2007–08 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
2007–08 season
Owner	Owen Oyston
Chairman	Karl Oyston
Manager	Simon Grayson
Ground	Bloomfield Road
Championship	19th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Ben Burgess (9); All: Ben Burgess (10)
Highest home attendance	9,640 vs Watford, Championship,; 4 May 2008
Lowest home attendance	6,648 vs Cardiff City, Championship,; 11 December 2007
Average home league attendance	8,861
Biggest win	4–0 v Coventry City,; Championship,; 22 December 2007
Biggest defeat	1–4 v Charlton Athletic,; Championship,; 12 January 2008; 0–3 v Plymouth Argyle,; Championship,; 26 April 2008
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 100th season (97th consecutive) in the Football League. It was their first season back in the second tier of English football in 29 years. They finished nineteenth, the club's highest-place finish in the Football League in 37 years.

Ben Burgess was the club's top scorer, with ten goals overall.

Blackpool set a new club record of twelve consecutive victories, carrying over from the end of the previous season, with 0–1 and 1–0 results over Leicester City and Huddersfield Town, respectively.

At the end of the season, manager Simon Grayson released eleven players, most of whom had not featured in the first team this season, and on 30 May he confirmed that he wanted to sign at least six new players.^[1] He went on to sign twelve (including three on loan) before the start of the 2008–09 season.^[2]

