Plymouth Argyle manager John Sheridan will return to familiar
surroundings when the Pilgrims visit Chesterfield on Saturday for their second
of two consecutive away games.
Sheridan will revisit Chesterfield where he enjoyed three
successful seasons as manager from the years of 2009 to 2012 after being appointed
on June 9th 2009 on a three year contract. During his spell at the club he won two
trophies, with the first one coming in his second season in charge as The Spireites
won promotion to Npower League One. The celebrations started after a 3-1
victory over play-off chasing Gillingham in the last fixture of the
season. The following season guaranteed even
more festivities when the club reached the Johnstone Paint Trophy Final held at
Wembley against Swindon. After being
victorious at Wembley the club were relegated back to Npower League Two after
finishing in 22nd place. The following
season ended with Sheridan leaving the club on 28th August 2012 after
a result of two points from three games at the start of the season.
Following Tuesday’s Npower League Two results the Pilgrims
will go into the fixture full of confidence after a 2-0 victory over Southend
United at Roots Hall with goals from Paul Wotton and Reuben Reid. However for Chesterfield they will be aiming
to re-group after a 2-1 defeat at Plainmoor against Torquay, who were winning their
first fixture under interim manager Alan Knill.
As the League Two table stands Chesterfield sit in 12th
position on 53 points while the Pilgrims are placed in 20th place on
43 points. Plymouth Argyle is one of
four teams placed on 43 points with only goal difference separating the teams.
John Sheridan will be without Anthony Charles when Argyle take
on Chesterfield on Saturday. After
recovering from a groin injury he returned to the squad to play Southend United
on Tuesday. From suffering a recurrence of his groin injury on Tuesday he will
miss Saturday’s encounter. Scorer from Tuesday’s game replaced Charles and is
set to start the fixture alongside Guy Branston in central defence. Captain Conor Hourihane will have to be
extremely carefully not to earn himself one more yellow card if he wants to
participate in next Saturday’s Devon Derby at Home Park. The Irish midfield is one yellow card away
from 10 bookings and an automatic two match suspension. As for Chesterfield
they will be without defender Nathan Smith who will miss the rest of the
current season with a foot injury. He suffered
the injury in the first half of their away win at Oxford United last Saturday. Scans
had revealed that Smith had broken a bone in the top of his foot.
Available: - Jake
Cole, Rene Gilmartin, Ollie Chenoweth, Durrell Berry, Maxime Blanchard, Jamie
Richards, Guy Branston, Paul Wotton, Onismor Bhasera, Jason Banton, Lee Cox,
Luke Young, Conor Hourihane, Andres Gurrieri, Ronan Murray, Isaac Vassell, Joe
Bryan, Jared Sims, Paris Cowan-Hall, Matt LeCointe, Tyler Harvey, Nick
Chadwick, Reuben Reid.
Doubtful: -
Curtis Nelson (groin injury), Warren Feeney (ankle ligament injury).
Unavailable: -
Anthony Charles (groin injury), Jamie Lowry (ankle injury)
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