2007–08 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season
# 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.

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.
* 5 July: Gary Sawyer signs a three-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until summer 2010.
* 20 July: New kit is announced.
* 23 July: Argyle arrive in Austria for their pre-season tour.
* 3 August: Dan Gosling is called up the England U17 squad for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
* 3 August: Damon Lenszner resigns from the board of directors.
* 18 August: Ian Holloway misses the home game against Ipswich Town after being rushed to hospital with kidney stones.
* 21 August: Club captain Paul Wotton returns to action after nearly nine months out through injury.
* 15 September: Dan Gosling signs a three-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until summer 2010.
* 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.
* 19 October: Bojan Djordjic has his contract terminated with the club.
* 21 November: Manager Ian Holloway resigned from Plymouth Argyle, signing a contract with Leicester City F.C. days later.
* 27 November: Paul Sturrock is appointed manager of Plymouth Argyle for the second time.
* 13 December: Paul Wotton plays his first game on over a year, in a 2–0 win reserve team victory over Exeter City.
* 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. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | Larrieu | 46 | EU | 2000 | 214 | 0 | 2008 | Free |
| 23 | GK | McCormick | 39 | EU | 1999 | 136 | 0 | 2009 | Youth system |
| 13 | CB | Doumbe | 43 | EU | 2004 | 111 | 3 | 2008 | Free |
| 19 | CB | Seip | 41 | EU | 2006 | 71 | 3 | 2009 | Free |
| 5 | CB | Timár | 43 | EU | 2007 (Winter) | 35 | 4 | 2009 | £75k |
| 18 | LB | Sawyer | 38 | EU | 2004 | 40 | 0 | 2010 | Youth system |
| 26 | CM | Abdou | 39 | EU | 2007 | 15 | 1 | 2008 | Free |
| 20 | CM | Summerfield | 35 | EU | 2004 | 31 | 2 | 2008 | Youth system |
| 16 | LM | Halmosi | 43 | EU | 2007 (Winter) | 47 | 7 | 2010 | £400k |
| 14 | CF | Fallon | 41 | EU | 2007 (Winter) | 30 | 3 | 2009 | £300k |
| 36 | CF | Easter | 41 | EU | 2008 (Winter) | 14 | 2 | | £210k |
| 25 | CF | Mackie | 37 | 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 | Total | Total | League Championship | League Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | Football League Cup | Football League Cup | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Sts | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | Notes |
| 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 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Transfers

### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 | DM | Abdou | 39 | EU | Sedan | Signed Y | Summer | 2008 | Free | |
| 6 | DF | Mabiala | 35 | EU | Paris Saint-Germain | Loan Y | Summer | 2008 | Loan | Source |
| 29 | MF | Martin | 36 | EU | Manchester United | Loan Y | Summer | 2008 | Loan | Source |
| 36 | CF | Easter | 41 | EU | Wycombe Wanderers | Transfer Y | w | 2008 | £210k | Source |
| 37 | CF | Jutkiewicz | 34 | EU | Everton | Loan Y | w | 2008 | Loan | Source |
| 8 | CM | Folly | 37 | EU | Sheffield Wednesday | Transfer Y | w | 2008 | £xxxk | Source |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 27 | CF | Reid | 34 | EU | Wycombe Wanderers | Loan Y | Summer | Loan | Source |
| 28 | CB | Laird | 35 | EU | Torquay United | Loan Y | Summer | Loan | Source |
| 1 | GK | Larrieu | 46 | EU | Yeovil Town | Loan Y | Summer | Loan | Source |
| 32 | MF | Djordjic | 41 | EU | | Released Y | Summer | Released | Source |
| 25 | LM | Dickson | 36 | EU | Brentford | Loan Y | Summer | Loan | Source |
| 24 | CF | Barnes | 18 | EU | Oxford United | Loan Y | Summer | Loan | Source |
| 8 | CM | Buzsáky | 41 | EU | Queens Park Rangers | Transfer Y | w | £500k | Source |
| 10 | CF | Hayles | 51 | EU | Leicester City | Transfer Y | w | £150k | Source |
| 22 | RM | Gosling | 33 | EU | Everton | Transfer Y | w | £1.5m | Source |
| 9 | CF | Ebanks-Blake | 37 | EU | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Transfer Y | w | £1.5m | |
| 7 | RM | Norris | 42 | 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 |
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Source:

## 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 | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Matches

| 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

