Plymouth Argyle Football Club is based in the city of Plymouth, Devon. As one of the Devon clubs participating in the Football League, they naturally developed a local rivalry with Exeter City. Since 1901, Home Park has served as Plymouth’s home ground, and has a capacity of around 17,000. They initially started as Argyle FC in 1886, becoming Plymouth Argyle only in 1903 after turning professional.
Plymouth Argyle 23/24 Kits
Plymouth Argyle has been with Puma since 2011, and their principal sponsorship from pastry company Ginsters is ongoing since 2016. However, for the 2022/23 season, Ginsters donated the shirt sponsorship space to Project 35, the club’s community social impact project addressing poverty in Plymouth. ’35’ refers to the percentage of people in Plymouth living in the said condition. More than just an awareness campaign, Project 35 takes on action in the form of social outreach, education and charity support, food donation and fund raising to tackle their core concern.
Plymouth Argyle Home Kits
2022/23 Plymouth Argyle Home Shirt
Plymouth’s 2022/23 Puma home shirt had a dark green body and white sleeves, with the former designed with a pattern inspired by the Four Towers of Plymouth Castle (the inspiration for the city Coat of Arms and early versions of the club crest). Narrow v-collar and sleeve cuffs in green with a white stripe detailing harmonised with the overall colour theme.
2021/22 Plymouth Argyle Home Shirt
Plymouth Argyle boasted one of the greenest home shirts there was for the 2021/22 season. The Puma-produced jersey had a dark green base filled with black details such as the front pinstripes, raglan sleeve cuffs and shoulder lines, and rear collar. The shirt also had white accents coming from the logos. No additional design elements were present on the backside.
Plymouth Argyle Away Kits
2022/23 Plymouth Argyle Away Shirt
Plymouth Argyle’s 2022/23 Puma away, with its abstract block design in green, black, and white and diagonal orientation, took inspiration from the club’s 1996 Admiral shirt worn in the 1996 Football League Third Division play-off Final in Wembley. The modern interpretation of the visuals saw light grey pinstripe overlays included in the overall visual package. Black sleeve cuffs and curved v-collar with offset green striping completed the look.
2021/22 Plymouth Argyle Away Shirt
Plymouth Argyle sported a relatively simple yet popular design on its 2021/22 Puma away shirt. With an unfiltered white base, much attention were directed to the green chest band sandwiched by offset black stripes on the top and bottom. The banded look recalled the ’60s shirt with the same visuals, as well as the away kit worn in the 2016/17 promotion-winning campaign. The sleeves featured narrow black cuffs, and the v-collar displayed a white and black front-rear split. The mesh panel on the back just below the nape was green with black borders.
Home Park is known as the ‘Theatre of Greens, and that is because Plymouth Argyle usually wears green home kits. They don’t have a specific look, and so Plymouth’s green home kit collection has a broad range of designs like stripes, solid-fills and sashed.
Plymouth earned the nickname ‘the Pilgrims.’ This is based on the English religious group who departed from the port of Plymouth, Devon in 1620 and formed the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts. Mayflower, the ship that carried the said pilgrims, is well-represented in the club’s crest.
Notable players to play for the club were Kevin Hodges, who holds the club record of most appearances, and Sammy Black, current top Plymouth Argyle goalscorer of all time. When the club celebrated their 100th anniversary, fans voted for their Team of the Century. The Pilgrims Team of the Century includes Jim Furnell, Gordon Nisbet, Jack Chisholm, Graham Coughlan, Colin Sullivan, Ernie Machin, Kevin Hodges, Johnny Williams, Paul Mariner, Tommy Tynan, Sammy Black and Garry Nelson.