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Friday 30th October 2026

There is good news on the Argyle injury front. Both Mathias Ross and Malachi Boateng are available for selection for tomorrow's game against Reading. In addition, Michael Baidoo and Owen Oseni are expected to be fit for the FA Cup first round match v Alvechurch at Home Park on Saturday 7 November.

Tom Cleverley says there is a 'high probability' of the away fixture against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough on Saturday 14 November being postponed due to the Owls having the requisite number of international call-ups. However, he says that the team will prepare as if the game is going ahead.

Derek Adams has shared the following on his LinkedIn profile:

“I’m delighted to share that I will be taking on the role of Sporting Director at Plymouth Argyle Football Club.

“It is a club I know extremely well, having spent four years as First Team Manager, and it is a privilege to take on this new challenge with Argyle.

“After a rewarding year as Director of Football, I’m proud to take on this responsibility and build on the work we have started.

“The past year has brought plenty of challenges, learning and, importantly, progress. I’m grateful to everyone at Plymouth Argyle, and to the Janners, for their support, trust and commitment throughout that journey.

“I’d also like to thank our Chairman, Board of Directors and CEO for their continued support, trust and belief in me. I’m grateful for the opportunity to play my part in the next chapter.

“I’m excited about what lies ahead and about working alongside the Head Coach, players, staff, supporters and everyone connected with Argyle.”

On This Day:

1997: Right-back Mark Patterson left Argyle to join Gillingham 'for personal reasons'. Peter Shilton brought Patto to Home Park from Derby County four years earlier and he soon became a fans' favourite. His 145 appearances included the 1996 Play-off Final at Wembley when he provided the cross for Ronnie Mauge to win the game. Two months later he broke a leg in a pre-season friendly against Chelsea and missed most of that season. Sadly, he couldn't recover his earlier form and decided to move on.

2007: The beginning of a turbulent few months at Home Park; after nearly three years at the club, Akos Buzsaky turned down a new contract offer and left Home Park for Queens Park Rangers, initially on a loan deal.

29th

On This Day:

1949: In Division 2 (tier 2), Argyle 1 Preston North End 0. 32,802 supporters packed Home Park to see an English legend, the great Tom Finney. Tom (later Sir Tom) played for Preston for 14 years, retiring in 1960, and also made 76 appearances for England, scoring 30 goals for his country. Preston had just been relegated from the top flight, but soon climbed back to their customary place as one of England's top clubs. Despite this excellent result, Argyle only won four more that season and were relegated.

1979: Bobby Saxton bought striker John Sims from Exeter City for £22,000, having previously managed him up the road. Sims is another of the select band to have played for all three Devon clubs.

1996: At the age of 16 years and 43 days, Lee Phillips became Argyle's youngest player when he came on as a substitute in a 2-0 win at home to Gillingham.

28th

Senior Greens held their monthly meeting in Club Argyle. The speaker was John Roder, who entertained his audience with an informative and often humorous run-through his career as a freelance football commentator, including for various World Cups. He illustrated his presentation with stills and video of the complexity of the coverage of a live football match and peppered his talk with anecdotes about his encounters with personalities in the footballing world.

Defender Libby Gimson has joined Argyle Women. The 20-year-old arrives from Bridgwater United, returning to the Greens having been at the club as a youngster.

In the first Devon Derby of the season, Argyle Women suffered a 5-1 defeat by Exeter City at St James Park. The Grecians' side contained four former Pilgrims - two of whom were on the score-sheet.

Nia Lewis and Ellie Sara gave the hosts a two-goal lead inside 10 minutes, with Charlotte Whitmore adding a third before half-time.

Whitmore was sent off after being shown a second yellow card just before the hour mark, before Giota Papaioannou and substitute Georgia Vaccaro found the back of the net with headed shots. Ali Lambe then added a consolation goal for the Pilgrims in the 73rd minute.

Speaking after the game, Head Coach, Matt Green, said: “I’m a bit disappointed with our first-half performance. We went in at half-time, changed the formation to a 3-5-2 and we got a bit more out of that second half.

“We will try to take the positives from that second 45 minutes and we look to move on. We are going to have to dust ourselves off from today ahead of this weekend - and that is what we will do.”

Argyle: 1 Liv Giles, 2 Cadi Rodgers, 4 Ali Lambe, 5 Ellie M Bishop (15 Kiesha Walker, 65), 7 Millie Pullen, 8 Libby Gimson (19 Brooklyn Brothers, 65), 14 Shana Dolbel, 16 Sienna Gilbert, 17 Kennedy Garside (24 Ellie J Bishop, 45), 21 Chloe Ingrouille (23 Phoebe Bettey, 85), 25 Khloe Reed (30 Lily Coaker. 88). Substitutes: 29 Aimee Walters (GK).

Goals: Lambe 73

Booked: Lambe 56, Gimson 58

On This Day:

1950: In Division Three South (tier 3), in front of a crowd of 20,727, another of the big scores: Argyle 7 Colchester Utd 1 (goals from Tadman 2, Strauss 2, Dougall, Govan and Dews).

1979: Mathias Kouo-Doumbe was born in Drancy, France, so 47 today.

2011: Lead administrator Brendan Guilfoyle announced that James Brent's Akkeron Group had completed its takeover of Plymouth Argyle Football Club, heralding an imminent end to the club's long and painful period of company administration.

26th

Tom Cleverley was thrilled by Argyle's response to their two previous league defeats by winning 3-2 at Cambridge on Saturday, and said it was 'the complete performance' and 'a nice way to end a tough week.'

Unusually, Argyle lined up in a 3-4-3 formation, rather than their standard 4-4-2.

