Sunday, 6 November 2011

GREENS THAT BECAME GLOVERS

The recent loan signing of Conor Clifford for Yeovil Town has increased the contingent of former Plymouth Argyle currently at Huish Park to four.

Conor, who joined the Glovers on loan from Chelsea, played eight games for the Pilgrims last season but was forced to return to Stamford Bridge due to a transfer embargo placed on Argyle for an unpaid tax bill.

He made his debut in yesterday's 2-2 draw with Chesterfield at the B2net Stadium.

Amongst his new team-mates are three former Argyle players in the form of Paul Wotton, Steven MacLean and Bondz N'gala.

Wotton, of course, was an inspirational figure during his time with Argyle as he captained his home town club to Division Three and Division Two title triumphs in 2002 and 2004 respectively.

MacLean became Argyle's record signing when he arrived at Home Park during the 2007-08 season. However, he failed to repeat the form he showed earlier in his career for Scunthorpe United and Sheffield Wednesday whilst with the Pilgrims and he was loaned out to Aberdeen and Oxford United before he was released by Peter Reid in the summer.

N'gala also joined Yeovil in the summer after leaving Home Park because of the Pilgrims' previous financial issues.

Another former Pilgrim who was previously with Yeovil was Kiwi striker Rory Fallon who had a brief spell at Huish Park before heading North of the Border to join Aberdeen, where his team-mates include another pair of ex Pilgrims, Chris Clark and Kari Arnason.