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2008–09 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Plymouth Argyle
season	2008–09
manager	Paul Sturrock
chairman	Paul Stapleton
league	Championship
league result	21st
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third Round (knocked out by Arsenal)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	First Round (knocked out by Luton Town)
league topscorer
Paul Gallagher (13)
season topscorer
Paul Gallagher (13)
highest attendance	15,197 vs. Southampton (26 December 2008)
lowest attendance	9,203 vs. Swansea City (23 August 2008)
average attendance	11,533
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prevseason	2007–08
nextseason	2009–10

Paul Gallagher (13) Paul Gallagher (13) The 2008–09 football season was Plymouth Argyle Football Club's 40th season in the Football League Championship, the second division of English football, and their 104th as a professional club. It officially began on 1 July 2008, and concluded on 30 June 2009, although competitive matches were only played between August and May.

The team's shirt supplier was Puma. The shirt sponsor was Ginsters.

Season summary

The club began the 2008–09 season in the Football League Championship for the fourth successive year, following a highly creditable 10th-place finish the previous year. However, this season they finished 21st in the league table, one position and five points above the relegation zone with a record of 13 wins, 12 draws, and 21 defeats from 46 games. Their leading goalscorer was Paul Gallagher with 13 goals in all competitions.

The club entered the FA Cup in the third round, where they lost 3–1 away to Premier League club Arsenal. They entered the League Cup in the first round and were eliminated away to Luton Town of League Two, losing 2–0.

Notable players to begin their careers with the Pilgrims this season included Carl Fletcher, Alan Judge, Paul Gallagher, Karl Duguid and Chris Barker. The club captain was Romain Larrieu and the team captain was Karl Duguid.

Legend

Championship

Seip Vokes Timar Sibierski Summerfield Noble Fallon Gallagher Mackie Seip Green Lisbie Norris Mpenza Gray Gallagher Campbell-Ryce Summerfield Anderson Fontaine Hulse Bailey Lee Oster Gallagher Halford Mackie Kebe Russell Blake Mackie Judge Seip Taylor Hayter Heffernan Campbell-Ryce

League table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
19	Nottingham Forest	46	13	14	19	50	65	−15	53
20	Barnsley	46	13	13	20	45	58	−13	52
21	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	12	21	44	57	-13	51
22	Norwich City	46	12	10	24	57	70	−13	46
23	Southampton	46	10	15	21	46	69	−23	45

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results summary

As of games played 3 May 2009

Results by round

FA Cup

Third round Bendtner

Football League Cup

First round Plummer

Squad details

Player statistics

Key

# = Squad number; Pos = Playing position; P = Number of games played; G = Number of goals scored; [[File:Yellow card.svg|13px|alt=A yellow card]] = Yellow cards; [[File:Red card.svg|13px|alt=A red card]] = Red cards; GK = Goalkeeper; DF = Defender; MF = Midfielder; FW = Forward

Statistics do not include minor competitions or games played for other clubs. All players who were provided a squad number during the 2008–09 season are included.

