Editing Plymouth Argyle F.C. (section)

==Support==
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[[File:Home Park, Plymouth Argyle vs Bolton 2022.jpg|thumb|Plymouth Argyle fans, 2022]]

Plymouth Argyle fans are known collectively as the Green Army. The No.12 shirt has been reserved for the Green Army as the 12th man for many seasons.

Argyle fans are often referred to as "Janners", the unofficial nickname used to describe residents of [[Plymouth]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morcom |first=Jess |date=2020-09-30 |title=Being a Janner isn't a bad thing and we should be proud of it |url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/how-plymouth-people-feel-being-4543405 |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=PlymouthLive |language=en |archive-date=4 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504130642/https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/how-plymouth-people-feel-being-4543405 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bayley |first=Jon |date=2017-09-18 |title=35 Plymuff words that will test how Janner you are |url=http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/35-plymuff-words-test-how-496546 |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=PlymouthLive |language=en |archive-date=6 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506195407/https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/35-plymuff-words-test-how-496546 |url-status=live }}</ref> The 1940s saw the club attract the highest average attendances, with the largest ever being recorded in the [[1946–47 Football League|1946]][[1984–85 Football League|–47]] season, when an average of 23,290 fans watched each game. Attendances remained fairly strong until the start of the 1980s, when, in the [[1984–85 Football League|1984–85]], an average of just 537 attended each game, the lowest in the club's entire history. Albeit, the decline in attendances was notable throughout the entirety of [[English football]] during this period as they were some of the foremost decades of [[Football hooliganism]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jensen |first=Neil Fredrik |date=2017-08-17 |title=25 years on, why English crowds are subdued |url=https://gameofthepeople.com/2017/08/17/25-years-on-why-english-crowds-are-subdued/ |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=GAME OF THE PEOPLE |language=en |archive-date=16 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016095154/https://gameofthepeople.com/2017/08/17/25-years-on-why-english-crowds-are-subdued/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-03-16 |title=Football crowds' nadir in 80's |url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/mar/16/jonhenderson.theobserver |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711054933/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/mar/16/jonhenderson.theobserver |url-status=live }}</ref>

During this period, a hooligan firm named The Central Element emerged as a gang in the mid-1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eve |first=Carl |date=2020-01-27 |title=TCE football hooligan gang banner displayed at match |url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/plymouth-football-hooligan-gang-tce-3783334 |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=CornwallLive |language=en |archive-date=4 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504204150/https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/plymouth-football-hooligan-gang-tce-3783334 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was set up by a group of 16-to-18-year-old friends from Plymouth who used to frequent pubs in Stonehouse and the city centre. The name was decided by founding members and makes reference to [[Central Park, Plymouth|Central Park]], where many encounters with rival firms took place. At the time, there was already an established hooligan element attached to Argyle, older men who later became known as the A38s. TCE had an all-male membership, aged 15 to 45, who followed Argyle home and away. Many held season tickets, but their interests were more about what happened off the pitch than on it. The group attempted to gain a reputation amongst larger firms whose teams were much, much higher up the football violence league, including [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall's Bushwackers]], [[Soul Crew|Cardiff's Soul Crew]] and [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]'s [[Inter City Firm]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eve |first=Carl |date=2019-11-09 |title=The rise and fall of The Central Element |url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/central-element-rise-fall-plymouths-3505327 |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=PlymouthLive |language=en |archive-date=4 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504204141/https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/central-element-rise-fall-plymouths-3505327 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Today, the club's main base of supporters are those from the city of Plymouth but also from Cornwall to the west, and Devon (of which Plymouth is a historical part). The "Devonport End" is where the most vocal supporters watch the game.

Since the [[2021–22 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season|2021–22]] season, The Janner Song has been played before every home game.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Errington |first1=Chris |date=2022-03-18 |title=Schumacher hopes Argyle fans adopt The Janner Song as club anthem |url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sport/football/steven-schumacher-hopes-plymouth-argyle-6821632 |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=PlymouthLive |language=en |archive-date=4 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504234813/https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sport/football/steven-schumacher-hopes-plymouth-argyle-6821632 |url-status=live }}</ref> A survey conducted by [[Football Fans Census]] in 2003 confirmed that Plymouth Argyle supporters consider their main rival to be [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]].<ref name="Rivalry Uncovered">{{cite web |title=Rivalry Uncovered! |url=http://www.footballfanscensus.com/issueresults/Club_Rivalries_Uncovered_Results.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020074918/http://www.footballfanscensus.com/issueresults/Club_Rivalries_Uncovered_Results.pdf |archive-date=20 October 2013 |access-date=7 February 2012 |publisher=Football Fan Census |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=James |first=Stuart |date=2019-10-23 |title=Pride, passion and punch-ups - the history of the Devon Derby |url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sport/football/history-devon-derby-plymouth-argyles-3448244 |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=PlymouthLive |language=en |archive-date=5 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505075252/https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sport/football/history-devon-derby-plymouth-argyles-3448244 |url-status=live }}</ref> The two clubs first met in a competitive fixture in 1908 when in the [[Southern Football League|Southern League]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cowdery |first1=Rick |title=Plymouth Argyle: Miscellany |last2=Curno |first2=Mike |publisher=Pitch Publishing |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-905411-40-5 |location=Durrington |page=67 |name-list-style=amp}}</ref> The club's traditional rivals are fellow Devon sides [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]] and [[Torquay United F.C.|Torquay United]]; other less intense rivalries exist with [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]], [[ Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]], [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]], [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]] and [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=James |first=Stuart |date=2019-07-23 |title=Who are the football teams that you love to hate the most? |url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sport/football/argyle-exeter-portsmouth-rivalry-league-3124750 |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=PlymouthLive |language=en |archive-date=4 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504204323/https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sport/football/argyle-exeter-portsmouth-rivalry-league-3124750 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=James |first=Stuart |date=2019-09-07 |title=Exeter v Plymouth is ranked football's second biggest rivalry |url=https://www.devonlive.com/sport/football/exeter-city-plymouth-argyle-rivalry-3294744 |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=DevonLive |language=en |archive-date=4 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504204319/https://www.devonlive.com/sport/football/exeter-city-plymouth-argyle-rivalry-3294744 |url-status=live }}</ref>