Premier LeagueBlackburn Rovers F.C. finished in the top half of which sport organization, for the third successive season, this time ending up in 7th place, its manger was Mark Hughes?
2007–08 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season Blackburn Rovers F.C. finished in the top half of the Premier League for the third successive season, this time ending up in 7th place, ultimately not enough for European qualification. Manager Mark Hughes departed for Manchester City at the end of the season, while successful winger David Bentley was sold to Tottenham Hotspur for a club record fee. Striker Roque Santa Cruz, a summer signing from Bayern Munich, had the season of his life, scoring 19 league goals, making up for Benni McCarthy's loss of form. Despite interest for richer clubs, Santa Cruz stayed on for another season.
List of Hartlepool United F.C. seasons Hartlepool United Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Hartlepool, County Durham. The club was founded in 1908, and its first team played in the North-Eastern League from then until the 1921–22 season, when the Football League formed a new Third Division based in the north of England. Hartlepool have never played above the third tier of English football, nor have they won a divisional title, but they have remained a member of the Football League since first being admitted to it. They hold the record for applications for re-election, with fourteenthree to the Third Division North and a divisional record eleven to the Fourth Divisionand all fourteen were successful. Their highest league placing was second in the Third Division North in 1956–57only the champions were promotedbut a year later, they were placed in the Fourth Division when the regionalised third tiers were merged into nationwide third and fourth tiers. Since that restructure, their highest league finish has been sixth in the third tier, in 2003–04 and 2004–05; on the latter occasion, they reached the play-off final but lost out to Sheffield Wednesday. They were relegated from the Football League for the first time in 2016–17. They reached the last 32 of the FA Cup for the first time in 1954–55, and have matched that performance five times since, most recently in 2008–09. In the Football League Cup, their best performance was to reach the last 16 in 1975–76.