Albion first played in Devonport Park but in 1887 moved to Bladderley, where spectators paid threepence to watch and players a penny for admission.
For the 1894-5 season Albion used Home Park, now the home of Plymouth Argyle FC, before a move to Rectory Field the following season.
After the First World War, Plymouth Albion, as they were now known, moved to Beacon Park.
In 1928-9 five Albion players were selected for England – in fact the club supplied half the pack.
Albion celebrated its centenary in 1976 when more than 50 first XV games were played and in the second year of leagues the Devon club won Division Three with a 100 per cent record.
But they suffered relegation in successive seasons as the 1990s proved a difficult decade.
They only avoided the drop by winning at Weston-super-Mare in the last fixture of the 1998-99 season.
Record-breakers climb through leagues
The following year the club was restructured, and Graham Dawe was appointed as Chairman of Rugby.
Along with many other changes, results improved, and Albion finished fourth in the league.
Between 2000 and 2002, the club gained promotion twice and set a new National League record of 41 consecutive victories.
In 2003, Albion played their last match at Beacon Park and moved to the Brickfields.
A Sports Centre was subsequently built on-site with a Grandstand able to seat 1,500 spectators.
But financial issues and poor results followed, and the club found itself at the foot of the Championship table before being relegated in April 2015 after 13 years in the second tier of English rugby.
Plymouth Albion entered administration in March 2016 and was rescued by two former players, David Venables and Bruce Priday.
The club began a process of rebuilding on and off the field and enjoyed a successful first season under new ownership, finishing second in National League One in 2016-17.
Rams win first three games before costly defeats
In the 2019/20 season, Rams won 44-14 in the first-ever league game played between the clubs.
Post-Covid, Rams triumphed 26-19 on their maiden trip to Brickfields before completing a double with a 41-27 victory at Old Bath Road.
In the 2022/23 season, a 26-14 home success helped set a joint-record 10th win to start the campaign before a costly 27-24 reverse in Devon.
Then in December 2023, Fraser Honey’s late penalty snatched a 22-20 win in an OBR cracker, only for Rams to go down again 28-22 in April 2024.
Rams made it eight wins to start the season with a 21-16 away success in October – Max Hayman at the double and Dan Swain also touching down as Honey slotted three conversions.
Albion go back-to-back at OBR
But they then lost 47-33 as the visitors ran riot at OBR, Zach Clow, Axel Kalling-Smith (twice), Solodrau Radianirova and Hayman crossing the whitewash for Rams.
Harry Wilkinson, Jago Sheppard, Jake Bond, Angus Hodges and Shea Cornish were the Plymouth try-scorers as Tom Putt kicked 22 points.
And Albion again claimed an away triumph as they downed Rams 34-15 last November.
Oli Rhoads opened the scoring for the hosts before Frankie Dart kicked a penalty to get Plymouth on the board.
Shea Cornish and Iwan Jenkins then crossed for the Devonians, Dart with a conversion for 15-5 at half time.
Exeter loanee Jenkins doubled up, Dart again on target, and Joe Broadhurst’s effort made it a 22-point game.
Rhoads grabbed a second before Cornish matched him to make the game safe, man-of-the-match Jenkins converting.
Wing Rhoads completed his first National One hat-trick with a late consolation.
