Local lad, son of a legend, but a top player in his own right.

Luke Summerfield grew up with knowledge that his dad, Kevin, was a hero to many at Home Park. So, from joining the Centre of Excellence at the age of 10, through to making his debut at 17, he had to work doubly hard to forge his own pathway.

In the latest episode of the Argyle Podcast, Luke talks though his breakthrough into Championship football, a weeks training with Chelsea and battling illness to return to the game he loves.

This is the story of Luke Summerfield.

The reluctant football owner.

In Argyle's darkest days, with the club teetering on the edge of liquidation, step forward James Brent.

In October 2011, James stepped in to help save the club from oblivion and began the process of turning Argyle's fortunes around. 

In the eight years he was at the top, he saw the club promoted, take on Liverpool in the Emirates FA Cup and become financially stable.

James left the place in a better place than he found it and now watches on, as a fan, enjoying the progress we have seen in the four years since he ended his association.

In the latest episode of the Argyle Podcast, we sat down with former Argyle chairman, James Brent.

An Argyle fan, who helped relegate the club.

There wont be many with a story like Ryan Dickson, born in Saltash and an Argyle fan pretty much his entire life, Ryan grew up wanting to be like his heroes; Martin Phillips, Paul Wotton and Michael Evans.

At 17 he got that chance, thrown in against Wigan Athletic,  the runaway leaders in the Championship. Despite some impressive performances, injuries hampered his development and eventually a move to Brentford resurrected his career.

A bit of a cult figure at Griffin Park, Dickson was destined for bigger things. Fulham and Southampton came calling and it was the pull of the south coast that tempted him. Training with the likes of Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, he pushed on again. Then, at the end of the 2010/11 season, he helped relegate Argyle at Home Park.

This is the story of Ryan Dickson.

We are just a few days out from the start of the Sky Bet Championship season. Argyle are back in the second tier for the first time since 2010 and are looking forward to hosting Huddersfield Town at Home Park.

Excitement is building around the club and the city and everyone at Argyle wants everything to be right for when Saturday comes. An awful lot of work goes into a match day at Home Park, even more so for an opening match day, but just how much?

In this week's episode, the podcast goes behind the scenes, into the offices at the Theatre of Greens, to see just what everyone does to create the perfect day.

There's only one Mark Hughes. 

Well, that is not strictly true, but there is only one who had the career that our Hughesy has had. 

The Argyle assistant manager came through the ranks at his beloved Everton, but in this enlightening interview he tells us what led to him making the decision to leave the Toffees, aged just 20, and forge a career elsewhere. 

That career led him to nearly 600 professional appearances, including a stint Down Under, several captaincies, title victories and more. 

More notably, Mark has been associated with Steven Schumacher at four clubs: as youngsters at Everton, team-mates at Bury and Stevenage, and now as a management duo at Argyle.  

This is Mark's story. 

In November 2022, an incident in Bath shocked the football world. 

Former Argyle youngster Alex Fletcher was the name on everyone’s lips, he ass front page news. A horrifying collision with ad advertising board had left the striker fighting not only for his footballing career, but also his life.

Thankfully, there is a happy ending and Fletch is now looking to get back into the game he loves.

His time in the Argyle first team was brief, but included some memorable moments, including a brace against a young Chelsea side which featured Reece James and Callum Hudson-Odoi.

This is the story of Alex Fletcher. 

When Sean McCarthy joined Plymouth Argyle in 1988, few people would have thought he would go on to play and star in the Premier League, but Sean did.

From humble beginnings in South Wales, he battled his way though non-league before getting his chance at his boyhood club, Swansea City.

Financial troubles blighted his time at the Swans before Argyle acted as a magnificent springboard for the big forward. Forever remembered for scoring that goal against Everton in the FA Cup and a hat trick in a 3-0 win West Bromwich Albion.

A successful spell at Bradford City led to Premier League side Oldham Athletic getting his signature and although the Latics ended up getting relegated, Sean as fond memories of the top flight.

This is the story of Sean McCarthy. 

It's fair to say that Lee Makel's time at Argyle didn't go as he or the club would have planned.

He made a promising start to life as a professional, making his debut for Newcastle United aged 17, before moving to Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League.

A highly successful few years in Scotland led to Argyle boss Bobby Williamson bringing Lee and a number of other players from north of the border, to Home Park.

A combination of injury and personal reasons meant that Lee's stay at Home Park was brief. Undeterred he went back to Scotland and even had a stint in Sweden as the player manager of Ostersunds.

This is the story of Lee Makel.

Not many players who have pulled on the green of Argyle have then gone onto win the Premier League and play in Europe.

Nicky Marker however, is able to make that claim. After swapping Exeter for Plymouth he excelled at Home Park and quickly became a fans' favourite. Playing either at the heart of defence or in midfield, his presence was crucial in Argyle's five-year stay in the second tier.

In 1992, just a few weeks after Blackburn Rovers clinched promotion to the Premier League at Home Park, Marker made the move to Lancashire to play for Rovers.

A Premier League-winning campaign and a Champions League appearance would follow before injuries began to take their toll. A fond member of the Argyle side in the 80s this is the career of Nicky Marker.

When Carl Fletcher joined Argyle, the Greens were in their fifth season in the Championship. Two seasons later he had just been dismissed as manager.

His journey started as a 17 year old at Bournemouth and led him to the heights of an FA Cup final. 

Spells as captain of Wales, years in the Premier League and even under the stewardship of Edgar Davids followed, but it was his spell at Home Park that shaped him.

This is the story of Carl Fletcher.