2007–08 Swindon Town F.C. season explained

Manager:	Paul Sturrock David Byrne (caretaker) Maurice Malpas
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Chairman:	Willie Carson Jim Little (designate) Andrew Fitton
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Stdtitle:	Ground
Stadium:	County Ground, Swindon
League:	League One
League Result:	13th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	3rd Round
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	1st Round
Cup3:	FL Trophy
Cup3 Result:	2nd Round (S-W)
League Topscorer:	Simon Cox (15)
Season Topscorer:	Simon Cox (16)
Highest Attendance:	13,270 (vs. Leeds United)
Lowest Attendance:	3,118 (vs. Brentford)
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Prevseason:	2006–07
Nextseason:	2008–09

The 2007–08 season was Swindon Town's first season in the League One since their relegation from the division in 2006. Alongside the league campaign, Swindon Town also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

League One

See main article: 2007–08 Football League One.

League table

Matchday squads

League One line-ups

Date	Opposition	V	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
11/08/07	Northampton Town	A	1–1	P.Smith	J.Smith	Vincent	Aljofree	Ifil	Pook	Roberts₃	Adams	Sturrock₂	Peacock	Zaaboub₁	Comminges₁	Arrieta₂	Mohamed₃	Easton	Brezovan
18/08/07	Luton Town	H	2–1	P.Smith	J.Smith	Vincent	Aljofree	Ifil	Pook	Roberts	Easton	Sturrock₁	Peacock	Zaaboub₂	Arrieta₁	Comminges₂	Mohamed	Tozer	Brezovan
25/08/07	Cheltenham Town	A	1–1	P.Smith	J.Smith	Vincent	Aljofree	Ifil	Pook	Roberts₁	Easton	Sturrock₂	Peacock	Zaaboub	Comminges₁	Arrieta₂	Adams	Tozer	Brezovan
01/09/07	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–1	P.Smith	J.Smith	Vincent	Aljofree	Ifil	Pook	Roberts₃	Easton	Sturrock₂	Peacock	Zaaboub₁	Comminges₁	Arrieta₂	Mohamed₃	Tozer	Brezovan
09/09/07	Yeovil Town	H	0–1	P.Smith	J.Smith	Vincent	Aljofree	Ifil	Pook₃	Roberts₁	Easton	Sturrock₂	Peacock	Zaaboub	McGovern₁	Cox₂	Paynter₃	Comminges	Brezovan
15/09/07	Hartlepool United	A	1–1	P.Smith	Comminges	Vincent	Aljofree₁	Ifil	Peacock	McGovern₃	Easton	Cox₂	Paynter	Zaaboub	Blackburn₁	Roberts₂	Pook₃	Sturrock	Mohamed
22/09/07	Bournemouth	H	4–1	P.Smith	Comminges	Vincent	Blackburn	Ifil	Peacock	McGovern	Easton	Cox	Paynter	Zaaboub₁	Roberts₁	J.Smith	Pook	Sturrock	Mohamed
29/09/07	Millwall	A	2–1	P.Smith	J.Smith	Vincent	Collins	Ifil	Peacock	McGovern₂	Easton	Cox	Paytner₃	Roberts₁	Comminges₁	Zaaboub₂	Pook₃	Blackburn	Sturrock
02/10/07	Swansea City	A	1–2	P.Smith	J.Smith₁	Vincent	Collins₃	Ifil	Peacock	Roberts	Easton	Cox	Paynter	Zaaboub₂	Comminges₁	McGovern₂	Pook₃	Sturrock	Mohamed
06/10/07	Gillingham	H	5–0	P.Smith	Comminges	Vincent₂	Collins₁	Ifil	Peacock	McGovern	Easton	Cox	Paynter	Roberts₃	Blackburn₁	Pook₂	Mohamed₃	Zaaboub	Sturrock
20/10/07	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–0	P.Smith	Comminges	Nicholas	Aljofree	Ifil	Peacock₂	McGovern	Easton	Cox	Paynter₃	Roberts₁	Zaaboub₁	Pook₂	Corr₃	Blackburn	Sturrock
