2022–23 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season explained

The 2022–23 season is the 137th season in the existence of Plymouth Argyle Football Club and the club's third consecutive season in League One. In addition to the league, they also competed in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

First-team squad

No.	Name	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Apps.	Goals	Year signed	Signed from	Transfer fee
Goalkeepers
1	Michael Cooper		GK	1999 10, df=yes	142	0	2017	Academy	Trainee
25	Callum Burton		GK	1996 8, df=yes	30	0	2021	Cambridge United	Free
32	Adam Parkes		GK	1999 11, df=yes	0	0	2022	Watford	Free
Defenders
2	James Bolton		RB/CB	1994 8, df=yes	22	1	2021	Portsmouth	Undisclosed
3	Macaulay Gillesphey		CB	1995 11, df=yes	87	4	2021	Brisbane Roar	Free
5	James Wilson		CB	1989 2, df=yes	90	1	2021	Ipswich Town	Free
6	Dan Scarr		CB	1994 12, df=yes	78	4	2021	Walsall	Free
17	Bali Mumba		RB/DM/CM	2001 10, df=yes	46	6	2022	Norwich City	Loan
21	Nigel Lonwijk		CB/RB	2002 10, df=yes	41	0	2022	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan
22	Brendan Galloway		LB/CB	1996 3, df=yes	40	2	2021	Luton Town	Free
24	Saxon Earley		LB/LM/DM	2002 10, df=yes	9	2	2023	Norwich City	Undisclosed
27	Ryan Law		LB	1999 9, df=yes	29	2	2018	Academy	Trainee
36	Finley Craske		RB/LB	2003 1, df=yes	9	0	2022	Academy	Trainee
37	Brandon Pursall		CB	2004 3, df=yes	8	0	2021	Academy	Trainee
43	Oscar Halls		RB	2006 1, df=yes	6	1	2022	Academy	Trainee
Midfielders
4	Jordan Houghton		DM/CM/CB	1995 11, df=yes	100	1	2021	Milton Keynes Dons	Free
7	Matt Butcher		DM/CM/CB	1997 5, df=yes	48	3	2022	Accrington Stanley	Free
8	Joe Edwards		RM/CM/RB	1990 10, df=yes	186	20	2019	Walsall	Free
10	Danny Mayor		LM/AM/CM	1990 10, df=yes	163	7	2019	Bury	Free
15	Conor Grant		CM/LM/RM	1995 4, df=yes	137	14	2018	Everton	Free
18	Finn Azaz		CM/AM	2000 9, df=yes	38	8	2022	Aston Villa	Loan
20	Adam Randell		DM/CB	2000 10, df=yes	81	5	2018	Academy	Trainee
26	Callum Wright		CM/RM/RB	2000 5, df=yes	23	4	2023	Blackpool	£400,000
28	Jay Matete		CM/DM	2001 2, df=yes	22	1	2023	Sunderland	Loan
44	Will Jenkins-Davies		CM	2004 10, df=yes	11	1	2021	Academy	Trainee
Forwards
9	Ryan Hardie		CF	1997 3, df=yes	163	49	2021	Blackpool	Undisclosed
11	Niall Ennis		CF/LW	1999 5, df=yes	97	24	2021	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed
14	Mickel Miller		LW/SS/RW	1995 12, df=yes	12	0	2022	Rotherham United	Free
16	Sam Cosgrove		CF	1996 12, df=yes	30	12	2022	Birmingham City	Loan
23	Ben Waine		CF/LW/RW	2001 6, df=yes	11	2	2023	Wellington Phoenix	Undisclosed
29	Tyreik Wright		RW/LW/CF	2001 9, df=yes	6	0	2023	Aston Villa	Undisclosed
31	Luke Jephcott		CF	2000 1, df=yes	117	37	2018	Academy	Trainee

Statistics

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Goals record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name					Total
1	9		CF		13	0	0	4	17
2	11		CF		12	0	0	2	14
3	16		CF		8	0	0	1	9
	19		RW		9	0	0	0	9
5	18		CM	Finn Azaz	7	0	0	0	7
6	17		LB		6	0	0	0	6
7	26		CM		5	0	0	0	5
8	7		DM		3	0	0	0	3
	8		CM		3	0	0	0	3
10	3		CB		2	0	0	0	2
	6		CB	Dan Scarr	2	0	0	0	2
	20		CM		2	1	0	0	3
	23		CF	Ben Waine	1	0	0	1	2
	24		LB		2	0	0	0	2
15	2		RB		1	0	0	0	1
	5		CB		1	0	0	0	1
	10		LM		1	0	0	0	1
	15		LWB		1	0	0	0	1
	28		DM		1	0	0	0	1
	43		CB	Oscar Halls	0	0	0	1	1
	44		CM		0	0	0	1	1
	49		MF		0	0	0	1	1
Own Goals				1	0	0	0	1
Total					80	1	0	10	92

