The 2007–08 football season was Plymouth Argyle Football Club's 39th season in the Football League Championship, the second division of English football, and their 103rd as a professional club.
| 2007–08 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Paul Stapleton | ||
| Manager | Paul Sturrock | ||
| League Championship | 10th | ||
| FA Cup | Third round | ||
| League Cup | Third round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Ebanks-Blake (11) All: Ebanks-Blake (12) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 17,511 vs. Watford (22 March 2008) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | League: 10,451 vs. Crystal Palace (2 October 2007) All: 5,133 vs. Doncaster (28 August 2007) | ||
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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.
Review and events
editThis 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 PSG 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.
Players
editSquad information
edit| N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
EU |
Since |
App |
Goals |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | 
|
Larrieu | 48 | EU | 2000 | 214 | 0 | 2008 | Free | |
| 23 | GK | 
|
McCormick | 41 | EU | 1999 | 136 | 0 | 2009 | Youth system | |
| 13 | CB |
|
Doumbe | 45 | EU | 2004 | 111 | 3 | 2008 | Free | |
| 19 | CB | 
|
Seip | 42 | EU | 2006 | 71 | 3 | 2009 | Free | |
| 5 | CB | 
|
Timár | 45 | EU | 2007 (Winter) | 35 | 4 | 2009 | £75k | |
| 18 | LB |
|
Sawyer | 39 | EU | 2004 | 40 | 0 | 2010 | Youth system | |
| 26 | CM |
|
Abdou | 40 | EU | 2007 | 15 | 1 | 2008 | Free | |
| 20 | CM |
|
Summerfield | 36 | EU | 2004 | 31 | 2 | 2008 | Youth system | |
| 16 | LM |
|
Halmosi | 45 | EU | 2007 (Winter) | 47 | 7 | 2010 | £400k | |
| 14 | CF | 
|
Fallon | 42 | EU | 2007 (Winter) | 30 | 3 | 2009 | £300k | |
| 36 | CF | 
|
Easter | 42 | EU | 2008 (Winter) | 14 | 2 | £210k | ||
| 25 | CF |
|
Mackie | 39 | 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
edit| Total | League Championship | FA Cup | Football League Cup | Notes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Sts |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls | |
| 1 | GK |
|
Larrieu | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||||||
| 2 | RB |
|
Connolly | 27 | 27 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 19 | CB |
|
Seip | 29 | 29 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 5 | CB |
|
Timár | 24 | 24 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 17 | LB |
|
Hodges | 20 | 24 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | RM |
|
Norris | 28 | 28 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 2 | Transferred mid season | |||
| 4 | CM |
|
Nalis | 23 | 24 | 23 | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | CM |
|
Buzsáky | 10 | 13 | 11 | 2 | Transferred mid season | |||||
| 16 | LM |
|
Halmosi | 26 | 28 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 10 | CF | 
|
Hayles | 22 | 24 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 1 | Transferred mid season | |||
| 9 | CF |
|
Ebanks-Blake | 22 | 28 | 12 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | Transferred mid season | ||
| 23 | GK |
|
McCormick | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | ||||||
| 13 | CB |
|
Doumbe | 5 | 7 | 7 | |||||||
| 18 | LB |
|
Sawyer | 11 | 14 | 12 | 2 | ||||||
| 29 | RM |
|
Martin | 10 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 2 | Loan ended mid season | ||||
| 22 | RM |
|
Gosling | 5 | 10 | 10 | Transferred mid season | ||||||
| 26 | CM |
|
Abdou | 9 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 28 | CB | 
|
Laird | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 20 | CM |
|
Summerfield | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 11 | CF |
|
Chadwick | 5 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 14 | CF |
|
Fallon | 4 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 36 | CF |
|
Easter | 5 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 37 | CF |
|
Jutkiewicz | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 27 | CF |
|
Reid | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 32 | LM | 
|
Djordjic | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Released 19 October 2007 | |||||
| 25 | LM |
|
Dickson | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 24 | CF |
|
Barnes | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 15 | CM |
|
Wotton | ||||||||||
Last updated: 2 January 2008
Source: Match reports in competitive matches
Ordered by start team and position on pitch
0 shown as blank
Source: Match reports in competitive matches
Ordered by start team and position on pitch
0 shown as blank
Goalscorersedit
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Disciplineedit
