2020–21 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season

Plymouth Argyle
2020–21 season
ChairmanSimon Hallett
ManagerRyan Lowe
StadiumHome Park
League One18th
FA CupFourth round
EFL CupSecond round
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Luke Jephcott (16)
All: Luke Jephcott (18)
Highest home attendance2,000
(vs MK Dons, 19th Dec 2020)
(vs Oxford United, 29th Dec 2020)
Lowest home attendanceBehind closed doors

The 2020–21 season is Plymouth Argyle's 135th in existence and their first season back in EFL League One. Along with competing in League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup, and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

First-team squad

As of 18 January 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Apps. Goals Year signed Signed from Transfer fee
Goalkeepers
1 Michael Cooper GK (1999-10-08) 8 October 1999 58 0 2017 Academy Trainee
23 Luke McCormick GK (1983-08-15) 15 August 1983 377 0 2020 Swindon Town Free
26 Jack Ruddy GK (1997-12-27) 27 December 1997 2 0 2020 CD Leganés B Free
Defenders
2 Kelland Watts CB/DM (1999-11-03) 3 November 1999 49 3 2020 Newcastle United Loan
3 Gary Sawyer CB/LB (1985-07-05) 5 July 1985 298 6 2015 Leyton Orient Free
4 Will Aimson CB/DM (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 53 2 2019 Bury Free
22 Adam Lewis LB/LM/DM (1999-11-08) 8 November 1999 20 1 2021 Liverpool Loan
24 Jerome Opoku CB/LB (1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 38 1 2020 Fulham Loan
25 Sam Woods CB/RB/DM (1998-09-11) 11 September 1998 9 1 2021 Crystal Palace Loan
27 Ryan Law LB (1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 7 0 2018 Academy Trainee
41 Ollie Tomlinson CB (2002-05-19) 19 May 2002 2 0 2020 Academy Trainee
Midfielders
8 Joe Edwards RM/CM/RB (1990-10-31) 31 October 1990 87 12 2019 Walsall Free
10 Danny Mayor LM/AM/CM (1990-10-18) 18 October 1990 87 3 2019 Bury Free
14 Ben Reeves AM/CM/LM (1991-11-19) 19 November 1991 31 2 2020 Milton Keynes Dons Free
15 Conor Grant CM/LM/RM (1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 83 6 2018 Everton Free
16 Lewis Macleod CM/AM/LM (1994-06-16) 16 June 1994 17 0 2020 Wigan Athletic Free
17 Byron Moore RW/LW (1988-08-24) 24 August 1988 78 7 2019 Bury Free
18 Tyrese Fornah CM/DM/AM (1999-09-11) 11 September 1999 43 0 2020 Nottingham Forest Loan
28 Panutche Camará AM/CM/SS (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 47 5 2020 Crawley Town Free
32 George Cooper LW/RW/AM (1996-10-30) 30 October 1996 48 6 2020 Peterborough United Undisclosed
42 Jarvis Cleal CM/RWB (2002-04-01) 1 April 2002 1 0 2020 West Bromwich Albion Free
Forwards
7 Frank Nouble CF/RW/LW (1991-09-24) 24 September 1991 32 2 2020 Colchester United Free
9 Ryan Hardie CF/RW/LW (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 63 13 2021 Blackpool Undisclosed
19 Klaidi Lolos CF (2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 15 1 2019 Academy Trainee
21 Niall Ennis CF/LW (1999-05-20) 20 May 1999 23 6 2021 Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed
31 Luke Jephcott CF/RW/LW (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000 69 25 2018 Academy Trainee
33 Rubin Wilson CF (2001-10-08) 8 October 2001 1 0 2019 Academy Trainee

