1886–87 Argyle F.C. season

English football club season May 2020 March 2015 The 1886–87 football season marked the formation of Plymouth Argyle Football Club. The team was originally called Argyle F.C. History The club was formed in September 1886 by former college and public school students who wished to continue playing the game. The inspiration for the name Argyle is thought to have come from Argyle Terrace, a local street in a suburb of Plymouth called Mutley.http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/sv-argylestory.asp The Argyle Story Greens on Screen 26 December 2009 2 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090902104652/http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/sv-argylestory.asp dead At this time organised League football did not exist. Instead "first class matches", otherwise known as "exhibition matches", were arranged on a largely ad hoc basis and supplemented by cup competitions. Official records from these matches are sketchy at best, but what is certain is that the club played its first match on 9 October 1886 against Dunheved College (now Launceston Technology College) in Launceston. The club continued in this manner, playing matches at numerous venues in the area, until the decision was made to set up a professional club in the city in 1903. Frank Brettell, a football administrator, was invited to achieve this goal and gain entry to the Southern Football League.http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/managers.asp?name=FrankBrettell Frank Brettell Greens on Screen 26 December 2009 4 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090804073520/http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/managers.asp?name=FrankBrettell dead He achieved them both, Plymouth Argyle Football Club were elected into the Southern Football League and Western Football League that same year, and they played their first match on 1 September 1903 against West Ham United, winning 1–0.Southern League Season 1903-1904 http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-season.asp?years=1903-1904&list=&tab=SL live https://web.archive.org/web/20220516180024/https://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-season.asp?years=1903-1904&list=&tab=SL May 16, 2022 Greens on Screen Exhibition Matches 9 October 1886 Dunheved College 2–0 Argyle Football Club Launceston, Cornwall L 16 October 1886 Caxton 4–2 HOW ARGYLE WAS CREATED Western Morning News 10 April 1934 27 February 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000329/19340410/011/0004 British Newspaper Archive subscription Argyle Football Club L 30 October 1886 Plymouth College 1–2 Argyle Football Club Plymouth, Devon W 6 November 1886 Argyle Football Club 5-0 ARGYLE V. ROYAL ARTILLERY. Devon Evening Express 8 November 1886 27 February 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000935/18861108/001/0001 British Newspaper Archive subscription Royal Artillery Granby Barracks, Devonport, Devon W 13 November 1886 Tavistock Grammar School 3-1 FOOTBALL. Tavistock Gazette 19 November 1886 27 February 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002345/18861119/052/0005 British Newspaper Archive subscription Argyle Football Club Tavistock, Devon L 20 November 1886 Argyle Football Club Mannamead School Plymouth, Devon D 4 December 1886 Argyle Football Club Hotspur Football Club Plymouth, Devon D 11 December 1886 Argyle Football Club Plymouth United Plymouth, Devon D 15 January 1887 Old Plymothians 10-0 OLD PLYMOTHIANS V. ARGYLE Western Morning News 18 January 1887 27 February 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000329/18870118/119/0006 British Newspaper Archive subscription Argyle Football Club Ford Park, Plymouth, Devon L 22 January 1887 Mannamead School Argyle Football Club Plymouth, Devon D 29 January 1887 Plymouth 1-2 PLYMOUTH v. ARGYLE Western Morning News 31 January 1887 27 February 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000329/18870131/103/0007 British Newspaper Archive subscription Argyle Football Club Plymouth, Devon W 5 February 1887 Hotspur Football Club Argyle Football Club Plymouth, Devon D 19 February 1887 Argyle Football Club Corporation Grammar School Plymouth, Devon D 5 March 1887 Plymouth United Argyle Football Club Plymouth, Devon D 12 March 1887 Argyle Football Club Plymouth College Plymouth, Devon D References Category:Plymouth Argyle F.C. seasons Argyle F.C.