2007–08 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United

2007–08 season
Chairman	Chris Mort[1]
Manager	Sam Allardyce (left by mutual consent on January 9) Kevin Keegan
Premier League	12th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Owen (11) All: Michael Owen (13)
Highest home attendance	52,307 (vs. Liverpool)
Lowest home attendance	30,523 (vs. Barnsley)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

During the 2007-08 season, Newcastle United participated in the Premier League. Newcastle started the season reasonably well under the management of Sam Allardyce and looked to be in the hunt for European places by the end of October, but a poor November saw the team slide down the table as fans began doubting Allardyce's ability. Despite a reasonable upturn in early December, the team fell further form wise and in the end Mike Ashley chose to terminate Allardyce's contract by mutual consent.

To the surprise of many football fans, the club re-appointed Kevin Keegan as manager, but he was unable to stop the team sliding down the league and fans begun to doubt the appointment. However, Keegan was able to save Newcastle from relegation and the club finished the season in 12th. The team kit for the 2007-08 season was produced by Adidas. The main shirt sponsor was Northern Rock.

Season summary

Sam Allardyce

Manager Sam Allardyce signed several players, including David Rozehnal, Claudio Cacapa, Habib Beye, Alan Smith, Joey Barton and Mark Viduka. The season started brightly for Newcastle, with two wins and two draws from their first five games, but they then became the first (and only) side to lose to Derby County that season. Newcastle won only five out of their next 25 Premier League games and could only draw with Derby in the reverse fixture. They also made a third round exit to Arsenal in the Carling Cup, but made a FA Cup third round draw with Championship club Stoke City. The game against Stoke, however, proved to be Allardyce's last in charge of Newcastle; three days later he was sacked by owner Mike Ashley after pressure from the fans, who were unimpressed with his exclusion of fan favourites from the starting line-up and poor results, despite Allardyce only having been there eight months.

Critics consistently questioned Allardyce's exit from the club, claiming he may not have been given the time needed to impact upon the club in the build-up to the next appointment.^[2] There were a number of candidates lined up for the job, including Harry Redknapp, Didier Deschamps, Gérard Houllier and even former England and Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren. Redknapp turned down the opportunity to manage the club, claiming he felt his job at Portsmouth was yet to be completed.^[3]

Kevin Keegan, April 2008

On 16 January, it was sensationally announced that Kevin Keegan would be returning to the club for a third time, after previous spells both as a player and manager.^[4]

The announcement had an immediate impact. On that day the club had a scheduled FA Cup third round replay against Stoke City at home, which was not expected to reach even half capacity; but, upon distribution of the news, 20,000 extra tickets were sold within a couple of hours and the kick-off was delayed to allow the extra fans time to get into the game. The Keegan effect seemed to work on the pitch too as Newcastle convincingly beat Stoke 4-1, even though he was not in the dugout for the match, having arrived during the first half to sit with owner Mike Ashley and the directors.

Shortly after his appointment, Dennis Wise left his position as manager at Leeds United to become director of football at Newcastle. The creation of the new role at the club proved questionable amongst critics and fans, but both Wise and Keegan insisted that the manager would have the final say in all matters regarding the squad.^[5] Further appointments saw Tony Jimenez join the club as the vice-president of player recruitment and Jeff Vetere as technical co-ordinator.^[6] The idea was to complete a continental-style management structure working in support of Keegan, with Wise and Vetere making the initial assessment before calling in Jimenez to do the deal.^[7] David Williamson was also appointed, as director of operations in April.^[8]

Newcastle United players warming up at White Hart Lane, 30 March 2008

Keegan's comeback initially did not live up to expectations, with a run of eight games without a win, an FA Cup exit and talk even of a relegation battle. March proved to be a turning point, and, following a change to an attacking line-up with Owen supporting Martins and Viduka up front, the team started to produce results in time for Keegan to maintain his perfect record in the Tyne-Wear derby with a 2-0 home win on 20 April, which put Newcastle's survival beyond all doubt and allowed Keegan to plan for his stated contract length of the next three seasons at the club. With a 2-2 away draw for the following game at West Ham United, the eight-game run of no wins had been turned into a seven-game unbeaten run with two games left to the end of the season. In the final table, Newcastle occupied 12th place on 43 points.^[9]

However, in April, Following speculation that Ashley had lost millions in a stock market venture, rumours of discontent with Wise and Ashley began to circulate after Keegan announced that he would not qualify for the Champions League, let alone challenge for the title, unless they provided him the financial backing required, which he was not receiving.^[10]

On 22 May, Habib Beye, signed by Allardyce at the start of the season, was named Newcastle's player of the season based on fan votes to a poll organised by the Evening Chronicle.^[11]