“I sacrificed an attacking player for another centre-back today," said Cleverley. "Anyone can come here and concede two goals - the pressure they put you under, field territory, set pieces, the conditions, the crowd - but our attacking play didn't sacrifice for playing the extra defender today. I thought we always looked a threat.

“Not many teams will come here and win, that's for sure,” said Cleverley, after the game.

“[Cambridge] have already displayed that from the start of the season to now. You can see why they've got such a good comeback record. They threw the kitchen sink at us from the start.

“The first goal we concede is really disappointing. We showed good character to get control again and win the penalty, then the second goal is equally as disappointing. But the character of the players today; our application in the duels could maybe have been questioned on Tuesday, but [today] they worked their socks off. They fought for every ball, dominated in that part of the game for until the last 20 minutes, I thought, and that was a good platform to show our quality and get the three goals to win the game.”

Four former Pilgrims played for current League Two leaders, Salford City, in their 4-2 away victory at Walsall - captain, Dan Scarr, Will Aimson, Brendan Wiredu and substitute Matt Butcher.

25th

Argyle Women suffered a heartbreaking exit from rhe Women’s FA Cup, after a penalty shoot-out defeat to Millwall Lionesses.

The game finished 1-1, with debutant Mille Pullen scoring on an impressive Argyle debut, but Millwall equalised in the final minute of stoppage time, through an Ella Rutherford penalty.

That penalty led to 20 more. Eventually, Millwall won the shoot-out 7-6, with the momentum swinging to and fro, Argyle keeper Olivia Giles saving three penalties, but the visitors finally prevailed when an Argyle kick sliced wide.

Speaking after the game, Head Coach, Matt Green, said: “I am devastated to be honest. I’m devastated for the girls; I’m devastated for the staff. It’s a game that we should have come away with the win. I said before the game that football matches aren’t won on league rankings, they’re won on the pitch, and I think we deserved to win that game today.

”The joy of football is that games come around thick and fast and there is no better way to bounce back from the disappointment of today than to go and put in a performance against Exeter at St James Park this week - and that’s what we will be ready to do.”

Argyle: 1 Olivia Giles, 2 Cadi Rodgers, 4 Aliyat Lambe, 5 Ellie M Bishop (capt), 7 Mille Pullen, 9 Laura Curnock (23 Phoebe Bettey, 12), 14 Shana Dolbel, 17 Kennedy Garside, 19 Brooklyn Brothers (16 Sienna Gilbert, half-time), 24 Ellie J Bishop (15 Kiesha Walker, 74), 25 Khloe Reed. Substitutes: 29 Aimee Walters (gk), 30 Lily Coaker.

Goals: Pullen 79

Booked: Garside 56, Lambe 73, Pullen 78

24th

In blustery conditions, in front of a thousand Green faithfuls, Argyle rode out a late Cambridge storm to chalk up an important 3-2 away win at the Cledara Abbey Stadium and move back to fourth in the League One table. Cambridge had not been beaten at home in four, nor lost in their last 10 fixtures.

The Pilgrims went into the half time break one up, thanks to a headed own goal from Cambridge's no. 9 Louis Apéré. The lead was doubled shortly after the restart when Amaechi cut the ball back to Harvey White whose strong shot ended up in the back of the net, whether or not helped on its way by the assister.

Argyle went further ahead when Will Evans was clearly brought down in the box by the Cambridge keeper and Bim Pepple made no mistake with the awarded penalty.

Cambridge had the Greens under the cosh with corner after corner for the last quarter-hour, scoring again on 86 minutes, but Argyle kept firm to take home a valuable three points.

Argyle: 1 Murphy Cooper, 3 Jack MacKenzie (22 Alex Hartridge, 77’), 5 Julio Pleguezuelo, 7 Harvey White, 9 Will Evans, 10 Xavier Amaechi (17 Caleb Watts, 67’), 15 Alex Mitchell, 19 Tyreeq Bakinson (23 Bradley Ibrahim, 82’), 27 Bim Pepple, 29 Matty Sorinola (8 Joe Edwards, 82’), 45 Wes Harding (capt). Substitutes: 21 James Storer (GK), 11 Ronan Curtis, 14 Oliver Irow.

Yellow cards: Mitchell, 12’, Bakinson, 29’

Goals: (OG), 41’, White/Amaechi, 50’, Pepple, 74 (PEN)

Attendance: 7,756 (1,036 away)

Happy 21st birthday to Caleb Roberts.

Argyle Under-18s rescued a late point against Bristol Rovers on Saturday morning, with Frankie Maund scoring the equaliser in a dramatic 3-3 draw.

Toby MacLean gave the Young Pilgrims an early lead inside the opening 90 seconds with Maund doubling the advantage after 12 minutes of play.

However, Rovers fought back with a goal from Ciaran O’Donnell and a Stanley Dunne brace before Maund’s 85th minute equaliser.

For much of the game, Argyle failed to sustain periods of possession in wet and windy conditions due to the arrival of Storm Austen and were punished for their lack of control.

Head Coach, Jamie Lowry, was disappointed that his side were unable to see out the win after being two goals to the good.

He said: “It’s really frustrating. We spoke about it last week after the Northampton game and we addressed it on Tuesday too - it’s something that we have got to work on.

“For me, it’s a mentality thing. It’s nothing tactical or technical. It’s the mentality to be leading by two goals and stay hungry for more. But the lads can learn from this past week and hopefully it will only make them stronger moving forwards.”

