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Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English association football club based in Plymouth, Devon. Founded in 1886 as Argyle Football Club,[2] they became a professional club in January 1903,[3] and were elected to the Southern League ahead of the 1903–04 season. The club won the Southern League championship in 1913 and finished as runners-up on two occasions,[4] before being elected to the Football League in 1920, where they compete to this day,[5] as a founder member of the Third Division.[6] Argyle won their first Football League championship, and promotion to the Second Division for the first time, ten years later in 1930.[7] As of May 2011, the club has won five championships in the Football League, gained promotion on eight occasions, and been relegated nine times.[8] Four of those league championships were won in the third tier, which is a divisional record.[9] Argyle have made one appearance at Wembley Stadium, in which they won the 1996 Third Division play-off final.[10] The club has also achieved moderate success in domestic cup competitions; they reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1984,[11][12] and the quarter-finals in 2007.[13][14] Argyle have also reached the semi-finals of the League Cup twice, in 1965 and 1974.[15][16]
In that time, the club has had 37 permanent managers. They are listed below in chronological order. Including caretakers, 49 individuals have held responsibility for team selection. The club's first manager was Frank Brettell, who was appointed in March 1903.[1] He led the club to the Western League title, their first in the professional game, in 1905 before retiring.[17] The most successful person to manage the club is Bob Jack, who was also Argyle's first professional player. He won the Southern League in 1913 and the Third Division South in 1930,[18] having finished as runner-up on six occasions. He then established the club in the second tier of English football and guided them to their joint highest league finish of 4th in the Second Division.[19] He is also the club's longest serving manager. Having spent one year as player-manager during the 1905–06 season, Jack returned in 1910 as manager and club secretary. He retired in 1938 after 29 years of service.[20]
Four people have managed the club in two separate terms, of whom the most recent was Paul Sturrock.[21] The first was Bob Jack in 1910 and it wasn't equalled until 1970 when Ellis Stuttard returned for a second two-year spell.[22] Malcolm Allison was the third in 1978, having previously joined the club in 1964,[23] and Sturrock made it four in November 2007, returning to Home Park three years after departing to manage in the Premier League.[24] 12 of the club's managers have also played for Argyle competitively, not including Ian Holloway who came out of retirement in October 2006 to play for the club's reserve team.[25][26] Outside forward Bob Jack was the first in 1905 and he has been succeeded by full back Jimmy Rae and centre forward Jack Rowley, both of whom also won league titles with the club, among others.[27] 13 other people have been in charge as a caretaker, including former players Steve McCall and Kevin Summerfield (twice).[28] Five managers have won major league championships with the club, of whom both Jack and Sturrock were successful twice. Three others have achieved promotion to a higher division.
Name[A] | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win % | Achievements | Notes | Refs[B] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Brettell | ![]() |
1 August 1903 | 31 May 1905 | 115 | 57 | 27 | 31 | 49.57 | 1 Western League title | [C] | [33][34] |
Bob Jack | ![]() |
1 August 1905 | 31 May 1906 | 57 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 43.86 | — | [D] | [29][35] |
William Fullarton | ![]() |
1 August 1906 | 31 May 1907 | 49 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 30.61 | — | — | [36][37] |
Committee | — | 1 August 1907 | 31 May 1910 | 151 | 63 | 36 | 52 | 41.72 | — | [E] | [33][36] |
Bob Jack | ![]() |
1 August 1910 | 31 May 1938 | 1,036 | 483 | 248 | 305 | 46.62 | 1 Southern League title 1 Third Division South title |
[D][F][G] | [29][38] |
Jack Tresadern | ![]() |
1 August 1938 | 31 August 1947 | 89 | 29 | 13 | 47 | 32.58 | — | [H] | [39][40] |
Jimmy Rae | ![]() |
