Friday 29 April 2011

ARGYLE VERSUS CITY PART THREE

The stakes will be high tomorrow for Plymouth Argyle when they travel to St James Park for their midday meeting with Exeter City .

It will be the third time that the two sides have faced each other this season and a win for the Pilgrims would further boost their chances of staying in League One.

The Argyle side that will face the Grecians will be a much changed team from the one that defeated them 2-0 at Home Park in December when the Pilgrims won 2-0 with Bradley Wright-Phillips scoring both goals.

Wright-Phillips himself has since moved to Charlton Athletic, whilst Craig Noone, who provided the assists for both his efforts, departed for Brighton and Hove Albion. They were followed out of Home Park by Reda Johnson who headed north after being snapped up by Sheffield Wednesday.

A ten point deduction for entering Administration followed, but wins over Dagenham and Redbridge and Milton Keynes Dons over the Easter weekend have given the Pilgrims a fighting chance of beating the drop.

Exeter, on the other hand, saw their Play-Off chances ended by a 4-1 defeat at Tranmere Rovers on Easter Monday and now find themselves playing for pride and the opportunity of equalling or bettering their highest ever league finish of eighth place in League One.