First-team squad

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Place of birth	Date of Birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
1	Paul Rachubka	GK	San Luis Obispo	(1981-05-21)21 May 1981 (aged 26)	11	0	Huddersfield Town	5 June 2007^[a]	Free
13	Kyle Clancy	GK	Barking	(1989-11-16)16 November 1989 (aged 17)	0	0	Blackpool F.C. Academy	July 2006	Free
21	Rhys Evans	GK	Swindon	(1982-01-27)27 January 1982 (aged 25)	39	0	Swindon Town	1 July 2006	Free
21	Pāvels Šteinbors	GK	Riga	(1985-09-21)21 September 1985 (aged 21)	0	0	FK Jūrmala	1 January 2008	Loan
23	Lewis Edge	GK	Morecambe	(1987-01-12)12 January 1987 (aged 20)	6	0	Blackpool F.C. Academy	November 2003	Free
36	Paul Gerrard	GK	Heywood	(1973-01-22)22 January 1973 (aged 34)	0	0	Sheffield United	24 January 2008	Loan
38	Scott Flinders	GK	Rotherham	(1986-06-12)12 June 1986 (aged 20)	0	0	Crystal Palace	27 March 2008	Loan
Defenders
2	Danny Coid	RB/LB/CM	Liverpool	(1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 25)	280	14	Blackpool F.C. Academy	1 August 1998	Free
3	Stephen Crainey	LB	Glasgow	(1981-06-22)22 June 1981 (aged 25)	0	0	Leeds United	9 July 2007	Free
5	Michael Jackson	CB	Chester	(1973-12-04)4 December 1973 (aged 33)	52	2	Tranmere Rovers	23 June 2006	Free
6	Ian Evatt	CB	Coventry	(1981-11-19)19 November 1981 (aged 25)	54	1	Queens Park Rangers	5 January 2007^[a]	Free
15	John Hills	CB	St Annes	(1978-04-21)21 April 1978 (aged 29)	192	20	Sheffield Wednesday	5 July 2007^[b]	Free
17	Kaspars Gorkšs	CB	Riga	(1981-11-06)6 November 1981 (aged 25)	13	0	FK Ventspils	1 January 2007	Free
18	Paul Tierney	LB	Salford	(1982-09-15)15 September 1982 (aged 24)	13	0	Livingston	2 June 2006	Free
19	Phil Doughty	CB	Blackpool	(1986-09-06)6 September 1986 (aged 20)	4	0	Blackpool F.C. Academy	1 December 2002	Free
24	Matt Jackson	RB	Leeds	(1971-10-19)19 October 1971 (aged 35)	0	0	Watford	1 October 2007	Loan
24	Tony McMahon	RB	Bishop Auckland	(1986-03-24)24 March 1986 (aged 21)	0	0	Middlesbrough	10 November 2007	Loan
25	Shaun Barker	RB/CB	Trowell	(1982-09-19)19 September 1982 (aged 24)	55	6	Rotherham United	2 August 2006	Free
31	Joe Martin	LB/LM	Dagenham	(1988-11-29)29 November 1988 (aged 18)	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	27 March 2008	Loan
Midfielders
4	Keith Southern	DM/CM	Gateshead	(1984-04-24)24 April 1984 (aged 23)	204	22	Everton	8 November 2002^[a]	Undisclosed
8	Adrian Forbes	RM	Greenford	(1979-01-23)23 January 1979 (aged 28)	43	1	Swansea City	1 July 2006	Free
10	Stuart Green	CM	Whitehaven	(1981-06-15)15 June 1981 (aged 25)	0	0	Crystal Palace	31 January 2008	Free
11	Wes Hoolahan	LM/RM	Dublin	(1983-08-10)10 August 1983 (aged 23)	49	10	Livingston	10 August 2007^[a]	£75,000
14	David Fox	CM/DM	Leek	(1983-11-13)13 November 1983 (aged 23)	52	5	Manchester United	January 2006	Free
16	Claus Jørgensen	CM/AM	Holstebro	(1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 28)	39	2	Coventry City	8 September 2006	Free
20	Andy Welsh	LM	Manchester	(1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 23)	0	0	Toronto FC	31 August 2007	Free
22	Marcus Bean	CM	Bournemouth	(1984-11-02)2 November 1984 (aged 22)	27	1	Queens Park Rangers	24 January 2006	Free
26	Simon Wiles	CM	Preston	(1985-04-22)22 April 1985 (aged 22)	48	3	Blackpool F.C. Academy	14 October 2003	Free
28	Michael Flynn	CM	Newport	(1980-10-17)17 October 1980 (aged 26)	7	0	Gillingham	5 July 2007^[a]	Free
29	Matty Kay	CM	Blackpool	(1989-10-12)12 October 1989 (aged 17)	1	0	Blackpool F.C. Academy	13 November 2005	Free
30	Matt Lawlor	CM		(1988-08-20)20 August 1988 (aged 18)	0	0	Blackpool F.C. Academy	1 July 2007	Free
33	Michael D'Agostino	RM	Vancouver	(1987-01-07)7 January 1987 (aged 20)	0	0	Free agency	September 2007	Free
Forwards
7	Keigan Parker	ST	Livingston	(1982-06-08)8 June 1982 (aged 24)	140	41	St Johnstone	25 June 2004	Free
8	Stephen McPhee	ST	Glasgow	(1981-06-05)5 June 1981 (aged 25)	0	0	Hull City	7 January 2008	£215,000
9	Andy Morrell	ST	Doncaster	(1974-09-28)28 September 1974 (aged 32)	48	20	Coventry City	15 August 2006	Free
10	Scott Vernon	ST	Manchester	(1983-12-13)13 December 1983 (aged 23)	68	19	Oldham Athletic	9 June 2005^[a]	Part-exchange
12	Gary Taylor-Fletcher	ST/RW/LW	Widnes	(1981-06-04)4 June 1981 (aged 25)	0	0	Huddersfield Town	9 July 2007	Undisclosed
24	Grant Holt	ST	Carlisle	(1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 26)	0	0	Nottingham Forest	21 March 2008	Loan
27	Ben Burgess	ST	Buxton	(1981-11-09)9 November 1981 (aged 25)	32	5	Hull City	31 August 2006	£100,000
32	Phil Marsh	ST	St Helens	(1986-11-15)15 November 1986 (aged 20)	0	0	Manchester United	5 September 2007	Free
34	Bartosz Ślusarski	ST	Szamocin	(1981-12-11)11 December 1981 (aged 25)	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	20 November 2007	Loan
35	Danny Mitchley	ST	Liverpool	(1989-10-07)7 October 1989 (aged 17)	0	0	Blackpool F.C. Academy	4 March 2008	Free
37	Paul Dickov	ST	Livingston	(1972-11-01)1 November 1972 (aged 34)	0	0	Manchester City	31 January 2008	Loan

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Player had a previous loan spell at the club. Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first permanent spell at the club.
^ Player had three previous spells at the club including one on loan. Date of signing refers to the player's fourth spell at the club.

