2007–08 Gretna F.C. season

The 2007–08 season was the sixth and final season for Gretna in the Scottish Football League, and Gretna's only season in the Scottish Premier League. The club dissolved at the end of the season.

Gretna
2007–08 season
ManagerDavie Irons (to February)
Mick Wadsworth (from February)
Scottish Premier League12th – Relegated
Scottish Cup4th Round
Scottish League Cup3rd Round
Highest home attendance6,137 vs. Rangers, 16 January 2008
Lowest home attendance342 vs. Cowdenbeath, 28 August 2007

Players

Gretna's final squad
The squad given here is made up of the players registered to the club on the date of Gretna F.C.'s final league match (Gretna 1–0 Hearts, 14 May 2008).[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Scotland SCO Craig Barr
7 MF England ENG Ryan Baldacchino
11 MF England ENG Gavin Skelton
12 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Brendan McGill
17 MF England ENG Steven Hogg
20 MF England ENG Nicky Deverdics
24 GK Scotland SCO Greg Fleming
26 MF England ENG Paul Murray (captain)
27 MF Ghana GHA Abdul Osman
34 MF England ENG Dan Robinson
No. Pos. Nation Player
36 DF England ENG Danny Hall
37 DF England ENG Kyle Naughton (on loan from Sheffield United)
38 MF England ENG John Paul Kissock (on loan from Everton)
39 MF England ENG Ben Wilkinson (on loan from Hull City)
40 GK Poland POL Artur Krysiak (on loan from Birmingham City)
41 DF England ENG Rhys Meynell (on loan from Barnsley)
43 DF Sweden SWE Erik Schultz-Eklund
45 MF England ENG Nathan Fisher
46 FW England ENG Nathan Taylor
47 DF England ENG Jack Sharples

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Scotland SCO Colin Scott (released)
3 DF England ENG Danny Grainger (to Dundee United)
4 DF England ENG David Cowan (to Dundee)
5 DF Scotland SCO Martin Canning (to Hibernian)
7 MF England ENG Ryan Baldacchino (to Altona Magic)
8 FW Scotland SCO James Grady (to Hamilton Academical)
9 FW Scotland SCO Colin McMenamin (to Dundee)
10 MF Scotland SCO David Graham (to Hamilton Academical)
14 FW Scotland SCO Kenny Deuchar (to Real Salt Lake)
15 MF Scotland SCO Allan Jenkins (to Greenock Morton)
16 DF Scotland SCO Ryan McGuffie (to Greenock Morton)
18 MF Australia AUS Eric Paartalu (made redundant; to Greenock Morton)
19 MF Scotland SCO Fraser McLaren (on loan to Montrose)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Scotland SCO Chris Innes (made redundant)
22 DF England ENG Michael Tait (on loan to Newcastle Blue Star; made redundant)
23 MF Northern Ireland NIR Niall Henderson (to Raith Rovers)
25 GK Scotland SCO David Mathieson (made redundant)
28 MF Uruguay URU Fabián Yantorno (released)
29 DF France FRA Aurélien Collin (made redundant)
30 FW France FRA Mickaël Buscher (made redundant)
31 DF England ENG Evan Horwood (on loan from Sheffield United)
32 DF Scotland SCO Nicholas Faulds (made redundant)
33 GK England ENG Tony Caig (to Houston Dynamo)
35 FW Nigeria NGA Henry Makinwa (made redundant)
44 GK England ENG Conor Grant (made redundant)

Youth team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF England ENG Dan Ewing
— DF England ENG Andrew Johnson
— MF England ENG Alex Redfern (made redundant)
— FW Scotland SCO Liam Cusack (made redundant)
— FW Scotland SCO Ryan O'Hara (made redundant)
— FW England ENG Joe Hughes (made redundant)
— Scotland SCO Callum McKinlay (made redundant)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— England ENG Jake Cunningham (made redundant)
— MF   Mario Campagna (made redundant)
—   Grant Easton (made redundant)
—   Christopher Moffet (made redundant)
—   Jack Pattison (made redundant)
—   Daniel Smee (made redundant)

