Chesterfield vs Plymouth Argyle-Match Preview

For the second of two consecutive away games, Argyle will travel to Chesterfield, the fixture that was rearranged due to the original match being snowed over.   

John Sheridan’s Pilgrims will make their second trip to the Proact Stadium home to Chesterfield this evening, following the postponement of the original fixture on 23^rd March 2013.  This Npower League Two fixture unfortunately fell foul of the British weather that was to hit most of the Country that week and weekend.         

John Sheridan will revisit Chesterfield where he enjoyed three successful seasons as manager from the years of 2009 to 2012 after being appointed on June 9^th 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 22^nd place.  The following season ended with Sheridan leaving the club on 28^th August 2012 after picking up two points from the first three games at the start of the season.

Plymouth Argyle will welcome back captain Conor Hourihane for their trip to Chesterfield on Tuesday evening.  The skipper has sat out the previous two games due to suspension after he picked up his 10^th bookable offence away at York City on Easter Monday.  One player who will be missing the encounter is Jason Banton who was on loan from Championship side Crystal Palace.  The winger was re-called by former Argyle boss Ian Holloway, by immediate effect, following Saturday’s narrow defeat to 3^rd place Burton Albion.  On loan Swindon midfielder Lee Cox is unavailable to manager John Sheridan for the remainder of the season. The midfielder is going to have to have surgery on his shoulder after dislocating it in the Devon Derby at Home Park. For Sheridan’s old club Chesterfield, they will be without experienced striker Jack Lester. Lester misses out through a back injury.  That is the only injury concern which Paul Cook is to worry about.           

Available: - Jake Cole, Rene Gilmartin, Ollie Chenowweth, Durrell Berry, Maxime Blanchard, Guy Branston, Anthony Charles, Curtis Nelson, Onismor Bhasera, Joe Bryan, Conor Hourihane, Luke Young, Ronan Murray, Andres Gurrieri, Paris Cowan-Hall, Jared Sims, Isaac Vassell, Reuben Reid, Nick Chadwick, Tyler Harvey, Matt LeCointe.

Doubtful: - Paul Wotton (groin injury)

Unavailable: - Jason Banton (re-called by Crystal Palace), Jamie Richards (on loan to Weymouth), Lee Cox (shoulder injury), Warren Feeney (ankle injury), Jamie Lowry (ankle injury)