Player, coach, manager, scout and pundit. Chris Hargreaves arrived at Home Park in 1998 and the Green Army were treated to a couple of solid years of his luscious flowing locks. Born in Cleethorpes, he made his name as an exciting centre-forward for his home town club, Grimsby Town. Being a local hero, in a successful team was becoming a distraction, so a move to Hull and a conversion to a midfielder set Chris up for the rest of his career. Remembered at Argyle for a thunderbolt against Re...

Local lad, son of a legend, but a top player in his own right. Luke Summerfield grew up with knowledge that his dad, Kevin, was a hero to many at Home Park. So, from joining the Centre of Excellence at the age of 10, through to making his debut at 17, he had to work doubly hard to forge his own pathway. In the latest episode of the Argyle Podcast, Luke talks though his breakthrough into Championship football, a weeks training with Chelsea and battling illness to return to the game he loves....

The reluctant football owner. In Argyle's darkest days, with the club teetering on the edge of liquidation, step forward James Brent. In October 2011, James stepped in to help save the club from oblivion and began the process of turning Argyle's fortunes around. In the eight years he was at the top, he saw the club promoted, take on Liverpool in the Emirates FA Cup and become financially stable. James left the place in a better place than he found it and now watches on, as a fan, en...

An Argyle fan, who helped relegate the club. There wont be many with a story like Ryan Dickson, born in Saltash and an Argyle fan pretty much his entire life, Ryan grew up wanting to be like his heroes; Martin Phillips, Paul Wotton and Michael Evans. At 17 he got that chance, thrown in against Wigan Athletic, the runaway leaders in the Championship. Despite some impressive performances, injuries hampered his development and eventually a move to Brentford resurrected his career. A bit...

We are just a few days out from the start of the Sky Bet Championship season. Argyle are back in the second tier for the first time since 2010 and are looking forward to hosting Huddersfield Town at Home Park. Excitement is building around the club and the city and everyone at Argyle wants everything to be right for when Saturday comes. An awful lot of work goes into a match day at Home Park, even more so for an opening match day, but just how much? In this week's episode, the podcast goes ...

There's only one Mark Hughes. Well, that is not strictly true, but there is only one who had the career that our Hughesy has had. The Argyle assistant manager came through the ranks at his beloved Everton, but in this enlightening interview he tells us what led to him making the decision to leave the Toffees, aged just 20, and forge a career elsewhere. That career led him to nearly 600 professional appearances, including a stint Down Under, several captaincies, title vict...

In November 2022, an incident in Bath shocked the football world. Former Argyle youngster Alex Fletcher was the name on everyone’s lips, he ass front page news. A horrifying collision with ad advertising board had left the striker fighting not only for his footballing career, but also his life. Thankfully, there is a happy ending and Fletch is now looking to get back into the game he loves. His time in the Argyle first team was brief, but included some memorable moments, including a bra...

When Sean McCarthy joined Plymouth Argyle in 1988, few people would have thought he would go on to play and star in the Premier League, but Sean did. From humble beginnings in South Wales, he battled his way though non-league before getting his chance at his boyhood club, Swansea City. Financial troubles blighted his time at the Swans before Argyle acted as a magnificent springboard for the big forward. Forever remembered for scoring that goal against Everton in the FA Cup and a hat trick i...

It's fair to say that Lee Makel's time at Argyle didn't go as he or the club would have planned. He made a promising start to life as a professional, making his debut for Newcastle United aged 17, before moving to Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League. A highly successful few years in Scotland led to Argyle boss Bobby Williamson bringing Lee and a number of other players from north of the border, to Home Park. A combination of injury and personal reasons meant that Lee's stay at Home Park...

Not many players who have pulled on the green of Argyle have then gone onto win the Premier League and play in Europe. Nicky Marker however, is able to make that claim. After swapping Exeter for Plymouth he excelled at Home Park and quickly became a fans' favourite. Playing either at the heart of defence or in midfield, his presence was crucial in Argyle's five-year stay in the second tier. In 1992, just a few weeks after Blackburn Rovers clinched promotion to the Premier League at Home Par...

When Carl Fletcher joined Argyle, the Greens were in their fifth season in the Championship. Two seasons later he had just been dismissed as manager. His journey started as a 17 year old at Bournemouth and led him to the heights of an FA Cup final. Spells as captain of Wales, years in the Premier League and even under the stewardship of Edgar Davids followed, but it was his spell at Home Park that shaped him. This is the story of Carl Fletcher.

Captain, leader, legend. Paul Wotton and Plymouth Argyle go together like scones and clotted cream, Wottsy is Argyle. He made his debut aged 17 under Steve McCall and by the time he retired at 36, had notched up 491 appearances for his hometown club. Many highs, a few lows and several bulletlike free-kicks. This is the story of Paul Wotton.

26 seasons on the beat and not done yet. Chris Errington has been supporters go to for everything Plymouth Argyle for over a quarter of a decade. In that time, he has seen 13 full-time managers, 5 promotions, 4 relegations and even Paul Sturrock in a jacuzzi. From reporting from a crane to having late night drinks with the manager, Chris has seen pretty much everything in his time covering the Greens.