27/10/07	Port Vale	A	1–2	Brezovan	Comminges	Nicholas₂	Aljofree	Ifil₁	Peacock	McGovern	Easton	Cox	Paynter₃	Zaaboub	Roberts₁	Collins₂	Corr₃	Adams	Sturrock
03/11/07	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–2	Brezovan	Comminges	Nicholas₃	Aljofree	Ifil	Peacock	McGovern	Easton	Cox	Paynter₂	Zaaboub₁	Roberts₁	Corr₂	Sturrock₃	Blackburn	Adams
06/11/07	Leyton Orient	H	1–1	Brezovan	Comminges	Zaaboub	Aljofree	Ifil	Peacock	McGovern	Easton₃	Cox	Paynter₁	Adams₂	Corr₁	Pook₂	Roberts₃	Blackburn	Sturrock
17/11/07	Leeds United	A	1–2	Brezovan	Comminges	Zaaboub	Aljofree	Ifil	Peacock	Roberts₂	Easton₁	Cox	Paynter	Pook	Corr₁	McGovern₂	Nicholas	Tozer	Scott
24/11/07	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	Brezovan	Comminges	J.Smith	Aljofree	Ifil	Pook	McGovern₃	Easton	Cox	Paynter₁	Roberts₂	Corr₁	Tozer₂	Zaaboub₃	Sturrock	Allen
04/12/07	Carlisle United	A	0–3	Brezovan	Comminges₃	J.Smith	Aljofree	Tozer	Pook	McGovern	Easton	Cox₂	Paynter₁	Nicholas	Corr₁	Sturrock₂	Blackburn₃	Allen	Scott
08/12/07	Southend United	A	1–2	Brezovan	J.Smith	Nicholas	Aljofree	Blackburn	Pook	Mohamed₂	Cox₂	Sturrock₁	Mohamed	Allen	Paynter₁	McGovern₂	Comminges₃	Almeida	Scott
15/12/07	Brighton	H	0–3	Brezovan	J.Smith₃	Nicholas	Aljofree	Blackburn	Pook	Mohamed₁	Easton	Cox	Sturrock₂	Allen	McGovern₁	Paynter₂	Comminges₃	Peacock	Scott
22/12/07	Hartlepool United	H	2–1	Brezovan	Comminges	Vincent	Aljofree₂	Ifill	Peacock	McGovern	Easton	Cox	Corr₁	Zaaboub	Paynter₁	Williams₂₃	Pook₃	Sturrock	Mohamed
26/12/07	Yeovil Town	A	1–0	Brezovan	Comminges	Vincent	Aljofree₁	Ifil	Peacock	McGovern	Easton	Cox	Corr₂	Mohamed₃	Nicholas₁	Paynter₂	Allen₃	Pook	Sturrock
29/12/07	Bournemouth	A	2–2	Brezovan	Nicholas	Vincent	Blackburn	Ifil	Peacock	McGovern₂	Easton	Cox	Corr	Zaaboub₁	Mohamed₁	Sturrock₂	Pook	Paynter	Allen
01/01/08	Swansea City	H	1–1	Brezovan	Comminges	Vincent	Aljofree	Ifil	Peacock₃	McGovern	Easton₂	Cox	Corr	Zaaboub₁	Paynter₁	Pook₂	Mohamed₃	Nicholas	Sturrock
12/01/08	Walsall	A	2–2	Brezovan	Comminges	Vincent	Nicholas	Ifil	Peacock	McGovern₁	Easton	Sturrock₁	Paynter	Zaaboub	Roberts₁	Mohamed₂	Blackburn	Adams	Pook
19/01/08	Nottingham Forest	H	2–1	Brezovan	Comminges	Vincent	Aljofree	Ifil	Peacock	McGovern	Easton	Sturrock₁	Paynter	Zaaboub	Ashikodi₁	Roberts	Nicholas	Pook	McNamee
26/01/08	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–0	Brezovan	Comminges	Vincent	Aljofree	Ifil	Peacock	McGovern	Pook	Ashikodi₂	Paynter	McNamee₁	Roberts₁	Corr₂	Nicholas	Sturrock	Allen
29/01/08	Luton Town	A	1–0	Brezovan	Comminges	Vincent	Aljofree₃	Kanyuka	Peacock	McGovern	Roberts	Ashikodi₂	Corr	McNamee₁	Zaaboub₁	Sturrock₂	Nicholas₃	Pook	P.Smith
02/02/08	Northampton Town	H	1–1	Brezovan	Comminges	Vincent	Aljofree	Ifil	Peacock	McGovern	Roberts	Ashikodi	Corr₁	McNamee₂	Sturrock₁	Zaaboub₂	Nicholas	Pook	P.Smith
