Sunday 26 April 2015

REID AND GRIMES NAMED IN PFA XI

Plymouth Argyle striker Reuben Reid and former Exeter City midfielder Matt Grimes have been named in the 2014-15 League Two PFA team of the season.

Reid became the first Pilgrims striker since Tommy Tynan to net 20 goals or more in consecutive seasons when he scored Argyle's opener against Tranmere Rovers on Saturday, as they won 3-2 to all but mathematically clinch their Play-off spot.

Grimes has emerged as arguably the brightest prospects that the Grecians' youth policy has ever produced, winning the club's Player of the Year award in his first full season as a professional in the 2013-14 campaign.

A call-up to the England Under-20 followed earlier this season before he then earned his dream £1.75million switch to Swansea City in the January 2015 transfer window.

Since his move to the Liberty Stadium, Grimes has made his Premiership debut for the Swans and returned to Devon in March with the England Under-20 squad, who played a friendly at Home Park against their American counterparts.

Amongst the other names to feature in the side were highly rated young Southend United goalkeeper Daniel Bentley and Portsmouth midfielder Jed Wallace.

Another former Exeter youth product George Friend, currently with Middlesbrough, was named in the Championship team of the season.