2007–08 Leeds United F.C. season

This article details Leeds United A.F.C.'s 2007-08 season in League One.

Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2007-08 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the matches section.

• 4 May: Leeds' relegation from the Championship is confirmed as chairman, Ken Bates puts Leeds into administration. Hours later, alongside Mark Taylor and Shaun Harvey, Bates buys back the club under a newly formed company, Leeds United Football Club Limited from administrators, KPMG. Ex-Leeds director, Simon Morris reveals plans for a £10million takeover of the club.
• 14 May: Winger, Eddie Lewis is named Leeds' Player of the Season.
• 21 May: All but four of Leeds' 34 man squad accept a wage deferral.
• 23 May: Duncan Revie, son of former Leeds manager, Don, provides proof of funds to KPMG to form a takeover of the club. Morris sets up a website to let fans voice their ideas on the future of the club.
• 4 June: After a re-count, 75.02% of the club's creditors vote in favour of Bates' 1p in the pound offer to buy back the club.
• 6 June: After voting against Ken Bates' buy back of the club, star player, David Healy is told he has no future at the club.
• 14 June: The League One fixtures are revealed with Leeds facing a difficult start at Tranmere Rovers.
• 2 July: Bates ups his 1p in the pound to 8p to avoid a legal challenge from the Inland Revenue. Leeds players return for pre-season training.
• 3 July: The Inland Revenue confirm they will launch a legal challenge against Bates' bay-back deal as they are owed £7.7million in unpaid taxes.
• 6 July: Administrators, KPMG put United back up for sale.
• 8 July: Bates threatens to take legal action if the club is not sold back to LUFC Ltd.
• 9 July: KPMG close bidding for the club. Morris and Redbus Group chairman, Simon Franks join forces to submit a 'super-bid'.
• 10 July: It is believed there are four parties bidding for control of the club including ex-Leeds director, Adam Pearson and Internet guru, Peter Wilkinson
• 11 July: LUFC Ltd is given control of the club once more, but the Football League refuse to give Leeds their 'golden share' required to play in competitive football as the club left administration without a CVA. Fans who purchased season tickets are assured that their money is in a seperate account and will be paid back to them incase the club cannot start their season.
• 19 July: It is revealed the playing staff at the club were not paid in June. Dynamo Dresden cancel their friendly with Leeds at short notice. A match with Czech team, Slovan Liberec is quickly arranged and buses to take Leeds fans from Dresden to Liberec are provided.
• 22 July: Fans start to lay flowers by the statue of Billy Bremner at Elland Road.
• 27 July: KPMG reveal LUFC Ltd bought the club back for 11.2p in the pound and that other bids were considerably higher.
• 28 July: Fans hold a 'shoe protest' telling Bates to stand down as Chairman.
• 31 July: Club admit they can only receive any payments from fans in cash or cheque due to the golden share situation.
• 1 August: Jonathan Douglas and Jermaine Beckford escape 1st team bans after their sending offs in a pre-season friendly.
• 3 August: KPMG refuse to resurrect the CVA for the 'old' Leeds United company. The Football League grant United their golden share to allow them to play in League One in the 2007-08 season, but impose a 15 point deduction for the club. After many months, the club reveal their new shirt sponsors are Leeds based company, Red Kite and release their new home and away kits.

