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After last season’s narrow miss on a play-off, the objective was to gain an automatic promotion position. But after a poor summer transfer wise supporters wondered what the ambition of the club was. New signings were unknown youngster Ryan Shawcross signed on loan from Manchester United and veteran forward Richard Cresswell, which hardly set the pulses racing but a 1\u20130 win on the opening match of the season at Cardiff City set the tone for a season to remember. Stoke didn’t really perform well in the opening few months and by the middle of November they were in mid-table, but several key loan signings saw Stoke embark on a twelve match unbeaten run.This pushed Stoke into the top two and after a narrow defeat at Charlton Athletic Stoke won five in a row. However Stoke then hit a poor run of form winning one in their next eight matches. Wins over Coventry City, Bristol City and Colchester United saw Stoke within one point of gaining a promotion, which they would achieve after drawing 0\u20130 with Leicester City to gain a long-awaited return to the top flight of English football after a 23-year absence.[1]Table of Contents Season review[edit]League[edit]FA Cup[edit]League Cup[edit]Final league table[edit]Results[edit]Legend[edit]Pre-season friendlies[edit][edit]FA Cup[edit]League Cup[edit]Squad statistics[edit]Transfers[edit]In[edit]Loan in[edit]Out[edit]References[edit]Season review[edit]League[edit]The feeling around the club had improved after last season’s success in finishing 8th. The supporters were hoping that the management would bring new quality players as well as making last season’s successful loan players moves permanent.[1] But the club were left frustrated as most decided to seek employment elsewhere and by the time the start of the season had come around Stoke had only added Richard Cresswell, Jon Parkin and Ryan Shawcross to their squad.[2] Stoke’s first match of the season saw them travel to notoriously hostile Ninian Park to take on Cardiff City. Debutante Ryan Shawcross made a perfect start to his Stoke career scoring the winning goal in a 1\u20130 win which saw Steve Simonsen save a last minute penalty.[3] A good win against promotion favourites Charlton Athletic followed but a 3\u20132 defeat at Southampton brought Stoke their first defeat of the season. Three draws against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Hull City and Barnsley failed to get the supporters excited and during the next match against Plymouth Argyle with Stoke 2\u20131 down, some fans started venting their frustrations at manager Tony Pulis but Stoke went on to win 3\u20132.[4]Stoke began to struggle, with poor home defeats to Sheffield Wednesday and then Coventry City prompted Pulis to enter the loan market again and he brought in Leon Cort and Danny Pugh.[5] This enabled Stoke to field a more settled side and they began to display the form they showed from last season and they went twelve matches unbeaten from 24 November 2007 to 19 January 2008. During that run Stoke gained some impressive victories including a 3\u20130 at Sheffield United and a Ricardo Fuller hat trick against promotion rivals West Bromwich Albion.[1] In the January transfer window Stoke completed the permanent signings of Cort, Pugh and Shawcross whilst former players Andy Griffin and Paul Gallagher made a return and John Eustace joined Watford with Glenn Whelan joining as a replacement.[1] Stoke City fans celebrate following promotion to the Premier League, 4 May 2008Stoke’s twelve match unbeaten run was ended with a 1\u20130 defeat away at Charlton Athletic. Stoke bounced back brilliantly beating Cardiff 2\u20131 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 4\u20132 away at Molineux.[1] Then they beat both Southampton and Scunthorpe United 3\u20132 and made it five wins in a row with a 1\u20130 win over Ipswich Town to earn Pulis manager of the month award for February.[6] But Stoke lost their form and managed just one win in their next eight matches until they won against Coventry City with three matches remaining.[1] A Mamady Sidib\u00e9 double helped Stoke beat promotion rivals Bristol City and ended their efforts to gain automatic promotion leaving just Stoke and Hull fighting for 2nd place with West Bromwich Albion looking to have sealed top spot.[1] For the penultimate match of the season Stoke travelled to Colchester United who had already being relegated. However it was not an easy match as Colchester were playing their final match at Layer Road, Cresswell scored the only goal as Stoke almost secured promotion but for a late winner for Hull.[1] This took the promotion race to the final match of the season against relegation threatened Leicester City. In a tense and cagey 90 minutes the scored remained goalless and Stoke took the point they needed to gain promotion to the Premier League and a return to the top flight of English football for 23 years.