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 Krisztian Timar Defender (on loan from Ferencvaros)
6 Hasney Aljofree Defender (on loan to Oldham)
7 David Norris Midfielder
8 Akos Buzsaky 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 Peter 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
Organisations based in Plymouth, Devon
1886 establishments in England