Land Purchase Agreed for New Training Facility For Plymouth Argyle

The Parkway Sports Club aerial photograph Plymouth Argyle FC have confirm that an agreement in principle has been reached to acquire land from the current owners of The Parkway Sports Club to develop and build a brand-new training facility for their players.

For some time, The Pilgrims have been seeking a suitable area of land within the city to enhance their infrastructure, and earlier this year they were approached by the directors of the facility with a view to selling the land to us.

To achieve their long-term strategic vision to become a sustainable Championship football club this objective, the club need to ensure that all their people have the very best facilities available to them - both to train their existing players and to attract the quality of new players they desire.

While the project is very much in its infancy, the principle of rejuvenating this piece of land to provide high quality facilities for the club’s players is an exciting development for everyone involved at Plymouth Argyle.

Whilst there will be no immediate change for any of the site’s users, it is anticipated that at the end of the 2022/23 season the clubs and groups that currently use The Parkway Sports Club, which is based in Ernesettle, will need to relocate in preparation for works to begin.



Argyle Chief Executive, Andrew Parkinson said: “Finding a site within Plymouth has been a difficult challenge for the club, so we were delighted when we were approached by the current owners of the land earlier this year.

“Realising our long-term vision for Argyle is about building the foundations for future success. I am hugely excited by this development.”

Argyle Director of Football Neil Dewsnip said: “Having the best training facilities for our players is vital if we want to become the best Plymouth Argyle we can be.

“We have made huge improvements across the club - in a number of areas - over the past couple of years, and a training facility to match our ambition is the next step to take.

“We have invested in increased coaching across all ages, including the first team, and now we are putting plans in place to support this with physical infrastructure. It is a tremendously encouraging development.”

The deal is subject to being granted satisfactory planning permission, which will begin in due course.

The Parkway Sports Club and surrounding land, as seen from the air