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Sunday 31st August 2025

With one full day to go in the transfer window, Argyle have been linked with four players - striker Dane Scarlett from Tottenham Hotspur, Ethan Ennis from Manchester United, and midfielders, Ben Osborn of Derby County and Ollie Cooper of Swansea City. The window closes at 7pm tomorrow (Monday 1 September).

Argyle Women scored an astounding nine goals without reply in their defeat of bottom-of-the-table Billericay Town in the FAWNL Southern Premier Division in front of more than 1,000 at Home Park. Hat-tricks from Layla Proctor (four) and Phoebe Poole were added to by Charlotte Whitmore and Ellie Noble. Argyle are now fourth in the league, one point behind the top three but with a much superior goal difference..

30th

Argyle fell to a third consecutive away defeat in the league, losing 4-0 against Cardiff City on Saturday lunchtime at the Cardiff City Stadium. Goals in the first half from Ryan Wintle and Chris Willock, and second-half strikes from Rubin Colwill and Isaak Davies saw the Greens beaten comfortably at the hands of the league leaders.

Argyle: Ashby-Hammond, Wiredu, Szucs, Tolaj, Mumba, Benarous (Pepple), Mitchell (Edwards), Watts (Hatch), Boateng, Ibrahim, Sorinola (Issaka). Substitutes (not used): Baker, Galloway, Roberts.

Argyle no 10, Xavier Amaechi, is likely to be out of action till January, adding to the long list of injured players. He sustained a bad hamstring injury during training.

29th

The 16 representatives to the newly formed Fan Experience Assembly have been elected.

The FEA's 16 seats will each represent a specific area or segment of the fanbase. Four will be held by groups already officially affiliated with the club (Argyle Fans' Trust, Argyle Pride, HerGameToo & PADSA), while the remaining 12 have been elected from the fanbase.

The representatives for 2025-26 are:

Chair: ​Gary Mudge

Vice Chair: ​Tina Debenham

Secretary: ​Harry Pearse

Argyle Fans' Trust – Virginia Pike

Argyle From Afar: International – Nigel Rick

Argyle From Afar: UK – Kevin Buckthought

Argyle Pride – Chris Corbett

Away Games – Mark Stidston

Devon & Cornwall – Debbie Foweraker

Babcock Devonport End – Ian Lobb

Evergreen – Gary Mudge

Family Experience – Tony Philpotts

HerGameToo – Hayley Borman

Beacon Electrical Lower Mayflower Stand – Tony Laine

St Luke's Hospice Lyndhurst Road Stand – Tina Debenham

PADSA (Plymouth Argyle Disabled Supporters Association) – Susan Clark (interim)

Seniors (65+) – Ian Bruce

Beacon Electrical Upper Mayflower Stand – Patrick Burnitt

Young Fans (16-21) – Harry Pearse

Contact: [email protected]

28th

Senior Greens held their second meeting of the season at Club Argyle. An appreciative audience was entertained by two of Argyle's coaching staff - Assistant Head Coach, Damon Lathrope and First Team Coach, Matt Bevans - who gave an insight into what goes on behind the scenes day-to-day at Home Park.

In his weekly presser, Tom Cleverley gave an update on injuries and expected signings. Both Brendan Galloway and Kornel Szucs are expected to be fit to travel to Cardiff for Saturday's game. New signing Mathias Ross is expected to start in Tuesday's Vertu Trophy game at home to Cheltenham.

Argyle's Head Coach is hoping that two players could arrive before Monday at 2pm's transfer deadline. Conversely, he squashed the rumours of a return to Home Park for former central defender and fans favourite, Dan Scarr, who has been released by Wrexham. "That one has got no legs,"he said. He also confirmed that Welsh international midfielder, Joe Morrell, who is currently without a club, had trained with the Argyle squad but that:"we didn't end up progressing [it]."

Argyle have sold in excess of 2,900 tickets for the away fixture at Cardiff on Saturday - brilliant by the GA.

Argyle Women's defender, Roxy Thomas, has left Home Park and joined Torquay United.

27th

Tom Cleveley is the subject of the latest Argyle podcast: https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/argyle-podcast-tom-cleverley

26th

It took a penalty shoot-out for Championship side Swansea City to knock Argyle out of the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night. By all accounts, Argyle acquitted themselves well. The game finished 1-1 in 90 minutes, with a first-half goal from Zan Vipotnik cancelled out just before half-time by a Brendan Wiredu header. It was an entertaining encounter, with both creating numerous chances to win it, but in the end it had to be decided by kicks from the penalty mark. Sorinola, who has worked his socks off during the match, was inexplicably called on to take the second kick which was saved. Swansea scored all theirs for a 5-3 victory but Argyle can go into Saturday's game at Cardiff with some confidence.

