Welcome to the the 2007-08 Premier League season! This was a year that saw the beautiful game played at its finest, with heart-stopping moments, jaw-dropping skills, and a level of competition that kept us all on the edge of our seats. Remember when Cristiano Ronaldo’s dazzling footwork and lethal finishing helped Manchester United clinch the title? Or when Fernando Torres, Liverpool’s Spanish sensation, took the league by storm in his debut season? And who could forget the nail-biting relegation battle that went down to the wire? This page is your time machine back to those glory days. We’ll delve into the nitty-gritty of every player’s performance, every appearance, every substitution, and every minute spent on the pitch. So, lace up your boots, adjust your shin guards, and get ready to relive the 2007-08 Premier League season in all its glory. This isn’t just a stats page; it’s a celebration of football at its best. Let’s kick off!
| PLAYER | TEAM | Apps | PLAYER | TEAM | Apps | PLAYER | TEAM | Apps | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Friedel | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | Dean Ashton | West Ham United | 31 | Javier Mascherano | Liverpool | 25 | ||
| Gael Clichy | Arsenal | 38 | Gavin McCann | Bolton Wanderers | 31 | Micha Richards | Manchester City | 25 | ||
| George McCartney | West Ham United | 38 | Glen Johnson | Portsmouth | 31 | Nwankwo Kanu | Portsmouth | 25 | ||
| James Harper | Reading | 38 | Grant Leadbitter | Sunderland | 31 | Paul Robinson | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | ||
| Joleon Lescott | Everton | 38 | Jermain Defoe | Tottenham & Portsmouth | 31 | Theo Walcott | Arsenal | 25 | ||
| Jose Reina | Liverpool | 38 | Marcus Bent | Wigan Athletic | 31 | Tyrone Mears | Derby County | 25 | ||
| Marcus Hahnemann | Reading | 38 | Mario Melchiot | Wigan Athletic | 31 | Eddie Lewis | Derby County | 24 | ||
| Martin Laursen | Aston Villa | 38 | Mark Noble | West Ham United | 31 | Emanuel Pogatetz | Middlesbrough | 24 | ||
| Robert Green | West Ham United | 38 | Michael Brown | Wigan Athletic | 31 | Frank Lampard | Chelsea | 24 | ||
| Stephen Kelly | Birmingham City | 38 | Michael Carrick | Manchester United | 31 | James McFadden | Birmingham City | 24 | ||
| Stewart Downing | Middlesbrough | 38 | Obafemi Martins | Newcastle United | 31 | Julio Arca | Middlesbrough | 24 | ||
| Wilfred Bouma | Aston Villa | 38 | Ryan Giggs | Manchester United | 31 | Lee Cattermole | Middlesbrough | 24 | ||
| Ashley Young | Aston Villa | 37 | Sol Campell | Portsmouth | 31 | Liam Miller | Sunderland | 24 | ||
| Chris Kirkland | Wigan Athletic | 37 | Steven Taylor | Newcastle United | 31 | Nolberto Solarno | West Ham United | 24 | ||
| David Bentley | Blackburn Rovers | 37 | William Gallas | Arsenal | 31 | Oliveira Anderson | Manchester United | 24 | ||
| Fabrice Muamba | Birmingham City | 37 | Zat Knight | Aston Villa | 31 | Paul Scholes | Manchester United | 24 | ||
| Gabriel Agbonlahor | Aston Villa | 37 | Aaron Hughes | Fulham | 30 | Stephen Pearson | Derby County | 24 | ||
| Gareth Barry | Aston Villa | 37 | Aaron Lennon | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 | Steve Finnan | Liverpool | 24 | ||
| Morten Gamst Pederson | Blackburn Rovers | 37 | Antoine Sibierski | Wigan Athletic | 30 | Steven Reid | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | ||
| Paul Scharner | Wigan Athletic | 37 | David Healy | Fulham | 30 | Tony Hibbert | Everton | 24 | ||
| Phil Neville | Everton | 37 | Jason Koumas | Wigan Athletic | 30 | Abdoulaye Faye | Newcastle United | 23 | ||
| Roque Santa Cruz | Blackburn Rovers | 37 | Joseph Yobo | Everton | 30 | Craig Gardner | Aston Villa | 23 | ||
| Simon Davies | Fulham | 37 | Kenny Miller | Derby County | 30 | Emmanuel Eboue | Arsenal | 23 | ||
