2007–08 Fulham F.C. season

The 2007–08 season was Fulham F.C.'s seventh consecutive season in the Premier League. Lawrie Sanchez was in charge of the club for the first few months of the season after taking charge at the end of the previous campaign, but left the club by mutual consent in December 2007 after a string of poor results had sent Fulham sliding towards the relegation zone. He was replaced by ex-Finland national team coach Roy Hodgson, who had previously been in charge of fellow Premier League side Blackburn Rovers amongst many other clubs around Europe. Fulham managed to save themselves from relegation to the Championship with a 1–0 away win against Portsmouth at Fratton Park, their third-straight away victory, despite wins for relegation rivals Reading and Birmingham City, staying up on goal difference.[1]

Fulham F.C.
2007–08 season
ManagerLawrie Sanchez (until December)
Roy Hodgson (from December)
Premier League17th
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Clint Dempsey (6)

All:
Clint Dempsey
David Healy
Diomansy Kamara
Danny Murphy (6)
Highest home attendance25,357 (vs. Chelsea, 1 January)
Lowest home attendance10,500 (vs. Bolton Wanderers, 26 September)

Season review

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August

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Fulham almost started the season off perfectly when they went ahead against Arsenal through a David Healy goal after one minute during the first weekend of the season, but Arsenal won the game in the last ten minutes with goals from Robin van Persie and Alexander Hleb. Fulham, however, did win their first home match of the season in a midweek match against Bolton Wanderers with goals from Healy and Alexey Smertin (later confirmed as a Gerald Cid own goal), having come from behind after ex-Fulham striker Heiðar Helguson's early goal. It would be several months before Fulham would experience another league victory.

In their third game of the season, Fulham again experienced a turnaround, but this time the scoreline went against them. They were 1–0 up against MiddlesbroughBrian McBride scoring before being carried off injured – but they could not hold on to their lead and lost 2–1. There was controversy about the result because, in the last minute, Healy had a clear goal not given as the referee or linesman could not see that the ball had crossed the line.

The final league game of the month was against Aston Villa; for a fourth game in succession, the team scoring the first goal failed to win. Fulham scored through Healy after six minutes, but two second half goals from former Fulham defender Zat Knight and Shaun Maloney gave Villa the victory.

September

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After three agonising defeats in their first four games, Fulham felt that they deserved some luck; this came in the first game of September against Tottenham Hotspur. Younès Kaboul and Dimitar Berbatov had put Tottenham in cruise control with two first goals before Dempsey replied for Fulham just before half-time. Gareth Bale extended Tottenham's lead on 61 minutes to 3–1 but Fulham managed to snatch a draw. Alexey Smertin's 77th-minute goal (also confirmed as an own goal, this time by Ricardo Rocha) and Diomansy Kamara's bicycle kick in stoppage time gave Fulham a 3–3 draw.

In the next game, away to Wigan Athletic, it was the opposition that rescued the game late on. Dempsey gave Fulham the lead but Jason Koumas scored a penalty 10 minutes from time after Hamer Bouazza's foul on Mario Melchiot to give Wigan a point. Another two draws followed in September: firstly a 3–3 draw against Manchester City, throwing away a lead twice before having to eventually come from behind (Hamer Bouazza, Simon Davies and Danny Murphy scoring for Fulham, with the City goals coming from Martin Petrov and Émile Mpenza). They followed that up by holding Chelsea to a 0–0 at Stamford Bridge.

In the League Cup, Fulham suffered a 2–1 home defeat to Bolton.

October

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Fulham started October with a home defeat against Portsmouth, through deflected strikes by Benjani and Hermann Hreiðarsson. A week later, against Derby County, Fulham had their second goalless draw of the season in a game of few chances, although in truth Derby could have snatched the win.

The final game of the month saw Fulham throw away yet another lead with a 1–1 draw against Sunderland. Simon Davies gave Fulham the lead in the first half and they held out until the 86th minute, when Kenwyne Jones was in the right place to score an equaliser for Sunderland.