Argyle: 23 Leo McCormick, 2 Dylan Williams, 3 Jared Rendle, 4 Joel Tolcher, 5 Corey Browne (15 Harry Locke, 68), 6 Toby MacLean, 7 Billy Devlin (capt) (14 Max Moser, 71), 8 Tashall Sandhu, 9 Frankie Maund, 10 James Sharpe (16 Emran Boudarga-Wischhoff, 20), 11 Toby Rider. Substitutes: 1 Charlie Pawley, 12 Toby Tamblyn.

Goals: MacLean 2, Maund 12, 85

Booked: MacLean 17, Rendle 70

23rd

Argyle will face Alvechurch in the first round proper of the FA Cup at Home Park on Saturday 7 November, with a kick-off time of 3pm.

Argyle Women have signed versatile forward Millie Pullen from fellow FA Women’s National League side Lewes. She will be available for selection this weekend when Argyle face Millwall Lionesses in the FA Cup.

Twenty-one year-old Pullen, who has represented the Republic of Ireland and Manchester City at youth level, made her senior debut for Birmingham City during the 2023-24 season. She subsequently moved to West Bromwich Albion before joining Cheltenham Town towards the end of last campaign.

Millie said: “I’m really glad to be here, it’s good to finally get the move over the line and I can’t wait to get started.

“I’m settling in well so far, the girls have been very welcoming. I think the facilities and coaching staff are really good here at Argyle and I’m looking forward to making my debut at Home Park.”

22nd

Happy 55th birthday to Nance, our own Mr Argyle, Kevin Nancekivell.

Tom Cleverley gave an injury update: Mathias Ross is ruled out for Saturday's game at Cambridge, but Julio Pleguezuelo is available. Malachi Boateng could be in contention for the visit of Reading to Home Park on Saturday 31 October, while Michael Baidoo could make his return for the first round proper FA Cup tie at home to Alvechurch on Saturday 7 November. Owen Oseni's sprained ankle will take a little longer to recover.

While Argyle's Cup tie has not been selected for tv, neighbours Plymouth Parkway's game against Berkhamsted will be shown on TNT on Monday evening, 9 November.

The Reading home game on Saturday 31 October has been designated the next Project 35 fixture. Fans are invited to bring donations of non-perishable food items and hygiene products, bearing in mind that this is a 12.30 kick off.

21st

Tom Cleverley did not mince his words about Argyle's woeful 3-0 defeat at Stevenage last night and vowed to get 'back to basics' for the upcoming away game at Cambridge on Saturday.

Cleverley said that the the manner in which his side lost those games (against Huddersfield and Stevenage) has been disappointing for everyone and that he'll be leaving it until Saturday before selecting his side to give the players the chance to show him that they deserve to be involved from the off.

Speaking to The Herald, he said: "In the EFL you can always lose games, but there's a way to lose games as well. The fundamentals, the controllables that we always bang on about have not been there, which is unlike us.

"We've really prided ourselves on being competitive in duels, in running, in second balls, in set pieces, and those things have been a little bit below par for what we expect from ourselves."

The manner in which Argyle conceded those two games "has been disappointing for everyone," he continued.

The Cambridge game will be a test, so it is important to make sure that the last two performances were "just a blip".

"The priority for Saturday is that we stick our chests out, we roll our sleeves up and we're there to fight, to run, to win duels, to defend our box, to attack their box.

[It'll] "probably be the first first time I don't name the team on a Friday, we'll see who's got the fire in their bellies and to go out there and deliver on all those fundamentals."

Happy birthday to midfielder, Bradley Ibrahim, who is 22 today.

20th

Argyle were given a humbling and embarrassing football lesson by Stevenage Borough in their 3-0 away defeat at the Lamex Stadium, falling way short of expectations. In captain, Joe Edwards's 250th start for the Pilgrims failed to capitalise on their period of positivity against a determined and hard-working opposition. They struggled to recover from a costly eight-minute spell in the first half and were unable to launch a comeback, succumbing them to successive league defeats for the first time this season.

Argyle: 1 Murphy Cooper, 7 Harvey White, 8 Joe Edwards (capt) (29 Matty Sorinola, 76), 9 Will Evans, 11 Ronan Curtis (10 Xavier Amaechi, 46), 14 Oliver Irow (17 Caleb Watts, 46), 15 Alex Mitchell, 19 Tyreeq Bakinson (23 Bradley Ibrahim, 76), 22 Alex Hartridge (5 Julio Pleguezuelo, 87), 27 Bim Pepple, 45 Wes Harding. Substitutes: 21 James Storer (GK), 3 Jack MacKenzie.

Booked: Curtis 4

Attendance: 3,310 - away 1.028

A rotated Argyle Under-18s side were held to a 3-3 draw by Bristol Rovers in the Youth Alliance League Cup, despite taking the lead on three separate occasions.

The Young Pilgrims made a bright start and went ahead when Harry Locke’s dangerous ball was turned into the Rovers net by keeper Alexander Berger.

Charlie Ball levelled the score before James Sharpe gave Argyle a 2-1 advantage that was then cancelled out by substitute Kazim Salahi-Ali.

Locke made it 3-2 with a superb solo effort, but the Greens were once again pinned back by Salahi-Ali who produced a left-footed strike into the top corner to ensure the points were shared.

The draw leaves Argyle with one point from their opening three YAL Cup fixtures, with a final group-stage meeting against Watford still to come.

Argyle: 1 Charlie Pawley, 2 Toby Rider, 3 Corey Browne, 4 Joel Tolcher, 5 Dylan Williams, 6 Toby Tamblyn (15 Tyler Pike, 84), 7 Harry Locke, 8 Max Moser (14 Rufus Hodgetts, 90+1), 9 Emran Boudarga-Wischhoff, 10 James Sharpe (capt) (12 Joshua Poole, 77), 11 Alfie Vosper.