Statistics

As of game played on 5 May 2021
No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  ENG Michael Cooper 51 0 45+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF  ENG Kelland Watts 49 3 41+2 2 4+0 0 2+0 1 0+0 0
3 DF  ENG Gary Sawyer 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF  ENG Will Aimson 46 0 39+1 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF  ENG Scott Wootton 16 0 7+3 0 1+1 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
7 FW  ENG Frank Nouble 31 2 12+12 1 1+3 0 1+1 1 1+0 0
8 MF  ENG Joe Edwards 47 8 34+5 6 4+0 1 1+1 1 1+1 0
9 FW  SCO Ryan Hardie 50 6 25+17 5 3+1 1 2+0 0 1+1 0
10 MF  ENG Danny Mayor 48 2 43+0 1 3+0 0 2+0 1 0+0 0
14 MF  ENG Ben Reeves 31 2 4+23 0 1+1 1 0+0 0 2+0 1
15 MF  ENG Conor Grant 46 4 34+4 4 3+1 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
16 MF  SCO Lewis Macleod 17 0 10+5 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF  ENG Byron Moore 42 2 16+21 2 1+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
18 MF  ENG Tyrese Fornah 42 0 32+5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
19 FW  GRE Klaidi Lolos 9 1 0+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
20 MF  ENG Adam Randell 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
21 FW  ENG Niall Ennis 23 6 17+6 6 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF  ENG Adam Lewis 20 1 9+11 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 GK  ENG Luke McCormick 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
24 DF  ENG Jerome Opoku 38 1 30+3 1 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
25 DF  ENG Sam Woods 9 1 5+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 GK  SCO Jack Ruddy 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
27 DF  ENG Ryan Law 7 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
28 MF  GNB Panutche Camará 46 5 33+6 2 3+1 2 1+1 1 1+0 0
29 FW  ENG Timmy Abraham 4 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
31 FW  WAL Luke Jephcott 45 18 31+9 16 4+0 2 0+0 0 1+0 0
32 MF  ENG George Cooper 17 3 10+2 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+1 2
36 MF  ENG Finley Craske 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
37 FW  ENG Brandon Pursall 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
38 MF  USA Ethan Mitchell 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
39 FW  ENG Scott Crocker 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
41 DF  ENG Ollie Tomlinson 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
Players who left the club:
6 DF  IRL Niall Canavan 15 1 10+2 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
11 FW  ENG Dom Telford 24 2 2+14 1 0+3 0 1+1 0 3+0 1

Goals record

As of 5 May 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1 31 CF Luke Jephcott 16 2 0 0 18
2 8 RM Joe Edwards 6 1 1 0 8
3 9 CF Ryan Hardie 5 1 0 0 6
21 CF Niall Ennis 6 0 0 0 6
5 28 AM Panutche Camará 2 2 1 0 5
6 15 CM Conor Grant 4 0 0 0 4
7 2 CB Kelland Watts 2 0 1 0 3
32 AM George Cooper 1 0 0 2 3
9 7 CF Frank Nouble 1 0 1 0 2
10 LM Danny Mayor 1 0 1 0 2
11 CF Dom Telford 1 0 0 1 2
14 AM Ben Reeves 0 1 0 1 2
17 RM Byron Moore 2 0 0 0 2
14 6 CB Niall Canavan 1 0 0 0 1
19 CF Klaidi Lolos 0 0 0 1 1
22 LB Adam Lewis 1 0 0 0 1
24 CB Jerome Opoku 1 0 0 0 1
25 CB Sam Woods 1 0 0 0 1
Own Goals 1 0 0 0 1
Total 52 7 5 5 69

Disciplinary record

As of 5 May 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
         
1 24 LB Jerome Opoku 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0
2 2 CB Kelland Watts 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
8 RM Joe Edwards 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
4 7 CF Frank Nouble 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0
5 18 DM Tyrese Fornah 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
6 6 CB Niall Canavan 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
10 LM Danny Mayor 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
28 AM Panutche Camará 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
9 9 CF Ryan Hardie 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
16 CM Lewis Macleod 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
22 LB Adam Lewis 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
12 1 GK Michael Cooper 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
5 CB Scott Wootton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
27 LB Ryan Law 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
32 AM George Cooper 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
16 4 CB Will Aimson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 AM Ben Reeves 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
17 RW Byron Moore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
21 CF Niall Ennis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
25 CB Sam Woods 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
31 CF Luke Jephcott 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 66 4 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 73 4 1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
28 July 2020 GK Luke McCormick Swindon Town Free transfer [1]
3 August 2020 CF Frank Nouble Colchester United Free transfer [2]
7 August 2020 AM Panutche Camará Crawley Town Free transfer [3]
17 August 2020 CM Lewis Macleod Wigan Athletic Free transfer [4]
2 September 2020 LW George Cooper Peterborough United Undisclosed [5]
3 September 2020 AM Ben Reeves Milton Keynes Dons Free transfer [6]
6 September 2020 GK Jack Ruddy Leganés Free transfer [7]
18 January 2021 CF Niall Ennis Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed [8]
29 January 2021 CF Ryan Hardie Blackpool Undisclosed [9]

