 He made his debut for the Cambridgeshire side in a 2–1 victory away to York City at Bootham Crescent, and scored his first goal in a 5–1 rout of Farsley Celtic a week later.Albrighton featured a total of 45 times for the club, scoring twice, as they narrowly missed out on a return to the Football League following a 1–0 play-off final defeat to Exeter City.He was voted 'Cambridge United Player of the Year' for the 2007–08 season.