Goals: Berger (og) 8, Sharpe 36, Locke 60.

Argyle Academy goalkeeper Tom Armytage has been called up for England Under-15s ahead of their FIFA World Cup campaign. Tom will meet up with his teammates in London before flying to Baku, Azerbaijan, as part of a Young Lions elite squad. He will be hoping to feature in any of their five opening group games against Nicaragua, Montenegro, Cambodia, Republic of Ireland and Zimbabwe. The group concludes on Monday, October 26, with the final taking place on Friday, October 30.

Argyle's Academy Manager Phil Stokes, said: “We're delighted for Tom to receive a call-up to represent England at the Under-15s World Cup. It is a fantastic achievement for him and a reflection of the hard work he's put in throughout his development.

"Everyone at the Academy is incredibly proud to see him recognised on the international stage. Rhys Wilmot, our Under-18s Goalkeeping Coach, has also done a great job in supporting the development of our young keepers, and it's great to see that work contributing to opportunities like this."

Under-18s Goalkeeper, Leo McCormick has gone on loan to Southern League Premier Division South side, Malvern Town FC.

Happy 30th birthday to Argyle defender and vice-captain, Wes Harding.

19th

Argyle have drawn either Alvechurch or Spalding United in the first round of the Emirates FA Cup. Their opponents, who drew 2-2 on Saturday, will replay tomorrow night (Tuesday). The tie will be played at Home Park on the weekend of 7/8 November.

18th

Despite battling hard, Argyle Women lost again on Sunday afternoon, this time going down 0-5 at home to AFC Bournemouth to whom, last season's team lost by a single goal in the FAWNL Cup Final in March.

Head Coach, Matt Green, said: “I was really pleased with the first 35 minutes, I thought we played really well in that period. We frustrated a very good Bournemouth team, so I was really happy with that.

“But then, we conceded some goals that we’re disappointed with to be honest, and we’ve spoken about that as a team. We’re just a bit annoyed with that 15-minute period either side of the break.

“We spoke at half-time and regrouped, and I thought that for large periods of the second half we showed good resilience to frustrate Bournemouth again, even though they scored at either end of the 45.

“But we will regroup and be strong again next week in a game that we have to get a result in to get through to the next round of the FA Cup.”

17th

In a scrappy, disjointed game, Argyle lost their league-leader position with a 0-2 humbling home defeat to Huddersfield Town which team included former Pilgrim, Bali Mumba.

The Greens never recovered from a sixth-minute goal by the impressive Derensili Sanches Fernandes, and Town would have been far further in front had it not been for another superb performance by Murphy Cooper in the Argyle goal.

Ten minutes into the second half the lead was lengthened with a close-range header by Bojan Radulovic and, though Argyle improved, particularly after the introduction of 60-minutes' substitutes Irow, Bakinson and Amaechi, they could not break through.

Argyle now sit fourth in the table, having played a game more than most, with an upcoming visit to Stevenage on Tuesday night.

Argyle: 1 Murphy Cooper, 3 Jack MacKenzie (29 Matty Sorinola, 46), 7 Harvey White, 9 Will Evans, 11 Ronan Curtis (10 Xavier Amaechi, 62), 15 Alex Mitchell, 17 Caleb Watts (42 Jared Rendle, 90+2), 22 Alex Hartridge, 23 Bradley Ibrahim (19 Tyreeq Bakinson, 62), 27 Bim Pepple (14 Oliver Irow, 62), 45 Wes Harding (capt). Substitutes: 21 James Storer (GK), 5 Julio Pleguezuelo.

Attendance: 16,124 (539 away)

Argyle Under-18s dropped their first EFL Youth Alliance League points of the season, with a defeat at home to an unbeaten Northampton Town side.

The Young Pilgrims started well and took a deserved 2-0 lead into half-time thanks to headers from James Sharpe and Seb Campbell.

They maintained a two-goal lead until the 71st minute when Tom Goodman pulled one back for the visitors, before Harry Stephenson equalised. Goodman then struck again in the first minute of added time to give the Cobblers all three points and put an end to Argyle’s winning league start.

After the game, Head Coach, Jamie Lowry, said: “We are disappointed with the result and to lose our unbeaten start.

“Performance wise, I actually thought we were really good for the first 70 minutes. It was one of the better performances we’ve had in our first nine league games to be honest.

“But the disappointing bit that we need to learn from is conceding the first goal, going under pressure and losing our way. We weren’t focused enough to regroup and stay in the game.

“It’s happened a few too many times this year, where we have been one or two goals up, then let teams back into games and made it hard for ourselves. It leaves us with a lot to take away and plenty of things that we can tidy up on moving forwards.”

Argyle: 1 Tom Armytage, 2 Toby Rider, 3 Corey Browne, 4 Joel Tolcher, 5 Dylan Williams, 6 Toby MacLean, 7 Tashall Sandhu (15 Harry Locke, 86), 8 Seb Campbell, 9 Frankie Maund, 10 James Sharpe (16 Emran Boudarga-Wischhoff, 70), 11 Billy Devlin (capt). Substitutes: 23 Charlie Pawley (GK), 12 Toby Tamblyn, 14 Max Moser.

Goals: Sharpe 14, Campbell 26

16th

Oliver Irow has won the Sky Bet League One goal of the month for September for his stunning strike after 21 seconds of the first half of Argyle's home game against Barnsley.

Today marks the fourth anniversary of the passing of Gordon Sparks, Argyle's legend commentator. Always missed. "That's it: Argyle are up!"

