2017–18 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season

Plymouth Argyle
2017–18 season
Chairman	James Brent
Manager	Derek Adams
Stadium	Home Park
League One	7th
FA Cup	Second round (knocked out by Bradford)
EFL Cup	First round (knocked out by Bristol City)
EFL Trophy	Knocked out at Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Graham Carey (14); All: Graham Carey (16)
Highest home attendance	14,634 vs. Portsmouth (14 April 2018)
Lowest home attendance	League: 7,411 vs. Blackpool (12 September 2017); All: 3,800 vs. Exeter (3 October 2017)
Average home league attendance	10,413
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was Plymouth Argyle's first season back in League One since the 2010–11 season, following their promotion from League Two and their 132nd year in existence. Along with competing in League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

First-Team squad

As of 7 May 2018

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Robbert te Loeke	GK	Arnhem	36	2	0	Achilles '29	1 July 2017	Free	Undisclosed
23	Luke McCormick	GK	Coventry	41	345	0	Oxford United	9 May 2013	Free	Undisclosed
25	Kyle Letheren	GK	Llanelli	36	8	0	York City	5 September 2017	Free	Undisclosed
31	Michael Cooper	GK	Exeter	25	1	0	Academy	1 July 2017	Trainee	Undisclosed
34	Remi Matthews	GK	Gorleston	30	28	0	Norwich City	20 October 2017	Loan	30 June 2018
Defenders
2	Gary Miller	RB	Glasgow	37	56	0	Partick Thistle	23 June 2016	Free	Undisclosed
3	Gary Sawyer	LB	Bideford	39	228	6	Leyton Orient	25 June 2015	Free	Undisclosed
5	Ryan Edwards	CB	Liverpool	31	30	4	Morecambe	1 July 2017	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
15	Sonny Bradley	CB	Kingston upon Hull	33	96	11	Crawley Town	11 July 2016	Free	Undisclosed
17	Aaron Taylor-Sinclair	LB	Aberdeen	33	29	0	Doncaster Rovers	1 July 2017	Free	Undisclosed
18	Oscar Threlkeld	RB	Bolton	30	97	3	Bolton Wanderers	1 July 2016	Free	Undisclosed
22	Zak Vyner	CB	London	27	18	1	Bristol City	18 January 2018	Loan	30 June 2018
26	Jordan Bentley	DF	Plymouth	25	2	0	Academy	4 March 2016	Trainee	Undisclosed
Midfielders
4	Yann Songo'o	DM	Toulon	33	93	2	Free agent	19 June 2016	Free	Undisclosed
6	Jamie Ness	CM	Irvine	33	30	3	Scunthorpe United	1 July 2017	Free	Undisclosed
7	Antoni Sarcevic	CM	Manchester	32	52	5	Shrewsbury Town	26 January 2017	Free	Undisclosed
10	Graham Carey	AM	Blanchardstown	35	149	43	Ross County	2 July 2015	Free	Undisclosed
11	Rúben Lameiras	AM	Lisbon	30	38	6	Coventry City	1 July 2017	Free	Undisclosed
14	Moses Makasi	CM	London	29	8	1	West Ham	31 January 2018	Loan	30 June 2018
24	David Fox	CM	Leek	41	96	3	Colchester United	22 July 2016	Free	Undisclosed
30	Paul Paton	DM	Paisley	37	3	0	Free agent	13 March 2018	Free	Undisclosed
32	Cameron Sangster	CM	Newton Abbot	24	2	0	Academy	1 July 2016	Trainee	Undisclosed
Forwards
8	Lionel Ainsworth	RW	Nottingham	37	24	0	Motherwell	1 July 2017	Free	Undisclosed
9	Simon Church	CF	Amersham	36	2	0	Scunthorpe United	19 January 2018	Free	Undisclosed
16	Joel Grant	LW	Acton	37	35	6	Exeter City	1 July 2017	Free	Undisclosed
19	Ryan Taylor	CF	Rotherham	36	42	10	Oxford United	30 January 2017	Free	Undisclosed
27	Alex Fletcher	CF	Newton Abbot	25	18	3	Academy	22 June 2017	Trainee	Undisclosed
37	Alex Battle	LW	Plymouth	25	1	0	Academy	1 July 2016	Trainee	Undisclosed
Out on Loan
13	Nathan Blissett	CF	West Bromwich	34	25	4	Torquay United	5 January 2017	£15,000	Undisclosed
21	Gregg Wylde	LW	Kirkintilloch	33	64	8	Millwall	1 July 2017	Free	Undisclosed

