{"id":620822,"date":"2023-01-03T09:20:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T14:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=620822"},"modified":"2023-01-03T09:20:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T14:20:03","slug":"saxon-earley-joins-plymouth-argyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/03\/saxon-earley-joins-plymouth-argyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Saxon Earley Becomes the Second New Arrival at Home Park This Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plymouth Argyle, like a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/07\/football-league-transfer-deadline-day\/\" target=\"_self\">EFL teams<\/a>, rarely spend fees when bringing on board new talent. The Pilgrims are top of the league though and so this is anything but a regular season. Three days into the new year and the new transfer window, a new signing has been made as Saxon Earley joins Plymouth Argyle.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Steven Schumacher Lands a Deal for Saxon Earley<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>The Latest as Saxon Earley Joins Plymouth Argyle<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>One of the biggest discussions going on surrounding Plymouth Argyle is the future of the current loan crop. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/21\/swansea-city-forward-plymouth-argyle-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">Morgan Whittaker<\/a> is on the verge of being recalled by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/01\/swansea-city-duo-joel-piroe-michael-obafemi\/\" target=\"_self\">Swansea City<\/a> whilst, when fit, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/14\/bali-mumba-plymouth-argyle-signing\/\" target=\"_self\">Bali Mumba<\/a> has been a true standout. The latter has occupied wingback and midfield roles during his time with the club so far, and the same can be said for this latest arrival.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u270d\ufe0f Welcome to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/homeparkstadium?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@homeparkstadium<\/a>, Saxon Earley.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pafc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#pafc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VchSRXlhu1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/VchSRXlhu1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Plymouth Argyle FC (@Argyle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Argyle\/status\/1610002998566047748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Saxon Earley spent over a decade of his life with Norwich City but never made a senior appearance.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of this season, he graduated into the first team and shortly after went out on loan further down the football pyramid. Stevenage was his destination and Earley made 20 league appearances for the side currently second in League Two.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/02\/ben-waine-plymouth-argyle-signing\/\" target=\"_self\">Meet the Newest Plymouth Argyle Player Ben Waine<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What Role Will Saxon Earley Play?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As previously mentioned, Saxon Earley can play in multiple positions. Mostly he was a left-back during his spell at the Lamex Stadium, but the 20-year-old also frequented centre-half and left-mid. His final game for them, a 3-1 win over a struggling Crawley Town side, saw him play the full 90 at left-back.<\/p>\n<p>Bali Mumba himself of course has ties with Norwich, they are his parent club after all. He, on top of that, is another of those who has played at left-wingback; he started there in the recent win over <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/31\/mk-dons-premier-league-duo\/\" target=\"_self\">MK Dons<\/a> on home soil after <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/12\/30\/plymouth-argyle-wycombe-wanderers-talking-points\/\" target=\"_self\">being rested against Wycombe Wanderers<\/a>. Earley&#8217;s arrival gives Mumba some back-up.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd1d Saxon Earley has become our second January signing. Get to know him a little more with his first interview since signing for Argyle. <\/p>\n<p>It&#39;s all here. \ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pafc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#pafc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/incoming?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#incoming<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Plymouth Argyle FC (@Argyle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Argyle\/status\/1610018095715811329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Saxon Earley Joins Plymouth Argyle: Who Will Sign Next?<\/h3>\n<p>Argyle are the team to beat currently in League One and they have a number of major teams snapping at their coattails.<\/p>\n<p>The next month or so will see them clash with their closest rivals, including <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/30\/nottingham-forest-alex-mighten-sheffield-wednesday\/\" target=\"_self\">Sheffield Wednesday<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/26\/league-one-plymouth-argyle-ipswich-town\/\" target=\"_self\">Ipswich Town<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/28\/liam-rosenior-dismissal-derby-county\/\" target=\"_self\">Derby County<\/a>. Earley\u2019s addition as well as that of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/02\/ben-waine-plymouth-argyle-signing\/\" target=\"_self\">Ben Waine <\/a>further deepens the squad and if reports are to be believed, there are plenty more signings to come.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd30 Saxon Earley has departed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NCFC<\/a> to join League One side, Plymouth Argyle.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck for the future, Saxon! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TrNHoGAqTA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/TrNHoGAqTA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Pink Un (@pinkun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pinkun\/status\/1610004522687938560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plymouth Argyle, like a lot of EFL teams, rarely spend fees when bringing on board new talent. The Pilgrims are top of the league though and so this is anything but a regular season. Three days into the new year and the new transfer window, a new signing has been made as Saxon Earley joins [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3891,"featured_media":620833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,32,1370,28],"tags":[5636,828,5267,519,8969,3089],"class_list":["post-620822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league12","category-league-football","category-norwich-city","category-transfers","tag-bali-mumba","tag-home-park","tag-morgan-whittaker","tag-plymouth-argyle","tag-steven-schumacher","tag-stevenage"],"modified_by":"Declan Wiseman, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3891"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}