2007–08 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock
2007–08 season
Chairman	Michael Johnston
Manager	Jim Jefferies
Stadium	Rugby Park
SPL	Eleventh Place
Scottish Cup	Fifth Round
League Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Colin Nish (7); All: Colin Nish (9)
Highest home attendance	10,546 v Rangers, SPL, 17 February 2008
Lowest home attendance	4,086 v Gretna, SPL, 26 April 2008
Average home league attendance	6,181
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 season was Kilmarnock's ninth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

Summary

Season

Kilmarnock finished eleventh in the Scottish Premier League with 40 points.^[1] They reached the second round of the League Cup, losing to Hamilton Academical^[2] and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Celtic.^[3]

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	5 August 2007	Celtic	A	0–0	60,000
2	13 August 2007	Dundee United	H	2–1	5,557	Gibson 79' Nish 87'
3	18 August 2007	Motherwell	A	2–1	4,985	Lilley 60' Dodds 90'
4	25 August 2007	Rangers	H	1–2	11,544	Invincible 61'
5	1 September 2007	Aberdeen	H	0–1	5,814
6	15 September 2007	Gretna	A	2–1	1,516	Gibson 4' Jarvis 90'
7	22 September 2007	St Mirren	H	0–0	5,596
8	29 September 2007	Hibernian	A	1–4	14,500	Nish 76'
9	6 October 2007	Inverness CT	H	2–2	4,456	Koudou 1' Nish 56'
10	20 October 2007	Falkirk	A	1–1	5,143	Wright 10'
11	27 October 2007	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–1	6,373	Wales 55' Nish 72' (Pen.) Gibson 77'
12	3 November 2007	Celtic	H	1–2	8,260	Wright 55'
13	10 November 2007	Dundee United	A	0–2	6,065
14	24 November 2007	Motherwell	H	0–1	5,016
15	1 December 2007	Rangers	A	0–2	48,055
16	8 December 2007	Aberdeen	A	1–2	10,207	Fernández 27'
17	15 December 2007	Gretna	H	3–3	5,122	Invincible 27' Fernández 53' Nish 73'
18	22 December 2007	St Mirren	A	0–0	4,216
19	26 December 2007	Hibernian	H	2–1	6,372	Nish 36' Taouil 75'
20	29 December 2007	Inverness CT	A	1–3	4,169	Nish 87' (Pen.)
21	2 January 2008	Falkirk	H	0–1	5,956
22	5 January 2008	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	14,346	Di Giacomo 45'
23	19 January 2008	Celtic	A	0–1	56,618
24	26 January 2008	Dundee United	H	1–2	4,803	Wales 83'
25	9 February 2008	Motherwell	A	0–1	6,618
26	17 February 2008	Rangers	H	0–2	10,546
27	24 February 2008	Aberdeen	H	3–1	6,113	Bryson 14', 75' Wright 41'
28	27 February 2008	Gretna	A	2–4	1,545	Ford 72' Gibson 83'
29	1 March 2008	St Mirren	H	1–0	5,352	Invincible 25'
30	15 March 2008	Hibernian	A	0–2	12,486
31	22 March 2008	Inverness CT	H	4–1	5,100	Wright 38' Bryson 50', 56' Flannigan 64'
32	29 March 2008	Falkirk	A	0–0	5,134
33	5 April 2008	Hearts	H	0–0	5,901
34	19 April 2008	Inverness CT	A	0–3	3,420
35	26 April 2008	Gretna	H	1–1	4,086	Fernández 57'
36	3 May 2008	St Mirren	A	0–1	3,690
37	10 May 2008	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–0	10,512	Murray 74' Di Giacomo 83'
38	17 May 2008	Falkirk	H	2–1	5,475	Taouil 24' Di Giacomo 81'

Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Second Round	28 August 2007	Peterhead	A	3–0	1,118	Nish 30' Wright 48' Naismith 55'
Third Round	25 September 2007	Hamilton Academical	A	0–2	2,627

Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Fourth Round	28 January 2008	Airdrie United	A	2–0	3,258	Hamill 25' Nish 37' (Pen.)
Fifth Round	2 February 2008	Celtic	H	1–5	6,491	Hamill 66'

Player statistics

As of 17 May 2008 (UTC)^[4]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Alan Combe	40	0	37+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
2	MF	SCO	James Fowler	37	0	34+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	SCO	Garry Hay	29	0	26+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF	SCO	David Lilley	26	1	23+1	1	1+1	0	0+0	0
5	DF	SCO	Frazer Wright	16	6	14+0	3	0+0	3	2+0	0
6	DF	JAM	Simon Ford	31	1	28+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
7	FW	SCO	Steven Naismith	5	1	4+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0
8	MF	SCO	Gary Locke	17	0	7+10	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	SCO	Colin Nish	25	9	20+2	7	2+0	1	1+0	1
10	FW	SCO	Gary Wales	26	2	16+8	2	0+0	0	2+0	0
11	FW	AUS	Danny Invincible	30	3	27+0	3	1+0	0	1+1	0
12	MF	SCO	Allan Johnston	24	0	14+8	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
13	GK	RSA	Chad Harpur	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
14	MF	SCO	Alan Morgan	4	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
15	DF	SCO	Grant Murray	13	1	8+3	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	SCO	Rhian Dodds	11	1	6+3	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	SCO	Willie Gibson	27	4	9+14	4	1+1	0	2+0	0
18	FW	SCO	Paul Di Giacomo	11	3	4+6	3	0+0	0	0+1	0
19	DF	FRA	Eric Skora	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW	SCO	Paul Dalglish	6	0	3+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW	ESP	David Fernández	32	3	16+13	3	0+1	0	0+2	0
21	DF	SCO	Ryan O'Leary	20	0	16+3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
22	FW	CIV	Aimé Koudou	7	1	2+4	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
23	MF	SCO	Jamie Hamill	34	2	29+3	0	0+0	0	2+0	2
24	MF	SCO	Craig Bryson	22	4	16+3	4	1+0	0	1+1	0
25	MF	SCO	Jamie Adams	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	GK	SCO	Cameron Bell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF	IRL	Tim Clancy	11	0	10+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	DF	SCO	Iain Campbell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	MF	SCO	Iain Flannigan	9	1	7+1	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
30	DF	SCO	Martyn Corrigan	9	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
33	FW	ENG	Ryan Jarvis	11	1	4+5	1	0+0	0	1+1	0
34	MF	MAR	Mehdi Taouil	22	2	19+3	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	GK	FRA	Damien Rascle	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	FW	SCO	David Cox	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
45	MF	SCO	Kyle Wright	13	2	11+0	1	0+0	0	2+0	1
47	MF	SCO	Paul McInnes	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
48	FW	SCO	Scott Anson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
50	MF	SCO	Gavin Brown	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
51	FW	SCO	Daniel McKay	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
8	Heart of Midlothian	38	13	9	16	47	55	−8	48
9	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	13	4	21	51	62	−11	43
10	St Mirren	38	10	11	17	26	54	−28	41
11	Kilmarnock	38	10	10	18	39	52	−13	40
12	Gretna (R)	38	5	8	25	32	83	−51	13^[b]	Resigned from the Scottish Football League and liquidated^[c]

