2016–17 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season

Plymouth Argyle
2016–17 season
Chairman James Brent
Manager Derek Adams
Stadium Home Park
FA Cup 3rd Round
(Knocked out by Liverpool)
EFL Cup 1st Round
(Knocked out by Reading)
EFL Trophy Knocked out in group stages
Highest home attendance 17,048
Lowest home attendance 6,935
Average home league attendance 9,652
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2016–17 season is Plymouth Argyle's sixth consecutive season in League Two and their 131st year in existence.[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Pre-season

League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Portsmouth (C, P) 46 26 9 11 79 40 +39 87 Promotion to EFL League One
2 Plymouth Argyle (P) 46 26 9 11 71 46 +25 87
3 Doncaster Rovers (P) 46 25 10 11 85 55 +30 85
4 Luton Town 46 20 17 9 70 43 +27 77 Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Exeter City 46 21 8 17 75 56 +19 71
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One

Results by round

  Win   Draw   Loss

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAAAHHAAHHHAAHAHAAHAHA
Result L L W W W W W W D W W W D W W W L L L W W D W L W W L W W L D D L W L W D W W L W D W D W D
Position 24 24 19 11 7 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2

Last updated: 6 May 2017.
Source: BBC SPORT
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 22 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[2]

EFL Cup

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Trophy

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 AFC Wimbledon 3 2 0 0 1 5 3 +2 6 Advance to Round 2
2 ACA Swansea City Academy 3 2 0 0 1 4 4 0 6
3 L2 Plymouth Argyle 3 1 0 0 2 5 5 0 3
4 L2 Newport County 3 1 0 0 2 4 6 2 3
Source: EFL.com

Statistics

As of 18 April 2017
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Scotland Gary Miller 48 0 37+4 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF England Gary Sawyer 21 0 20+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Cameroon Yann Songo'o 63 1 51+5 1 5+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF Latvia Nauris Bulvītis 31 3 23+3 2 1+1 0 0+0 0 3+0 1
6 MF Republic of Ireland Connor Smith 50 2 30+14 1 2+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 1
7 MF England Antoni Sarcevic 17 2 16+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 FW England Jordan Slew 58 5 38+12 3 4+0 1 1+0 0 3+0 1
9 FW England Jimmy Spencer 39 2 27+9 2 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
10 MF Republic of Ireland Graham Carey 61 16 52+1 15 5+0 1 1+0 0 1+1 0
11 FW England Ryan Donaldson 57 1 33+17 1 1+2 0 0+1 0 1+2 0
13 FW England Nathan Blissett 13 1 7+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW England Jake Jervis 68 13 48+14 12 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 1
15 DF England Sonny Bradley 61 7 51+1 7 5+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
16 MF Scotland Matty Kennedy 15 5 15+0 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF England Oscar Threlkeld 51 1 42+3 1 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
19 FW England Ryan Taylor 19 3 16+3 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 GK France Vincent Dorel 8 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
22 MF England David Ijaha 10 0 4+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
23 GK England Luke McCormick 55 0 50+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 MF England David Fox 55 1 45+3 0 5+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
25 GK Scotland Marc McCallum 6 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
26 FW Cameroon Paul Garita 27 2 17+7 2 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW England Craig Tanner 60 6 34+18 5 3+2 0 0+0 0 2+1 1
28 DF England Jordan Bentley 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
30 FW England Alex Fletcher 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 DF Czech Republic Jakub Sokolík 21 0 18+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
First team players out on loan:
20 FW Northern Ireland Louis Rooney 3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
First team player(s) that left the club:
7 FW Scotland David Goodwillie 22 1 5+11 1 1+1 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
16 DF England Ben Purrington 25 0 16+3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
19 DF England Karleigh Osborne 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0

Goals record

As of 4 April 2017
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1 10Republic of IrelandAMGraham Carey 1510016
2 14EnglandCFJake Jervis 1200113
3 15EnglandCBSonny Bradley 70007
4 8EnglandCFJordan Slew 41016
27EnglandSSCraig Tanner 50016
6 16ScotlandRMMatty Kennedy 50005
7 5 LatviaCBNauris Bulvītis 20013
19EnglandCFRyan Taylor 30003
10 4 CameroonCBYann Songo'o 20002
6 Republic of IrelandCMConnor Smith 10012
7 EnglandCMAntoni Sarcevic 20002
9 EnglandCFJimmy Spencer 20002
11EnglandCFRyan Donaldson 20002
18EnglandDMOscar Threlkeld 20002
26CameroonCFPaul Garita 20002
17 7ScotlandCFDavid Goodwillie 10001
13EnglandCFNathan Blissett 10001
24EnglandCMDavid Fox 01001
31Czech RepublicCBJakub Sokolík 10001
Total 6630574

