2006–07 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Plymouth Argyle Ian Holloway Home Park Championship 11th FA Cup Quarter-finals Barry Hayles (14) League Cup 1st round _plymouth0506h _plymouth0506h _plymouth0506h _plymouth0506h _plymouth0506hl _plymouth0607a _plymouth0607a _plymouth0607a _plymouth0607al 000000 2005–06 2007–08 The 2007–08 football season was Plymouth Argyle Football Club's 38th season in the Football League Championship, the second division of English football, and their 102nd as a professional club. Summary of the 2006–07 season After only eight months as manager, during which he was credited with saving Argyle from relegation, Tony Pulis returned to Stoke City in mid-June.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/5075140.stm Pulis confirmed as Stoke manager 2006-06-14 2019-08-26 en-GB Two weeks later, former Queens Park Rangers (QPR) manager Ian Holloway, was appointed manager.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/plymouth_argyle/4781671.stm Holloway has top-flight dream 2006-08-11 2019-08-26 en-GB Holloway quickly added the team's only striker, Nick Chadwick, with veteran Barry Hayles from Millwall and 20-year-old Sylvan Ebanks-Blake from Manchester United who became the leading scorers of the season with 14 and 10 goals respectively. The addition of Dutch defender Marcel Seip, ultimately displaced Aljofree in central defence. In goal, Luke McCormick got first team action with Romain Larrieu out sick and kept his place. Several young players established themselves in the first team especially Gary Sawyer who became a regular on the left of defense, especially after Tony Capaldi appeared set to leave at the end of the season. Luke Summerfield and Dan Gosling also impressed. The first third of the season saw a fairly good start, where Holloway's signings, enthusiasm and more attacking style appeared to be lifting team performances from the previous season and to 6th place after 15 games. The possibility play-off and even promotion began to be talked about. However, the lack of depth showed mid-season as the accumulation of suspensions and injuries (including Paul Wotton out for the season with a knee injury) forced Holloway to draw ever deeper into reserves, and with a slide in results and position. Holloway moved aggressively during the January transfer window, bringing in loanees Kevin Gallen (striker, QPR), Hungarians Péter Halmosi (midfield) and Krisztián Timár (defence), and 17-year-old Scott Sinclair (left wing, Chelsea) and permanent signing Rory Fallon (Halmosi and Timár became permanent signings at the end of the season). Settling the new players in took time and though performances improved, it was not sufficiently to boost Argyle far up the table. However, Argyle had an excellent FA Cup run making it into the quarter finals before losing 1–0 against Watford, the farthest any non-premiership team made it. It was, however, a game that they should have won and the lack of killer instinct showed in this game and others. The team seemed to go into a funk after the Watford loss with a string of mediocre results which saw them drifting in mid-table. However, the team rallied at the end of the season with five successive wins and its best finish in 50 years. SeasonWinsLossesDrawsPointsPosition2006–0717131667112005–0613161756142004–051421115317 Midfielder Lilian Nalis was voted player of the