During the 2007–08 English football season, West Bromwich Albion competed in the

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. They finished the season in first place, thus earning promotion to the Premier League the following season.

Season summary

After the previous season's play-off final heartbreak, Tony Mowbray set about restructuring his squad, moving out several players for multimillion-pound fees after press reports of dressing room division. High-profile players such as

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and Curtis Davies were sold to Premier League clubs for large fees, joining

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, Darren Carter and

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in leaving the Hawthorns. Mowbray replaced them by signing a total of 14 permanent and loan players in the summer transfer window, making an overall profit in the process. Despite the large changes in his squad, Mowbray won the Championship Manager of the Month award in September, after Albion gained 13 out of the maximum 15 points and climbed to second. At the start of 2008, Mowbray's young Albion team topped the table, receiving growing plaudits from the media and supporters alike for their attractive brand of attacking one touch passing football, a reflection of Mowbray's staunch footballing philosophy. Mowbray guided Albion to the

title and promotion to the Premier League, and also reached the FA Cup

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. The semi-final, the first to be played at the new Wembley Stadium, pitted Albion against Portsmouth, the only remaining Premier League team left in the FA Cup. Portsmouth won the match 1–0 with the only goal of the game coming from former Albion striker

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. Mowbray won the Championship manager of the month award for April, as well as the League Managers Association manager of the year award.

Kit

English company Umbro remained West Bromwich's kit manufacturers. T-Mobile remained the kit sponsors.

Final league table

Results

''West Bromwich Albion's score comes first''

Legend

Football League Championship

FA Cup

League Cup

Players

First-team squad

:''Squad at end of season''

Left club during season

Transfers

Out

* Chris Perry – released (later joined Luton Town), 1 June 2007 *

–

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, £6,000,000, 9 July 2007 *

– Sheffield Wednesday, free, 10 July 2007 *

–

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, £5,300,000, 10 July 2007 *

–

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, £1,500,000, 26 July 2007 * Darren Carter –

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, £750,000, 9 August 2007 *

– Watford, £3,250,000, 29 August 2007 * Curtis Davies –

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, season loan, 31 August 2007

In

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– Hibernian, £50,000, 2 July 2007. *

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–

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, £1,250,000, 3 July 2007 * Filipe Teixeira – Académica, £600,000, 17 July 2007 *

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– Luton Town, £2,500,000, 26 July 2007 *

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–

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, £230,000, 31 July 2007 *

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– Marseille, season loan, 7 August 2007 * Carl Hoefkens –

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, £750,000, 7 August 2007 * James Morrison – Middlesbrough, £1,500,000, 7 August 2007 *

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– Southampton, £1,000,000, 9 August 2007 *

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– Sheffield Wednesday, £3,000,000, 15 August 2007 * Ishmael Miller –

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, loan, 15 August 2007(made permanent 31 January 2008 for £900,000) * Bartosz Ślusarski –

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– Viktoria Plzeň, loan *

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– Hearts, loan

References

Notes

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