bywater	4	4
Total		12	12

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name
2	DF	Fabian Wilnis	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
4	DF	Jason de Vos	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5	DF	Alex Bruce	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF	Owen Garvan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8	MF	Sylvain Legwinski	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	Pablo Couñago	4	1	1	0	0	0	5	1
10	MF	Tommy Miller	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
11	MF	Gavin Williams	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
14	FW	Alan Lee	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
15	DF	Sito	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
18	FW	Danny Haynes	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
19	FW	Jonathan Walters	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	DF	David Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	DF	Danny Simpson	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	MF	Gary Roberts	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
23	DF	Dan Harding	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
24	FW	Billy Clarke	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
25	MF	Alan Quinn	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	GK	Neil Alexander	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
36	MF	Liam Trotter	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
43	GK	Stephen Bywater	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total			51	4	2	1	2	0	55	5

Awards

Player awards

Award	Player	Ref
Player of the Year	Jonathan Walters	^[36]
Players' Player of the Year	Jonathan Walters	^[37]
Young Player of the Year	Jordan Rhodes	^[37]
Goal of the Season	Pablo Couñago	^[37]

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