| Steed Malbranque | Tottenham Hotspur | 37 | Kolo Toure | Arsenal | 30 | Garry O'Connor | Birmingham City | 23 | ||
| Stephen Hunt | Reading | 37 | Mathieu Flamini | Arsenal | 30 | Gilberto Silva | Arsenal | 23 | ||
| Stephen Warnock | Blackburn Rovers | 37 | Mikael Forssell | Birmingham City | 30 | Joey Barton | Newcastle United | 23 | ||
| Benjani Mwaruwari | Portsmouth & Man City | 36 | Ryan Babel | Liverpool | 30 | John Terry | Chelsea | 23 | ||
| Clinton Dempsey | Fulham | 36 | Salomon Kalou | Chelsea | 30 | Juliano Belletti | Chelsea | 23 | ||
| Danny Collins | Sunderland | 36 | Yossi Benayoun | Liverpool | 30 | Marlon Harewood | Aston Villa | 23 | ||
| Dimitar Berbatov | Tottenham Hotspur | 36 | Andrew Johnson | Everton | 29 | Matt Derbyshire | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | ||
| Emmanuel Adebayor | Arsenal | 36 | Bacary Sagna | Arsenal | 29 | Michael Johnson | Manchester City | 23 | ||
| Kevin Doyle | Reading | 36 | Dietmar Hamann | Manchester City | 29 | Owen Hargreaves | Manchester United | 23 | ||
| Nicky Shorey | Reading | 36 | Edwin Van der Sar | Manchester United | 29 | Robert Earnshaw | Derby County | 23 | ||
| Nigel Reo-Coker | Aston Villa | 36 | Habib Beye | Newcastle United | 29 | Sanchez Jose Enrique | Newcastle United | 23 | ||
| Richard Dunne | Manchester City | 36 | James McEveley | Derby County | 29 | Wilson Palacios | Wigan Athletic | 23 | ||
| Robbie Keane | Tottenham Hotspur | 36 | James Milner | Newcastle United | 29 | Andre Bikey | Reading | 22 | ||
| Sylvain Distin | Portsmouth | 36 | Jeremie Aliadiere | Middlesbrough | 29 | Antti Niemi | Fulham | 22 | ||
| Tim Howard | Everton | 36 | Jermaine Jenas | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 | Carlos Bocanegra | Fulham | 22 | ||
| Wes Brown | Manchester United | 36 | John Arne Riise | Liverpool | 29 | Craig Fagan | Derby County | 22 | ||
| David James | Portsmouth | 35 | John Mikel Obi | Chelsea | 29 | Kalifa Cisse | Reading | 22 | ||
| Jamie Carragher | Liverpool | 35 | John Utaka | Portsmouth | 29 | Leighton Baines | Everton | 22 | ||
| Kevin Kilbane | Wigan Athletic | 35 | Manuel Almunia | Arsenal | 29 | Ryan Nelsen | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | ||
| Liam Ridgewell | Birmingham City | 35 | Matthew Taylor | Bolton Wanderers | 29 | Sean Davis | Portsmouth | 22 | ||
| Luke Young | Middlesbrough | 35 | Matthew Upson | West Ham United | 29 | Shaun Maloney | Aston Villa | 22 | ||
| Nicky Butt | Newcastle United | 35 | Michael Owen | Newcastle United | 29 | Steven Davies | Fulham | 22 | ||
| Rio Ferdinand | Manchester United | 35 | Nyron Nosworthy | Sunderland | 29 | Abdoulaye Meite | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | ||
| Scott Carson | Aston Villa | 35 | Shane Long | Reading | 29 | Claudio Pizarro | Chelsea | 21 | ||
| Sebastian Larsson | Birmingham City | 35 | Sulley Muntari | Portsmouth | 29 | Danny Higginbotham | Sunderland | 21 | ||
| Vedran Corluka | Manchester City | 35 | Alex | Chelsea | 28 | David Rozehnal | Newcastle United | 21 | ||
| Blumer Elano | Manchester City | 34 | Alvaro Arbeloa | Liverpool | 28 | Florent Malouda | Chelsea | 21 | ||
| Carlos Tevez | Manchester United | 34 | Darren Bent | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | Giles Barnes | Derby County | 21 | ||
| Craig Gordon | Sunderland | 34 | Daryl Murphy | Sunderland | 28 | Paul McShane | Sunderland | 21 | ||
| Cristano Ronaldo | Manchester United | 34 | Didier Zokora | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | Peter Crouch | Liverpool | 21 | ||
| Dave Kitson | Reading | 34 | Diomansy Kamara | Fulham | 28 | Ricardo Carvalho | Chelsea | 21 | ||
| David Wheater | Middlesbrough | 34 | Emile Heskey | Wigan Athletic | 28 | Ross Wallace | Sunderland | 21 | ||
