Plymouth United F.C.

Plymouth United Football Club was a football club from Plymouth, Devon, England, formed at least by 1877. It was reported that they were beaten 6–0 at home by Torquay & South Devon Football Club on 22 December that year, and that the Torquay team were surprised by the poor standard of their opposition.[1]

As a pioneering club in Devon it played against Argyle Football Club in its first season[2][3] and was one of eight founding members of the Devon County Football Association.[4]

Another team called Plymouth United was formed in 1944, along with Plymouth City, made up of ex-Plymouth Argyle and local amateurs. They played against local sides and service teams helping to re-establish football in the area.[5] A team of the same name entered the FA Cup in 1946, 1947 and 1950, failing to win a match.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "District News: Torquay". Exeter & Plymouth Gazette. 24 December 1877. Retrieved 30 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  2. ↑ "Official Fixture Card". Argyle Football Club. 1886.
  3. ↑ Walters, Roger. "The history of Argyle: Chapter 1: 1886-1890". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "The History Of Devon County Football Association". www.devonfa.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  5. ↑ Tonkin, W. S. (c. 1963). All About Argyle 1903-1963. p. 43.
  6. ↑ "Football Club History Database - Plymouth United". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2008-02-24.


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