Source: ^[3]

Pre-season

25 July 2007 (2007-07-25) Friendly	Blackpool	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Blackpool, England
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road

28 July 2007 (2007-07-28) Friendly	Livingston	1–1	Blackpool	Livingston, Scotland
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Almondvale Stadium

31 July 2007 (2007-07-31) Friendly	Bradford City	1–2	Blackpool	Bradford, England
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Valley Parade

3 August 2007 (2007-08-03) Friendly	Carlisle United	1–2	Blackpool	Carlisle, England
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Brunton Park

Season proper

Football League Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	Norwich City	46	15	10	21	49	59	−10	55
18	Barnsley	46	14	13	19	52	65	−13	55
19	Blackpool	46	12	18	16	59	64	−5	54
20	Southampton	46	13	15	18	56	72	−16	54
21	Coventry City	46	14	11	21	52	64	−12	53

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.

Results

In summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	12	18	16	59	64	−5	54	8	11	4	35	27	+8	4	7	12	24	37	−13

Source: Sky

By matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	D
Position	7	8	14	8	6	9	9	10	13	16	15	18	20	22	19	21	21	21	21	18	18	18	17	17	17	14	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	14	12	12	12	13	15	16	16	17	18	16	18	19

Updated to match(es) played on 04 May 2008. Source: 11v11
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

In detail

11 August 2007 (2007-08-11) 1	Leicester City	0–1	Blackpool	Leicester
15:00 BST		Report	Southern 63'	Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 26,650 Referee: Andy D'Urso

18 August 2007 (2007-08-18) 2	Blackpool	1–1	Bristol City	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Morrell 52' Jackson 76'	Report	Murray 75'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 8,983 Referee: Colin Webster

25 August 2007 (2007-08-25) 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Blackpool	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Potter 30' Olofinjana 53' Eastwood 69', 78'	Report	Taylor-Fletcher 51' Southern 62' Barker 75'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 24,294 Referee: Trevor Kettle

3 September 2007 (2007-09-03) 4	Blackpool	2–1	Hull City	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Jackson 43' Taylor-Fletcher 47' Gorkšs 66' Burgess 90', 90'	Report	Garcia 41' Ashbee 50'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7,902 Referee: Kevin Friend

15 September 2007 (2007-09-15) 5	Burnley	2–2	Blackpool	Burnley
15:00 BST	Jones 52' Akinbiyi 86' Hoolahan 73' (pen.) Morrell 90'	Report	Garcia 41' Ashbee 50'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 7,902 Referee: Mike Dean

18 September 2007 (2007-09-18) 6	Blackpool	2–2	Sheffield United	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Crainey 45' Burgess 87'	Report	Beattie 13', 88'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,512 Referee: Mark Halsey

22 September 2007 (2007-09-22) 7	Blackpool	2–2	Colchester United	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Morrell 54' Barker 84'	Report	Yeates 63', 86' Elokobi 45'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7,959 Referee: Scott Mathieson

29 September 2007 (2007-09-29) 8	Watford	1–1	Blackpool	Watford
15:00 BST	Johnson 13', 41'	Report	Hoolahan 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 16,580 Referee: Richard Beeby

2 October 2007 (2007-10-02) 9	Coventry City	3–1	Blackpool	Coventry
19:45 BST	Ward 36' Doyle 44' (pen.) Best 45' Simpson 62', 86' Hughes 63' Mifsud 69'	Report	Morrell 32' Gorkšs 45' 81' Taylor-Fletcher 59'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 15,803 Referee: Mike Thorpe

6 October 2007 (2007-10-06) 10	Blackpool	0–0	Plymouth Argyle	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Hoolahan 63' Welsh 87'	Report	Nalis 67'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 8,784 Referee: Jonathan Moss

20 October 2007 (2007-10-20) 11	Blackpool	1–1	Crystal Palace	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Barker 27' Fox 69'	Report	Craig 48' Soares 59', 88'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,037 Referee: Graham Laws

23 October 2007 (2007-10-23) 12	West Bromwich Albion	2–1	Blackpool	West Bromwich
19:45 BST	Miller 22' Robinson 26' Morrison 79'	Report	Vernon 31' Parker 35'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,030 Referee: Mike Pike

