2007–08 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Plymouth Argyle
2007-08 season
Chairman Paul Stapleton
Manager Paul Sturrock
10th
FA Cup 3rd round
League Cup 3rd round
Top goalscorer League: Ebanks-Blake (11)
All: Ebanks-Blake (12)
Highest home attendance 17,511 v Watford (22 March 2008)
Lowest home attendance 5,133 v Doncaster (28 August 2007)
Home League: 10,451 v Crystal Palace (2 October 2007)
Highest away attendance 25,434 v Norwich City (4 December 2007)
Lowest away attendance 4,833 v Colchester (6 November 2007)

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.

<templatestyles src="Template:TOC limit/styles.css" />

Review and events

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

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.

Players

Squad information

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK France Larrieu 48 EU 2000 214 0 2008 Free
23 GK England McCormick 41 EU 1999 136 0 2009 Youth system
13 CB France Doumbe 44 EU 2004 111 3 2008 Free
19 CB Netherlands Seip 42 EU 2006 71 3 2009 Free
5 CB Hungary Timár 44 EU 2007 (Winter) 35 4 2009 £ 75k
18 LB England Sawyer 39 EU 2004 40 0 2010 Youth system
26 CM France Abdou 40 EU 2007 15 1 2008 Free
20 CM England Summerfield 36 EU 2004 31 2 2008 Youth system
16 LM Hungary Halmosi 44 EU 2007 (Winter) 47 7 2010 £400k
14 CF New Zealand Fallon 42 EU 2007 (Winter) 30 3 2009 £300k
36 CF Wales Easter 42 EU 2008 (Winter) 14 2 £210k
25 CF England Mackie 38 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

Template:Fb ss header

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |1 |GK||France | style="text-align:left;" |Larrieu |15 |15 || |15 || | || ||| ||


|- |2 |RB||England | style="text-align:left;" |Connolly |27 |27 ||1 |24 ||1 | || |||3 ||


|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |19 |CB||Netherlands | style="text-align:left;" |Seip |29 |29 ||1 |26 ||1 | || |||3 ||


|- |5 |CB||Hungary | style="text-align:left;" |Timár |24 |24 ||3 |21 ||3 | || |||3 ||


|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |17 |LB||England | style="text-align:left;" |Hodges |20 |24 ||1 |22 || | || |||2 ||1


|- |7 |RM||England | style="text-align:left;" |Norris |28 |28 ||5 |26 ||5 | || |||2 ||


|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |4 |CM||France | style="text-align:left;" |Nalis |23 |24 || |23 || | || |||1 ||


|- |8 |CM||Hungary | style="text-align:left;" |Buzsáky |10 |13 || |11 || | || |||2 ||


|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |16 |LM||Hungary | style="text-align:left;" |Halmosi |26 |28 ||3 |26 ||3 | || |||2 ||


|- |10 |CF||Jamaica
England | style="text-align:left;" |Hayles |22 |24 ||2 |23 ||2 | || |||1 ||


|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |9 |CF||England | style="text-align:left;" |Ebanks-Blake |22 |28 ||12 |25 ||11 | || |||3 ||1


|- |23 |GK||England | style="text-align:left;" |McCormick |14 |14 || |11 || | || |||3 ||


|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |13 |CB||France | style="text-align:left;" |Doumbe |5 |7 || |7 || | || ||| ||


|- |18 |LB||England | style="text-align:left;" |Sawyer |11 |14 || |12 || | || |||2 ||


|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |29 |RM||England | style="text-align:left;" |Martin |10 |12 ||2 |12 ||2 | || ||| ||


|- |22 |RM||England | style="text-align:left;" |Gosling |5 |10 || |10 || | || ||| ||


|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |26 |CM||France | style="text-align:left;" |Abdou |9 |15 ||1 |14 ||1 | || |||1 ||


|- |28 |CB||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Laird |1 |1 || | || | || |||1 ||


|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |20 |CM||England | style="text-align:left;" |Summerfield |1 |2 ||1 | || | || |||2 ||1


|- |11 |CF||England | style="text-align:left;" |Chadwick |5 |12 ||2 |9 ||2 | || |||3 ||


|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |14 |CF||New Zealand | style="text-align:left;" |Fallon |4 |15 ||2 |13 ||2 | || |||2 ||


|- |36 |CF||Wales | style="text-align:left;" |Easter |5 |9 ||2 |9 ||2 | || ||| ||


|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |37 |CF||England | style="text-align:left;" |Jutkiewicz | |1 || |1 || | || ||| ||


|- |27 |CF||England | style="text-align:left;" |Reid |1 |2 || | || | || |||2 ||


|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |32 |LM||Sweden | style="text-align:left;" |Djordjic |1 |2 || |1 || | || |||1 ||


|- |25 |LM||England | style="text-align:left;" |Dickson | |1 || | || | || |||1 ||


|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |24 |CF||England | style="text-align:left;" |Barnes | |1 || | || | || |||1 ||


|- |15 |CM||England | style="text-align:left;" |Wotton | | || | || | || ||| ||


|} Last updated: 2 January 2008
Source: Match reports in competitive matches
Ordered by start team and position on pitch
0 shown as blank