Sources: Yorkshire Post and Leeds United

Kit

Supplier: Admiral
Sponsor(s): Red Kite

Home

Away

Source: Leeds United

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
4	MF		Douglas (captain)	43	EU	2005	87	6	2009	Undisclosed	Sky Sports
7	MF		Westlake	41	EU	2006	29	0	2009	£500k + Dan Harding	BBC Football
11	MF		Lewis	50	EU	2005	94	9	2008	Free	Sky Sports
15	DF		Richardson	42	EU	2001	99	4	2009	Youth system
16	MF		Einarsson	46	EU	2004	23	1	2008	Free	Sky Sports
17	MF		Carole	42	EU	2006	18	0	2009	Free	Sky Sports
21	MF		Derry (VC1)	47	EU	2005	78	3	2009	Undisclosed	Sky Sports
27	FW		Kandol	43	EU	2006	18	1	2010	£200k	Soccerbase
30	DF		Parker	37	EU	2007	0	0	—	Youth system
32	FW		Beckford	41	EU	2006	11	0	2009	Undisclosed	BBC Football
33	MF		Howson	36	EU	2006	11	1	2009	Youth system	Sky Sports
34	MF		Bayly		EU	2006	2	0	2008	Youth system	Sky Sports
35	DF		Madden	36	EU	2006	0	0	—	Youth system
36	GK		Lund	36	EU	2006	0	0	2009	Youth system	Sky Sports
37	FW		Elliott	34	EU	2007	3	0	—	Youth system	LeedsUnited.com
39	DF		Delph	33	EU	2007	1	0	—	Youth system	LeedsUnited.com
—	DF		Gardner	36	EU	2007	0	0	2008	Youth system	BBC Football

• Last updated: 05 Aug 2007
• Source: Wikipedia players' articles, LeedsUnited.com, Sky Sports and Leeds, Leeds, Leeds Magazine (April-May 2007 issue)
• Ordered by Squad Number.
• Player must own an EU passport or be a full, current, 'A' international to legally play in English football. (Source)
• Squad size is unlimited.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the Premier League, The Championship ( and playoffs), League One, FA Cup, League Cup, Champions League and UEFA Cup.

Transfers

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Out

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EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Dennis Wise
Assistant Manager	Gus Poyet
Technical Director	Gwyn Williams
Academy Manager	Neil Thompson
Goalkeeping Coach	Andrew Beasley
Under 18s Coach	Paul Beesley
Physio	Harvey Sharman
Groundsman	Dr. Adam Cowell

Last updated: 01 Aug 2007
Source: Leeds United Personnel

Other Information

President	The Right Honourable The Earl of Harewood KBE LLD
Chairman	Ken Bates
Director	Shaun Harvey
Director	Mark Taylor
Mascot	Lucas the Kop Cat
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Elland Road (40,224 / 105x65m)

Source: LeedsUnited.com

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match

Updated to match played 04 Aug 2007
Source: Competitions

League One

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Matches

Friendlies

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Scorers	GD
1	7 Jul 2007	Pre-season	A	Shelbourne	2 - 0	Blake, Prutton	2
2	13 Jul 2007	Pre-season	A	York City	0 - 0	no	0
3	18 Jul 2007	German Tour	A	Union Berlin	0 - 2	no	-2
42	21 Jul 2007	German Tour	A	Dynamo Dresden		no
5	21 Jul 2007	German Tour	A	Slovan Liberec	0 - 1	no	-1
6	23 Jul 2007	German Tour	A	Energie Cottbus	1 - 2	Kandol	-1
7	28 Jul 2007	Pre-season	A	Burnley	0 - 2	no	-2
8	31 Jul 2007	Pre-season	A	Darlington	1 - 0	Beckford	1
9	4 Aug 2007	Pre-season	H	Wigan Athletic	1 - 2	Beckford	-1
10	6 Aug 2007	Pre-season	A	Guiseley

Last updated: 02 Aug 2007
Source: Leeds United
¹Leeds goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Leeds.
²German police cancelled the game due to security concerns prior to kick-off.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

Competitive

Game	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	11 Aug 2007	League One	1	Template:Away venue}	Tranmere Rovers
2	14 Aug 2007	Carling Cup	1	Template:Away venue}	Macclesfield
3	18 Aug 2007	League One	2	H	Southend United
4	25 Aug 2007	League One	3	Template:Away venue}	Nottingham Forest
5	1 Sep 2007	League One	4	H	Luton Town
6	8 Sep 2007	League One	5	H	Hartlepool
7	14 Sep 2007	League One	6	Template:Away venue}	Bristol Rovers

Last updated: 04 Aug 2007
Source: Leeds United
¹Leeds goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Leeds.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

External links

• Official Website
• BBC Football
• Sky Sports
• ESPNsoccernet
• Leeds Fans
• Leeds Utd Mad