| El-Hadji Diouf | Bolton Wanderers | 34 | Gary O'Neil | Middlesbrough | 28 | Steven Harper | Newcastle United | 21 | ||
| Hayden Mullins | West Ham United | 34 | Graeme Murty | Reading | 28 | Younes Kaboul | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | ||
| Ivar Ingimarsson | Reading | 34 | John O'Shea | Manchester United | 28 | Anthony Stokes | Sunderland | 20 | ||
| Lee Carsley | Everton | 34 | Jonathan Woodgate | Middlesbrough & Tottenham | 28 | Bobby Convey | Reading | 20 | ||
| Lucas Neill | West Ham United | 34 | Jussi Jaaskelainen | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | Brynjar Gunnarsson | Reading | 20 | ||
| Maik Taylor | Birmingham City | 34 | Leon Osman | Everton | 28 | Dickson Etuhu | Sunderland | 20 | ||
| Mark Schwarzer | Middlesbrough | 34 | Michael Ball | Manchester City | 28 | Dwight Yorke | Sunderland | 20 | ||
| Martin Petrov | Manchester City | 34 | Mikel Arteta | Everton | 28 | Hameur Bouazza | Fulham | 20 | ||
| Niko Kranjcar | Portsmouth | 34 | Robbie Savage | Derby County | 28 | Jlloyd Samuel | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | ||
| Olof Mellberg | Aston Villa | 34 | Steven Pienaar | Everton | 28 | Steve Howard | Derby County | 20 | ||
| Phil Jagielka | Everton | 34 | Stiliyan Petrov | Aston Villa | 28 | Tugay Kerimoglu | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | ||
| Steven Gerrard | Liverpool | 34 | Tom Huddlestone | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | Adam Johnson | Middlesbrough | 19 | ||
| Tuncay Sanli | Middlesbrough | 34 | Andre Ooijer | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | Andrew Taylor | Middlesbrough | 19 | ||
| Alan Smith | Newcastle United | 33 | Ashley Cole | Chelsea | 27 | Andriy Voronin | Liverpool | 19 | ||
| Brett Emerton | Blackburn Rovers | 33 | Darius Vassell | Manchester City | 27 | Andy Todd | Derby County | 19 | ||
| Cameron Jerome | Birmingham City | 33 | Dean Whitehead | Sunderland | 27 | Claude Davis | Derby County | 19 | ||
| Christopher Samba | Blackburn Rovers | 33 | Geremi | Newcastle United | 27 | Claudio Cacapa | Newcastle United | 19 | ||
| Danny Murphy | Fulham | 33 | Ivan Campo | Bolton Wanderers | 27 | Deiberson Geovanni | Manchester City | 19 | ||
| Fernando Torres | Liverpool | 33 | Javier Garrido | Manchester City | 27 | Denny Landzaat | Wigan Athletic | 19 | ||
| George Boateng | Middlesbrough | 33 | Luis Boa Morte | West Ham United | 27 | Didier Drogba | Chelsea | 19 | ||
| Joe Cole | Chelsea | 33 | Michael Dawson | Tottenham Hotspur | 27 | Joey O'Brien | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | ||
| Kenwyne Jones | Sunderland | 33 | Michael Essien | Chelsea | 27 | Lassana Diarra | Portsmouth | 19 | ||
| Kevin Nolan | Bolton Wanderers | 33 | Niklas Bendtner | Arsenal | 27 | Matt Oakley | Derby County | 19 | ||
| Michael Chopra | Sunderland | 33 | Papa Bouba Diop | Fulham | 27 | Rolando Bianchi | Manchester City | 19 | ||
| Patrice Evra | Manchester United | 33 | Sami Hyypia | Liverpool | 27 | Shay Given | Newcastle United | 19 | ||
| Paul Konchesky | Fulham | 33 | Shaun Wright-Phillips | Chelsea | 27 | Tomas Rosicky | Arsenal | 19 | ||
| Stephen Ireland | Manchester City | 33 | Victor Anichebe | Everton | 27 | Xabi Alonso | Liverpool | 19 | ||
| Andrew O'Brien | Bolton Wanderers | 32 | Wayne Rooney | Manchester United | 27 | Aaron Mokoena | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | ||
| Charles N'Zogbia | Newcastle United | 32 | Dean Leacock | Derby County | 26 | Chris Baird | Fulham | 18 | ||
| Dirk Kuyt | Liverpool | 32 | Fabio Rochemback | Middlesbrough | 26 | Claude Makelele | Chelsea | 18 | ||
| Francesc Fabregas | Arsenal | 32 | Fernandes Gelson | Manchester City | 26 | Gary Teale | Derby County | 18 | ||
