Plymouth Argyle F.C. league record by opponent

A group of footballers posing for a team photograph.
The Plymouth Argyle squad for the 1929–30 season, winners of the Football League Third Division South.

Plymouth Argyle Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Plymouth, Devon. They compete in Football League Two as of the 2015–16 season, the fourth division of the English football league system.[1] The club was formed in 1886 as Argyle Football Club, a name which was retained until 1903 when the club became professional and were elected to the Southern Football League.[2] The club also entered English football's premier knockout competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, for the first time that same year. The club joined the Football League in 1920, and have competed there since then, achieving multiple league titles, promotions and relegations.[3]

During this time, Plymouth Argyle's first team has competed in a number of nationally contested leagues and knock-out tournaments. Its record against each club faced in these competitions is listed below, in alphabetical order. The team that Plymouth Argyle have met most in competitive matches is Bristol Rovers, having played 133 matches since 1903.[4] Bristol Rovers also account for the club's record number of victories, 57, and their record number of losses, 41. Brentford are the club that Plymouth Argyle have drawn the most against, with 37 drawn matches out of 118.[5]

Key

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  • The records include the results of matches played in the Southern Football League (from 1903 to 1920), the Western Football League (from 1903 to 1909), the Football League (from 1920 to the present day), the FA Cup, the League Cup, the EFL Trophy, the Full Members Cup, the Watney Cup, the Anglo-Scottish Cup, and the Football League Group Cup.
  • For simplicity, present-day names are used throughout; for example, results against Clapton Orient are integrated into the records of Leyton Orient.
  • Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded.
  • The season given as the "first" denotes the season in which Plymouth Argyle first played a match against that team.
  • The season given as the "last" designates the most recent season to have included a match between Plymouth Argyle and that side.
  • P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; Win% = percentage of total matches won
  •    Denotes clubs in the same division as Plymouth Argyle in the 2009–10 season.
  •    Denotes clubs which are now defunct.