Hardie's on fire. Having grown up a Rangers fans, Ryan Hardie lived out his childhood dream of playing for his boyhood club. From making his debut under club legend Ally McCoist to scoring his first goals on his first start -- it was a fairytale. However, it became clear he needed a move and it would take travelling the length of the country to find his new home. 163 games and 49 goals later, Ryan has just put pen to paper on a three-year deal at Argyle - keen to continue his journey with h...

The Britpop Footballer. Paul McGregor lived the life many of us have dreamed of - twice over. He broke into a Nottingham Forest side under the great Brian Clough and scored goals in the UEFA Cup and Premier League. Not content with footballer life, Paul also was a hit on the music scene. On the back pages for football, in the magazines for music. His goalscoring talents were seen, and loved, by Argyle fans at the turn of the century. He spent just the two seasons at Argyle but made an impa...

"Argyle have reached the promised land." Clive Tyldesely is a broadcaster who has seen it all. He has called some of the biggest games and been part of some of the sport's most high profile moments. Despite over 30 years in the commentary box, he has only been to Home Park once. It was a job he was born to do, would do anything to be successful at and no doubt, it has paid off. Listen to the man himself go back through his career. He talks about his best moments, worst moments, big b...

Season review. Director of Football Neil Dewsnip, looks back at the past 10 months and highlights the keys to Argyle's success. Over 100 points, 31 league wins, just eight points dropped at home and constantly defying the odds, the 2022/23 Sky Bet League One season will live long in the memory. Neil discusses pre-season planning, secrets to success and a frank chat with the players around playing time. The achievement was no fluke. Ryan Perks, Argyle Women's manager, also speaks about how...

The promotion episode. 13 years after relegation from the Championship, 10 years on from almost exiting the Football League, Argyle returned to the second tier of English football on Saturday, 29 April with a 1-0 win over Burton Albion. There were joyous scenes inside Home Park and around the city of Plymouth all weekend and the buzz and pride around Argyle was clear to see. This episode of the podcast is all about those heroes in Green and White and how they felt as soon as they knew, 'th...

It's Her Game Too. As well as being a magnificent evening on the pitch, Tuesday night's 2-0 win over Bristol Rovers also saw Argyle celebrate all the women involved with the club, whether it be staff members, players or supporters. It was a night dedicated to Her Game Too and the great work that the campaign has done to raise the awareness of abuse towards women at football. Argyle are proud supporters of the campaign and have done incredible work to make sure that Home Park and the footba...

From the Barn Park to Villa Park. John Uzzell grew up, like many of us, watching his heroes from the stands of Home Park. Little did the 8-year-old, watching the likes of Steve Davey and Johnny Hore, think he would go on to make over 350 appearances. Thrust into first-team action as a teenager, Uz had ups and down in the Green of Argyle and was an ever present in the Pilgrims' run to the FA Cup semi-final in 1984. A popular figure on and off the pitch, John will always be remembered as an ...

The Devon Derby. It's the fixture every fan looks out for at the start of the season - "when are we playing them." The fixtures dates back to the early 1900s and has been played out 113 times to date. Arguably, none will be more important to Argyle than this one; on the verge of promotion back to the Sky Bet Championship and in need of a pick-me-up. But what are these matches like to play in? Between them, Ian Stonebridge and Luke McCormick have racked up 13 Devon Derbies and have experien...

The Manchester Messi. Antoni Sarcevic is the promotion king. He twice achieved it in an Argyle shirt and is on the verge of a seventh in professional football. His journey in the game began at his beloved Manchester City and after reaching the highs scoring at Wembley, he lost his appetite for football before falling back in love at Home Park.

Wembley memories. Only twice before has the Green Army descended on the home of English football, with two very different outcomes. The 1996 play-off victory is still fondly remembered today, whereas 2016 is being hurriedly forgotten. As we approach our third visit to Wembley, we look back on those previous trip with five men who featured in them. Ronnie Mauge, Neil Warnock and Mick Heathcote are three heroes from the class of '96 and remember the joy of clinching promotion at Wembl...

He's seen the best of times, he's seen the worst of times. Nick Chadwick's two spells at Home Park couldn't have been more different. From arriving as a highly-rated youngster in 2005 to returning an experienced pro in 2011, the club had changed more than he had in the time he'd been away. Memories of scoring for Everton in the FA Cup, bagging the winner at the Stadium of Light and being persuaded back to help out in League Two, Nick has certainly seen it all.

Remembering the day Pele and his Santos side came to town. The evening of 14 March, 1973 was one of the most iconic in the club's history. Goals from Mike Dowling, Derek Rickard and Jimmy Hinch sent 38,000 Argyle fans wild as the Greens toppled the might of Santos at Home Park. 50 years on, Johnny Hore, Derek Rickard and Steve Davey look back on that incredible night from a player's perspective, while long standing Argyle fan, Paul Hart, remembers the occasion from a supporters'...