Argyle: Ashby-Hammond, Wiredu, Edwards, Mitchell, Oseni (Tolaj), Ibrahim (Watts), Roberts, Pepple (Boateng), Sorinola, Hatch (Mumba), Finn (Issaka). Substitutes (not used): Baker, Benarous, Mwaro, Campbell.

25th

Tegan Finn has signed his first professional contract with Argyle, penning a three-year deal and committing his future to his boyhood club.

The 17-year-old, one of the shining lights of Argyle's academy, has been a regular feature in Tom Cleverley's squad this season. He made his professional debut while still a scholar, away at Leeds United, and has since made seven further first-team appearances.

There had been speculation of interest from a number of Premier League sides so the Argyle Head Coach is thrilled to have secured Finn's future: "Tegan was someone I was aware of before I joined the club. Wayne (Rooney) spoke very highly of him and obviously gave him his debut as well.

"Since I've been at the club, I have seen the talent he has at his disposal first hand, and it is brilliant news for the football club that one of our key Academy products has decided to stay.

"There's been lots of speculation around his future, and it's not surprising because he is a very talented footballer, but it is a credit to the pathway we have at the football club that he sees his future with Argyle."

First-team coach Kevin Nancekivell added: "Tegan is someone who has been with the football club since the age of six and progressed all the way through the Academy.

"I have seen first-hand his development over the years and the hard work that has got him to this point. That doesn't stop now though, and he needs to work harder than ever to continue his growth and impact the first team.

"It is a testament to all the staff at the Academy for helping him get to this point but also a testament to Tegan himself and I look forward to working closely with him as he continues to develop over the coming years."

Tom Cleverley has given an injury update ahead of tomorrow's Carabao Cup game away to Swansea City. Freddie Issaka is fit to start. Joe Edwards is also available, but Kornel Szucs and Brendan Galloway will not travel because they picked up slight niggles in Saturday's 1-0 win against Blackpool. However, these two are expected to be fit for Saturday's league game at table-topping Cardiff City, as is Jamie Paterson. Argyle will be looking to avenge last season's 5-0 drubbing by the Bluebirds.

24th

Tom Cleverley thought Argyle were good value for their win over Blackpool yesterday. Their 1-0 victory included a clean sheet for goalkeeper, Luca Ashby-Hammond who won Cleverley's praise as did the defensive duo of Mitchell and Galloway, as well as the goalscorer, Malachi Boateng.

Cleverley told Plymouth Live: "I think it's a case of we had to walk before we could run. I was never expecting that first win to be a four, five-nil demolition job. Blackpool are a good side.

"There was a lot of pressure on that game that we got that first win, and I thought it was well deserved. First half probably just shaded it, second half certainly deserved the goal and I thought the players managed the game excellently.

"In the last 20 minutes we looked like a team who knew how to win. We managed the tempo, we managed it with counter attacks, we managed it with doing the basics really well, and the impact of the substitutes.

"There is a lot of people that will take confidence from that.

"...we showed a nice balance of taking risk as well as keeping control and that's what we want to be about. It's a really pleasing performance."

The contract between Argyle and Icelandic international defender, Victor Palsson, has been terminated by mutual consent. Palsson is thought to be a target for Danish second division side, AC Horsens.

Palsson, who came through the Liverpool Academy, joined Argyle in the summer of 2024 and went on to make 31 appearances in Green.

Palsson said: "I'm really grateful for my time at Plymouth Argyle and to those who gave me the chance to play in English football again.

"It was short, and didn't go how I, or anyone, had hoped, but I'm thankful for the opportunity."

"I wish the club, the players, the staff and everyone involved with Argyle nothing but the best moving forward.

To the Green Army (who had often targeted Palsson in unflattering terms) he added:: "we're all just humans doing our best. Your support means more than you know.

"Thank you and all the best for the future."

Argyle Women have added strength to their goalkeeping department with the signing of Eilish Brogan from Marine Academy, Plymouth.

The 25-year-old started her career with Norwich City, before joining the Royal Navy, during which two years she was deployed around the world, with a small spell for Welsh side Llanelli Town along the way.

Head Coach Marie Hourihan says: "Eilish adds some much-needed depth to our squad and some healthy competition amongst goalkeepers. She will be important to us throughout the year if we want to succeed, so we are delighted to have her here at Home Park."

