Jamal Fyfield o.g. 44
Nick Chadwick 90
York City 0
Plymouth Argyle ended there run of 10 straight games without success with a deservedly victory and clean sheet over York City at Home Park today. The Pilgrims went in at half time leading 1-0 from an own goal from Jamal Byfield in the 44th minute, the green army then had to wait until 90minutes to see another goal when Nick Chadwick headed in from close range after Luke Young’s powerful shot was saved by the goalkeeper. The last clean sheet Argyle kept was the goalless draw at Plainmoor on September 8th against Torquay United.
Argyles manager Carl Fletcher had made three changes from
the squad that lost to Oxford in the Johnstone Paint Trophy on Tuesday
evening. Alex MacDonald was back in the North
of the country after his loan expired after the game on Tuesday; Durrell Berry was
suspended for one game after he picked up two bookable offences which resulted in
a red card, whilst former Welsh fireman Rhys Griffiths was preferred to Nick
Chadwick who dropped to the substitute bench.
Darren Purse was back in the heart of the defence to captain the side
after he served a three match ban for receiving a straight red card at Highbury
Stadium, Fleetwood, this meant Stroke-on-Trent born Curtis Nelson moved to
Right-back. Luke Young was back in the
side on the right wing after he has been missing due to a shoulder injury. Whilst the visiting team made no changes to the
squad that were victorious with a 3-2 win over Rochdale on December 1st
at Spotland.
Both Plymouth Argyle and York City results hadn’t exactly
gone there way with Argyle winless in 8 and City winning one game in the same
amount of matches, so the teams were looking to kick-start there season
here. Captains Darren Purse and Chris
Smith led the way out onto the pitch with York attacking towards their fans
situated in the Barn Park End. This only
meant Argyle was attacking towards the noisy Devonport End. The opposition team had the first touch of
the first half when debutant referee Tim Robinson, who was making his first appearance
at Home Park, blew the whistle to start the first half. Argyle were very quick in closing York down,
the Pilgrims were very confident and accurate in creating the passes. Argyles first attempt on goal came from
former Woking winger Paris Cowan-Hall. Curtis
Nelson delivered a wonderful in-swinging cross from a Luke Young pass,
Cowan-Hall then headed his chance wide of the far post. York City then had an excellent chance of
going into the lead after Patrick McLaughlin had space and time to drive a
25yarder just wide of goalkeeper Rene Gilmartin’s post. Minutes later Blanchard had nearly given
Argyle the lead from Conor Hourihane’s free kick to the far post, unluckily the
French born was unable to make any proper contact on it and the ball went out
for a goal kick. Young winger Paris
Cowan-Hall had a brilliant chance in given Argyle the lead once more. There was a mix up between York’s Captain and
goalkeeper Michael Ingham. Cowan-Hall
skipped past the keeper just wide of the right hand post, he then brought it
down superbly and shot into the side netting.
The sun was shining brightly into the Lyndhurst. With the Pilgrims keeping possession very
well between the defense, midfield and strikers. Darren Purse back in the side after a three
match ban had a great opportunity to get his first goal of this campaign, he
saw the goalkeeper of his line and lobbed the ball towards the Devonport end, and
he saw his effort rebound on the top of the net. Then the goal eventually comes. Argyle had their first corner of the
afternoon from good shutting down from Argyles number 7. Back in the squad Luke Young distributed a
corner in the danger area. The Pilgrims
were lucky as the ball rebounded of Jamal Fyfield into the back of the net in
the 44th minute, Darren Purse was celebrating and so was the rest of
the squad. Tim Robinson the referee blew
the half time whistle after 2minutes of extra time was played.
Second half came round very quickly, with the Pilgrims shooting towards
the Barn Park End; there were no changes at the break from both managers. Plymouth Argyle started this half as they
finished the last moving and controlling the football comfortably between the
players. It wasn’t long before York made
two substitutions before the hour mark. Players
Jamie Reed and Jon Challinor were both brought on to prevent Argentine player
Andres Gurrieri from making his steamy runs and creating many chances. The players
to make way were Michael Potts and Patrick McLaughlin. From these substitution York City were making
their way back into the game creating opportunities, central defenders Darren
Purse and Maxime Blanchard stood tall and defended well to prevent goalkeeper
Rene Gilmartin from making any saves. Carl
Fletcher was to make his first change of the afternoon bringing on Nick
Chadwick for Rhys Griffiths. This change
upfront was greeted by most fans with the Devonport chanting ‘Chadders for
England’. York were looking for an equalizer knowing Argyle haven’t kept a
clean sheet for almost three month. The visitors
did nearly grab a goal with some misunderstanding in the penalty box, there was
no harm done with the ball rolling comfortably to goalkeeper Rene
Gilmartin. Former Burton Albion
midfielder Andres Gurrieri came close to getting the second goal of the afternoon
with a rasping shot from outside the penalty area. It was going at some pace to sting the goalkeeper’s
gloves. The ball went out for a corner
to the greens. In no time at all Chadwick got into the game
more and more holding the ball up tremendously well for the other players to
run onto. The player who is in his
second spell with Argyle scored the second goal to capture a fantastic
afternoon for the Pilgrims, Luke Young made a marvelous run down the right wing
to drive a long shot towards goal. Michael Ingham had parried the shot;
Chadwick was in the right position at the right time to nod home from close
range. In the dyeing minutes of normal time Paris
Cowan-Hall had to be substituted with him being caught in a tackle, Joe Lennox
was his replacement going into 4 additional minutes. In this time Argyle were keeping the ball
away from York, they did it from winning corners and free-kicks. The referee blows for full time Argyle have
won 2-0 in a game that they have dominated from start to finish. Fully Deserved
WE’RE PLYMOUTH ARGYLE WE ALWAYS BELIEVE.
SEE YOU ALL AT ST JAMES PARK. WE’LL MEET AGAIN!!!!
Booked: Gurrieri 82
York City (4-3-3): 24 Michael Ingham; 6 Daniel Parslow, 4 Chris
Smith, 23 Chris Doig (3 Danny Blanchett 69), 16 Jamal Fyfield; 19 Michael Potts
(7 Jamie Reed 56), 8 Scott Kerr, 26 Patrick McLaughlin (20 Jon Challinor 56);
17 Matty Blair, 9 Jason Walker, 10 Ashley Chambers. Substitutes (not used):
1 Paul Musselwhite, 5 David McGurk, 27 Tom Allan, 33 Alex Rodman.
Booked: Kerr 90, Smith 90, Parslow 90.
Referee: Tim Robinson.
Attendance: 5,881 (188 away)
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