Competitions

Scottish Premier League
Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Premier League
Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Gretna Scorers[2] Attendance
1 4 August Falkirk H 0–4 2,731
2 11 August Hibernian A 2–4 Yantorno, McMenamin 13,594
3 18 August Heart of Midlothian A 1–1 Barr 16,407
4 25 August Motherwell H 1–2 Osman 3,758
5 1 September Rangers A 0–4 49,689
6 15 September Kilmarnock H 1–2 Skelton 1,516
7 22 September Dundee United H 3–2 Cowan (2), Jenkins 1,624
8 29 September Aberdeen A 0–2 10,279
9 7 October Celtic H 1–2 Yantorno 6,011
10 20 October St Mirren A 0–1 3,646
11 27 October Inverness Caledonian Thistle H 0–4 1,096
12 3 November Falkirk A 0–2 4,843
13 10 November Hibernian H 0–1 2,666
14 25 November Heart of Midlothian H 1–1 Kingston (og) 1,544
15 1 December Motherwell A 0–3 6,431
16 15 December Kilmarnock A 3–3 Skelton, Grainger (pen), Horwood 5,122
17 22 December Dundee United A 2–1 Deuchar, Deverdics 6,304
18 26 December Aberdeen H 1–1 Jenkins 1,730
19 29 December Celtic A 0–3 57,171
20 5 January Inverness Caledonian Thistle A 0–3 3,919
21 16 January Rangers H 1–2 Deuchar 6,137
22 19 January Falkirk H 2–0 Deuchar, Murray 1,609
23 9 February Heart of Midlothian A 0–2 16,138
24 13 February Hibernian A 2–4 Skelton, Deuchar 12,087
25 16 February Motherwell H 1–3 McGill 2,877
26 24 February Rangers A 2–4 Deuchar (2) 48,375
27 27 February Kilmarnock H 4–2 Deverdics, Meynell, Barr, Buscher 1,545
28 6 March Dundee United H 0–3 501
29 15 March Aberdeen A 0–3 9,025
30 23 March Celtic H 0–3 3,561
31 29 March St Mirren A 0–2 3,577
32 5 April Inverness Caledonian Thistle H 1–2 Barr 431
33 9 April St Mirren H 0–0 751
34 19 April Falkirk A 0–0 4,490
35 26 April Kilmarnock A 1–1 Barr 4,086
36 3 May Inverness Caledonian Thistle A 1–6 Hogg 3,639
37 10 May St Mirren A 0–0 3,163
38 13 May Heart of Midlothian H 1–0 Skelton 1,090

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
8 Heart of Midlothian 38 13 9 16 47 55 −8 48
9 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 4 21 51 62 −11 43
10 St Mirren 38 10 11 17 26 54 −28 41
11 Kilmarnock 38 10 10 18 39 52 −13 40
12 Gretna (D, R) 38 5 8 25 32 83 −51 13[lower-alpha 2] Resigned from the Scottish Football League and liquidated[lower-alpha 3]
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. Gretna were deducted 10 points for entering administration.
  3. At the end of the season, Gretna were relegated to the Third Division due to their financial struggles. However, as no buyer was found for the club, they resigned from the Scottish Football League and were subsequently liquidated.

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2007–08 Scottish League Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Gretna Scorer(s)[2] Attendance
R2 28 August Cowdenbeath H 3–1 Barr, Yantorno, Jenkins 342
R3 25 September Inverness Caledonian Thistle A 0–3 1,717

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2007–08 Scottish Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Gretna Scorer(s)[2] Attendance
R4 12 January Greenock Morton A 2–2 Yantorno, Horwood 2,848
R4 R 28 January Greenock Morton H 0–3 1,167

References
  1. "FootballSquads - Gretna - 2007/08".
  2. Pratt, Terry, ed. (2008). Match Of The Day Football Yearbook 2008/2009. Interact Publishing Limited. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-9558588-0-2.
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