The Argyle Podcast

College football. How many times has a football club signed a player from a university? It can’t be many. Well, one example is that of Josh Clapham, who joined Argyle in the summer of 2006 after excelling during his time at the University of Plymouth. Put forward by his uni coach, the legendary Fred Binney, he impressed Ian Holloway sufficiently to give him a contract for the season. Now, despite never playing a competitive game for Argyle, Josh did play in that famous friendly with Real Madrid and lived out his, and many others, childhood dream of being a professional footballer. This is the story of, Josh Clapham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The ultimate team player. Jon Ashton lived out the dream of many – playing for the club he supported. From the moment the door to playing for Argyle opened, thanks to a chance conversation at a cattle sale, Ashy was never going to let the opportunity pass him by. From cleaning boots, to picking up cones even going in goal when required; Jon’s love of Argyle was evident in every game he played. This is the story of, Jon Ashton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Working six ‘till six, what a way to make a living. What goes into being the Head Coach of Plymouth Argyle? Well, a lot – that’s the short answer. Tom Clevelrey arrived at Home Park in the summer of 2025. He was touted as being one of the hottest prospects in terms of coaches in England and it’s clear to see why. The effort and detail that goes into the day-to-day is dizzying and the work ethic that he lives by has clearly been drilled into him through the different challenges and obstacles he’s overcome in his career. As a player he excelled. A Premier League champion, England international and Olympian. But as a coach, he feels even more comfortable. This is the story of, our gaffer, Tom Cleverley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of England’s finest. Not many clubs can say they have been managed by England’s greatest goalkeeper and record appearance holder. In fact, only one can and that’s Plymouth Argyle. Peter Shilton had a glittering career that saw him capped by his country 125 times, play at three World Cups, become and English champion, a European champion twice and play over 1000 Football League games. In 1992 he became Argyle manager and oversaw one of the most remarkable periods in the club’s recent history. From underachievers to swashbuckling entertainers, Shilton transformed the way Argyle played and brough some of the greatest players in modern times to the club.  This is the story of Peter Shilton OBE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“We’ve got Carey…” The one we’ve all been waiting for.  Graham Carey is a modern great of Plymouth Argyle. His skill, ability to score world class goals and importance to the team that won promotion in 2017, will always be remembered by Argyle supporters. From growing up in Dublin and leaving home as a teenager to chase the dream of being a footballer, this incredibly talented sportsman was destined for greatness. And although not always being a smooth journey. A career which includes playing for Celtic, gracing Wembley and Anfield, promotions, player of the seasons and a goal in the Europa League against Roma, isn’t half bad, is it? This is the story of Graham Carey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Train Daddy. Did you know, there is an Argyle fan who has managed most of the largest train networks around the world? Well, there is. And his name is Andy Byford. Having grown up in the South Hams, Andy was sucked into the allure of Home Park in the early 1980s. As he entered adulthood, one of his other loves, trains, became the new obsession. Andy worked his way up at the London Underground before getting the authority and reputation that would make him desirable to all the big train networks.  His career took him to Australia as the Operations Director of Rail Corp in New South Wales, to Canada as the CEO of the Toronto Transit Commission; and to New York, where he became the first non-American to become President of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Having done all of that, he then took over the commissioner role of Transport for London and oversaw the completion of the Elizabeth Tube line. All the while, supporting the Greens wherever he went. A journey like no other. This is the story of Andy Byford.  *WARNING: This podcast contains very strong language that some may find offensive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just a roofer from Liverpool. Growing up in Liverpool one of the main sources of entertainment for children is kicking a ball around. It’s a football mad city. Whether you’re a red or a blue, football dominates. For a young Craig Noone the dream of becoming a professional seemed to be slipping away. Released from Wrexham at the age of 17 he became a roofer and ploughed his footballing furrow in the local non-league scene. His big break came when Paul Sturrock saw enough in him to be classed as one of those special “wee nuggets” and his professional career began at Home Park. Brighton, Cardiff and the Premier League followed for the talented winger, before a move to the opposite side of the world and Australia was the closing curtain on a remarkable career. This is the story of Craig Noone. You can also watch this episode of the Argyle Podcast on Argyle TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The perennial promotion winner. Keith Hill had a self-confessed ‘happy home’ when he was growing up in Bolton in 1970s and you can certainly