Plymouth Argyle against Bristol City

My daughter came home from uni this weekend so we could go and see the Plymouth Argyle, Bristol City match. The kick off was at 12.30 and we set off from home at about 9.15 so we had plenty of time to park up and get to our seats.
On the way down the A38 there were a couple of police cars parked on slip roads leading on to the motor way which slowed up the traffic causing us to worry that we would miss the start of the match. As we past the second police car we spotted lots of coaches parked in a lay-by with lots of police bikes. The coaches were full of Bristol City supporters who were going to get an escort to the match. We wondered why the police were taking such precautions when we've never seen this before with any other match we've been to.
While looking on UTube tonight I came across the video below and now I know why there were worries about the City supports.
The match was a good one although a bit disappointing as, with Plymouth with a one nil lead we then gave them an own goal ending in a result of a one all draw
Was it worth sitting in the cold and wet for one point? It sure was!

Plymouth Argyle Players at Their Best

Looks like Plymouth Argyle have decided to catch up with the rest of the country and write a blog during every match. They have also just added some very interesting photos of the players training in Austria to their site. I thought I would just add one to show the lads at their best.

Makes a nice change from only seeing their legs!

Ian Holloway on the Championship

Well he's back again this season and to wet your appeite he has written his views on the Championship. Yes, Ian Holloway will be writing his Column every Friday for the BBC Sports online page. You can see his thoughts here

The Mighty Greens

Plymouth Argyle showed Bristol Rovers what football is all about this afternoon. As mentioned in the last post, when the two met last, Rovers beat Argyle 1-0. Todays match showed just how far Ian Holloway has brought the team forward in just one season. By half time Argyle were leading 5-1 with Rovers scoring just before half time.

The end result, with both teams scoring another 2 goals each, was 7-3. It was great training for the fans who seemed to be out of their seats more than in them. And the team were able to put into practice what they had been working hard on since the end of the season.

Now we have the season to look forward to and a lot more victories for the Green Army.

In Training

As players do, we fans need some training before the start of the season. Maybe not as much as the players do as we don't have to run around after the ball for 90 minutes, but we do need to get our singing voices into tune and practice waving our arms.

My training starts today, one week before our game with Hull, at Home park to watch the friendly between Argyle and Bristol Rovers. This was also the match which acted as my training for last season. Rovers played in PINK and it must have dazzled our players as we lost 1-0.

This time around I don't think they will have the pleasure of going home with a win. We will be showing the tack tics and skills we have learnt since the end of the season and running rings around The Rovers.

Come On You Greens

Holloway after a freebie

Ian Holloway is thinking of going to France to pick up a freebie. Well, he's thinking of going on a scouting mission to find us some new players.
As Ian puts it,

"There is a lot happening over there. I would be able to see 16 games in three days and nearly everybody involved is free. So, I may just have to go."

Lets hope he finds someone to replace striker Cherno Samba, who Ian has place on the transfer list, on a free deal. Ian was his usual self when talking to the clubs website regarding the decision:

"He's got another year with us but I can't see him progressing.

"I have got some young lads who he is in the way of. I need to make room for them. If he can't progress I would like him to go somewhere else."

Blog for the man of Football

David Beckham has decided its time he had his own web site and he has decided to write a blog within the site.

At the moment he only has one post on it but he is intending to keep it updated. Only time will tell.

David Beckham's Offical Blog