Plymouth Argyle

Argyle 1 Cheltenham 0: Match report

ARGYLE maintained their unbeaten start to the Sky Bet League Two season but were taken to the final moments by stubborn visitors as they claimed a fifth successive victory.

Defender Sonny Bradley popped up in the final minute of three added on at the end of an attritional game played in horrible weather to head home Oscar Threlkeld’s long, looping, delivery to the far post.

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Blackpool 0 Argyle 1: Match report

ARGYLE bullied their way to a third successive victory, and second clean sheet in a row with an...ahem, towering performance at Blackpool.

Latvian centre-back Nauris Bulvitis – ‘Bully’ to everyone at Home Park - was the Pilgrims’ match-winner for the second time in successive away matches, heading home Graham Carey’s 50th-minute cross.

It was, if there is such a thing, a...

Argyle 2 Mansfield 0: Match report

GRAHAM Carey announced himself to the 2016-17 season with a match-winning performance to inflict Mansfield Town's first defeat of the campaign.

The Irish playmaker scored one goal from a wide direct free-kick that beat everyone and sailed in, before a mesmorising solo effort that effectively put the game to bed long before the half-time interval.

Mansfield had more of the play...

Carlisle 1 Argyle 0: Match report

ARGYLE remain without a point or a goal in this Sky Bet League Two season, after a long trip to Carlisle clocked up more miles than smiles.

Carlisle maintained their unbeaten and positive beginning to the season, following up a creditable draw at Portsmouth and a win at home to Port Vale in the EFL Cup with three points against the Pilgrims.

The Cumbrians' winning goal was...

Reading 2 Argyle 0: Match report

TO no-one’s great surprise, Argyle fell at the first hurdle in the EFL Cup for the fourth season in succession, succumbing to Championship opponents who, at the moment, they can only aspire to emulate.

A double Dutch dose of first-half goals from Joey van den Berg and his fellow Netherlander Roy Beerens, a full international, gave countryman Jaap Stam his first knockout victory since...

Argyle 0 Luton 3: Match report

FOR the second consecutive season, Argyle's Sky Bet League Two campaign began with a win to an away side. Unfortunately for Derek Adams and his team, this time they were playing at home.

Last year, Argyle saw off an early AFC Wimbledon flourish to win their opening game by two goals, and this year's opener had echoes of that day, except the Pilgrims were the ones on the receiving end,...

Argyle 0 West Bromwich Albion 0: Match report

ARGYLE finished their pre-season preparations with an impressive 0-0 draw against Premier League opposition on a sunny afternoon at Home Park.

The Pilgrims were good value for a draw against the Baggies, with a determined performance that bodes well for when the season begins properly in seven days time. Whilst not a thriller, both sides had opportunities for a victory at Home Park....

Big day dawns for Plymouth Argyle

Twitter and other social media platforms are already buzzing ahead of the Plymouth Argyle’s masive game against Wimbledon at Wembley Stadium this afternoon.

Nearly 35,000 fans are making the journey to show their support for the Devon side.

Argyle play at Wembley for just the second time today as they look to gain their first promotion for more than a decade.

Among the...

Pilgrims head for Wembley

IAIN Williamson has been chosen by the Football League to officiate Argyle's Sky Bet League 2 play-off final against AFC Wimbledon on Monday.

Williamson, who in his tenth year as a referee, has mostly taken charge of Sky Bet Championship games this season, officiating 21 games in all. He has averaged just under three-and-a-half yellow cards a game, brandishing 75 in all in this...

Argyle book their place at Wembley

Argyle 1 Portsmouth 0: Match report

ARGYLE booked their place at Wembley for the League Two Play-Off Final as a last-minute Peter Hartley goal secured a 1-0 win over Portsmouth at a raucous Home Park.

Just as everyone was contemplating extra time, Hartley met Graham Carey’s far-post corner to spark scenes of delirium at the Theatre of Greens.

In front of a packed house...

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