| Gary McSheffrey | Birmingham City | 32 | Jason Roberts | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | Jermaine Pennant | Liverpool | 18 | ||
| Hermann Hreidarsson | Portsmouth | 32 | Joe Hart | Manchester City | 26 | John Oster | Reading | 18 | ||
| John Carew | Aston Villa | 32 | Jonathan Spector | Manchester United | 26 | Leiva Lucas | Liverpool | 18 | ||
| Kevin Davies | Bolton Wanderers | 32 | Luis Nani | Manchester United | 26 | Matthew Etherington | West Ham United | 18 | ||
| Nemanja Vidic | Manchester United | 32 | Mark Viduka | Newcastle United | 26 | Michael Ballack | Chelsea | 18 | ||
| Nicolas Anelka | Bolton Wand & Chelsea | 32 | Mehdi Nafti | Birmingham City | 26 | Miguel Pedro Mendes | Portsmouth | 18 | ||
| Pascal Chimbonda | Tottenham Hotspur | 32 | Olivier Kapo | Birmingham City | 26 | Noe Pamarot | Portsmouth | 18 | ||
| Alexander Hleb | Arsenal | 31 | Petr Cech | Chelsea | 26 | Paulo Ferreira | Chelsea | 18 | ||
| Antonio Valencia | Wigan Athletic | 31 | Ricardo Gardner | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | Radhi Jaidi | Birmingham City | 18 | ||
| Ayegbeni Yakubu | Everton | 31 | Titus Bramble | Wigan Athletic | 26 | Scott Parker | West Ham United | 18 | ||
| Benedict McCarthy | Blackburn Rovers | 31 | Anton Ferdinand | West Ham United | 25 | Stephen Bywater | Derby County | 18 | ||
| Carlton Cole | West Ham United | 31 | Danny Guthrie | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | Tim Cahill | Everton | 18 | ||
| Darren Moore | Derby County | 31 | Emmerson Boyce | Wigan Athletic | 25 | Young-Pyo Lee | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | ||
| David Dunn | Blackburn Rovers | 31 | Fredrik Ljungberg | West Ham United | 25 | / | ||||
The Premier League 2007-08: A Season of Appearances
The 2007-08 Premier League season was a thrilling spectacle of football, filled with memorable moments, stunning goals, and remarkable performances. But behind every goal, every save, and every moment of magic, there were the players. The men who stepped onto the pitch week in, week out, making 18 or more appearances and etching their names into the annals of Premier League history.
Consistency and Dedication
Consistency is a hallmark of any great player. The ability to perform at a high level, game after game, is what separates the good from the great. In the 2007-08 season, a select group of players demonstrated this quality, making 18 or more appearances. Their dedication to their craft, their teams, and the beautiful game was evident in every match they played.
Unforgettable Performances
Every appearance in the Premier League is an opportunity to make an impact, to create a moment that will be remembered for years to come. The 2007-08 season was no exception. From last-minute winners to stunning saves, from masterful displays of skill to tireless running, these players left their mark on the season, and on the hearts of football fans everywhere.
Building Legacies
Every time a player steps onto the pitch, they have a chance to build their legacy. The 2007-08 season saw many players do just that. With each appearance, they added to their personal histories, to the stories that will be told about them long after they’ve hung up their boots. They reminded us that football is not just a game, but a narrative, a drama, a saga of triumph and defeat, joy and heartbreak, glory and despair.
Invitation to Explore
So, we invite you to delve into the 2007-08 Premier League season, to explore the appearances of every player who made 18 or more appearances. Discover their stories, relive their moments, and celebrate their contributions to one of the most exciting seasons in Premier League history. Because in football, every appearance matters, every player matters. And in the 2007-08 season, these players showed us why.