Two goals from Hornets' striker, Madison Perry - one either side of half time - was enough to see off Argyle Women in their first away fixture at Watford, with the Greens causing their hosts very little trouble in front of goal.

Team: 1 Hermione Cull, 6 Layla Proctor, 7 Charlotte Whitmore, 8 Imy Crawford (capt), 9 Phoebie Poole, 11 Roisin Kivel, 14 Katie Wilson, 17 Paris Dalton (19 Ellie Noble, 45), 18 Caitlin Smith, 23 Olivia Francis, 26 Arabella Suttie. Substitutes: 21 Eilish Brogan (gk), 2 Katie Dickson, 5 Giota Papaioannou, 27 Sienna Gilbert.

23rd

Argyle removed the monkey from their back by recording their first victory of the season with a single-goal win over Blackpool at Home Park. They struck early in the second half with a stylish goal from Malachi Boateng and, although there were some understandably nervy moments for a side not used to being in a winning position, they saw the game out to gain a deserved victory. Sponsors' man of the match was Alex Mitchell, although Boateng and Ashby-Hammond both had excellent games.

Argyle: Ashby-Hammond, Szucs, Tolaj, Amaechi (Pepple), Mumba, Benarous (Sorinola), Mitchell, Watts, Boateng, Galloway (Wiredu), Ibrahim. Substitutes (not used): Baker, Edwards, Hatch, Finn.

Earlier, Argyle Under-18s claimed their first point of the season with a 3-1 away victory against Wycombe Wanderers in the Youth Alliance League South via a Frankie Maund brace and a goal from Seb Campbell, all in the first half, the first goal coming after just three minutes.

Team: 1 Jack Flower, 2 Joe Mwaro, 3 Toby Haley, 4 Billy Devlin, 5 Lewis Flowers, 6 Toby Maclean, 7 Fletcher Poole, 8 Sam Lord, 9 Frankie Maund, 10 Seb Campbell (capt), 15 Tashall Sandhu. Substitutes: 23 Leo McCormick (gk), 11 Jared Rendle, 12 Jovan Wamani, 14 Joel Tolcher, 15 Kian Burch.

22nd

The Argyle Board has issued a statement to try to allay some of the increasing disquiet among sections of the Green Army. https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/statement-board

Argyle have made their third signing in a week with the capture of the elusive number 9 in the shape of Lorent Tollaj. The Club activated the release clause in the 23 year-old's contract with Port Vale, and have paid a fee thought to be in the region of 1.2m.

The Swiss youth international started his journey at FC Sion, before a move to Brighton's youth teams. He was prolific for their U18s and U23s but was released at the end of his contract.

He joined Aldershot Town where he scored 21 goals in 48 games .This earned him a move to Vale, where he scored 16 goals in his debut season to help them to League Two promotion.

Argyle Head Coach Tom Cleverley is delighted to bring Tolaj to the club, commenting: "Lorent is someone who has had a monumental rise up the footballing pyramid and we are thrilled that he has chosen Argyle as the next step on that journey.

"Wherever he has been he has shown he is a proven goal scorer, with an incredible record at every club and we are confident he will translate that to an Argyle shirt.

"I've been vocal throughout the window that we wanted the right number nine in the building, and although it has taken longer than we all would have hoped, I couldn't be happier that we have managed to bring Lorent to the club."

Fineline Group, the Plymouth-based carpentry, partitions and passive fire contractor have underlined their support for Argyle by becoming the men's third kit front of shirt sponsor for the duration of the 2025-26 Sky Bet League One season.

Fineline Group appeared on the Argyle shirt as Carabao Cup sleeve sponsor last campaign, and now extend their partnership further.

21st

Argyle have added further to their defensive options with the signing of 24-year-old, 6'2" Danish centre back Mathias Ross. The former Denmark under-21 international joins the Greens on a three-year deal from Turkish side Galatasaray. During his three years there he had a couple of loan spells, notably with Sparta Prague for whom he played in the Champions League last season.

Mathias becomes Argyle's 12th summer signing and will wear the number 2 shirt.

Head Coach, Tom Cleverley, commented: "I am delighted we have managed to strengthen our defensive options with our second signing of the week.

"Mathias joins with excellent pedigree having played plenty of games at a high level, considering he is still only 24.

"He will complement our squad perfectly and challenge our current defenders for a place in the team. I want to welcome him to Argyle and look forward to seeing him in action very soon."

According to Tom Cleverley, 'very soon' could mean two weeks as the new recruit has been training alone since the start of July and needs now to train with his team-mates to improve his fitness.