No.	Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total	Discipline	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps
1	GK	France Romain Larrieu	41	0	1	0	0	42	0	1	0
2	MF	England Karl Duguid	39	1	1	1	1	41*	2	4	0
3	MF	Scotland Jim Paterson	7+10	0	0	0	1	8+10	0	1	0
4	MF	England Simon Walton ¤	12+1	0	0	0	1	13+1	0	3	1
5	DF	Hungary Krisztian Timar	13+8	0	0	0	1	14+8	0	0	1
6	MF	Scotland Chris Clark	30+6	0	1	0	0	31+6	0	2	0
7	MF	England Jason Puncheon ¤	5+1	0	0	0	1	6+1*	0	0	0
8	MF	England Yoann Folly	6+5	0	0	0	1	7+5	0	0	0
9	FW	Scotland Steve MacLean	11+10	2	0+1	0	1	12+11	2	4	0
10	FW	Wales Jermaine Easter ¤	2+2	0	0	0	1	3+2	0	0	0
11	FW	Scotland Paul Gallagher ‡	36+4	13	1	0	0	37+4*	13	6	0
13	DF	France Mathias Doumbe	21+3	1	0	0	0	21+3	1	5	0
14	FW	New Zealand Rory Fallon	26+18	5	1	0	0+1	27+19	5	6	0
15	DF	England Chris Barker	38+2	0	1	0	1	40+2*	0	1	0
16	DF	Scotland David McNamee	5+5	0	0	0	0	5+5*	0	3	1
17	MF	England Craig Noone	3+18	1	1	0	0	4+18*	1	1	0
18	DF	England Gary Sawyer	13	3	0	0	0	13	3	2	0
19	DF	NED Marcel Seip	41	3	1	0	0	42	3	4	0
20	MF	England Luke Summerfield	28+1	2	1	0	0+1	29+2	2	3	0
21	GK	Ireland Graham Stack ¤	5	0	0	0	1	6*	0	0	0
22	DF	Northern Ireland Craig Cathcart ‡	29+1	1	1	0	1	31+1*	1	1	0
23	MF	Ireland Alan Judge ‡	15+2	2	0	0	0	15+2*	2	2	0
23	MF	France Nicolas Marin ‡	1+5	0	0	0	0	1+5*	0	0	0
24	FW	Austria Ashley Barnes	12+3	1	0	0	0	12+3	1	2	0
25	MF	England Jamie Mackie	35+8	5	1	0	0+1	36+9	5	3	0
26	MF	DR Congo Yannick Bolasie ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	GK	England Lloyd Saxton	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
28	MF	Wales Carl Fletcher ‡	13	1	0	0	0	13*	1	3	0
28	DF	England Shane White †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	Ireland Damien McCrory ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	England Dan Smith †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	Belgium Emile Mpenza	3+6	2	0	0	0	3+6*	2	0	0
33	DF	Scotland David Gray ‡	14	0	1	0	0	15*	0	2	0
35	FW	England George Donnelly	0+2	0	0	0	0	0+2*	0	0	0
37	MF	Cameroon Roudolphe Douala †	1+1	0	0	0	0	1+1*	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Scorer	Goals
Scotland Paul Gallagher	13
New Zealand Rory Fallon	5
England Jamie Mackie
England Gary Sawyer	3
Holland Marcel Seip
England Karl Duguid	2
Ireland Alan Judge
Scotland Steve MacLean
Belgium Emile Mpenza
England Luke Summerfield
Austria Ashley Barnes	1
Northern Ireland Craig Cathcart
France Mathias Doumbe
Wales Carl Fletcher
England Craig Noone

Starting 11

The following players have been named in the most starting line-ups. This line-up may differ from the list of players with most appearances.

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Starts
1	France	GK	Romain Larrieu	42
13	France	DF	Mathias Doumbe	21
22	Northern Ireland	DF	Craig Cathcart	31
37	Holland	DF	Marcel Seip	42
15	England	DF	Chris Barker	40
25	England	MF	Jamie Mackie	36
2	England	MF	Karl Duguid	41
20	England	MF	Luke Summerfield	29
6	Scotland	MF	Chris Clark	31
14	New Zealand	FW	Rory Fallon	27
11	Scotland	FW	Paul Gallagher	37

Awards

2008–09 Awards	Pos.	Player
Player of the Year	GK	France Romain Larrieu
Young Player of the Year	DF	Northern Ireland Craig Cathcart

Transfers

Permanent

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2008	FW	England George Donnelly	ENG Skelmersdale United	Undisclosed
15 July 2008	DF	Scotland David McNamee	ENG Coventry City	Free
18 July 2008	GK	Ireland Graham Stack	ENG Reading	Free
1 August 2008	MF	DR Congo Yannick Bolasie	MLT Floriana	Undisclosed
6 August 2008	MF	England Simon Walton	ENG Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed
9 August 2008	DF	England Chris Barker	ENG Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed
30 August 2008	MF	England Craig Noone	ENG Southport	Undisclosed
1 September 2008	FW	Belgium Emile Mpenza	ENG Manchester City	Free
21 March 2009	MF	Cameroon Roudolphe Douala	GRE Asteras Tripolis	Free

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
3 July 2008	MF	France Jimmy Abdou	ENG Millwall	Free
16 July 2008	MF	Hungary Péter Halmosi	ENG Hull City	£2,500,000
22 July 2008	GK	England Luke McCormick	Free agent	Released
31 July 2008	MF	France Lilian Nalis	ENG Swindon Town	Free
4 February 2009	DF	England Shane White	Free agent	Released
31 May 2009	MF	England Dan Smith	Free agent	Released
1 June 2009	MF	Cameroon Roudolphe Douala	Free agent	Released