Argyle Under-18s have been drawn at home to Mangotsfield United in the FA Youth Cup First Round proper. The tie will be played on Tuesday 3 November, kicking off at 7pm.

The tie, a repeat of last season’s tournament opener which Argyle won 3-0, will be played at Home Park in October with the date to be announced.

Foulston Park development reached another milestone on Friday evening, as the Academy’s new 3G pitch officially opened with a fixture between the Greens’ Under-15s side and a Devon County FA Under-16 team.

The new pitch forms part of the wider redevelopment of the former Brickfields Sports Centre, which will become a permanent home for Argyle’s Academy and Women’s team.

Simon Hallett said: It’s a wonderful moment in the history of Plymouth Argyle. Every time I come to Foulston we’ve made a bit more progress, but actually playing a football match here his feels like a big step.

"Our teams have been training in the dome for a few weeks now and people have been using the Community Hub - which is a key part of this whole project. I am very proud of what we are doing here."

15th

Argyle have announced that, due to restructuring in the leadership of the football department, Derek Adams is becoming the permanent role of Sporting Director, while David Fox will have an enhanced role as Head of Football Operations and Recruitment.

Having been back at Home Park for an initial 12 month period, Derek will take on a wider role, overseeing all footballing staff and leading all football strategy and development including the men’s first team, sports science and academy. He will continue to report into Chief Executive, Paul Berne. Head Coach, Tom Cleverley, described this as "a really significant moment in the season."

David will continue to oversee football operations, and in addition will also now lead the club’s player recruitment strategy, reporting to the Sporting Director. He will ensure talent identification, player acquisition and football administration align with the club’s overarching strategy and aims. In addition, he will take responsibility for overseeing the player pathway, as they develop within the Academy and become part of the first team squad.

Chief Executive, Paul Berne, commented: “It is very pleasing to confirm Derek and David into their new roles. These appointments cement the way we have been working over the last 12 months, and bring continued stability to the football club, which I believe is important to our success.

"Derek brings a wealth of experience, which makes him well-suited to driving the strategy of the footballing side of the club, and leading the development of our Academy progression, following the investment in the facility at Foulston Park.

"David has already been working significantly on our talent identification and recruitment work during the past 12 months, and he builds on this good work by taking direct responsibility for this area. In addition, his knowledge of the EFL is a real benefit in helping us to bring players from the Academy and support them to progress into the first team environment.

"Derek and David are already working successfully with Tom and his coaching staff, and are ably supported by the data analysis, scouting and operations teams. Their appointment therefore allows us to clarify roles and to continue these ways of working.

"Results in recent times have been good, but we are not resting on our laurels and will continue to look for ways to continually improve. In confirming these changes, we will hopefully go on to greater success.”

In his weekly press conference, Tom Cleverley had positive injury updates about defenders Julio Pleguezuelo, Alex Hartridge and Jack MacKenzie, as well as Michael Baidoo and Malachi Boateng. In addition, there was good news about Bim Pepple who will be fit to play against Huddersfield.

Pleggy has trained and will be involved on Saturday. Hartridge and MacKenzie are also both available for selection. Meanwhile, Baidoo (hamstring) and Boateng (knee) could both be ready for first round FA Cup action on the weekend of 7/8 November.

Joe Edwards, who went off early in the Wimbledon game as a precaution should be ready for Stevenage (A) on Tuesday, while Joe Mwaro and Owen Oseni could also be back in contention at the beginning of next month.

13th

Plymouth Live has been 'rebranded' under its former name of The Herald. Chris Errington, now in his 30th season of football reporting, will continue to write about all things Argyle, but the paper has introduced 'premium' pages, accessible by subscription.

12th

A youthful Argyle side were beaten 6-1 at the Wyatt Homes Stadium by category one side AFC Bournemouth Under-21s in the Premier League Cup group stage.

The Young Pilgrims took an early lead through Frankie Maund, before the Cherries turned the game around with goals from Eugene Nyarko, four from George Chubinidze and one from Leyland Waite.

Despite fielding an Under-18s side with the additions of Hartridge, MacKenzie and Finn, Argyle started well and held their own in the early, busy exchanges.

Argyle took a deserved lead in the 22nd minute when Maund dispatched a left-footed penalty down the centre of Allen’s goal, after he sprinted past Sills to win the spot kick. Up to this point, the Greens had had the better opportunities and enjoyed the majority of possession. However, Bournemouth turned the game around and Argyle were unable to respond.

Argyle: 41 Thomas Armytage, 2 Jovan Wamani (15 Dylan Williams, 69), 3 Jack MacKenzie (23 Marley-Blu Francis, 69), 4 Joel Tolcher, 7 Tashall Sandhu (25 Emran Boudarga-Wischhoff, 60), 11 Frankie Maund, 22 Alex Hartridge (17 Toby MacLean, 60), 26 Tegan Finn (20 Billy Devlin, 76), 38 Seb Campbell (capt), 39 Sam Hayman, 42 Jared Rendle. Substitutes: 47 Charlie Pawley (GK), 24 Harry Locke.

Goals: Maund 22

Booked: Wamani 7

11th

Argyle Women lost 4-1 away at Cheltenham Town in a chaotic FA Women’s National League encounter on Sunday afternoon.

Charlotte Salisbury-Williams opened the scoring for hosts, with Laura Curnock equalisingfrom the spot for Argyle. Emily Owen restored the Robins’ lead with a controversial penalty on the stroke of half-time and then converted another early in the second half before Chloe Snook made it 4-1.

Head Coach, Matt Green, was frustrated with the result but not with the effort:

He said: “Like always, the girls gave 110% for the shirt, the staff and for each other. I have got no complaints about the level of intensity that they played at whatsoever.

