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Plymouth Argyle
Badge of Plymouth Argyle
Season 2007-08
League	League Championship
Manager	Paul Sturrock
Chairman	Paul Stapleton
League position	6th
Top goalscorer	League: Ebanks-Blake (10) All: Ebanks-Blake (11)
Highest attendance	Home: 16,530 v Bristol City (8 Dec 2007) Away: 25,434 v Norwich City (4 Dec 2007)
Lowest attendance	Home: 5,133 v Doncaster (28 Aug 2007) Away: 4,833 v Colchester (6 Nov 2007)
FA Cup	In 3rd round
League Cup	3nd round

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

Review and events

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]

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	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
2	RB	Connolly	41	EU	2000	157	1	2008	Youth system
13	CB	Doumbe	45	EU	2004	111	3	2008	Free
28	CB	Laird	36	EU	2006	1	0	2008	Youth system	Currently on loan to Torquay
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
17	LB	Hodges	51	EU	2001	216	14	2008	Free
7	RM	Norris	43	EU	2002	241	28	2009	£ 25k
22	RM	Gosling	34	EU	2006	24	2	2010	Youth system
29	RM	Martin	37	EU	2007	12	2	2008	Loan	Currently on loan from Manchester United
4	CM	Nalis (VC)	53	EU	2006 (Winter)	90	5	2008	Free
15	CM	Wotton (captain)	47	EU	1995	430	62	2008	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
25	LM	Dickson	37	EU	2004	7	0	2008	Youth system	Currently on loan to Brentford
14	CF	Fallon	42	EU	2007 (Winter)	30	3	2009	£300k
9	CF	Ebanks-Blake	38	EU	2006	73	22	2009	£200k
36	CF	Easter	42	EU	2007	14	2	2008	Loan	Currently on loan from Wycombe
11	CF	Chadwick	42	EU	2005 (Winter)	82	11	2009	£250k
24	CF	Barnes	35	EU	2007	1	0	2008	Free	Currently on loan to Oxford

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		Carling Cup
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
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
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
22	RM		Gosling	5	9		9
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
27	CF		Reid	1	2						2
32	LM		Djordjic	1	2		1				1		Released 19 Oct 2007
25	LM		Dickson		1						1
24	CF		Barnes		1						1
15	CM		Wotton

Last updated: 18 December 2007
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	5
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	0	4
David Norris	0	4
Lee Martin	0	4
Marcel Seip	0	3
Jermaine Easter	0	2
Gary Sawyer	0	2
Ákos Buzsáky	0	1
Péter Halmosi	0	1
Dan Gosling	0	1
Total:	0	46

Transfers

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Out

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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 Template:Fb overall competition Template:Fb overall competition Template:Fb overall competition

Updated to match played 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
24	10	7	7	33	26	+7	37	5	5	2	17	10	+7	5	2	5	16	16	0

Last updated: 28 December 2007.
Source: The Football League

Results by round

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Matches

Game	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score¹	Report
1	11 Aug 2007	League Championship	1	Template:Away venue}	Hull City	3 – 2	Attendance: 16,633 Referee: G Laws 15' Norris 45' Fallon 82' Ebanks-Blake 48' Halmosi
2	18 Aug 2007	League Championship	2	H	Ipswich Town	1 – 1	Attendance: 13,260 Referee: K Friend 85' (pen) Ebanks-Blake
3	25 Aug 2007	League Championship	3	Template:Away venue}	Barnsley	2 – 3	Attendance: 9,240 Referee: B Knight 61' Hayles 67' Chadwick 45' Seip 88' Hayles
4	1 Sep 2007	League Championship	4	H	Leicester City	0 – 0	Attendance: 11,850 Referee: P Taylor
5	15 Sep 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
6	18 Sep 2007	League Championship	6	Template:Away venue}	Queens Park Rangers	2 – 0	Attendance: 10,850 Referee: A Marriner 49' Halmosi 62' Norris 56' Seip 70' Timár
7	25 Sep 2007	League Championship	7	Template:Away venue}	Stoke City	2 – 3	Attendance: 12,533 Referee: N Miller 50' Seip 59' Fallon 36' Timár 75' Nalis 79' Buzsáky
8	29 Sep 2007	League Championship	8	H	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 – 1	Attendance: 13,638 Referee: P Joslin 61' Chadwick 10' Hayles 76' Sawyer
9	2 Oct 2007	League Championship	9	H	Crystal Palace	1 – 0	Attendance: 10,451 Referee: R Shoebridge 50' Halmosi 81' Norris
10	6 Oct 2007	League Championship	10	Template:Away venue}	Blackpool	0 – 0	Attendance: 8,784 Referee: J Moss 67' Nalis
11	20 Oct 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
12	23 Oct 2007	League Championship	12	Template:Away venue}	Charlton	2 – 1	Attendance: 22,123 Referee: R Styles 6' Ebanks-Blake 40' Hayles 35' Hayles 45' Martin 54' Connolly
13	27 Oct 2007	League Championship	13	Template:Away venue}	Preston North End	0 – 2	Attendance: 11,055 Referee: M Pike
14	3 Nov 2007	League Championship	14	H	Sheffield Wednesday	1 – 2	Attendance: 12,145 Referee: A D'Urso 47' (pen) Ebanks-Blake 79' Martin
15	6 Nov 2007	League Championship	15	Template:Away venue}	Colchester United	1 – 1	Attendance: 4,833 Referee: G Hegley 88' Norris
16	10 Nov 2007	League Championship	16	H	Norwich City	3 – 0	Attendance: 11,222 Referee: D Drysdale 26' Martin 47' Connolly 49' Norris 8' Timár
17	24 Nov 2007	League Championship	17	Template:Away venue}	Sheffield United	1 – 0	Attendance: 23,811 Referee: M Russell 24' Halmosi 90' Norris
18	28 Nov 2007	League Championship	18	H	West Bromwich Albion	1 – 2	Attendance: 14,348 Referee: S Bennett 84' Easter 30' Hayles 47' Nalis
19	1 Dec 2007	League Championship	19	H	Scunthorpe	3 – 0	Attendance: 10,520 Referee: F Graham 51' Ebanks-Blake 64' Timár 32' Timár 26' Martin
20	4 Dec 2007	League Championship	20	Template:Away venue}	Norwich City	1 – 2	Attendance: 25,434 Referee: P Taylor 89' Timár 38' Hayles 47' Nalis 86' Connolly 90+4' Ebanks-Blake
21	8 Dec 2007	League Championship	21	H	Bristol City	1 – 1	Attendance: 16,530 Referee: P Dowd 23' (pen) Ebanks-Blake 13' Nalis 55' Connolly
22	15 Dec 2007	League Championship	22	Template:Away venue}	Watford	1 – 0	Attendance: 18,532 Referee: D Deadman 88' Norris 38' Gosling 63' Timár