Statistics

As of 7 May 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NED	Robbert te Loeke	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Gary Miller	18	0	11+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Gary Sawyer	49	1	46+0	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	MF	CMR	Yann Songo'o	39	0	24+9	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Ryan Edwards	30	4	25+0	3	2+0	0	0+1	0	2+0	1
6	MF	SCO	Jamie Ness	29	3	26+1	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Antoni Sarcevic	35	3	25+5	3	0+1	0	0+1	0	3+0	0
8	FW	ENG	Lionel Ainsworth	24	0	3+16	0	0+2	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
9	FW	WAL	Simon Church	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	IRL	Graham Carey	48	16	42+0	14	2+0	2	1+0	0	2+1	0
11	MF	POR	Rúben Lameiras	37	6	25+9	6	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
13	FW	ENG	Nathan Blissett	16	2	6+7	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	1
14	MF	ENG	Moses Makasi	7	1	6+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Sonny Bradley	44	4	39+1	4	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
16	FW	JAM	Joel Grant	35	6	24+9	6	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	SCO	Aaron Taylor-Sinclair	29	0	10+14	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
18	DF	ENG	Oscar Threlkeld	26	0	24+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Ryan Taylor	23	6	21+0	5	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
21	FW	SCO	Gregg Wylde	13	1	2+7	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
22	DF	ENG	Zak Vyner	17	1	17+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	GK	ENG	Luke McCormick	10	0	9+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	ENG	David Fox	48	1	42+3	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
25	GK	WAL	Kyle Letheren	8	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
27	FW	ENG	Alex Fletcher	16	3	3+11	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	2
30	MF	NIR	Paul Paton	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	GK	ENG	Michael Cooper	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF	ENG	Cameron Sangster	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	GK	ENG	Remi Matthews	27	0	26+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	MF	ENG	Alex Battle	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Player(s) who left the club:
9	FW	TUR	Nadir Çiftçi	8	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
14	FW	ENG	Jake Jervis	28	4	17+7	4	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
20	DF	CZE	Jakub Sokolík	5	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
29	GK	NED	Kelle Roos	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	MF	FRA	Toumani Diagouraga	17	3	15+0	3	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	GK	ENG	Will Mannion	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0

Goals record

As of 7 May 2018

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	10	AM	Graham Carey	14	2	0	16
2	11	AM	Rúben Lameiras	6	0	0	6
	16	LW	Joel Grant	6	0	0	6
	19	CF	Ryan Taylor	5	0	1	6
5	14	RW	Jake Jervis	4	0	0	4
	15	CB	Sonny Bradley	4	0	0	4
	5	CB	Ryan Edwards	3	0	1	4
8	6	CM	Jamie Ness	3	0	0	3
	7	CM	Antoni Sarcevic	3	0	0	3
	32	CM	Toumani Diagouraga	3	0	0	3
	27	CF	Alex Fletcher	1	0	2	3
12	13	CF	Nathan Blissett	1	0	1	2
13	3	LB	Gary Sawyer	1	0	0	1
	14	CM	Moses Makasi	1	0	0	1
	21	LW	Gregg Wylde	1	0	0	1
	22	CB	Zak Vyner	1	0	0	1
	24	CM	David Fox	1	0	0	1
Total				58	2	5	65

