Plymouth Argyle F.C.

Plymouth Argyle Football Club, is an English football club. The club is nicknamed The Pilgrims. The team usually plays in green, white and black.

Club Information 
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.

Name 
 1886-? Argyle F.C.
 ?-present Plymouth Argyle F.C.

100th season 
2003/04 is the club`s 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

Club Honours 

Third Division South
Champions
 1930, 1952
Runners-up
 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927
Third Division (Old Format)
Champions
 1959
Runners-up
 1975, 1986
Division Three
Champions
 2002
Division Two
Champions
 2004

League position

Former position

Current Plymouth Argyle Squad 
1 	Romain Larrieu 	 Goalkeeper (on loan to Gillingham)
2 	Anthony Barness  Defender
4 	Lilian Nalis 	 Midfielder
5 Krisztián Timár Defender (on loan from Ferencvaros)
6 	Hasney Aljofree Defender (on loan to Oldham)
7 	David Norris 	 Midfielder
8 	Ákos Buzsáky 	 Midfielder
9 Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Midfielder
10 Barry Hayles Striker
11 	Nick Chadwick 	 Striker
13 	Mathias Doumbe 	 Defender
14 	Tony Capaldi 	 Midfielder
15 	Paul Wotton 	 Midfielder
16 Péter Halmosi  Midfielder (on loan from Debrecen)
17 Kevin Gallen  Striker (on loan from QPR)
18 Gary Sawyer  Defender
19 Marcel Seip  Defender
20 	Lee Hodges 	 Midfielder
21 Cherno Samba  Striker
22 	Paul Connolly 	 Defender
23 	Luke McCormick 	 Goalkeeper
24 Josh Clapham  Goalkeeper
25 	Ryan Dickson 	 Midfielder (on loan to Torquay)
26 Scott Sinclair  Midfielder (on loan from Chelsea)
27 	Reuben Reid	 Midfielder (on loan to Torquay)
28 Scott Laird  Defender
29 	Luke Summerfield Midfielder
30 Dan Gosling Midfielder
31 Anthony Mason Striker
32 	Bojan Djordjic 	 Midfielder
33 Rory Fallon  Striker
34 Ashley Barnes  Striker

The other workers at Plymouth Argyle 
Manager - Paul Mariner
Assistant Manager - Gary Penrice
Coach - Tim Breacker
Youth Coach - Stuart Gibson
Physiopherapist - John Carver
 2nd Physiopherapist- Tom Hunter
Chief Scout - John James
Chairman - Paul Stapleton
Vice Chair - Robert Dennerly
Directors - Phillip Gill, Damon Lenszner, Tony Wrathall
Chief Executive - Michael Dunsford
Community Officer - Geoff Crudgington
Commercial Manager - Andy Budge
Club Shop Manager - Rachel Fry
Club Photographer - Dave Rowntree
Official Webmaster - Steven Hill

Previous Argyle Managers 
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)
 Bobby Williamson (April 20 2004)
 Jocky Scott (John Alexander Scott) (Caretaker) (September 6 2005)
 Tony Pulis (September 23 2005)

Former players 
 Bruce Grobbelaar
 John Hope Peddie
 Jack Leslie
 Paul Mariner
 Billy Rafferty
 Peter Shilton
 Tommy Tynan

References

Other websites 
 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 

English football clubs
Plymouth, Devon
1886 establishments in England