All–time statistics

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As of 3 November 2010.[a]
Club P W D L P W D L P W D L Win% First Last Notes
(Home) (Away) (Total)
Aberdare Athletic 6 6 0 0 6 2 2 2 12 8 2 2 66.66 1921–22 1926–27 [nb 1]
Accrington Stanley 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0.00 1958–59 1958–59 [nb 2]
Aldershot 8 6 1 1 7 2 2 2 15 8 3 4 53.33 1945–46 1985–86 [nb 3]
Arsenal 2 0 1 1 5 0 0 5 7 0 1 6 0.00 1931–32 2008–09
Aston Villa 11 3 3 5 10 1 3 6 21 4 6 11 19.04 1905–06 1987–88
Barking 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1983–84 1983–84
Barnet 6 4 1 1 7 2 3 2 13 6 4 3 46.15 1984–85 2006–07
Barnsley 35 21 9 5 31 10 9 12 66 31 18 17 46.96 1904–05 2009–10
Barrow 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 2 1 1 50.00 1968–69 1969–70
Bath City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 50.00 1977–78 1977–78
Birmingham City 21 5 6 10 19 3 5 11 40 8 11 21 20.00 1946–47 2008–09
Blackburn Rovers 24 14 6 4 24 5 4 15 48 19 10 19 39.58 1936–37 1991–92
Blackpool 24 11 3 10 22 4 10 8 46 15 13 18 32.60 1928–29 2009–10
Bolton Wanderers 15 9 1 5 14 3 1 10 29 12 2 15 41.37 1933–34 1992–93
Bournemouth 37 26 8 4 34 13 11 10 71 39 19 14 54.92 1923–24 2003–04 [nb 4]
Bradford City 22 11 5 6 22 8 7 7 44 19 12 13 43.18 1930–31 1994–95
Bradford Park Avenue 16 10 4 2 15 0 6 9 31 10 10 11 32.25 1907–08 1949–50 [nb 5]
Brentford 59 39 14 6 59 11 23 25 118 50 37 31 42.37 1903–04 2003–04
Brighton & Hove Albion 55 26 19 10 52 12 12 28 107 38 31 38 35.51 1903–04 2010–11
Bristol City 33 20 5 8 28 2 9 17 61 22 14 25 36.06 1922–23 2009–10
Bristol Rovers 60 32 15 13 62 19 17 26 122 51 32 39 41.80 1903–04 2010–11
Burnley 25 10 8 7 26 5 8 13 51 15 16 20 29.41 1930–31 2008–09
Bury 34 18 8 8 36 8 9 19 70 26 17 27 37.14 1914–15 2002–03
Cambridge United 11 5 3 3 9 1 3 5 20 6 6 8 30.00 1973–74 1998–99
Cardiff City 32 11 14 7 32 11 4 17 64 22 11 24 34.37 1913–14 2009–10
Carlisle United 16 11 2 3 15 2 5 8 31 13 7 11 41.93 1965–66 2010–11
Charlton Athletic 33 19 8 6 31 6 6 19 64 25 14 25 39.06 1921–22 2010–11
Chelsea 7 1 2 4 10 1 4 5 17 2 6 9 11.76 1920–21 1988–89
Cheltenham Town 4 3 1 0 6 2 1 3 10 5 2 3 50.00 1999–00 2010–11
Chester City 13 9 3 1 14 4 4 6 27 13 7 7 48.14 1946–47 2002–03
Chesterfield 27 13 10 4 27 8 7 12 54 21 17 16 38.88 1931–32 2003–04
Colchester United 18 9 8 1 19 3 5 11 37 12 13 12 32.43 1950–51 2007–08
Corby Town 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1965–66 1965–66
Coventry City 30 19 3 8 29 8 8 13 59 27 11 21 45.76 1908–09 2009–10
Crewe Alexandra 7 4 2 1 8 2 3 2 15 7 4 4 46.66 1936–37 2005–06
Croydon Common 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 4 1 1 2 25.00 1909–10 1914–15 [nb 6]
Crystal Palace 35 17 8 10 34 10 7 17 69 27 15 27 39.13 1906–07 2009–10
Dagenham & Redbridge 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0.00 2002–03 2002–03
Darlington 7 3 2 2 7 4 0 3 14 7 2 5 50.00 1983–84 2001–02
Dartford 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1974–75 1974–75
Derby County 24 9 6 9 23 4 3 16 47 13 9 25 27.65 1908–09 2009–10
Doncaster Rovers 19 7 6 6 17 3 7 7 36 10 13 13 27.77 1935–36 2009–10
Dorchester Town 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1957–58 1957–58
Dorking 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1992–93 1992–93
Dulwich Hamlet 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1929–30 1929–30
Everton 7 2 1 4 4 0 0 4 11 2 1 8 18.18 1930–31 2004–05
Exeter City 47 26 13 8 43 12 15 16 90 38 28 24 42.22 1908–09 2001–02
Freemantle 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1903–04 1903–04 [nb 7]
Fulham 34 18 12 4 34 6 9 19 68 24 21 23 35.29 1903–04 1997–98
Gainsborough Trinity 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1950–51 1950–51
Gateshead 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00 1952–53 1952–53 [nb 8]
Gillingham 47 32 11 4 49 15 11 23 96 47 22 27 48.95 1903–04 2009–10 [nb 9]
Grimsby Town 15 8 4 3 15 1 9 5 30 9 13 8 30.00 1920–21 2003–04
Halifax Town 11 6 5 0 11 4 1 6 22 10 6 6 45.45 1958–59 2001–02 [nb 10]
Hartlepool United 10 5 3 2 9 2 3 4 19 7 6 6 36.84 1968–69 2010–11
Hendon 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1972–73 1972–73
Hereford United 7 4 1 2 7 4 1 2 14 8 2 4 57.14 1973–74 1995–96
Huddersfield Town 26 8 11 7 25 5 3 17 51 13 14 24 25.49 1919–20 2010–11
Hull City 38 14 9 15 36 9 10 17 74 23 19 32 31.08 1929–30 2007–08
Ipswich Town 22 9 7 6 24 2 8 14 46 11 15 20 23.91 1950–51 2009–10
Kettering Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 66.66 1903–04 1994–95
Kidderminster Harriers 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 1 6 2 3 1 33.33 1998–99 2001–02
Kingstonian 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1995–96 1995–96
Leeds United 19 9 4 6 20 1 6 13 39 10 10 19 25.64 1931–32 2006–07
Leicester City 20 10 7 3 21 1 4 16 41 11 11 19 26.82 1935–36 2009–10
