Match Day Thread versus Sunderland

The Ref for this one has issued 8 reds so far this season. Gulp.......

Anyway, I'll start this off with Plymouth 0 - Sunderland ?? (fill in as you think).

 

Nil

 

That's not what you put in the prediction thread you naughty boy......

 

Ok, 1-1 it is.

 

Sunderland are showing serious play-off promotion jitters.....in the recent form league (last 8 games).....Argyle only have 5 teams below them....and guess what....Sunderland are one of them....so recently their very good away form has faltered (still only 3 defeats).....we have a slight chance....as long as we score first.

 

Plymouth is a port city in Devon, southwest England. It’s known for its maritime heritage and historic Barbican district with narrow, cobbled streets. Sutton Harbour is home to the National Marine Aquarium, where sharks and rays glide in a deep tank. Also in the harbour are several marinas and a fish market, the Plymouth Fisheries. The Mayflower Steps are where the Pilgrim Fathers set sail for the New World in 1620.

• Plymouth Original Strength Gin has been distilled at England’s oldest working distillery, Black Friars on Plymouth’s historic Barbican since 1793
  

• Jackas Bakery, located on the Barbican, is reputed to be the oldest commercial bakery in the world still in operation
  

• In 1919 Nancy Astor became the first woman Member of Parliament, representing the constituency of Sutton in Plymouth
  

• In 1882 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle worked at a friend’s medical practice in Durnford Street, Stonehouse
  

• William Cookworthy discovered the process for making porcelain using clay from a Cornish quarry in 1766 and subsequently set up a factory in Plymouth
  

• Plymouth became the first town in Britain to receive a fresh water supply from outside its boundaries thanks to Sir Francis Drake constructing a 14-mile leat from the River Meavy on Dartmoor in 1591
  

• The original Eddystone Lighthouse (1698 - 1703) was the first offshore lighthouse in the world and constructed of wood. The third Eddystone Lighthouse was re-erected on Plymouth Hoe in 1882 and is a now popular tourist attraction. The fourth Eddystone Lighthouse is still in use
  

• Aircraftsman Shaw (better known as T E Lawrence – Lawrence of Arabia) served with the RAF in Plymouth
  

• The Port of Plymouth serves the biggest Naval Base in Western Europe with base ported vessels including nuclear submarines and large warships, and many ships from foreign navies visit Plymouth for Operational Sea Training
  

• Sir Francis Chichester left Plymouth on 27 August 1966 in his ketch Gipsy Moth IV and circumnavigated the world singlehanded, arriving back in Plymouth on 28 May 1967 after 266 days
  

• Sir Joshua Reynolds (first president of the Royal Academy) and Captain Bligh (of Bounty fame) were both born in Plymouth, in 1723 and 1754 respectively
  

• Originally Plymouth Argyle Football Club was known as Plymouth Argyll Football Club, as the founders of the club wished the team to emulate the style of football played by the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. The name was later changed to ‘Argyle’ because the founding members had rooms in Argyle Terrace in Plymouth
  

• Plymouth sided with the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War and the Royalists, once returned to overall power, placed cannons facing both towards the sea and the town to remind Plymothians of the future consequences should they repeat their stance against the monarchy

• Since 1850 Plymouth has been a destination for cruise liners, including trans-Atlantic ships. Famous people to have disembarked at Millbay include Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy

• The main retail area of Plymouth was largely destroyed during the Second World War. Sir Patrick Abercrombie and James Paton Watson designed the ‘Plan for Plymouth’ and the resulting retail centre is now one of the best examples of 1950s architecture in the world

• Captain Cook left Plymouth on the Endeavour in 1768 on his first voyage

• Prior to the departure of the Pilgrim Fathers aboard the Mayflower in 1620, Richard Grenville had left Plymouth in 1584 and set up the Roanoke Colonies in America

• In 1787, the convict ships ‘Friendship’ and ‘Charlotte’ sailed from Plymouth carrying men and women to Australia

• A young Charles Darwin left Plymouth Barbican on The Beagle in 1831

• Catherine of Aragon – first wife of Henry VIII – arrived in Plymouth in 1501

• In 1838, the Tolpuddle Martyrs landed on the Barbican

• Napoleon left Plymouth on the Bellepheron in 1815 on his way to exile in St. Helena

• In 1990, ‘Snorkel’ the Loggerhead Turtle washed ashore on a Cornish beach was rescued and moved to Plymouth’s National Marine Aquarium. Early in 2008 ‘Mad Jack’, a 12 pound lobster thought to be at least 100 years old became another notable resident of the Aquarium

 

Morning all.