November

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Fulham started November with a 3–1 home victory against Reading. Simon Davies put Fulham in front after 18 minutes. Kevin Doyle equalised ten minutes after the break, but Fulham struck back with goals from Clint Dempsey and David Healy. Elliott Omozusi was sent off in injury time, in only his second appearance, for a second yellow card.[2] Fulham were unlucky to lose in their next game away at Liverpool as Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard both scored in the last ten minutes for a 2–0 victory. It was very harsh on Fulham, who had resisted the Liverpool pressure for the majority of the game.[3]

After the international break, Fulham drew 2–2 with Blackburn Rovers, having twice been in front through goals from Danny Murphy and Diomansy Kamara, only to be pegged back by Brett Emerton and Stephen Warnock.[4]

December

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December was a busy month, with matches crammed together at the end of the month. It turned out to be a very unsuccessful period for Fulham, as they took just two points from a possible 18.

January

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A very bad start to the new year saw Fulham defeated by close rivals Chelsea 2–1 at Craven Cottage.

February

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March

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April

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April started with a 3–1 defeat at home against Sunderland with second half goals from Danny Collins, Michael Chopra and Kenwyne Jones, even though Fulham had equalised through a brilliant David Healy goal from 30 yards out. Things improved the next week though as Fulham finally recorded their first away win since beating Newcastle United in September 2006, against Reading at the Madejski Stadium. Brian McBride and Erik Nevland scored the goals. It came as some relief to the long-suffering away support and put Fulham's survival bid back on track. However, Fulham then suffered a home defeat against an under-strength Liverpool side, Jermaine Pennant and Peter Crouch scoring for Liverpool. This defeat meant for most Fulham fans that relegation was looking almost certain; if results would not go their way the following week, then they could be relegated.

The following week, Fulham gained a priceless three points away to Manchester City to record their second successive away victory. After falling behind 2–0 in the first half, Fulham fought back from mathematical relegation to score three goals in the last twenty minutes, culminating with a 92nd-minute goal by Diomansy Kamara, his second of the game.

On 3 May, Fulham were able to pull themselves out of the drop zone as Reading lost to Tottenham, and Fulham earned a vital three points with a win against Birmingham, one point above Fulham in the league table. This sent Birmingham to 19th position and Reading to 18th position, as Fulham leapfrogged both to 17th position on goal difference. Fulham's Premier League survival was in their own hands going into the last game of the season; both Reading and Birmingham registered big wins, but Fulham survived on goal difference with a 1–0 victory away to Portsmouth.

Players

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First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   USA Kasey Keller
2 DF   GER Moritz Volz
3 DF   USA Carlos Bocanegra
4 DF   ENG Paul Konchesky
5 DF   FRA Philippe Christanval
6 DF   SRB Dejan Stefanović
7 MF   KOR Seol Ki-hyeon
8 MF   RUS Alexey Smertin
9 FW   NIR David Healy
10 FW   FIN Jari Litmanen
11 FW   SEN Diomansy Kamara[notes 1]
12 GK   TRI Tony Warner[notes 2]
13 GK   POR Ricardo Batista
14 FW   USA Eddie Johnson
15 FW   NOR Erik Nevland
16 MF   IRL Michael Timlin[notes 3]
17 DF   CAN Paul Stalteri (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
18 DF   NIR Aaron Hughes
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   USA Brian McBride (captain)
21 MF   ENG Jimmy Bullard
22 DF   ENG Elliot Omozusi
23 MF   USA Clint Dempsey
24 FW   ALG Hamer Bouazza[notes 4]
25 MF   WAL Simon Davies
26 MF   DEN Leon Andreasen
27 MF   ENG Danny Murphy
28 MF   ENG Robert Milsom
29 GK   FIN Antti Niemi
31 DF   ENG Adam Watts
32 DF   NOR Brede Hangeland[notes 5]
33 DF   FIN Toni Kallio
34 DF   NIR Chris Baird
35 MF   NZL Simon Elliott
37 DF   AUS Adrian Leijer
38 DF   ENG Nathan Ashton

