Yet they sit at the top of League One with 98 points above big-spending Ipswich, who also sealed promotion on Saturday, and Sheffield Wednesday. We have set out and achieved the goal we wanted to do.“Īrgyle are not a team of big names. “I’m so proud for everybody associated with the club that we have managed to get over the line. Frustration in parts of the 16,634-strong crowd took over the general feeling of apprehension. Opponents Burton Albion were belligerent, making the first half a disjointed, scrappy affair with few chances. Nerves and excitement swirled around Home Park and Argyle’s pre-match anthem The Janner Song (‘Janner’ being slang for people from Plymouth) was sung with authority.
When they missed out on the play-offs following a 5-0 home defeat to MK Dons on the final day, having been near the top for most of the season, some supporters wondered whether they would ever escape the toils of League One. Last season was a near miss at ascendency. It is well documented that Plymouth is the biggest city in England never to have a top-flight club, and their fortunes have been such that they have not even been in the second tier since 2010. 💚 Your gaffer, fans! #EFL | #SkyBetLeagueOne /SG9TfPBlsm “Believe me, this won’t happen again,” said then-manager John Sheridan.īut Saturday was their time in the sun - promotion gained to the Championship. That came two years later when the club came within a point of falling out of the Football League altogether. The club were hit with a 10-point deduction and the season ended in relegation. There was the painful administration of 2011, when the club was in such dire straits that manager Peter Reid sold his FA Cup runners-up medal to help raise funds and paid some of the staff’s fuel bills.
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