Twenty Fourth in Npower League Two, what else can go wrong
for the Pilgrims? Plymouth Argyle will now travel to AFC Wimbledon for a
Tuesday evening fixture.
Following Saturday’s 1-0 defeat to Northampton at Sixfields
Stadium, John Sheridan’s Plymouth Argyle face another tough away fixture at The
Cherry Red Records Stadium against 21st placed AFC Wimbledon on
Tuesday evening. From the defeat at the
weekend Plymouth Argyle slipped to the foot of the table in 24th
position, two points from safety. As for
the teams that are surrounding the Pilgrims at the bottom of League Two results
went against Plymouth Argyle. One of the
results was Tuesday’s opponents AFC Wimbledon, who picked up all three points
after a convincing 1-0 win over Dagenham and Redbridge at Victoria Road. From that victory the Wombles rose to 21st
placed in the table.
The last time Plymouth Argyle faced AFC Wimbledon at The
Cherry Red Records Stadium known as the Kingsmeadow Stadium was in spring, Tuesday
March 6th in Npower League Two, season 2011-12. From this fixture the Pilgrims came away
victorious winning the fixture 2-1. The Argyle goal scorers were Zimbabwe
International Onismor Bhasera and Shropshire born Nick Chadwick. From that evening’s fixture left-back Onismor
Bhasera scored Argyle’s fastest away goal in history. This fixture was also a turning point in the
Pilgrims avoiding relegation to the Blue Square Conference Premier as they
started the encounter in the bottom two places. This season however both teams
have already played each other at Home Park on Saturday 6th October
2012. The Pilgrims lost this encounter
2-1 after former Pilgrim Rhys Griffiths had equalised. Minutes later in
additional time AFC Wimbledon had scored the winning goal from Rashid Yussuff.
After last Saturday’s encounter veteran midfielder Paul
Wotton will be aiming to make the starting line-up. The Plymouth-born returned to Argyle last
season after being released by former Pilgrims boss Paul Sturrock in 2008. After being named in the team sheet for
Saturday’s game Wotton made his 467 appearance for his home town side. From that magnificent achievement he moved up
to third alongside Fred Craig on the list of players who have appeared most for
the Pilgrims.
John Sheridan will welcome back striker Nick Chadwick from
his six match suspension for their visit to The Cherry Red Record Stadium. Chadwick was sent off when Argyle travelled
to Stoke-on-Trent for the game against Port Vale on Saturday 5th
January, the day best remembered for Darren Purse signing for Port Vale. From the red card that he was given, Chadwick
had already granted himself with a three match suspension. The extra three match suspension was handed
out to the striker by the football league for an off the ball incident which
the referee failed to see moments after kick-off. John Sheridan will have to wait on the
fitness of right-back Durrell Berry. Berry had not been named in the line-up to
face Northampton because of a knee injury.
From that the Pilgrims were only to name 6 substitutes on the bench at
Sixfields Stadium. Plymouth Argyle will
also be without Warren Feeney, Curtis Nelson and Rene Gilmartin. These three players are still struggling with
ankle ligament, groin and hamstring injuries.
Available: - Jake Cole, Ollie Chenoweth, Maxime Blanchard, Guy Branston, Jamie
Richards, Anthony Charles, Onismor Bhasera, Jason Banton, Paul Wotton, Jamie
Lowry, Lee Cox, Luke Young, Conor Hourihane, Jared Sims, Andres Gurrieri, Isaac
Vassell, Ronan Murray, Paris Cowan-Hall, Gozie Ugwu, Ruben Reid, Nick Chadwick,
Tyler Harvey, Matt LeCointe.
Doubtful: - Durrell Berry (knee injury)
Unavailable: - Rene Gilmartin (hamstring injury), Curtis
Nelson (groin injury), Warren Feeney (ankle ligament injury)
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