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West Ham United
Chairman Björgólfur Guðmundsson
Manager Alan Curbishley
Premier League 10th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Fifth round
Top goalscorer League: Ashton (10)
All: Ashton (12)
Highest home attendance 34,996 (25 November vs Tottenham Hotspur)
Lowest home attendance 25,774 (26 September vs Plymouth Argyle)
Average home attendance 33,898 (in 22 matches)
Home colours
Away colours
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

This 2007–08 season of West Ham United F.C. saw the club compete in the Premier League, where the club finished mid-table in 10th place.

Contents

Players

Squad information

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK ENGEngland Green 27 EU 2006 68 0 2012 £ 2m
21 GK ENGEngland Wright 29 EU 2007 3 0 Free
23 GK ENGEngland Walker 34 EU 2004 20 0 Bosman ruling
33 GK CZECzech Republic Štěch 17 EU 2006 0 0 2009 Undisclosed
2 RB AUSAustralia Neill (captain) 29 Non-EU 2007 (Winter) 52 0 £ 1.5m
14 RB GHAGhana Paintsil 26 Non-EU 2006 24 0 Undisclosed
18 RB USAUnited States Spector 21 Non-EU 2006 56 0 £ 0.5m
4 CB WALWales Gabbidon 28 EU 2005 75 0 2011 £ 3.5m combined
5 CB ENGEngland Ferdinand 22 EU 2002 163 5 2010 Youth system
6 CB ENGEngland Upson 28 EU 2007 (Winter) 35 1 £ 6m
19 CB WALWales Collins 24 EU 2005 41 2 2011 £ 3.5m combined
24 CB SCOScotland Dailly 33 EU 2001 (Winter) 191 4 £ 1.75m
27 CB ENGEngland Davenport 24 EU 2007 (Winter) 16 0 £ 3m
30 CB ENGEngland Tomkins 18 EU 2005 6 0 Youth system
45 CB ENGEngland Spence 17 EU 2007 0 0 Youth system
3 LB NIRNorthern Ireland McCartney 26 EU 2006 69 1 £ 0.6m
7 RM SWESweden Ljungberg (VC) 30 EU 2007 28 2 2011 £ 3m
15 RM PERPeru Solano 32 Non-EU 2007 23 4 2008 Free
20 RM FRAFrance Faubert 24 EU 2007 8 0 2012 £ 6.1m
29 RM ENGEngland Bowyer 30 EU 2006 53 4 Free
32 RM ENGEngland Dyer 28 EU 2007 3 0 2011 £ 6m
8 CM ENGEngland Parker 26 EU 2007 20 1 2012 £ 7m
16 CM ENGEngland Noble 20 EU 2003 74 6 2011 Youth system
17 CM ENGEngland Mullins 28 EU 2003 192 6 £ 0.8m
22 CM ENGEngland Stokes 20 EU 2005 1 0 Youth system
26 CM SCOScotland Quashie 29 EU 2007 (Winter) 8 0 £ 1.75m
39 CM WALWales Collison 18 EU 2007 2 0 Youth system
11 LM ENGEngland Etherington 26 EU 2003 180 16 £ 0.5m
28 LM ENGEngland Reid 19 EU 2004 7 0 Youth system
34 LM PORPortugal Boa Morte 30 EU 2007 (Winter) 48 2 £ 5m
9 CF ENGEngland Ashton 23 EU 2006 (Winter) 51 18 £ 7m
10 CF WALWales Bellamy 28 EU 2007 9 4 2012 £ 7.5m
12 CF ENGEngland Cole 23 EU 2006 58 8 Undisclosed
25 CF ENGEngland Zamora 26 EU 2004 148 39 2011 Undisclosed
31 CF ENGEngland Ephraim 19 EU 2004 1 0 Youth system
37 CF SENSenegal Camara 30 Non-EU 2007 10 0 2008 Loan
40 CF ENGEngland Sears 17 EU 2007 7 1 Youth system

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: whufc.com, players' Wikipedia articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport, contract ending and transfer fee)
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).
Player must own an EU passport or be a full, current, 'A' international to legally play in English football. (Source)
Squad size is unlimited.