year and defender Gary Sawyer young player of the year. While Argyle ended the season with no financial troubles, a big question remains over the ability of the team to attract the investment likely needed to lift the team to the Premiership with investments in players, stadium, and training facilities. Team The 2006–07 Plymouth Argyle first-team squad: 1 France GK Romain Larrieu 2 England DF Anthony Barness 4 France MF Lilian Nalis 5 Hungary DF Krisztián Timár on loan from Ferencvárosi TC 6 England DF Hasney Aljofree 7 England MF David Norris 8 Hungary MF Ákos Buzsáky 9 England FW Sylvan Ebanks-Blake 10 Jamaica FW Barry Hayles 11 England FW Nick Chadwick 12 Green Army 13 France DF Mathias Doumbe 14 Northern Ireland DF Tony Capaldi 15 England DF Paul Wotton captain 16 Hungary MF Péter Halmosi on loan from Debreceni VSC 17 England FW Kevin Gallen on loan from QPR 18 England DF Gary Sawyer 19 Netherlands DF Marcel Seip 20 England MF Lee Hodges 21 England FW Cherno Samba 22 England DF Paul Connolly 23 England GK Luke McCormick 24 England GK Josh Clapham 27 England FW Reuben Reid 28 Scotland DF Scott Laird 29 England MF Luke Summerfield 30 England MF Dan Gosling 31 Republic of Ireland FW Anthony Mason 32 Sweden MF Bojan Djordjic 33 New Zealand FW Rory Fallon 34 England FW Ashley Barnes 12 Green Army is not a real player, but was registered by the club as a tribute to the supporters. The idea behind assigning the number 12 was that the great support from fans gives Argyle a similar advantage to having an extra (twelfth) player. Transfers June 2007 Out DatePlayerTransferToFee18 August 2006Chris ZebroskiReleasedFree AgentReleased after being found guilty of gross misconduct18 May 2007Josh ClaphamReleasedFree Agent25 May 2007Tony CapaldiContract ExpiredFree AgentSigned for Cardiff In DatePlayerTransferFromFee14 July 2006Sylvan Ebanks-BlakeBuyManchester United£200,000 + £100,000 if plays enough matches19 July 2006Barry HaylesBuyMillwall£100,0004 August 2006Josh ClaphamFreeTrialN/A30 August 2006Marcel SeipFreeHeerenveenN/A30 August 2006Cherno SambaFreeCádizN/A11 January 2007Kevin GallenLoanQPRN/Ahttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/plymouth_argyle/6253921.stm Plymouth sign trio on loan deals BBC Sport 11 January 2007 12 October 202611 January 2007Péter HalmosiLoanDebreceni VSCN/A11 January 2007Krisztián TimárLoanFerencvárosN/A17 January 2007Scott SinclairLoanChelsea F.C.N/A19 January 2007Rory FallonBuySwansea City F.C.£300,000 16 March 2007Ashley BarnesFreePaulton RoversN/A 16 May 2007Péter HalmosiBuyDebreceni VSC£400,00016 May 2007Krisztián TimárBuyFerencváros£75,000 Competitions Championship 2006–07 Football League Championship Table PLY Results DateOppositionVenueResultScorers (for Plymouth Argyle in bold)Attend.Pos.5 AugWolvesHomeDraw (1–1)Hayles 35, Doumbe 47 (og)15,96498 AugColchesterAwayWin (1–0)Summerfield 304,627 712 AugSunderlandAwayWin (2–3)Murphy 1, Norris 8, Hayles 39, Elliott 67, Chadwick 8224,377 219 AugSheff. Weds.HomeLoss (1–2)Wotton 43, McAllister 52, O'Brien 8314,507 926 AugStokeAwayDraw (1–1)Sidibe 39, Hayles 7811,626 89 SeptQPRHomeDraw (1–1)Blackstock 17, Ebanks-Blake 3112,138 912 SeptCardiffHomeDraw (3–3)Thompson 8, Chopra 29, 49, McNaughton (og) 69,Hayles 74, Purse (og) 8811,6551116 SeptSouthamptonAwayLoss (0–1)Rasiak 5222,5141523 SeptNorwichHomeWin (3–1)Doherty 14 (og), Seip 47, Norris 74, Earnshaw 9411,813930 