Loans

Start date	Pos.	Player	To	End date
8 August 2008	DF	Northern Ireland Craig Cathcart	ENG Manchester United	25 May 2009
29 August 2008	FW	Scotland Paul Gallagher	ENG Blackburn Rovers	25 May 2009
1 September 2008	MF	France Nicolas Marin	FRA Lorient	1 January 2009
1 January 2009	DF	Scotland David Gray	ENG Manchester United	25 May 2009
29 January 2009	MF	Ireland Alan Judge	ENG Blackburn Rovers	31 May 2009
19 February 2009	MF	Wales Carl Fletcher	ENG Crystal Palace	1 June 2009

Out

Start date	Pos.	Player	To	End date
9 September 2008	MF	England Dan Smith	ENG Morecambe	9 October 2008
25 September 2008	FW	Wales Jermaine Easter	ENG Millwall	9 November 2008
8 October 2008	DF	Ireland Damien McCrory	ENG Port Vale	29 December 2008
24 October 2008	MF	England Jason Puncheon	ENG Milton Keynes Dons	21 December 2008
20 November 2008	FW	Wales Jermaine Easter	ENG Colchester United	20 December 2008
22 November 2008	MF	DR Congo Yannick Bolasie	ENG Rushden & Diamonds	2 January 2009
27 November 2008	GK	Ireland Graham Stack	ENG Blackpool	1 January 2009
27 November 2008	FW	Austria Ashley Barnes	ENG Eastbourne Borough	26 January 2009
27 November 2008	MF	England Dan Smith	ENG Eastbourne Borough	1 June 2009
28 November 2008	DF	England Shane White	ENG Truro City	28 December 2008
9 January 2009	MF	England Jason Puncheon	ENG Milton Keynes Dons	1 June 2009
22 January 2009	MF	DR Congo Yannick Bolasie	ENG Barnet	1 June 2009
26 March 2009	GK	Ireland Graham Stack	ENG Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 June 2009
26 March 2009	MF	England Simon Walton	ENG Blackpool	1 June 2009

References

http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-season.asp?years=2008-2009 GoS: 2008–09
http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/season0809.asp {{Webarchive. link. (17 June 2009 GoS: 2008–09)
[http://www.pafc.co.uk/page/LeagueTable/0,,10364~20090615,00.html League Table]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080225150120/http://www.argylereview.co.uk/season.asp Appearances]
[http://www.pafc.co.uk/page/Appearances/0,,10364~200810364,00.html Appearances]
[http://www.pafc.co.uk/page/Discipline/0,,10364~200810364,00.html Discipline]
[http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=2036 Soccerbase Statistics]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=918&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Romain Larrieu]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=919&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Karl Duguid]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=920&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Jim Paterson]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=921&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Simon Walton]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=922&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Krisztian Timar]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=923&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Chris Clark]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=924&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Jason Puncheon]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=925&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Yoann Folly]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=926&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Steven MacLean]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=927&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Jermaine Easter]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=928&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Paul Gallagher]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=929&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Mathias Doumbe]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=930&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Rory Fallon]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=931&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Chris Barker]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=932&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 David McNamee]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=933&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Craig Noone]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=934&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Gary Sawyer]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=935&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Marcel Seip]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=936&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Luke Summerfield]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=937&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Graham Stack]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=938&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Craig Cathcart]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=944&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Alan Judge]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=520&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Nicolas Marin]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=942&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Ashley Barnes]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=939&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Jamie Mackie]
[http://www.pafc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10364~43988,00.html Yannick Bolasie]
[http://www.pafc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10364~44053,00.html Lloyd Saxton]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=947&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 George Donnelly]
[http://www.pafc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10364~43989,00.html Shane White]
[http://www.pafc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10364~43990,00.html Damien McCrory]
[http://www.pafc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10364~42685,00.html Dan Smith]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=940&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Emile Mpenza]
[http://www.pafc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10364~47540,00.html Ben Gerring]
[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=946&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Roudolphe Douala]

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