The Opponent: Plymouth Argyle
I have been wondering today if this is likely to be the first matchday thread that fails to make it past a 5th page? I have also been wondering, if we ran a separate thread at the same time as this one for those who are (rather unfairly) having difficulties with the Myworld Player thingy, would this thread run past a couple of pages? Now I know it may sound like I have too much time on my hands but I was thinking this whilst clearing away the leftover rubbish from some caravan dwellers at a gypsy camp this morning, sometimes you have to think about these things, especially when you are carrying 5 litre emulsion pots full of human faeces and stagnant rain water. Anyway, like the likely length of this thread, I will keep it short.
Plymouth (who will call them Plymuff first and think it was their own wacky idea of a name?) Argyle make the trip up the M5 and along the M4 to what is not likely to be a packed County Ground as it never is in the early stages of the JPT. Even when we played Barnet at the CG a couple of seasons back with a place at Wembley at stake I still don’t think we were anywhere near full, and after an expensive few weeks following Town, even a cheap ticket may well not be enough of a lure for a fair few thousand that would normally turn up for a league match. Plymouth have always travelled well, and fair play to the ones that do tonight, but I really couldn’t imagine us taking any more than a couple of hundred if we were making the journey down south. The City of Plymouth (not to be confused with Plymouth, Massachusetts, is bigger than I thought to be honest, being home to some 250’000 residents, and a University with over 30’000 students and 3000 staff! That’s a lot of tuition fees Mr Clegg. Some of the more ‘notable’ people to hail from Plymouth include swimmer Sharon Davies, all round ponce Wayne Sleep, dysentery victim, Sir Frances Drake, former Labour Party leader Michael Foot, and everyone’s favourite troll victim, Tom Daley.
The Last Time We Met At – The County Ground - Back in April 2012 in front of over 10’000 we completed the double over Argyle for the season with a 1-0 win care of Alan Connell. I remember the game at Home Park earlier in the season with a late winner from Rafa De Vita, great days.
They have served us both – Wanker Aljofree, Blair & Paul Sturrock, Vincent Pericard, Steve Adams, Lilian Nalis, Lee Cox, Ben Tozer
Where the opposition gather –
http://www.pasoti.co.uk/talk/viewforum.php?f=30&sid=9d402741480f0e831a4c5fb60e94dd06Last 6 – LWLLDL Plymouth’s last game against local rivals Exeter City ended in a 3-1 defeat, the natives are becoming very restless.
The Odds – Swindon 4/7 Draw 3/1 Plymouth 11/2 Fancy a dreadful 0-0? 12/1 and it will be off to penalties after. Egyptian forward Mohamed El Gabbas is best price 7/1 to score the 1st goal.
The Son Says – He has gone for a straight and easy 3-0 victory. No penalties, no nailbiting.
The Prediction – Plymouth’s league 2 form is not great at the moment and it sound like they plan on making full use of the squad they have to fit in with JPT rules. I can only see winner here and that’s us, 4-0 with an El Gabbas double, Nicky Ajose and a late own goal. Crowd? Its hard to call this one but I am going for 4’102, which will be the largest JPT crowd of the night. 188 from Plymouth
And Finally - The children’s rhyme Old Mother Hubbard was written in Yealmpton near Plymouth. Sarah Catherine Martin wrote it while staying there in Kitley House, now a hotel. The subject of her pictures and verses was supposedly the housekeeper, but it is thought Martin at the very least built on existing folk verse, which some claim was a carefully hidden criticism of Wolsey and Henry VIII.