It was reported that Argyle's search for a number 9 to replace Ryan Hardie may be nearly over.

The Argyle Women's FANWL Cup Group Stage match against Marine Academy Plymouth had to be abandoned due to a serious leg injury to Argyle's Lulu Jarvis.

19th

Argyle suffered their fourth consecutive league defeat this evening with a one-nil loss at home to Leyton Orient. The goal which was conceded in the second half was possibly offside, but it took the wind out of the Pilgrims' sails and they were unable to make up the deficit. The new signing, defender Alex Mitchell, played his first game for the Club.

Team: Luca Ashby-Hammond, Kornel Szucs, Alex Mitchell (Matthew Sorinola 79), Brendan Galloway, Ayman Benarous, Caleb Watts (Joe Hatch 70), Malachi Boateng, Tegan Finn (Bradley Ibrahim 51), Xavier Amaechi, Bali Mumba, Owen Oseni (Aribim Pepple 51).

Non-playing substitutes: Zak Baker, Caleb Roberts, Victor Palsson.

18th

Argyle have signed central defender Alex Mitchell on a season-long loan from Championship outfit, Charlton Athletic.

Mitchell's career began at Millwall. During his four years at The Den he had valuable loan spells at Bromley, Leyton Orient, St Johnstone and Lincoln City.

The 23-year-old joined Charlton last summer and went on to make 31 league appearances, scoring two goals, as The Addicks gained promotion through the Sky Bet League One play-offs.

A delighted Tom Cleverley said: "It is no secret that we have been looking to add defensive options and in Alex we feel we have the perfect addition.

"He is young but has good experience of League One and played an integral part in Charlton's promotion last season, so brings with him experience of consistently winning.

"We are really pleased to bring him to the club, and he will go straight into the squad for tomorrow's game."

Mitchell will wear the no 15 shirt.

Tom Cleverley said he is "a lot more optimistic" about the chances of recruiting a striker.

At a press conference, Cleverley said: "There has been developments (on the recruitment of another forward). Obviously other clubs are involved so I can't say, but I certainly feel a lot more optimistic this morning than I did before the Lincoln game about a striker being with us sooner rather than later."

Argyle Women's midfielder, Georgie Knott, has left the Club and moved up the coast to join Torquay United.

17th

Ahead of their opening game in the 2025-26 FAWNL season against Hashtag United at Home Park, Argyle Women have made two more significant signings in Ellie Noble and Paris Dalton.

Experienced midfielder Noble joins the Pilgrims after spells with Oxford United, Crystal Palace and Blackburn. The 25-year-old progressed through the Oxford pathway before departing for Women's Super League 2 side Crystal Palace in 2022.

Dalton, also a midfielder, comes in after a successful trial period during pre-season, during which she featured in many games and scored one goal. She most recently played for Derby County, but prior to the spell with the Rams, she played for Birmingham City, Burnley, and the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. In her youth career, she also had several call-ups to England Under-18s squads.

Argyle Head Coach Marie Hourihan said: "Ellie joins us with a wealth of Championship experience with Blackburn Rovers last season and will add real composure in the middle of the park.

"A technically gifted midfielder, she offers both control and leadership, and we're excited to see the impact she'll have on and off the pitch.

"Paris is an experienced midfield player with very good technical ability and impressed us with her performances in pre-season. Her attacking flair and versatility will add real depth to our midfield."

Both players featured in the fixture with Dalton scoring Argyle's first goal. Subsequent strikes from Whitmore and another new signing, Phoebe Poole, contributed to a 3-0 victory for the Greens against a side who were league runners-up last campaign.

Argyle: 1 Hermione Cull (gk), 6 Layla Proctor, 7 Charlotte Whitmore (10 Lulu Jarvis, 75), 8 Imy Crawford (capt) (19 Ellie Noble, 75), 9 Phoebie Poole, 11 Roisin Kivel, 14 Katie Wilson, 17 Paris Dalton, 18 Caitlin Smith, 23 Olivia Francis, 26 Arabella Suttie. Substitutes: 2 Katie Dickson, 5 Giota Papaioannou, 28 Bella Broad.

16th

Ten-man Argyle fell to a 3-2 defeat against Lincoln City in League One. Despite making the better start, Argyle fell behind early in the game, Tom Bayliss hitting the back of the net. Imps' forward James Collins netted a second-half brace to give his side the advantage, prompting an attempted comeback from the Greens led by goalscorers Owen Oseni and Xavier Amaechi. Brendan Wiredu was sent off late, for a second bookable offence after going down in the box, but Argyle continued to push for the equaliser, to no avail.

