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The most south-westerly club in the Football League, Plymouth Argyle have often been seen as a footballing outpost. CHRIS SUMPTER looks at why hopes are high the Pilgrims could be about to put themselves on the map.
HULL City's promotion to the Premier League 12 months ago lifted a noose that had shackled the Tigers throughout their more recent history.See the full content of this document
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Pilgrims Bidding to Make History
But with it, the tag of the 'largest city never to have played top-flight football' moved on to new, equally as unimpressed owners - Plymouth Argyle.
Rarely have the Pilgrims looked like being serious challengers for a place in the elite of English football.Their highest league placing remains fifth in what is now the Championship, heights they have failed to scale again for almost 50 years.For long-suffering fans of the city's football club though, hopes are high that that could be about to change.Argyle have joined a long line of English clubs to receive foreign investment, with the Tokyo-based KK Shonan company, h...See the full content of this document
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