2015–16 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season

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Plymouth Argyle
2015–16 season
Chairman James Brent
Manager Derek Adams
Stadium Home Park
FA Cup 1st Round
(knocked out by Carlisle)
Football League Cup 1st round
(knocked out by Gillingham)
Football League Trophy Southern Area Quarter-Final
(knocked out by Millwall)
Highest home attendance 15,011
Lowest home attendance 6,071
Average home league attendance 8,841
Home colours
Away colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season is Plymouth Argyle's fifth consecutive season in League Two and their 130th 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 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Current squad

No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Age Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee End
Goalkeepers
21 James Bittner GK England Devizes 42 2 0 Salisbury City 8 July 2014 Free 2016
23 Luke McCormick GK England Coventry 40 273 0 Oxford United 9 May 2013 Free 2016
31 Vincent Dorel GK France Rennes 32 0 0 Poiré-sur-Vie 14 March 2016 Free 2017
Defenders
2 Kelvin Mellor RB England Crewe 33 81 2 Crewe Alexandra 26 June 2014 Free 2016
3 Gary Sawyer LB England Bideford 38 145 5 Leyton Orient 1 July 2015 Free 2017
4 Carl McHugh CB Republic of Ireland Lettermacaward 31 83 7 Bradford City 16 June 2014 Free 2016
5 Curtis Nelson CB England Newcastle-under-Lyme 30 232 7 Academy 8 October 2010 Trainee 2016
6 Peter Hartley CB England Hartlepool 36 83 5 Stevenage 1 July 2014 Free 2016
16 Ben Purrington LB England Exeter 27 33 1 Academy 21 May 2013 Trainee Undisclosed
19 Aaron Bentley CB England Plymouth 28 4 0 Academy 21 March 2014 Trainee 2016
28 Luke Croll CB England Lambeth 29 3 0 Crystal Palace 20 November 2015 Loan 2 January 2016
28 Jordon Forster CB Scotland Edinburgh 30 5 0 Hibernian 12 January 2015 Loan 7 May 2016
Midfielders
26 Oscar Threlkeld RB England Bolton 29 25 1 Bolton 27 August 2015 Loan 9 April 2016
7 Lee Cox DM England Leicester 33 52 0 Swindon Town 12 May 2014 Free 2016
8 Josh Simpson CM England Harlow 37 27 1 Crawley Town 6 July 2015 Free 2016
10 Graham Carey AM Republic of Ireland Blanchardstown 34 32 9 Ross County 3 July 2015 Free 2016
11 Gregg Wylde LW Scotland Kirkintilloch 33 38 6 St Mirren 1 July 2015 Free 2016
20 Hiram Boateng CM England Wandsworth 28 19 2 Crystal Palace 23 July 2015 Loan 2016
22 Callum Hall LW England Plympton 27 0 0 Academy 1 June 2015 Trainee 2016
25 Ryan Lane MF England Saltash 17 0 0 Academy 1 July 2013 Trainee 2016
Forwards
9 Reuben Reid CF England Bristol 35 157 49 Yeovil Town 10 June 2014 Free 2016
14 Jake Jervis CF England Wolverhampton 32 37 11 Ross County 29 June 2015 Free 2016
15 Tyler Harvey CF/AM England Plymouth 28 58 3 Academy 1 July 2012 Free 2016
17 Ryan Brunt CF England Birmingham 30 57 13 Bristol Rovers 20 January 2015 Free 2016
18 Deane Smalley CF England Chadderton 35 19 2 Oxford United 20 May 2014 Free 2016
24 Louis Rooney CF Northern Ireland Carrickfergus 27 1 2 Academy 1 June 2015 Trainee 2016
27 Craig Tanner SS England Reading 29 38 6 Reading 5 August 2015 Loan 7 May 2016
7 Daniel Nardiello ST Wales Coventry 41 4 0 Bury 27 January 2016 Loan 2016

Last updated: 6 March 2016
Source:Greens on Screen

Pre-season

League Two

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League table

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
3 Bristol Rovers (P) 46 26 7 13 77 46 +31 85 Promotion to Football League One
4 Accrington Stanley 46 24 13 9 74 48 +26 85 Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Plymouth Argyle 46 24 9 13 72 46 +26 81
6 Portsmouth 46 21 15 10 75 44 +31 78
7 AFC Wimbledon (O, P) 46 21 12 13 64 50 +14 75
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. ↑ 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 A H H A H A A H A H H A H A A H 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 W L W W W L W D D W W W W L W W W L D D L W W W W L W D L W D D W L D L L W W L L W W L D W
Position 7 8 6 3 2 3 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 5 5 4 5 6 5

Last updated: 02 April 2016.
Source: BBC SPORT
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[2]