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF   ENG Zat Knight (to Aston Villa)
7 DF   ENG Liam Rosenior (to Reading)
10 MF   NIR Steven Davis (on loan to Rangers)
14 MF   SEN Papa Bouba Diop (to Portsmouth)
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW   FIN Shefki Kuqi[notes 6] (on loan from Crystal Palace)
15 FW   NED Collins John[notes 7] (on loan to Watford)
17 MF   ENG Lee Cook (on loan to Charlton Athletic)

Transfers

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Summer

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Date Pos. Name From Fee
27 June 2007 DF   Aaron Hughes   Aston Villa £1,000,000[5]
5 July 2007 MF   Steven Davis   Aston Villa £4,000,000[6]
9 July 2007 FW   Diomansy Kamara   West Bromwich Albion £6,000,000[7]
12 July 2007 DF   Chris Baird   Southampton £3,035,000[8]
13 July 2007 FW   David Healy   Leeds United £1,500,000[9]
13 July 2007 DF   Paul Konchesky   West Ham United £3,250,000[10]
19 July 2007 MF   Lee Cook   Queens Park Rangers £2,500,000[11]
4 August 2007 MF   Adrian Leijer   Melbourne Victory Undisclosed[12]
8 August 2007 DF   Hamer Bouazza   Watford £3,000,000
23 August 2007 GK   Kasey Keller   Borussia Mönchengladbach Free[13]
30 August 2007 DF   Nathan Ashton Unattached Free[14]
31 August 2007 FW   Shefki Kuqi   Crystal Palace Loan[15]
31 August 2007 MF   Danny Murphy   Tottenham Hotspur Loan[15]
31 August 2007 MF   Seol Ki-hyeon   Reading Undisclosed[16]
31 August 2007 DF   Dejan Stefanović   Portsmouth £1,000,000[17]
Date Pos. Name To Fee
14 June 2007 GK   Mark Crossley[notes 8]   Oldham Athletic Free[18]
1 July 2007 MF   Matthew Collins   Swansea City Free
23 July 2007 FW   Heiðar Helguson   Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed[19]
31 July 2007 MF   Michael Brown   Wigan Athletic Undisclosed[20]
3 August 2007 DF   Franck Queudrue   Birmingham City £2,000,000[21]
29 August 2007 DF   Zat Knight   Aston Villa £3,500,000[22]
31 August 2007 MF   Papa Bouba Diop   Portsmouth Undisclosed[23]
31 August 2007 DF   Liam Rosenior   Reading Undisclosed[16]

Winter

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Date Pos. Name From Fee
18 January 2008 DF   Brede Hangeland   Copenhagen Undisclosed[24]
22 January 2008 DF   Leon Andreasen   Werder Bremen Undisclosed[25]
23 January 2008 FW   Eddie Johnson   Kansas City Wizards Undisclosed[26]
28 January 2008 FW   Erik Nevland   Groningen £1,850,000[27]
31 January 2008 DF   Toni Kallio   Young Boys Undisclosed[28]
31 January 2008 FW   Jari Litmanen   Malmö FF Free[28]
31 January 2008 DF   Paul Stalteri   Tottenham Hotspur Loan[28]

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK   TRI Tony Warner (on loan to Barnsley)
16 MF   IRL Michael Timlin (on loan to Swindon Town)
19 DF   ENG Ian Pearce (on loan to Southampton)
28 MF   ENG Robert Milsom (on loan to Brentford)
30 MF   ENG Wayne Brown (on loan to Brentford)
38 MF   ENG Nathan Ashton (on loan to Crystal Palace)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   ENG TJ Moncur (on loan to Bradford City)
DF   COD Gabriel Zakuani (on loan to Stoke City)
MF   ENG Lee Cook (on loan to Charlton Athletic)
MF   NIR Steven Davis (on loan to Rangers)
FW   FRA Ismael Ehui (on loan to Carshalton Athletic)
FW   SWE Björn Runström (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)

