2007–08 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season


During the 2007–08 English football season, West Bromwich Albion competed in the Football League Championship. They finished the season in first place, thus earning promotion to the Premier League the following season.

Season summary

After the previous season's play-off final heartbreak, Tony Mowbray set about restructuring his squad, moving out several players for multimillion-pound fees after press reports of dressing room division. High-profile players such as Jason Koumas, Diomansy Kamara and Curtis Davies were sold to Premier League clubs for large fees, joining Paul McShane, Nathan Ellington, Darren Carter and Steve Watson in leaving the Hawthorns. Mowbray replaced them by signing a total of 14 permanent and loan players in the summer transfer window, making an overall profit in the process.
Despite the large changes in his squad, Mowbray won the Championship Manager of the Month award in September, after Albion gained 13 out of the maximum 15 points and climbed to second. At the start of 2008, Mowbray's young Albion team topped the table, receiving growing plaudits from the media and supporters alike for their attractive brand of attacking one touch passing football, a reflection of Mowbray's staunch footballing philosophy.
Mowbray guided Albion to the Football League Championship title and promotion to the Premier League, and also reached the FA Cup semi-final. The semi-final, the first to be played at the new Wembley Stadium, pitted Albion against Portsmouth, the only remaining Premier League team left in the FA Cup. Portsmouth won the match 1–0 with the only goal of the game coming from former Albion striker Nwankwo Kanu. Mowbray won the Championship manager of the month award for April, as well as the League Managers Association manager of the year award.

Kit

English company Umbro remained West Bromwich's kit manufacturers. T-Mobile remained the kit sponsors.

Final league table

Results

West Bromwich Albion's score comes first

Legend

Football League Championship

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R35 January 2008Charlton AthleticA1-112,682Miller
R3R15 January 2008Charlton AthleticH2-2 12,691Bednář, Morrison
R426 January 2008Peterborough UnitedA3-012,701Bednář, Koren, Phillips
R516 February 2008Coventry CityA5-028,163Brunt, Bednář, Miller, Gera
QF9 March 2008Bristol RoversA5-112,011Morrison, Miller, Phillips
SF5 April 2008PortsmouthN0-183,584

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R114 August 2007BournemouthH1-010,250Beattie
R228 August 2007Peterborough UnitedA2-04,917Gera, Ellington
R325 September 2007Cardiff CityH2-414,085Miller

Players

First-team squad

Left club during season

Transfers

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