2007–08 Aston Villa F.C. season
The 2007–08 Premier League season was Aston Villa's 133rd season in English football. It was the club's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and 16th consecutive season in the Premier League. The season saw Martin O'Neill continue as manager as the club impressed in league competition, but struggled in both domestic cup competitions – being knocked out in the third round of both.
| 2007–08 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Randy Lerner | |||
| Manager | Martin O'Neill | |||
| Premier League | 6th | |||
| FA Cup | Third round | |||
| League Cup | Third round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: John Carew (13) All: John Carew (13) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 42,640 (vs. Manchester United, Liverpool, Newcastle United and Sunderland) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 25,956 (vs. Leicester City) | |||
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| 52--36--28 | |
There were debuts for Nigel Reo-Coker, Zat Knight, Scott Carson, Marlon Harewood, Curtis Davies, Moustapha Salifou and Wayne Routledge. Reo-Coker scored his first goal for Villa in a 5–0 League Cup 2nd round victory over Wrexham on 28 August 2007. Zat Knight signed from Fulham. His last Fulham match was the 2–1 defeat against Villa, in which he played a part in Villa's equaliser when an Ashley Young shot deflected off him into the net, although this was later given as Young's goal. Carson was loaned from Liverpool where he had been 2nd choice to Pepe Reina with further competition from Charles Itandje.