“I think there were a few key decisions that haven’t gone our way and that’s not really helped our cause. But you have got to play what you come up against on the pitch.

”This afternoon was tough to take because of what we wanted to get out the game. We wanted to win to put pressure on teams around us and we didn’t achieve that. But we have to regroup and go again...”

Argyle: 1 Liv Giles, 4 Ali Lambe, 5 Ellie M Bishop (capt), 9 Laura Curnock, 14 Shana Dolbel, 15 Kiesha Walker, 17 Kennedy Garside, 18 Farrah Ambrose, 19 Brooklyn Brothers, 20 Ciara Magee (21 Chloe Ingrouille, 39), 25 Khloe Reed (23 Phoebe Bettey, 83). Substitutes: 22 Saskia Worrall (GK), 24 Ellie J Bishop.

Goals: Curnock 39.

10th

Argyle performed the ultimate bounce back from their Burton home defeat with Xavier Amaechi's last-kick winner against AFC Wimbledon in the televised lunchtime fixture.

In a chaotic and sometimes scrappy game, the visitors took the lead via Jayden Stockley on 16 minutes, with Caleb Watts equalising some 10 minutes later.

The number 17 had taken his place in the line-up in the absence of Bim Pepple who was rested with a slight hamstring pull. Another knock - this time to captain, Joe Edwards, saw the introduction of Matty Sorinola who was playing his 100th game for the Greens.

The second half remained wide open, with Murray Cooper in goal making some crucial saves for the Greens. The tie looked set to be just that - a draw when, in the last minute of added time, Alex Hartridge blocked a Wimbledon clearance and passed to Amaechi who lobbed the keeper, sending the Devonport, along with the rest of the Argyle faithful into raptures.

Other results later meant that Argyle stay top of the table with a home game against near rivals, Huddersfield, to come next weekend.

Argyle: 1 Murphy Cooper, 2 Mathias Ross, 7 Harvey White, 8 Joe Edwards (capt) (29 Matty Sorinola, 30), 9 Will Evans, 11 Ronan Curtis,14 Oliver Irow (10 Xavier Amaechi, 65), 15 Alex Mitchell, 17 Caleb Watts (19 Tyreeq Bakinson, 77), 23 Bradley Ibrahim, 45 Wes Harding (22 Alex Hartridge, 77). Substitutes: 21 James Storer (GK), 3 Jack MacKenzie, 38 Seb Campbell.

Goals: Watts 25, Amaechi 90+5

Attendance: 15,277 (481 away)

Man of the match - sponsors': Caleb Watts; supporters': Murphy Cooper.

Speaking after the game, Tom Cleverley declared: “It's the best feeling I've had in football since I've retired. “When you're a player and these goals go in, not just last minute, but any goal, the adrenaline rush you get, you just can't replicate.

“In general, I thought it was not our best performance. We've got work to do through the week to make sure that we're better against Huddersfield. I thought Wimbledon caused us problems.

“What I would say, second half, I thought we did enough not to lose the game. We've had 18 shots, Murphy [Cooper] made some good saves, we've defended set plays very well. I think we did a bit more than we did against Burton to make sure we didn't lose. [We had] a little bit of luck with the winning goal and the players earned that luck. They're a hard-working bunch of players and sometimes that repays you."

On World Mental Health Day, Argyle are launching 'Every 90 Minutes' - a season-long campaign to raise awareness of suicide and mental health, challenging the stigma, encouraging more open conversations and helping people find support from available organisations and services. The team will wear T shirts with this logo during the warm-up to today's game.

At the heart of the campaign is a striking visual reminder outside the Babcock Devonport End.

Following every home league fixture this season, a seat from the stadium is being added to the railings, each representing a person who has died by suicide during the time it has taken for an Argyle home match to be played.

The club has worked, and will continue to work, alongside Plymouth City Council, Andy’s Man Club, The Clean Sheet, The Lighthouse Charity, Argyle Community Trust, and individuals with personal experiences of suicide and mental health to develop a programme of activity designed to make a meaningful difference in our community.

Argyle Under-18s battled back from a goal down to beat Swindon Town 4-1 and take their winning run in the EFL Youth Alliance League to eight matches.

In difficult first-half weather conditions, the Young Pilgrims fell behind but responded impressively, with Frankie Maund scoring twice before a Swindon own goal and Tashall Sandhu’s composed finish put the game beyond the Robins.

The result means Argyle extend their lead at the top of the table and maintain their impressive record of winning every league game, while scoring at least three goals.

Argyle: 23 Leo McCormick, 2 Dylan Williams, 3 Jared Rendle (12 Corey Browne, 69), 4 Joel Tolcher, 5 Sam Hayman (14 Jovan Wamani, 77), 6 Toby MacLean, 7 Tashall Sandhu, 8 Billy Devlin (capt), 9 Frankie Maund (15 Harry Locke, 77), 10 James Sharpe (16 Emran Boudarga-Wischhoff, 60), 11 Marley-Blu Francis.

Booked: Sharpe 55, Locke 86.

Goals: Maund 40, 57, Head (og) 66, Sandhu 90+3.

Happy birthday to midfielder, Tyreeq Bakinson, who is on loan from Leyton Orient. (Tyreeq came on as a 75th minute substitute).

And to Paul Sturrock - 70 today. And to your diarist...

9th

Oli Irow and Harvey White are both in contention for the Sky Bet League One goal of the month for September.

Irow has been shortlisted for his spectacular right-foot strike just 21 seconds after kick-off in the Pilgrims' 3-0 victory over Barnsley at Home Park on 12 September.