Disciplinary record

As of 7 May 2018

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	10		AM	Graham Carey	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	1
2	5		CB	Ryan Edwards	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1
3	19		CF	Ryan Taylor	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	6		CM	Jamie Ness	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	24		CM	David Fox	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	4		DM	Yann Songo'o	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	2		RB	Gary Miller	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
8	3		LB	Gary Sawyer	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	17		LB	Aaron Taylor-Sinclair	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	7		CM	Antoni Sarcevic	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
	11		LW	Rúben Lameiras	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	15		CB	Sonny Bradley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1
13	32		CM	Toumani Diagouraga	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
14	—		RW	Jake Jervis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14		CM	Moses Makasi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	16		LW	Joel Grant	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	18		RB	Oscar Threlkeld	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	20		CB	Jakub Sokolík	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	30		DM	Paul Paton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	34		GK	Remi Matthews	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	22		CB	Zak Vyner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					55	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	58	1	5

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	RW	Lionel Ainsworth	Motherwell	Free	^[1]
1 July 2017	CB	Ryan Edwards	Morecambe	Undisclosed	^[2]
1 July 2017	LW	Joel Grant	Exeter City	Free	^[3]
1 July 2017	AM	Rúben Lameiras	Coventry City	Free	^[4]
1 July 2017	CM	Jamie Ness	Scunthorpe United	Free	^[5]
1 July 2017	LB	Aaron Taylor-Sinclair	Doncaster Rovers	Free	^[6]
1 July 2017	GK	Robbert te Loeke	Achilles '29	Free	^[7]
1 July 2017	LW	Gregg Wylde	Millwall	Free	^[8]
5 September 2017	GK	Kyle Letheren	York City	Free	^[9]
9 October 2017	CM	Toumani Diagouraga	Leeds United	Free	^[10]
19 January 2018	CF	Simon Church	Scunthorpe United	Free	^[11]
13 March 2018	DM	Paul Paton	St Johnstone	Free	^[12]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CF	Ryan Brunt	Exeter City	Released	^[13]^[14]
1 July 2017	CB	Nauris Bulvītis	FK Ventspils	Released	^[13]
1 July 2017	DM	Jack Calver	Free agent	Released	^[13]
1 July 2017	AM	Ryan Donaldson	Hartlepool United	Released	^[13]^[15]
1 July 2017	GK	Vincent Dorel	Torquay United	Released	^[13]^[16]
1 July 2017	MF	David Ijaha	Wealdstone	Released	^[13]^[17]
1 July 2017	LB	Billy Palfrey	Truro City	Released	^[13]
1 July 2017	CF	Louis Rooney	Linfield	Released	^[13]^[18]
1 July 2017	CF	Jordan Slew	Rochdale	Released	^[13]^[19]
1 July 2017	CM	Connor Smith	Yeovil Town	Released	^[13]^[20]
1 July 2017	CF	Jimmy Spencer	Mansfield Town	Released	^[13]^[21]
1 July 2017	MF	Ben Steer	Free agent	Released	^[13]
9 January 2018	CM	Toumani Diagouraga	Fleetwood Town	Released	^[22]
31 January 2018	CB	Jakub Sokolík	Torquay United	Released	^[23]
31 January 2018	RW	Jake Jervis	Luton Town	£125,000	^[24]^[25]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
21 August 2017	CF	Nadir Çiftçi	Celtic	9 January 2018	^[26]
20 October 2017	GK	Remi Matthews	Norwich City	Emergency cover	^[27]
28 November 2017	GK	Will Mannion	Hull City	Emergency cover	^[28]
8 December 2017	GK	Kelle Roos	Derby County	Emergency cover	^[29]
29 December 2017	GK	Remi Matthews	Norwich City	30 June 2018	^[30]
18 January 2018	CB	Zak Vyner	Bristol City	30 June 2018	^[31]
31 January 2018	DM	Moses Makasi	West Ham	30 June 2018	^[32]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
2 September 2017	CB	Jordan Bentley	Sutton United	1 October 2017	^[33]^[34]
27 October 2017	CB	Callum Rose	Dorchester Town	30 June 2018	^[35]^[36]^[37]
4 January 2018	CF	Alex Fletcher	Torquay United	1 February 2018	^[38]
15 January 2018	CF	Nathan Blissett	Macclesfield	30 June 2018	^[39]
30 January 2018	LW	Gregg Wylde	Morecambe	30 June 2018	^[40]