Argyle: Ashby-Hammond, Wiredu, Szucs, Amaechi, Mumba, Watts (Finn), Boateng, Ibrahim (Roberts), Pepple (Oseni), Sorinola (Benarous), Palsson (Galloway). Substitutes (not used): Baker, Hatch.

15th

Argyle's second round Carabao Cup tie against Swansea City will take place at the Swansea.com Stadium on Tuesday 26 August with a kick off time of 7.45 pm.

Attacking wide player, Fern Orchard, has left Argyle Women to join London side Queen's Park Rangers.

Conversely, 19-year-old winger, Olivia Francis, has joined Argyle from Manchester United's Academy ahead of the 2025/26 FAWNL Southern Premier Division season.

Olivia started her career at Pontypridd FC before two seasons with United Under-21s and a dual-registration spell with Liverpool Feds. She has been a part of the Wales youth set-up for several years, from under-13s, and has captained her country on multiple occasions.

Head Coach Marie Hourihan said: "Olivia is an exciting signing for us and we're very happy to have her down here at Home Park. She's a pacy and attacking-minded player who will give us an edge going forward.

"Her experience for the Wales youth sides, in academy football at Manchester United, and in women's football already, is a huge thing, and I can't wait to see her grow as a player in green."

14th

Owen Oseni and Ayman Benarous have been included in the Carabao Club team of the (first) round.

Argyle Women have completed the signing of central defender Katie Wilson. The 22-year-old has most recently played for Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, in the NCAA Division 2 level.

During her four years in the USA, Wilson featured 77 times for the Flames, scoring one goal and adding seven assists from the backline, and was named to the D2CCA South Region First Team and First Team All-Gulf South Conference in her final season.

Prior to her time in the States, she began her career at Middlesbrough FC, working her way through the system to the first-team.

Head Coach Marie Hourihan said: "We're delighted to secure the signing of Katie.

"She's a confident ball-playing defender who adds great quality to our left side, and I'm sure will succeed this season."

Christian Kent, Executive Lead for Women's Football at Argyle, said: "Katie is going to be a great addition to our squad here at Home Park, and we're extremely happy to get the signing completed."

In an interview with the BBC, Tom Cleverley expanded on the difficulties in getting in the new signings needed.

"The hard work is going on behind the scenes.

"We're in that no man's land of the window - the majority on the business gets done really early or in the last week and we're in that no man's land where itl;s a bit of a stalemate between clubs."

On the club's search for a central defender Cleverley added:

"It's really tough. A lot of things need to align, if you've not got the money to blow everyone in the league out of the water, so it is how it is.

"I don't want to go into too much detail because I'd be revealing other clubs' issues or players', but there's more than just geographical and financial issues when trying to do these deals and we're suffering a couple of those challenges at the minute."

The Club issued a statement on the official website, reminding the Green Army of the need for 'good fan behaviour'. https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/club-statement-fan-behaviour

13th

Head Coach, Tom Cleverley, says that he is 'desperate' for new signings and hopes to get a defender in before Saturday's game away to Lincoln City, according to Plymouth Live. An increasing number of defender injuries has left Cleverley short of options, with Brendan Galloway and Caleb Roberts now added to the list.

Cleverley said: "Things are developing, we are trying our best. I think the two positions we are prioritising are still the priorities. We are really trying to get a defender in for the weekend.

"I will always have the strategy of don't just bring someone in for the sake of it... We want to make sure they are the right ones but we know we really have to work hard to get them in because we are super low on numbers."

He added: "It is difficult. We are going through obstacles that we weren't a few weeks ago - geographical, financial. You can see the clubs who are prepared to lose money and they are taking risks by really having a go.

"We have to get creative. We might have to look in the loan market, but these things do open up in the last couple of weeks (of the summer transfer window) where players realise 'I have not got a chance here of playing' or Premier League loans become more available.

"I don't like this word but we are desperate at the minute because of our injury list. We are working hard to bring two bodies in as soon as possible but they can't just be for the sake of it.

"It's challenging, but we are working really hard.

"Okay, tonight (against QPR) has been a really pleasing performance but you can see on Saturday we need to improve and we need to add more depth, and in those key areas."

Argyle have drawn Swansea City away in the second round of the Carabao Cup.

Caitlin Smith has penned a new deal with Argyle Women ahead of the upcoming FA Women's National League Southern Premier Division season.

The defender joined the Greens, having most recently played for Reading in the now Women's Super League 2, at the start of last season, and went on to feature 25 times for Argyle.

