A couple of seasons ago
this would have been a Championship fixture, now both in the forth tier;
Scunthorpe United welcome Plymouth Argyle to Glanford Park in SkyBet League
Two.
Following relegation
from Npower League One (original sponsor, now SkyBet League One)Scunthorpe
United appointed Brian Laws on 29th October 2012 following the dismissal
of Alan Knill now at Argyle’s neighbours Torquay United to help steer them away
from relegation, following his appointment for the third time as their manager
he was unable to avoid relegation to the forth tier of English football.
After nearly ten 10 years at the clubs, years
1997 - 2004 and 2004 to 2006, Laws left the club to manage Sheffield United and
Burnley. He then returned to the club in
2012 after being sacked in December 2010 by Burnley.
Plymouth
Argyle will be looking to bounce back from their very disappointing result last
Saturday, home to Wycombe Wanders. The squad
lost 3-0 with Wanders taking the three points.
This left Argyle dropping to sixteenth place in the take instead of the
play-offs if they had won the fixture.
Scunthorpe will be looking to make it back to back victories following a
1-0 away win at Southend United last Friday evening lifting them to 11th in the
SkyBet League Two table..
The last
time both sides met in the league was in the Championship, season 2009-10. On Saturday October 3rd 2009, it was
the first of the two fixtures in the league when Argyle welcomed Scunthorpe to
Devon. On this occasion Plymouth won the
encounter 2-1 with goals from Jamie Mackie, now playing for Nottingham Forrest
and Alan Judge from the penalty box. The
Scunthorpe goal also came from a penalty but Judge was on hand to hand the
Devon side all three points. The reserve
fixture was played on Saturday 20th March 2010, despite Argyle taking
a 1-0 lead, the strike coming from Jamie Mackie, the Pilgrims were unable to
hold onto the lead for long when Scunthorpe equalized on the half way mark in
the first half from Garry Thompson. The Lincolnshire
side won the game with half an hour to go with Martyn Woolford scoring the
second goal of the afternoon for the Irons.
The Irons
will be without winger Ashley Welsh as he has to undergo a knee operation. Other than this injury Brian Laws has no new
injuries or suspensions from his players.
A twenty man Argyle squad travelled to Lincoln on Friday, with no new
injuries for Plymouth Argyle when they visit Glanford Park Saturday afternoon. John
Sheridan is still without strikers Matt LeCointe and Nick Chadwick. The pair have not featured this current
season due to knee injuries. After last weekend’s result for Argyle, John
Sheridan has insisted on making changes to the squad for the fixture in
Scunthorpe.
Available: - Jake Cole, Luke McCormick, Guy Branston, Curtis Nelson, Paul Wotton, Maxime Blanchard, Jamie Richards, Neal Trotman, Durrell Berry, Andre Blackman, Jamie Reckord, Ben Purrington, Andres Gurrieri, Conor Hourihane, Romuald Boco, Dominic Blizzard, Hamza Bencherif, Luke Young, Ryan Lane, Lewis Alessandra, Reuben Reid, Marvin Morgan, Tyler Harvey, Isaac Vassell.
Unavailable: - Matt LeCointe (knee injury), Nick
Chadwick (knee injury)
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