Competitions

Friendlies

On 5 May 2017, Plymouth Argyle announced Cardiff City will visit during the pre-season schedule.^[41] A week later, it was confirmed the club will visit the Netherlands again this summer playing two friendlies whilst abroad while other friendlies were also announced in England.^[42] Two more friendlies were revealed on 25 May 2017.^[43]

8 July 2017	Plymouth Parkway	1–3	Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Williams	Report	Carey x2' Wylde	Stadium: Bolitho Park Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Marc Whalley

8 July 2017	Saltash United	0–2	Plymouth Argyle	Saltash
15:00 BST		Report	Grant Lameiras	Stadium: Kimberley Stadium Attendance: 1,000 (approx.) Referee: Stuart Kane

11 July 2017	Tiverton Town	1–2	Plymouth Argyle	Tiverton
19:30 BST	Rogers 9'	Report	Sarcevic 26' Blissett 79'	Stadium: Ladysmead Attendance: 507 Referee: Whalley

12 July 2017	Buckland Athletic	1–5	Plymouth Argyle	Newton Abbot
19:30 BST	Johansen 67'	Report	Blissett 14', 18' Lameiras 65', 88' Grant 70'	Stadium: Homers Heath Referee: Phil Eddie

15 July 2017	Weston-super-Mare	0–4	Plymouth Argyle	Weston-super-Mare
15:00 BST		Report	Lameiras 8' Jervis 17', 42' Miller 88'	Stadium: Woodspring Stadium Attendance: 597 Referee: Savvas Yianni

18 July 2017	Torquay United	0–2	Plymouth Argyle	Torquay
19:45 BST		Report	Carey 38' Grant 89'	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 1,780 (900 away) Referee: Sarginson

19 July 2017	Devon FA XI	0–7	Plymouth Argyle	Newton Abbot
19:30 BST		Report	Ainsworth 11', 57' Fletcher 16', 76' Ryan 71', 89' Battle 81'	Stadium: Devon FA Headquarters Attendance: 391 Referee: Adam Bromley

21 July 2017	Plymouth Argyle	0–1	Cardiff City	Plymouth
19:00 BST		Report	Zohore 49'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 5,021 Referee: Swabey

26 July 2017	Feyenoord	0–0	Plymouth Argyle	Rotterdam
13:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Varkenoord Attendance: Behind closed doors

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	Scunthorpe United	46	19	17	10	65	50	+15	74	Qualification for League One play-offs^[a]
6	Charlton Athletic	46	20	11	15	58	51	+7	71	Qualification for League One play-offs^[a]
7	Plymouth Argyle	46	19	11	16	58	59	−1	68
8	Portsmouth	46	20	6	20	57	56	+1	66
9	Peterborough United	46	17	13	16	68	60	+8	64

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 the EFL Championship.

Result 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	19	11	16	58	59	−1	68	13	3	7	37	30	+7	6	8	9	21	29	−8

Last updated: 6 May 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A
Result	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	L
Position	17	9	10	17	17	20	23	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	24	22	22	20	19	19	16	12	13	15	13	11	10	8	7	6	6	6	7	6	5	6	7	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

5 August 2017 1	Peterborough United	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Sawyer 4' (o.g.) Lopes 29' Morias 47' Grant 66'	Report	Carey 27' Fox 51' Wylde 76'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 7,622 (1,303 away) Referee: John Busby

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) 2	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Charlton Athletic	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Miller 35' Jervis 53', 87'	Report		Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 11,178 (990 away) Referee: John Brooks

19 August 2017 3	Southend United	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Bradley 6' (o.g.) Timlin 88'	Report	Fox 23' Edwards 61', 63'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,861 (754 away) Referee: Dean Whitestone