Leyton 7 7 0 0 7 1 2 4 14 8 2 4 57.14 1906–07 1911–12 [nb 11]
Leyton Orient 24 16 5 3 25 9 4 12 49 25 9 15 51.02 1929–30 2001–02
Lincoln City 21 9 5 7 20 4 7 9 41 13 12 16 31.70 1913–14 2001–02
Liverpool 5 2 1 2 5 0 2 3 10 2 3 5 20.00 1954–55 1961–62
Luton Town 46 29 10 7 46 10 19 17 92 39 29 24 42.39 1903–04 2008–09
Macclesfield Town 3 2 0 1 3 0 1 2 6 2 1 3 33.33 1999–00 2001–02
Maidstone United 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1985–86 1985–86 [nb 12]
Manchester City 9 4 2 3 11 1 2 8 20 5 4 11 25.00 1938–39 1988–89
Manchester United 8 4 1 3 8 1 1 6 16 5 2 9 31.25 1912–13 1973–74
Mansfield Town 14 11 2 1 15 5 5 5 29 16 7 6 55.17 1958–59 2002–03
Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1993–94 1993–94
Merthyr Town 14 10 3 1 12 6 3 3 26 16 6 4 61.53 1912–13 1929–30 [nb 13]
Middlesbrough 18 4 8 6 17 5 3 9 35 9 11 15 25.71 1954–55 2009–10
Millwall 55 31 16 8 55 8 19 28 110 39 35 36 35.45 1903–04 2005–06
New Brighton 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0.00 1937–38 1937–38 [nb 14]
Newcastle United 19 5 5 9 18 1 4 13 37 6 9 22 16.21 1904–05 2009–10
Newport County 26 20 2 4 26 8 6 12 52 28 8 16 53.84 1919–20 1985–86 [nb 15]
Northampton Town 37 19 8 10 38 7 10 21 75 26 18 31 34.66 1903–04 2003–04
Norwich City 43 30 8 5 43 12 10 21 86 42 18 26 48.83 1905–06 2008–09
Nottingham Forest 24 15 2 7 25 4 4 17 49 19 6 24 38.77 1930–31 2009–10
Notts County 21 5 7 9 20 5 1 14 41 10 8 23 24.39 1922–23 2010–11
Oldham Athletic 20 10 7 3 22 5 5 12 42 15 12 15 35.71 1930–31 2010–11
Oxford United 18 10 3 5 16 1 7 8 34 11 10 13 32.35 1975–76 2001–02
Peterborough United 17 9 2 6 13 3 3 7 30 12 5 13 40.00 1969–70 2010–11
Port Vale 25 18 4 3 25 3 5 17 50 21 9 20 42.00 1930–31 2003–04
Portsmouth 44 25 7 12 44 11 8 25 88 36 15 37 40.90 1903–04 2007–08
Preston North End 31 15 7 9 30 4 10 16 61 19 17 25 31.14 1912–13 2009–10
Queens Park Rangers 41 23 9 9 42 10 9 23 83 33 18 32 39.75 1903–04 2009–10
Reading 46 26 11 9 46 15 13 18 92 41 24 27 44.56 1903–04 2009–10
Rochdale 12 7 3 2 12 5 4 3 24 12 7 5 50.00 1920–21 2010–11
Rotherham United 32 18 9 5 32 9 7 16 64 27 16 21 42.18 1952–53 2004–05
Rushden & Diamonds 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 0 1 75.00 2001–02 2003–04
Scarborough 3 1 2 0 3 0 1 2 6 1 3 2 16.66 1992–93 1998–99 [nb 16]
Scunthorpe United 13 11 0 2 13 1 3 9 26 12 3 11 46.15 1959–60 2009–10
Sheffield United 23 12 6 5 22 3 4 15 45 15 9 20 33.33 1934–35 2009–10
Sheffield Wednesday 19 6 6 7 19 6 6 7 38 12 12 14 31.57 1903–04 2010–11 [nb 17]
Shrewsbury Town 2 9 11 2 21 3 6 12 43 12 17 14 27.90 1951–52 2001–02
Slough Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1995–96 1995–96
South Shields 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0.00 1926–27 1926–27 [nb 18]
Southampton 51 27 14 10 52 15 13 24 103 42 27 34 40.77 1903–04 2010–11
Southend United 37 20 11 6 37 5 9 23 74 25 20 29 33.78 1908–09 2006–07
Southport 4 2 1 1 3 0 2 1 7 2 3 2 28.57 1960–61 1973–74
Stockport County 10 5 2 3 12 8 1 3 22 13 3 6 59.09 1935–36 2003–04
Stoke City 23 11 6 6 22 1 7 14 45 12 13 20 26.66 1911–12 2007–08
Sunderland 12 6 3 3 15 2 1 12 27 8 4 15 29.62 1911–12 2006–07
Swansea City 43 21 11 11 44 11 8 25 87 32 19 36 36.78 1919–20 2009–10
Swindon Town 47 30 12 5 46 12 7 27 93 42 19 32 45.16 1903–04 2010–11
Torquay United 22 12 7 3 24 12 6 6 46 24 13 9 52.17 1927–28 2001–02
Tottenham Hotspur 22 7 9 6 22 7 3 12 44 14 12 18 31.81 1903–04 1961–62
Tranmere Rovers 14 8 2 4 14 1 3 10 28 9 5 14 32.14 1938–39 2003–04
Walsall 32 21 5 6 31 10 8 13 63 31 13 19 49.20 1927–28 2010–11
Watford 47 21 15 11 48 20 9 18 95 41 24 30 43.15 1904–05 2009–10
Wellingborough 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 100.00 1903–04 1904–05 [nb 19]
West Bromwich Albion 17 8 5 4 18 6 3 9 35 14 8 13 40.00 1930–31 2009–10
West Ham United 35 20 10 5 41 5 11 25 76 25 16 30 32.89 1903–04 2007–08
Whitby Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 50.00 2001–02 2001–02
Whiteheads 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1903–04 1903–04
Wigan Athletic 9 5 1 3 9 4 2 3 18 9 3 6 50.00 1982–83 2004–05
Wimbledon 5 3 1 1 5 1 0 4 10 4 1 5 40.00 1979–80 1990–91 [nb 20]
Wolverhampton Wanderers 16 5 7 4 16 2 4 10 32 7 11 14 21.87 1930–31 2008–09
Worcester City 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0.00 1978–79 1978–79
Wrexham 13 4 4 5 13 4 4 5 26 8 8 10 30.76 1958–59 2003–04
Wycombe Wanderers 8 5 3 0 6 1 2 3 14 6 5 3 42.85 1994–95 2007–08
Yeovil Town 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 66.66 1928–29 2004–05 [nb 21]
York City 13 6 5 2 13 3 6 4 26 9 11 6 34.61 1971–72 2001–02
a ^ Results in all competitions until May 2009 are sourced to Danes, Plymouth Argyle: A Complete Record. Results in all competitions post May 2009 are sourced to BBC Sport, Greens on Screen, and Statto.

