The FA Cup may only be a day old but it has already promised
the fans with goals, goals, goals.
Plymouth Argyle will make the short trip to the Avenue Stadium home of
Dorchester Town on Sunday for the first round of the FA Cup. The reason being Argyle are playing on a
Sunday at a later kick-off time of 16:30 is because it is being televised on
ESPN. ESPN is an American global cable
television network focusing on sports related programs.
After last season’s cup defeat to Stourbridge Argyle will be
looking to comfortably secure there spot in the second round. Last season’s
first round promised an entertaining game in which Bhasera saved the Pilgrims
from an embarrassing exit at Home Park.
The replay was held at the War Memorial Athletic Ground live on ESPN in
the West Midlands. On that night Argyle
were deservedly knocked out of the cup from the Conference South Club. This encounter will consist of two star
studded names in both teams. Plymouth
Argyles left back Robbie Williams and Dorchester Towns Jamie Gleeson; he is a
David Beckham impersonator.
Can they turn around
there fortune this time?
Argyle will be familiar with the Avenue Stadium from this
season Pre-season game against Yeovil.
The reason the players didn’t play at Husish Park was because the pitch
home of Yeovil was not available to play on due to the bad weather the South
West had in the summer of 2012. The
players of Argyle would like to forget the game after conceding 5 very poor
goals.
The Pilgrims will have to be on their toes come 16:30 as
Dorchester have an excellent home record, winning 5of their last 6 games at the
Avenue Stadium. If at the end of the
90minutes the teams are drawing there will be a replay at Home Park home of
Plymouth Argyle.
Loanees Scott Griffiths and Guy Madjo are able to play in
this fixture after their parent clubs, Peterborough and Aldershot gave manager
Carl Fletcher permission to play the players.
Whilst fans favourite Alex MacDonald will not be available due to the
player being cup-tied. MacDonald is
cup-tied due to him featuring in the Capital One Cup for Burnley when they
played Argyle at Turf Moor in Lancashire.
Centre back and Captain Darren Purse is very doubtful for the game after
an on-going toe injury. Purse who missed the defeat to Rotherham at the New
York Stadium had an injection in his toe on Monday to release the pain for a
couple of months. Robbie Williams and
Paul Wotton will still be side-lined for this first round due to injuries. Conor Hourihane will also return to the side
after being suspended last Saturday, due to him picking up 5 yellow cards. This is an automatic one game ban.
The draw for the second round will take place even before
Argyle have even kicked a ball against Dorchester Town. The ball number the fans will be looking out
for is number 16.
Available: Jake Cole, Rene Gilmartin, Durrell Berry, Jamie
Richards, Curtis Nelson, Maxime Blanchard, Scott Griffiths, Onismor Bhasera,
Joe Lennox, Paris Cowan-Hall, Luke Young, Conor Hourihane, Jamie Lowry, Andres Gurrieri, Warren Feeney,
Nick Chadwick, Jared Sims Jordan Copp, Matt Lecointe, Rhys Griffiths, Guy
Madjo, Tyler Harvey.
Doubtful: Darren Purse (toe injury).
Unavailable: Robbie Williams (stomach muscle injury), Paul
Wotton (back injury), Alex MacDonald (cup-tied), Ollie Chenoweth (on loan to
Frome Town), Isaac Vassell, Jed Harper-Penman (both players on loan to Bideford
Town).
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