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			EFL Cup			EFL Trophy			Total
1	16		CF	Sam Cosgrove	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	0	0
	21		CB	Nigel Lonwijk	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
3	5		CB		6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1
	28		CM	Jay Matete	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
6	8		RWB		5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
6	6		CB	Dan Scarr	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1
	7		CM		3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
	11		CF	Niall Ennis	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
	17		LWB	Bali Mumba	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	22		CB	Brendan Galloway	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0
11	4		CM	Jordan Houghton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	14		LW	Mickel Miller	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	18		AM	Finn Azaz	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	19		RW	Morgan Whittaker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
	20		CM	Adam Randell	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	24		LB	Saxon Earley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	1		GK		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	2		RB		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	3		CB	Macauley Gillesphey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	10		LM	Danny Mayor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	25		GK	Callum Burton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	26		CM	Callum Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					72	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	10	0	0	86	2	2

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
1 July 2022				Free Transfer	[1]
1 July 2022		Matt Martin		Free Transfer	[2]
1 July 2022				Free Transfer	[3]
6 October 2022		Adam Parkes		Free Transfer	[4]
1 January 2023				Undisclosed	[5]
2 January 2023				Undisclosed	[6]
4 January 2023				Undisclosed	[7]
9 January 2023				Undisclosed	[8]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
27 June 2022		George Cooper		Mutual Consent	[9]
30 June 2022		Carlo Garside		Released	[10] [11]
30 June 2022		Oscar Massey		Released	[12]
30 June 2022
30 June 2022		Ethan Mitchell		Released	[13]
30 June 2022		Lewis Moyle		Released	[14]
30 June 2022		Oscar Rutherford		Released	[15]
30 June 2022		Jamal Salawu		Released	[16]
30 June 2022			Unattached	Released
30 June 2022				Released	[17] [18]
30 June 2022		Angel Waruih	Brentford	Released	[19]
30 June 2022		Alfie Wotton		Released	[20]
27 July 2022				Undisclosed	[21]
1 September 2022				Undisclosed	[22]

Loans in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Ref
11 July 2022				End of Season	[23]
14 July 2022				End of Season	[24]
20 July 2022				3 January 2023	[25] [26]
29 July 2022				End of Season	[27]
1 September 2022				End of Season	[28]
6 January 2023				End of Season	[29]

Loans out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Ref
18 July 2022				9 January 2023	[30] [31]
25 July 2022				31 August 2022	[32]
1 August 2022				14 October 2022	[33]
1 September 2022				End of Season	[34]
14 October 2022		Adam Parkes		9 February 2023	[35] [36] [37]
31 December 2022				End of Season	[38]
10 January 2023				End of Season	[39]
10 February 2023				End of Season	[40]

Pre-season and friendlies

Truro City announced a friendly match with Plymouth on 17 May 2022.^[41] Plymouth confirmed that match on 24 May, whilst also announcing matches with Plymouth Parkway, Bristol City and Yeovil Town.^[42] A day later, an away trip to Torquay United was added to the pre-season schedule.^[43] A sixth fixture was added to the calendar, against Swansea City.^[44]

Competitions

League One

See main article: 2022–23 EFL League One.

Matches

On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.^[45]

FA Cup

See main article: 2022–23 FA Cup.

Plymouth were drawn away to Grimsby Town in the first round.^[46]

EFL Cup

See main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup.

Argyle were drawn at home to Peterborough United in the first round.^[47]

EFL Trophy

See main article: 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Plymouth Argye with Bristol Rovers and Swindon Town.^[48] Three days later, Crystal Palace U21s joined Southern Group E.^[49] Argyle were then drawn at home to Charlton Athletic in the second round^[50] and against AFC Wimbledon in the third round.^[51] In the semi-finals, Argyle were drawn at home versus Cheltenham Town.^[52]