see those grounded values in the way he approaches football. Whether that be as a player at Blackburn ~rovers in his early days, helping the side to the top tier, at Home Park with Argyle and helping them to promotion via the play-offs at Wembley, or even as a manager at Rochdale AFC, guiding them two the highest league position. The happy go lucky Lancastrian, who had an old school attitude with missed with modern values who has become one of the most decorated managers in the EFL. This is the story of Keith Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From Paris to Plymouth. There won’t be many players who would have enjoyed the career that Mathias Kouo-Doumbe did. And it was a career that almost didn’t get started. Growing up in the football hotbed that is Paris, an obsession with the was game was always going to happen. But Mathias quicky shone. Despite his obvious quality, his feet were kept firmly on the ground by his parents who refused to let him join the much-famed Clairefontaine football academy and Monaco as a teenager. He would soon make the move into the professional game at his boyhood club PSG. A trip to Scotland soon followed before he was taken south, to Argyle, by former manager Bobby Williamson. Mat was an important player over his five years at the club. Comfortable playing anywhere across the back, his pace and physicality made him a firm fans favourite with the fans. This is the story of Mathias Kouo-Doumbe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Argyle Fives on kits. On Friday, 25th April, it is the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK's annual Football Shirt Friday campaign. And as we have done for the last couple of years, Argyle are proud to support it.Therefore, the Argyle Fives team of Charlie Price, Rob McNichol and Kevin Nancekivell got together to discuss their favourite football shirts from Argyle history. Obviously, we all bleed green, but what shade of green? Do you prefer stripes or block colour? What about green and black or green and white.  The constant throughout our history has been the colour green but there have been a wide variety of stripes that Argyle players have worn. But which ones will make it into the top five? Argyle Fives is also available to watch on Argyle TV - enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The team behind the man. Any good Head Coach will tell you; they can’t be successful without the team behind the scenes. When Miron Muslic arrived at Home Park, he was lucky to have the likes of Kevin Nancekivell and Darryl Flahavan, two experienced coaches, already in place. However, he needed some familiar faces around him for his first job in England. He turned to two men who helped him build success in Belgium in the shape of fellow Bosnia Adin Osmanbasic and Englishman Eddie Lattimore. Both are young for coaches but have packed their careers full of experience. Over the next 30 minutes you’ll hear both of their journeys. This is the story of the backroom staff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Late to the game, but worth the wait. Many people, by the age of 25, would have given up on the dream of becoming a professional footballer. And in fact, Dwight Marshall was also in that camp. Failed trials at Crystal Palace and Sheffield United meant he had started a career in the ‘real world.’  However, an invitation to Cornwall to play in a pre-season tournament for Plymouth Argyle changed his life.  Manager David Kemp offered him a deal right there and then and he went on to become a leading light for Argyle for the next four years. Dwight only played eight seasons as a professional but as any fan of Argyle, Middlesbrough and Luton Town about him and they will all speak in glowing terms. This is the story of Dwight Marshall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Crossing the divide. Growing up in Surrey, there is little chance that Jamie Mackie would ever have imagined he would be embroiled in two of the fiercest rivalries in England. Well, he was, and he somehow comes out of it pretty well. As a teenager he broke into a Wimbledon side that was struggling financially and, when the decision was made to move the club to Milton Keynes, 18-year-old Jamie went.  Three years later, he found himself as one of the top scorers in the Conference, with Exeter. At the peak of his powers, Devon rivals Argyle come into the conversation and once more Jamie takes the plunge. He has a successful time at Home Park, despite the side falling out of the Championship, and bagged a move to Queens Park Rangers, where, in two spells he won promotion, got called up for his country and scored in one of the most famous games of all time. Not bad for a boy from Surrey. This is the story of Jamie Mackie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A table of redemption. When he arrived at Home Park in what could have risen to be a club record fee, there were incredibly high hopes for Simon Walton. He broke into his boyhood Leeds United side as a teenager, had almost 100 games at Championship level under his belt and was supposed to be part of a rebuild job that would take Argyle forward. Fast forward just a couple of months and he was wanting out. A combination of bad performances, lack of professionalism and falling out with the manager left Walts on the transfer list – he was gone. He had loan spell after loan spell and was losing his love for football until he was given the armband and the chance to prove himself and boy did he do that. He, along with the players in the 2011/12 season, will forever be remembered. This is the story