For the first time since they exited Administration in
October 2011, Plymouth Argyle now have a genuine opportunity to win promotion
from League Two after reaching this season’s Play-offs.
Two legs with Wycombe Wanderers, who finished 13 points
clear of the Pilgrims in 4th place in the league table, is all that
stands between Argyle and a first Wembley appearance since the 1996 Division
Play-off final with Darlington.
Over the past couple of years, a number of milestones have
been achieved by the club. Top scorer Reuben Reid became the first Pilgrims
striker since Tommy Tynan to score 20 goals or more in a season.
In this current campaign, he became the first Argyle forward
since Tynan to manage the feat twice.
Also this season, goalkeeper Luke McCormick kept 21 clean
sheets, which is a higher number than any keeper in Europe this season.
And manager John Sheridan now has the opportunity to join a
list of Pilgrims managers that includes Tony Waiters, Dave Smith, Neil Warnock
and Paul Sturrock who have led Argyle to promotion in living memory.
In a career that has seen him appear in two World Cups and
score a winning goal in a League Cup final as a player, and win a League Two
title and Johnstone’s Paint Trophy as a manager, further success with Argyle would
sit very comfortably alongside them.