Chronological list of events

• 7 June 2007: Mark Viduka was signed from Middlesbrough.^[12]
• 14 June 2007: Joey Barton was signed from Manchester City.^[13]
• 29 June 2007: Mike Ashley increased his stake in Newcastle United to 93.2%.^[14] David Rozehnal was signed from Paris Saint-Germain.^[15]
• 3 July 2007: Geremi Njitap was signed from Chelsea.^[16]
• 24 July 2007: Newcastle United deputy chairman Chris Mort replaced Freddy Shepherd as chairman of the club.^[1]
• 3 August 2007: Alan Smith was signed from Manchester United.^[17]
• 3 August 2007: Caçapa was signed from Lyon.^[18]
• 6 August 2007: José Enrique was signed from Villarreal.^[19]
• 31 August 2007: Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye was signed from Bolton Wanderers.^[20]
• 31 August 2007: Habib Beye was signed from Marseille.^[21]
• 4 September 2007: Charles N'Zogbia signed a new five-year contract.^[22]
• 13 November 2007: Adam Sadler was appointed new reserve team manager.^[23]

N'Zogbia, Butt and Milner in the wall at Fulham, December 2007

• 19 November 2007: Paul Barron was appointed new goalkeeping coach.^[24]
• 21 December 2007: Nicky Butt signed a new one-year contract.
• 7 January 2008: Ben Tozer was signed from Swindon Town.^[25]
• 8 January 2008: Wesley Ngo Baheng was signed from Le Havre.^[26]
• 9 January 2008: Sam Allardyce sacked as manager.^[27]
• 16 January 2008: Kevin Keegan hired as manager.^[28]
• 18 January 2008: Tamás Kádár was signed from Zalaegerszegi TE.^[29]
• 21 January 2008: Arthur Cox joined the coaching staff again as first team coach, reuniting with Keegan and McDermott.^[30]
• 29 January 2008: Dennis Wise was appointed as Executive Director or Football alongside Tony Jimenez as Vice President of Player Recruitment and Jeff Vetere as Technical Co-ordinator.^[31]
• 31 January 2008: Fabio Zamblera was signed from Atalanta B.C.; Ole Söderberg was signed from BK Häcken.
• 21 February 2008: David Henderson joined the coaching staff as physio from Hearts.^[32]
• 25 February 2008: Chris Hughton joined the coaching staff as first-team coach.^[33]
• 7 March 2008: Lamine Diatta was signed as a free agent.
• 21 March 2008: Lil Fuccillo was appointed chief scout.^[34]
• 5 April 2008: David Williamson was appointed Executive Director of Operations.^[35]

