Tomorrow's meeting between Plymouth Argyle and Huddersfield Town will mark the first ever managerial meeting between Peter Reid and Lee Clark.
In 1997 Reid paid £2.5million to bring Clark to Sunderland from their arch rivals Newcastle United. He remained at the Stadium of Light for two years before moving to Fulham.
Clark has spoken of his admiration of Reid and his connection to him is not the only link between the respective coaching staffs of the Pilgrims and the Terriers.
His assistant, at the Galpharm Stadium, Terry McDermott played for England alongside Argyle head coach Paul Mariner and the Pilgrims assistant coach Adam Sadler once worked alongside Clark at Newcastle United's Academy and succeeded him as manager of the Magpies' reserve side.
However, putting friendships to one side, it promises to be a keenly fought contest as both sides need the three points for very different reasons.
Argyle are currently lying 19th in the table and are looking to improve a disappointing home record that has seen them only win once at Home Park in the 2010-11 campaign in six league matches. In contrast to this, Huddersfield are currently 5th in League One and have eyes on a place in the top two of the division.
