Name of Club – Plymouth Argyle FC
Year founded – 1903
Ground Name – Home Park

After playing a number of exhibition matches against tougher opponents, they joined the Southern league in 1903 and in the year 1920, they joined the third division like many other Southern league colleagues. They achieved promotion in the year 1930 after a decade of frustration Plymouth, captained by Welsh international Moses Russell, set a record by finishing as third division south runners up for six successive years from 1922 and 1927. They then finished in third and fourth place. In the year 1953, they reached the fifth round of the FA Cup, only to lose to Gateshead, a side that was 92nd in the league at that point. Argyle enjoyed a decent period in the mid 1980’s under the guidance of Dave Smith. They enjoyed a great FA Cup run in 1984 as they reached the semi finals, suffering a slender 1-0 defeat against Watford. They nearly reached the play offs in 1987, finishing in second place, this was the closest they ever came from entering the top flight. Plymouth have established themselves in the second tier of English football in the 21st century and are searching for great things under manager Ian Holloway.

Past Managers

Jack Tresadern: 1938 – 1947
Jimmy Rae: 1948 – 1955
Jack Rowley: 1955 – 1960
Ellis Stuttard: 1961 – 1963
Derek Ufton: 1965 – 1968
Tony Waiters: 1972 – 1977
Bobby Moncur: 1981 – 1983
Ken Brown: 1988 – 1990

Great players

Moses Russel
Moses Russell captained Plymouth Argyle as they set a record by finishing runners up of the southern league third division for six successive years between 1922 and 1927. He is one of Plymouth Argyles most capped football players as he played for the Welsh national football team on 23 occasions.

Jack Cock
Sammy Black
Kevin Hodges
Andy Thomas
Gary Megson
Sean McCarthy
Mark Smith