That was supposed to go on our matchday thread but I posted on yours by mistake so I'll leave it up.
You don't have anything but pride to play for, so I'm hoping for a 0-1 win for us and cement our place in the play offs.

 

Very interesting.....you missed out the fact....that Plymouth is now the biggest town/city never to have played in the top division...since Hull did it recently.

.....and also the Spanish Armada and bowls on the Hoe incident.....Sir Francis Drake we're told finished his game in 1588 before chasing off those pesky Spaniards.....I believe he lost that game in the end.....and Argyle have been following that same pattern quite well this season.

 

I missed out Sharron Davies was from there too , and she was a hell of a lot better looking than Michael Foot

 

Tom Daly is quite a nice boy as well.

....and of course...Chris 'Woody' Wood the Bastille drummer.

 

You can have Tom and I'll take Sharron then

 

Back in the 80s we played at home park, the memories are a bit vague, we travelled on the Friday night and were in Plymouth about 7 am, met a guy in a pub who was a steward, his nickname was "grizzley", an absolute gentleman, we met him in the return fixture, which was on a Tuesday evening IIRC, lost touch after that. Wonder if he's still on the go.

Anyhow, on to todays fixture, I think it'll be an away win to secure our place in the playoffs. Best of luck for the future, but not today.

 

Other factlets.

A greater concentration of bombs per square mile fell on Plymouth during its blitz than any other city in the UK except Coventry. As a child, my father could remember seeing the oil tanks opposite the dockyard burning from his home 40 miles away.

Plymouth has the highest incidence of red/green colour blindness in in the UK. Only around 30% of the population are able to comply with traffic lights.

 

30% of you lot won't be able to tell the two teams apart today then

 

Cooper, Watts, Opoku, Law, Edwards, Fornah, Camara, Mayor, Grant, Hardie, Ennis.

Subs.
McCormick, Reeves, Moore, Lolos, Jephcott, Craske, Tomlinson.

 

That's the story of our passing in the 2nd half of the season!

 

So 4:4:2 do we think (Edwards, Watts, Opoku, Law at the back) or 3:5:2 (Watts, Opoku, Law)?

Answers on a postcard.....

 

0-1...H/T.....Stewart...21mins.

Unfortunately I didn't see the goal....in fact I haven't seen too much of the game.....10 seconds of picture followed by 20 seconds of frozen pictureall the way through the first half....I'll turn off and reload see if that solves the problem.

Did see Edwards taken down in the penalty area....no joy....yet Sunderland have had free kicks for literally every Argyle touch....and Camara booked for a 50/50 situation....how can you stretch for the ball and not show your studs ?

8 fouls against Argyle ?....not any against Sunderland....very strange.

 

Argyle rather unlucky in the first half, playing some decent stuff up as far as the Sunderland penalty box but not converting good positions to clear chances.

Their goal looked offside but the video isn't conclusive. What I can say is that having sat in the relevant part of the Lyndhurst many times, the linos are hardly ever up with play when the ball moves quickly like that.

I'll also bet a pound to a penny that although he's clearly offside relative to Opoku, Watts was standing a few yards behind him. Note to Premier League hopeful centre backs. If you can't keep a straight line when the ball is in the other half, FORGET IT.

Should have had a stonewall penalty when Connor Grant was caught from behind and the ref has yet to give us a free kick of any kind. Not going our way again is it?

 

Lowe talks to Ref at H/T....and ends up with a yellow....Lowe applauds the Ref.