Club

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Management

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Position Staff
Manager   Roy Hodgson
First-team coach   Ray Lewington
Goalkeeping coach   Mike Kelly
Reserve team coach   Billy McKinlay
Academy coach   Gary Brazil
Head of youth development   John Murtough
Physiotherapist   Jason Palmer
Club doctor   Steve Nance
Chief scout   John Marshall

Last updated: 21 Sep 2007
Source: Fulham FC

Other information

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Chairman   Mohamed Al Fayed
Managing director   David McNally
Technical director   Les Reed
Director   Omar Fayed
Director   Karim Fayed
Director   Mark Collins
Director   Stuart Benson
Commercial manager   Olly Dale
Commercial manager   Mark Maunders
Secretary   Zoe Ward
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Craven Cottage (26,600 / 112x72 yards)

Source: Fulham article on 15 Aug 2007

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Premier League 17 12 Aug 2007 11 May 2008
Football League Cup 2nd round 2nd round 28 Aug 2007 26 September 2007
FA Cup 3rd round 3rd round 6 Jan 2008 22 January 2008

Updated to match played 11 May 2008
Source: Competitions

Premier League

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
15 Sunderland 38 11 6 21 36 59 −23 39
16 Bolton Wanderers 38 9 10 19 36 54 −18 37
17 Fulham 38 8 12 18 38 60 −22 36
18 Reading (R) 38 10 6 22 41 66 −25 36 Relegation to Football League Championship
19 Birmingham City (R) 38 8 11 19 46 62 −16 35
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Competition
(R) Relegated

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 8 12 18 38 60  −22 36 5 5 9 22 31  −9 3 7 9 16 29  −13

Last updated: 11 May 2008.
Source: Barclays Premier League

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAAHAAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultLWLLDDDDLDDWLDLLLDLDLLLDWLLLDWLDLWLWWW
Position159131815161716181314131312141418171819191919191919191919191919191919191717
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2008. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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Pre-season

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2007-07-17 Dagenham & Redbridge 0 – 1 Fulham Victoria Road, Dagenham
19:45 (Report) Kamara   44' Attendance: 1,224
2007-07-24 Portsmouth 1 – 0 Fulham Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po
11:00 Benjani   44' (Report) Attendance: 36,801
2007-07-27 South China 1 – 4 Fulham Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po
11:00 Barros   56' (Report) Diop   19'
Bocanegra   46'
Healy   73'
McBride   82'
Attendance: 39,535
2007-08-01 Staines Town 1 – 2 Fulham XI Wheatsheaf Park, Staines
19:35 Watts   16' (og) (Report) Timlin   35'
Gonçalves   77'
Attendance: 385
Referee: Paul Forrester
2007-08-03 Queens Park Rangers 2 – 1 Fulham Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush
20:00 Sahar   58', 68' (Report) McBride   10' Attendance: 5,479
2007-08-07 Aldershot Town 1 – 1 Fulham XI Recreation Ground, Aldershot
19:45 Chalmers   27' (Report) Brown   30' (pen.) Attendance: 1,035
Referee: Steve Creighton