26 August 2017 4	Plymouth Argyle	0–4	Scunthorpe United	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Sarcevic 45+3'	Report	Madden 27', 68' 45+3' Bishop 45+2' Gilks 53' Townsend 56' Ojo 65' Hopper 77' Morris 90+4'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 9,605 (281 away) Referee: Chris Sarginson

2 September 2017 5	Walsall	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Bescot
15:00 BST	Agyei 23' Wilson 70' Oztumer 81'	Report	Carey 82' 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,495 (1,525 away) Referee: Robert Jones

9 September 2017 6	Plymouth Argyle	0–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Carey 33' Edwards 48' Grant 63' Lameiras 90+4'	Report	Nesbitt 8' Williams 68' Sow 72' Muirhead 82' Cissé 90'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,566 (211 away) Referee: Charles Breakspear

12 September 2017 7	Plymouth Argyle	1–3	Blackpool	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Bradley 23' 49' Edwards 45+3' 65' Miller 60'	Report	Daniel 2' Ryan 70' Delfouneso 86' Allsop 89'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7,411 (115 away) Referee: Kevin Johnson

16 September 2017 8	Bury	0–0	Plymouth Argyle	Bury
15:00 BST	Humphrey 23'	Report	Ness 89'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,642 (526 away) Referee: Anthony Backhouse

23 September 2017 9	Plymouth Argyle	0–3	Doncaster Rovers	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Miller 15' Lameiras 24' Songo'o 40' Bradley 80'	Report	Butler 19' May 50', 73' Marquis 59'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,510 (341 away) Referee: Nick Kinseley

26 September 2017 10	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	Wigan
15:00 BST	Toney 77' Powell 83' (pen)	Report	Miller 14' Ness 27' Sololik 62' Carey 64'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 7,868 (336 away) Referee: Seb Stockbridge

30 September 2017 11	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Bristol
15:00 BST	Gaffney 22' Clarke 40' Bodin 62' Harrison 65' Lines 90+2' Brown 90+4'	Report	Blissett 52' Carey 57' Miller 64' Edwards 90+4'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,879 (1,291 away) Referee: Graham Salisbury

7 October 2017 12	Plymouth Argyle	1–2	Fleetwood Town	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Fletcher 90+5'	Report	Glendon 43' Pond 62' Hiwula-Mayifuila 64' Bolger 72' Dempsey 75' Bell 90+3'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,064 (139 away) Referee: Craig Hicks

14 October 2017 13	Plymouth Argyle	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Carey 58'	Report	Nsiala 41' Whalley 78'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,820 (452 away) Referee: Mark Heywood

17 October 2017 14	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	Blackburn
19:45 BST	Smallwood 13' Dack 45+2'	Report	Carey 31'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 10,011 (415 away) Referee: Eddie Ilderton

21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) 15	AFC Wimbledon	0–1	Plymouth Argyle	Norbiton
15:00 BST	Fuller 40' Barcham 50'	Report	Grant 64'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,848 (779 away) Referee: Martin Coy

28 October 2017 16	Plymouth Argyle	1–1	Rochdale	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Grant 1'	Report	Done 33' Williams 53'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,805 (163 away) Referee: Gavin Ward

11 November 2017 17	Bradford City	0–1	Plymouth Argyle	Bradford
15:00 GMT		Report	Taylor-Sinclair 31' Edwards 33' Jervis 35' 39' Sawyer 82'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 20,227 (770 away) Referee: Carl Boyeson

18 November 2017 18	Plymouth Argyle	0–4	Oxford United	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Edwards 14' Songo'o 67'	Report	Ledson 15' (pen.) Thomas 52' Henry 68' Obika 73' 77'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,805 (837 away) Referee: Graham Horwood

21 November 2017 19	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Northampton Town	Plymouth
19:45 GMT	Bradley 30', 52'	Report		Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 7,610 (208 away) Referee: Antony Coggins

25 November 2017 20	Portsmouth	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	Milton
15:00 GMT	Naismith 25' Kennedy 90+3'	Report	Sawyer 32' Diagouraga 90+9'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,823 (1,870 away) Referee: Bobby Madley

