The two South West sides remaining in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy will be whittled down to just one after Plymouth Argyle were paired with Devon rivals Exeter City in the Quarter Finals of the competition.
It has been over eight years since the two sides last met each other in a competitive fixture and it promises to be a keenly fought contest. On that night on February 26th 2002, the Pilgrims came out on top, winning 3-0 courtesy of a brace from Marino Keith and another effort from Steve Adams. The Grecians were reduced to ten men on the night when their former Pilgrims striker Sean McCarthy was sent off for elbowing the then Argyle skipper Graham Coughlan.
However, whilst history shows that Argyle have had the upper hand in the meetings between the two sides (they have won 29 of the 74 meetings since their first encounter in 1908), it is City who have the better record in the JPT.
They have played each other four times and the Grecians have won two of these ties, whilst there have also been one draw and just a solitary win for Argyle.
The tie takes place in the week commencing November 8th and nearly a month before the two sides face each other in the league on December 11th.
So for whoever wins it will be an historic victory and the loser can console themselves with the fact that they will have the opportunity to gain swift revenge.