Premier League

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2007-08-12 1 Arsenal 2 – 1 Fulham Islington, London
12:00 Van Persie   84' (pen.)
Hleb   90'
(Report) Healy   1' Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,093
Referee: Phil Dowd
2007-08-15 2 Fulham 2 – 1 Bolton Wanderers Fulham, London
19:45 Healy   23'
Cid   26' (o.g.)
(Report) Helguson   12' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 21,102
Referee: Lee Probert
2007-08-18 3 Fulham 1 – 2 Middlesbrough Fulham, London
15:00 McBride   16' (Report) Mido   55'
Cattermole   88'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 20,948
Referee: Lee Mason
2007-08-25 4 Aston Villa 2 – 1 Fulham Birmingham, West Midlands
15:00 Young   51'
Maloney   90+1'
(Report) Dempsey   6' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 36,638
Referee: Steve Bennett
2007-09-01 5 Fulham 3 – 3 Tottenham Hotspur Fulham, London
15:00 Dempsey   42'
Rocha   77' (o.g.)
Kamara   90'
(Report) Kaboul   10'
Berbatov   28'
Bale   61'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 24,007
Referee: Mike Riley
2007-09-15 6 Wigan Athletic 1 – 1 Fulham Wigan, Greater Manchester
15:00 Skoko   66'
Koumas   80'
(Report) Dempsey   11' Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 16,975
Referee: Rob Styles
2007-09-22 7 Fulham 3 – 3 Manchester City Fulham, London
17:15 Davies   13'
Bouazza   48'
Murphy   75'
(Report) Petrov   36', 60'
Mpenza   50'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 24,674
Referee: Mark Halsey
2007-09-29 8 Chelsea 0 – 0 Fulham Walham Green, London
15:00 (Report) Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,147
Referee: Mark Halsey
2007-10-07 9 Fulham 0 – 2 Portsmouth Fulham, London
16:10 Davis   21' (Report) Benjani   50'
Hreiðarsson   52'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 20,774
Referee: Howard Webb
2007-10-20 10 Fulham 0 – 0 Derby County Fulham, London
15:00 (Report) Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 22,576
Referee: Phil Dowd
2007-10-27 11 Sunderland 1 – 1 Fulham Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
15:00 Jones   86' (Report) Davies   32' Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 39,392
Referee: Andre Marriner
2007-11-03 12 Fulham 3 – 1 Reading Fulham, London
15:00 Davies   18'
Dempsey   72'
Healy   90+1'
(Report) Doyle   54' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 22,086
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
2007-11-10 13 Liverpool 2 – 0 Fulham Liverpool, Merseyside
17:15 Torres   81'
Gerrard   85' (pen.)
(Report) Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,057
Referee: Steve Tanner
2007-11-25 14 Fulham 2 – 2 Blackburn Rovers Fulham, London
16:00 Murphy   51'
Kamara   63'
(Report) Emerton   57'
Warnock   79'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 22,826
Referee: Mike Dean
2007-12-03 15 Manchester United 2 – 0 Fulham Trafford, Greater Manchester
20:00 Ronaldo   10', 58' (Report) Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 75,055
Referee: Rob Styles
2007-12-08 16 Everton 3 – 0 Fulham Liverpool, Merseyside
15:00 Yakubu   51', 61', 79' (Report) Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 32,743
Referee: Steve Bennett
2007-12-15 17 Fulham 0 – 1 Newcastle United Fulham, London
17:15 (Report) Barton   90+2' (pen.) Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 24,959
Referee: Howard Webb
2007-12-22 18 Fulham 1 – 1 Wigan Athletic Fulham, London
15:00 Dempsey   78' (Report) Bent   70' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 20,820
Referee: Alan Wiley
2007-12-26 19 Tottenham Hotspur 5 – 1 Fulham Tottenham, London
13:00 Keane   27', 62'
Huddlestone   46', 71'
Defoe   90'
(Report) Dempsey   60' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,077
Referee: Andre Marriner
2007-12-29 20 Birmingham City 1 – 1 Fulham Bordesley Green, Birmingham