"I'm very excited to be back," Smith told Argyle TV. "I think there's some unfinished business from last year, so I'm buzzing to get going.

"I came in on my first day, spoke to Marie, and instantly gravitated towards coming back. Everything is so positive in the way that she's speaking about this year, and how excited she is, makes me excited as well to come back and see what we can do.

"Home Park is probably one of the best stadiums that I have played at. The grass is unbelievable and so nice and crisp to play on. Last year, it was a real privilege to get to play here.

"We went in with high expectations last season, but I don't quite think we fulfilled our potential. In the league, we want to come back this year and do much better, and I think with the team we've got now and Marie coming in, that's something we can definitely do."

12th

Argyle came from two goals down to beat Queens Park Rangers 3-2 and advance to Round Two of this season's Carabao Cup. The fact that the Greens were two behind at the break was a bit of a mystery. Argyle dominated possession, and had 16 shots in a first half that they seemingly controlled, but goals from Daniel Bennie and Rayan Kolli, either side of Jamie Paterson's saved penalty, took the Hoops in two up at the interval. In the second half, the goals finally came, starting with Brendan Wiredu's close-range finish and an Owen Oseni goal, both in the opening nine minutes of the half. Oseni scored again with 12 minutes to go, and Argyle had passage to the second round.

Argyle: Ashby-Hammond, Wiredu, Szucs (Sorinola), Paterson, Benarous, Oseni (Pepple), Boateng, Ibrahim (Watts) Hatch (Mumba), Finn (Amaechi), Palsson. Substitutes (not used): Baker, Flower, Mwaro, Campbell.

This was a nice birthday present for Tom Cleverley - 36 today. Happy birthday to the Gaffer.

Tributes were paid during the match to mark four years since the Keyham shootings and to Argyle fan, 19-year-old Josh Hayman, who tragically died on the railway line on Saturday.

10th

Argyle Head Coach, Tom Cleverley, felt that his team's defeat against Bolton had some positives to show.

It means Argyle have no points from their opening two games, following a defeat to Barnsley last weekend that followed a startlingly similar pattern.

"I think there are things to learn from both defeats," said Argyle Head Coach Tom Cleverley. "I thought last week we didn't show personality. We took a backward step.

"Today, I couldn't say we took a backward step, but we certainly didn't take a forward one and really try to threaten their goal.

"The goal completely knocked us out of our stride last week, and the same's happened again today. We looked flat, we looked a little bit short of ideas; quite a lot of control and possession, but we never want to be that team that doesn't end up with a purpose.

"I need to address the mentality. There looked a little bit of an acceptance of defeat today. That comes from two years of treading water, and defeat being the most common result that this group suffered. Maybe [it was] the first signs of the hangover of relegation, and the mentality.

"We need to address that quickly, and that'll start with all of us going through an internal reflection of the last two results, and work hard. Work harder.

"There's one positive we can take out of today, is a bit more competition for places.

"After last week's defeat, our squad being so thin, we could only make one change. Steven made five.

"We have to get out of this acceptance of defeat," said Cleverley. "We have to change the mentality. We are up against a strong opposition, but we're at home. We need to give those fans something back for our first two performances. Every chance you have to step over that white line, it's a chance to impress; you're playing for your livelihood.

"We need to stop being so affected by setbacks. In 46 games, you're going to concede goals, you're going to suffer setbacks.

"There'll be a lot of learning from the last two games. The key to that is changing � and that needs to start as soon as possible."

9th

Argyle fell to a second successive defeat - this time a 2-0 loss against Bolton Wanderers in their opening away fixture of the 2025-26 campaign. The hosts took the initiative, breaking the deadlock from a corner 20 minutes in, Eoin Toal the scorer. Steven Schumacher's side found their second on the hour mark, Mason Burstow finishing a tidy counter-attack, after early pressure in the second-half.

Argyle: Ashby-Hammond, Szucs, Amaechi (Finn), Mumba, Watts, Boateng, Galloway (Benarous), Ibrahim (Roberts), Pepple (Paterson), Sorinola, Palsson (Wiredu). Substitutes (not used): Baker, Oseni.

See GoS Match Day page and full report on Argyle website: https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/report-bolton-wanderers-2-0-argyle

Argyle Under-18s suffered an opening-day EFL Youth Alliance League South defeat to Luton Town on Saturday morning, losing 5-1 away from home.

Head Coach Jamie Lowry said: "Saturday was disappointing, and there are some things we've got to fix quickly and improve on the little good moments going forward. Ultimately, we didn't take care of the ball enough and turned it over too easily.

