Plymouth Argyle Daily News - Thursday 12 March

The latest Argyle news and gossip.

According to the Times and the Daily Mail an announcement is expected on Thursday stating all Premier League and EFL games to be played behind closed doors with immediate effect in an effort to combat the coronavirus.
Season ticket holders will be able to watch games on the iFollow service, no games will be shown in pubs.
If this goes ahead Argyle's game against Morecambe will be the first game played behind closed doors. There is no end date for this plan of action.
Daily Mail
The Times

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Pasoti Man of the Match winners so far:
Antoni Sarcevic - 7 games
Danny Mayor - 6
George Cooper - 4
Alex Palmer - 4
Tyreeq Bakinson - 2
Byron Moore - 2
Ryan Hardie - 2
Josh Grant - 2
Joe Edwards - 2

At a Crewe Fans' Forum on Wednesday manager David Artell was still critical of referee Tom Nield who took charge of the game at Home Park last month

I had a meeting with (head of referees) Mike Jones recently and he apologised for the Plymouth game. I didn’t say anything I felt inappropriate at half time, I was worried about him genuinely, he was crumbling. And I was proven right.
On referees as a whole, Mike wanted to chat with me because of the help I’ve been giving him all season.

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Cheshire Live

Ryan Lowe on the Sky Debate show spoke about the coronavirus and revealed that no Argyle player is self isolating, players are washing their hands more and the dressing room is cleaned more often.
He said he doesn't want games to be played behind closed doors and it would financially affect many lower league clubs.

Ryan Lowe at today's press conference ...





Peterborough United owner Darragh MacAnthony has tweeted ...
He and Accrington owner Andy Holt would prefer games to be postponed and played in May and June (players are under contract until end of June) with a later start for the new season.



EFL Day of Action at Home Park .....You Tube video

Midfielder Tyreeq Bakinson talks about his season so far .. club website


The UK government is considering banning sporting fixtures amid the coronavirus outbreak - but it will not happen immediately.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said ..

"We are considering banning major public events like sporting fixtures.
"The scientific advice is this has little effect on the spread - but it does place a burden on other public services.
"We are not saying no to that sort of measure, we are keeping it up our sleeves. But it is very, very important in order to maximise our interventions that we get the timing right."

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