Loans in

Date Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
29 July 2020 CF Ryan Hardie Blackpool 29 January 2021 [10][9]
24 August 2020 CB Kelland Watts Newcastle United End of season [11]
25 September 2020 LB Jerome Opoku Fulham 31 January 2021 [12]
2 October 2020 CM Tyrese Fornah Nottingham Forest End of season [13]
16 October 2020 CF Timmy Abraham Fulham 24 December 2020 [14]
14 January 2021 LB Adam Lewis Liverpool End of season [15]
31 January 2021 CB Sam Woods Crystal Palace End of season [16]

Loans out

Date Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
14 August 2020 CF Rubin Wilson Plymouth Parkway 7 September 2020[a] [17]
7 September 2020 CF Rubin Wilson Dorchester Town 7 December 2020 [18]
11 September 2020 CB Ollie Tomlinson Barnstaple Town October 2020 [19]
3 October 2020 DM Adam Randell Torquay United 16 January 2021 [20][21]
11 December 2020 LB Ryan Law Chippenham Town January 2021 [22]
11 December 2020 CF Klaidi Lolos Chippenham Town January 2021 [22]
1 February 2021 CF Frank Nouble Colchester United End of Season [23]
1 February 2021 CB Scott Wootton Wigan Athletic End of season [24]
15 March 2021 LB Ryan Law Torquay United April 2021 [25]
  1. ^ Loan cut short to join Dorchester Town on loan

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 AM Jude Boyd Mousehole Free transfer [26][27]
1 July 2020 CB Isaac Burdon Plymouth Parkway Free transfer [26][28]
1 July 2020 LB Reuben Collum Unattached Released [26]
1 July 2020 CF Alex Fletcher Tiverton Town Released [26][29]
1 July 2020 RW Joel Grant Swindon Town Released [26][30]
1 July 2020 RB Tafari Moore Unattached Released [26]
1 July 2020 CB Michael Peck Tiverton Town Released [26][31]
1 July 2020 DM Tom Purrington Bromley Released [26][32]
1 July 2020 CF Ryan Taylor Newport County Released [26][33]
1 July 2020 GK Harry Townsend Missouri State Bears Released [26][34]
1 July 2020 CM Antoni Sarcevic Bolton Wanderers Released [35][36]
30 July 2020 LM Callum McFadzean Sunderland Released [37][38]
12 January 2021 CB Niall Canavan Bradford City Undisclosed [39]
28 January 2021 CF Dom Telford Newport County Undisclosed [40]
6 May 2021 CB Gary Sawyer Retired [41]

Pre-season

8 August 2020 Friendly Plymouth Argyle 2–1 Plymouth Parkway Plymouth
15:00 BST Miller 36'
Jephcott 49'
Report Allen 22' Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Whaley
19 August 2020 Friendly Rangers XI 3–2 Plymouth Argyle Milngavie, Scotland
14:00 BST 10'
26'
88'
Report Trialist 46'
Sawyer 63'
Stadium: Rangers Training Centre
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Lowe
25 August 2020 Friendly Plymouth Argyle 0–1 Middlesbrough Plymouth
14:00 BST Report Assombalonga 33' Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lee Swabey
29 August 2020 Friendly Plymouth Argyle 2–1 Forest Green Rovers Plymouth
13:00 BST Hardie 41'
Jephcott 87'
Report Sweeney 50' Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Brett Huxtable

Competitions

EFL League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
14 Doncaster Rovers 46 19 7 20 63 67 −4 64
15 Fleetwood Town 46 16 12 18 49 46 +3 60
16 Burton Albion 46 15 12 19 61 73 −12 57
17 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 15 18 50 57 −7 54
18 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 11 21 53 80 −27 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 46 12 15 19 54 70 −16 51
20 Wigan Athletic 46 13 9 24 54 77 −23 48
21 Rochdale (R) 46 11 14 21 61 78 −17 47 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Northampton Town (R) 46 11 12 23 41 67 −26 45
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[42]
(R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 14 11 21 53 80  −27 53 11 4 8 31 39  −8 3 7 13 22 41  −19

Last updated: 9 May 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

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GroundHAHAHHAAHHHAAHHAAHAHHHAAHAAHAHHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDDLWWLDWWDLLLLLLWDLWDWWDDWWDLWLLLLLWDWLLDLLLL
Position8591386998891011151516191414171515111313121210101210121415161616161416161616181818
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[43]

