2007–08 Blackpool F.C. season
The 2007–08 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 100th season (97th consecutive) in the Football League. It was their first season back in the second tier of English football in 29 years. They finished nineteenth, the club's highest-place finish in the Football League in 37 years.
| 2007–08 season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Owen Oyston |
| Chairman | Karl Oyston |
| Manager | Simon Grayson |
| Ground | Bloomfield Road |
| Championship | 19th |
| FA Cup | Third round |
| League Cup | Fourth round |
| Top goalscorer | League: Ben Burgess (9) All: Ben Burgess (10) |
| Highest home attendance | 9,640 vs Watford, Championship, 4 May 2008 |
| Lowest home attendance | 6,648 vs Cardiff City, Championship, 11 December 2007 |
| Average home league attendance | 8,861 |
| Biggest win | 4–0 v Coventry City, Championship, 22 December 2007 |
| Biggest defeat | 1–4 v Charlton Athletic, Championship, 12 January 2008 0–3 v Plymouth Argyle, Championship, 26 April 2008 |
Ben Burgess was the club's top scorer, with ten goals overall.
Blackpool set a new club record of twelve consecutive victories, carrying over from the end of the previous season, with 0–1 and 1–0 results over Leicester City and Huddersfield Town, respectively.
At the end of the season, manager Simon Grayson released eleven players, most of whom had not featured in the first team this season, and on 30 May he confirmed that he wanted to sign at least six new players. He went on to sign twelve (including three on loan) before the start of the 2008–09 season.