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Tuesday 2nd June 2026

On This Day:

1999: Barrington Belgrave signed from Norwich. An exciting prospect, Belgrave made just two full appearances before transferring to Southend the following year.

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On This Day:

2004: Keith Lasley signed from Motherwell and Mat Kouo-Doumbe from Hibernian.

31st May

David Norris opened the scoring for England Seniors in their 2-0 Seniors World Cup victory against hosts, Thailand. Barry Hayles was upfront, while Luke McCormick in goal kept a clean sheet.

On This Day:

1930: After winning a Football League championship trophy for the first time, Argyle ended a glorious season with a triumphant tour of the city, followed by a celebration dinner at the Duke of Cornwall Hotel. As W.S. Tonkin, author of 'All About Argyle', said: "It seemed that the whole population of Plymouth turned out to express their jubilation."

1947: Argyle's only fixture on this day, Nottingham Forest 5 Argyle 1.

30th

Argyle are one of several clubs to be linked with an interest in Middlesbrough winger, Samuel Silvera.

Owen Oseni was an unused substitute as Nigeria beat Jamaica 3-0 to win the Unity Cup.

28th

Women's Head Coach, Marie Hourihan, has resigned 'opting to pursue other opportunities'. Under her leadership the team went from narrowly avoiding relegation to a second place finish, and narrow losses in both the Cup and play-off games. It remains to be seen what changes there will be to the playing personnel and to the nature of the women's team going forward.

Striker Lorent Tolaj has made the League One team of the season in the BBC football awards. As has former Argyle central defender, Sonny Bradley, now of Lincoln City.

Argyle Women's goalkeeper, Hermione Cull, has won the FA Women's National League Southern Premier Division Golden Glove award.

Conor Hazard has not been named in the Northern Ireland squad for forthcoming friendlies against Guinea and France.

Senior Greens held their May meeting in Club Argyle when the speaker was CEO, Paul Berne.

27th

Phoebie Poole has been called up to Wales' squad for their upcoming FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying matches against Montenegro and the Czech Republic.

Argyle striker Bim Pepple, has not been named in the 32-man Canada World Cup training squad.

26th

Argyle captain, Joe Edwards, has signed a further one-year contract with the Club.

Women's Head Coach, Marie Hourihan, has been chosen FAWNL Manager of the Month for April.

Owen Oseni was a 77th minute substitute for Nigeria in their 2-0 defeat of Zimbabwe. The Unity Cup match was played at The Valley, home of Charlton Athletic.

Former Argyle favourite, Paul Wotton, has been appointed manager of Kidderminster Harries, newly promoted to the National League.

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Today is St Mauge day. Thirty years ago today, Ronnie Mauge scored the Wembley goal that beat Darlington and gave Argyle promotion to the old Division 2.

Best of luck to former players Luke McCormick, Karl Duguid, Chuck Norris and Barry Hayles who are travelling to Thailand to represent England in the seniors World Cup. England are the defending champions and looking to retain the trophy. Their first game is on Monday 1st June when they play the host nation, Thailand.

It'll be a visit to Meadow Lane for the Green Army next season, as Notts County beat Salford 3-0 in the League Two play-offs.

Happy Birthday to Uncle Ken Beale - a much-loved and essential part of the Argyle family.

24th

Argyle's first home kit is released and available for purchase. The dark green shirt has a white-trimmed V neck and mint green stripes.

Bolton Wanderers (managed by former Argyle boss, Steven Schumacher) beat Stockport County 4-1 in a sweltering League One play-off final at Wembley, meaning that the Pilgrims will have to travel to Edgeley Park again in the coming season.

Goalkeeper, Conor Hazard, is apparently wanted by Wycombe Wanderers, according to football pundit, Alan Nixon.

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Classic Builders are returning as Argyle's front-of-shirt sponsor for the 2026-27 season. The south-west based building firm's logo previously adorned the shirts in 2024/25.

Classic used that partnership to give back to the local community and will be doing so again in the upcoming season.

Classic Builders is led by four Argyle fans; Fred Bennetton, Adam Brimacombe, Darren Wills, and Jason Battle.

Fred Bennett said: "We're delighted to return as front-of-shirt sponsors... Seeing our name on the front of the home shirt last time was a dream I didn't know I had come true, so we are looking forward to it returning.

"Argyle's values of championing Plymouth, and delivering for the community, align perfectly with Classic Builders'. We're looking forward to another exciting season at Home Park."

21st

Torquay United have signed former Argyle goalkeeper, Zak Baker. The 21-year-old Academy graduate was released by the Pilgrims, having not played a first-team game.

20th

Striker Owen Oseni has been called up by Nigeria for the Unity Cup tournament and the friendly games against Poland and Portugal.

19th

Argyle and M.A.N. Culture's 'Stand Up, Stand Together' campaign recently won the bronze award at the 2026 Football Business Awards, in the Best Club Marketing Campaign – Non-Premier League category.

The club launched the campaign, aiming to shine a light on the reality of male violence against women and girls.

The partnership began highlighting simple, everyday actions and examples of male allyship that men and boys can take to help women and girls feel safe.