15:00 Larsson   55' (Report) Bocanegra   8' Stadium: St Andrew's Stadium
Attendance: 28,923
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
2008-01-01 21 Fulham 1 – 2 Chelsea Fulham, London
12:45 Murphy   10' (pen.) (Report) Kalou   54'
Ballack   62' (pen.)
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,357
Referee: Mark Halsey
2008-01-12 22 West Ham United 2 – 1 Fulham Newham, London
15:00 Ashton   28'
Ferdinand   69'
(Report) Davies   8' Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 34,947
Referee: Mike Riley
2008-01-19 23 Fulham 0 – 3 Arsenal Fulham, London
15:00 (Report) Adebayor   19', 38'
Rosický   81'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,297
Referee: Peter Walton
2008-01-29 24 Bolton Wanderers 0 – 0 Fulham Horwich, Bolton
20:00 (Report) Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 17,732
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
2008-02-03 25 Fulham 2 – 1 Aston Villa Fulham, London
16:00 Davies   73'
Bullard   86'
(Report) Hughes   69' (o.g.) Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 24,760
Referee: Chris Foy
2008-02-09 26 Middlesbrough 1 – 0 Fulham Middlesbrough, Tees Valley
15:00 Aliadière   11' (Report) Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 26,885
Referee: Phil Dowd
2008-02-23 27 Fulham 0 – 1 West Ham United Fulham, London
15:00 (Report) Solano   87' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,280
Referee: Howard Webb
2008-03-01 28 Fulham 0 – 3 Manchester United Fulham, London
15:00 (Report) Hargreaves   15'
Park   44'
Davies   72' (o.g.)
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,314
Referee: Mike Dean
2008-03-08 29 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 1 Fulham Blackburn, Lancashire
15:00 Pedersen   59' (Report) Bullard   89' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 20,362
Referee: Mike Riley
2008-03-16 30 Fulham 1 – 0 Everton Fulham, London
13:30 McBride   67' Report Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,262
Referee: Steve Bennett
2008-03-22 31 Newcastle United 2 – 0 Fulham Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
15:00 Viduka   6'
Owen   83'
Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,293
Referee: Howard Webb
2008-03-29 32 Derby County 2 – 2 Fulham Derby, Derbyshire
15:00 Villa   10', 80' Report Kamara   24'
Leacock   78' (o.g.)
Stadium: Pride Park
Attendance: 33,034
Referee: Mike Dean
2008-04-05 33 Fulham 1 – 3 Sunderland Fulham, London
15:00 Healy   73' Report Collins   44'
Chopra   53'
Jones   75'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,053
Referee: Mark Halsey
2008-04-12 34 Reading 0 – 2 Fulham Reading
15:00 Report McBride   24'
Nevland   90+2'
Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 24,112
Referee: Chris Foy
2008-04-19 35 Fulham 0 – 2 Liverpool Fulham, London
15:00 Report Pennant   17'
Crouch   70'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,311
Referee: Martin Atkinson
2008-04-26 36 Manchester City 2 – 3 Fulham Manchester
15:00 Ireland   10'
Benjani   21'
Report Kamara   70', 90+2'
Murphy   79'
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 44,504
Referee: Mike Dean
2008-05-03 37 Fulham 2 – 0 Birmingham City Fulham, London
15:00 McBride   52'
Nevland   87'
Report Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,308
Referee: Chris Foy
2008-05-11 38 Portsmouth 0 – 1 Fulham Portsmouth
15:00 Report Murphy   76' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,582
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
2007-08-28 Shrewsbury Town 0 – 1 Fulham Shrewsbury, Shropshire
19:45 (Report) Kamara   59' Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 6,223
Referee: Paul Taylor
2007-09-26 Fulham 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Bolton Wanderers Fulham, London
20:00 Healy   78' (Report) Guthrie   57'
Giannakopoulos   112'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Steve Bennett

