Plymouth manager Paul Sturrock has wiped the slate clean following last season`s flirt with relegation and insists there will be no excuses for another struggle.

The long-running takeover saga at Home Park is finally over and Sturrock is looking forward to putting the off-field distractions behind him and concentrating on the football.

"Last season really hurt me because it was the first year when I`ve lost more games than I`ve won. I don't like that," he told the Herald.

"There were things I did last year that weren`t me - things I had to do because of the situation we were in.

"A lot of things that I bit my lip on would have left blood running down the side of my mouth. I`m making sure that this year none of that will happen."