Football League play-offs

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League Cup

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Matches

FA Cup

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Matches

Football League Trophy

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Matches

Appearance / Goals / Disciplinary

No Nat Pos Name Appearances Sub App Goals Booked Red card
2 England RB Kelvin Mellor 44 4 1 6 1
3 England LB Gary Sawyer 49 0 0 10 0
4 Republic of Ireland CB Carl McHugh 40 3 4 12 0
5 England CB Curtis Nelson 53 0 3 7 0
6 England CB Peter Hartley 49 0 3 7 0
7 England CM Lee Cox 0 5 0 1 0
7 Wales CM Daniel Nardiello 0 4 0 0 0
8 England CM Josh Simpson 16 12 1 1 0
9 England ST Reuben Reid 24 7 7 1 0
10 Republic of Ireland AM Graham Carey 40 5 12 6 0
11 Scotland LW Gregg Wylde 39 11 7 0 0
14 England ST Jake Jervis 45 4 14 1 0
15 England ST Tyler Harvey 1 7 2 0 0
16 England LB Ben Purrington 7 9 0 4 0
17 England ST Ryan Brunt 19 20 10 2 0
18 England ST Deane Smalley 0 1 0 0 0
19 England CB Aaron Bentley 0 0 0 0 0
19 Jamaica ST Jamille Matt 11 2 7 0 0
20 Ghana CM Hiram Boateng 27 2 2 2 0
21 England GK James Bittner 1 0 0 0 0
22 England LW Callum Hall 0 0 0 0 0
23 England GK Luke McCormick 47 0 0 3 0
24 Northern Ireland ST Louis Rooney 1 0 2 0 0
26 England RB Oscar Threlkeld 19 9 1 5 0
27 England SS Craig Tanner 25 24 6 6 0
28 England CB Luke Croll 3 0 0 2 0
28 Scotland CB Jordon Forster 8 4 0 4 0
31 England GK Christian Walton 4 0 0 0 0
31 France GK Vincent Dorel 1 0 0 0 0
32 England CM Jordan Houghton 10 0 1 1 0

Last updated: 22 May 2016
Source:Greens on Screen

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 LW England Callum Hall Academy Trainee [3]
1 July 2015 CF England Jake Jervis Ross County Free Transfer [4]
1 July 2015 CF Northern Ireland Louis Rooney Academy Trainee [3]
1 July 2015 LB England Gary Sawyer Leyton Orient Free transfer [5]
1 July 2015 LW Scotland Gregg Wylde St Mirren Free transfer [6]
3 July 2015 AM Republic of Ireland Graham Carey Ross County Free transfer [7]
6 July 2015 CM England Josh Simpson Crawley Town Free transfer [8]
14 March 2016 GK France Vincent Dorel Poiré-sur-Vie Free transfer [9]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 RW England Lewis Alessandra Rochdale Free transfer [10]
1 July 2015 CM England River Allen Gateshead [lower-alpha 1] Released [12]
1 July 2015 LM England Jason Banton Wycombe Wanderers [lower-alpha 2] Free transfer [12]
1 July 2015 CM England Dominic Blizzard Free Agent Released [12]
1 July 2015 CF England Matt Lecointe Free Agent Released [12]
1 July 2015 CF Grenada Marvin Morgan Havant & Waterlooville [lower-alpha 3] Free transfer [12]
1 July 2015 CM England Oliver Norburn Free Agent Released [12]
1 July 2015 CB England Jamie Richards Torquay United [lower-alpha 4] Released [12]
1 July 2015 CB England Paul Wotton Retired N/A [12]
17 July 2015 CB Republic of Ireland Anthony O'Connor Burton Albion Free transfer [16]
15 January 2016 CB England Aaron Bentley Free Agent Released [17]
29 January 2016 CM England Lee Cox Stevenage Free transfer [18]
  1. ↑ Following Allen's release he joined Gateshead.[11]
  2. ↑ Following Banton's release he joined Wycombe Wanderers.[13]
  3. ↑ Following Morgan's release he joined Havant & Waterlooville.[14]
  4. ↑ Following Richards' release he joined Torquay United.[15]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name Loaned from Date until Ref.
23 July 2015 CM England Hiram Boateng Crystal Palace 2 January 2016 [19]
5 August 2015 SS England Craig Tanner Reading 7 May 2016 [20][21]
27 August 2015 CB England Oscar Threlkeld Bolton Wanderers 9 April 2016 [21][22]
19 November 2015 GK England Christian Walton Brighton 2 January 2016 [23]
20 November 2015 CB England Luke Croll Crystal Palace 2 January 2016 [24]
12 January 2016 CB Scotland Jordon Forster Hibernian 7 May 2016 [25]
27 January 2016 ST Wales Daniel Nardiello Bury 7 May 2016 [26]
10 March 2016 CM England Jordan Houghton Chelsea 31 May 2016 [27]
11 March 2016 ST Jamaica Jamille Matt Fleetwood 8 April 2016 [28]
23 March 2016 CM England Hiram Boateng Crystal Palace 7 May 2016 [29]

Loans Out

Date from Position Nationality Name Loaned to Date until Ref.
26 November 2015 CM England Lee Cox Stevenage May 2016 [30][31]
21 January 2016 ST England Deane Smalley Newport May 2016 [32]
11 March 2016 ST England Tyler Harvey Bath 8 April 2016 [33]

References

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