Plymouth Argyle F.C. season 2007-08

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Plymouth Argyle
Badge of Plymouth Argyle
Season 2007-08
League League Championship
Manager Paul Sturrock
Chairman Paul Stapleton
League position 5th
Top goalscorer League: Ebanks-Blake (11)
All: Ebanks-Blake (12)
Highest attendance Home: 17,511 v Watford (22 Mar 2008)
Away: 25,434 v Norwich City (4 Dec 2007)
Lowest attendance Home: 5,133 v Doncaster (28 Aug 2007)


Home League: 10,451 v Crystal Palace (2 Oct 2007)
Away: 4,833 v Colchester (6 Nov 2007)

FA Cup In 3rd round
League Cup 3rd round

This article shows statistics of individual players for the football club Plymouth Argyle It also lists all matches that Plymouth Argyle will play in the 2007-08 season.

[edit] Review and events

See also: The Football League 2007-08

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2007-08 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.

  • 5 July: Argyle target Kevin Gallen, who was previously on loan to Argyle, signs with MK Dons. [1]
  • 5 July: Gary Sawyer signs a three year contract extension, keeping him at the club until summer 2010. [2]
  • 20 July: New kit is announced. [3]
  • 23 July: Argyle arrive in Austria for their pre-season tour. [4]
  • 3 August: Dan Gosling is called up the England U17 squad for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[5]
  • 3 August: Damon Lenszner resigns from the Board of Directors.[6]
  • 18 August: Ian Holloway misses the home game against Ipswich Town after being rushed to hospital[7] with kidney stones. [8]
  • 21 August: Club captain Paul Wotton returns to action after nearly nine months out through injury.[9]
  • 15 September: Dan Gosling signs a three year contract extension, keeping him at the club until summer 2010.[10]
  • 8 October: On loan defender Larrys Mabiala returns to P.S.G for treatment on his injured kneed. Larrys had was still yet to make an appearance for Argyle. [11]
  • 19 October: Bojan Djordjic has his contract terminated with the club.[12]
  • 21 November: Manager Ian Holloway resigned from Plymouth Argyle, signing a contract with Leicester City F.C. days later.[13]
  • 27 November: Paul Sturrock is appointed manager of Plymouth Argyle for the second time. [14]
  • 13 December: Paul Wotton plays his first game on over a year, in a 2-0 win reserve team victory over Exeter City. [15]
  • 3 January: Dan Gosling's £1.5m transfer to Everton is a new club record fee received for a player. He is also Argyle's first 1 million pound player.

[edit] Players

[edit] Squad information

EU
Country
N
P
Name
Cap
Age
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
EU Flag of France FRA 1 GK Larrieu 31 2000 214 0 2008 Free
EU Flag of England ENG 23 GK McCormick 24 1999 136 0 2009 Youth system
EU Flag of France FRA 13 CB Doumbe 28 2004 111 3 2008 Free
EU Flag of the Netherlands NED 19 CB Seip 26 2006 71 3 2009 Free
EU Flag of Hungary HUN 5 CB Timár 28 2007 Winter transfer window 35 4 2009 £ 75k
EU Flag of England ENG 18 LB Sawyer 22 2004 40 0 2010 Youth system
EU Flag of France FRA 26 CM Abdou 23 2007 15 1 2008 Free
EU Flag of England ENG 20 CM Summerfield 20 2004 31 2 2008 Youth system
EU Flag of Hungary HUN 16 LM Halmosi 28 2007 Winter transfer window 47 7 2010 £400k
EU Flag of New Zealand NZL 14 CF Fallon 26 2007 Winter transfer window 30 3 2009 £300k
EU Flag of Wales WAL 36 CF Easter 26 2008 Winter transfer window 14 2 £210k
EU Flag of England ENG 25 CF Mackie 22 2008 Winter transfer window 2 2 2010 £145k
EU Flag of Scotland SCO
CF Maclean Expression error: Missing operand for and 2008 Winter transfer window
2009 £450k


Last updated: 2 January 2008
Source: pafc.com, players' Wikipedia articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals)
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).
Player must own an EU passport or be a full, current, 'A' international to legally play in English football. (Source)
Squad size is unlimited.
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Cap: Cap = captain, VC = vice-captain; Age = current age or age on the end of the season; Since = when the player started to be a permanent part of the squad (no icon for summer transfer; Winter transfer window for winter transfer); App and Goals = only competitive appearances and goals. See source for more detail; Ends = when the player's contract ends; Undisclosed = undisclosed.

