Sunday 29 May 2016

ARGYLE SQUAD'S PREVIOUS CUP FINAL EXPERIENCE

Ahead of tomorrow's Sky Bet League Two Play-off final between Plymouth Argyle and AFC Wimbledon, we will now look at the previous experience that the current Pilgrims' squad have of playing in cup finals.

Kelvin Mellor - Twice a Wembley winner whilst with Crewe Alexandra, he helped the Railwaymen to win the League Two Play-off final against Cheltenham Town in the 2011-12 and, a year later, he was part of the Crewe side that beat Southend United that lifting the Johnstone's Paint Trophy in 2013.

Carl McHugh - The Irishman appeared in one half of Bradford City's Wembley double of the 2012-13 season. He appeared for the Bantams in their Capital One Cup final appearance against Swansea City, which they lost 5-0, and was amongst the scorers in their semi-final win over Aston Villa.

Graham Carey - Was an 81st minute substitute in St Mirren's Scottish League Cup triumph of the 2012-13 season, which the Paisley based side won for the first time ever.

Gregg Wylde - Played the full 90 minutes in Rangers' 2011 Scottish League Cup win over Celtic, alongside Steven Davis and Kyle Lafferty who will both be appearing for Northern Ireland in Euro 2016 this summer.

Jamille Matt - Was an unused substitute in Fleetwood Town's 2014 League Two Play-off final victory over Burton Albion.

And the management team.

Paul Wotton - Whilst Argyle's 1996 Play-off appearance came just too soon in his career - he was only 18 at the time and had only made a handful of first team appearances - he did get to play in the 2010 Johnstone's Paint Trophy final, when the Saints beat Carlisle United 4-1.

Craig Brewster - The Pilgrims' first team coach scored the winning goal in Dundee United's 1994 Scottish Cup final victory over Rangers, which was the first time that the Terrors had won the trophy.

Derek Adams - Argyle manager Adams was part of the Ross County side that won the 2006 Scottish Challenge Cup, as player-coach and four years later, as manager of the Staggies, led them to their first ever Scottish Cup final appearance where they were beaten by Dundee United.