09/02/08	Huddersfield Town	A	0–1	Brezovan	Comminges	Vincent	Aljofree	Ifil	Peacock	McGovern	Ashikodi₁	Cox	Roberts₃	Zaaboub₃	Pook₁	Sturrock₂	McNamee₃	Kanyuka	P.Smith
12/02/08	Cheltenham Town	H	3–0	Brezovan	Comminges	J.Smith	Aljofree	Ifil	Peacock	McGovern	Pook	Cox₃	Paynter₂	McNamee₁	Roberts₁	Corr₂	Sturrock₃	Kanyuka	Ashikodi
16/02/08	Nottingham Forest	A	0–1	Brezovan	Comminges	Vincent	Aljofree	Ifil	Pook	McGovern₃	Easton	Sturrock₂	Paynter	McNamee₁	Roberts₁	Ashikodi₂	Zaaboub₃	Kanyuka	P.Smith
23/02/08	Walsall	H	0–3	P.Smith	Comminges₂	Vincent	Aljofree	Ifil	Peacock	McGovern₁	Easton	Cox	Paynter	McNamee	Roberts₁	Ashikodi₂	Sturrock	Kanyuka	Brezovan
26/02/08	Oldham Athletic	A	2–2	P.Smith	Comminges	Vincent	Aljofree	Kanyuka	Peacock₁	Roberts	Easton	Cox₁	Peacock	Allen	Zaaboub₁	Sturrock₂	Ifil	Ashikodi	Brezovan
01/03/08	Leeds United	H	0–1	P.Smith	Comminges	Vincent	Aljofree	Kanyuka₁	Peacock	Roberts	Easton	Cox₂	Paynter	Allen₂	Ifil₁	McGovern₂	McNamee	Ashikodi	Brezovan
04/03/08	Huddersfield Town	H	3–2	P.Smith	Comminges	J.Smith	Aljofree	Ifil	Peacock	Allen	Easton	Cox₁	Paynter	McNamee₂	McGovern₁	Ashikodi₂₃	Roberts₃	Zaaboub	Brezovan
11/03/08	Leyton Orient	A	1–2	Brezovan	Comminges	J.Smith	Aljofree	Ifil	Allen₁	McGovern	Easton	Cox	Sturrock	McNamee₂	Zaaboub₁	Ashikodi₂	Vincent	Morrison	P.Smith
15/03/08	Carlisle United	H	2–2	Brezovan	Comminges	J.Smith	Aljofree	Ifil	Timlin	McGovern	Easton	Cox	Sturrock₁	McNamee	Ashikodi₁	Zaaboub	Nicholas	Morrison	P.Smith
22/03/08	Brighton	A	1–2	Brezovan	Comminges	J.Smith	Aljofree	Ifil	Timlin	McGovern	Easton₂	Cox₃	Sturrock₁	McNamee	Paynter₁	Zaaboub₂	Corr₃	Nicholas	P. Smith
24/03/08	Southend United	H	0–1	Brezovan	Comminges	J.Smith	Aljofree	Ifil	Timlin₂	McGovern₃	Easton	Cox	Corr₁	McNamee	Paynter₁	Peacock₂	Zaaboub₃	Nicholas	Sturrock
28/03/08	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–2	Brezovan	Comminges	Vincent	Aljofree	Ifil	Peacock	McGovern₁	Easton₂	Cox	Paynter	McNamee	Mohamed₁	Timlin₂	J.Smith	Sturrock	P.Smith
05/04/08	Oldham Athletic	H	3–0	Brezovan	J.Smith	Vincent	Aljofree	Ifil	Timlin	McGovern	Easton	Cox₁	Peacock	McNamee₂	Paynter₁	Zaaboub₂	Nicholas	Mohamed	P.Smith
11/04/08	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–2	Brezovan	J.Smith	Vincent	Aljofree	Ifil	Timlin	McGovern	Easton	Cox₂	Peacock	McNamee₁	Paynter₁	Nicholas₂	Pook	Mohamed	P. Smith
19/04/08	Port Vale	H	6–0	Brezovan	Comminges	Vincent	J.Smith	Ifil	Timlin	McGovern	Easton	Cox₁	Peacock₂	McNamee₃	Joyce₁	Paynter₂	Mohamed₃	Nicholas	P.Smith
22/04/08	Bristol Rovers	A	1–0	Brezovan	Comminges	Vincent	J.Smith₂	Ifil	Timlin	McGovern	Easton	Cox₁	Peacock	McNamee	Paynter₁	Aljofree₂	Pook	Joyce	P.Smith
26/04/08	Gillingham	A	1–1	Brezovan	J.Smith₃	Vincent	Aljofree	Ifil₁	Timlin	McGovern	Easton	Cox	Peacock	McNamee₂	Morrison₁	Paynter₂	Joyce₃	Allen	P.Smith
03/05/08	Millwall	H	2–1	Brezovan	Timlin	Vincent	Aljofree	Morrison	Allen₁	McGovern	Easton	Cox	Paynter₂	McNamee	Kanyuka₁	Joyce₂	Hammonds	Thompson	P.Smith

