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Speaking of great goalscorers, there have been few, if any, more potent than Tommy Tynan.

Tynan joined Argyle in 1983, having been a success at Newport County, and would go on to become one of the most popular Pilgrims of the era – of any era, in fact.

Tynan scored 20 times in his first season – a good return – but it was in 1984/85 in which Tynan’s star began to shine brightest. He scored 32 goals that season, a tally that no Argyle player has come close to achieving since, and which is only bettered by Jack Cock in 1926/27.

Tynan shocked the Green Army by requesting a move away in the summer of 1985, moving to Rotherham United, but it simply laid the stage for a dramatic return in April 1986. With Argyle pushing for promotion, Tynan scored 10 goals in nine games to push the Greens over the line, and gain promotion to the second tier.

Realising Home Park really was home, Tynan returned on a permanent basis the following season, and continuing to be the Greens’ talisman, leading the goalscoring charts every season until his departure in 1990.

Tommy scored 144 goals in 310 appearances as a Pilgrim – a phenomenal return. It is not just at Argyle that he is revered. When Newport instituted a Hall of Fame in 2009, Tommy was the first player inducted, their website describing Tynan as ‘our most iconic player’.