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2007–08 Football League One

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Season
  
2007–08

Top goalscorer
  
Jason Scotland (24)

Goals scored
  
1,335

Average goals/game
  
2.42

Dates
  
11 Aug 2007 – 25 May 2008

2007–08 Football League One

Biggest home win
  
Swindon Town 6–0 Port Vale (19 April 2008)

Biggest away win
  
Leyton Orient 0–5 Swansea City (6 October 2007)

Highest scoring
  
Crewe Alexandra 4–3 Tranmere Rovers (1 January 2008)Bournemouth 4–3 Luton Town (22 January 2008)Hartlepool United 4–3 Southend United (22 January 2008)

Relegated
  
A.F.C. Bournemouth, Gillingham F.C., Port Vale F.C., Luton Town F.C.

Promoted
  
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2008–09 Football League One

The Football League 2007–08 (named Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons), was the sixteenth season under its current league division format. It began in August 2007 and concluded in May 2008, with the promotion play-off finals.

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The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The second division of these is League One. The winner and the runner up of League One will be automatically promoted to the Football League Championship and they will be joined by the winner of the League One playoff. The bottom four teams in the league will be relegated to the third division, League Two.

Leeds United played at this level for the first time in their history having spent all their time in the top two divisions.

From League One

Promoted to Championship

  • Scunthorpe United
  • Bristol City
  • Blackpool

    • Relegated to League Two

  • Chesterfield
  • Bradford City
  • Rotherham United
  • Brentford

    • To League One

    Relegated from Championship

  • Southend United
  • Luton Town
  • Leeds United

    • Promoted from League Two

  • Walsall
  • Hartlepool United
  • Swindon Town
  • Bristol Rovers

    • League Table

    Updated to games played on 3 May 2008.
    Source: The Football League
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    * Leeds deducted 15 points for failure to comply with rules on insolvency. Luton and Bournemouth deducted 10 points each for entering administration.
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    League One

    Source: The Football League
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

    Key events

  • On 4 August 2007, Leeds United are docked 15 points at start of the season for entering administration.
  • On 22 November 2007, Luton Town were docked 10 points for being placed into administration after directors of the club decided to appoint administrators as a result of their loss of income.
  • On 8 February 2008, Bournemouth went to administration and were docked 10 points by the Football League with debts around £4 million.

    • References

    2007–08 Football League One Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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