12 September 2020 1 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Blackpool Plymouth
15:00 BST Jephcott 3' Report Stadium: Home Park
Referee: Kevin Johnson
19 September 2020 2 AFC Wimbledon 4–4 Plymouth Argyle Shepherd's Bush
15:00 BST Pigott 18', 60'
Woodyard  38'
McLoughlin 49'
Longman 69'
Report Cooper 16'
Grant 45'
Canavan 76'
Telford 78'
Nouble  85'
MacLeod  90+3'
Stadium: Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Trevor Kettle
26 September 2020 3 Plymouth Argyle 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Plymouth
15:00 BST Grant 29'
Canavan  73'
Report Vela 14' Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tim Robinson
3 October 2020 4 Hull City 1–0 Plymouth Argyle Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST Adelakun 10' Report Opoku  57' Stadium: KCOM Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Lewis
10 October 2020 5 Plymouth Argyle 2–0 Burton Albion Plymouth
15:00 BST Jephcott 25'
Moore 47'
Watts  63'
Canavan  72'
Report Hemmings  58'
Daniel  83'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Rock
17 October 2020 6 Plymouth Argyle 2–1 Northampton Town Plymouth
15:00 BST Moore  21'
Nouble 41'
Cooper  50'
Watts 86'
Report Watson  43'
Korboa 62'
Rose  66'
Bolger  90+2'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Hicks
20 October 2020 7 Lincoln City 2–0 Plymouth Argyle Lincoln
19:00 BST Jones  11'
Walsh  21'
Grant 50' (pen.)
Johnson 72'
Report Nouble  19' Stadium: LNER Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christopher Pollard
24 October 2020 8 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Plymouth Argyle Wigan
15:00 BST Tilt  41'
Keane 69'
Report Hardie 34'
Edwards  70'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Scott Oldham
27 October 2020 9 Plymouth Argyle 2–1 Doncaster Rovers Plymouth
19:45 GMT Jephcott 34'
Edwards  65' 68'
Hardie  81'
Cooper  90+3'
Report Okenabirhie 73'
James  85'
Stadium: Home Park
Referee: Alan Young
3 November 2020 10 Plymouth Argyle 4–2 Swindon Town Plymouth
19:00 GMT Jephcott 6', 25'
Edwards 7'
Fornah  14'
Hardie  76'
Grant 89'
Report Payne  4'
Hope 10'
Grant 23'
J. Smith  38'  45+4'
M. Smith  62'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Busby
16 November 2020 11 Plymouth Argyle 2–2 Portsmouth Plymouth
19:45 GMT Raggett 11' (o.g.)
Opoku  71' 78'
Reeves  86'
Report Marquis  33' 63' (pen.)
Naylor 65'  86'
Cannon  73'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Charles Breakspear
21 November 2020 12 Fleetwood Town 5–1 Plymouth Argyle Fleetwood
15:00 GMT Finley 4'
Camps 7', 67'
Andrew  24'
Burns 38'
Mulgrew 55'
Report Canavan  52'  90+1'
Edwards  74'
Jephcott 84'
Nouble  90+2'
Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samuel Barrott
24 November 2020 13 Peterborough United 1–0 Plymouth Argyle Peterborough
19:00 GMT Dembélé  18'
Clarke-Harris 41'
Report Wootton  26'
Opoku  29'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Nield
1 December 2020 14 Plymouth Argyle 0–4 Rochdale Plymouth
19:45 GMT Report Beesley 3'
Morley 23'
Keohane 45+12'
Humphrys 72'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Finnie
5 December 2020 15 Plymouth Argyle 1–2 Ipswich Town Plymouth
15:00 GMT Jephcott 14'
Mayor  52'  70'
Nouble  71'
Watts  79'
Report McGavin  50'
Nolan 73'
Jackson 74'
Cornell  90+2'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 1,808
Referee: Ollie Yates
12 December 2020 16 Bristol Rovers 3–0 Plymouth Argyle Horfield
15:00 GMT Kilgour 7'
McCormick 26'
Upson  68'
Westbrooke 85'
Report Watts  40'
Fornah  45+2'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Boyeson
15 December 2020 17 Crewe Alexandra 2–1 Plymouth Argyle Crewe
19:00 GMT Kirk 22'
Dale 43'
Report Fornah  17'
Jephcott 85'
Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Scott Oldham
19 December 2020 18 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Milton Keynes Dons Plymouth
15:00 GMT Hardie 68'
Watts  80'
Report Keogh  34'
Sørensen  44'
Kasumu  79'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 2,000[44]
Referee: Paul Howard
26 December 2020 19 Charlton Athletic 2–2 Plymouth Argyle Charlton
15:00 GMT Gunter 32'
Aneke  57'
Maddison 67'
Report Jephcott 6', 36'
Aimson  52'
Macleod  69'
Edwards  70'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Woolmer
29 December 2020 20 Plymouth Argyle 2–3 Oxford United Plymouth
19:45 GMT Camará 12'
Jephcott  65' 84' (pen.)
Macleod  80'
Report Kelly  32'
Ruffels 37'
Long 74'  90+1'
Clare  79'
Shodipo 82' (pen.)
Moore  83'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 2,000[45]
Referee: Brett Huxtable
2 January 2021 21 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Gillingham Plymouth
15:00 GMT Jephcott 33'
Nouble  86'
Report Jackson  68'
Drysdale  88'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Allison
16 January 2021 22 Plymouth Argyle 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Plymouth
15:00 GMT Jephcott 11' (pen.)
Watts  26'
Edwards  58'
Opoku  60'
Mayor  74'
Camará  78'  90+3'
Report Finney 64'
Offord  80'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Charles Breakspear
19 January 2021 23 Sunderland 1–2 Plymouth Argyle Sunderland
19:00 GMT Winchester  28'
O'Brien 51',  54'
Report Lewis 11',  46'
Edwards 56'
Cooper  83'
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Lewis
26 January 2021 24 Swindon Town 0–2 Plymouth Argyle Swindon
19:00 GMT Report Camará 36'
Hardie 67'
Stadium: The County Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bobby Madley
30 January 2021 25 Plymouth Argyle 2–2 Accrington Stanley Plymouth
15:00 GMT Jephcott 43'
Ennis 78'
Opoku  87'
Lewis  88'
Report Pritchard 41'
Charles 46'
Barclay  63'
Butcher  74'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Neil Hair
6 February 2021 26 Portsmouth 2–2 Plymouth Argyle Milton
15:00 GMT Cannon  72'
Naylor  84'
Curtis 86'
Bolton 87'
Report Jephcott 71', 82' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Finnie
9 February 2021 27 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Plymouth Argyle Accrington
17:30 GMT Conneely  62' Report Ennis 51'
Opoku  70'
Fornah  74'
Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Nield
13 February 2021 28 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Fleetwood Town Plymouth
15:00 GMT Holgate 11' (o.g.)
Opoku  49'
Report Finley  77'
Saunders  90+1'

