On the 20 February 1909, Plymouth Argyle travelled to play Derby County in the 3 rd Round of the FA Cup. It wasn't a successful trip; Argyle lost a game in which both sides played poorly to an Alf “Snobby” Bentley goal which came at the end of the final minute of play. It was virtually the only incident worthy of note for the afternoon, and was a controversial one; the Argyle players had rounded on the referee, insisting that he had blown the whistle to end the proceedings before the ball had crossed the goal line; meanwhile the crowd, made up predominantly of Derby supporters – their celebrations cut short for a brief, agonising, moment, became almost hysteric as they burst their way on to the pitch and the referee had to be escorted from the field by the police. Jubilation soon followed with the realisation that the goal and therefore the result would stand; Argyle were out of the cup. However the game would be remembered for events off rather than on the pi