2007–08 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season

Plymouth Argyle
Season 2007-08
League League Championship
Manager Paul Sturrock
Chairman Paul Stapleton
League position 10th
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 3rd round
League Cup 3rd round

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

Contents

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.

Players

Squad information

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK FRA Larrieu 35 EU 2000 214 0 2008 Free
23 GK ENG McCormick 28 EU 1999 136 0 2009 Youth system
13 CB FRA Doumbe 32 EU 2004 111 3 2008 Free
19 CB NED Seip 29 EU 2006 71 3 2009 Free
5 CB HUN Timár 32 EU 2007 (Winter) 35 4 2009 £ 75k
18 LB ENG Sawyer 26 EU 2004 40 0 2010 Youth system
26 CM FRA Abdou 27 EU 2007 15 1 2008 Free
20 CM ENG Summerfield 24 EU 2004 31 2 2008 Youth system
16 LM HUN Halmosi 32 EU 2007 (Winter) 47 7 2010 £400k
14 CF NZL Fallon 29 EU 2007 (Winter) 30 3 2009 £300k
36 CF WAL Easter 30 EU 2008 (Winter) 14 2 £210k
25 CF ENG Mackie 26 EU 2008 (Winter) 2 2 2010 £145k

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.

Squad stats

Total League Championship FA Cup Football League Cup
No.
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
1 GK FRA Larrieu 15 15 15
2 RB ENG Connolly 27 27 1 24 1 3
19 CB NED Seip 29 29 1 26 1 3
5 CB HUN Timár 24 24 3 21 3 3
17 LB ENG Hodges 20 24 1 22 2 1
7 RM ENG Norris 28 28 5 26 5 2
4 CM FRA Nalis 23 24 23 1
8 CM HUN Buzsáky 10 13 11 2
16 LM HUN Halmosi 26 28 3 26 3 2
10 CF JAM
ENG		 Hayles 22 24 2 23 2 1
9 CF ENG Ebanks-Blake 22 28 12 25 11 3 1
23 GK ENG McCormick 14 14 11 3
13 CB FRA Doumbe 5 7 7
18 LB ENG Sawyer 11 14 12 2
29 RM ENG Martin 10 12 2 12 2
22 RM ENG Gosling 5 10 10
26 CM FRA Abdou 9 15 1 14 1 1
28 CB SCO Laird 1 1 1
20 CM ENG Summerfield 1 2 1 2 1
11 CF ENG Chadwick 5 12 2 9 2 3
14 CF NZL Fallon 4 15 2 13 2 2
36 CF WAL Easter 5 9 2 9 2
37 CF ENG Jutkiewicz 1 1
27 CF ENG Reid 1 2 2
32 LM SWE Djordjic 1 2 1 1
25 LM ENG Dickson 1 1
24 CF ENG Barnes 1 1
15 CM ENG Wotton

Last updated: 02 January 2008
Source: Match reports in competitive matches
Ordered by start team and position on pitch
0 shown as blank

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

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

Transfers

In

N
 P
 Name
 EU
 Country
 Age
 Type
 Moving from
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
26 DM Abdou EU FRA 27 Signed Y Sedan Summer 2008 Free
6 DF Mabiala EU FRA 24 Loan Y Paris Saint-Germain Summer 2008 Loan Source
29 MF Martin EU ENG 25 Loan Y Manchester United Summer 2008 Loan Source
36 CF Easter EU WAL 30 Transfer Y Wycombe Wanderers Winter 2008 £210k Source
37 CF Jutkiewicz EU ENG 22 Loan Y Everton Winter 2008 Loan Source
8 CM Folly EU FRA 25 Transfer Y Sheffield Wednesday Winter 2008 £xxxk Source

Out

N
 P
 Name
 EU
 Country
 Age
 Status
 Moving to
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
27 CF Reid EU ENG 23 Loan Y Wycombe Wanderers Summer Loan Source
28 CB Laird EU SCO 23 Loan Y Torquay United Summer Loan Source
1 GK Larrieu EU FRA 35 Loan Y Yeovil Town Summer Loan Source
32 MF Djordjic EU SWE 30 Released Y Summer Released Source
25 LM Dickson EU ENG 25 Loan Y Brentford Summer Loan Source
24 CF Barnes EU ENG 18 Loan Y Oxford United Summer Loan Source
8 CM Buzsáky EU HUN 29 Transfer Y Queens Park Rangers Winter £500k Source
10 CF Hayles EU JAM
ENG		 39 Transfer Y Leicester City Winter £150k Source
22 RM Gosling EU ENG 22 Transfer Y Everton Winter £1.5m Source
9 CF Ebanks-Blake EU ENG 25 Transfer Y Wolverhampton Wanderers Winter £1.5m Source]
7 RM Norris EU ENG 31 Transfer Y Ipswich Town Winter £3.0m 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; n/a = Not applicable.

Team Kit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Ginsters

Home
Away

Source: Plymouth Argyle article on 8 August 2007

Competitions

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

Results

League

Results summary

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

Last updated: 2 January 2008
Source: The Football League

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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; P = Postponed.

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 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 Cardiff City 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.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Plymouth Argyle.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

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 Gençlerbirliği 1 - 1 Reid 86' 0
7 27 July 2007 Austria N Hapoel Tel Aviv 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; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

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