Transfers

In

Date Player Previous club Cost 7 June 2007 Mark Viduka Middlesbrough Free[12] 14 June 2007 Joey Barton Manchester City £5,500,000[13] 29 June 2007 David Rozehnal Paris Saint-Germain £2,900,000[15] 3 July 2007 Geremi Njitap Chelsea Free[16] 3 August 2007 Alan Smith Manchester United £6,000,000[17] 3 August 2007 Caçapa Olympique Lyonnais Free[18] 6 August 2007 José Enrique Sánchez Villarreal CF £6,300,000[19] 31 August 2007 Abdoulaye Faye Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed[20] 31 August 2007 Habib Beye Marseille Undisclosed[21] 7 January 2008 Ben Tozer Swindon Town Undisclosed[25] 8 January 2008 Wesley Ngo Baheng Le Havre Undisclosed[26] 18 January 2008 Tamás Kádár Zalaegerszegi TE £900,000[29] 31 January 2008 Fabio Zamblera Atalanta Undisclosed 31 January 2008 Ole Söderberg Häcken Undisclosed 7 March 2008 Lamine Diatta Free agent Free Out Date Player New club Cost 6 June 2007 Scott Parker West Ham £7,000,000[36] 1 July 2007 Alan O'Brien Hibernian Undisclosed[37] 3 August 2007 Tim Krul Falkirk Loan (season)[38] 14 August 2007 Andy Carroll Preston Loan (until 1 January 2008)[39] 16 August 2007 Kieron Dyer West Ham £6,000,000[40] 25 August 2007 Albert Luque Ajax Undisclosed[41] 31 August 2007 Paul Huntington Leeds United Undisclosed[42] 31 August 2007 Nolberto Solano West Ham United Undisclosed[43] 15 November 2007 Matty Pattison Norwich City Loan (until 1 January 2008) 11 December 2007 Celestine Babayaro Los Angeles Galaxy Released 4 January 2008 Matty Pattison Norwich City Undisclosed 31 January 2008 David Rozehnal Lazio Season loan February 2008 Shola Ameobi Stoke City Season loan 6 May 2008 Stephen Carr -- Released 6 May 2008 James Troisi -- Released 6 May 2008 Peter Ramage Queens Park Rangers Released 15 May 2008 Lamine Diatta -- Released Squad list All players in the Newcastle United squad during the 2007-08 season 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 Tim Krul 2 DF Stephen Carr (until May) 3 DF José Enrique Sánchez 4 DF David Rozehnal 5 MF Emre Belözoğlu 6 DF Caçapa 7 MF Joey Barton 8 MF Kieron Dyer (until August) 9 FW Obafemi Martins 10 FW Michael Owen 11 MF Damien Duff 13 GK Steve Harper 14 MF Charles N'Zogbia 15 DF Lamine Diatta 15 MF Nolberto Solano (until August) 16 MF James Milner 17 FW Alan Smith 19 FW Albert Luque (until August) No. Position Player 20 DF Geremi Njitap 21 DF Habib Beye 22 MF Nicky Butt 23 FW Shola Ameobi 25 DF Abdoulaye Faye 26 DF Peter Ramage 27 DF Steven Taylor 30 DF David Edgar 32 DF Paul Huntington (until August) 33 DF Celestine Babayaro (until December) 34 GK Fraser Forster 35 MF Matty Pattison (until November) 35 DF Ben Tozer 36 FW Mark Viduka 37 FW James Troisi (until May) 38 MF Kazenga LuaLua 39 FW Andrew Carroll 40 GK Shay Given Player of the season Habib Beye was voted player of the season by visitors of the official Newcastle United website on May 22, 2008.[44] Match results Pre-season 17 July 2007 Hartlepool United 1 – 3 Newcastle United Hartlepool   19:30 Brown  49' Ameobi  56', 72' Owen  58' Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6,030 Referee: C. Oliver 21 July 2007 Carlisle United 1 – 1 Newcastle United Carlisle   15:00 Livesey  56' Solano  90' Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 12,346 Referee: M. Pike 26 July 2007 Newcastle United 4 – 1 Celtic Newcastle upon Tyne   19:45 Martins  11' Luque  30', 42' Milner  90' Brown  72' Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 30,225 Referee: Mark Halsey 29 July 2007 Newcastle United 2 – 0 Juventus Newcastle upon Tyne   15:00 Luque  9' (pen.) Carroll  36' Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 34,016 Referee: Mark Clattenburg 1 August 2007 Hull City 1 – 0 Newcastle United Hull   19:45 Hughes  56' Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Darren Drysdale 5 August 2007 Newcastle United 1 – 0 Sampdoria Newcastle upon Tyne   15:00 Smith  59' Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 23,078 Referee: Andre Marriner Premier League 11 August 2007 Bolton Wanderers 1 – 3 Newcastle United Bolton   15:00 Anelka  50' Report N'Zogbia  11' Martins  21', 27' Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 25,414 Referee: Chris Foy 18 August 2007 Newcastle United 0 – 0 Aston Villa Newcastle upon Tyne   17:15 Report Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,049 Referee: Howard Webb 26 August 2007 Middlesbrough 2 – 2 Newcastle United Middlesbrough   13:30 Mido  28' Arca  80' Report N'Zogbia  22' Viduka  77' Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 28,875 Referee: Mike Dean 1 September 2007 Newcastle United 1 – 0 Wigan Athletic Newcastle upon Tyne   15:00 Owen  87' Report Kilbane  46' Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,461 Referee: Steve Bennett