The Argyle Podcast

The one everyone wanted. The story of a promising footballer failing to live up to the hype is common. But what about the story of the best youngster the country has produced who was tipped to lead England to World Cup glory? Step forward Cherno Samba. A Championship Manager ‘must buy’ who was also the hottest property in the real world. Clubs were falling over each other to get the then 15-year o...

A two-time title winner. Before arriving at Home Park in the winter of 2000, David Worrell’s young career already included a third placed finish at a World Championships and, more loosely, a Premier League title win. The first, he was full involved in, the second, not so much. However, by the age of 19, the Dublin born full-back had been an ever present as Ireland won the bronze medal at the 1997...

The Plymouth Rose. You can count on one hand the Plymothians who have played football for England. In fact, just two born in the city have gone on to represent their country at full international level; Trevor Francis and Jemma Rose. For Jemma, it was a pipe dream growing up in the 1990s. She played junior football in the city for Activate, coached by her dad, before getting recognised and brought...

“He does it…Marino Keith!” From Peterhead to Plymouth, Marino Keith was a hero in Green and part of the crop of Argyle players who won two championships. Growing up in Aberdeenshire he made his professional bow later than most. After a strong performance in the Highland Leagues for Fraserburgh, he got his dream move to boyhood club Dundee United. After spells at Falkirk and Livingston, Marino vent...

From being a Championship Manager legend to playing in the Championship with Argyle. A lot was expected of Bojan Djordijc. He made was playing first team football in Sweden aged 15, Manchester United came calling at 16 and he was one of the hottest properties on the computer game, Championship manager at 17. However, his career pathway didn’t quite pan out as the video game had predicted. A combin...

The Wylde thing. Argyle players from Kirkintilloch tend to do pretty well. Sammy Black is the club's record goal scorer and Gregg Wylde, whilst not quite hitting the same heights, played a big part in Argyle's rejuvenation. A Rangers fan, who played in Celtic's Academy, Gregg moved back across Glasgow and started his professional career at Ibrox. Under the watchful eye of Walter Smith and Ally McC...

The magic of the cup. 40 years ago, third division Plymouth Argyle reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup, an achievement still talked about today. Memories from that magical run ‘The Road to Villa Park’ are often spoken about by supporters who were there, the stories are part of Argyle folklore. 40 years on, the club in connection with Forever Green, are holding an event to celebrate the character...

Joe’s journey. Joe Mason grew up an Argyle supporter, had two older brothers in the Academy and dreamed of emulating his hero, Michael Evans. This week’s episode of the Argyle Podcast is part of the EFL’s Youth Development Week and shows off one of ‘our own’ who has gone on to make a success in the game after progressing through Argyle’s youth set-up. Not only did Joe manage to break through after...

The cream of Cornwall. There aren’t many footballers from Cornwall who have gone on to grace the world stage, but Chris Morris certainly is one of them. Having failed to make the grade at both Argyle and Exeter City, Newquay-born Morris had to make the decision to move to Sheffield to pursue his footballing dream. After impressing the great Jack Charlton, enough, he signed as a teenager at Sheffie...

The Feeney Footballing Family. Warren Feeney is one of four generations of professional footballers from his family. His grandad played for Swansea City and Ipswich Town in the 1940s and 50s, his dad was a prolific scorer for Glentoran, and his son has just started out being coached by Warren himself. Growing up in Belfast all Warren knew was football. He moved to Leeds United as a teenager and st...

“Campione, Campione, ole, ole, ole…” It was a weekend to remember for the Argyle under-18 side. Coming from 4-1 down to pip rivals Swindon Town to the title, the first for nine years. This week’s episode will focus on some of the people involved in clinching the South West EFL Youth Alliance League. Coaches, Jamie Lowry and James Bradley are joined by captain Lewis Colwell, title clincher, Caleb R...

"...but now he's alright."It's fair to say that Scott Wootton and an interesting relationship with the Argyle fans. He spent two and a half years at Home Park, got relegated, but also won promotion. That promotion season, in 2019/20, was a redemption season and once that won back many harsh critics from the year pervious. Before arriving at Argyle, Scotty had a CV to rival many in the game. He lea...