White has been shortlisted for his superb individual goal when Argyle beat Blackpool 4-2 at Bloomfield Road the following Saturday, when he instantly controlled the ball as it dropped to him from up high and beat a couple of opponents before firing it into the net.

The other nominees are: Callum Marshall of Luton Town v Stockport County on 2 September and Aaron Collins of MK Dons in their away game at Wycombe Wanderers on 5 September.

8th

Oliver Irow has been voted Argyle player of the month for September. He has also been nominated for EFL League One player of the month.

Injury update: Tom Cleverley has said that Alex Hartridge is fit and in contention for a start on Saturday. Julio Pleguezuelo will need another week. Malachi Boateng, Michael Baidoo and Owen Oseni are also making good progress.

Tegan Finn has extended his loan at Torquay United for another month.

7th

Happy birthday to Alex 'Magic Hat' Mitchell - 25 today.

6th

Argyle came back from a two-goal deficit to squeeze a victory on penalties against Newport County at Rodney Parade in the Jersey Mike's Trophy, Group E fixture.

Tom Cleverley had made 10 changes to Saturday's winning side at Leyton Orient, with only Mathias Ross remaining. He gave starts to four youngsters - Tegan Finn, Seb Campbell, Jared Rendle and Caleb Roberts.

In a lacklustre first half, Newport dominated and took an early lead, doubling it through a twice-taken penalty on 59 minutes. As the tie looked beyond Argyle, a number of substitutions were introduced which swung the game with Pepple and Bakinson bringing the tie to 2-2 by 90 minutes. Pepple had the chance to clinch it for the Pilgrims when they were awarded a penalty, but his kick was saved by the Newport 'keeper.

The game moved to penalties: Newport's first was saved by Storer and, although they scored the remaining four, Argyle's perfect tally meant that they won the tie and gained an extra point for the penalty victory.

Argyle: 21 James Storer, 2 Mathias Ross (capt) (45 Wes Harding, 60’), 3 Jack MacKenzie, 10 Xavier Amaechi, 17 Caleb Watts (27 Bim Pepple, 60’), 19 Tyreeq Bakinson, 24 Caleb Roberts (23 Bradley Ibrahim, 72’), 26 Tegan Finn (14 Oliver Irow, 60’), 29 Matty Sorinola, 38 Seb Campbell, 42 Jared Rendle (7 Harvey White, 72’). Substitutes: 1 Murphy Cooper, 11 Ronan Curtis

Goals: Pepple, 75, Bakinson, 90. Pens: Amaechi, Irow, White, People, Ibrahim.

Yellow card: Watts, 39’

5th

Argyle Women have been drawn at home to fifth-tier Millwall Lionesses in the first round proper of the FA Cup.

The tie is expected to take place at Home Park on Sunday 25 October.

4th

Happy birthday to Argyle goalkeeper, James (Jimmy) Storer who is 22 today.

Argyle Women were beaten 3-1 by Real Bedford in a battling performance at Home Park, despite taking a deserved lead into half-time thanks to a stunning Shana Dolbel lob.

The Pilgrims produced an encouraging first-half display and were rewarded when Dolbel spotted goalkeeper Erica Meale off her line, producing an outrageous effort from distance.

Argyle continued to compete well after the break, but Real Bedford turned the game around with three second-half goals courtesy of Anele Komani, Kelci Bowers and Ellie Head.

Head Coach, Matt Green, was pleased with the first-half showing, but disappointed with the second.

He said: “I think the first half was really good. There were some great moments in there and I think we deservedly went in 1-0 up at half-time."

However, Green believes that there are plenty of positives to build on as the season progresses.

“We have got to put a full 90 minutes together,” he continued. “We are under no illusions about the challenge that we have got in the league this year, but this group of players are trying [their best] every single week.

”They train hard every single week, and they show the supporters that come and watch them that they are giving everything for the shirt. I am always proud of the performances they put in.

“Now we have just got to go back and look at a few details - those key moments in the game - especially in that second half and we will work from there.

"We are all here for the long haul and that win will come - it’s just a matter of time.”

Argyle: 1 Liv Giles, 4 Ali Lambe, 5 Ellie.M Bishop (capt), 9 Laura Curnock, 11 Cadi Rodgers, 14 Shana Dolbel, 15 Kiesha Walker (21 Chloe Ingrouille, 86), 16 Sienna Gilbert (20 Ciara Magee, 66), 17 Kennedy Garside (24 Ellie.J Bishop, 79), 18 Farrah Ambrose (19 Brooklyn Brothers, 79), 25 Khloe Reed (23 Phoebe Bettey, 86). Substitutes: 22 Saskia Worrall (GK).

Goals: Dolbel 30

Booked: Curnock 46, Gilbert 62, E.M Bishop 70

3rd

Argyle bounced back from the Burton defeat with a confident 2-0 victory against Leyton Orient at the BetWright stadium in front of 1,350 travelling Greens. Captain Joe Edwards had his first start, with Bradley Ibrahim in midfield in place of ineligible former Orient loanee, Tyreek Bakinson. The first half was a scrappy affair with the whistle coming just as Argyle were gaining momentum - would this be lost? Not so as, within 10 minutes of the restart, goals from Bim Pepple and a terrific header from Will Evans propelled Argyle into the lead and to the top of the League One table - a position they held at full time. The two upcoming home games - against Wimbledon and Huddersfield - are now vital to cement the positive start to the season.

Man of the match - Alex Mitchell for his solid defending and encouragement.

