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 Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plymouth ...

, Devon, England. They compete in the . Founded in 1975, they come under the bracket of Plymouth Argyle F.C., and play their home games at Manadon Sports Hub,

, which is owned and operated by the PAFC Community Trust.

History

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. 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 Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park, ...

Players

Current squad

Retired numbers

*12 – The Green Army

Notable players

* Jemma Rose – England *Chloe Roberts – England U15 *Chynna Evans – England U15'U15's Training Squad'
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Honours

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.

Sponsorship and fundraising

Since 2017–18, PAWFC's kits have been sponsored by the same main sponsor that

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.

References

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