ARGYLE have signed Blackburn Rovers winger Alan Judge on a season-long loan.
Attacking midfielder Judge first joined Argyle in January 2009 from Blackburn Rovers on loan until the end of the 2008-09 season.
Judgey proved to be a huge success at Home Park, exciting fans with his electric pace and tricky dribbling skills.
"I am very pleased," said manager Paul Sturrock. "Judgey showed a commitment to the football club last year - his zest and enthusiasm was a benefit to us and helped take us over the final hurdle.
"He scored a couple of goals for us as well and he had a quiet word at the end of last season to say he enjoyed it here.
"He felt his career was going in the right direction because he was getting games, so it was a no-brainer when they [Blackburn] opened the opportunity up for him to come back.
"He has got to prove himself again. He has done a full pre-season at Blackburn and he brings vitality to our team, which rubs off on everybody else.
"It is a season-long loan with an option for both sides to reassess in January, but I am very hopeful that we won't have a problem with that."
In all, the young Irishman made 17 appearances and scored two goals in his first spell at Argyle, after his debut in the 0-0 draw away at Ipswich.
Perhaps Judgey's finest moment in Green was his fantastic goal against Coventry City at Home Park in April when his mazy run resulted in a curled effort from the edge of the penalty area gave the Pilgrims an unassailable 3-0 lead.
Judge had made an impressive start to the pre-season at Ewood Park, featuring in a number of Blackburn's friendlies, including matches against AS Roma and CD Nacional.
Despite that, Argyle manager Paul Sturrock has managed to persuade his Blackburn counterpart Sam Allardyce to part with the highly rated youngster for another season.
Judge made his senior debut for Blackburn in August 2008 as a substitute in the Carling Cup against Grimsby, after impressing in Blackburn's reserve team the previous campaign, in which he scored seven goals.
An attacking, right-sided midfielder, Alan is also able to play as an out and out striker.
Alan has now established himself as a regular in the Republic of Ireland U21 set-up and has earned himself seven caps, scoring one goal.
