Monday, 26 February 2018

ARGYLE IN PLAY-OFFS FOLLOWING SENSATIONAL SIXTH AGAINST BANTAMS

Six proved to be the magic number for Derek Adams and Plymouth Argyle as the Pilgrims finally edged into the League One Play-offs with victory over fellow promotion hopefuls Bradford City.

It was Argyle's sixth consecutive win, which lifts the Pilgrims into the Play-off zone for the first time this season. A first half strike from Antoni Sarcevic proved to be enough to separate the two sides -  the Bantams were also reduced to ten men when Charlie Wyke was sent off late on following an aerial challenge with Sonny Bradley.

With 11 games to go - the Pilgrims now have 53 points and another 20 points should be enough to seal their place in the end of season showdown, but sensibly Adams has said that Argyle will be taking each game as it comes.

It's a sensible approach, especially for a team that only had five points to their name at the end of September.

Also since Adams was appointed as the successor to John Sheridan in the summer of 2015, the Pilgrims have won more games (66) than any other of the 92 clubs in the Premier League and the Football League - including Manchester City the next in the list on 65.

Regardless of what happens between now and the beginning of May - Argyle will definitely be playing in League One next season, a status which was in the balance as recently as December.