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Transfers
editIn
edit| No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
EU |
Moving from |
Type |
Transfer window |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | DM |
|
Abdou | 40 | EU | Sedan
|
Signed 
|
Summer | 2008 | Free | |
| 6 | DF |
|
Mabiala | 37 | EU | Paris Saint-Germain
|
Loan
|
Summer | 2008 | Loan | Source |
| 29 | MF |
|
Martin | 37 | EU | Manchester United | Loan
|
Summer | 2008 | Loan | Source |
| 36 | CF |
|
Easter | 42 | EU | Wycombe Wanderers | Transfer
|
w | 2008 | £210k | Source |
| 37 | CF |
|
Jutkiewicz | 35 | EU | Everton | Loan
|
w | 2008 | Loan | Source |
| 8 | CM |
|
Folly | 38 | EU | Sheffield Wednesday | Transfer
|
w | 2008 | £xxxk | Source |
Out
edit| N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
EU |
Moving to |
Type |
Transfer window |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | CF |
|
Reid | 36 | EU | Wycombe Wanderers | Loan
|
Summer | Loan | Source |
| 28 | CB |
|
Laird | 36 | EU | Torquay United | Loan
|
Summer | Loan | Source |
| 1 | GK |
|
Larrieu | 48 | EU | Yeovil Town | Loan
|
Summer | Loan | Source |
| 32 | MF |
|
Djordjic | 42 | EU | Released
|
Summer | Released | Source | |
| 25 | LM |
|
Dickson | 37 | EU | Brentford | Loan
|
Summer | Loan | Source |
| 24 | CF |
|
Barnes | 18 | EU | Oxford United | Loan
|
Summer | Loan | Source |
| 8 | CM |
|
Buzsáky | 42 | EU | Queens Park Rangers | Transfer
|
w | £500k | Source |
| 10 | CF |
|
Hayles | 52 | EU | Leicester City | Transfer
|
w | £150k | Source |
| 22 | RM |
|
Gosling | 34 | EU | Everton | Transfer
|
w | £1.5m | Source |
| 9 | CF |
|
Ebanks-Blake | 38 | EU | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Transfer
|
w | £1.5m | |
| 7 | RM |
|
Norris | 43 | EU | Ipswich Town | Transfer
|
w | £3.0m |
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
editSupplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Ginsters
     Home
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 Away
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Source: [citation needed]
Competitions
editOverall
edit| Competition | Started round | Current position / round |
Final position / round |
First match | Last match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League Championship | — | 12th | 11 August 2007 | ||
| Football League Cup | 1st round | 3rd round | 3rd round | 14 August 2007 | 26 September 2007 |
| FA Cup | 3rd round | 3rd round | 5 January 2008 |
Updated to match played 24 October 2007
Source: Competitions
Results
editLeague
editResults summary
edit| 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
editUpdated to match(es) played on 2 January 2008. Source: Match Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
edit
Last updated: 2 January 2008
Source: The Football League, 2007–08 FA Cup and League Cup 2007–08
1Plymouth Argyle goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Plymouth Argyle.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
Pre-season
edit| 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
References
edit- ^ "MKD Transfer swoop". PAFC official site. Archived from the original on 19 September 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
- ^ "Sawyer signs extension". PAFC official site. Retrieved 17 September 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "New Kit". PAFC official site. Archived from the original on 21 September 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
- ^ "Loipersdorf arrival". PAFC official site. Retrieved 17 September 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Peacock names squad". The FA. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
- ^ "Club statement". PAFC official site. Retrieved 17 September 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Club statement". PAFC official site. Retrieved 17 September 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Take on kidneys". PAFC official site. Archived from the original on 2 May 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
- ^ "Wottsy is back". PAFC official site. Retrieved 17 September 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Dan good show". PAFC official site. Retrieved 17 September 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Mabiala setback" (PDF). PAFC official site. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2007.
- ^ "Bogone Djordjic" (PDF). PAFC official site. Retrieved 24 October 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Official Statement". LCFC official site. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
- ^ "Welcome Home Luggy". PAFC official site. Retrieved 3 December 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Sore, but happy". PAFC official site. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2007.