[edit] Squad stats

Total League Championship FA Cup Football League Cup
Country
N
P
Name
GS
App
Goals
App
Goals
App
Goals
App
Goals
Notes
Flag of France FRA 1 GK Larrieu 15 15 15
Flag of England ENG 2 RB Connolly 27 27 1 24 1 3
Flag of the Netherlands NED 19 CB Seip 29 29 1 26 1 3
Flag of Hungary HUN 5 CB Timár 24 24 3 21 3 3
Flag of England ENG 17 LB Hodges 20 24 1 22 2 1
Flag of England ENG 7 RM Norris 28 28 5 26 5 2 Transferred mid season
Flag of France FRA 4 CM Nalis 23 24 23 1
Flag of Hungary HUN 8 CM Buzsáky 10 13 11 2 Transferred mid season
Flag of Hungary HUN 16 LM Halmosi 26 28 3 26 3 2
Flag of Jamaica JAM
Flag of England ENG
10 CF Hayles 22 24 2 23 2 1 Transferred mid season
Flag of England ENG 9 CF Ebanks-Blake 22 28 12 25 11 3 1 Transferred mid season
Flag of England ENG 23 GK McCormick 14 14 11 3
Flag of France FRA 13 CB Doumbe 5 7 7
Flag of England ENG 18 LB Sawyer 11 14 12 2
Flag of England ENG 29 RM Martin 10 12 2 12 2 Loan ended mid season
Flag of England ENG 22 RM Gosling 5 10 10 Transferred mid season
Flag of France FRA 26 CM Abdou 9 15 1 14 1 1
Flag of Scotland SCO 28 CB Laird 1 1 1
Flag of England ENG 20 CM Summerfield 1 2 1 2 1
Flag of England ENG 11 CF Chadwick 5 12 2 9 2 3
Flag of New Zealand NZL 14 CF Fallon 4 15 2 13 2 2
Flag of Wales WAL 36 CF Easter 5 9 2 9 2
Flag of England ENG 37 CF Jutkiewicz 1 1
Flag of England ENG 27 CF Reid 1 2 2
Flag of Sweden SWE
Flag of Serbia SER
32 LM Djordjic 1 2 1 1 Released 19 Oct 2007
Flag of England ENG 25 LM Dickson 1 1
Flag of England ENG 24 CF Barnes 1 1
Flag of England ENG 15 CM Wotton

Last updated: 02 January 2008
Source: Match reports in competitive matches
Ordered by start team and position on pitch
0 shown as blank
Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); GS = Game Started; App = Appearances.

[edit] Goalscorers

Name League Cup Total
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake 11 1 12
David Norris 5 0 5
Péter Halmosi 3 0 3
Krisztián Timár 3 0 3
Nick Chadwick 2 0 2
Lee Martin 2 0 2
Barry Hayles 2 0 2
Rory Fallon 2 0 1
Jermaine Easter 2 0 1
Marcel Seip 1 0 1
Paul Connolly 1 0 1
Nadjim Abdou 1 0 1
Lee Hodges 0 1 1
Luke Summerfield 0 1 1
Own Goal 0 1 1

[edit] Discipline

Name Red cards Yellow cards
Barry Hayles 0 7
Krisztián Timár 0 6
Lilian Nalis 0 6
Paul Connolly 0 4
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake 0 4
David Norris 0 5
Lee Martin 0 4
Marcel Seip 0 3
Jermaine Easter 0 3
Gary Sawyer 0 2
Ákos Buzsáky 0 1
Péter Halmosi 0 1
Dan Gosling 0 1
Total: 0 46

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Status
EU
Country
N
P
Name
Age
Moving from
Transfer
Window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
Signed YesY EU Flag of France FRA 26 DM Abdou 23 Sedan Summer transfer window 2008 Free
Loan YesY EU Flag of France FRA 6 DF Mabiala 20 Paris Saint-Germain Summer transfer window 2008 Loan Source
Loan YesY EU Flag of England ENG 29 MF Martin 21 Manchester United Summer transfer window 2008 Loan Source
Transfer YesY EU Flag of Wales WAL 36 CF Easter 26 Wycombe Wanderers Winter transfer window 2008 £210k Source
Loan YesY EU Flag of England ENG 37 CF Jutkiewicz 19 Everton Winter transfer window 2008 Loan Source
Transfer YesY EU Flag of France FRA 8 CM Folly 22 Sheffield Wednesday Winter transfer window 2008 £xxxk Source