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
^ Gretna were deducted 10 points for entering administration.
^ At the end of the season, Gretna were relegated to the Third Division due to their financial struggles. However, as no buyer was found for the club, they resigned from the Scottish Football League and were subsequently liquidated.

Division summary

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	W
Position	7	5	4	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	5	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	11

Source: ^[5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Players in

Player	From	Fee
Tim Clancy	Unattached	Free^[6]
Craig Bryson	Clyde	Compensation^[7]
Damien Rascle	US Albi	Free^[8]
Ryan Jarvis	Norwich City	Loan^[9]
Mehdi Taouil	Free Agent	Free^[10]
Alan Morgan	Inverness CT	Free^[11]
Martyn Corrigan	Motherwell	Free^[12]
Paul Dalglish	Free Agent	Free^[13]

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Stevie Murray	Partick Thistle	Free^[14]
Graeme Smith	Rangers	Free^[15]
Momo Sylla	Retired
Gordon Greer	Doncaster Rovers	Free^[16]
Jamie Adams	Queen of the South	Loan
Peter Leven	Chesterfield	Free
Steven Naismith	Rangers	£1,900,000^[17]
Colin Nish	Hibernian	Undisclosed^[18]
Iain Campbell	Clyde	Loan
Aimé Koudou	Released^[19]
Eric Skora	Retired^[20]

References

^ "Scottish Premiership Table 2007-08". espnfc.com. ESPN FC. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
^ "Hamilton Academical vs. Kilmarnock". espnfc.com. ESPN. 25 September 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock vs. Celtic". espnfc.com. ESPN. 2 February 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock 2007/08 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
^ "Scottish Premiership 2007/2008". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Greer exit as Killie deal-in four". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock snap up Clyde's Bryson". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 July 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock add back-up goalkeeper". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 August 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
^ "Killie bag hitman Jarvis". express.co.uk. Daily Express. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock seal midfielder move". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ "Morgan poised for Killie switch". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 December 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
^ "Martyn Corrigan back in love with football". The Daily Telegraph. 12 January 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ "Kilmarnock secure Dalglish deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 February 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ "Murray signs for Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 June 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
^ "Svensson joins Caen from Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 June 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ "Greer completes Doncaster switch". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 July 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ "Naismith makes late Rangers move". BBC. 31 August 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ "Hibs no deals for Nish and Zarabi". BBC. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ "Skora and Koudou leave Kilmarnock". 14 February 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ "Skora and Koudou leave Kilmarnock". 14 February 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

External links

Kilmarnock 2007–08 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)

[5] Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

[table_hth_GRE0.038791821821961-6] Gretna were deducted 10 points for entering administration.

[table_note_res_REL0.038791821821961-7] At the end of the season, Gretna were relegated to the Third Division due to their financial struggles. However, as no buyer was found for the club, they resigned from the Scottish Football League and were subsequently liquidated.

[1] "Scottish Premiership Table 2007-08". espnfc.com. ESPN FC. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

[2] "Hamilton Academical vs. Kilmarnock". espnfc.com. ESPN. 25 September 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

[3] "Kilmarnock vs. Celtic". espnfc.com. ESPN. 2 February 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

[stats-4] "Kilmarnock 2007/08 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 October 2020.

[8] "Scottish Premiership 2007/2008". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[9] "Greer exit as Killie deal-in four". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

[10] "Kilmarnock snap up Clyde's Bryson". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 July 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

[11] "Kilmarnock add back-up goalkeeper". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 August 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

[12] "Killie bag hitman Jarvis". express.co.uk. Daily Express. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

[13] "Kilmarnock seal midfielder move". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

[14] "Morgan poised for Killie switch". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 December 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[15] "Martyn Corrigan back in love with football". The Daily Telegraph. 12 January 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

[16] "Kilmarnock secure Dalglish deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 February 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

[17] "Murray signs for Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 June 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

[18] "Svensson joins Caen from Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 June 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

[19] "Greer completes Doncaster switch". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 July 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

[20] "Naismith makes late Rangers move". BBC. 31 August 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

[21] "Hibs no deals for Nish and Zarabi". BBC. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

[22] "Skora and Koudou leave Kilmarnock". 14 February 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

[23] "Skora and Koudou leave Kilmarnock". 14 February 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

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