27 October 2007 (2007-10-27) 13	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Blackpool	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Whelan 65' Tudgay 66' Hinds 71'	Report	Southern 14' Hoolahan 37' Barker 62'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 19,238 Referee: Graeme Atkins

5 November 2007 (2007-11-05) 14	Barnsley	2–1	Blackpool	Barnsley
19:45 GMT	Howard 21' (pen.) Taylor-Fletcher 70' (o.g.)	Report	Jackson 36' 52' Southern 72'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 8,531 Referee: Paul Taylor

10 November 2007 (2007-11-10) 15	Blackpool	1–0	Scunthorpe United	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Barker 61' Parker 67' Gorkšs 73'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 8,051 Referee: Andy Hall

24 November 2007 (2007-11-24) 16	Southampton	1–0	Blackpool	Southampton
15:00 GMT	John 35'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 21,075 Referee: Iain Williamson

27 November 2007 (2007-11-27) 17	Blackpool	1–3	Norwich City	Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Slusarski 38'	Report	Dublin 30', 90', 35' Taylor 74' Fotheringham 80' Otsemobor 81'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7,759 Referee: Mark Haywood

1 December 2007 (2007-12-01) 18	Blackpool	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Burgess 90'	Report	Buzsaky 75' Rowlands 80'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 8,527 Referee: Clive Oliver

3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 19	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Blackpool	Scunthorpe
20:00 GMT	Butler 19' Youga 71' Sparrow 90'	Report	Flynn 88'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,407 Referee: Andy D'Urso

8 December 2007 (2007-12-08) 20	Preston North End	0–1	Blackpool	Preston
12:30 GMT	Mawene 67' Sedgwick 69' Jones 83' McKenna 89'	Report	Hoolahan 68' (pen.) Gorkšs 86' Evatt 90'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 17,807 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

11 December 2007 (2007-12-11) 21	Blackpool	0–1	Cardiff City	Blackpool
19:45 GMT		Report	Thompson 14' Loovens 64'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7,214 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

15 December 2007 (2007-12-15) 22	Blackpool	2–3	Stoke City	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Flynn 13' Burgess 79' Barker 89'	Report	Lawrence 15' Fuller 37', 61' Cort 41' Shawcross 79'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,123 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

22 December 2007 (2007-12-22) 23	Blackpool	4–0	Coventry City	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Hoolahan 28' (pen.) Jørgensen 39' Flynn 65' Gorkšs 72' Vernon 88'	Report	Kyle 31' Doyle 34' McNamee 41' Best 74' Tabb 90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 8,690 Referee: Anthony Taylor

26 December 2007 (2007-12-26) 24	Sheffield United	1–1	Blackpool	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Beattie 23' Naysmith 55' Lucketti 68' Tonge 82'	Report	Evatt 8' Jørgensen 69'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 26,409 Referee: Stuart Attwell

29 December 2007 (2007-12-29) 25	Colchester United	0–2	Blackpool	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Virgo 45'	Report	Vernon 26', 36' Morrell 80' Barker 90'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,160 Referee: Paul Armstrong

1 January 2008 (2008-01-01) 26	Blackpool	3–0	Burnley	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Gorkšs 23', 67' Burgess 59' Jørgensen 63'	Report	Lafferty 20' McCann 27'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,599 Referee: Andre Marriner

12 January 2008 (2008-01-12) 27	Charlton Athletic	4–1	Blackpool	Charlton
15:00 GMT	Bougherra 6' Varney 10' Zhi 24', 52'	Report	Burgess 12' Hoolahan 32'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 21,412 Referee: Jarnail Singh

19 January 2008 (2008-01-19) 28	Blackpool	1–1	Ipswich Town	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Jørgensen 39'	Report	Sito 63' Walters 65'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,154 Referee: Mike Pike

26 January 2008 (2008-01-26) 29	Bristol City	1–0	Blackpool	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Elliott 20' Skuse 78'	Report		Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 15,465 Referee: Roger East

2 February 2008 (2008-02-02) 30	Blackpool	2–1	Leicester City	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Taylor-Fletcher 3' Dickov 90'	Report	Laczko 23' Howard 62' Stearman 65'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,298 Referee: Graham Laws

