Plymouth Argyle F.C. league record by opponent

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

• 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

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

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

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.