2007–08 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

Oldham Athletic

2007–08 season
Chairman	Simon Blitz
Manager	John Sheridan
Football League One	8th
Carling Cup	Second round
FA Cup	Fourth round
Football League Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Davies (10) All: Davies (14)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

This article details Oldham Athletic A.F.C.'s season in League One during the 2007–08 season.

Club

Players

As of 15 March 2008:

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Mark Crossley 2 DF Neal Eardley 3 MF David Livermore (on loan from Hull City) 4 MF Jean-Paul Kalala 5 DF John Thompson 6 DF Stefan Stam 8 MF Mark Allott 9 FW Lee Hughes 10 FW Craig Davies 11 MF Jason Jarrett (on loan from Preston North End) 12 DF Kelvin Lomax 13 GK Richard O'Donnell (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday) 14 DF Reuben Hazell

No. Position Player 15 MF Gary McDonald 16 DF Sean Gregan (captain) 17 FW Matthew Wolfenden 18 MF Chris Taylor 19 MF Mike Pearson 22 MF Andy Liddell 24 FW Deane Smalley 25 FW Lewis Alessandra 26 MF Ashley Kelly 31 GK Josh Bell 32 DF Paul Black 42 MF Aaron Chalmers

Statistics leaders

• Club Statistics | Oldham Athletic

Appearances	Neal Eardley	48
Scorer	Craig Davies	14
Assists	Chris Taylor	6
Shots	Craig Davies	128
Red Cards	Neal Trotman Neal Eardley Reuben Hazell	1
Yellow Cards	Neal Trotman	10
Fouls	Craig Davies	95

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
10 July 2007	FW	Michael Ricketts	Preston North End	Free
14 September 2007	DF	Reuben Hazell	Chesterfield	Free
27 March 2008	FW	Robbie Winters	SK Brann	?
22 April 2008	GK	Greg Fleming	Gretna	Free
22 April 2008	MF	Kieran Lee	Manchester United	Free
28 April 2008	FW	Chris O'Grady	Rotherham	?
5 June 2008	MF	Dale Stephens	Bury	?
20 June 2008	MF	Danny Whitaker	Port Vale	?

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2007	FW	Danny Philliskirk	Chelsea	Free
16 July 2007	GK	Terry Smith	Southport	?
1 August 2007	MF	Paul Warne	Yeovil	Free
1 October 2007	FW	Neil Wood	Released
4 January 2008	DF	Marcus Holness	Rochdale	Free
30 January 2008	DF	Neal Trotman	Preston North End	£500,000
April 2008	MF	Ashley Kelly	Released
April 2008	FW	Mike Pearson	Released

Loan in

Date	Pos.	Name	From
30 July 2007	MF	Neil Kilkenny	Birmingham City
10 August 2007	DF	Stuart Giddings	Coventry City
21 August 2007	DF	Ryan Bertrand	Chelsea
18 October 2007	GK	Marlon Beresford	Luton Town
29 January 2008	MF	Jason Jarrett	Preston North End
31 January 2008	MF	David Livermore	Hull City
26 February 2008	FW	Jordan Robertson	Sheffield United
4 March 2008	FW	Leon Constantine	Leeds United
27 March 2008	GK	Richard O'Donnell	Sheffield Wednesday

Loan out

Date	Pos.	Name	To
13 September 2007	DF	Kelvin Lomax	Rochdale
1 October 2007	DF	Marcus Holness	Rochdale
9 October 2007	FW	Mike Pearson	Farsley
2 November 2007	FW	Michael Ricketts	Walsall
27 December 2007	MF	Ashley Kelly	Barrow

League position

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	19	12	15	58	50	+8	69
8	Oldham Athletic	46	18	13	15	58	46	+12	67
9	Northampton Town	46	17	15	14	60	55	+5	66

Updated to games played on 27 April 2008
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Fixtures