"We need to dust ourselves down and go again. It's just the first game, but it's a big learning curve, and we need to start learning things quickly and improving."

Argyle: 1 Jack Flower, 2 Toby Haley, 3 Joe Mwaro (12 Toby Maclean, 72), 4 Billy Devlin (14 Tashall Sandhu, 46), 5 Lewis Flowers, 6 Sam Hayman, 7 Fletcher Poole, 8 Sam Lord (capt), 9 Frankie Maund, 10 Seb Campbell, 11 Jared Rendle (15 Kian Burch, 72). Substitutes: 23 Leo McCormick (gk).

8th

Argyle defender Jack Matthews has signed for Bath City on loan until January.

Matthews, who signed his first professional contract with the club in the summer of 2024, spent time out on loan at Tavistock and Taunton Town last season.

He will now link up with former Argyle U18s manager, Darren Way, who is the current manager at Twerton Park.

7th

Argyle striker target, Dale Taylor, has signed for League One rivals, Blackpool, from Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee thought to be in excess of £1m.

Argyle Under-18s' Youth Alliance South fixtures have been released. The young Greens will begin this season's campaign with a visit to last year's league winners, Luton Town. The first home fixture is not until 30 August when they entertain Stevenage.

The full list can be found at: https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/202526-under-18s-fixtures-released

6th

Argyle Women's final pre-season game against Southampton Under-21s, scheduled for Sunday, 10 August, has been called off following conversations between both sides.

Former Manager and international Goalkeeper, Peter Shilton, is the subject of the latest Argyle podcast. Listen here: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1814128.rss

5th

Argyle's Vertu Trophy group schedule has been confirmed. The Greens were drawn into Group B of the Southern Section, and will face Bristol Rovers, Cheltenham Town, and Tottenham Hotspur Under-21s.

The fixtures are: Cheltenham Town (H) - Tuesday, 2 September. 7pm; Tottenham Hotspur Under-21s (H) - Tuesday, 23 September. 7pm; Bristol Rovers (A) - Tuesday, 11 November. 7pm.

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Tom Cleverley declared himself proud to be the Head Coach of 'passionate' Plymouth Argyle.

He told Plymouth Live that he was: "Hugely grateful for the support. I really do have the feeling that I'm the head coach of a big football club when I see that. A passionate football club and that makes me very proud.

"It was as good as everyone has been telling me. We felt them sucking that ball into the Devonport End at two-one down, but I will have a lot of regrets that I couldn't have made it a more memorable occasion for us."

There is a free open training session at Home Park this afternoon, from 1.30 pm to 2.30 pm (doors open at 12.30 pm).

The Club issued a strongly worded statement after debutant defensive midfielder, Brendan Wiredu, was forced to delete his social media account in the wake of public and private abuse stemming from Saturday's opening home game against Barnsley. Wiredu was substituted at half time after he had been involved in an own goal which gave Barnsley the lead.

The statement read: "Following Saturday's game against Barnsley, midfielder Brendan Wiredu received a torrent of abuse from Argyle fans both publicly and privately that caused him to deactivate his social media accounts. This behaviour is not acceptable to any player, staff member or supporter and does not embody the One Argyle ethos we live by every day throughout the football club. Brendan spoke openly ahead of his debut about his excitement to play in front of the Green Army for the first time and moving forward we hope Argyle fans show him the incredible support he deserves as he is an integral part of our squad.

Everyone at the club is fully supporting Brendan during this time and we want to remind supporters that the standards we set online are equally important inside Home Park.

We will be making no further comment.

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Argyle Head Coach, Tom Cleverley, said he had "a lot of regrets" at the way yesterday's game against Barnsley panned out.

"We prepared so hard for this occasion, six weeks of real graft from everyone involved. The things we've seen in pre-season, and worked on in pre-season, unfortunately didn't come out today.

"I'm talking more without the ball than with the ball. We have to defend with a bit more conviction than we did.

"It could have been a different occasion had the goal not been chalked off, which I thought was harsh, but today was all about us not showing enough conviction in our defensive work. We shouldn't be conceding the quality of chance we did.

"At half-time, I felt there was a genuine belief that we could go on and win the game. We showed that, we scored straight away. The tempo was high. We kept recycling attacks and there was a little bit of a stage that they would manage the time well, and we made some forced errors and that just all breaks momentum.

"We need to be cleaner at that position, and what you certainly can't do is concede any big chances against, especially when they're down to 10 men. That, we didn't do well enough.