Squad stats

Player Total Premier League FA Cup Football League Cup
No.
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
1 GK ENGEngland Green 41 41 38 2 1


2 RB AUSAustralia Neill 40 40 34 2 4


5 CB ENGEngland Ferdinand 26 29 2 25 2 2 2


6 CB ENGEngland Upson 33 33 1 29 1 2 2


3 LB NIRNorthern Ireland McCartney 44 44 1 38 1 2 4


7 RM SWESweden Ljungberg 25 28 2 25 2 1 2


17 CM ENGEngland Mullins 37 39 34 1 4


16 CM ENGEngland Noble 28 36 3 31 3 2 3


34 LM PORPortugal Boa Morte 23 32 1 27 1 4 1


12 CF ENGEngland Cole 25 37 5 31 4 2 4 1


9 CF ENGEngland Ashton 24 35 12 31 10 2 2 2


8 CM ENGEngland Parker 19 20 1 18 1 2


11 LM ENGEngland Etherington 18 21 3 18 3 2 1


29 RM ENGEngland Bowyer 15 20 4 15 4 2 3


15 RM PERPeru Solano 14 23 4 23 4


18 RB USAUnited States Spector 13 28 26 1 1


25 CF ENGEngland Zamora 12 14 1 13 1 1


4 CB WALWales Gabbidon 11 14 10 4


10 CF WALWales Bellamy 8 9 4 8 2 1 2


14 RB GHAGhana Pantsil 5 17 14 1 2


30 CB ENGEngland Tomkins 5 6 6


20 RM FRAFrance Faubert 4 8 7 1


33 CF SENSenegal Camara 3 10 10


19 CB WALWales Collins 3 5 3 2


21 GK ENGEngland Wright 3 3 3


32 MF ENGEngland Dyer 3 3 2 1


40 CF ENGEngland Sears 1 7 1 7 1


39 CM ENGEngland Collison 1 2 2


28 LM ENGEngland Reid 4 1 1 2


23 GK ENGEngland Walker


24 CB SCOScotland Dailly


31 CF ENGEngland Ephraim


Own goals 3 3


33 GK CZECzech Republic Štěch


27 CB ENGEngland Davenport


45 CB ENGEngland Spence


26 CM SCOScotland Quashie


22 MF ENGEngland Stokes


Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by start team and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank

Top scorers

Position Nation Number Name Premier League
Goals		 FA Cup
Goals		 League Cup
Goals		 Total
Goals
1 England 9 Dean Ashton 10 2 12
2 England 12 Carlton Cole 4 1 5
3 England 29 Lee Bowyer 4 4
= Peru 15 Nolberto Solano 4 4
= Wales 10 Craig Bellamy 2 2 4
6 England 11 Matthew Etherington 3 3
= England 16 Mark Noble 3 3
8 England 5 Anton Ferdinand 2 2
= Sweden 7 Fredrik Ljungberg 2 2
= Northern Ireland 3 George McCartney 1 1
= England 8 Scott Parker 1 1
= England 40 Freddie Sears 1 1
10 England 6 Matthew Upson 1 1
= England 25 Bobby Zamora 1 1
= Portugal 34 Luis Boa Morte 1 1
= Own goals 3 3

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Disciplinary record

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Y YY R Notes
29 RM ENGEngland Bowyer 7 1
34 LM PORPortugal Boa Morte 6 1
12 CF ENGEngland Cole 9
2 RB AUSAustralia Neill 7
16 CM ENGEngland Noble 6
14 RB GHAGhana Pantsil 5
3 LB NIRNorthern Ireland McCartney 5
15 RM PERPeru Solano 3
18 RB USAUnited States Spector 3
17 CM ENGEngland Mullins 3
7 RM SWESweden Ljungberg 3
8 CM ENGEngland Parker 3
10 CF WALWales Bellamy 2
4 CB WALWales Gabbidon 2
11 LM ENGEngland Etherington 2
1 GK ENGEngland Green 2
6 CB ENGEngland Upson 2
37 CF SENSenegal Camara 1
5 CB ENGEngland Ferdinand 1
20 RM FRAFrance Faubert 1
25 CF ENGEngland Zamora 1

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
Yellow card Y = Number of bookings; Second yellow card YY = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card R = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Start formations

Qnt Formation Match(es)
28 4-4-2 1-12, 19-22, 26, 30-31, 35-36, 38-44
14 4-4-1-1 13-18, 25, 27-29, 32-34, 37
2 4-5-1 23-24