of Simon Walton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The voice of Home Park. From last minute winner, to promotions, penalty shootout wins and semi-final triumphs, Gary McLean has been there for all of them, over the last 15 seasons. For an outgoing Argyle fan who always had a love for being a showman, being the stadium announcer has to be up there as a dream job. In 2010, the club was looking for someone new to take the mic and Gary was the man to get Home Park ready for matchday’s ever since. He’s seen big cup ties, semi-final wins, last minute winners and fights on the touchline. He has a close-up view of the goings on at Home Park. This is the story of Gary McLean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The latest episode of the Argyle Podcast is ready for you to listen to! An Argyle team led by former player David Norris and Under-18s Head Coach Jamie Lowry will head Stateside this summer to take part in The Soccer Tournament (TST) in North Carolina.TST, a 7v7 event with a $1million winner-takes-all prize will be played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, NC, from June 4-9.Argyle’s full squad will be announced in due course but will feature former players and futsal stars and be overseen for the week by player-manager Norris and player-assistant-manager Lowry.Also competing at TST will be the likes of European giants Villarreal and Borussia Dortmund, as well as Sergio Aguero’s 'Selección Potrero', and Luis Nani's 'Nani FC'. Hear from the coaches themselves in this latest episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A perfectly imperfect career. Jamie Ness was a big deal in the youth ranks at Rangers. He was one of a crop of youngsters, alongside future Pilgrim Gregg Wylde, who were highly thought of and tipped to go to the top. And while it didn’t go totally to plan, Jamie made himself a bit of a cult hero. Injuries blighted him throughout his career. After a stunning introduction to the Ibrox fans, with a 40-yard piledriver against bitter rivals Celtic, injuries and the club going bust meant he had to move on. A trip to Stoke and a pre-season with Tony Pulis halted his career once more, as on day two he picked up a nasty injury.After a few further moves, he perhaps played his best football in Devon, arriving at Home Park in the summer of 2017. Without being the standout, his partnership in midfield with David Fox and Antoni Sarcevic almost saw Argyle claim an unlikely play-off place in his first season. He’s since moved back up north, to Scotland, where he has set up an Academy training young Jamie Ness’ of the future. This is the story of Jamie Ness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Blissett family name. If your name is Blissett, you’re a striker and you’re trying to make a name for yourself in football, there is no doubt conversation will quickly turn to the great Luther Blissett and that is exactly how life turned out for Nathan. Every new club he joined, every person he met, the second question to him was always ‘are you related to Luther?’ and the answer, ‘yes.’ Nathan grew up not knowing about his uncle Luther until he saw the name on Soccer AM in the early 2000s. When Nathan then turned his attentions to football, having an icon as your uncle was no bad thing. It wasn’t the usual story into the game for Nate, but the help uncle Luther was able to provide meant he was able to extract every ounce of his ability and have a 12-year professional career. 12 months of that was spent at Home Park where, although never holding down a first team spot, Nathan was a member of a promotion winning side and a scorer in a Devon Derby. This is not your usual footballer’s tale; it is the story of Nathan Blissett. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Argyle Fives on festive matches – Festive FivesEvery fan enjoys football over the festive period. The traditional Boxing Day matches always produce a unique atmosphere and quite often a lot of goals. In the 40s and 50s games would be played back-to-back against the same side. Local games usually get arranged for this time of year and there is a freshness around the New Years Day fixtures. Goals, Christmas jumpers, thrilling comebacks, huge wins, managerial sackings; they have all taken place over the Christmas period and Charlie Price, Rob McNichol and Kevin Nancekivell talk through their favourites. Merry Christmas!Argyle Fives is also available to watch on Argyle TV - enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bursting onto the scene At 14 he was playing at Twickenham for England juniors, at 16 he was making his Argyle debut and at 44 he is still turning out on a Saturday for Plymouth True Blues. Lee Phillips packed a lot into a relatively short time at Argyle. He was thrust into the limelight as a teenager, becoming the youngest player to play for the club in 1996. A quick and powerful striker, it was clear to see why he was so quick to make an impression. He had to wait for his first goal, that came two years later, in one of the most famous matches of lower league football. Most people will have heard the story of goalkeeper Jimmy Glass saving Carlisle United in the final minute of the season. But not so many will be able to tell you that it was against Plymouth Argyle and the Pilgrims' scorer that day was 18-year-old Lee Phillips. A good quiz question answer. After leaving Argyle Lee became a fans’ favourite at both Exeter City and Torquay United and was, unfortunately, a three-time play-off final runner up. This is the story of Lee Phillips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices