2007–08 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season

Plymouth Argyle

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)
Home colours Away colours

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.

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

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 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

Squad information

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	43	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	37	EU	2004	31	2	2008	Youth system
16	LM		Halmosi	45	EU	2007 (Winter)	47	7	2010	£400k
14	CF		Fallon	43	EU	2007 (Winter)	30	3	2009	£300k
36	CF		Easter	43	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

				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

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 Jimmy 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

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
26	DM		Abdou	40	EU	Sedan	Signed Y	Summer	2008	Free
6	DF		Mabiala	37	EU	Paris Saint-Germain	Loan Y	Summer	2008	Loan	Source
29	MF		Martin	38	EU	Manchester United	Loan Y	Summer	2008	Loan	Source
36	CF		Easter	43	EU	Wycombe Wanderers	Transfer Y	w	2008	£210k	Source
37	CF		Jutkiewicz	36	EU	Everton	Loan Y	w	2008	Loan	Source
8	CM		Folly	38	EU	Sheffield Wednesday	Transfer Y	w	2008	£xxxk	Source

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
27	CF		Reid	36	EU	Wycombe Wanderers	Loan Y	Summer	Loan	Source
28	CB		Laird	36	EU	Torquay United	Loan Y	Summer	Loan	Source
1	GK		Larrieu	48	EU	Yeovil Town	Loan Y	Summer	Loan	Source
32	MF		Djordjic	43	EU		Released Y	Summer	Released	Source
25	LM		Dickson	38	EU	Brentford	Loan Y	Summer	Loan	Source
24	CF		Barnes	18	EU	Oxford United	Loan Y	Summer	Loan	Source
8	CM		Buzsáky	42	EU	Queens Park Rangers	Transfer Y	w	£500k	Source
10	CF		Hayles	52	EU	Leicester City	Transfer Y	w	£150k	Source
22	RM		Gosling	35	EU	Everton	Transfer Y	w	£1.5m	Source
9	CF		Ebanks-Blake	39	EU	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Transfer Y	w	£1.5m
7	RM		Norris	44	EU	Ipswich Town	Transfer Y	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

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): Ginsters

Home

Away

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Updated to match played 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

Updated to match(es) played on 2 January 2008. Source: Match Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

See also: The Football League 2007–08, FA Cup 2007–08, and Football League Cup 2007–08