FA Cup

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2008-01-06 Fulham 2 – 2 Bristol Rovers Fulham, London
14:00 Healy   40'
Murphy   73'
(Report) Coles   2'
Hinton   65'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 13,634
Referee: Keith Stroud
2008-01-22 Bristol Rovers 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(5 – 3 p)
Fulham Horfield, Bristol
19:45 (Report) Stefanović   86'   119' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 11,882
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Penalties
Lines  
Jacobson  
Lambert  
Hinton  
Disley  
  Bullard
  Konchesky
  Hughes
  Healy

Squad statistics

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No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   Kasey Keller 12 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 0
2 DF   Moritz Volz 5 (4) 0 2 0 1 0 8 (4) 0 1 1
3 DF   Carlos Bocanegra 18 (4) 1 2 0 2 0 22 (4) 0 5 0
4 DF   Paul Konchesky 32 0 2 0 2 0 36 0 5 1
5 DF   Philippe Christanval 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
6 DF   Zat Knight ** 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
6 DF   Dejan Stefanović 13 0 2 0 0 0 15 0 4 1
7 MF   Seol Ki-hyeon 4 (8) 0 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 4 (11) 0 0 0
8 MF   Alexey Smertin 11 (4) 0 1 0 1 0 13 (4) 0 2 0
9 FW   David Healy 15 (15) 4 2 1 1 (1) 1 18 (16) 6 4 0
10 MF   Steven Davis * 22 0 0 (1) 0 2 0 24 (1) 0 2 0
11 FW   Diomansy Kamara 16 (11) 5 0 0 1 (1) 1 17 (12) 6 7 0
12 GK   Tony Warner * 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 1 0
14 MF   Papa Bouba Diop 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 0
14 FW   Shefki Kuqi ** 3 (7) 0 0 0 0 0 3 (7) 0 0 0
14 FW   Eddie Johnson 4 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 4 (2) 0 0 0
15 FW   Collins John * 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (3) 0 0 0
15 FW   Erik Nevland 2 (5) 2 0 0 0 0 2 (5) 2 1 0
17 DF   Paul Stalteri 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 3 0
18 DF   Aaron Hughes 28 (1) 0 1 0 1 0 30 (1) 0 0 0
19 DF   Ian Pearce * 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 1 (1) 0 1 0
20 FW   Brian McBride (c) 13 (3) 4 0 0 0 0 13 (3) 4 1 0
21 MF   Jimmy Bullard 14 (2) 2 1 0 0 0 15 (2) 2 0 0
22 DF   Elliott Omozusi 8 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 8 (1) 0 0 0
23 MF   Clint Dempsey 28 (6) 6 2 0 2 0 32 (6) 6 4 0
24 MF   Hamer Bouazza 15 (5) 1 1 0 1 0 17 (5) 1 1 1
25 MF   Simon Davies 35 (1) 5 1 0 2 0 38 (1) 5 6 0
26 MF   Leon Andreasen 9 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 9 (3) 0 2 1
27 MF   Danny Murphy 27 (5) 4 1 1 1 0 29 (5) 5 5 0
29 GK   Antti Niemi 22 0 1 0 0 0 23 0 0 0
30 MF   Wayne Brown * 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
32 DF   Brede Hangeland 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1 0
34 DF   Chris Baird 17 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 1 0 19 (2) 0 2 1
38 DF   Nathan Ashton * 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Updated 5 May 2008

  • * Player is out on loan
  • ** Player has left club

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Kamara was born in Paris, France, but also qualified to represent Senegal internationally and made his international debut for Senegal in 2003.
  2. ^ Warner was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in February 2006.
  3. ^ Timlin was born in Peckham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-17 and U-21 level.
  4. ^ Bouazza was born in Évry, France, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Algeria in February 2007.
  5. ^ Hangeland was born in Houston, Texas, United States, but was raised in Norway from the age of 1 and made his international debut for Norway in November 2002.
  6. ^ Kuqi was born in Vushtrri, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but was raised in Finland and made his international debut for Finland in August 1999.
  7. ^ John was born in Zwedru, Liberia, but was raised in the Netherlands and made his international debut for the Netherlands in August 2004.
  8. ^ Crossley was born in Barnsley, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through a grandparent and made his international debut for Wales in February 1997.
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