Simon Grayson
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thomas Bramall
20 February 2021 29 Rochdale 0–0 Plymouth Argyle Rochdale
15:00 GMT McShane  18'
Baah  22'
McLaughlin  90'
Report Opoku  47' Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Wright
23 February 2021 30 Plymouth Argyle 0–3 Peterborough United Plymouth
19:30 GMT Hardie  89' Report Beevers  22'
Szmodics 46'
Clarke-Harris 63'
Taylor 84'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christopher Sarginson
27 February 2021 31 Plymouth Argyle 4–3 Lincoln City Plymouth
15:00 GMT Watts 3'
Mayor 13'
Fornah  27'
Edwards  63', 90+1'
Grant 77'
Report McGrandles 22'
Grant 59' (pen.), 62' (pen.)
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Johnson
2 March 2021 32 Northampton Town 2–0 Plymouth Argyle Northampton
19:00 GMT Mitchell  40'
Watson 40', 65'
Jones  54'
Hoskins  63'
Rose  90'
Report Fornah  76'
Woods  90+1'
Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Graham Salisbury
6 March 2021 33 Doncaster Rovers 2–1 Plymouth Argyle Doncaster
15:00 GMT Anderson 7'
Bostock  39'
Bogle 47'
Report Ennis 49' Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Referee: Declan Bourne
9 March 2021 34 Plymouth Argyle 0–2 Wigan Athletic Plymouth
19:00 GMT Edwards  30' Report Solomon-Otabor 13'
Evans  16'
Tilt 32',  84'
Ojo  76'
Massey  88'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gavin Ward
13 March 2021 35 Ipswich Town 1–0 Plymouth Argyle Ipswich
15:00 GMT Parrott 4' Report Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Purkiss
16 March 2021 36 Milton Keynes Dons 2–1 Plymouth Argyle Denbigh
19:00 GMT Jerome 22',  62'
O'Hora  76'
Fraser 89' (pen.)
Report Mayor  45'
Grant 61'
Camará  89'