Put your left foot forward...Garry Nelson did more than that; he jumped in, full heartedly to a career which saw him loved by fans of every club he played for. Playing local football in Essex, he was overlooked by professional outfits and was about to head off to university until a certain Scottish manager called Smith, picked him up and signed him for Southend United. A successful spell at his ho...

The long-haired left-back from Liverpool. Or at least that was where he was born.  Jon Beswetherick lived out many kids dream and pulled on the shirt of the club he grew up supporting – the green short of Argyle. Converted from a 43 goal a season striker in local junior football, to a marauding left-back, Bezzie established himself as a regular at Home Park during the late 1990s. He was part of th...

Argyle Fives on FA Cup ties. With the Greens looking to progress to the fifth round of the Emirates FA Cup for the first time since 2007, the Argyle Five gang thought it would be a good idea to chat through some of the best from the club’s history. In the third of the Argyle Fives series, Charlie Price, Kevin Nancekivell and Rob McNichol dives into the club's history to narrow the list down to jus...

Football, ice-cream, music. Rory Fallon had three passions growing up and carved out a career in two of them. Having grown up in a footballing family and with one of the top coaches in New Zealand as his dad, it was little surprise that a young Rory wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps. He swapped the sun and surf of New Zealand for the cut and thrust of Barnsley and began learning his trade...

Every 'yard' dog has its day. From Hartlepool to India, via Argyle. Peter Hartley never hit the heights of the Premier League like some of his youth teammates at Sunderland, however, he is etched into three clubs’ history books forever. At his boyhood club, he was part of a double act, with James Poole, to thrill the football; world with a Hartley-Poole double for the Pools. Then three years later...

It's Sutton United's Tim Vine. As we approach the Emirates FA Cup third round tie against Sutton United, Rob McNichol chats to their most well-known supporter, Tim Vine. Tim, who is touring in Devon in March, has been a passionate supporter of The Us for many years and only remembers their giant killing back in 1989, when as a non-league side, they knocked out Coventry City. This episode of the po...

An FA Cup winner who was on the end of the biggest of cup shocks. David Phillips’ childhood was filled with travel, trauma and talent. He was born in Germany to a military family, before moving to Wales, Netherlands and Cornwall where he excelled at all sports. A talented rugby and cricket player who eventually was persuaded to play football at Home Park, just days after losing his mother. Phillip...

A year of Evergreen. A year ago, you were asked to 'be the difference' and it is fair to say, you have stepped up to the mark.6,000 members have already signed up in the first 12 months and the membership fees have already helped, hugely across the football club. In this week's episode of the podcast, Tim Herbert and Samantha Bonney from the Evergreen team, were joined by the newly appointed Everg...

How does a lad from Staffordshire end up an Argyle fan? Well, a series of curious events including a panini sticker book, a drab draw between Stoke City and Brighton and Hove Albion and the colour Green led BBC Radio Devon Commentator to fall in love with Argyle. Despite not being able to get to games as much as he would have liked, Drew's affection for all things Argyle only grew stronger. When h...

The French Green. There is a long list of French footballers who have gone on to become heroes at Plymouth Argyle and Maxime Blanchard is no exception. A classy man on and off the pitch, his relationship with the fans in such a turbulent time for the football club was a beautiful one to witness. The cliche goes that that the French are romantic, well Maxi and Argyle is a proper love story. He arri...

Argyle Fives on Argyle captain. From Howard C. Grose in 1886 through to Joe Edwards in 2023, the job of the Argyle captain has always been a prestigious one. In the second of the Argyle Fives series, Charlie Price, Kevin Nancekivell and Rob McNichol dives into the club's history to narrow the list down to just five. There is a lot to debate with promotion winners, heroic figures, local lads and in...

One Argyle! It has been a busy couple of weeks for everyone involved with Argyle Women. A good couple of wins in the league was followed by the very welcome news that the ownership would be taken on by Plymouth Argyle. But what does this mean?  Well manager Ryan Perks, captain, Panagiota Papaioannou and club legend, Katie Middleton discuss the plan ahead and what this could do for the women's game...

A journey from Bethel to Barcelona. Nigel Martyn is widely regarded as one of the best English goalkeepers of his generation; indeed he was the first goalie to cost a team £1m. However, his journey into the sport was anything but straight forward. A failed trial at Argyle was followed by non-league football in Cornwall. A break at Bristol Rovers got him started and allowed him to go on and playing...