[7]FA Cup[edit]Stoke drew struggling Premier League side Newcastle United in the third round, the match ended in a goalless draw with Stoke creating the better chances. In the replay Newcastle had appointed Kevin Keegan as manager and he inspired the “Magpies” to a 4\u20131 victory.[1]League Cup[edit]For a fourth season in a row Stoke made a first round exit to League Two opposition this time to Rochdale, losing 4\u20132 on penalties after a 2\u20132 in normal and extra time.[1]Final league table[edit]Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2008. Source: The Football LeagueRules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) PromotedResults[edit]Stoke’s score comes firstLegend[edit]Pre-season friendlies[edit][edit]MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersReport111 August 2007Cardiff CityA1\u2013018,840Shawcross 27′Report218 August 2007Charlton AthleticH2\u2013112,649Fuller 57′, Parkin 78′Report325 August 2007SouthamptonA2\u2013320,300Fuller 10′, Parkin 82′Report41 September 2007Wolverhampton WanderersH0\u2013017,135Report515 September 2007Hull CityA1\u2013119,642Delap 44′Report618 September 2007BarnsleyH0\u2013013,071Report722 September 2007Plymouth ArgyleH3\u2013212,533Seip (o.g.) 10′, Fuller 66′, Lawrence 73′Report829 September 2007Leicester CityA1\u2013123,654Fuller 15′Report93 October 2007West Bromwich AlbionA1\u2013120,048Shawcross 27′Report106 October 2007Colchester UnitedH2\u2013112,395Shawcross 8′, Lawrence 73′Report1120 October 2007Sheffield WednesdayH2\u2013414,019Fuller (2) 12′, 41′Report1223 October 2007Crystal PalaceA3\u2013114,237Cresswell (2) 49′, 59′, Shawcross 74′Report1327 October 2007Bristol CityA0\u2013115,012Report143 November 2007Coventry CityH1\u2013313,448Lawrence 72′ (pen)Report156 November 2007Scunthorpe UnitedA3\u201325,521Cresswell 26′, Hayes (o.g.) 88′, Lawrence 90′Report1610 November 2007Sheffield UnitedH0\u2013112,158Report1724 November 2007BurnleyA0\u2013011,758Report1827 November 2007Queens Park RangersH3\u2013111,147Cresswell 5′, Lawrence 19′, Cort 77′Report191 December 2007Norwich CityH2\u2013119,258Cort 46′, Cresswell 89′Report204 December 2007Sheffield UnitedA3\u2013023,378Cresswell 2′, Beattie (o.g.) 7′, Shawcross 19′Report219 December 2007WatfordH0\u2013015,516Report2215 December 2007BlackpoolA3\u201329,123Fuller (2) 37′, 61′, Cort 41′Report2322 December 2007West Bromwich AlbionH3\u2013118,420Fuller (3) 5′, 38′, 66′Report2426 December 2007BarnsleyA3\u2013312,398Lawrence (3) 31′, 84′, 90+8′ (2 pen)Report2528 December 2007Plymouth ArgyleA2\u2013213,692Cresswell 8′, Shawcross 57′Report261 January 2008Hull CityH1\u2013115,788Cort 33′Report2712 January 2008Ipswich TownA1\u2013120,346Fuller 33′Report2819 January 2008Preston North EndH3\u2013115,011Cort (2) 16′, 72′, Cresswell 28′Report2929 January 2008Charlton AthleticA0\u2013122,108Report302 February 2008Cardiff CityH2\u2013115,045Johnson (o.g.) 39′, Fuller (pen) 57′Report319 February 2008Wolverhampton WanderersA4\u2013225,373Delap 4′, Lawrence 49′, Cort 74′, Fuller 90′Report3212 February 2008SouthamptonH3\u2013219,481Powell (o.g.) 27′, Shawcross 35′, Sidib\u00e9 44′Report3315 February 2008Scunthorpe UnitedH3\u2013220,979Lawrence (2) 53′, 63′, Cresswell 67′Report3423 February 2008Ipswich TownH1\u2013023,563Lawrence 42′Report3526 February 2008Preston North EndA0\u2013212,789Report362 March 2008Queens Park RangersA0\u2013313,398Report378 March 2008BurnleyH1\u2013118,432Lawrence 90′ (pen)Report3811 March 2008Norwich CityA1\u2013023,471Sidib\u00e9 58′Report3915 March 2008WatfordA0\u2013018,388Report4022 March 2008BlackpoolH1\u2013120,019Cort 47′Report4129 March 2008Sheffield WednesdayA1\u2013121,857Cresswell 21′Report427 April 2008Crystal PalaceH1\u2013215,756Whelan 85′Report4312 April 2008Coventry CityA2\u2013120,249Lawrence 55′, Fuller 79′ (pen)Report4419 April 2008Bristol CityH2\u2013124,475Sidib\u00e9 (2) 14′, 36′Report4526 April 2008Colchester UnitedA1\u201306,300Cresswell 45′Report464 May 2008Leicester CityH0\u2013026,609ReportFA Cup[edit]League Cup[edit]Squad statistics[edit]Transfers[edit]In[edit]Loan in[edit]Out[edit]References[edit]National teamsLeague competitionsLevel 1Levels 2\u20134Levels 5\u20136Levels 7\u20138Levels 9\u201310Combined Counties League (Premier, One)Eastern Counties League (Premier, One)Essex Senior League (level 9 only)Hellenic League (Premier, One East, One West)Kent League (level 9 only)Midland Alliance (level 9 only)Midland Football Combination (level 10 only)North West Counties League (One, Two)Northern Counties East League (Premier, One)Northern League (One, Two)South West Peninsula League (level 10 only)Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One)Sussex County League (One, Two)United Counties League (Premier, One)Wessex League (Premier, One)West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)Western League (Premier, One)Cup competitionsOther "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki14\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki14\/2007-08-stoke-city-f-c-season\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"2007\u201308 Stoke City F.C. season"}}]}]