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Men of the Match – PLYMOUTH ARGYLE v Norwich City – 10th November, 2007
How things have changed since this encounter between Plymouth Argyle and Norwich City. This match was a Championship fixture only four years ago, but now three divisions separate the teams – Norwich City riding high in the Premiership while Plymouth Argyle find themselves in the middle of a battle to avoid relegation from League 2. … Continue reading
Men of the Match – Fulham v MIDDLESBROUGH – 7th May, 2006
On the 7th May 2006, Middlesbrough, sat in 13th place in the Premier League, visited Craven Cottage to play a Fulham side who hadn’t beaten their opponents in the last four attempts. Nothing could separate these two teams throughout the whole of the league season, both sat on 45 points prior to this game, but … Continue reading
The January Transfer Window 2012: The Winter of Discontent
Compared to last year, the 2012 January transfer window was a much calmer affair. Players moved clubs for much more sensible transfer fees given the current financial climate and there were no real knee-jerk, blockbuster moves to speak of. However, a few strange transfers happened which left us baffled. Indeed, if you were a gambler, … Continue reading
Dario Gradi: An Iconic Career
On 10th November 2011, Dario Gradi announced that he was stepping down as manager of Crewe Alexandra after an astonishing 1,362 games in charge. Starting his managerial career at Wimbledon, after a brief, rather unsuccessful spell at Crystal Palace, Gradi joined Crewe in June 1983. After stepping down in November 2008, he has continued ‘caretaker … Continue reading
Peter Reid – Redux: A full response
It what is turning out to be the best triology since Axel Foley hung up his baseball jacket, we are once again treated to a Peter Reid v Peter Ridsdale slanging match. On the morning of September 19, Richard Keys and Andy Gray, on their new, adenine and misogynistic radio platform, questioned Plymouth Argyle Chairman Peter Ridsdale … Continue reading
Peter Reid: A statement and response
On the morning of September 19, Richard Keys and Andy Gray (remember those?) questioned Plymouth Argyle Chairman Peter Ridsdale on the recent sacking of Peter Reid. Read the full transcript here. Peter Reid has issued a very gracious statement in response: “I’m disappointed I couldn’t see the job through. The results haven’t been good enough, … Continue reading
Richard Keys interview with Peter Ridsdale in full
On the morning of September 19, Richard Keys and Andy Gray (remember those?) questioned Plymouth Argyle Chairman Peter Ridsdale on the recent sacking of Peter Reid. Here is the transcript in full: Richard Keys: It must have been very difficult from your point of view to pull the trigger Peter? Peter Ridsdale: Particularly, as you … Continue reading
Le Keeper Larrieu – A True Loyal Legend
Last month saw the testimonial of Romain Larrieu. In the midst of testimonials for recent retirees like Edwin van der Sar, Paul Scholes et al, perhaps not many people will not have heard of him. However, I feel it most pertinent to write a few words about whom can only be described as a Plymouth … Continue reading
£500,000 burns a hole in the pocket
So the good news is, that despite leaving us with nothing but paltry compensation on 2 July 2009, Carlisle United will receive a 15% sell on fee of around £500,000 from Danny Graham’s £3.5m switch to Premier League new boys Swansea City. Whilst ALL of said monies will never be made available, and that what … Continue reading
Being an Argyle fan is fucking rubbish
Four years ago we dared to dream about top flight football and Steve MacLean scoring loads of goals for the mighty Greens. We were idiots… Ian ‘Soundbite’ Holloway led us to the top. (Well 4th), but then the incline stopped. He left us to lead the Foxes to the drop. What a sod…. The team … Continue reading
