I was a fan of Plymouth Argyle as a teenager, and visited Home Park with my father between 1960 and 1966, I saw them beating Aston Villa 3 to 0 in the last game of Villa's promotion season (1959-60), and losing to Villa, including Gerry Hitchens, 3 to 5 a year later in the League Cup, Then, during 1962, I was in a crowd of over 40000 which saw them losing 1 to 5 against Spurs while Johnny Williams left Jimmy Greaves unmarked in the FA Cup, after beating West Ham 3 to 0 in the previous round. I was to see many great players at Home Park, including Stanley Matthews, Brian Clough, Bobby Moore, and Danny Blanchflower,
MATCH RECORDS 1961-62
Their most mercurial season in the old Division Two
Ellis Stuttard, manager, who once encouraged me while I was playing football in the playground at Sutton High School for Boys,
Argyle currently lead Football League 2 by FIVE points after several years in the doldrums !
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PAUL MARINER
Later played for Ipswich and England
JIMMY GAULD
Maybe, for a season (1958-9), Argyle's greatest ever player. The stuff of legends
GEORGE KIRBY
The centre forward with the very tough head
DAVE MACLAREN
Very brave goalkeeper
JOHNNY NEWMAN
Fine captain
NICKY JENNINGS
Brilliant, diminutive winger, who danced along the touchline
JIM McANEARNY
An aggressive forward of first class quality
RAY BOWDEN
Ray ran a sports shop in the City Centre into his old age, and I once bought a snorkel from him,
BARRIE JONES
A player of finer quality I've never seen
PETER MCPARLAND
Famous Irish international, who scored a brilliant goal when Plymouth beat Chelsea 2 to 1 during Chelsea's promotion season (1962-3). Famously collided with goalkeeper and scored two goals for Aston Villa during 1957 Cup Final against Manchester United, Mercurial career. Guardian article
MIKE TREBILCOCK
Later scored two goals for Everton in 1966 Cup Final
Pele at Home Park in 1973
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 3 SANTOS 2
Pele pulls one back from penalty spot
Sorry to say My father Jim McAnearney passed away yesterday at 81 years of age, he always said his time at Plymouth was the best of his footballing career.
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