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The History of Argyle is an original, comprehensive and thoroughly researched account of Plymouth Argyle - formerly Argyle FC - from its earliest roots in 1886 to, so far, 1957
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15 October 1966Division Two
Mike Bickle Scores Four
Argyle 7 - 1 Cardiff City
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15 October 1955Division Two
Amateur Twissell Shines on his Debut
Argyle 1 - 1 Port Vale
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1960: Steve McCall was born in Carlisle, so 64 today. Steve joined Argyle at the age of 31 and played for over four seasons, including the caretaker manager role in 1995. After a spell at Torquay, he returned in 1998 for two more years as player/coach, leaving when Kevin Hodges was dismissed. He will be remembered as a class act in Argyle's midfield.
1966: Another big score: Argyle 7 Cardiff City 1. Cardiff had little answer to the barn-storming of Mike Bickle (4 goals) and Richard Reynolds and the perfect prompting of Jimmy Bloomfield and Norman Piper. The Argyle team that day: Shearing, Rounsevell, Baird, Piper, Nelson, Newman, Jones, Bloomfield, Bickle, Reynold and Jennings.
1923: Mike Smith - 1 game, no goals in 1948.
Born in Haddington, East Lothian, Smith was an inside-forward who joined Argyle from Scottish junior side Preston Athletic in February 1948 for a fee of ... more
1960: Steve McCall - 160 games, 6 goals between 1992 and 2000.
McCall's career began at Ipswich Town and took off in 1979 when manager Bobby Robson thrust him into the first team. Two years later, he helped Ipswich win the ... more
1980: Kevin Wills - 40 games, 1 goal between 1998 and 2002.
A product of the Argyle youth set up, Wills was first spotted playing for Stoke Gabriel. He spent nearly five years at Home Park, mainly on the fringes of the ... more
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