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution, ₃ 3rd Substitution.

FA Cup line-ups

Date	Opposition	V	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
10/11/07	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2–1	Brezovan	Comminges₁	J.Smith₃	Aljofree	Tozer	Peacock	Pook	Easton	Corr	Sturrock₂	Zaaboub	Roberts₁	Paynter₂	Adams₃	McGovern	Blackburn
01/12/07	Forest Green Rovers	H	3–2	Brezovan	Comminges	J.Smith	Aljofree	Tozer	Pook	McGovern	Easton	Corr₂	Paynter	Roberts₁	Allen₁	Sturrock₂	Nicholas	Blackburn	Scott
05/01/08	Barnet	H	1–1	Brezovan	Comminges	Vincent	Aljofree	Ifil	Peacock	McGovern	Easton	Sturrock₁	Paynter	Zaaboub₂	Roberts₁	Mohamed₂	Nicholas	Pook	Allen
22/01/08	Barnet	A	1–1	Brezovan	Comminges	Vincent	Aljofree	Ifil	Pook	McGovern	Peacock	Sturrock₁	Paynter	Zaaboub₂	Corr₁	Roberts₂	Nicholas	Adams	P.Smith

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution, ₃ 3rd Substitution.

League Cup line-ups

Date	Opposition	V	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12	13	14	15	16
14/08/07	Charlton Athletic	H	0–2	Brezovan	Comminges	J.Smith₁	Tozer	Ifil	Aljofree	Roberts₂	Easton	Sturrock₃		Peacock	Adams		Zaaboub₁	Pook₂	Arrieta₃	Vincent	P.Smith

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution, ₃ 3rd Substitution.

Football League Trophy line-ups

Date	Opposition	V	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
04/09/07	Brentford	H	4–1	Brezovan	Comminges	Kennedy	Almeida	Tozer	Blackburn	McGovern	Adams	Cox	Arrieta	Allen	Mohamed₁	Macklin₂	Hammonds	Joyce	P.Smith
09/10/07	Cheltenham Town	H	1–3	Brezovan	Comminges	Pook₂	Blackburn	Tozer	Adams	McGovern	Easton₁	Sturrock	Mohamed₃	Zaaboub	Allen₁	Roberts₂	Cox₃	Kennedy	Scott

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution, ₃ 3rd Substitution.