Plymouth Argyle

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  1. When is the FA Cup third-round draw?published at 12:16 GMT 1 December 2024

    FA Cup trophyImage source, Getty Images

    It is one of the most eagerly anticipated dates in the football calendar as Premier League and Championship clubs join the FA Cup action from round three.

    The draw will take place on Monday, 2 December from 19:00 GMT and can be watched live on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.

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  2. Time not right to start Al Hajj - Rooneypublished at 11:29 GMT 29 November 2024

    Rami Al Hajj in action for Plymouth Argyle.Image source, Rex Features

    Plymouth Argyle manager Wayne Rooney says the club's current poor form means it is proving difficult for him to pick attacker Rami Al Hajj.

    The 23-year-old former Sweden under-21 player, who joined from Danish side Odense for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal in August, has started just one game in November.

    He started five times in the previous two months and got his only goal in the 3-1 win over Luton Town on 27 September, when he opened the scoring after eight minutes.

    But with Argyle struggling - they were crushed 6-1 by Norwich City on Tuesday night and sit just two points above the relegation places - Rooney says Al Hajj may have to wait for his chance.

    "I think Rami's more of a flair player, and early on in the season when we were playing really good football, I think that has dropped a little bit of late," Rooney said.

    "Rami's a player who needs to be in a team that plays football, and at the minute when we're going through this period, I think we need a player in there who has a more natural defensive side to them and a more natural fight in them if you like.

    "Players who know the league and know what the demands are of this league, and for Rami it's taking a little bit of time for him to adjust.

    "But we'll keep working on that and hopefully get him right to have an effect on us throughout the season."

  3. Pick of the stats - Norwich City v Plymouth Argylepublished at 10:55 GMT 26 November 2024

    Norwich City and Plymouth Argyle badgesImage source, BBC Sport

    Norwich are now without a win in their past seven games following a 2-2 draw at West Bromwich Albion at the weekend and have slipped to 13th in the Championship table.

    On Tuesday evening, they welcome a Plymouth side who produced more late heroics to salvage a point in a 2-2 draw of their own against Watford at Home Park on Friday night.

    • Norwich have won four of their past five league games against Plymouth, though their other game was a 6-2 defeat in September 2023.

    • Plymouth Argyle have lost 15 of their past 20 away league matches against Norwich City (W2 D3), losing each of the past three.

    • Norwich lost their past home league game against Bristol City (0-2) and could lose successive such games for the first time since November 2023.

    • Plymouth are winless in their past 10 away league games (D2 L8), though one of those two draws came in their most recent such game against Derby (1-1).

    • Plymouth's Morgan Whittaker has scored more goals against Norwich than he has against any other side in the Football League (4), all of which came last season (three in September, one in March).

  4. Plymouth take to skies for Norwich City trippublished at 08:55 GMT 25 November 2024

    Brent Pilnick
    BBC Sport England

    Plymouth Argyle players celebrate Andre Gray's late goal on FridayImage source, Rex Features
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    Argyle earned a point against Watford on Friday via Andre Gray's late equaliser

    Plymouth Argyle will fly to their Championship away match at Norwich City on Tuesday.

    The 700-mile round-trip is one of the longest away journeys Argyle face this season - only Sunderland is further.

    It takes around an hour for a flight from Exeter airport to Norwich, rather than around eight or nine hours in a coach.

    The team will fly up on Monday and return on Wednesday for the game, which kicks off at 19:45 GMT on Tuesday.

    "We had to be in the air by 11pm after the game, and there was no way we'd have done that, so we're going to stay over and then fly back Wednesday morning," head coach Wayne Rooney said after his side's 2-2 draw with Watford on Friday.

    "It's good for us to be flying, but whether it was flying or by coach, we have to prepare right and make sure we do the best to try and get a result."

  5. How important could Argyle's recent late goals be?published at 10:49 GMT 24 November 2024

    Brent Pilnick
    BBC Sport England

    Andre Gray celebrates scoring for Plymouth ArgyleImage source, Rex Features
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    Andre Gray has scored three goals in five league games, with just two of those appearances being starts

    Never leave a Plymouth Argyle match early - eight of the last nine points the Pilgrims have won have been down to goals in the final 10 minutes.

    Andre Gray's superb curling equaliser in the sixth minute of stoppage time in the draw with Watford on Friday night proved that while Wayne Rooney's side may not be at the right end of the table, they do not know when they are beaten.

    Since Morgan Whittaker's dramatic 97th-minute goal secured a 2-1 win over Blackburn Rovers on 5 October three of the four games where they have avoided defeat have been because of late goals.

    Without those late goals Argyle could well be six points worse off, leaving them bottom of the table on 11 points alongside Queens Park Rangers.

    Gray and Whittaker found the net in the final 10 minutes to claw back a point having been 3-1 down at home to Preston North End three weeks after the Blackburn win.

    Michael Obafemi's 82nd-minute strike was enough to get just a fourth league win of the season as they beat Portsmouth 1-0 at Home Park early this month - a victory which lifted Argyle out of the relegation places.

    Adam Randell's goal early in the second half bucked the trend in the 1-1 draw at Derby County prior to the international break, before Gray's heroics on Friday night.

    The striker - who was a free agent after ending a spell in Saudi Arabia in the summer - scored a brilliant double, his winner coming after a first-half volley that Rooney described as "world class".

  6. Brickfields to be renamed Foulston Parkpublished at 14:39 GMT 21 November 2024

    Plans for the Brickfields Image source, Plymouth Argyle FC

    Plymouth Argyle's new £23m academy will be named Foulston Park.

    The club is currently redeveloping Brickfields - the home of Plymouth Albion RFC - with the new facility set to become the home of Argyle's Women's team and Community Trust as well as the academy and the rugby club.

    It will be named after John Foulston, an architect who helped design and develop Plymouth in the early 1800s.

    “Foulston’s legacy is about transformation and ambition, which aligns perfectly with what we are building here and why the name resonates so much with everything we are trying to do," Argyle chief executive Andrew Parkinson said.

    “The facilities here will support Argyle’s growth by improving how we recruit, retain, and develop future players as well as strengthening the connection between the club, its supporters and communities.

    "It’s a core part of our vision to build on our success in developing homegrown talent as well as being an incredibly exciting prospect to find the next Adam Randell or Freddie Issaka.”

  7. Argyle's Gibson could return for Watford gamepublished at 08:52 GMT 21 November 2024

    Lewis Gibson in action for Plymouth ArgyleImage source, Rex Features

    Plymouth Argyle centre-back Lewis Gibson could return to action in Friday's Championship clash with Watford.

    The highly-rated defender, 24, has been out for a month with a thigh injury.

    Gibson had been an ever-present in the Argyle side before he was hurt in the 1-0 loss at Millwall.

    "He's trained for the last couple of days, so he should be available," head coach Wayne Rooney told BBC Radio Devon.

    "Whether or not he starts the game, that's a different question. But he's trained for the last few days and looked OK so he'll hopefully be available."

    Rooney also hopes that Brendan Galloway and goalkeeper Conor Hazard could return to training in the next couple of weeks after injury.

    But captain Joe Edwards, Muhamed Tijani and Ibrahim Cissoko are not expected to be back until at least January.