Plymouth United F.C.

Plymouth United Football Club was a football club from Plymouth, Devon, England formed at least by 1886 [Citation | publication-date = 1886| title = Official Fixture Card | publisher = Argyle Football Club] . It was possibly the first football club to use the term "United". The oldest existing club to use the term, Sheffield United, was founded before Plymouth United as a cricket club but did not launch its football team until 1889.

As a pioneering club in Devon it played against Argyle Football Club in its first season and was a founding member of the Devon County Football Association. [cite web
url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070203092156/http://www.devonfa.com/historyofdevonfa.htm |title=The History Of Devon County Football Association |publisher=www.devonfa.com |accessdate=2008-02-25]

A team called Plymouth United was formed in 1944, along with Plymouth City, made up of ex-Plymouth Argyle and local amateurs. They played against local sides and service teams helping to re-establish football in the area. [cite book |last= Tonkin |first= W. S. | title= All About Argyle 1903-1963 |year= circa 1963 |pages=pp. 43] A team of the same name entered the FA Cup in 1946, 1947 and 1950, failing to win a match. [cite web
url=http://www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk/PLYMOUTU.HTM |title=Football Club History Database - Plymouth United |publisher=www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk |accessdate=2008-02-24]

There is a Plymouth United now playing their football in the Torbay Sunday Football League [cite web |url=http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=135244&command=displayContent&sourceNode=134944&contentPK=20580885&folderPk=79054&pNodeId=134839 |title=SundayBill Matthews Cup Final: Applebys v Royal Standard (Ref: Karl Whitefoot; Asst refs: Kelvin Whitefoot and P Morrison; 4th official: S Powley).Division 2: Plymouth Utd v Rose Spartans (N Sach);... |publisher=www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk |accessdate=2008-05-09] . Having just lost in the cup final 2-0 in their first season things are looking very positive for the Plymouth club.

Managed by Sid Soulsby they are sponsored by major metalworks company METFAB UK LTD.

Star players include Steven Sullivan, Brothers Lancelot and Miles Eastman, Danny Lewis and top scorer Leon Soulsby.

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