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Plymouth Argyle head coach search will not start until Championship survival is secured
19 April 2024 0

Plymouth Argyle head coach search will not start until Championship survival is secured

By Total Football News
Neil Dewsnip (right) stands with former Argyle head coach Ian Foster
Neil Dewsnip (right) has been in temporary charge at Home Park since Ian Foster (left) was sacked at the start of this month

Plymouth Argyle’s search for a new head coach will not begin until the club avoid relegation from the Championship, said director of football Neil Dewsnip.

Argyle were a point above the drop zone when Foster’s 87-day tenure was ended.

Since then the Pilgrims are unbeaten having defeated

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Mustapha Bundu: Plymouth Argyle’s ‘enigma’ hailed after Pilgrims’ win over Leicester City
13 April 2024 0

Mustapha Bundu: Plymouth Argyle’s ‘enigma’ hailed after Pilgrims’ win over Leicester City

By Total Football News
Mustapha Bundu
Mustapha Bundu joined Plymouth Argyle in the summer from Anderlecht

Plymouth Argyle director of football Neil Dewsnip has praised striker Mustapha Bundu after his winning goal against Leicester City.

The Sierra Leone forward’s first-half strike was the difference between the sides as the Pilgrims eased their Championship relegation worries.

It was his first goal in more than four months and just his third for the club.

“He’s capable of that

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Ryan Hardie: Plymouth Argyle striker backed to end scoring drought
13 April 2024 0

Ryan Hardie: Plymouth Argyle striker backed to end scoring drought

By Total Football News
Plymouth Argyle striker Ryan Hardie
Ryan Hardie’s last goal came in the 2-0 win at Middlesbrough on 24 February

Plymouth Argyle striker Ryan Hardie has been backed to end his goal drought.

The 27-year-old Scot has not found the net in eight games as Argyle’s form in the Championship has stuttered.

He has 13 goals this season but is on his longest barren run since a goalless final 12 games of last season.

“Like most

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Enzo Maresca: Leicester City boss worried for health of players ahead of Plymouth trip
11 April 2024 0

Enzo Maresca: Leicester City boss worried for health of players ahead of Plymouth trip

By Total Football News
Leicester boss Enzo Maresca among his Foxes players
Championship leaders Leicester are looking to make an immediate return to the Premier League

Leicester City boss Enzo Maresca says he is worried about the health of his players as they face their second lengthy away trip in four days.

The Championship leading Foxes are at Plymouth Argyle on Friday, having arrived home after Tuesday’s defeat by Millwall at 3:00 BST on Wednesday.

Leicester’s 250-mile trip to Plymouth is their

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Bali Mumba’s confidence boosted by key Plymouth Argyle goal in Rotherham win
10 April 2024 0

Bali Mumba’s confidence boosted by key Plymouth Argyle goal in Rotherham win

By Total Football News
Bali Mumba
Bali Mumba was named Player of the Match in the win at Rotherham United

Bali Mumba says his winning goal against Rotherham United has boosted his confidence as he tries to help Plymouth Argyle beat relegation.

The victory saw Argyle move four points clear of the relegation places while condemning the bottom-of-the-table Millers to League One next season.

“It feels unbelievable. It’s something that I needed, it gives me that

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Neil Dewsnip: Plymouth director of football says he is looking at himself after Ian Foster sacking
5 April 2024 0

Neil Dewsnip: Plymouth director of football says he is looking at himself after Ian Foster sacking

By Total Football News
Neil Dewsnip (left) and Ian Foster
Neil Dewsnip (left) had a big say in the appointment of Ian Foster (right) in January

Plymouth Argyle director of football Neil Dewsnip says he is “looking at myself” after Ian Foster was sacked as the club’s manager this week.

Dewsnip was influential in Foster’s appointment – they worked together for two years at the Football Association.

Foster lost his job after Monday’s 1-0 loss at home to Bristol City

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Ian Foster: Plymouth Argyle head coach sacked after three months in charge
3 April 2024 0

Ian Foster: Plymouth Argyle head coach sacked after three months in charge

By Total Football News
Ian Foster
Ian Foster won just four of his 17 games in charge – only three of those wins came in the Championship

Plymouth Argyle have sacked head coach Ian Foster after just three months in the job.

After an initial good start, Argyle’s form fell away drastically over the past two months as they won just one of 11 Championship games.

The slump has left Argyle one place and one point

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Ian Foster: Plymouth Argyle chief executive defends head coach’s appointment
3 April 2024 0

Ian Foster: Plymouth Argyle chief executive defends head coach’s appointment

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Ex-Plymouth boss Ian Foster
The Plymouth Argyle job was Ian Foster’s first senior men’s coaching role

Plymouth Argyle chief executive Andrew Parkinson has defended the club’s decision to appoint Ian Foster.

Foster was in charge for less than three months – the shortest-ever tenure for a permanent boss at Home Park.

“We would never have taken a gamble in that regard,” Parkinson said.

“We went through a very thorough process, looked at lots of

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Neil Warnock: Former Plymouth Argyle boss says he would have taken caretaker role at club
2 April 2024 0

Neil Warnock: Former Plymouth Argyle boss says he would have taken caretaker role at club

By Total Football News
Neil Warnock watches on
Neil Warnock’s last managerial role was a short-lived period in charge of Aberdeen earlier this year

Neil Warnock says he would have taken over at Plymouth Argyle until the end of the season if he had been offered the role after Ian Foster’s sacking.

Warnock guided Argyle to promotion from what is now League Two in 1996.

He has helped the likes of Huddersfield Town, Middlesbrough, Rotherham United and Cardiff

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Darko Gyabi: On-loan Plymouth Argyle midfielder likely to miss rest of season
28 March 2024 0

Darko Gyabi: On-loan Plymouth Argyle midfielder likely to miss rest of season

By Total Football News
Darko Gyabi in action for Plymouth
Darko Gyabi started in nine of his 10 Championship appearances for Plymouth

On-loan Plymouth Argyle midfielder Darko Gyabi is set to miss the rest of the season with a groin injury and will return to parent club Leeds United.

The 20-year-old made 10 appearances for the Championship strugglers after joining on loan in January.

Gyabi will miss at least six weeks with the injury, suffered in training, and will receive

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