1 September 1947 | 31 January 1955 | 297 | 112 | 78 | 107 | 37.71 | 1 Third Division South title | [D][I] | [41][42] |
Jack Rowley | ![]() |
1 February 1955 | 1 March 1960 | 238 | 93 | 52 | 93 | 39.08 | 1 Third Division title | [D][J] | [43][44] |
Neil Dougall | ![]() |
1 March 1960 | 1 November 1961 | 77 | 32 | 16 | 29 | 41.56 | — | [D] | [45][46] |
Ellis Stuttard | ![]() |
1 November 1961 | 1 October 1963 | 84 | 29 | 22 | 33 | 34.52 | — | [D] | [22][47] |
Andy Beattie | ![]() |
1 October 1963 | 1 May 1964 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 23.53 | — | — | [48][49] |
Malcolm Allison | ![]() |
1 May 1964 | 30 April 1965 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 38.10 | — | — | [23][50] |
Derek Ufton | ![]() |
1 May 1965 | 1 February 1968 | 111 | 31 | 28 | 52 | 27.93 | — | — | [51][52] |
Billy Bingham | ![]() |
1 February 1968 | 1 March 1970 | 98 | 34 | 25 | 39 | 34.69 | — | — | [53][54] |
Ellis Stuttard | ![]() |
1 March 1970 | 1 October 1972 | 116 | 39 | 34 | 43 | 33.62 | — | [D][F] | [22][47] |
Tony Waiters | ![]() |
11 October 1972 | 21 April 1977 | 206 | 79 | 56 | 71 | 38.35 | 1 Third Division promotion | [K] | [55][56] |
Mike Kelly | ![]() |
1 May 1977 | 14 February 1978 | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 18.75 | — | — | [57][58] |
Malcolm Allison | ![]() |
16 March 1978 | 5 January 1979 | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 35.29 | — | [F] | [23][50] |
Bobby Saxton | ![]() |
5 January 1979 | 31 May 1981 | 116 | 43 | 32 | 41 | 37.07 | — | [D] | [59][60] |
Bobby Moncur | ![]() |
1 June 1981 | 30 September 1983 | 99 | 39 | 21 | 39 | 39.39 | — | — | [61][62] |
Johnny Hore | ![]() |
1 October 1983 | 19 October 1984 | 60 | 17 | 16 | 27 | 28.33 | — | [D] | [63][64] |
Dave Smith | ![]() |
1 November 1984 | 30 June 1988 | 184 | 78 | 43 | 63 | 42.39 | 1 Third Division promotion | [L] | [65][66] |
Ken Brown | ![]() |
6 July 1988 | 6 February 1990 | 85 | 26 | 20 | 39 | 30.59 | — | — | [67][68] |
David Kemp | ![]() |
1 March 1990 | 28 February 1992 | 102 | 29 | 33 | 40 | 28.43 | — | [D] | [69][70] |
Peter Shilton | ![]() |
2 March 1992 | 11 January 1995 | 151 | 62 | 31 | 58 | 41.06 | — | [D] | [71][72] |
Steve McCall | ![]() |
11 January 1995 | 29 March 1995 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20.00 | — | [D] | [73] |
Neil Warnock | ![]() |
22 June 1995 | 3 February 1997 | 88 | 35 | 24 | 29 | 39.77 | 1 Third Division promotion | [M] | [74][75] |
Mick Jones | ![]() |
3 February 1997 | 21 June 1998 | 68 | 17 | 22 | 29 | 25.00 | — | — | [76][77] |
Kevin Hodges | ![]() |
21 June 1998 | 4 October 2000 | 123 | 39 | 38 | 46 | 31.71 | — | [D] | [78][79] |
Paul Sturrock | ![]() |
31 October 2000 | 4 March 2004 | 178 | 85 | 47 | 46 | 47.75 | 1 Third Division title 1 Second Division title |
[N] | [80][81] |
Bobby Williamson | ![]() |
20 April 2004 | 6 September 2005 | 58 | 19 | 12 | 27 | 32.76 | — | [O] | [82][83] |
Tony Pulis | ![]() |
23 September 2005 | 14 June 2006 | 39 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 30.77 | — | — | [84][85] |
Ian Holloway | ![]() |
28 June 2006 | 21 November 2007 | 71 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 39.44 | — | — | [86][87] |
Paul Sturrock | ![]() |
27 November 2007 | 10 December 2009 | 99 | 28 | 22 | 49 | 28.28 | — | [F] | [88][89] |
Paul Mariner | ![]() |
10 December 2009 | 6 May 2010 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 25.00 | — | [D] | [89][90] |
Peter Reid | ![]() |
24 June 2010 | 18 September 2011 | 61 | 16 | 9 | 36 | 26.23 | — | — | [91][92] |
Carl Fletcher | ![]() |
19 September 2011 | 1 January 2013 | 70 | 17 | 27 | 26 | 24.29 | — | [D] | [93] |
John Sheridan | ![]() |
6 January 2013 | 28 May 2015 | 126 | 48 | 31 | 47 | 38.10 | — | — | [94] |
Derek Adams | ![]() |
11 June 2015 | 28 April 2019 | 213 | 90 | 45 | 78 | 42.25 | 1 League Two Runner Up | — | [95] |
Ryan Lowe | ![]() |
5 June 2019 | 7 December 2021 | 98 | 42 | 21 | 35 | 42.86 | 1 League Two Promotion | — | [96] |
Stephen Schumacher | ![]() |
7 December 2021 | 19 December 2023 | 108 | 57 | 21 | 30 | 52.78 | 1 League One title | — | [97] |
Ian Foster | ![]() |
7 January 2024 | 1 April 2024 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18.75 | - | — | [98] |
Wayne Rooney | ![]() |
25 May 2024 | — | − | − | − | — | - | — | [99] |
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