Ryan Lowe
Stadium: Stadium:mk
Attendance: 0
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
20 March 2021 37 Plymouth Argyle 2–0 Bristol Rovers Plymouth
15:00 GMT Ennis 7',  18', 45'
Opoku  39'
Lewis  75'
Report Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Trevor Kettle
27 March 2021 38 Blackpool 2–2 Plymouth Argyle Blackpool
15:00 GMT Kaikai 47'
Yates 64' (pen.)
Report Hardie 12'
Edwards 90+1'
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Brook
2 April 2021 39 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 AFC Wimbledon Plymouth
15:00 BST Woods 11'
Fornah  29'
Report Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Allison
5 April 2021 40 Shrewsbury Town 3–0 Plymouth Argyle Shrewsbury
15:00 BST Aimson 52' (o.g.)
Norburn  75'
Whalley 77'
Ogbeta 81'
Vela  85'
Report Camará  44' Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bobby Madley
10 April 2021 41 Plymouth Argyle 0–3 Hull City Plymouth
15:00 BST Watts  4' Report Lewis-Potter 11'
Magennis 58'
Docherty 74'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Toner
17 April 2021 42 Burton Albion 1–1 Plymouth Argyle Burton upon Trent
12:30 BST Clare  19'
Broom 90+3'
Report Watts  28'
Mayor  56'
Hardie 69'
Opoku  73'
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antony Coggins
20 April 2021 43 Plymouth Argyle 0–6 Charlton Athletic Plymouth
19:45 BST Watts  26' Report Forster-Caskey 26'
Stockley 45'
Watts 47' (o.g.)
Gilbey 49'
Millar 56'
Aneke 89'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Purkiss
24 April 2021 44 Oxford United 3–1 Plymouth Argyle Oxford
15:00 BST Edwards 29' (o.g.)
Taylor 69', 80'
Report Ennis 65'
Edwards  76'
Stadium: The Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Brett Huxtable
1 May 2021 45 Plymouth Argyle 1–3 Sunderland Plymouth
15:00 BST Camará  42'
Law  49'
Opoku  54'
Edwards 63',  76'
Report Stewart 21'
Maguire 84' (pen.)
Hume 90+2'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Bell
9 May 2021 46 Gillingham 1–0 Plymouth Argyle Gillingham
12:00 BST Oliver 28'
O'Keefe  56'
Dempsey  70'
Report Reeves  55' Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Young

FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[46] The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.[47] The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship all entering the competition.[48] The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by Peter Crouch.[49]

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 November 2020 First round Charlton Athletic 0–1 Plymouth Argyle Charlton
15:00 GMT Levitt  21'
Aneke  61'
Forster-Caskey  72'
Report Jephcott 60'
Nouble  88'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 0
Referee: Neil Hair
28 November 2020 Second round Plymouth Argyle 2–0 Lincoln City Plymouth
15:00 GMT Jephcott 6'
Canavan  55'
Reeves 55'
Opoku  85'
Report Melbourne  21'
Walsh  54'
Johnson  55'
Edun  67'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Rock
23 January 2021 Fourth round Sheffield United 2–1 Plymouth Argyle Sheffield
15:00 GMT Basham 39'
Sharp 47'
Norwood  68'
Report Camará 75'
Watts  90+3'
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lee Mason

EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[50] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[51]

5 September 2020 First round Plymouth Argyle 3–2 Queens Park Rangers Plymouth
12:30 BST Edwards 32'
Mayor 55'
Nouble 78'  82'
Report Manning 2'
Kakay 57'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antony Coggins
15 September 2020 Second round Leyton Orient 3–2 Plymouth Argyle Leyton
19:45 BST Dennis 55'
McAnuff 74'
Johnson 90+3'
Report Camará 19'
Watts 34'
Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Josh Smith

EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[52]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Cheltenham Town 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 +4 9 Advance to Round 2
2 ACA Norwich City U21 3 2 0 0 1 8 3 +5 6
3 L1 Plymouth Argyle 3 1 0 0 2 5 6 −1 3
4 L2 Newport County 3 0 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: EFL.com
8 September 2020 Group stage Plymouth Argyle 2–3 Norwich City U21 Plymouth
19:45 BST Lolos 39' (pen.)
Telford 63'
Law  84'
Report Hondermarck 26'
Omotoye 54'
Dennis 67'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Davies
6 October 2020 Group stage Cheltenham Town 2–0 Plymouth Argyle Cheltenham
19:45 BST Reid 56', 77'
May  81'
Report Cooper  87' Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Sarginson
10 November 2020 Group stage Plymouth Argyle 3–1 Newport County Plymouth
19:00 GMT Nouble  22'
Reeves 30'
Cooper 48', 59'
Report Baker  15'
Woodiwiss  42'
Amond 64'
Ellison  67'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Brett Huxtable

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