Only Birmingham City (Gold) and Leicester City (Silver) topped Argyle and M.A.N. Culture's combined effort at the FBA's ceremony in London last week.

18th

Argyle's pre-season schedule of games has been announced:

Saturday, 4 July to Thursday, 9 July – Spanish training camp

Saturday, 11 July – Plymouth Parkway (a)

Saturday, 18 July – Bath City (a)

Tuesday, 21 July – Torquay United (a)

Saturday, 25 July – Truro City (a)

Saturday, 1 August – Bristol City (h)

Tuesday, 4 August – Tavistock (a).

The first game of the season will be the first round of the Carabao Cup.

16th

Argyle have again been awarded a Family Excellence Gold Award, this time for the 2025-26 season, recognising the Club's continued commitment to delivering a welcoming, enjoyable and memorable matchday experience for families.

This season a record number of Clubs have achieved Gold and Silver recognition.

Argyle Head of Marketing and Communications, Alastair Cliffe, said: "We are delighted, once again, to be awarded the Gold status for our Family Excellence work in the season just gone.

"Everyone knows that fans are at the forefront of our club and that providing continuous support on matchdays to help aid their experiences is a key aim for us every year � to see the hard work be rewarded with this award is very pleasing."

15th

Defender, Wes Harding, who was on loan at Argyle last season, has been released by Millwall and could be a target for the Pilgrims.

It's the tenth anniversary of Peter Hartley day. If you know, you know.

Season tickets have now become available to those on the waiting list.

14th

Former Argyle striker, Ben Waine, who now plays for Port Vale, has been included in the New Zealand World Cup squad.

13th

Happy birthday to Women's Player of the Year, Phoebe Poole.

Argyle are planning changes to the Evergreen scheme. See the official website for the full proposed details.

Argyle Academy are recruiting for two important roles - Head of Academy Medical & Performance and Academy Physiotherapist or Sports Therapist (Under-7s to Under-16s). Full details are on the website.

12th

Women's Head Coach, Marie Hourihan, has once again been nominated for Manager of the Month, this time for April.

The other nominees are: Charles Baxter of Loughborough Lightning FC; Kevin Foster of AFC Wimbledon Women, and Ross Wallace of Burnley FC Women.

Former Argyle defender, Nikola Katic, has been included in Bosnia and Hergzegovina's 26-man squad for the World Cup.

11th

Owen Dale, last season's Argyle loanee, has been released by Oxford United. It is thought that Argyle will offer him a permanent deal.

Freddie Issaka will return to Home Park for pre-season training at the end of June after loan spells at Bristol Rovers and Truro City during 2025-26.

Argyle have announced the launch of the Argyle Business Club, a new platform designed to connect, support, and grow businesses across Plymouth and the wider South West.

Replacing the previous Nexus offering, it has been carefully shaped through feedback from the local business community. The result is a more structured, impactful programme that brings together organisations of all sizes using the power, reach, and community of the region's best supported football club.

At its core, the Argyle Business Club provides a unique environment where businesses can network, build relationships, and unlock new opportunities, both on and off the pitch.

Fuller details are available on the Club's official website.

9th

Striker Owen Oseni has been selected for the Nigeria squad for the 2026 Unity Cup in London later this month. This is his first call-up to the side. The Unity Cup will be played at Charlton Athletic's ground in the last week of May.

8th

Argyle Women ended their season on a high, compensating in a small way for their play-off lost, by comprehensively defeating Devon rivals, Exeter Women, by 5-1 in the Devon Women's County Cup at Coach Road.

Head Coach, Tom Cleverley, says he accepts there will be interest from higher level clubs in strikers Lorent Tolaj and Bim Pepple this summer, but has indicated it will take significant transfer fees for either or both of them to leave the Pilgrims.

7th

The retained list for 2026-27 has been released.

Under contract

Mathias Ross, Jack MacKenzie, Brendan Wiredu, Julio Pleguezuelo, Lorent Tolaj, Xavier Amaechi, Caleb Watts, Owen Oseni, Malachi Boateng, Bradley Ibrahim, Bim Pepple, Ronan Curtis, Matty Sorinola, Michael Baidoo, Caleb Roberts, Freddie Issaka, Tegan Finn, Seb Campbell.

Out of contract, offered new contract

Conor Hazard, Joe Edwards, Joe Ralls.

Out of contract, released

Jamie Paterson, Zak Baker, Ayman Benarous, Luca Ashby-Hammond, Brendan Galloway, Jack Matthews, Joe Hatch, Nathanael Ogbeta, Callum Wright.

Loan expired

Alex Mitchell, Herbie Kane, Owen Dale, Wes Harding (returned to their parent clubs).

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Released

Kian Burch, Malachi Davy, Oscar Dean, Jack Flower, Lewis Flowers, Toby Haley, Sam Lord, Fletcher Poole, Lewis Thomas, Harry Shield.

Happy Birthday to current first team player Owen Oseni who is 23 years old today. Owen has scored 10 goals in 33 appearances to date.

6th

Happy birthday to Argyle Women's midfielder, Lulu Jarvis.

Today is the day for season ticket holders who want to move seats to apply.

