2007–08 Premier Reserve League

Premier Reserve League

Season	2007–08
Champions	Liverpool
Goals scored	510
Average goals/game	2.82
Top goalscorer	Krisztián Németh (Liverpool, 9 goals)
Biggest home win	Reading 5–0 Derby County (February 13)
Biggest away win	Derby County 0–8 West Ham (November 26)
Highest scoring	Derby County 0–8 West Ham (November 26)
Longest winning run	7 (Liverpool, February 26–May 7)
Longest unbeaten run	16 (Liverpool, October 11–May 7)
Longest losing run	12 (Derby County October 22–April 14)
Highest attendance	10,546 (Liverpool v Man United, February 26)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 Premier Reserve League season is the ninth since its establishment. The events in the senior leagues during the 2006–07 season saw Watford, Charlton Athletic and Sheffield United all relegated and replaced by the promoted teams Birmingham City, Derby County and Sunderland.

Northern Champions Liverpool beat Southern Champions Aston Villa 3–0 in the Premier Reserve League Play-off Final and were crowned the National Champions.

Final league tables

Premier Reserve League North

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool Reserves (C)	18	13	4	1	31	8	+23	43
2	Manchester City Reserves	18	8	6	4	34	29	+5	30
3	Manchester United Reserves	18	8	5	5	25	19	+6	29
4	Sunderland Reserves	18	9	2	7	28	24	+4	29
5	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	18	8	4	6	32	25	+7	28
6	Newcastle United Reserves	18	5	7	6	31	27	+4	22
7	Middlesbrough Reserves	18	5	7	6	23	26	-3	22
8	Everton Reserves	18	4	4	10	21	31	-10	16
9	Wigan Athletic Reserves	18	4	3	11	19	36	-17	15
10	Bolton Wanderers Reserves	18	3	4	11	13	32	-19	13

Premier Reserve League South

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Aston Villa Reserves (C)	18	10	5	3	38	17	+21	35
2	Reading Reserves	18	8	7	3	32	16	+16	31
3	West Ham United Reserves	18	9	4	5	32	21	+11	31
4	Arsenal Reserves	18	8	6	4	26	17	+9	30
5	Fulham Reserves	18	8	4	6	27	25	+2	28
6	Chelsea Reserves	18	5	7	6	23	21	+2	22
7	Birmingham City Reserves	18	6	4	8	25	33	-8	22
8	Tottenham Hotspur Reserves	18	5	6	7	22	24	-2	21
9	Portsmouth Reserves	18	5	4	9	12	25	-13	19
10	Derby County Reserves	18	1	3	14	13	51	-38	6

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions

Play-off Final

2008-05-07

19:45

Liverpool	3 – 0	Aston Villa
Németh 10' Brouwer 66' Lucas 76'	(Report)

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 7,580

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)

Relegated and Promoted teams

These three teams were relegated from the Premier Reserve League at the end of this season:

• Derby County (South)
• Birmingham City (South)
• Reading (South)

These three teams will promote to the Premier Reserve League at the start of next season:

• West Bromwich Albion (South)
• Stoke City (South)
• Hull City (North)

Top scorers

Premier Reserve League North

Scorer	Goals	Team
Krisztián Németh	9	Liverpool
Jordy Brouwer	8	Liverpool
Ashley Grimes	7	Manchester City
Andy Carroll		Newcastle United
Alan Judge		Blackburn Rovers

Premier Reserve League South

Scorer	Goals	Team
Tobias Mikaelsson	8	Aston Villa

See also

• 2007–08 in English football
• 2007–08 Premier League
• 2007–08 Premier Academy League

External links

• Barclays Premier Reserve League Bulletin Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine