2016–17 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season

Plymouth Argyle

2016–17 season

Chairman

James Brent

Manager

Derek Adams

Stadium

Home Park

Football League Cup

1st Round
(knocked out by Reading)

Highest home attendance

13,508

Lowest home attendance

6,935

Average home league attendance

8,706

Home colours

Away colours

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2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season is Plymouth Argyle's sixth consecutive season in League Two and their 131st year in existence.^[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Pre-season

9 July 2016 (2016-07-09) Friendly	St Blazey	0–9	Plymouth Argyle	Tavistock
19:30		Report	Jervis 20', 22', 76' Slew 16', 81' Goodwillie 33', 50' Spencer 67' Purrington 46'	Stadium: Blaise Park Attendance: 1,000 (approx)

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) Friendly	Tavistock	2–7	Plymouth Argyle	Tavistock
19:30	Hobbs 43' (pen.) McCargo 51'	Report	Battle 20', 76' Spencer 31' Goodwillie 41' Rooney 68' Jervis 81' Carey 84'	Stadium: Langsford Park Attendance: 1,600

13 July 2016 (2016-07-13) Friendly	Bovey Tracey	0–6	Plymouth Argyle	Bovey Tracey
19:30		Report	Carey 2' Jervis 11' Rooney 42' Own Goal 66' Spencer 72' Goodwillie 83'	Stadium: Western Counties Roofing Ground

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly	Torquay United	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	Torquay
19:30	Blissett pen' (54)	Report	Goodwillie 43'	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2,474 (1,220 away) Referee: Hutchinson

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) Friendly	Truro City	0–2	Plymouth Argyle	Truro
19:30		Report	Spencer 69' Ijaha 71'	Stadium: Treyew Road Attendance: 1,002

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) Friendly	Elburton Villa	0–12	Plymouth Argyle	Elburton
19:30		Report	Goodwillie 9', 42', 45', 70' Bradley 21', 50' Carey 66', 89' Spencer 33', 35' Songo'o 71' Jervis 90'	Stadium: Haye Road Attendance: 953

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Friendly	Weymouth	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	Weymouth
19:30	Shephard pen' (59)	Report	Goodwillie 53'	Stadium: Bob Lucas Stadium

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Friendly	Maastricht	1–2	Plymouth Argyle	Maastricht
18:00	Verheydt 7'	Report	Goodwillie 22' Songo'o 85'	Stadium: De Geusselt Attendance: 1,467 (100+ away)

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Friendly	Plymouth Argyle	0–0	West Bromwich Albion	Plymouth
17:30		Report		Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,021 (716 away)

League Two

Main article: 2016–17 Football League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Doncaster Rovers	19	12	3	4	42	28	+14	39	Promotion to Football League One
2	Carlisle United	19	10	8	1	37	23	+14	38
3	Plymouth Argyle	19	12	2	5	29	21	+8	38
4	Portsmouth	19	9	4	6	32	20	+12	31	Qualification for League Two play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Luton Town	19	8	7	4	28	18	+10	31	Qualification for League Two play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Results by round

Win Draw Loss

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	L
Position	24	24	19	11	7	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Last updated: 23 November 2016.
Source: BBC SPORT
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 22 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season will be announced.^[2]

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 1	Plymouth Argyle	0–3	Luton Town	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Miller 45+2'	Report	Hylton 26' 50' Ruddock 55' Marriott 69' Potts 71', 88' Smith 90+6' McGeehan 90+8'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 9,761 (1,094 away) Referee: Lee Collins

13 August 2016 2	Carlisle United	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Lambe 37' Grainger 63'	Report	Threlkeld 37' Songo'o 53' Smith 90'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5,129 (362 away) Referee: Andy Haines

16 August 2016 3	Notts County	1–2	Plymouth Argyle	Nottingham
19:45 BST	Stead 17' Dickinson 48' Opoku Aborah 71'	Report	Jervis 14' Bulvitis 34' Miller 42' Songo'o 70' Sawyer 84' Smith 88' McCormick 89'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 3,718 (366 away) Referee: Mark Heywood

20 August 2016 4	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Mansfield Town	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Carey 19', 24' Bradley 72' Slew 87'	Report		Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 6,935 (209 away) Referee: Brendan Malone

27 August 2016 5	Blackpool	0–1	Plymouth Argyle	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Payne 70' Robertson 85'	Report	Bulvitis 50' Songo'o 64' Spencer 71'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,085 (626 away) Referee: Nigel Miller

3 September 2016 6	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Garita 58' Bradley 90'	Report	Hall 44' Rowe 69' Wright 81'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 7,552 (262 away) Referee: Nick Kinseley

10 September 2016 7	Plymouth Argyle	2–1	Cambridge United	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Carey 9' Slew 59'	Report	Elito 80'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 7,068 (144 away) Referee: Lee Probert

17 September 2016 8	Exeter City	0–2	Plymouth Argyle	Exeter
15:00 BST		Report	Carey 5' Garita 26'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 6,612 (1,600 away) Referee: Whitestone

24 September 2016 9	Plymouth Argyle	1–1	Hartlepool United	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Miller 68' Jervis Pen' (84)	Report	Thomas 21' Harrison Nsiala 82' Paynter 84' Deverdics 90+1'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 7,591 (69 away) Referee: Eltringham

27 September 2016 10	Leyton Orient	0–2	Plymouth Argyle	Leyton, London
19:45 BST	Weir 1' Janse 14' Hunt 67'	Report	Spencer 11' Purrington 37' Bulvitis 55' Carey 82' Donaldson 84'	Stadium: Matchroom Stadium Attendance: 4,366 (918 away) Referee: Charles Breakspear

1 October 2016 11	Plymouth Argyle	4–1	Yeovil Town	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Fox 7' Spencer 39' Jervis 43', 86' Carey 71' Tanner 84'	Report	Smith 35' Ward 45' Hedges 62' Dawson 67'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,529 (495 away) Referee: Seb Stockbridge

8 October 2016 12	Stevenage	1–2	Plymouth Argyle	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Godden 29' Bradley 54' (o.g.) Henry 46' Cowans 69' Franks 78'	Report	Bradley 47' 58' Spencer 50' Purrington 69' Jervis 85'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 2,881 (904 away) Referee: Ross Joyce

15 October 2016 13	Plymouth Argyle	2–2	Portsmouth	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Songo'o 21' 48' Slew 70' Purrington 74' Smith 89'	Report	Bennett 40' Evans 42' Chaplin 45' Rose 86'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 13,508 (1,582 away) Referee: Darren Handley

22 October 2016 14	Newport County	1–3	Plymouth Argyle	Newport
15:00 BST	Barnum-Bobb 28' Cameron 33' Grego-Cox 33' Day 38' Parkin 50'	Report	Carey pen' (38) pen' (55) Slew 78' Spencer 82'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,460 (1,067 away) Referee: Michael Salisbury

29 October 2016 15	Plymouth Argyle	2–1	Colchester United	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Tanner 16' Bulvītis 68' Carey 72' Donaldson 87'	Report	Slater 31' Wynter 56'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,650 (204 away) Referee: Kevin Johnson

13 November 2016 16	Crewe Alexandra	1–2	Plymouth Argyle	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Kiwomya 16'	Report	Tanner 41' Donaldson 52' Carey 74'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 4,573 (1,106 away) Referee: Nigel Miller

19 November 2016 17	Plymouth Argyle	0–3	Grimsby Town	Plymouth
15:00 GMT		Report	Collins 44' Bogle 62', 86'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,241 Referee: Rob Jones

22 November 2016 18	Plymouth Argyle	0–2	Barnet	Plymouth
19:45 GMT	Smith 62'	Report	Dembélé 7' Akinde 45' Watson 62'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 7,188 Referee: Brett Huxtable

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

Matches

9 August 2016 First round	Reading	2–0	Plymouth Argyle	Reading
20:00 BST	van den Berg 16' Beerens 28'	Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 6,979 Referee: Simon Hooper

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

5 November 2016 First round	Mansfield Town	1–2	Plymouth Argyle	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Hemmings 58'	Report	Slew 14' Fox 80' Spencer 89'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 2,318 Referee: Dean Whitestone

3 December 2016 Second round	Plymouth Argyle	0–0	Newport County	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Jervis 27' Tanner 79'	Report	Barnum-Bobb 3' Rigg 23' Butler 34' Bennett 73'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 5,071 Referee: John Brooks

20 December 2016 Second round replay	Newport County	v	Plymouth Argyle	Newport
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Rodney Parade

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	AFC Wimbledon	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Swansea City Academy	3	2	1	4	4	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Plymouth Argyle	3	1	2	5	5	0	3
4	L2	Newport County	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 Group stage 1	Plymouth Argyle	4–1	Newport County	Plymouth
19:45 BST	Slew 51' Jervis 58' Bulvitis 69' Tanner 90'	Report	Green 19'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 2,349 (89 away) Referee: Phil Gibbs

4 October 2016 Group stage 2	AFC Wimbledon	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Kingsmeadow
19:45 BST	Taylor 28' 65' Barnett 68' 89' Beere 71'	Report	Smith 7' Miller 64'	Attendance: 936 (297 away) Referee: Graham Horwood

8 November 2016 Group stage 3	Swansea City U23	2–0	Plymouth Argyle	Swansea
19:45 GMT	James 13' McBurnie 20'	Report	Bentley 45+1'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Referee: Brendan Malone