[edit] Out

Status
EU
Country
N
P
Name
Age
Moving to
Transfer
Window
Transfer
fee
Source
Loan YesY EU Flag of England ENG 27 CF Reid 19 Wycombe Wanderers Summer transfer window Loan Source
Loan YesY EU Flag of Scotland SCO 28 CB Laird 20 Torquay United Summer transfer window Loan Source
Loan YesY EU Flag of France FRA 1 GK Larrieu 31 Yeovil Town Summer transfer window Loan Source
Released YesY EU Flag of Sweden SWE 32 MF Djordjic 26 Summer transfer window Released Source
Loan YesY EU Flag of England ENG 25 LM Dickson 21 Brentford Summer transfer window Loan Source
Loan YesY EU Flag of England ENG 24 CF Barnes 18 Oxford United Summer transfer window Loan Source
Transfer YesY EU Flag of Hungary HUN 8 CM Buzsáky 26 Queens Park Rangers Winter transfer window £500k Source
Transfer YesY EU Flag of Jamaica JAM
Flag of England ENG
10 CF Hayles 36 Leicester City Winter transfer window £150k Source
Transfer YesY EU Flag of England ENG 22 RM Gosling 18 Everton Winter transfer window £1.5m Source
Transfer YesY EU Flag of England ENG 9 CF Ebanks-Blake 22 Wolverhampton Wanderers Winter transfer window £1.5m Source]
Transfer YesY EU Flag of England ENG 7 RM Norris 27 Ipswich Town Winter transfer window £2.0m Source]
Transfer YesY EU Flag of England ENG 23 GK McCormick 24 Template:Fb team Plymouth Prison Winter transfer window Lives of two kids Source]

Last updated: 2 January 2008
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; Undisclosed = Undisclosed; Summer transfer window = Summer transfer window; Winter transfer window = Winter transfer window; n/a = Not applicable.

[edit] Team Kit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor: Ginsters

Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
 
Home
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
 
Away

Source: Plymouth Argyle article on 8 August 2007

[edit] Competitions

[edit] Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
League Championship 12th 11 Aug 2007
Football League Cup 1st round 3rd round 3rd Round 14 Aug 2007 26 Sep 2007
FA Cup 3rd round 3rd round 5 Jan 2008

Last updated: 24 Oct 2007
Source: Competitions' Wikipedia articles.

[edit] Results

[edit] League

[edit] Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 38 10 8 8 35 29 +6 5 6 2 19 12 +7 5 2 6 16 17 -1

Last updated: 2 January 2008
Source: The Football League
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

[edit] Results by round

Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Ground A H A H H A A H H A H A A H A H A H H A H A A H H A H H A H A H A A H
Result W D L D D W L D W D W W L L D W W L W L D W L W D L W D L W L D L D L

Last updated: 2 January 2008.
Source: Match Results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win.