Game	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score^1	Report
1	11 August 2007	League Championship	1	A	Hull City	3 – 2	Attendance: 16,633 Referee: G Laws 15' Norris 45' Fallon 82' Ebanks-Blake  48' Halmosi
2	14 August 2007	Football League Cup	1st round	H	Wycombe Wanderers	2 – 1	Attendance: 5,474 Referee: C Penton 41' (o.g.) Bullock 44' Hodges  54' Connolly
3	18 August 2007	League Championship	2	H	Ipswich Town	1 – 1	Attendance: 13,260 Referee: K Friend 85' (pen.) Ebanks-Blake
4	25 August 2007	League Championship	3	A	Barnsley	2 – 3	Attendance: 9,240 Referee: B Knight 61' Hayles 67' Chadwick  45' Seip  88' Hayles
5	28 August 2007	Football League Cup	2nd round	H	Doncaster Rovers	2 – 0	Attendance: 5,133 Referee: L Probert 15' Ebanks-Blake 90' Summerfield
6	1 September 2007	League Championship	4	H	Leicester City	0 – 0	Attendance: 11,850 Referee: P Taylor
7	15 September 2007	League Championship	5	H	Cardiff City	2 – 2	Attendance: 11,951 Referee: R Beeby 31' Ebanks-Blake 58' Ebanks-Blake  63' Seip  74' Ebanks-Blake
8	18 September 2007	League Championship	6	A	Queens Park Rangers	2 – 0	Attendance: 10,850 Referee: A Marriner 49' Halmosi 62' Norris  56' Seip  70' Timár
9	22 September 2007	League Championship	7	A	Stoke City	2 – 3	Attendance: 12,533 Referee: N Miller 50' Seip 59' Fallon  36' Timár  75' Nalis  79' Buzsáky
10	26 September 2007	Football League Cup	3rd round	A	West Ham United	0 – 1	Attendance: 25,774 Referee: P Dowd 90+2' Ashton  74' Timár
11	29 September 2007	League Championship	8	H	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 – 1	Attendance: 13,638 Referee: P Joslin 61' Chadwick  10' Hayles  76' Sawyer
12	2 October 2007	League Championship	9	H	Crystal Palace	1 – 0	Attendance: 10,451 Referee: R Shoebridge 50' Halmosi  81' Norris
13	6 October 2007	League Championship	10	A	Blackpool	0 – 0	Attendance: 8,784 Referee: J Moss  67' Nalis
14	20 October 2007	League Championship	11	H	Coventry City	1 – 0	Attendance: 11,576 Referee: K Hill 16' Martin  17' Timár  40' Norris  71' Connolly  90' Hayles
15	23 October 2007	League Championship	12	A	Charlton Athletic	2 – 1	Attendance: 22,123 Referee: R Styles 6' Ebanks-Blake 40' Hayles  35' Hayles  45' Martin  54' Connolly
16	27 October 2007	League Championship	13	A	Preston North End	0 – 2	Attendance: 11,055 Referee: M Pike
17	3 November 2007	League Championship	14	H	Sheffield Wednesday	1 – 2	Attendance: 12,145 Referee: A D'Urso 47' (pen.) Ebanks-Blake  79' Martin
18	6 November 2007	League Championship	15	A	Colchester United	1 – 1	Attendance: 4,833 Referee: G Hegley 88' Norris
19	10 November 2007	League Championship	16	H	Norwich City	3 – 0	Attendance: 11,222 Referee: D Drysdale 26' Martin 47' Connolly 49' Norris  8' Timár
20	24 November 2007	League Championship	17	A	Sheffield United	1 – 0	Attendance: 23,811 Referee: M Russell 24' Halmosi  90' Norris
21	28 November 2007	League Championship	18	H	West Bromwich Albion	1 – 2	Attendance: 14,348 Referee: S Bennett 84' Easter  30' Hayles  47' Nalis
22	1 December 2007	League Championship	19	H	Scunthorpe United	3 – 0	Attendance: 10,520 Referee: F Graham 51' Ebanks-Blake 64' Timár 77' Abdou  26' Martin  32' Timár
23	4 December 2007	League Championship	20	A	Norwich City	1 – 2	Attendance: 25,434 Referee: P Taylor 89' Timár  38' Hayles  47' Nalis  86' Connolly  90+4' Ebanks-Blake
24	8 December 2007	League Championship	21	H	Bristol City	1 – 1	Attendance: 16,530 Referee: P Dowd 23' (pen.) Ebanks-Blake  13' Nalis  55' Connolly
25	15 December 2007	League Championship	22	A	Watford	1 – 0	Attendance: 18,532 Referee: D Deadman 88' Norris  38' Gosling  63' Timár
26	22 December 2007	League Championship	23	A	Crystal Palace	1 – 2	Attendance: 15,097 Referee: M Jones 47' Easter  31' Hayles  90' Sawyer
27	26 December 2007	League Championship	24	H	Queens Park Rangers	2 – 1	Attendance: 16,502 Referee: S Bratt 49' (pen.) Ebanks-Blake 90' Ebanks-Blake  53' Ebanks-Blake  86' Nalis  88' Easter
28	29 December 2007	League Championship	25	H	Stoke City	2 – 2	Attendance: 13,692 Referee: S Tanner 44' Ebanks-Blake 67' Timár  78' Norris
29	1 January 2008	League Championship	26	A	Cardiff City	0 – 1	Attendance: 14,965 Referee: A Wiley  12' Martin  73' Easter  85' Norris
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	Southampton	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	Southampton	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, 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

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score^1	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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