Notes

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  1. ^ Aberdare Athletic were liquidated in 1928.
  2. ^ Accrington Stanley were liquidated in 1966. A new club of the same name was formed in 1968.
  3. ^ Aldershot were liquidated in 1992. A new club, Aldershot Town, was formed later that year.
  4. ^ Bournemouth were known as Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic before rearranging their name to AFC Bournemouth in 1972.
  5. ^ Bradford Park Avenue were liquidated in 1974. A new club of the same name was formed in 1988.
  6. ^ Croydon Common were liquidated in 1917. A new club Croydon F.C. was formed in 1953 and another, Croydon Athletic, followed in 1986.
  7. ^ Freemantle F.C. were liquidated in 1905.
  8. ^ Gateshead A.F.C. were liquidated in 1973. A new club of the same name was formed in 1977.
  9. ^ Gillingham were originally called New Brompton, changing their name to its present form in 1912.
  10. ^ Halifax Town were liquidated in 2008. A new club, F.C. Halifax Town, was formed later that year.
  11. ^ Leyton F.C. were liquidated in 1914. A new club of the same named was formed in 1997.
  12. ^ Maidstone United were liquidated in 1992. A new club of the same name was formed later that year.
  13. ^ Merthyr Town were liquidated in 1934.
  14. ^ New Brighton A.F.C. were liquidated in 1983. A new club of the same name was formed in 1993.
  15. ^ Newport County were liquidated in 1989. A new club of the same name was formed later that year.
  16. ^ Scarborough F.C. were liquidated in 2007. A new club, Scarborough Athletic, was formed later that year.
  17. ^ Sheffield Wednesday were originally called The Wednesday, changing their name to its present form in 1929.
  18. ^ South Shields F.C. were liquidated in 1930. A new club of the same name was formed in 1936 and reformed in 1974.
  19. ^ Wellingborough F.C. were liquidated in 2002. A new club, Wellingborough Town, was formed in 2004.
  20. ^ Wimbledon F.C. were dissolved in 2004. A new club, A.F.C. Wimbledon was formed in 2002.
  21. ^ Yeovil Town were originally known as Yeovil & Petters United, changing their name to its present form in 1946.

References

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General

  • Danes, Ryan (2009). Plymouth Argyle: A Complete Record. Plymouth: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-710-8.
  • Cowdery, Rick (2009). Plymouth Argyle: Miscellany. Plymouth: Pitch Publishing. ISBN 978-1-905411-40-5.
  • Knight, Brian (1989). Plymouth Argyle: A Complete Record 1903–1989. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 0-907969-40-2.

Specific

  1. ^ Championship Clubs The Football League. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  2. ^ The Argyle Story Archived 2 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine Greens on Screen. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  3. ^ Plymouth Argyle Football Club History Database. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  4. ^ Record against Bristol Rovers Greens on Screen. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  5. ^ Record against Brentford Greens on Screen. Retrieved 12 January 2010.