Plymouth Argyle

Devon Derby: Plymouth Argyle v Exeter City

Paul Wotton admits there will be an extra dimension to his 10th Devon Expressway Derby tonight, but does not feel any added pressure because of it, writes Rick Cowdery.

A packed, passionate, partisan crowd will welcome Exeter City to Home Park, with the visitors anxious to build on a recent home win over Fleetwood to ease relegation concerns.

After two seasons fighting for...

Premiership trials for young Ivybridge players

Two rising stars from Ivybridge Community College’s Football Academy have been scouted by top Premiership clubs.

Archie Thomas and Jake Lane, both 14-year-old Year 10 students, have just returned from trials at the two clubs, after impressing scouts in College matches.

Archie Thomas, who plays central midfield spent three days at Villa Park, after he was spotted by an Aston...

Bristol Rovers 2 Plymouth Argyle 1

Unsurprisingly, John Sheridan opted not to change the starting eleven that had an aggregated nine goals for and none against in their two outings as a unit. A sole change on the Argyle bench saw Dominic Blizzard return to the squad following injury. Ben Purrington stepped down to allow space, writes Rob McNichol.

In Argyle’s previous three visits to the Memorial Stadium they had found...

Fleetwood 0 Plymouth Argyle 4

TEN days after suffering their biggest defeat of this Sky Bet League 2 season, Argyle demolished high-flying Fleetwood Town in a complete reversal of fortune, writes Rob McNichol.

At Home Park, two Saturdays previous, following a heavy reverse at the hands of York City, gloom threatened to envelope the club. After a trip to a far-flung corner of Lancashire to take on 5th placed...

From the Brit Awards to BBC Radio Devon!

Bastille drummer Chris Wood joins Gordon Sparks in the commentary box

A four-times nominee at this year’s Brit awards is set to drum home his support for Plymouth Argyle by making his debut on as a guest in the commentary box alongside BBC Radio Devon’s Gordon Sparks on Saturday (23 February).

Chris Wood, more commonly known as ‘Woody’, is the drummer with Bastille, the band...

Plymouth Argyle 0 York 4

A red card against a team from the county of the white rose gave the Green Army the blues, writes Rob McNichol.

On an afternoon when multiple rainbows formed a backdrop behind the Lyndhurst stand, ten men of Argyle gave battle in vain as goals from Wes Fletcher, a brace from John McCombe and an injury-time goal from Josh Carson gave York City a comfortable victory at Home Park....

Two Nods for Argyle

Argyle have received two nominations for the upcoming annual Football League Awards.

Left-back Ben Purrington, who burst onto the scene with his first-team debut at Oxford United on Boxing day, is nominated as one of three candidates for Sky Bet League 2 Apprentice of the year. Seventeen-year-old Ben, from Exeter, has captained the youth team, including on their run to the third round...

Young, gifted and back!

Argyle 1 Cheltenham Town 1

Argyle midfielder Luke Young dragged the Pilgrims to what looked, for long periods of the game, a frankly unlikely draw with a late equaliser that spoke much for their resilience, writes Rick Cowdery..

Free-kick specialist Young fired home a dead-ball from 25 yards to earn his hometown side a point against a side they had already beaten and knocked...

Plymouth Argyle 2 Port Vale 3

Plymouth Argyle can take some comfort from having played their full part in an enthralling two-game third-round FA Cup with Budweiser tie before they bowed out gloriously to opponents from a higher division which they had outplayed for vast swathes of the three-hour encounter, writes Rick Cowdery.

Having come from two goals behind in the Potteries to draw 2-2 in the first match, they...

AFC Wimbledon 1 Argyle 1

Argyle’s ultimate away adventure of 2013 matched the excitement of their penultimate one as Christmas Sunday provided late drama.

Leading scorer Reuben Reid netted his 12th goal of the season two minutes from time to maintain the Pilgrims’ unbeaten Christmas run.

Dons’ forward Michael Smith’s header two minutes after half-time had looked like proving the difference between two...

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