Plymouth Argyle F.C. Player of the Year


is an English association football club based in Plymouth, Devon. Founded in 1886 as Argyle Football Club, they became a professional club in January 1903, and were elected to the Southern League ahead of the 1903–04 season. The club won the Southern League championship in 1913 and finished as runners-up on two occasions, before being elected to the Football League in 1920, where they compete to this day, as a founder member of the Third Division. Argyle won their first Football League championship, and promotion to the Second Division for the first time, ten years later in 1930. As of 2010, the club has won five championships in the Football League, gained promotion on eight occasions, and been relegated eight times. Four of those league championships were won in the third tier, which is a divisional record. Argyle have made one appearance at Wembley Stadium, in which they won the 1996 Third Division play-off final. The club has also achieved moderate success in domestic cup competitions; they reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1984, and the quarter-finals in 2007. Argyle have also reached the semi-finals of the League Cup twice, in 1965 and 1974.
The Plymouth Argyle Player of the Year award is voted for annually by the club's supporters. It recognises the best overall performance by an individual player through the course of the season. Each year, the winner is presented with the trophy on the pitch at Home Park before the club's last home game of the season. This is the more prestigious of the two awards made by Plymouth Argyle itself, with the other being the Young Player of the Year accolade. Since its inception in 1966, thirty-nine different players have won the award. Six of these players have lifted the award for a second time, the most recent being Welsh international Carl Fletcher. As of the 2010–11 season, only striker Tommy Tynan has received the award for a third time. Three players have lifted the trophy in consecutive seasons; the first was Paul Mariner in 1976. Steve McCall matched that feat in the 1994, and Carl Fletcher became the third in 2011. Seven winners of the award have represented their country at international level. Six winners have gone on to become the club's manager. The 2012–13 winner was Onismor Bhasera, who made 46 appearances in all competitions during the campaign. Top goalscorer Reuben Reid won the award the following season, becoming the first forward to win the award since Mickey Evans.

Table key

¤Denotes divisional change due to promotion or relegation
*Elected to the Plymouth Argyle Hall of Fame
†Denotes player who has won full international caps

Player Denotes the number of times a player has won the award
Div 2Second Division, First Division, Championship
Div 3Third Division, Second Division, League One
Div 4Fourth Division, Third Division, League Two

Winners

SeasonLevelPlayerPositionNationalityAppsGoalsCapsNotes
1965–66Div 2328110
1966–67Div 2233370
1967–68Div 216405†—
1968–69Div 3¤113170
1969–70Div 3121420—
1970–71Div 3*20700—
1971–72Div 3139105†—
1972–73Div 3113170—
1973–74Div 3*7070—
1974–75Div 3*1556135†—
1975–76Div 2¤* 1556135†
1976–77Div 24100—
1977–78Div 3¤24860—
1978–79Div 381420—
1979–80Div 3 24860
1980–81Div 395450—
1981–82Div 3185490—
1982–83Div 3*334170—
1983–84Div 3114250—
1984–85Div 3*3101450—
1985–86Div 3*620870
1986–87Div 2¤* 3101450—
1987–88Div 210200—
1988–89Div 2* 3101450
1989–90Div 2237180—
1990–91Div 214440—
1991–92Div 2155480—
1992–93Div 3¤16060
1993–94Div 3 16060—
1994–95Div 38710—
1995–96Div 4¤235170—
1996–97Div 3¤13790—
1997–98Div 3377260
1997–98Div 3852459†
1998–99Div 4¤ 235170
1999–00Div 490240—
2000–01Div 49730—
2001–02Div 4*193260
2002–03Div 3¤*476660
2003–04Div 3*432811†
2004–05Div 2¤* 476660
2005–06Div 2243280—
2006–07Div 211160—
2007–08Div 29154†—
2008–09Div 231800—
2009–10Div 2107936†—
2010–11Div 3¤ 107936†
2011–12Div 4¤1154
2012–13Div 4114419†
2013–14Div 48924
2014–15Div 42270
2015–16Div 43911
2017–18Div 3¤ 4715

By player

By country

Footnotes