Plymouth Argyle F.C.
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Plymouth Argyle Football Club, is an English football (soccer) club. The club is nicknamed The Pilgrims. The team usually plays in green, white and black.
Ian Holloway is the current manager.
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[edit] Main stuff about the club
The club is called The Pilgrims because the people that left Plymouth for America were the first people to be called Pilgrims. The ship on the badge is called The Mayflower. The first pilgrims travelled on the Mayflower.
The club's stadium is called Home Park. It was ruined by German aeroplanes in World War II. Home Park was repaired after the war. In 2001 and 2002, Home Park was made into a better stadium. Some parts of the stadium were not used while the work was being done. The stadium is now fully open.
The club was made in 1886, but it was called Argyle Athletic Club. The club changed its name to Plymouth Argyle Football Club in 1903.
Plymouth Argyle has never won a match by more than 7 goals. They have beaten Hartlepool United and Millwall 8-1. On 3 January 2004, they beat Chesterfield 7-0. The club lost 9-0 to Stoke City in 1960. Luke McCormick is a goalkeeper. He played seven games in a row for Plymouth Argyle without letting the other teams score a single goal.
In the 1990s, Peter Shilton, Neil Warnock, and John Gregory all managed the club.
The club won Division Three in 2001/02, won Division Two in 2003/04 and now plays in the newly-named Championship, the second tier of English football. When the club won Division Three they scored 102 points. No other team had ever scored that many points.
[edit] 100th season
2003/04 is the clubs 100th season since becoming Plymouth Argyle in 1903. The club has set up many events, while the team has won many awards.
A list of things that happened in the 2003/04 season:
- 22 October 2003: Plymouth Argyle beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 at Hillsborough (Sheffield Wednesday's ground) to become the top team in Division Two.
- 24 October 2003: Plymouth Argyle were given an award for their 5-1 win against Port Vale.
- 1 November 2003: Paul Sturrock won the Division Two manager of the month award for October.
- 6 November 2003: David Friio won the Division Two player of the month award for October.
- 23 December 2003: Paul Sturrock agreed to stay as the club's manager until 2008.
- 26 December 2003: Paul Wotton scored Plymouth Argyle's 5000th goal in league matches. Plymouth Argyle beat A.F.C. Bournemouth 2-0 on that day. Plymouth Argyle became the first big side in England to score 50 goals in that season.
- 2 January 2004: Paul Sturrock won the Division Two manager of the month award for December.
- 3 January 2004: David Friio scored three goals in one match.
- 6 January 2004: Paul Sturrock was named as the best manager in England.
- 17 January 2004: Two men who used to play for Plymouth Argyle, Billy Rafferty and Paul Mariner went back to Plymouth to celebrate with fans. Plymouth Argyle beat Rushden & Diamonds 3-0.
- 5 February 2004: Graham Coughlan won the Division Two player of the month award for January.
- 19 February 2004: The club's first shop in Plymouth city centre was opened.
- 4 March 2004: Paul Sturrock became manager of Southampton
[edit] The Plymouth Argyle players at the moment
1 Romain Larrieu Goalkeeper 2 Anthony Barness Defender 4 Lilian Nalis Midfielder 7 David Norris Midfielder 8 Akos Buzsaky Midfielder 10 Vincent Pericard (on loan from Juve ) Striker 11 Nick Chadwick Striker 13 Mathias Doumbe Defender 14 Tony Capaldi Midfielder 15 Paul Wotton Midfielder 16 Hasney Aljofree Defender 17 Bjarni Gudjonsson Midfielder 18 Leon Clarke (on loan from Wolves ) Striker 20 Lee Hodges Midfielder 22 Paul Connolly Defender 23 Luke McCormick Goalkeeper 25 Ryan Dickson Midfielder 26 Chris Zebroski Striker 28 Marcus Martin Midfielder 29 Luke Summerfield Midfielder 30 James Debbage Goalkeeper 32 Bojan Djordjic Midfielder
[edit] The other workers at Plymouth Argyle
- Manager - Ian Holloway
- Assistant Manager - John Blackley (Caretaker)
- Defensive Co-ordinator - John Blackley
- Youth Coach - Stuart Gibson
- Physiopherapist - Paul Maxwell
- Chief Scout - John James
- Chairman - Paul Stapleton
- Vice Chair - Peter Jones
- Directors - Michael Foot, Phillip Gill, Nicholas Warren, Robert Dennerly
- Community Officer - Geoff Crudgington
- Commercial Manager - Andy Budge
- Club Shop Manager - Rachel Fry
- Club Photographer - Dave Rowntree
- Official Webmaster - Steven Hill
[edit] The old managers of Plymouth Argyle
These are the team managers of Plymouth Argyle and the dates they took over.
- Frank Brettell (August 1 1903)
- Bob Jack (August 1 1905)
- Bill Fullerton (August 1 1906)
- Bob Jack (August 1 1910)
- Jack Tresardern (April 1 1938)
- Jimmy Rae (September 1 1948)
- Jack Rowley (February 1 1955)
- Neil Dougall (March 1 1961)
- Ellis Stuttard (November 1 1961)
- Andy Beattie (October 1 1963)
- Malcolm Allison (May 1 1964)
- Derek Ufton (May 1 1965)
- Billy Bingham (February 1 1968)
- Ellis Stuttard (March 1 1970)
- Tony Waiters (October 11 1972)
- Mike Kelly (May 1 1977)
- Lennie Lawrence (Caretaker) (February 14 1978)
- Malcolm Allison (March 16 1978)
- Bobby Saxton (January 5 1979)
- Bobby Moncur (June 1 1981)
- Johnny Hore (October 1 1983)
- Dave Smith (November 1 1984)
- Ken Brown (July 6 1988)
- John Gregory (Caretaker) (February 6 1990)
- David Kemp (March 1 1990)
- Peter Shilton (March 2 1992)
- Steve McCall (Caretaker) (January 2 1995)
- Neil Warnock (June 22 1995)
- Mick Jones (February 3 1997)
- Kevin Hodges (June 21 1998)
- Kevin Summerfield (Caretaker) (October 4 2000)
- Paul Sturrock (October 31 2000)
- Kevin Summerfield (Caretaker) (March 4 2004)
[edit] Former players
- Bruce Grobbelaar
- John Hope Peddie
- Jack Leslie
- Paul Mariner
- Billy Rafferty
- Peter Shilton
- Tommy Tynan
[edit] What the club has won
Third Division South
Third Division (Old Format)
Division Three (New Format)
- Champions
- 2002
[edit] External links
- Club official website
- PASOTI (Plymouth Argyle Supporters On The Internet, the main fans' site)
- Useful site with audio/visual round ups of games as well as many good links
- Club forum which also has some club news