The Skipper's Promotion Reaction

Fresh from celebrating promotion after Argyle’s 1-0 victory over Burton Albion on Saturday afternoon, captain Joe Edwards dedicated the achievement to the Green Army, whose support has spurred the Pilgrims on to a return to the second tier for the first time in 13 years.

He said: “It’s the best feeling. We worked so hard this season to achieve what we've achieved and to do it here at Home Park in front of the home fans is so special.

“It just makes it worthwhile. They travel all over the country for us, and we don't ever feel unloved here. They support us all the way, and like I said, to do it at home just made it even more special. The noise today at that time was amazing. Like the goal went in and towards the end was, it was just frightening. They can all enjoy it.”

On the game itself, Joe felt the Greens managed the occasion superbly, though accepted the single goal advantage added some tension to an already crackling Home Park atmosphere.

He said: “We just needed that second goal to kill them off. We didn't quite do it, but I felt it was our year. We’ve worked so hard to achieve what we wanted to achieve and we were written off so many times by everyone apart from people inside the club. We knew what we could achieve.”

The first signing of the Ryan Lowe and Steven Schumacher era at Home Park, Joe has led a playing group which has propelled the Pilgrims up two divisions in four seasons. On the dressing room he’s had a significant hand in developing, he said: “They’re brilliant. I'm proud to be captain of them. Everyone works so hard. Everyone's grounded. Everyone works together and sits together, spends time together outside of football. It’s just an amazing achievement to do it against probably some of the best teams that League One's ever seen. We fully deserve to be that Championship club next season.

“It sounds really good, and it's where we deserve to be. This club’s on the up. We've got a fantastic owner. We've got fantastic people working here. It's the least they deserve for the effort we put in.

“We’ve now achieved something that we could only have dreamt of at the start of the season.”