Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English football club founded in 1886 in the city of Plymouth, Devon, in south-west England, originally as Argyle Football Club. The name Argyle is believed to derive from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, a Scottish regiment whose footballing skills reportedly impressed the club's founders. The club turned professional in 1903, adopting the name Plymouth Argyle.
The team is nicknamed The Pilgrims, a reference to the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed from Plymouth aboard the Mayflower to North America in 1620 — the ship features on the club's crest. Supporters are also known as the Green Army, since Plymouth Argyle is the only English professional league club whose primary shirt colour is green.
The club has played its home matches at Home Park since 1901. The ground was damaged by German bombing during the Second World War and later rebuilt. Plymouth remains the largest city in England never to have had a team in the top flight of English football; the club has spent most of its history in the second to fourth tiers, winning third-tier titles in seasons including 1929–30, 1951–52, 1958–59, 2001–02 and 2003–04.
One of the most memorable moments in the club's history came in March 1973, when Home Park hosted a friendly against Brazilian club Santos FC, featuring Pelé in their line-up — the match drew a crowd of almost 38,000, still a Home Park attendance record. In 1965 Argyle reached the League Cup semi-final for the first time in its history, losing to Leicester City. Today the club competes in EFL League One and remains closely tied to the local communities of Devon and Cornwall.