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Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English association football club based in Plymouth, Devon. They compete in Football League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system, as of the 2012–13 season. The club was founded in 1886 as ''Argyle Football Club''. At this time, there was no League football,〔("History of the Football League" ). The Football League. Retrieved 28 April 2010.〕 so matches were arranged on an ad hoc basis, supplemented by cup competitions. In January 1903, the club became a limited company and changed their name to ''Plymouth Argyle F.C.''〔Danes, ''Complete Record'', pp. 14–15.〕 Election to the Southern League followed in March, as the club gained direct entry to the First Division for the 1903–04 season. The club were also invited to compete in the Western League, a competition which was considered secondary to the Southern League.〔Danes, ''Complete Record'', p. 14.〕 Argyle finished as runners-up in 1908 and 1912,〔("Southern League final tables" ). RSSSF. 25 May 2010.〕 before winning the League championship for the first time in 1913.〔("Plymouth Argyle" ). FCHD. Richard Rundle. Archived from the original on 14 June 2008. Covers seasons up to and including 2007–08. Retrieved 28 April 2010.〕 The club harboured ambitions on entering the Second Division of the Football League before competitive football was put on-hold in May 1915 due to the First World War.〔Danes, ''Complete Record'', p. 19.〕 The Southern League resumed in August 1919, but it was to be Argyle's last season as a member before the League's top division was absorbed by the Football League to create the Third Division ahead of the 1920–21 season.〔("1920–21 Third Division" ). Statto. Retrieved 25 May 2010.〕 A year later, more clubs were added to the division and it was split in two, Third Division North and Third Division South. Argyle were placed in the latter.〔("1921–22 Third Division South" ). Statto. Retrieved 25 May 2010.〕 The club finished as runners-up for six consecutive seasons between 1922 and 1927,〔Cowdery & Curno, ''Miscellany'', p. 57.〕 before finally winning the League championship in the 1929–30 season, and promotion to the Second Division for the first time.〔Danes, ''Complete Record'', pp. 20–24.〕 Argyle remained there for almost twenty years before returning to the Third Division South in 1950. The club the League championship again in the 1951–52 season, and Argyle's best season to date followed a year later. They finished fourth in the Second Division and reached the fifth round of the FA Cup. The club were relegated again in 1956 before winning another League title in the 1958–59 season, in the re-unified Third Division. Argyle's stay in the second tier of English football this time lasted almost a decade until they were relegated again in 1968. The club were promoted from the Third Division once more in 1975 as runners-up, the first time they had done so without ending the season as champions.〔("1974–75 Football League" ). RSSSF. Retrieved 23 May 2010.〕 Argyle reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup for the first time in April 1984,〔("The FA Cup Archive" ). The Football Association. Retrieved 23 May 2010.〕 and were promoted from the Third Division as runners-up again in the 1985–86 season.〔("1985–86 Football League" ). RSSSF. Retrieved 23 May 2010.〕 Argyle were relegated to the fourth tier of English football for the first time in their history at the end of the 1994–95 season, but earned promotion again the following year, this time at Wembley Stadium in the 1996 Third Division play-off final.〔Danes, ''Complete Record'', pp. 48–49.〕 The club won their first League championship in forty-three years at the end of the 2001–02 season,〔("2001–02 Football League" ). RSSSF. Retrieved 23 May 2010.〕 breaking numerous records in the process, including a Third Division record points tally of 102.〔("Football League Points Records" ). The Football League. Retrieved 29 April 2010.〕 Argyle conceded just 28 League goals that season and kept 27 clean sheets in 46 matches.〔Danes, ''Complete Record'', p. 50.〕 Two years later, the club won the Second Division of the Football League and promotion back to the second tier,〔("2003–04" ). Statto. Retrieved 25 May 2010.〕 which was renamed the Championship by the League's board in the summer of 2004.〔("League gets revamp" ). BBC Sport. 10 June 2004. Retrieved 29 April 2010.〕 Argyle's success in the 2003–04 season took their tally of titles in the third tier of English football to four, which is a divisional record.〔("Past Winners" ). The Football League. Retrieved 30 April 2010.〕 As of the end of the 2012–13 season, Plymouth Argyle Football Club has spent 40 seasons in the second tier of English football, 39 seasons in the third, and seven seasons in the fourth. The table details their achievements in all senior first team competitions, their top goalscorer(s), and average home league attendance for each completed season since their professional debut on 1 September 1903.〔Danes, ''Complete Record'', p. 15.〕 ==Table key== Key to divisions: *SL Div 1 = Southern League First Division *WL Div 1 = Western League First Division *Div 3 = Football League Third Division *Div 3S = Football League Third Division South *Div 2 = Football League Second Division *FLS = Football League South *Champ = Football League Championship *Lge 1 = Football League One *Lge 2 = Football League Two Key to league record: *P = Matches played *W = Matches won *D = Matches drawn *L = Matches lost *F = Goals scored *A = Goals conceded *Pts = Points gained *Pos = Final position Key to rounds: *R1 = First round *R2 = Second round *R3 = Third round *R4 = Fourth round, etc. *QF = Quarter-finals *SF = Semi-finals *GR = Group stage *NA = Not applicable 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Plymouth Argyle F.C. seasons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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