THE final whistle has blown for a 100-year-old Argyle fan who has been supporting the Greens for 97 years.

Maud Clift, who attended her first match aged three, died after a short illness at Derriford Hospital.

Maud's coffin will be covered by an Argyle flag and the Home Park theme tune Semper Fidelis will be played at the funeral in St Peter's Church on Friday.

Mourners have been invited to wear team shirts rather than just all black.

Granddaughter Lizanna Lorimer said: “It was her final request in April. She made me and my mum and my aunt go to the funeral in Argyle shirts.

“Her sight was not good and she could only see bright colours. She never wore black on black.”

Maud's sight deteriorated to the point where she can only distinguish between light and dark, but she religiously followed radio commentaries.

Maud, who was born on March 1, 1908, was taken to her first match at Home Park at the age of three, and has been the staunchest of fans ever since.

Born Maud Miners at Criggan, near Bugle in mid-Cornwall, as a child she had to walk three miles each way to school and back.

She married Herbert John Clift at 19 and they moved to Plymouth, living near Devonport Dockyard.

The couple became regulars at the Devonport End, and while Maud couldn't often travel the long distances to away games, she has watched hundreds of matches at Home Park.

Maud said on her 100th birthday four months ago that she was sure that Argyle would be promoted to the Premiership one day.

The Herald's story led to former Dockyard workers who had been housed by Maud and her husband during the Second World War getting in touch to see her again in the last months in her life.

Lizanna said that there was no way that the family could get in touch with all Maud's friends before the funeral but all were invited.

The funeral is at 12.30pm on Friday at St Peter's Church in Wyndham Square.