Disciplinary Record

As of 18 April 2017
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
1 4 CBCameroonYann Songo'o 700100000000800
18DMEnglandOscar Threlkeld 800000000000800
3 9 CFEnglandJimmy Spencer 500100000000600
4 2 RBScotlandGary Miller 400000000100500
6 CMRepublic of IrelandConnor Smith 500000000000500
15CBEnglandSonny Bradley 400100000000500
16LBEnglandBen Purrington 400100000000500
8 8 CFEnglandJordan Slew 310000000000310
11CMEnglandRyan Donaldson 400000000000400
27SSEnglandCraig Tanner 300100000000400
11 3 LBEnglandGary Sawyer 300000000000300
5 CBLatviaNauris Bulvītis 300000000000300
10AMRepublic of IrelandGraham Carey 300000000000300
24CMEnglandDavid Fox 300000000000300
15 7 CMEnglandAntoni Sarcevic 200000000000200
14CFEnglandJake Jervis 100100000000200
16RMScotlandMatty Kennedy 200000000000200
23GKEnglandLuke McCormick 200000000000200
26CFCameroonPaul Garita 200000000000200
20 19CFEnglandRyan Taylor 100000000000100
28RBEnglandJordan Bentley 000000000010010
31CBCzech RepublicJakub Sokolík 100000000000100
Total 70107000002007910

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 CB Latvia Nauris Bulvītis Spartaks Jūrmala Free transfer [3]
1 July 2016 CF England Ryan Donaldson Cambridge United Free transfer [4]
1 July 2016 CF Scotland David Goodwillie Aberdeen Free transfer [5]
1 July 2016 RB Scotland Gary Miller Partick Thistle Free transfer [6]
1 July 2016 CB England Karleigh Osborne Bristol City Free transfer [7]
1 July 2016 CF England Jordan Slew Chesterfield Free transfer [8]
1 July 2016 CM Republic of Ireland Connor Smith AFC Wimbledon Undisclosed [9]
1 July 2016 CB Cameroon Yann Songo'o Free agent Free transfer [10]
1 July 2016 CF England Jimmy Spencer Cambridge United Free transfer [11]
2 July 2016 DM England Oscar Threlkeld Bolton Wanderers Free transfer [12]
11 July 2016 CB England Sonny Bradley Crawley Town Free transfer [13]
18 July 2016 CM England David Ijaha Whitehawk Free transfer [14]
22 July 2016 CM England David Fox Crewe Alexandra Free transfer [15]
1 August 2016 GK Scotland Marc McCallum Livingston Free transfer [16]
4 January 2017 CB Czech Republic Jakub Sokolík Southend United Free transfer [17]
5 January 2017 CF England Nathan Blissett Torquay United £15,000 [18][19]
26 January 2017 CM England Antoni Sarcevic Shrewsbury Town Free transfer [20]
30 January 2017 CF England Ryan Taylor Oxford United Free transfer [21]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 GK England James Bittner Newport County Free transfer [22]
1 July 2016 LW England Callum Hall Free agent Released [23]
1 July 2016 CB England Peter Hartley Bristol Rovers Free transfer [24]
1 July 2016 GK England Corey Harvey Free agent Released [23]
1 July 2016 CM England Josh Simpson Free agent Released [23]
1 July 2016 CF England Deane Smalley Free agent Released [23]
1 July 2016 LW Scotland Gregg Wylde Millwall Free transfer [25]
4 July 2016 AM England Tyler Harvey Wrexham [lower-alpha 1] Rejected contract [27]
4 July 2016 RB England Kelvin Mellor Blackpool [lower-alpha 2] Rejected contract [27]
4 July 2016 CB England Curtis Nelson Oxford United [lower-alpha 3] £250,000 [27]
4 July 2016 CF England Reuben Reid Exeter City [lower-alpha 4] Rejected contract [27]
5 July 2016 CB Republic of Ireland Carl McHugh Motherwell Free transfer [31]
16 January 2017 CB England Karleigh Osborne Kilmarnock Free transfer [32]
25 January 2017 CF Scotland David Goodwillie Free agent Sacked [33]
30 January 2017 LB England Ben Purrington Rotherham United Undisclosed [34]
  1. Following Harvey's departure, he signed for Wrexham.[26]
  2. Following Mellor's departure, he signed for Blackpool.[28]
  3. Following Nelson's departure, he signed for Oxford United.[29]
  4. Following Reid's departure, he signed for Exeter City.[30]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
18 August 2016 SS England Craig Tanner Reading 31 May 2017 [35]
31 August 2016 CF Cameroon Arnold Garita Bristol City 31 May 2017 [36]
31 January 2017 RM Scotland Matty Kennedy Cardiff City 31 May 2017 [37]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
31 January 2017 FW Northern Ireland Louis Rooney Hartlepool United 31 May 2017 [38]

References

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  2. "Sky Bet EFL: Key dates for 2016/17". The Football League. 27 April 2016.
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  13. "Sonny Outlook". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
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  16. "On Your Marcs". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
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  27. 1 2 3 4 "Skipper Nelson and Reid leave Plymouth". BBC. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  28. "Blackpool sign Argyle right-back Mellor". BBC. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  29. "Nelson makes Oxford United switch". BBC. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  30. "Exeter sign ex-Plymouth striker Reid". BBC. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  31. "Statement - Carl McHugh". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  32. "Karleigh to Killie". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  33. "Statement: David Goodwillie". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  34. "Ben Miller". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  35. "Tanner is Back". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  36. "Arnie's Green Army". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  37. "Kennedy Wings In". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  38. "Roons to Pools". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
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