“It will take between six and seven years to get to the PL, we need to claim a strong foothold in the Championship first, rather than battling down at the bottom end of the table”- Pundit says Simon Hallett vision of gaining Premier League promotion for Plymouth Argyle in 5years will take much longer

Plymouth Argyle have experienced recent success and have had a sustainable tenure under Simon Hallett as a football club, but they’re yet to achieve the end goal. The Premier League.

An ambition for every Championship side is to reach the golden gates of the Premier League.

Argyle outlined a five-year-plan last year detailing this ambition. Chairman Hallett and his staff presented the new strategy in a meeting detailing what factors will need to be taken into account.

The statement was posted on the club website in November 2023, with the main line taken away from the statement being: ‘To be a sustainable top six Championship club within five years, with Premier League aspirations.’

An ambitious dream, but is it achievable?

FLW’s Plymouth Argyle fan pundit, Chris, has determined that it is possible, but investment is the key. Chris said: “Argyle’s ambition to get to the Premier League within five years, was set out in a club statement last year.

“This is something which, when we moved up into the Championship, we were very keen to aim for. A lot of fans are hopeful that we’ll move into that position.

“I personally believe that it will take longer than five years for Argyle to make the next step-up to the Premier League.

“The reason being, is we require further investment in the club. Although Simon Hallett has been a credit to the club, and has put a lot of time and effort into managing it and bringing it up to one of the most financially sustainable clubs in the Championship, the club does require further investment in order to expand and invest in new talent coming into the squad.

“This will allow us to have more competitive transfer windows, and sign players who have a lot more Championship and Premier League experience.

“Once we have that experience on board, we will hopefully then move up to the dizzying heights of Premier League football and, as such, the investment to go along with it.

“I believe it will take between six and seven years to reach this level as the investment might take a long time to develop, and we need to claim a strong foothold in the Championship first, rather than battling down at the bottom end of the table.

Argyle have always been a team flirting between the lower end of the Championship and the higher status in League One.

The top flight is an ambitious step to take and one that is probably perceived as unlikely.
Since Hallett joined Argyle in 2016, the club has been a sort of going from League Two and the Championship over the past eight years.