[edit] Matches

See also: The Football League 2007-08
See also: FA Cup 2007-08
See also: Football League Cup 2007-08
M
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
1 11 Aug 2007 League Championship 1 A Hull City 3 – 2
2 14 Aug 2007 Football League Cup 1st round H Wycombe Wanderers 2 – 1
3 18 Aug 2007 League Championship 2 H Ipswich Town 1 – 1
4 25 Aug 2007 League Championship 3 A Barnsley 2 – 3
5 28 Aug 2007 Football League Cup 2nd round H Doncaster Rovers 2 – 0
6 1 Sep 2007 League Championship 4 H Leicester City 0 – 0
7 15 Sep 2007 League Championship 5 H Cardiff City Flag of Wales 2 – 2
8 18 Sep 2007 League Championship 6 A Queens Park Rangers 2 – 0
9 22 Sep 2007 League Championship 7 A Stoke City 2 – 3
10 26 Sep 2007 Football League Cup 3rd round A West Ham United 0 – 1
11 29 Sep 2007 League Championship 8 H Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 – 1
12 2 Oct 2007 League Championship 9 H Crystal Palace 1 – 0
13 6 Oct 2007 League Championship 10 A Blackpool 0 – 0
14 20 Oct 2007 League Championship 11 H Coventry City 1 – 0
15 23 Oct 2007 League Championship 12 A Charlton Athletic 2 – 1
16 27 Oct 2007 League Championship 13 A Preston North End 0 – 2
17 3 Nov 2007 League Championship 14 H Sheffield Wednesday 1 – 2
18 6 Nov 2007 League Championship 15 A Colchester United 1 – 1
19 10 Nov 2007 League Championship 16 H Norwich City 3 – 0
20 24 Nov 2007 League Championship 17 A Sheffield United 1 – 0
21 28 Nov 2007 League Championship 18 H West Bromwich Albion 1 – 2
22 1 Dec 2007 League Championship 19 H Scunthorpe United 3 – 0
23 4 Dec 2007 League Championship 20 A Norwich City 1 – 2
24 8 Dec 2007 League Championship 21 H Bristol City 1 – 1
25 15 Dec 2007 League Championship 22 A Watford 1 – 0
26 22 Dec 2007 League Championship 23 A Crystal Palace 1 – 2
27 26 Dec 2007 League Championship 24 H Queens Park Rangers 2 – 1
28 29 Dec 2007 League Championship 25 H Stoke City 2 – 2
29 1 Jan 2008 League Championship 26 A Flag of Wales Cardiff City Flag of Wales 0 – 1
30 5 Jan 2008 FA Cup 3rd round H Hull City 3 – 2
31 12 Jan 2008 League Championship 27 A Burnley 0 – 1
32 19 Jan 2008 League Championship 28 H Southampton 1 – 1
33 26 Jan 2008 FA Cup 4R A Portsmouth 1 – 2
34 29 Jan 2008 League Championship 29 Ipswich Town 0 – 0
35 2 Feb 2008 League Championship 30 H Hull City 0 – 1

Last updated: 2 January 2008
Source: The Football League, FA Cup 2007-08 and League Cup 2007-08
Notes: League Championship fixture not listed due to copyright. Results will be shown.
1Plymouth Argyle goals come first.
Ground's country's flag and opponent's country's flag shown when from a different country of Plymouth Argyle.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral.

[edit] Pre-season

Match
Date
Competition or tour
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Scorers
GD
1 11 July 2007 A Weston-super-Mare A.F.C. 1 - 0 Hodges 19' 1
2 14 July 2007 A Torquay United 0 - 1 -1
3 17 July 2007 A Yeovil Town 2 - 1 Buzsáky 7'
Ebanks-Blake 55' (pen)
1
4 18 July 2007 A Liskeard Athletic 5 - 0 Chadwick 5', 11'
Kendall 16'
Fallon 45'
Samba 75'
5
5 21 July 2007 A Cambridge United 2 - 1 Norris 19'
Ebanks-Blake 78'
1
6 24 July 2007 Austria N Flag of Austria Gençlerbirliği S.K. Flag of Turkey 1 - 1 Reid 86' 0
7 27 July 2007 Austria N Flag of Austria Hapoel Tel Aviv Flag of Israel 1 - 1 Buzsáky 69' 0
8 31 July 2007 A Paulton Rovers 4 - 0 Dickson 37'
Chadwick 48', 73'
McVeigh 84'
4
9 1 August 2007 A Truro City 4 - 0 Halmosi
Reid (2)
Buzsáky
4
10 4 August 2007 H Bristol Rovers 7 - 3 Halmosi 6'
Fallon 23', 25'
Norris 31'
Buzsáky 53'
McVeigh 68, 83'
4

Last updated: 7 August 2007
1Plymouth Argyle goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Plymouth Argyle.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; GD = Goal difference

[edit] References

  1. ^ MKD Transfer swoop (HTML). PAFC official site.
  2. ^ Sawyer signs extension (HTML). PAFC official site.
  3. ^ New Kit (HTML). PAFC official site.
  4. ^ Loipersdorf arrival (HTML). PAFC official site.
  5. ^ Peacock names squad (HTML). The FA.
  6. ^ Club statement (HTML). PAFC official site.
  7. ^ Club statement (HTML). PAFC official site.
  8. ^ Take on kidneys (HTML). PAFC official site.
  9. ^ Wottsy is back (HTML). PAFC official site.
  10. ^ Dan good show (HTML). PAFC official site.
  11. ^ Mabiala setback (PDF). PAFC official site.
  12. ^ Bogone Djordjic (PDF). PAFC official site.
  13. ^ Official Statement (HTML). LCFC official site.
  14. ^ Welcome Home Luggy (HTML). PAFC official site.
  15. ^ Sore, but happy. (HTML). PAFC official site.
Preceded by
2006-07
Plymouth Argyle seasons
2007-08
Succeeded by
2008-09