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2007–08 Premier Academy League

Field	Value
competition	Premier Academy League
season	2007–08
winners	Aston Villa U18s (1st title)
relegated	Millwall U18s
biggest home win	Arsenal U18s 6-0 Cardiff City U18s, Newcastle United U18s 6-0 Barnsley U18s, Tottenham Hotspur U18s 6-0 Southampton U18s
biggest away win	Watford U18s 0-7 Manchester City U18s
highest scoring	Leicester City U18s 3-5 Tottenham Hotspur U18s, Watford U18s 1-7 Arsenal U18s
total goals	1866
average goals	3.23
longest wins	10, Tottenham Hotspur U18s
longest unbeaten	15, Sunderland U18s
longest losses	7, Barnsley U18s
prevseason	[2006–07](2006-07-fa-premier-academy-league)
nextseason	[2008–09](2008-09-premier-academy-league)

The 2007–08 Premier Academy League season is the tenth since its establishment, and the fourth under the current name and make-up. Aston Villa were crowned the 2007–08 Premier Academy League Champions after beating Manchester City 2–0 in the play-off Final, with goals from James Collins and Chris Herd.

Structure

Group A

Norwich City, Southampton and West Ham United play 20 group fixtures each, twice against all of the other teams in Group A. They also play 8 inter-group fixtures, against teams from Group B, C and D. The remaining 8 teams in the group, play 21 group fixtures - which means a single fixture in the group will be the third meeting between the teams in the season - and 7 inter-group games. Thus producing 28 games a season for all 11 teams.

Groups B, C and D

All teams play each other in the group twice, producing 18 games. They also play 10 inter-group fixtures.

Final league tables

Academy Group A

	Millwall U18s (R)

Academy Group B

	Cardiff City U18s

Academy Group C

	Stoke City U18s

Academy Group D

	Barnsley U18s

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points C = Champions; R = Relegated

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Donal McDermott Ryan McGivern Kieran Trippier Nathan Luscombe

Final

Chris Herd

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