9 December 2017 21	Plymouth Argyle	2–1	Gillingham	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Grant 55' Diagouraga 90'	Report	Wagstaff 36' Nugent 57' Eaves 84' Byrne 87'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 11,115 (398 away) Referee: Darren Handley

16 December 2017 22	Rotherham United	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Towell 34' Wood 42' 50'	Report	Carey 31' Taylor 82', 83'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7,562 (456 away) Referee: Andy Haines

23 December 2017 23	Plymouth Argyle	4–1	Oldham Athletic	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Diagouraga 3' Carey 6' Edwards 59' Jervis 72'	Report	Wilson 40' Byrne 43' Gerrard 56' Hunt 84'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,017 (289 away) Referee: Lee Collins

26 December 2017 24	MK Dons	0–1	Plymouth Argyle	Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT		Report	Sawyer 16' Songo'o 47'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 9,268 (944 away) Referee: John Busby

30 December 2017 25	Blackpool	2–2	Plymouth Argyle	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Tilt 48' Daniel 55' Solomon-Otabor 90+4'	Report	Lameiras 39' Carey 45'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,417 (546 away) Referee: John Brooks

1 January 2018 26	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Walsall	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Taylor 67'	Report	Flanagan 40' Bakayoko 73'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,432 (275 away) Referee: Kevin Johnson

6 January 2018 27	Plymouth Argyle	3–0	Bury	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Diagouraga 14' 18' Carey 42' Fox 56' Sarcevic 78'	Report	Lowe 60' Danns 61'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 9,139 (143 away) Referee: Trevor Kettle

13 January 2018 28	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Beestin 37' Rowe 63' May 74' Baudry 90+1'	Report	Edwards 74'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,494 (897 away) Referee: Andy Haines

20 January 2018 29	Plymouth Argyle	1–3	Wigan Athletic	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Carey 27' (pen)	Report	Dunkley 27' Grigg 29' Massey 45+3' Morsy 45+5' Byrne 47' Vaughan 53' Burn 69'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 11,492 (459 away) Referee: Gavin Ward

27 January 2018 30	Oldham Athletic	1–2	Plymouth Argyle	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Gerrard 50' Songo'o 54' (o.g.) Nepomuceno 90'	Report	Sarcevic 17', 51' Lameiras 19' Ness 25' Songo'o 29' Taylor 52' Matthews 70'	Stadium: SportsDirect.com Park Attendance: 4,274 (688 away) Referee: Martin Coy

4 February 2018 31	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Blackburn Rovers	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Lameiras 25' Taylor 37'	Report	Samuel 46' Dack 47' Bennett 75'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 11,801 (1,226 away) Referee: Charles Breakspear

10 February 2018 32	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Plymouth Argyle	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Morris 6' Payne 83'	Report	Ness 27' Vyner 62'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 7,036 (995 away) Referee: Ben Toner

13 February 2018 33	Plymouth Argyle	4–2	AFC Wimbledon	Plymouth
19:45 GMT	Carey 16' Ness 27' Fox 40' Taylor 45+3' Lameiras 67' Sarcevic 71' Makasi 87'	Report	Taylor 37', 59' Charles 62' Kennedy 74'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,671 (246 away) Referee: Brett Huxtable

17 February 2018 34	Oxford United	0–1	Plymouth Argyle	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Dickie 84'	Report	Bradley 45+3' Taylor-Sinclair 86' Taylor 90'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,301 (1,802 away) Referee: Mark Heywood

24 February 2018 35	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Bradford City	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Sarcevic 34'	Report	Wyke 90'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 11,113 (642 away) Referee: Graham Salisbury

10 March 2018 36	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Coyle 24' Madden 56'	Report	Makasi 16' Fox 60'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,079 (605 away) Referee: Darren Handley

17 March 2018 37	Plymouth Argyle	3–2	Bristol Rovers	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Carey 14', 85' (pen) Ness 34', 48' Matthews 58'	Report	Lines 12' Harrison 36' Partington 64' Lockyer 85' Bennett 90+4'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 13,466 (1,593 away) Referee: John Brooks