"We had enough openings, opportunities, and not enough good play around their box. We maybe didn't test the goalkeeper as much as we'd like, and then we just shot ourselves in the foot again with a really cheap third goal to concede.

"The message to the players is, it's three points out of 138. That's all it is. If it affects your mentality, then it could be a negative. If we learn from it and implement that, then it could be a positive exercise there. If you look at it as 92 points needed to get promoted, you've got 46 to drop. Today we've dropped three."

Argyle Women beat West Bromwich Albion Women 2-1 at the Baggies' Academy on Sunday afternoon, in the latest pre-season friendly. Goals from two trialists helped the Greens to an exciting win against a strong FAWNL Northern Premier Division side away from home.

Head Coach Marie Hourihan said: "It was a dominant first-half performance. I think the only disappointing thing for us is that we weren't going in at half-time three or four nil up. I think that clinical edge was something that we lacked a little bit today but, overall, I was delighted.

"We had some key out-of-possession focuses which we were going after today, and I thought we executed them really well.

"In terms of the whole game, we had a little bit of everything in what we had to face, but overall, I'm very pleased."

Team: 1 Hermione Cull, 5 Giota Papaioannou (capt), 6 Layla Proctor, 7 Charlotte Whitmore, 8 Imy Crawford, 11 Roisin Kivel, 14 Trialist B, 16 Ella Stephens (26 Trialist E, 60), 17 Trialist C, 18 Trialist A (15 Georgie Knott, 86), 20 Trialist D (3 Roxy Thomas, 90+3). Substitutes: 9 Phoebie Poole, 25 Jess Geach.

See the official website for a full match report.

Women's goalkeeper, Lily Felgate, has left Argyle to pursue a new footballing opportunity elsewhere. Lily came up through the Argyle pathway after joining at under-14s level, and made her debut during the 2023/24 league campaign.

A Celebrities versus Forever Green Legends match was held at Home Park. The Forever Green squad included such legends as Paul Wotton, Romain Larieu, Mickey Evans, Kevin Hodges and Carl Fletcher. The game ended in a 3-3 draw, with the celebrities winning a penalty shoot out of which one was scored by Jack 'Pieface' McDermott. The match was followed by a celebratory Hall of Fame evening in Club Argyle with a display by the Argyle Heritage Archive.

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Argyle lost 1-3 to 10-men Barnsley at Home Park in the opening game of the 2025-26 season, in front of a crowd of 16,483. The Tykes are managed by former Pilgrim, Conor Hourihane. The game was marred by a number of controversial decisions by the referee, Declan Bourne. For a full match report, see the GoS match page and the official Argyle site: https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/report-argyle-1-3-barnsley

The Lyndhurst Road stand has been renamed in honour of St Luke's Hospice. Four local businesses have gifted the stand sponsorship to the local charity.

Classic Builders, Beehive Homes, Bright Solicitors and Jem Scaffolding have come together to fund the renaming of the stand to shine a light on the local hospice for the next two years and provide a platform for fundraising.

St Luke's looked after Sir Gordon Sparks in the last days of his life.

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Argyle have confirmed the squad numbers of the current Men's first-team squad.

1 Conor Hazard; 3 Jack MacKenzie; 4 Brendan Wiredu; 5 Julio Pleguezuelo; 6 Kornel Szucs; 7 Jamie Paterson; 8 Joe Edwards (captain); 10 Xavier Amaechi; 11 Bali Mumba; 13 Zak Baker; 14 Ayman Benarous; 17 Caleb Watts; 18 Owen Oseni; 19 Malachi Boateng; 21 Luca Ashby-Hammond; 22 Brendan Galloway; 23 Bradley Ibrahim; 24 Caleb Roberts; 25 Freddie Issaka; 27 Bim Pepple; 29 Matty Sorinola; 37 Jack Matthews; 38 Joe Hatch; 44 Victor Palsson.

Argyle Under-18s ended their week-long pre-season camp with a 4-0 victory over the Liverpool FC Foundation at Melwood Training Centre on Friday morning.

Fletcher Poole and Seb Campbell scored a brace each to help the Greens to victory.

Team: 23 Leo McCormick, 2 Joe Mwaro, 3 Toby Haley, 4 Billy Devlin, 5 Sam Hayman, 6 Toby Maclean, 7 Tashall Sandhu, 8 Seb Campbell, 9 Kian Burch (15 Jared Rendle, 45), 10 Frankie Maund, 11 Fletcher Poole. Substitutes: 1 Jack Flower, 12 Lewis Flowers, 14 Sam Lord.

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