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Players in / out

In

N
 P
 Name
 EU
 Country
 Age
 Type
 Moving from
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
8 CM Parker EU ENGEngland 26 Transferred Green tickY Newcastle United Summer 2012 £ 7m
20 MF Faubert EU FRAFrance 23 Transferred Green tickY Bordeaux Summer 2012 £6.1m
21 GK Wright EU ENGEngland 29 Signed Green tickY Everton Summer Free
10 CF Bellamy EU WALWales 27 Transferred Green tickY Liverpool Summer 2012 £7.5m
7 MF Ljungberg EU SWESweden 30 Transferred Green tickY Arsenal Summer 2011 £3m
32 MF Dyer EU ENGEngland 28 Transferred Green tickY Newcastle United Summer 2011 £6m
15 RM Solano Non-EU PERPeru 32 Transferred Green tickY Newcastle United Summer 2008 Free
33 CF Camara Non-EU SENSenegal 30 Loaned Green tickY Wigan Athletic Summer 2008 N/A

Out

N
 P
 Name
 EU
 Country
 Age
 Status
 Moving to
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
FB Mears EU ENGEngland 24 Transferred Green tickY Derby County Summer £ 1m
CF Sheringham EU ENGEngland 41 Transferred Green tickY Colchester United Summer Free
CM Reo-Coker EU ENGEngland 23 Transferred Green tickY Aston Villa Summer £8.5m
RM Newton EU ENGEngland 31 Transferred Green tickY Leicester City Summer Free
GK Carroll EU NIRNorthern Ireland 29 Transferred Green tickY Rangers Summer Free
MF Benayoun Non-EU ISRIsrael 27 Transferred Green tickY Liverpool Summer Undisclosed
FB Konchesky EU ENGEngland 26 Transferred Green tickY Fulham Summer £3.25m
CF Harewood EU ENGEngland 27 Transferred Green tickY Aston Villa Summer Undisclosed
CF Tévez Non-EU ARGArgentina 23 Transferred Green tickY Manchester United Summer Undisclosed
CF Ephraim EU ENGEngland 19 Loaned Green tickY Queens Park Rangers Summer Loan
DF Dailly EU SCOScotland 33 Loaned Green tickY Southampton Loan
FW Ephraim EU ENGEngland 19 Transferred Green tickY Queens Park Rangers Winter Undisclosed
DF Dailly EU SCOScotland 33 Transferred Green tickY Rangers Winter Undisclosed

Last updated: 12 January 2008
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Club

Management

Position Staff
Manager England Alan Curbishley
Assistant manager England Mervyn Day
Goalkeeping coach Czech Republic Ludek Miklosko
First team coach England Glynn Snodin
Chief scout England Roger Cross
Head of Physiotheraphy England George Cooper

Last updated: 15 Aug 2007
Source: West Ham United F.C.#Current staff

Kit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): XL.com

Home
Away

Source: Wikipedia West Ham United Article

Other information

Chairman Iceland Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Boleyn Ground (Upton Park) (35,146 / 112x72 yards)

Source: West Ham United F.C. article on 15 Aug 2007

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Premier League — 10 10 11 Aug 2007 11 May 2008
Football League Cup 2nd round Quarter finals Quarter finals 28 Aug 2007 12 Dec 2007
FA Cup 3rd round 3rd round 3rd round 5 Jan 2008 16 Jan 2008

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Matches

Classification

Final league table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
9 Manchester City 38 15 10 13 45 53 −8 55 2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round 2
10 West Ham United 38 13 10 15 42 50 −8 49
11 Tottenham Hotspur 38 11 13 14 66 61 +5 46 2008–09 UEFA Cup First round 3

Updated to games played on 13th May 2008
Source: Premier League 2007-08
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.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 13 10 15 42 50 −8 49 7 7 5 24 24 0 6 3 10 18 26 −8

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: Barclays Premier League

Results by round

Round 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
Ground H A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H H A H A H A H A H A A H A A H A H H A H
Result L W D W W L L L W D D W D L W L W D W L W D W L D W L L L W D L L L W D L D

Last updated: 11 May 2008.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Competitive