Last updated: 18 December 2007
Source: The Football League, FA Cup 2007-08 and League Cup 2007-08
Notes: Template:Fb LC no schedule
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.

FA Cup

Game	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score¹	Report
1	5 Jan 2008	FA Cup	3R	H	Hull City

Last updated: 3 December 2007
Source: FA 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.

League Cup

Game	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score¹	Report
1	14 Aug 2007	FL Cup	1R	H	Wycombe Wanderers	2 – 1	Attendance: 5,474 Referee: C Penton 41' (o.g.) Bullock 44' Hodges 54' Connolly
2	28 Aug 2007	FL Cup	2R	H	Doncaster Rovers	2 – 0	Attendance: 5,133 Referee: L Probert 15' Ebanks-Blake 90' Summerfield
3	26 Sep 2007	FL Cup	3R	Template:Away venue}	West Ham	0 – 1	Attendance: 25,774 Referee: P Dowd 90+2' Ashton 74' Timár

Last updated: 4 September 2007
Source: 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	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 F.C.	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 S.K.	1 - 1	Reid 86'	0
7	27 July 2007	Austria	N	Hapoel_Tel_Aviv_F.C.	1 - 1	Buzsáky 69'	0
8	31 July 2007	—	A	Paulton Rovers F.C.	4 - 0	Dickson 37' Chadwick 48', 73' McVeigh 84'	4
9	1 August 2007	—	A	Truro City F.C.	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

^ "MKD Transfer swoop" (HTML). PAFC official site.
^ "Sawyer signs extension" (HTML). PAFC official site.
^ "New Kit" (HTML). PAFC official site.
^ "Loipersdorf arrival" (HTML). PAFC official site.
^ "Peacock names squad" (HTML). The FA.
^ "Club statement" (HTML). PAFC official site.
^ "Club statement" (HTML). PAFC official site.
^ "Take on kidneys" (HTML). PAFC official site.
^ "Wottsy is back" (HTML). PAFC official site.
^ "Dan good show" (HTML). PAFC official site.
^ "Mabiala setback" (PDF). PAFC official site.
^ "Bogone Djordjic" (PDF). PAFC official site.
^ "Official Statement" (HTML). LCFC official site.
^ "Welcome Home Luggy" (HTML). PAFC official site.
^ "Sore, but happy" (HTML). PAFC official site.

Preceded by 2006-07	Plymouth Argyle seasons 2007-08	Succeeded by 2008-09

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[1] "MKD Transfer swoop" (HTML). PAFC official site.

[2] "Sawyer signs extension" (HTML). PAFC official site.

[3] "New Kit" (HTML). PAFC official site.

[4] "Loipersdorf arrival" (HTML). PAFC official site.

[5] "Peacock names squad" (HTML). The FA.

[6] "Club statement" (HTML). PAFC official site.

[7] "Club statement" (HTML). PAFC official site.

[8] "Take on kidneys" (HTML). PAFC official site.

[9] "Wottsy is back" (HTML). PAFC official site.

[10] "Dan good show" (HTML). PAFC official site.

[11] "Mabiala setback" (PDF). PAFC official site.

[12] "Bogone Djordjic" (PDF). PAFC official site.

[13] "Official Statement" (HTML). LCFC official site.

[14] "Welcome Home Luggy" (HTML). PAFC official site.

[15] "Sore, but happy" (HTML). PAFC official site.

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