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Albion agonisingly short in basement battle Written by Chris Bentley Bill Murray plays a weatherman stuck in a time loop, unable to escape from repeating the same day in the seminal film ‘Groundhog Day’. It is a difficult scenario for his character to overcome as he suffers the same day over and over again. After the loss this weekend at basement club Tonbridge Juddians, it’s fair to say Albion are currently stuck in a Groundhog Day of their very own. Having travelled up the day before, Albion arrived at the Slade in fine fettle and ready for what was always...

High stakes game for Albion Written by Chris Bentley It certainly wasn’t in the grand plan at the beginning of the season but there is no doubt Plymouth Albion face a must win game this weekend as they visit Tonbridge Juddians. Having lost their last 7 games, the London based club have found life tough in their debut National One season. Indeed, a solitary win against Sale and draw with Bishops Stortford are their only positive results of the term. Nonetheless, Juddians are only five points in arrears as they do like to score and have been picking up a...

Plymouth Albion is extremely grateful to John Hooper and the team at Kernewek Commercial Management Limited (KCML) for their kind donation of a defibrillator and CPR training to the staff at Plymouth Albion. The latest Defib will ensure all four corners of the Brickfields site is now supplied with vital lifesaving technology and will help further raise awareness of the #RestartAHeart campaign Speaking of the donation, Chris Bentley said “John has been a great supporter of the club during the season and we were over the moon when he offered to supply a Defibrillator to help off the field, in...

Plymouth Albion is excited to announce a new sponsorship agreement with globally based education technology business Olive Media who will become the clubs ‘Digital Transformation Partner’. The exciting new deal sees the playing staff get access to the online Olive library of training courses to upskill them away from the rugby pitch. Speaking of the deal, Chris Bentley, Commercial Manager at the club said ‘We’re delighted to partner with the team at Olive. The synergies were apparent from our first meeting and we’ve already got four players most of the way through their PT level three course. In time we...

A 38-27 reversal away from home to Sale FC was not the result Albion wanted, especially after a 250-mile sojourn to the industrial north. Going four games without a win is certainly not where we had planned to be, but in defeat and the bigger picture, there were loads of positives to draw from the game last Saturday. Looking back to our pre-season everything was going well. A sense of optimism and excitement was in the air. Approaching the return to competitive rugby in Plymouth after the 18-month Covid shut down, Albion’s mood was good. Our coaching team were bedding...

Plymouth’s three major sports clubs have teamed up to run this year’s Virtual London Marathon for well-known local charity, Friends and Families of Special Children. When the charity secured three places for the event, they approached Plymouth Argyle, Plymouth Albion and Plymouth City Patriots for runners – and all were more than happy to help with our very Ellie Venables representing Albion. Support Ellie here: FIND OUT MORE Starting with a lap around Albion’s ground at Brickfields, then running around the Pavilions, home of The Patriots, before a decent tour of the city and finishing at Home Park this really...