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Argyle 1 Mansfield 1

Amend your notebooks – Trotman time is now Alessandra time, writes Rob McNichol.

After Argyle defender Neal Trotman nicked an injury-time winner at Field Mill when the two teams met in October, Lewis Alessandra became the latest – in more ways that one – to shatter Stags’ hearts.

In the 51st minute of a protracted second half, Alessandra...

Argyle have received two nominations for the upcoming annual Football League Awards.

Left-back Ben Purrington, who burst onto the scene with his first-team debut at Oxford United on Boxing day, is nominated as one of three candidates for Sky Bet League 2 Apprentice of the year. Seventeen-year-old Ben, from Exeter, has captained the youth team, including on their run to the third round...

Argyle 1 Cheltenham Town 1

Argyle midfielder Luke Young dragged the Pilgrims to what looked, for long periods of the game, a frankly unlikely draw with a late equaliser that spoke much for their resilience, writes Rick Cowdery..

Free-kick specialist Young fired home a dead-ball from 25 yards to earn his hometown side a point against a side they had already beaten and knocked...

Braving the ripping winds and boat crippling waves of the south coast this week, British solo offshore Figaro sailor Sam Matson (22, Ottery St Mary) arrived in his University town of Plymouth in Sutton Harbour during the early hours of Tuesday morning (14 Jan) for one final visit ahead of ‘La Solitaire du Figaro, Eric Bompard Cachemire 2014’ in June.

As practice for the prestigious...