Plymouth
Argyle’s play-off hopes have taken a step back after a 2-0 defeat to Oxford
United last Saturday at Home Park.
Argyle will
make the trip to Bury on Easter Friday before welcoming AFC Wimbledon to Home
Park three days later on Bank Holiday Monday for the Easter fixture period.
The Pilgrims
remain in ninth position after the loss to United who moved into the last of
the play-off spots. There is hope
amongst the green army as there are only four points separating Oxford in
seventh and Argyle in ninth. With four
games to be played there is still a lot to be played for in the League.
Plymouth
Argyle last trip to Gigg Lane home of Bury was in 2002 in the first round of the
FA Cup. The date was exactly Saturday
16th November 2002 in The Football League Second Division. Argyle won 3-0 with goals coming from Micky
Evans just before the 20minute mark. Ten
minutes later Paul Sturrock’s team had scored another from an own goal from
Jamie Stuart. There was still time for
one of Paul Wotton’s spectacular free kicks in the game.
The last time Plymouth and Bury played each
other was in League Two on Saturday 21st December 2013 at Home Park. Former Pilgrim Caolan Lavery, who was on loan
to Argyle from Championship outfit Sheffield Wednesday, scored the opening goal
on the tenth minute mark. Exactly four
minutes into the second half Bury had pulled back level Chris Sedgwick scored
from 20 yards betting keeper Luke McCormick in between the sticks. Rueben Reid restored Argyles lead by slotting
home from close range from a Lewis Alessandra cross. The Devon club won the fixture 2-1.
Manager John
Sheridan will be without Maxime Blanchard for the Friday fixture. The Frenchman was sent off in the early
stages of the second half in Plymouth last Saturday. Blanchard will serve a one match ban as he
picked up two yellow cards. Lewis Alessandra is back in contention after
recovering from a hamstring injury. The
25 year old made his comeback in the defeat to the U’s. If involved in the fixture Tope Obadeyi will
come up against his former team mates.
The speedy winger has enjoyed two loan spells with the Devon club this
season most recently Tope’s last game in a green shirt was playing in the Devon
Derby on March 25th. Pablo Mills will be
looking to start for Bury after putting pen to paper on a new 12 month contract
with the Manchester side.
Available: Jake Cole, Cameron Dawson, Paul
Wotton, Neal Trotman Curtis Nelson, Durrell Berry, Ben Purrington, Luke Young,
Dominic Blizzard, Conor Hourihane, Nathan Thomas, Andres Gurrieri, Jason
Banton, Rommy Boco, Lewis Alessandra, Rueben Reid, Marvin Morgan, Tyler Harvey,
Enoch Showunmi,
Unavailable: Luke McCormick (dislocated and
fractured finger), Ryan Lane (knee injury), Matt LeCointe (knee injury), Matt
Parsons (thigh injury), Jamie Richards, Isaac Vassell (both players on loan to
Weymouth), Maxime Blanchard (suspended)
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