The first of
the Devon Derby’s is set to take place at St James Park on Saturday in a 1pm
kick-off when Exeter City meet their main rivals Plymouth Argyle.
John
Sheridan will take his Pilgrims side to St James Park, experiencing this for
the second time with the first coming at Home Park last season, in the 1-0
victory for Argyle. Not far behind
Arsene Wenger Paul Tisdale is one of the longest serving managers in all four
divisions and will be looking for revenge from the defeat at Home Park last
season.
The last
encounter between Exeter City and Plymouth Argyle at St James Park took place
on 15th December 2012. Not did
we know that it was to be Carl Fletchers last involvement in a Devon Derby
following the dismissal of him as manager in January 2013. After a defensive mistake from Zimbabwe
International and former Pilgrim Onismor Bhasera Exeter City were on their way
to victory following Liam Sercombe gave the home side a 1-0 lead in the 34th
minute. In the second half it wasn’t so
easy for the Grecians with Argyle pilling pressure on them. This finally paid off when former Argyle
winger Joe Lennox scored a spectacular goal in front of the green army which
levelled the game 1-1. Both set of fans
went home happy taking one point each after a 1-1 draw.
The return fixture at Home Park saw John Sheridan
take charge of his first Devon Derby in front of over 13,000 fans on 30th
March 2013. Formally on-loan to the
Pilgrims from Crystal Palace Jason Banton won the game in added time in the
first half putting Argyle 1-0 to the good.
The game will always be remembered for Banton’s shirt saying ‘Keep Calm and
Pass to Banton’.
Signed from
Brentford on a one month’s loan deal, Paul Hayes a 30 year old striker is set
to take some part in the Devon Derby on Saturday. The striker was signed by John Sheridan on
Friday after the Pilgrims haven’t scored any goals in their last three fixtures. The manager is also set to make many changes
to the squad when the Pilgrims visit Exeter. Durrell Berry is set to be included in the
Argyle squad after being absent for last Saturdays goalless draw against
Accrington Stanley at Home Park due to illness. Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale
will give late fitness tests to John O’Flynn and striker John Parkin late
fitness tests who are both struggling to overcome hamstring injuries. Former Pilgrim Alan Gow is look set to
partner Jamie Reid up front.
Apprenticeships Jake Gosling and Aaron Dawson are in contention for the
Devon Derby on Saturday.
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, Nick Chadwick, Paul Hayes
Unavailable: - Matt LeCointe (knee injury),
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