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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Tom Garry

Plymouth ‘remain committed’ despite releasing women’s squad via email

Home Park, the Plymouth Argyle stadium, shot from below to show a cloudy sky.
Plymouth’s women nearly got promoted to WSL2 and reached a cup final, but the club have drastically reduced their budget for next season. Photograph: Graham Hunt/ProSports/Shutterstock

Plymouth Argyle have said they “did not take lightly” their decision to significantly reduce their women’s team’s budget and tell the squad via email that their contracts were not being renewed.

The Guardian reported on Sunday evening that the vast majority of the squad had received a letter, via email, which began abruptly with: “Hi all. Following our end-of-season review and planning for 2026-27, we wanted to let you know that we won’t be renewing contracts for the players included in this message.”

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