2020–21 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season

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.

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 attendancePlymouth Vs Ipswich 5th December 2020 (1808)
Lowest home attendanceBehind closed doors
Average home league attendance0

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

First-team squad edit

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 (age 24) 58 0 2017 Academy Trainee
23 Luke McCormick   GK (1983-08-15) 15 August 1983 (age 40) 377 0 2020   Swindon Town Free
26 Jack Ruddy   GK (1997-12-27) 27 December 1997 (age 26) 2 0 2020   CD Leganés B Free
Defenders
2 Kelland Watts   CB/DM (1999-11-03) 3 November 1999 (age 24) 49 3 2020   Newcastle United Loan
3 Gary Sawyer   CB/LB (1985-07-05) 5 July 1985 (age 38) 298 6 2015   Leyton Orient Free
4 Will Aimson   CB/DM (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 53 2 2019   Bury Free
22 Adam Lewis   LB/LM/DM (1999-11-08) 8 November 1999 (age 24) 20 1 2021   Liverpool Loan
24 Jerome Opoku   CB/LB (1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 (age 25) 38 1 2020   Fulham Loan
25 Sam Woods   CB/RB/DM (1998-09-11) 11 September 1998 (age 25) 9 1 2021   Crystal Palace Loan
27 Ryan Law   LB (1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 24) 7 0 2018 Academy Trainee
41 Ollie Tomlinson   CB (2002-05-19) 19 May 2002 (age 21) 2 0 2020 Academy Trainee
Midfielders
8 Joe Edwards   RM/CM/RB (1990-10-31) 31 October 1990 (age 33) 87 12 2019   Walsall Free
10 Danny Mayor   LM/AM/CM (1990-10-18) 18 October 1990 (age 33) 87 3 2019   Bury Free
14 Ben Reeves   AM/CM/LM (1991-11-19) 19 November 1991 (age 32) 31 2 2020   Milton Keynes Dons Free
15 Conor Grant   CM/LM/RM (1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 29) 83 6 2018   Everton Free
16 Lewis Macleod   CM/AM/LM (1994-06-16) 16 June 1994 (age 29) 17 0 2020   Wigan Athletic Free
17 Byron Moore   RW/LW (1988-08-24) 24 August 1988 (age 35) 78 7 2019   Bury Free
18 Tyrese Fornah   CM/DM/AM (1999-09-11) 11 September 1999 (age 24) 43 0 2020   Nottingham Forest Loan
28 Panutche Camará   AM/CM/SS (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 27) 47 5 2020   Crawley Town Free
32 George Cooper   LW/RW/AM (1996-10-30) 30 October 1996 (age 27) 48 6 2020   Peterborough United Undisclosed
42 Jarvis Cleal   CM/RWB (2002-04-01) 1 April 2002 (age 22) 1 0 2020   West Bromwich Albion Free
Forwards
7 Frank Nouble   CF/RW/LW (1991-09-24) 24 September 1991 (age 32) 32 2 2020   Colchester United Free
9 Ryan Hardie   CF/RW/LW (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 27) 63 13 2021   Blackpool Undisclosed
19 Klaidi Lolos   CF (2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 23) 15 1 2019 Academy Trainee
21 Niall Ennis   CF/LW (1999-05-20) 20 May 1999 (age 24) 23 6 2021   Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed
31 Luke Jephcott   CF/RW/LW (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000 (age 24) 69 25 2018 Academy Trainee
33 Rubin Wilson   CF (2001-10-08) 8 October 2001 (age 22) 1 0 2019 Academy Trainee

Statistics edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Transfers in edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

EFL League One edit

League table edit

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 edit

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 edit

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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 edit

  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: 0
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: 0
Referee: Kevin Johnson
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 edit

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[44] The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.[45] The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship all entering the competition.[46] The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by Peter Crouch.[47]

  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
9 January 2021 Third round Huddersfield Town 2–3 Plymouth Argyle Huddersfield
18:00 GMT Crichlow   4'
Olagunju   5'
Rowe   32'
Duhaney   34'
Report Hardie   24'
Camará   42'
Edwards   70'
Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Coy
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 edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[48] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[49]

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 edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[50]

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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