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB	Nauris Bulvītis	Spartaks Jūrmala	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2016	CF	Ryan Donaldson	Cambridge United	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2016	CF	David Goodwillie	Aberdeen	Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2016	RB	Gary Miller	Partick Thistle	Free transfer	^[6]
1 July 2016	CB	Karleigh Osborne	Bristol City	Free transfer	^[7]
1 July 2016	CF	Jordan Slew	Chesterfield	Free transfer	^[8]
1 July 2016	CM	Connor Smith	AFC Wimbledon	Undisclosed	^[9]
1 July 2016	CB	Yann Songo'o	Free agent	Free transfer	^[10]
1 July 2016	CF	Jimmy Spencer	Cambridge United	Free transfer	^[11]
2 July 2016	DM	Oscar Threlkeld	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[12]
11 July 2016	CB	Sonny Bradley	Crawley Town	Free transfer	^[13]
18 July 2016	CM	David Ijaha	Whitehawk	Free transfer	^[14]
22 July 2016	CM	David Fox	Crewe Alexandra	Free transfer	^[15]
1 August 2016	GK	Marc McCallum	Livingston	Free transfer	^[16]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	GK	James Bittner	Newport County	Free transfer	^[17]
1 July 2016	LW	Callum Hall	Free agent	Released	^[18]
1 July 2016	CB	Peter Hartley	Bristol Rovers	Free transfer	^[19]
1 July 2016	GK	Corey Harvey	Free agent	Released	^[18]
1 July 2016	CM	Josh Simpson	Free agent	Released	^[18]
1 July 2016	CF	Deane Smalley	Free agent	Released	^[18]
1 July 2016	LW	Gregg Wylde	Millwall	Free transfer	^[20]
4 July 2016	AM	Tyler Harvey	Wrexham ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Rejected contract	^[22]
4 July 2016	RB	Kelvin Mellor	Blackpool ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Rejected contract	^[22]
4 July 2016	CB	Curtis Nelson	Oxford United ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	£250,000	^[22]
4 July 2016	CF	Reuben Reid	Exeter City ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Rejected contract	^[22]
5 July 2016	CB	Carl McHugh	Motherwell	Free transfer	^[26]

↑ Following Harvey's departure, he signed for Wrexham.^[21]
↑ Following Mellor's departure, he signed for Blackpool.^[23]
↑ Following Nelson's departure, he signed for Oxford United.^[24]
↑ Following Reid's departure, he signed for Exeter City.^[25]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
18 August 2016	SS		Craig Tanner	Reading	16 January 2017	^[27]
31 August 2016	CF		Paul Garita	Bristol City	16 January 2017	^[28]

References

↑ "History". Statto.
↑ "Sky Bet EFL: Key dates for 2016/17". The Football League. 27 April 2016.
↑ "The Time is Nau". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
↑ "Ryan's Game". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
↑ "Goals to the Good". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
↑ "It's Miller Time". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
↑ "Osborne to be a Pilgrim". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
↑ "Pilgrim Jordan". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
↑ "Connor Rolls In". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
↑ "Song'O' The South". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
↑ "Jimmy's In". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
↑ "Oscar Sequel". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
↑ "Sonny Outlook". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
↑ "Ijaha In". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
↑ "Fox Ticks the Box". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
↑ "On Your Marcs". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
↑ "Exiles sign Myrie-Williams and Bittner". BBC. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
1 2 3 4 "Retained List". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
↑ "Thanks, Pete". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
↑ "Wylde Lion". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
↑ "Plymouth Argyle's Tyler Harvey signs for Wrexham on one-year deal". BBC. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
1 2 3 4 "Skipper Nelson and Reid leave Plymouth". BBC. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
↑ "Blackpool sign Argyle right-back Mellor". BBC. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
↑ "Nelson makes Oxford United switch". BBC. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
↑ "Exeter sign ex-Plymouth striker Reid". BBC. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
↑ "Statement - Carl McHugh". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
↑ "Tanner is Back". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
↑ "Arnie's Green Army". Plymouth Argyle Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

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National teams

Senior (2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying round)
U21 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U19 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

Levels 2–4	English Football League (Championship, League 1, League 2)

Levels 5–6	National League

Levels 7–8	Isthmian League Northern Premier League Southern League

Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League Midland League Northern Counties East League Northern League North West Counties League Southern Combination League Southern Counties East League South West Peninsula League (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League United Counties League Wessex League Western League West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)

EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 23	Professional U23 Development League Premier League Cup

Under 18	Professional U18 Development League FA Youth Cup

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Bournemouth Burnley Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Hull City Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Championship	Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burton Albion Cardiff City Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	AFC Wimbledon Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bristol Rovers Bury Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Coventry City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterbrough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall

League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Blackpool Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Notts County Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town

Summer 2016 transfers
Winter 2016–17 transfers
Summer 2017 transfers

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