| Plymouth Argyle | ||||||
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| Stadium: Home Park | ||||||
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Competitive match results1 | |||||
| Venue | W | D | L | F | A | |
| @Bristol Rovers: | 20 | 14 | 13 | 82 | 60 | |
| @Plymouth Argyle: | 9 | 14 | 23 | 53 | 85 | |
| Neutral venues: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total: | 29 | 28 | 36 | 135 | 145 | |
| 1Match results from the Football League, FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy and Full Members Cup. Last updated 07:47, September 9, 2013 (UTC). | ||||||
Bristol Rovers and Plymouth Argyle have played each other 93 times in the Football League and in national cup competitions, with the better record belonging to The Pilgrims thanks to their 36 wins compared with Rovers' 29. Prior to these meetings they both also played in the Southern League.
Records[]
- Last meeting: 7 September 2013 – Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Bristol Rovers
- Biggest win: 5 January 1992 – Bristol Rovers 5–0 Plymouth Argyle
- Biggest defeat: 15 April 1961 – Plymouth Argyle 5–0 Bristol Rovers
- Highest aggregate score: 5 December 1959 – Plymouth Argyle 5–3 Bristol Rovers
Players at both clubs[]
Some of the players who have been on the books of both Bristol Rovers and Plymouth Argyle are listed below.
- Bruce Bannister joined Plymouth from Rovers in 1976
- Paul Bannon was loaned to Plymouth by Rovers in 1985
- Adam Barrett was a Plymouth player before joining Rovers from Mansfield in 2002
- Jon Beswetherick
- Guy Branston
- John Brown joined Rovers from Plymouth in 1963
- David Byrne was loaned to Rovers by Plymouth in 1990
- Richard Dryden was a youth team player at Rovers and later had a loan spell at Plymouth
- Mickey Evans started his career with Plymouth, and re-joined them from Rovers in 2001
- Fred Forbes joined Rovers from Plymouth in 1929
- Mike Green joined Plymouth from Rovers in 1974
- Nicky Hammond
- Barry Hayles
- Tom Hitchcock had loan spells at both Plymouth and Rovers
- Lee Hodges
- Jeff Hopkins had a loan spell at Plymouth before joining Rovers in 1992
- Phil Kite
- David Lee
- Ronnie Maugé joined Rovers from Plymouth in 1999
- Michael Meaker joined Plymouth from Rovers in 2001
- Barrie Meyer
- Steve Morgan
- Martin Phillips
- Walter Price joined Rovers from Plymouth in 1930
- Anthony Pulis was loaned to Plymouth and Rovers by Stoke City
- Peter Shearing
- Scott Sinclair
- Norman Sykes joined Plymouth from Rovers in 1964
- Robbie Turner
- Elliott Ward had loan spells at both Rovers and Plymouth from West Ham
- Johnny Williams joined Rovers from Plymouth in 1966
- Chris Zebroski began his professional career at Plymouth
In addition to this, both clubs were managed by Ian Holloway.
Past meetings[]
The most recent meetings between Bristol Rovers and Plymouth Argyle are listed below.
| Date | Competition | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 November 2010 | League One | Plymouth Argyle | 3–1 | Bristol Rovers |
| 4 January 2010 | League One | Bristol Rovers | 2–3 | Plymouth Argyle |
| 26 December 2011 | League Two | Bristol Rovers | 2–3 | Plymouth Argyle |
| 20 March 2012 | League Two | Plymouth Argyle | 1–1 | Bristol Rovers |
| 18 September 2012 | League Two | Plymouth Argyle | 1–1 | Bristol Rovers |
| 1 January 2013 | League Two | Bristol Rovers | 2–1 | Plymouth Argyle |
| 7 September 2013 | League Two | Plymouth Argyle | 1–0 | Bristol Rovers |