24 March 2018 (2018-03-24) 38	Charlton Athletic	2–0	Plymouth Argyle	Charlton
15:00 GMT	Page 3' Żyro 17' Bauer 27' Reeves 43'	Report	Paton 90+3'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 13,989 (3,034 away) Referee: John Busby

30 March 2018 39	Plymouth Argyle	4–0	Southend United	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Lameiras 3', 88' Carey 33', 52' Taylor 45+3'	Report	Wordsworth 42'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 11,965 (445 away) Referee: Brendan Malone

7 April 2018 40	Plymouth Argyle	2–1	Peterborough United	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Taylor 27', 88' Ness 33' Carey 90+2' (pen)	Report	Marriott 9' Taylor 19' 90+1' Shephard 54', 75' Cooper 58'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,923 (385 away) Referee: Craig Hicks

14 April 2018 41	Plymouth Argyle	0–0	Portsmouth	Plymouth
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 14,634 (1,600 away) Referee: Dean Whitestone

21 April 2018 42	Northampton Town	2–0	Plymouth Argyle	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Grimes 25' O’Toole 42' Bradley 61' (o.g.) Taylor 87'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,868 (1,452 away) Referee: Lee Collins

24 April 2018 43	Rochdale	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	Delaney 55'	Report	Fox 5' Vyner 17' Grant 53' Carey 64'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,760 (539 away) Referee: Darren Drysdale

28 April 2018 44	Plymouth Argyle	2–1	Rotherham United	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Grant 56' Carey 90+1' (pen)	Report	Towell 33' Williams 51' Rodák 90+2'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 13,407 (577 away) Referee: Darren Handley

1 May 2018 45	Scunthorpe United	2–0	Plymouth Argyle	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	Adelakun 32' Holmes 45' Toney 60'	Report		Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,712 (600~ away) Referee: Ben Toner

5 May 2018 46	Gillingham	5–2	Plymouth Argyle	Gillingham
17:30 GMT	Parker 7' Eaves 30', 36', 51' Zakuani 45+2' Wilkinson 85' List 90+1'	Report	Grant 23' Carey 77' Songo'o 85'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,269 (2,461) away) Referee: Brendan Malone

FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, Plymouth Argyle were drawn at home against Grimsby Town in the first round.^[44] A second round away trip to Bradford City was confirmed.^[45]

4 November 2017 First round	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Grimsby Town	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Carey 9' 48'	Report	Davies 60' Dixon 72'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 5,137 Referee: John Busby

2 December 2017 Second round	Bradford City	3–1	Plymouth Argyle	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Vincelot 38' Knight-Percival 50' Wyke 64'	Report	Carey 63'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 4,957 Referee: Tony Harrington

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Plymouth Argyle were drawn away to Bristol City in the first round.^[46]

8 August 2017 First round	Bristol City	5–0	Plymouth Argyle	Ashton Gate
19:45 BST	Hegeler 2' Baker 14' Smith 19' Hinds 39' Paterson 79'	Report		Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 9,838 (1,988 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, Plymouth were drawn against Chelsea U23s, Exeter City and Yeovil Town in Southern Group D.^[47]

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Yeovil Town (A)	3	2	1	0	0	6	3	+3	8	Round 2
2	ACA	Chelsea U21s (A)	3	1	0	2	0	6	4	+2	5	Round 2
3	L1	Plymouth Argyle	3	0	2	0	1	5	6	−1	4
4	L2	Exeter City	3	0	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1

Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round

15 August 2017 Group Game 1	Plymouth Argyle	2–2 (5–4 p)	Chelsea U21s	Plymouth
19:00 BST	Lameiras 81' Carey 85' Fletcher 88', 90+1'	Report	Hudson-Odoi 62', 74' Sterling 68' Ampadu 90+4'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 3,962
	Penalties
	Carey Fletcher Ainsworth Fox Wylde		McCormick Muheim Christie-Davies Maddox Sterling

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