9 February 2008 (2008-02-09) 31	Hull City	2–2	Blackpool	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Barmby 45' Folan 60' Windass 70'	Report	Burgess 32' Dickov 39', 50' Gorkšs 45' 83' Taylor-Fletcher 48' Jørgensen 84'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 18,407 Referee: Jonathan Moss

12 February 2008 (2008-02-12) 32	Blackpool	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Taylor-Fletcher 69' Evatt 75'	Report	Keogh 63' Ward 90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,413 Referee: Lee Mason

16 February 2008 (2008-02-16) 33	Ipswich Town	2–1	Blackpool	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Sumulikoski 50' Walters 58'	Report	Dickov 89'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 21,059 Referee: Fred Graham

23 February 2008 (2008-02-23) 34	Blackpool	5–3	Charlton Athletic	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	McPhee 16' Gorkšs 26' Taylor-Fletcher 59', 69' Dickov 62'	Report	Ambrose 29', 30' Fortune 37', 74'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,134 Referee: Colin Webster

1 March 2008 (2008-03-01) 35	Norwich City	1–2	Blackpool	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Cureton 65' (pen.)	Report	McPhee 15', 39' Morrell 20'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 24,531 Referee: Rob Shoebridge

4 March 2008 (2008-03-04) 36	Blackpool	1–1	Barnsley	Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Taylor-Fletcher 20'	Report	Macken 36' Campbell-Ryce 45'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 8,080 Referee: Karl Evans

8 March 2008 (2008-03-08) 37	Blackpool	2–2	Southampton	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Southern 49' Gorkšs 55' Taylor-Fletcher 75'	Report	Vignal 31' (pen.) John 63'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,050 Referee: Dave Foster

11 March 2008 (2008-03-11) 38	Queens Park Rangers	3–2	Blackpool	White City
20:00 GMT	Buzsaky 11' Vine 40' Rowlands 47'	Report	Taylor-Fletcher 29' Burgess 60' Gorkšs 73' Hoolahan 90'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,538 Referee: Keith Hill

15 March 2008 (2008-03-15) 39	Blackpool	0–0	Preston North End	Blackpool
12:30 GMT	Evatt 39'	Report	Mawene 28' McKenna 35' Jones 42'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,629 Referee: Lee Probert

22 March 2008 (2008-03-22) 40	Stoke City	1–1	Blackpool	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Cort 47'	Report	Burgess 37' Claus Bech Jørgensen 40'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 20,019 Referee: Mike Pike

29 March 2008 (2008-03-29) 41	Crystal Palace	0–0	Blackpool	Selhurst
15:00 BST	Sinclair 39' Soares 40' Derry 60' Butterfield 77'	Report	Evatt 40'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 16,028 Referee: Anthony Taylor

8 April 2008 (2008-04-08) 42	Blackpool	1–3	West Bromwich Albion	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Burgess 35' Dickov 85'	Report	Miller 45', 87' Phillips 81' (pen.) Moore 86'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,628 Referee: Jonathan Moss

12 April 2008 (2008-04-12) 43	Cardiff City	3–1	Blackpool	Cardiff
15:00 BST	McPhail 7' Sinclair 50' Whittingham 58'	Report	Morrell 73'	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,715 Referee: Tony Bates

19 April 2008 (2008-04-19) 44	Blackpool	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Jørgensen 6' Dickov 30', 53' McPhee 44'	Report	Wood 12' Gilbert 51'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,633 Referee: Nigel Miller

26 April 2008 (2008-04-26) 45	Plymouth Argyle	3–0	Blackpool	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Easter 4' Fallon 25', 55' Smith 90'	Report	Jackson 7' Hoolahan 32'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 12,911 Referee: Kevin Wright

4 May 2008 (2008-05-04) 46	Blackpool	1–1	Watford	Blackpool
14:00 BST	Burgess 2'	Report	Henderson 6' 60' Smith 62'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,640 Referee: Graham Laws

FA Cup

5 January 2008 (2008-01-05) Third Round	Barnsley	2–1	Blackpool	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Campbell-Ryce 67' Mossto 72' Foster 78' Coulson 81' Odejayi 82'	Report	Fox 32' Jørgensen 72' Crainey 90'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 8,276 Referee: Michael Jones