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 11 August 2007 Premier League 1 H Manchester City 0 – 2
2 18 August 2007 Premier League 2 A Birmingham City 1 – 0
3 25 August 2007 Premier League 3 H Wigan Athletic 1 – 1
4 28 August 2007 Football League Cup 2nd Round A Bristol Rovers 2 – 1
5 1 September 2007 Premier League 4 A Reading 3 – 0
6 15 September 2007 Premier League 5 H Middlesbrough 3 – 0
7 23 September 2007 Premier League 6 A Newcastle United 1 – 3
8 26 September 2007 Football League Cup 3rd round H Plymouth Argyle 1 – 0
9 29 September 2007 Premier League 7 H Arsenal 0 – 1
10 6 October 2007 Premier League 8 A Aston Villa 0 – 1
11 21 October 2007 Premier League 9 H Sunderland 3 – 1
12 27 October 2007 Premier League 10 A Portsmouth 0 – 0
13 30 October 2007 Football League Cup 4th round A Coventry City 2 – 1
14 4 November 2007 Premier League 11 H Bolton Wanderers 1 – 1
15 10 November 2007 Premier League 12 A Derby County 5 – 0
16 25 November 2007 Premier League 13 H Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 1
17 1 December 2007 Premier League 14 A Chelsea 0 – 1
18 9 December 2007 Premier League 15 A Blackburn Rovers 1 – 0
19 12 December 2007 Football League Cup Quarter finals H Everton 1 – 2
20 15 December 2007 Premier League 16 H Everton 0 – 2
21 22 December 2007 Premier League 17 A Middlesbrough 2 – 1
22 26 December 2007 Premier League 18 H Reading 1 – 1
23 29 December 2007 Premier League 19 H Manchester United 2 – 1
24 1 January 2008 Premier League 20 A Arsenal 0 – 2
25 5 January 2008 FA Cup 3rd Round H Manchester City 0 – 0
26 12 January 2008 Premier League 21 H Fulham 2 – 1
27 16 January 2008 FA Cup 3rd Round Replay A Manchester City 0 – 1
28 20 January 2008 Premier League 22 A Manchester City 1 – 1
29 30 January 2008 Premier League 23 H Liverpool 1 – 0
30 2 February 2008 Premier League 24 A Wigan Athletic 0 – 1
31 9 February 2008 Premier League 25 H Birmingham City 1 – 1
32 23 February 2008 Premier League 26 A Fulham 1 – 0
33 1 March 2008 Premier League 27 H Chelsea 0 – 4
34 5 March 2008 Premier League 28 A Liverpool 0 – 4
35 9 March 2008 Premier League 29 A Tottenham Hotspur 0 – 4
36 15 March 2008 Premier League 30 H Blackburn Rovers 2 – 1
37 22 March 2008 Premier League 31 A Everton 1 – 1
38 29 March 2008 Premier League 32 A Sunderland 1 – 2
39 8 April 2008 Premier League 33 H Portsmouth 0 – 1
40 12 April 2008 Premier League 34 A Bolton Wanderers 0 – 1
41 19 April 2008 Premier League 35 H Derby County 2 – 1
42 26 April 2008 Premier League 36 H Newcastle United 2 – 2
43 3 May 2008 Premier League 37 A Manchester United 1 – 4
44 11 May 2008 Premier League 38 H Aston Villa 2 – 2

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: [1]
1West Ham goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of West Ham.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Pre-season

Match
 Date
 Competition or tour
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Scorers
 GD
1 14 Jul 2007 — A Dagenham & Redbridge 2 - 0 Noble 83', Smith og 84' 2
2 17 Jul 2007 — A Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic 0 - 1 -1
3 21 Jul 2007 — A Italy Lazio Italy 0 - 2 -2
4 24 Jul 2007 — A Leyton Orient 1 - 1 Ashton 15' 0
5 25 Jul 2007 — A MK Dons 2 - 3 Ephraim 16', Upson 17' -1
6 28 Jul 2007 — A Southend United 3 - 1 Zamora 30', Bellamy 39', Ljungberg 50' 2
7 31 Jul 2007 — A Norwich City England 2 - 1 Spector 27', Ashton 43' 1
8 4 Aug 2007 — H Roma Italy 2 - 1 McCartney 63', Ashton 66' 1

Last updated: 15 Aug 2007
1West Ham United goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of West Ham United.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

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Football League
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