GoS-DB Players

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LUKE YOUNG

Born: 22 February 1993

Came from: Trainee Went to: Released

First game: 29 January 2011 Last game: 03 May 2014

Appearances: 108 (75/33) Goals: 8

Plymouth-born Young, an ex-student of Ivybridge Community College, first signed Centre of Excellence forms at Home Park in May 2002, aged 9. He played schools football for Plymouth and Devon and made his first appearance for the Argyle reserve team while still a schoolboy. A skilful midfielder, Luke was called up to Peter Reid's much depleted squad in January 2011 and made his debut as a substitute against Bournemouth. His first start came against Brighton & Hove Albion a few weeks later, on his 18th birthday.

Beginning the 2011-12 campaign on the fringes of the first team, Young became a regular member of the side which kept Argyle in the Football League, and was named the Young Player of the Year, despite often playing out of position on the right side of midfield.

To the surprise of some, Young was released by manager John Sheridan at the end of the 2013-14 season, having made over a century of appearances in green and still only 21.

He then signed for Torquay United and shone in his first season, scoring six goals from 39 appearances, and was named the Gulls' Player of the Year for 2014-15. Young injured a knee before the next season began, which kept him on the sidelines until March 2016. Bad luck struck again in the following December when he seriously injured his other knee.

Recovering well, he made a total of 142 appearances and scored 18 goals in four seasons at Torquay. However, following their relegation from the National League to the National League South (tier 6), he moved back to the National League with Wrexham, signing a two-year deal at the end of May 2018.

His move to Wrexham turned into the 'stuff of dreams'. Becoming a lynchpin of midfield in their non-league years, he was promoted to club captain for the 2021-22 season, in time to enjoy the ride of the Hollywood take-over at the club and their triumphant return to the Football League after 15 years at National League level. During his time at Wrexham he also was joined by fellow ex-Pilgrims, Ben Tozer and Callum McFadzean.

In the 2022-23 season he played 33 times and scored twice in League Two with Wrexham - these were his first EFL appearances since those with Argyle nearly a decade before - helping the club to a second successive promotion, this time to League One. However, with the huge ambitions of the club, and seemingly endless financial backing, he was released that summer after six seasons in total, having made 249 appearances and scoring 22 goals.

In June 2024, Young returned closer to his West Country roots and signed for Cheltenham Town in League Two.

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APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]

The details below reflect appearances in all first-team competitions.

I'm very grateful to many who have helped write GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to Dave Rowntree, the PAFC Media Team and Colin Parsons for their help with photos. Thanks also to staff at the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum and ScotlandsPeople for their valuable assistance.

The following publications have been particularly valuable in the research of pen-pictures: Plymouth Argyle, A Complete Record 1903-1989 (Brian Knight, ISBN 0-907969-40-2); Plymouth Argyle, 101 Golden Greats (Andy Riddle, ISBN 1-874287-47-3); Football League Players' Records 1888-1939 (Michael Joyce, ISBN 1-899468-67-6); Football League Players' Records 1946-1988 (Barry Hugman, ISBN 1-85443-020-3) and Plymouth Argyle Football Club Handbooks.

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