Football League Cup

7 August 2007 (2007-08-07) First Round	Blackpool	1–0	Huddersfield Town	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Burgess 75'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 6,395 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

28 August 2007 (2007-08-28) Second Round	Derby County	2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Blackpool	Derby
19:45 BST	Beardsley 21' Camara 63' Fagan 101'	Report	Gorkšs 86', 120'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 8,658 Referee: Nigel Miller
	Penalties
	Howard Fagan Malcolm Teale McEveley Pearson Bywater Todd Moore		Fox Hoolahan Southern Evatt Parker Morrell Forbes Barker Jackson

25 September 2007 (2007-09-25) Third Round	Blackpool	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Southend United	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Evans 6' Hills 42' Hoolahan 81' Flynn 83' Jackson 118'	Report	Harrold 7' (pen.), 53' Black 66' McCormack 90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 5.022 Referee: Michael Jones

31 October 2007 (2007-10-31) Fourth Round	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Blackpool	Tottenham
20:00 GMT	Keane 18' Kaboul 49' Chimbonda 58' Tainio 84'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 32,196 Referee: Chris Foy

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Paul Rachubka	46	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	49	0	0	0
2	MF	Danny Coid	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15	0	0	0
3	DF	Stephen Crainey	40	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	43	1	1	0
4	MF	Keith Southern	30	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	32	3	2	0
5	DF	Michael Jackson	23	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	28	1	3	1
6	DF	Ian Evatt	29	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	32	0	4	1
7	FW	Keigan Parker	21	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	25	0	2	0
8	MF	Adrian Forbes	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
8	FW	Stephen McPhee	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	3	1	0
9	FW	Andy Morrell	28	5	1	0	4	0	0	0	33	5	2	0
10	MF	Stuart Green	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
10	FW	Scott Vernon	15	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	19	4	0	0
11	MF	Wes Hoolahan	45	5	1	0	4	1	0	0	50	6	4	0
12	FW	Gary Taylor-Fletcher	42	6	1	0	3	0	0	0	46	6	5	0
13	GK	Kyle Clancy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	David Fox	28	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	33	2	0	0
15	DF	John Hills	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	8	0	1	0
16	MF	Claus Jørgensen	37	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	38	4	4	0
17	DF	Kaspars Gorkšs	40	6	0	0	4	2	0	0	44	8	4	2
18	DF	Paul Tierney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	Phil Doughty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Andy Welsh	21	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	24	0	1	0
21	GK	Rhys Evans	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
21	GK	Pāvels Šteinbors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	Marcus Bean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	Lewis Edge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	Grant Holt	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
24	DF	Matt Jackson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
24	DF	Tony McMahon	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
25	DF	Shaun Barker	46	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	50	2	5	0
26	MF	Simon Wiles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	Ben Burgess	35	9	1	0	1	1	0	0	37	10	3	0
28	MF	Michael Flynn	32	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	36	3	1	0
29	MF	Matty Kay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Matt Lawlor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	Joe Martin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
32	FW	Phil Marsh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	Michael D'Agostino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW	Bartosz Slusarski	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0
36	GK	Paul Gerrard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	Paul Dickov	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	6	2	0
38	GK	Scott Flinders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	FW	Danny Mitchley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Discipline totals													46	4

