Plymouth Argyle W.F.C.

Plymouth Argyle Women

versus Lewes FC Women in October 2024
Full name	Plymouth Argyle W.F.C.
Nickname(s)	The Pilgrims, The Greens, The Green Army
Founded	1975; 49 years ago (1975) (as Plymouth Pilgrims) 2001; 23 years ago (2001) (became Plymouth Argyle)
Ground	Manadon Sports Hub, Plymouth Waterways Stadium, Saltash Haye Road, Elburton Home Park, Plymouth
General Manager	Elaine Dalton-Fyfe
Manager	Ryan Perks
League	FA Women's National League South
2023–24	FA Women's National League South, 9th of 12
Website	https://www.pafc.co.uk/news?category=945

Plymouth Argyle Women Football Club, formerly known as Plymouth Argyle Ladies Football Club, are a women's amateur association football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. They compete in the FA Women's National League South.

Founded in 1975, they come under the bracket of Plymouth Argyle F.C., and play their home games at Manadon Sports Hub, Plymouth, which is owned and operated by the PAFC Community Trust.

The club was formed in 1975 as a result of a 5-a-side league at the Mayflower Leisure Centre. Two teams merged in order to enter an 11-a-side football tournament in Newquay, Cornwall with the team creating the name of 'Plymouth Pilgrims'. Following the success of the tournament, Plymouth Pilgrims played in numerous competitions throughout the 1970s and 1980s with the most notable achievement being reaching the quarter-finals of the Women's FA Cup in both 1976 and 1977.

The club name changed to 'Saltash Pilgrims' in the late 1990s and the early part of the year 2000 to reflect their home ground at the time – Saltash United's Kimberly Stadium in Cornwall. It was not until the 2001–02 season that the club, then competing in the SW Combination League, were invited to compete under the umbrella of Plymouth Argyle F.C., and Plymouth Argyle Ladies were formed.

In August 2020, Ryan Perks was appointed manager.^[1] A year later, ahead of the 2021–22 season, the club changed name, replacing the suffix Ladies Football Club with Women Football Club, as the club transferred from under the management of the Argyle Community Trust, to being taken under the professional wing of Plymouth Argyle.^[2]

The team officially becomes part of Plymouth Argyle Football Club on 1 July 2024 and on the same day, the young goal-scorer Ellie Sara became the first woman to sign for the newly organised Plymouth Argyle Women.^[3]

As of 22 November 2024^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Lily Felgate 2 DF  ENG Katie Dickson 3 DF  ENG Roxy Thomas 4 DF  ENG Amii Kearly 5 DF  GRE Panagiota Papaioannou (Captain) 6 DF  ENG Taya Pomfret 7 FW  ENG Charlotte Whitmore 8 MF  ENG Imy Crawford 9 FW  ENG Ellie Sara 10 MF  ENG Georgia Wilson 11 FW  ENG Jade Berrow 13 FW  ENG Grace Smith

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  ENG Georgie Knott 16 DF  ENG Ella Stephens 17 MF  ENG Lulu Jarvis 18 DF  ENG Katie Rigg 19 FW  ENG Erin O'Shea 20 MF  ENG Fern Orchard 21 GK  ENG Maddi Curno 24 MF  ENG Ava Kuyken 25 DF  ENG Jess Geach 26 DF  ENG Caitlin Smith 56 GK  ENG Comfort Erhabor (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)

• 12 – The Green Army

• Jemma Rose – England^[5]
• Chloe Roberts – England U15^[6]
• Chynna Evans – England U15^[7][8]

The club held the Devon Women's County Cup for a record number of years from 2002 to 2006 with a second-placed finish in the SW Combination league (Two steps below the National Premier League) in the 2006–07 season.

Since 2017–18, PAWFC's kits have been sponsored by the same main sponsor that Plymouth Argyle have been, with both the logos of Ginsters and Project35 appearing on shirts.

The club also does its own fundraising, including a weekly half time draw, weekly match day programmes advertising local businesses and individuals, match day sponsors, and individual player sponsors.

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