{"id":582745,"date":"2021-02-05T10:53:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T15:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=582745"},"modified":"2021-02-05T10:53:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T15:53:31","slug":"plymouth-argyle-boss-ryan-lowe-signs-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/02\/05\/plymouth-argyle-boss-ryan-lowe-signs-contract-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Plymouth Argyle Boss Ryan Lowe Signs Contract Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/02\/01\/frank-nouble-re-joins-colchester-united-on-loan-from-plymouth-argyle\/\" target=\"_self\">Plymouth Argyle<\/a> have confirmed that manager Ryan Lowe has signed a new three-year deal, keeping him with the Pilgrims until 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Ryan Lowe to Remain With Plymouth Argyle Until 2024<\/h2>\n<h3>Highly Regarded Manager<\/h3>\n<p>Lowe is regarded as one of the best &#8216;up and coming&#8217; managers in the EFL after winning back-to-back promotions from League Two with Bury and Plymouth retrospectively.<\/p>\n<p>The 42-year-old&#8217;s success at both clubs has caught the eye of those higher up the divisions. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burytimes.co.uk\/sport\/18863218.ryan-lowe-emerges-sheffield-wednesday-contender\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">linked<\/a> with the vacant job at Sheffield Wednesday earlier in the season, although nothing ever materialised.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Lowe has continued to impress at Home Park. He has won 37 of his 79 games in charge of Argyle, with a win rate of just over 46%. 14 of those wins have come this season, with the club enjoy an impressive campaign in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Lowe&#8217;s attacking style has been one of the several traits highlighted by fans. When speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/football-league-blog\/2019\/feb\/20\/bury-ryan-lowe-jurgen-klopp-football-league-pep-guardiola\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian,<\/a> the 42-year-old said his style has been influenced by Jurgen Klopp, as he looks to press high and install a win at all costs mentality.<\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said?<\/h3>\n<p>Andrew Parkinson, Argyle&#8217;s Chief Executive, said to the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pafc.co.uk\/news\/2021\/february\/Lowe-signs-long-term-deal-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Plymouth Argyle website<\/a> said that Lowe and his assistant Steven Schumacher, who has also signed a new deal, have personalities that the club wish to associate with.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;We are delighted to be able to agree contract extensions for Ryan and Steven.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir personal qualities align with those we wish to be associated with the club, and they both hold ambition that matches our own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo achieve promotion in their first season was a tremendous achievement, while their emphasis on playing an attractive brand of football and developing our Academy graduates is very exciting for everyone associated with the club.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lowe added: &#8220;I am delighted to have signed a long-term contract with Plymouth Argyle, and I\u2019m excited to continue the project we\u2019ve started together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe fit well together &#8211; this is an ambitious club, and I am an ambitious manager. I would like to thank Andrew Parkinson, the Board of Directors and Simon Hallett for making it happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a no brainer for us, and we\u2019ve loved every minute of it. I\u2019d like to thank the fans for their support, it will be a lot more special when we are back together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"BEs8MzDRQNNag2SmOkyaYw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1296703206\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'BEs8MzDRQNNag2SmOkyaYw',sig:'vqRxRFrPpu6MCJWsgUY4rVeLTMk1_7OK70Er0doUtww=',w:'594px',h:'382px',items:'1296703206',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plymouth Argyle have confirmed that manager Ryan Lowe has signed a new three-year deal, keeping him with the Pilgrims until 2024. Ryan Lowe to Remain With Plymouth Argyle Until 2024 Highly Regarded Manager Lowe is regarded as one of the best &#8216;up and coming&#8217; managers in the EFL after winning back-to-back promotions from League Two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2795,"featured_media":582748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,34,30],"tags":[168,657,519,4108,136],"class_list":["post-582745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-football","category-league12","category-news","tag-efl","tag-efl-league-one","tag-plymouth-argyle","tag-ryan-lowe","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Ben Robinson, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}