Friday, 1 November 2013

SkyBet League Two - Plymouth Argyle vs Northampton Town - Match Preview

There is only one name to be announced around Home Park and that is Neal Trotman. Conor Hourihane floated in an exquisite free kick to the back post, BANG Trotman headed home the winner in the 93rd minute.

Plymouth Argyle welcome Northampton Town to Home Park on Saturday, following there victory over Mansfield the week previously. Northampton however drew 1-1 at home to Cheltenham Town. the one point which the Clobbers picked up left them in 23rd place in the relegation zone on 10points. Argyle however dropped one place to 19th position following York City marvellous 4-1 victory over Scunthorpe in midweek.

Aidy Boothroyd's last visit to Plymouth with his Clobbers came on September 1st 2012, in season 2012-13. Alex Nicholls gave the visitors a half time lead 1-0 lead after scoring in the 26th minute. A second half turn around it was when Warren Feeney, now playing his football at Salisbury, equalised for the Pilgrims. Back in his hometown of Wales Rhys Griffiths the Fire-fighter gave the Green Amy something to shout about when he gave Argyle the lead inside the hour mark. Transformed into a striker for the game Curtis Nelson gave the Pilgrims a 3-1 lead before the fixture finished 3-2 when David Artell's scored with the last kick off the game.

Going to Wembley would be a dream come true for any player or fan, and so it did for Matt Duke who has played at the heart of English Football twice in a space of a few months. Matt first stepped on the Wembley pitch when Bradford entertainment Swansea in the 2013 Football League Cup Final. Unfortunately it didn't end up with smiles on the faces of the City players or fans as they lost 5 -0. In the fixture Matt Duke received a straight red card for bringing down Jonathon De Guzman in the box. It must have been second time lucky when Matt Duke returned to Wembley Stadium with his Bradford City teammates in May 2013. Matt kept a clean sheet and helped defeat Plymouth Argyle opponents on Saturday afternoon Northampton Town 3-0. In June 2013 Matt Duke signed a 2-year deal with Northampton Town. So far this season the goalkeeper has made 12 appearences for the Cobblers.

Matt LeCointe and Marvin Morgan remain the only absentee's for the fixture against Northampton, whilst Nick Chadwick has joined and scored two on his debut last weekend for Tamworth in the Skrill Premier. The Evertonian has joined the Staffordshire side until the New Year of 2014. Northampton manager Aidy Bothroyd will be looking to put new loan signing Kane Ferdinand straight into the squad against Plymouth. The cousin of Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand, Antalyaspor defender Anton Ferdinand and former professional footballer Les Ferdinand has joined Northampton Town from parent club Peterborough, in League One, on a one month loan deal. Roy O'Donovan is out of Saturday's League Two fixture, the forward has had a successful Hernia operation and will be out of action for a period of time. Roy joins a host of other players on the injury list; Clive Platt, Matt Heath, Lewis Hornby, Kelvin Langmead, Alex Nicholls and Kevin Amankwaah.

Available:- Jake Cole, Luke McCormick, Curtis Nelson, Maxime Blanchard, Jamie Richards, Neal Trotman, Guy Branston, Paul Wotton, Durrell Berry, Andre Blackman, Jamie Reckord, Ben Purrington, Andres Gurrieri, Conor Hourihane, Dominic Blizzard, Romuald Boco, Hamza Bencherif, Luke Young, Ryan Lane, Lewis Alessandra, Reuben Reid, Tyler Harvey, Isaac Vassell, Paul Hayes.

Unavailable: - Matt LeCointe (knee injury), Marvin Morgan (shoulder injury), Nick Chadwick (on loan to Tamworth until January 2014)

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