Date Opponents H / A Result F – A Scorers Attendance 17 September 2007 Derby County A 0 – 1 30,016 23 September 2007 West Ham United H 3 – 1 Viduka 2' 41', N'Zogbia 76' 50,104 29 September 2007 Manchester City A 1 – 3 Martins 29' 40,606 7 October 2007 Everton H 3 – 2 Butt 42', Emre 86', Owen 90' 50,152 22 October 2007 Tottenham Hotspur H 3 – 1 Martins 44', Caçapa 49', Milner 72' 51,411 27 October 2007 Reading A 1 – 2 Duberry 74' (og) 24,119 3 November 2007 Portsmouth H 1 – 4 Campbell 16' (og) 51,490 10 November 2007 Sunderland A 1 – 1 Milner 65' 47,701 24 November 2007 Liverpool H 0 – 3 52,307 1 December 2007 Blackburn Rovers A 1 – 3 Martins 45' 27,477 5 December 2007 Arsenal H 1 – 1 Taylor 60' 50,305 8 December 2007 Birmingham City H 2 – 1 Martins pen 45', Beye 90' 49,948 15 December 2007 Fulham A 1 – 0 Barton pen 90' 24,959 23 December 2007 Derby County H 2 – 2 Viduka 27', 87' 51,386 26 December 2007 Wigan Athletic A 0 – 1 20,204 29 December 2007 Chelsea A 1 – 2 Butt 56' 41,751 2 January 2008 Manchester City H 0 – 2 50,956 12 January 2008 Manchester United A 0 – 6 75,965 19 January 2008 Bolton Wanderers H 0 – 0 52,250 29 January 2008 Arsenal A 0 – 3 60,127 3 February 2008 Middlesbrough H 1 – 1 Owen 60' 51,105 9 February 2008 Aston Villa A 1 – 4 Owen 4' 42,640 23 February 2008 Manchester United H 1 – 5 Faye 79' 52,291 1 March 2008 Blackburn Rovers H 0 – 1 50,796 8 March 2008 Liverpool A 0 – 3 44,031 17 March 2008 Birmingham City A 1 – 1 Owen 56' 25,777 22 March 2008 Fulham H 2 – 0 Viduka 6', Owen 82' 52,293 30 March 2008 Tottenham Hotspur A 4 – 1 Butt 45', Geremi 52', Owen 65', Martins 83' 36,067 5 April 2008 Reading H 3 – 0 Martins 18', Owen 43', Viduka 58' 52,179 12 April 2008 Portsmouth A 0 – 0 20,507 20 April 2008 Sunderland H 2 – 0 Owen 4', pen 45' 52,305 26 April 2008 West Ham United A 2 – 2 Martins 42', McCartney 45' (og) 34,980 5 May 2008 Chelsea H 0 – 2 52,305 11 May 2008 Everton A 1 – 3 Owen pen 47' 39, 592 H/A = Home/Away; F/A = Goals For/Goals Against Last updated: 7 May 2008 FA Cup Round 3 6 January 2008 Stoke City 0 – 0 Newcastle United Stoke-on-Trent   Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 22,861 Referee: Steve Bennett Round 3R 16 January 2008 Newcastle United 4 – 1 Stoke City Newcastle upon Tyne   Owen  8' Emre  29' Caçapa  31' Milner  68' Duff  76' Lawrence  89' Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 35,108 Referee: Uriah Rennie Round 4 26 January 2008 Arsenal 3 – 0 Newcastle United London   Adebayor  51', 83' Butt  89' (o.g.) Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,046 Referee: Martin Atkinson League Cup Round 2 29 August 2007 Newcastle United 2 – 0 Barnsley Newcastle upon Tyne   Owen  57' Martins  86' Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 30,523 Referee: Graham Salisbury Round 3 25 September 2007 Arsenal 2 – 0 Newcastle United London   Bendtner  83' Denílson  89' Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,004 Referee: Howard Webb Player statistics No. Pos. Nationality Player Apps[45] Goals YC RC 1 GK Ireland Given, ShayShay Given 24 0 2 0 2 DF Ireland Carr, StephenStephen Carr 12 0 0 0 3 DF Spain Enrique, JoséJosé Enrique 27 0 1 0 4 DF Czech Republic Rozehnal, DavidDavid Rozehnal 25 0 0 0 5 MF Turkey Emre 17 1 2 1 6 DF Brazil Caçapa 21 2 2 0 7 MF England Barton, JoeyJoey Barton 22 1 4 0 9 FW Nigeria Martins, ObafemiObafemi Martins 32 10 1 0 10 FW England Owen, MichaelMichael Owen 32 13 2 0 11 MF Ireland Duff, DamienDamien Duff 18 1 3 0 13 GK England Harper, SteveSteve Harper 20 0 0 0 14 MF France N'Zogbia, CharlesCharles N'Zogbia 36 3 6 0 15 MF Peru Solano, NolbertoNolberto Solano * 2 0 0 0 15 DF Senegal Diatta, LamineLamine Diatta ** 2 0 0 0 16 MF England Milner, JamesJames Milner 32 3 3 0 17 FW England Smith, AlanAlan Smith 36 0 10 1 20 MF Cameroon Geremi 27 1 3 0 21 DF Senegal Beye, HabibHabib Beye 28 1 5 0 22 MF England Butt, NickyNicky Butt 36 3 14 0 23 FW England Ameobi, SholaShola Ameobi *** 8 0 0 0 25 DF Senegal Faye, AbdoulayeAbdoulaye Faye 23 1 5 0 26 DF England Ramage, PeterPeter Ramage 3 0 0 0 27 DF England Taylor, StevenSteven Taylor 35 1 3 0 30 DF Canada Edgar, DavidDavid Edgar 6 0 0 0 33 DF Nigeria Babayaro, CelestineCelestine Babayaro * 0 0 0 0 34 GK England Forster, FraserFraser Forster 0 0 0 0 35 MF South Africa Pattison, MattyMatty Pattison * 0 0 0 0 36 FW Australia Viduka, MarkMark Viduka 27 7 0 0 37 MF Australia Troisi, JamesJames Troisi 0 0 0 0 38 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo LuaLua, KazengaKazenga LuaLua 5 0 0 0 39 FW England Carroll, AndyAndy Carroll 6 0 0 0 40 GK Netherlands Krul, TimTim Krul 0 0 0 0 Last Update: May 20, 2008 Data includes all competitions Geremi stripped of 1 goal. 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