2020–21 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season

Plymouth Argyle
2020–21 season
Chairman	Simon Hallett
Manager	Ryan Lowe
Stadium	Home Park
League One	18th
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	Second round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Luke Jephcott (16); All: Luke Jephcott (18)
Highest home attendance	2,000 ; (vs MK Dons, 19th Dec 2020); (vs Oxford United, 29th Dec 2020)
Lowest home attendance	Behind closed doors
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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	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 25)	58	0	2017	Academy	Trainee
23	Luke McCormick	GK	(1983-08-15) 15 August 1983 (age 41)	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 25)	49	3	2020	Newcastle United	Loan
3	Gary Sawyer	CB/LB	(1985-07-05) 5 July 1985 (age 39)	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 26)	38	1	2020	Fulham	Loan
25	Sam Woods	CB/RB/DM	(1998-09-11) 11 September 1998 (age 26)	9	1	2021	Crystal Palace	Loan
27	Ryan Law	LB	(1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 25)	7	0	2018	Academy	Trainee
41	Ollie Tomlinson	CB	(2002-05-19) 19 May 2002 (age 22)	2	0	2020	Academy	Trainee
Midfielders
8	Joe Edwards	RM/CM/RB	(1990-10-31) 31 October 1990 (age 34)	87	12	2019	Walsall	Free
10	Danny Mayor	LM/AM/CM	(1990-10-18) 18 October 1990 (age 34)	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 30)	17	0	2020	Wigan Athletic	Free
17	Byron Moore	RW/LW	(1988-08-24) 24 August 1988 (age 36)	78	7	2019	Bury	Free
18	Tyrese Fornah	CM/DM/AM	(1999-09-11) 11 September 1999 (age 25)	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 28)	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 33)	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 24)	15	1	2019	Academy	Trainee
21	Niall Ennis	CF/LW	(1999-05-20) 20 May 1999 (age 25)	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 23)	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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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.	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
3	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
7	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
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
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
2	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	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	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	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]

^ Loan cut short to join Dorchester Town on loan

Transfers out

Date from	Position	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 v t e	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	Relegation to EFL League Two

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

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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L
Position	8	5	9	13	8	6	9	9	8	8	9	10	11	15	15	16	19	14	14	17	15	15	11	13	13	12	12	10	10	12	10	12	14	15	16	16	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	18	18	18

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]

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