SeptCoventryAwayWin (1–0)Samba 8219,545814 OctDerbyHomeWin (3–1)Wotton 45 (pen), Lupoli 45+2, Wotton 63 (pen), Seip 7913,622517 OctBarnsleyAwayDraw (2–2)Kay 2, Ebanks-Blake 29, Hayles 34, Richards 509,479621 OctBurnleyHomeDraw (0–0)-12,817728 OctCrystal PalaceAwayWin (1–0)Chadwick 3917,084531 OctIpswichHomeDraw (1–1)Legwinski 1, Wotton 2212,21064 NovBirminghamHomeLoss (0–1)Jaidi 75, 17,008711 NovLeicesterAwayDraw (2–2)Hume 29, Nalis 31, Porter 75, Hayles 9021,703718 NovSouthendAwayDraw (1–1)Djordjic 5, Gower 59, 9,469925 NovLeedsHomeLoss (1–2)Blake 3, Djordjic 40, Lewis 61 17,0881228 NovLutonHomeWin (1–0)Djordjic 619,96592 DecBirminghamAwayLoss (0–3)Bendtner 21, Upson 30, McSheffrey 4122,592119 DecHullHomeWin (1–0)Ebanks-Blake 7112,1011016 DecPrestonAwayLoss (0–3)Pugh 12, Omerod 41, Alexander 5613,1711223 DecWest BromHomeDraw (2–2)Hayles 23, Nalis 40, Phillips 45+1, 45+315,1721226 DecCardiffAwayDraw(2–2)Norris 34, Thompson 47, 52, Norris 5917,2891330 DecDerbyAwayLoss (0–1)Bisgaard 8125,775131 JanSouthamptonHomeDraw (1–1) Rasiak 5, Hayles 6615,3771313 JanNorwichAwayWin (3–1)Safri 45+1, Hayles 59, Buzsaky 63, 5723,5231222 JanCoventryHomeWin (3–2)Gallen 18, Birchall 22, Buzsaky 32, Hayles 48, Mifsud 70 9,8411130 JanWest BromAwayLoss (1–2)Kamara 41(pen), 50, Fallon 7019,894113 FebWolvesAwayDraw (2–2)Sinclair 27, Ward 33, Timar 36, Olofinjana 6919,0821110 FebSunderlandHomeLoss (0–2)Stokes 69, Connolly 7115,2471120 FebColchesterHomeWin (3–0)Norris 12, Ebanks-Blake 59 (pen), Gosling 6712,8951124 FebQPRAwayDraw (1–1)Nalis 32, Cook 59,13,757123 MarStokeHomeDraw (1–1)Ebanks-Blake 40 (pen), Russell 5512,539125 MarSheff. Wed.AwayDraw (1–1)MacClean 21, Gosling, 5619,4491214 MarBarnsleyHomeLoss (2–4)Nalis 15, Nyatanga 20, Devaney 31, Ebanks-Blake, Devaney 61, Ferenczi 9310,2651317 MarCrystal PalaceHomeWin (1–0)Sinclair 4811,2391331 MarIpswichAwayLoss (0–3)Garvan 9, Lee 15, Haynes 9021,078133 AprBurnleyAwayLoss (0–4)Duff 13, McVeigh 20, Jones 38, Elliot 619,793137 AprLeedsAwayLoss (1–2)Halmosi 36, Healy 45, Michalik 8730,034159 AprLeicesterHomeWin (3–0)Halmosi 15, Ebanks-Blake 46, Hayles 6210,9001314 AprLutonAwayWin (2–1)Norris 4, Halmosi 40, O'Leary 517,6011321 AprSouthendHomeWin (2–1)Ebanks-Blake 6, Clarke 25, Hayles 8911,0971228 AprPrestonHomeWin (2–0)Ebanks-Blake 77, Hayles 8513,813126 MayHullAwayWin (2–1)Halmosi 45+1, Ebanks-Blake 59 Elliot 6120,66111 FA Cup 2006–07 FA Cup DateOppositionVenueResultScorers (for Plymouth Argyle in bold)Attend.Pos.6 JanPeterboroughAwayDraw (1–1)Aljofree 74, Mclean 786,255 -16 JanPeterboroughHomeWin (2–1)Mclean 13, Hayles 18, Norris 279,973 -27 JanBarnetAwayWin (2–0)Aljofree 67 (pen), Sinclair 835,204 -17 FebDerbyHomeWin (2–0)Gallen 14 (pen), Sinclair 8318,026 -11 MarWatfordHomeLoss (0–1)Bouazza 2120,652 - League Cup 2006–07 Football League Cup DateOppositionVenueResultScorers (for Plymouth Argyle in bold)Attend.Pos.22 AugWalsallHomeLoss (0–1)Dann 856,407 - Pre-season results The pre-season saw wins over Tiverton (4–0), Grays Athletic (3–0), FC Gratkorn (5–1), and Yeovil (2–0) and losses to Real Madrid (0–1) and Bristol Rovers (0–1). A pre-season altercation between first-year Chris Zebroski and team captain, mid-fielder Paul Wotton in an Austrian bar resulted in 100 stitches to Wotton's head and the sacking of Zebroski. Wotton recovered for the first game of the season. References Category:Plymouth Argyle F.C. seasons Plymouth Argyle