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First Argyle Game
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Man City pre-season friendly in 1996. My uncle took me along and I've not stopped since! Full game on Youtube
Not sure if it was my first but the first I remember was 1971 vs Villa. Argyle won 3-2 and I vividly remember Andy Lockhead accidentally landing on Jim Furnell‘s from a corner melee blood everywhere.
19th April 1995 I think...
Stood in the Famiyl Enclsoure next to the Devenport End!
Lost 1-3 to Birmingham City on a Wednesday night!
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Stood in the Famiyl Enclsoure next to the Devenport End!
Lost 1-3 to Birmingham City on a Wednesday night!
@PilgrimZ1R !
Fa cup 3rd round vs Everton finished 1-1 (1989?) Took the lead through McCarthy (I think?! Memory not what it was) then they got the big team dodgy penalty to earn the draw....gutted...never forgotten won't forgive....but I was a small kid at the time 😂.
Stood in devonport with my dad and brother. Could hardly see a thing. There was no other club for me after that day.
Stood in devonport with my dad and brother. Could hardly see a thing. There was no other club for me after that day.
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Yes I remember it all ‘kicked off’ at the Lyndhurst/Barn Park End.
Ironically, first game was Argyle v Stoke in the Watney Cup in August 1973 (aged 7). We lost 0-1 but I thought we had drawn 1-1. Turned what I thought was a goal was actually offside, but didn't clock it. Pretty sure Geoff Hurst played and maybe scored for them.
Edited - just found a video - Hurst scored from a header.. Cripes.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21T8fXInBhY
Stoke went on to beat Hull in the final. That was the last pre-season Watneys Cup. https://www.stevesfootballstats.uk/watney_cup_results.html
That was the only time we played Stoke in 22 years - just looked it up. 1964 was the previous game (won 3-1) and 1986 the next (lost 0-1).
Good history of Watney Cup which only ran for four seasons. https://worldfootballindex.com/2018/08/stoke-city-and-the-watney-cup/
Edited - just found a video - Hurst scored from a header.. Cripes.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21T8fXInBhY
Stoke went on to beat Hull in the final. That was the last pre-season Watneys Cup. https://www.stevesfootballstats.uk/watney_cup_results.html
That was the only time we played Stoke in 22 years - just looked it up. 1964 was the previous game (won 3-1) and 1986 the next (lost 0-1).
Good history of Watney Cup which only ran for four seasons. https://worldfootballindex.com/2018/08/stoke-city-and-the-watney-cup/
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Argyle 1 Torquay 2, 20,000+ , 21st October 1968, I had only ever been to a friendly at Torquay v a West Ham XI. My football mad West Ham supporting Dad had passed six weeks before. He ever mentioned Plymouth Argyle to me, I have no idea why, maybe because he liked Torquay as his "second club". If he was here today he'd watch the Pilgrims....I know. From that game I never looked back!
Yep, I was at that one. Huge queue after the game to get a train. Couldn't get away quick enough.😂
That's right. Burrows handball. Sheedie pen? Never been so gutted. We nearly did it. Got stuffed 4-0 in the replay. There was 27000 in Home Park that day from memory!!! Wow.
Everton were a great side back then
No, that was the following season. 26th December 1960 up there and a day later here, when the great Wilf Carter scored five of our six. Both teams left the Valley together and travelled on the same train to Totnes. They then stayed overnight at the Seymour hotel, owned by our then Chairman Ron Blindell. Both teams dined together. The next day they travelled to Plymouth together before producing that extraordinary result.