Argyle: 1 Murphy Cooper, 2 Mathias Ross, 7 Harvey White, 8 Joe Edwards (capt) (29 Matty Sorinola, 72), 9 Will Evans, 11 Ronan Curtis (10 Xavier Amaechi, 88), 14 Oliver Irow (17 Caleb Watts, 81), 15 Alex Mitchell, 23 Bradley Ibrahim, 27 Bim Pepple (3 Jack MacKenzie, 88), 45 Wes Harding. Substitutes: 21 James Storer (GK), 38 Seb Campbell, 42 Jared Rendle.

Goals: Pepple 52, Evans 56

Yellow card: Ross 76, Ibrahim 84

Tom Cleverley told Plymouth Live that he was "really proud" of his team's performance, but was not being complacent:

"The players knew what we didn't do last weekend. We have had a week to work on it and I thought they executed it outstandingly well today.

"I'm really proud of the players. They deserve a lot of credit. They suffered early in the week, worked middle and end of the week and performed at the weekend.

"That's how you respond to a defeat at home. Not getting carried away, it's one good performance out of 46 and we have to work towards putting in another one Tuesday (away to Newport County in the EFL Trophy) and then importantly next Saturday."

Earlier, the Under-18s battled to victory against Barnet, winning by 3-2 and maintaining their unbeaten run in the EFL Youth Alliance League.

Barnet took the lead in the 12th minute through striker Chinoso Achodor, but Argyle reacted well and turned the game around with two quick fire goals from Joel Tolcher and Frankie Maund.

James Sharpe netted a spectacular half-volley ten minutes into the second half, before Leo Rex found a late consolation goal for the visitors to set up a tense final 10 minutes.

Argyle have now scored 29 times in the league this season. Head Coach, Jamie Lowry praised strikers Sharpe, Maund and Boudarga-Wischhoff for their goalscoring prowess up top.

“We can be confident as a team that we always have the ability to go and score which is great. Now it’s our job as coaches to keep polishing them up and giving them different techniques to make them better all-round players, as well as goalscorers.”

Argyle: 1 Charlie Pawley, 2 Jovan Wamani, 3 Corey Browne, 4 Joel Tolcher, 5 Dylan Williams, 6 Toby MacLean, 7 Tashall Sandhu (16 Emran Boudarga-Wischhoff, 65), 8 Billy Devlin (capt), 9 Frankie Maund (14 Max Moser, 74), 10 James Sharpe (12 Toby Tamblyn, 74), 11 Marley-Blu Francis (15 Harry Locke, 65). Substitutes: 23 Danny Ley.

Goals: Tolcher 21, Maund 24, Sharpe 55

2nd

Argyle Community Trust has unveiled its ambitious new five-year strategy, setting out a clear vision to build healthier, stronger, and more empowered communities across Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall.

The strategy, titled "Trust In Us: Strategic Plan 2026-2030", was officially launched at The Hub at Foulston Park, in the presence of Argyle Chairman, Simon Hallett, bringing together partners, sponsors, funders, and stakeholders from across the region.

As the official charity of Plymouth Argyle Football Club, the Trust will use the power of football and the reach of the club to address some of the most significant challenges facing local communities over the next five years.

The new strategy is built around four key pillars: Tackling health inequalities; Improving opportunities for all; Building stronger communities, and Providing inspiring spaces.

Speaking at the launch, Mark Lovell, CEO of Argyle Community Trust, said: "This strategy represents our commitment to the communities we serve and our belief that everyone should have access to opportunities that help them thrive. While challenges across our communities continue to grow, so does our determination to make a positive difference.

“Through the power of football, strong partnerships and investment in our people and places, we have set an ambitious but achievable roadmap for the next five years. We are incredibly proud of what has been achieved so far, but even more excited about what comes next."

PASALB (the London Branch supporters) held their now annual 'Meet the Manager' in a London pub. Tom Cleverley spoke frankly and honestly about the squad and his hopes and expectations for the season, openly answering members' questions.

1st

Argyle Women have been drawn at home to Arsenal PGA in the last 16 of the FA Women’s National League Plate.

The Pilgrims will host the Gunners on Sunday, 1 November with a place in the quarter-finals at stake.

30th September

Argyle Under-18s beat Newport County 3-0 away, with a clinical second-half showing, to record a sixth successive win at the start of their EFL Youth Alliance League campaign.

The Pilgrims went into half-time at 0-0, before Marley-Blu Francis opened the scoring in the 55th minute.

Tashall Sandhu, who replaced Francis just before the hour mark, put the game beyond the hosts’ reach with a quickfire brace.

Head Coach, Jamie Lowry, was particularly pleased with the win, given the amount of travelling the team has had to do in recent weeks.

He said: “It has been a big week for the lads, so we will give them a bit of credit for how they have come through and still managed to grind out the win, score three goals, and keep a clean sheet.

“I think it is an important part of their development to find out what to do when things are not going exactly to plan, or when you have tough days. You really have to dig in and find the moments of quality that we did today [for the goals].

“We were not at our best in the first half. We were a bit better in the second half and I was pleased with how we managed to find the goals that we needed to go and win the game.

“Overall, I am pleased with the result. We can still do better in terms of performance, but the lads have come through a big week so there are still positives to take.”

Argyle: 23 Leo McCormick, 2 Jovan Wamani, 3 Corey Browne, 4 Joel Tolcher (14 Billy Devlin, 59), 5 Dylan Williams, 6 Deniz Doru (12 Toby MacLean, 4), 7 Harry Locke, 8 Seb Campbell (capt), 9 Frankie Maund (16 James Sharpe, 71), 10 Emran Boudarga-Wischhoff, 11 Marley-Blu Francis (15 Tashall Sandhu, 59).

Goals: Francis 55, Sandhu 64, 80

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