Notes and References

1. News: Butcher Signs . 20 June 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 20 June 2022.
2. News: Ten new scholars . 19 July 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 30 June 2022.
3. News: Miller Joins The Greens . 28 June 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 27 June 2022.
4. News: Adam Parkes Signs. 6 October 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 6 October 2022.
5. News: Ben Waine Signs . 31 December 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 30 December 2022.
6. News: Saxon Earley Signs . 3 January 2023 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 2 January 2023.
7. News: Callum Wright Signs . 4 January 2023 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 4 January 2023.
8. News: Tyreik Wright Signs . 9 January 2023 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 9 January 2023.
9. News: Cook Clinches Cooper Signing . 27 June 2022 . Chesterfield FC. 27 June 2022.
10. News: Academy Contracts . 3 May 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 3 May 2022.
11. Web site: 18. Carlo Garside . Plymouth Parkway FC . 19 July 2022.
12. News: Oscar Massey added to the ranks . 22 June 2022 . Swindon Town FC . 22 June 2022.
13. News: Joe Rodwell-Grant, Ethan Mitchell And Abdi Sharif Join Latics U21! . 29 July 2022 . Wigan Athletic FC . 29 July 2022.
14. News: Mousehole Edge Out BRIDGWATER in Tough Top-Three Encounter . 8 March 2023 . Mousehole AFC . 6 March 2023.
15. News: B Team report: Eastleigh 2-2 Saints . 27 July 2022 . Southampton FC . 27 July 2022 .
16. 1631986370062307328. NEW SIGNING ❗️‍. YateTownFC. YateTownFC. 4 March 2023. 16 March 2023.
17. News: Retained List . 3 May 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 3 May 2022.
18. News: Ollie Delighted To Become A Gull . 19 July 2022 . Torquay United FC . 13 July 2022.
19. Web site: Angel Waruih joins Brentford B . 24 August 2022 . www.brentfordfc.com . en-gb.
20. News: FIRST TEAM 2 - 1 CLEVEDON TOWN . 30 July 2022 . Saltash United . 30 July 2022.
21. News: Lewis Moves To Dundalk . 27 July 2022 . Torquay United FC . 27 July 2022.
22. News: Camara Joins Ipswich Town . 1 September 2022 . Plymouth Argyle . 27 July 2022.
23. News: Azaz Comes Aboard . 11 July 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 11 July 2022.
24. News: Welcome Bali Mumba . 14 July 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 14 July 2022.
25. News: Whittaker Signs From Swansea City . 20 July 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 20 July 2022.
26. News: Whittaker Recalled . 3 January 2023 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 3 January 2023.
27. News: Nigel Lonwijk Signs . 29 July 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 29 July 2022.
28. News: Sam Cosgrove Signs . 1 September 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 1 September 2022.
29. News: Jay Matete Signs . 6 January 2023 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 6 January 2023.
30. News: Law Joins Gillingham On Loan . 18 July 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 18 July 2022.
31. News: Ryan Law Recalled . 9 January 2023 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 9 January 2023.
32. News: Pursall Joins Parkway . 25 July 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 25 July 2022.
33. News: Craske's Yeovil Loan . 1 August 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 1 August 2022.
34. News: Jephcott Joins Swindon On Loan . 1 September 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 1 September 2022.
35. News: Adam Parkes Joins Plymouth Parkway On Loan. 14 October 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 14 October 2022.
36. News: Parkes' Parkway Loan Extended . 26 January 2023 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 25 January 2023.
37. News: Parkes to be Recalled . 10 February 2023 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 9 February 2023.
38. News: Brandon Pursall Joins Tavistock On Loan . 3 January 2023 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 31 December 2022.
39. News: Craske Joins Truro On Loan . 11 January 2023 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 10 January 2023.
40. News: Ryan Law joins Yeovil . 10 February 2023 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 10 February 2023.
41. News: PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE 2022/23 . 18 May 2022 . Truro City F.C. . 17 May 2022.
42. News: Pre Season Schedule Confirmed . 24 May 2022 . Plymouth Argyle F.C. . 24 May 2022.
43. News: Torquay For Pre Season . 25 May 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 25 May 2022.
44. News: Swans Visit Home Park In Pre-Season . 31 May 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 31 May 2022.
45. News: 22/23 Fixtures Announced . 23 June 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 23 June 2022.
46. News: Argyle Drawn Away To Grimsby Town In Emirates FA Cup . 19 October 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 17 October 2022.
47. News: Posh In The Cup . 23 June 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 23 June 2022.
48. News: 22/23 Papa John's Trophy Draw . 20 June 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 20 June 2022.
49. News: Papa John's Trophy Group Complete . 23 June 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 23 June 2022.
50. News: Argyle To Face Charlton In Papa Johns Trophy . 14 November 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 11 November 2022.
51. News: Papa Johns Trophy Round Of 16 Draw . 25 November 2022 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 24 November 2022.
52. News: Papa Johns Trophy Semi Final Draw . 16 January 2023 . Plymouth Argyle FC . 14 January 2023.