5th

As 2026-27 season tickets become ready for collection, it is reported that more than 10,300 have already been sold.

Women's Head Coach, Marie Hourihan, reacted with disappointment and pride on her side's defeat by Wolves Women in yesterday's FAWNL play-off

"The way that we performed today, certainly in that first half, I felt warranted a lot more from the game," Hourihan told Argyle TV. "I'm really disappointed, not just the players and staff, but also for the supporters that have come today and stuck behind us all season. This has been a culmination of 10 months of pure graft, and to come and perform and not get the result that we wanted is disappointing.

"This season we've achieved things that have never been achieved at this women's football club, finishing in the league position on 52 points off the back of the previous season is unheard of, and to also back that up with a League Cup final as well, there's loads of things this season that we can be immensely proud of. As you can imagine, right now, it's a bit of a tough one to take, but over the coming days and weeks, it is certainly something that we can reflect on with immense pride.

"In football, there's always a winner and a loser, and unfortunately, in the last two big occasions, we've been on the wrong end of it. You've got to learn from these. You've got to take these experiences and channel them in the right way so that when you do get another opportunity, you make that next step.

"We've got a very young group of players, and this is their first real experience of consistently winning. This will be an opportunity for them to be able to build upon and, going on into the rest of their career, something that they will look back on and will help them."

4th

Argyle Women once again suffered heartbreak by coming agonisingly close to a win - in this case promotion to WSL2 via the play-offs.

In a pulsating and entertaining game, played at the Pirelli Stadium, home of Burton Albion, the Greens fell to a single goal scored in the second half by their opponents, FAWNL northern section runners-up, Wolves Women.

The Greens had a number of scoring chances, especially early in the first half and late on in the game, but the Wolves' goalkeeper was on good form. Charlotte Greengrass's strike, picking up the ball from a defensive error at the back, was the decider of the match. Despite being roared on by the travelling Green Army, Argyle could just not find a goal in reply.

Argyle: 1 Hermione Cull, 6 Layla Proctor (2 Una Lue, 85), 9 Phoebie Poole, 11 Roisin Kivel (capt), 14 Katie Wilson (18 Caitlin Smith, 85), 16 Ella Stephens, 17 Paris Dalton, 19 Ellie Noble, 23 Olivia Francis (15 Tamara Wilcock, 77). 24 Tianna Teisar (7 Charlotte Whitmore, 85), 26 Arabella Suttie. Substitutes: 33 Ella Stowell (gk), 3 Phoebe Hampson, 5 Giota Papaioannou.

3rd

Tom Cleverley has told Plymouth Live's Chris Errington, that his side have created solid foundations for the future, despite missing out on the play-offs in the last moments of yesterday's victory at Northampton Town, ultimately finishing the season in eighth place in League One.

"When we reflect on our promotion push and was it a little too late, a large part of me will be thinking we have set some solid foundations.

"We need as much consistency as we can personnel wise going into next year to really build on this now and make sure we go one further."

Reflecting on Argyle's remarkable second half of the season improvement, which saw them pick up 47 points from 23 games, the Argyle head coach said: "I'm really proud of the players.

"I will always stand in that technical area, whether we are three-nil down or three-nil up, whether we are getting abuse or whether we are getting praise, I will always be there chest out.

"I think you can see 11 players doing the exact same. We feel a real good connection of the club, the supporters, at the minute.

"We need to build on that."

2nd

Last game of the 2025-2026 season saw the Pilgrims travel to already relegated Northampton who had not won in seven.

The game started apace and Argyle had a couple of chances but it was Northampton who took the lead on 13 minutes which they doubled five minutes later. A strong comeback by the Greens, with goals by Tolaj (28 minutes) and Boateng (just before the interval) saw the teams go in level. A nerve-racking, nail-biting second half ensued, with a red card for the Cobbles on 62 minutes and the deadlock broken by Brendan Wiredu on 74 minutes.

Argyle battled hard for their 3-2 victory but circumstances - ie late goals in the added time of other games, Bolton v Luton and Stevenage v Wigan, meant that the Greens, who had been temporarily in the play-offs for 18 minutes, just missed out and finished in eighth place. But what a turnaround from just before Christmas.

At the end, the 1,531 travelling Green Army showed their appreciation. We go again next year.

Argyle: 21 Luca Ashby-Hammond, 2 Mathias Ross (3 Jack MacKenzie, 70), 8 Joe Edwards (capt) (5 Julio Pleguezuelo, 70), 9 Lorent Tolaj, 15 Alex Mitchell, 17 Caleb Watts (4 Brendan Wiredu, 55), 19 Malachi Boateng, 27 Bim Pepple, 28 Ronan Curtis (29 Matty Sorinola, 87), 35 Owen Dale (10 Xavier Amaechi, 55), 45 Wes Harding. Substitutes: 13 Zak Baker (gk), 23 Bradley Ibrahim.

Goals: Tolaj 28, Boateng 40, Wiredu 74

Booked: Dale 34, Ross 59, Boateng 66, Curtis 79

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It has been reported that Argyle are offering another contract to 35-year-old captain, Joe Edwards.

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