2007–08 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season

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.

Plymouth Argyle
2007–08 season
ChairmanPaul Stapleton
ManagerPaul Sturrock
League Championship10th
FA Cup3rd Round (Knocked out by Portsmouth)
League Cup3rd Round (Knocked out by West Ham)
Top goalscorerLeague: Ebanks-Blake (11)
All: Ebanks-Blake (12)
Highest home attendance17,511 vs. Watford (22 March 2008)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 10,451 vs. Crystal Palace (2 October 2007)
All: 5,133 vs. Doncaster (28 August 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.

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 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 Larrieu44EU 2000 214 0 2008 Free
23 GK McCormick37EU 1999 136 0 2009 Youth system
13 CB Doumbe41EU 2004 111 3 2008 Free
19 CB Seip38EU 2006 71 3 2009 Free
5 CB Timár41EU 2007 (Winter) 35 4 2009 £75k
18 LB Sawyer35EU 2004 40 0 2010 Youth system
26 CM Abdou36EU 2007 15 1 2008 Free
20 CM Summerfield33EU 2004 31 2 2008 Youth system
16 LM Halmosi41EU 2007 (Winter) 47 7 2010 £400k
14 CF Fallon38EU 2007 (Winter) 30 3 2009 £300k
36 CF Easter39EU 2008 (Winter) 14 2 £210k
25 CF Mackie35EU 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 CupFootball League CupNotes
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
App
Gls
1 GK Larrieu 15 15 15
2 RB Connolly 27 271 241 3
19 CB Seip 29 291 261 3
5 CB Timár 24 243 213 3
17 LB Hodges 20 241 22 21
7 RM Norris 28 285 265 2 Transferred mid season
4 CM Nalis 23 24 23 1
8 CM Buzsáky 10 13 11 2 Transferred mid season
16 LM Halmosi 26 283 263 2
10 CF
 Hayles 22 242 232 1 Transferred mid season
9 CF Ebanks-Blake 22 2812 2511 31Transferred 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 10 122 122 Loan ended mid season
22 RM Gosling 5 10 10 Transferred mid season
26 CM Abdou 9 151 141 1
28 CB Laird 1 1 1
20 CM Summerfield 1 21 21
11 CF Chadwick 5 122 92 3
14 CF Fallon 4 152 132 2
36 CF Easter 5 92 92
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

Transfers

In
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
26 DM Abdou 36EU Sedan Signed Y Summer 2008 Free
6 DF Mabiala 33EU Paris Saint-Germain Loan Y Summer 2008 Loan Source
29 MF Martin 33EU Manchester United Loan Y Summer 2008 Loan Source
36 CF Easter 39EU Wycombe Wanderers Transfer Y w 2008 £210k Source
37 CF Jutkiewicz 31EU Everton Loan Y w 2008 Loan Source
8 CM Folly 34EU Sheffield Wednesday Transfer Y w 2008 £xxxk Source

Out
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
27 CF Reid 32EU Wycombe Wanderers Loan Y Summer Loan Source
28 CB Laird 32EU Torquay United Loan Y Summer Loan Source
1 GK Larrieu 44EU Yeovil Town Loan Y Summer Loan Source
32 MF Djordjic 39EU Released Y Summer Released Source
25 LM Dickson 34EU Brentford Loan Y Summer Loan Source
24 CF Barnes 18EU Oxford United Loan Y Summer Loan Source
8 CM Buzsáky 38EU Queens Park Rangers Transfer Y w £500k Source
10 CF Hayles 48EU Leicester City Transfer Y w £150k Source
22 RM Gosling 31EU Everton Transfer Y w £1.5m Source
9 CF Ebanks-Blake 34EU Wolverhampton Wanderers Transfer Y w £1.5m
7 RM Norris 39EU 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:

Competitions

Overall
Competition Started roundCurrent
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 200726 September 2007
FA Cup 3rd round 3rd round 5 January 2008

Updated to match played 24 October 2007
Source: Competitions

Results

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHHAHAHAAH
ResultWDLDDWLDWDWWLLDWWLWLDWLWDLWDLWLDLDL
Updated to match(es) played on 2 January 2008. Source: Match Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 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 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 -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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