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result F – A	Scorers	Competition
11 August 2007	Swansea City	H	2 – 1	Ricketts 3' (pen.), Davies 90'	League One
14 August 2007	Mansfield Town	H	4 – 1	Kilkenny 20', Kalala 27', Smalley 82', Davies 86'	Carling Cup
18 August 2007	Carlisle	A	0 – 1		League One
25 August 2007	Bristol Rovers	H	0 – 1		League One
28 August 2007	Burnley	A	0 – 3		Carling Cup
1 September 2007	Hartlepool	A	1 – 4	Davies 14'	League One
4 September 2007	Accrington Stanley	A	3 – 2	Liddell 55', Davies 56', Wolfenden 73'	Football League Trophy
15 September 2007	Southend United	H	0 – 1		League One
22 September 2007	Walsall	A	3 – 0	Ricketts 33', Liddell 65' (pen.), Davies 90'	League One
29 September 2007	Crewe Alexandra	H	3 – 2	Allott 36', Wolfenden 83', Kilkenny 90'	League One
2 October 2007	Leeds United	H	0 – 1		League One
6 October 2007	Cheltenham Town	A	1 – 1	Liddell 46'	League One
20 October 2007	Huddersfield Town	A	1 – 1	Davies 27'	League One
23 October 2007	Doncaster Rovers	A	0 – 3		Football League Trophy
27 October 2007	Northampton Town	H	0 – 1		League One
30 October 2007	Nottingham Forest	A	0 – 0		League One
3 November 2007	Leyon Orient	A	0 – 1		League One
6 November 2007	Tranmere Rovers	A	1 – 0	Davies 90'	League One
10 November 2007	Doncaster Rovers	H	2 – 2	Trotman 32', Davies 42'	FA Cup
17 November 2007	Port Vale	H	1 – 1	Davies 23'	League One
24 November 2007	Bournemouth	A	3 – 0	Hughes (2) 56', 90' (pen.), Taylor 70'	League One
27 November 2007	Doncaster Rovers	A	2 – 1	Kilkenny 45', McDonald 49'	FA Cup
1 December 2007	Crewe Alexandra	H	1 – 0	Hughes 41'	FA Cup
4 December 2007	Luton Town	H	1 – 1	Davies 32'	League One
8 December 2007	Doncaster Rovers	H	1 – 1	Allott 44'	League One
15 December 2007	Millwall	A	3 – 2	Hughes (3) 32', 74' (pen.), 80'	League One
22 December 2007	Southend United	A	1 – 0	Hughes 4'	League One
26 December 2007	Nottingham Forest	H	0 – 0		League One
29 December 2007	Walsall	H	0 – 2		League One
1 January 2008	Leeds United	A	3 – 1	Hazell 28', Trotman 36', Hughes 41' (og)	League One
5 January 2008	Everton	A	1 – 0	McDonald 45'	FA Cup
12 January 2008	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1 – 1	Hughes 40'	League One
19 January 2008	Yeovil Town	A	0 – 0		League One
22 January 2008	Gillingham	A	0 – 0		League One
26 January 2008	Huddersfield Town	H	0 – 1		FA Cup
29 January 2008	Carlisle	H	2 – 0	McDonald (2) 21', 44'	League One
2 February 2008	Swansea City	A	1 – 2	Davies 76' (pen.)	League One
9 February 2008	Gillingham	H	2 – 1	Taylor 42', Davies 67'	League One
12 February 2008	Bristol Rovers	A	0 – 1		League One
16 February 2008	Yeovil Town	H	3 – 0	McDonald 15', Peltier 77' (og), Davies 87'	League One
23 February 2008	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0 – 1		League One
26 February 2008	Swindon Town	H	2 – 2	Livermore 50', Allott 55'	League One
1 March 2008	Port Vale	A	3 – 0	Robertson 23', Eardly 78', Wolfenden 90'	League One
4 March 2008	Hartlepool	H	0 – 1		League One
8 March 2008	Tranmere Rovers	H	3 – 1	Eardley 41' (pen.), Taylor 45', Alessandra 76'	League One
11 March 2008	Bournemouth	H	2 – 0	Eardley (2) 24' (pen.), 80' (pen.)	League One
15 March 2008	Luton Town	A	0 – 3		League One
22 March 2008	Millwall	H	1 – 1	Constantine 79'	League One
24 March 2008	Doncaster Rovers	A	1 – 1	Jarrett 52'	League One
29 March 2008	Huddersfield Town	H	4 – 1	Jarrett (2) 8', 45', Constantine 40', Taylor 61'	League One
5 April 2008	Swindon Town	A	0 – 3		League One
12 April 2008	Leyton Orient	A	2 – 0	Taylor 22', Allott 42'	League One
19 April 2008	Northampton Town	A	0 – 2		League One
26 April 2008	Cheltenham Town	H	2 – 1	Smalley 16', Alessandra 87'	League One
3 May 2008	Crewe Alexandra	A	4 – 1	Smalley 5', Eardley (2) 32', 59', McDonald 69'	League One

External links

• Oldham Athletic official website
• Trust Oldham website (Supporters Trust)
• Sky Sports
• BBC Sport