Players used: 29
Goals scored: 65

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
5 June 2007	GK	Paul Rachubka	Free agency	—
5 July 2007	CM	Michael Flynn	Free agency	—	^[4]
5 July 2007	LB	John Hills	Free agency	—	^[4]
9 July 2007	LB	Stephen Crainey	Free agency	—
9 July 2007	RW	Gary Taylor-Fletcher	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed
10 August 2007	LM	Wes Hoolahan	Livingston	£75,000	^[5]
31 August 2007	LM	Andy Welsh	Toronto	—	^[6]
5 September 2007	CF	Phil Marsh	Free agency	—
7 January 2008	CF	Stephen McPhee	Hull City	£300,000	^[7]
31 January 2008	RW	Stuart Green	Crystal Palace	—	^[8]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Until	Ref.
1 October 2007	RB	Matt Jackson	Watford	5 November 2007	^[9]
10 November 2007	RB	Tony McMahon	Middlesbrough	10 December 2007	^[10]
20 November 2007	CF	Bartosz Ślusarski	West Bromwich Albion	1 January 2008	^[11]
24 January 2008	GK	Paul Gerrard	Sheffield United	31 May 2008	^[12]
20 March 2008	CF	Grant Holt	Nottingham Forest	31 May 2008	^[13]
27 March 2008	GK	Scott Flinders	Crystal Palace	31 May 2008	^[14]
27 March 2008	LB	Joe Martin	Tottenham Hotspur	31 May 2008	^[15]
31 January 2008	CF	Paul Dickov	Manchester City	31 May 2008	^[16]
31 January 2008	GK	Pāvels Šteinbors	FK Jūrmala	31 May 2008	^[17]

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
31 May 2007	CM	Ciaran Donnelly	Free agency	—	^[18]
31 May 2007	CB	Marc Joseph	Free agency	—	^[18]
31 May 2007	CM	Sean Paterson	Free agency	—	^[18]
3 January 2008	CF	Adrian Forbes	Millwall	—	^[19]
22 January 2008	GK	Rhys Evans	Millwall	—	^[20]
31 January 2008	CF	Scott Vernon	Colchester United	—	^[21]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Until	Ref.
17 July 2007	LB	Paul Tierney	Stockport County	17 January 2008	^[22]
17 July 2007	RM	Simon Wiles	Macclesfield Town	1 January 2008	^[23]
9 August 2007	CDM	Marcus Bean	Rotherham United	31 October 2007	^[24]
5 October 2007	GK	Rhys Evans	Bradford City	30 October 2007	^[25]
7 November 2007	CB	Phil Doughty	Macclesfield Town	17 January 2008	^[26]
22 November 2007	RB	Michael D'Agostino	Cheltenham Town	1 January 2008	^[27]
1 January 2008	CB	Phil Doughty	Accrington Stanley	21 February 2008	^[28]
7 January 2008	CM	Matt Lawlor	Farsley Celtic	7 February 2008
25 January 2008	GK	Lewis Edge	Northwich Victoria	25 February 2008	^[29]

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[PreviouslyOnLoan-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Player had a previous loan spell at the club. Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first permanent spell at the club.

[PreviouslyThreeSpells-4] Player had three previous spells at the club including one on loan. Date of signing refers to the player's fourth spell at the club.

[Gazette4136118-1] Canavan, Steve (30 May 2008). "Grayson wants six of the best". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 30 May 2008.

[12_signings-2] "Blackpool sign defender Edwards". BBC Sport. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2008.

[FootballSquads-5] "Blackpool F.C. 2007–08 Squad". FootballSquads.com.

[hills-6] "Blackpool snap up Hills and Flynn". BBC. 5 July 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

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[welsh-8] "Transfer Latest". 31 August 2007. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

[mcphee-9] "Blackpool seal signing of McPhee". BBC. 7 January 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

[green-10] "The Latest From Bloomfield Road". BBC. 1 February 2008. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

[jackson-11] "Watford recall Jackson". BBC. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

[mcmahon-12] "Tony The Tangerine". Middlesbrough F.C. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

[Ślusarski-13] "SEASIDERS LAND INTERNATIONAL STRIKER". Blackpool F.C. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

[gerrard-14] "Transfer latest". Blackpool F.C. Archived from the original on 27 January 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

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[Šteinbors-19] "Pāvels Šteinbors pievienojas 'Blackpool' futbola klubam". DELFI. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

[released-20] "Trio released by Blackpool". BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

[forbes-21] "New face". Millwall F.C. Archived from the original on 6 January 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

[evans-22] "Transfer Latest". Blackpool F.C. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

[vernon-23] "The Latest From Bloomfield Road". Blackpool F.C. Archived from the original on 4 February 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

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[wiles-25] "Transfer latest". Blackpool F.C. 17 July 2007. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

[bean-26] "Marcus Bean Signs For Millers". Rotherham United F.C. 9 August 2007. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

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[doughty-28] "Doughty seals Macclesfield switch". BBC. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

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