Transfers

In

N
P
Name
EU
Country
Age
Type
Moving from
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
26 DM Abdou EU France 40 Signed Green tickY Sedan Summer 2008 Free
6 DF Mabiala EU France 36 Loan Green tickY Paris Saint-Germain Summer 2008 Loan Source
29 MF Martin EU England 37 Loan Green tickY Manchester United Summer 2008 Loan Source
36 CF Easter EU Wales 42 Transfer Green tickY Wycombe Wanderers Winter 2008 £210k Source
37 CF Jutkiewicz EU England 35 Loan Green tickY Everton Winter 2008 Loan Source
8 CM Folly EU France 38 Transfer Green tickY 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 England 35 Loan Green tickY Wycombe Wanderers Summer Loan Source
28 CB Laird EU Scotland 36 Loan Green tickY Torquay United Summer Loan Source
1 GK Larrieu EU France 48 Loan Green tickY Yeovil Town Summer Loan Source
32 MF Djordjic EU Sweden 42 Released Green tickY Summer Released Source
25 LM Dickson EU England 37 Loan Green tickY Brentford Summer Loan Source
24 CF Barnes EU England 18 Loan Green tickY Oxford United Summer Loan Source
8 CM Buzsáky EU Hungary 42 Transfer Green tickY Queens Park Rangers Winter £500k Source
10 CF Hayles EU Jamaica
England
52 Transfer Green tickY Leicester City Winter £150k Source
22 RM Gosling EU England 34 Transfer Green tickY Everton Winter £1.5m Source
9 CF Ebanks-Blake EU England 38 Transfer Green tickY Wolverhampton Wanderers Winter £1.5m Source]
7 RM Norris EU England 43 Transfer Green tickY 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 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

Last updated: 24 October 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 = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

M
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
1 11 August 2007 League Championship 1 A Hull City 3 – 2
2 14 August 2007 Football League Cup 1st round H Wycombe Wanderers 2 – 1
3 18 August 2007 League Championship 2 H Ipswich Town 1 – 1
4 25 August 2007 League Championship 3 A Barnsley 2 – 3
5 28 August 2007 Football League Cup 2nd round H Doncaster Rovers 2 – 0
6 1 September 2007 League Championship 4 H Leicester City 0 – 0
7 15 September 2007 League Championship 5 H Cardiff CityWales 2 – 2
8 18 September 2007 League Championship 6 A Queens Park Rangers 2 – 0
9 22 September 2007 League Championship 7 A Stoke City 2 – 3
10 26 September 2007 Football League Cup 3rd round A West Ham United 0 – 1
11 29 September 2007 League Championship 8 H Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 – 1
12 2 October 2007 League Championship 9 H Crystal Palace 1 – 0
13 6 October 2007 League Championship 10 A Blackpool 0 – 0
14 20 October 2007 League Championship 11 H Coventry City 1 – 0
15 23 October 2007 League Championship 12 A Charlton Athletic 2 – 1
16 27 October 2007 League Championship 13 A Preston North End 0 – 2
17 3 November 2007 League Championship 14 H Sheffield Wednesday 1 – 2
18 6 November 2007 League Championship 15 A Colchester United 1 – 1
19 10 November 2007 League Championship 16 H Norwich CityEngland 3 – 0
20 24 November 2007 League Championship 17 A Sheffield United 1 – 0
21 28 November 2007 League Championship 18 H West Bromwich Albion 1 – 2
22 1 December 2007 League Championship 19 H Scunthorpe United 3 – 0
23 4 December 2007 League Championship 20 A Norwich CityEngland 1 – 2
24 8 December 2007 League Championship 21 H Bristol City 1 – 1
25 15 December 2007 League Championship 22 A Watford 1 – 0
26 22 December 2007 League Championship 23 A Crystal Palace 1 – 2
27 26 December 2007 League Championship 24 H Queens Park Rangers 2 – 1
28 29 December 2007 League Championship 25 H Stoke City 2 – 2
29 1 January 2008 League Championship 26 A Wales Cardiff CityWales 0 – 1
30 5 January 2008 FA Cup 3rd round H Hull City 3 – 2
31 12 January 2008 League Championship 27 A Burnley 0 – 1
32 19 January 2008 League Championship 28 H SouthamptonEngland 1 – 1
33 26 January 2008 FA Cup 4R A Portsmouth 1 – 2
34 29 January 2008 League Championship 29 A Ipswich Town 0 – 0
35 2 February 2008 League Championship 30 H Hull City 0 – 1
36 9 February 2008 League Championship 31 Leicester City 1 – 0
37 12 February 2008 League Championship 32 H Barnsley 3 – 0
38 19 February 2008 League Championship 33 A SouthamptonEngland 2 – 0
39 23 February 2008 League Championship 34 H Burnley 3 – 1
40 1 March 2008 League Championship 35 A West Bromwich Albion 0 – 3
41 4 March 2008 League Championship 36 H Colchester United 4 – 1
42 8 March 2008 League Championship 37 H Sheffield United 0 – 1
43 11 March 2008 League Championship 38 Scunthorpe United 0 – 1
44 15 March 2008 League Championship 39 A Bristol City 2 – 1
45 22 March 2008 League Championship 40 H Watford 1 – 1
46 29 March 2008 League Championship 41 A Coventry City 1 – 3
47 5 April 2008 League Championship 42 H Charlton Athletic 1 – 2
48 14 April 2008 League Championship 43 A Sheffield Wednesday 1 – 1
49 19 April 2008 League Championship 44 H Preston North End 2 – 2
50 26 April 2008 League Championship 45 H Blackpool 3 – 0
51 4 May 2008 League Championship 46 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 – 1

Last updated: 2 January 2008
Source: The Football League, FA Cup 2007-08 and League Cup 2007-08
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
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 Austria GençlerbirliğiTurkey 1 - 1 Reid 86' 0
7 27 July 2007 Austria N Austria Hapoel Tel AvivIsrael 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

  1. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.