FA CUP MATCH DAY THREAD NEWPORT V PLYMOUTH ARGYLE

Man in the middle  Dean Whitestone, 24 Games 61 Yellows No Reds

He refereed the Argyle's FA Cup First Round win against Mansfield and the 2-0 win at Exeter in September.

Assisted by Thomas Harty and Chris Husband

The fourth official is Ollie Yates.

Big day looms I am going for 2 - 0 win (Grandson will be back from Birmingham after a family break and has reserved his seat)

Argo don't do 'big' occasions.

Newport 2-0 Argo

Freathy wrote:

Argo don't do 'big' occasions.

Newport 2-0 Argo

Now there's a fecking surprise.
Happy Christmas Freathy

Freathy wrote:

Argo don't do 'big' occasions.

Newport 2-0 Argo

Why not have a "season ticket" on 0 ~ 2.  I have one on 1 ~ 0 for home games.

Hopefully freathy isn't right for once. Depends which argyle turn up, so very poor performance against a poor team in Newport.
Much improved to get a deserved win against league leaders and then another average performance against a struggling team.
One good stat, we haven't conceded in three games.
However we are playing on their shit heap of a pitch and it's the FA cup, so anything goes.
Hope we win but won't lose any sleep over a loss will leave that to  the  Avivas.

FIGHTING TALK FROM DA

TARGET RED

DEREK Adams says that his Argyle players have all the motivation they need as they head into their Emirates FA Cup second round replay against Newport County on Wednesday night.
The winners of the tie will be rewarded by a trip to Anfield to meet Liverpool in the third round of the famous competition, bringing with it financial incentive, as well a chance for players to play on a grand stage.

Wednesday’s replay will be television live on BT Sport, as will the third round game, whoever Liverpool will end up hosting.

“We’re looking forward to the game,” said Derek. “It’s a big match. We all know that to progress to the next round we get an opportunity of playing Liverpool in the next round.

“For the players, they want to get through to the next round, and get to Anfield. There’s no more [motivation needed] than that. Liverpool awaits the winner; we’ll drum that into them and hopefully put on a really good performance tomorrow night.

“It’s a big occasion for everybody. That’s why the television cameras have chosen the game, because it’s an important fixture.

“There’s pressure; but then there’s pressure every week. It is a competition that the players, at the start of the season, wanted to do well in. It’s a difficult game because we are away from home, but it is a venue we have already won at this season.”

Argyle’s victory at Rodney Parade came almost two months to the day before their second visit arrives. A 3-1 win in Sky Bet League two not straightforward, but Argyle deserved their victory. With Graham Carey’s penalty double and a Jordan Slew goal enough to see off the Exiles, whose response came from Jon Parkin, now no longer with the club.

Argyle have played Newport on another two occasions this season, both at Home Park, both in cup competitions. A 4-1 win in the Checkatrade Trophy in August was followed by a 0-0 draw earlier this month, which has led to the imminent replay.

The Pilgrims are top of the league, as they were last Christmas, and are hoping to use their league superiority – Newport are bottom of League Two when matters turn to the FA Cup.

“The league is important because we’ve made it important,” said Derek. “That’s down to the players and staff that we’ve been able to put ourselves in a very good position.

“We’re grounded in the way we think. There are a lot of very good teams in the league, and we have put on a very good run. We’ve been able to progress, beat the league leaders Doncaster last week, then gone on to win away against Accrington.

“We’ve put ourselves in a good position in the league. We have to go in and play as we did at Accrington. Be dogged, and by doing that, and taking our chances, we’ll hopefully progress.

“We’ve played each other; we know the type of player they’ve got. They have changed things about a wee bit in their last few games; we’ll have an understanding of how they are going to play.

“We are in confident mood. We have to deal with what Newport will throw at us, and put pressure on them.

(from Argyle media)

I hope it was know one from here that done this idiot thing


Despite rumours circulating around social media, i have just spoken with the Gwent police in Newport who have confirmed that tonights game is definately ON !!


Newport Twitter

   Tweets Tweets & replies Media

   Newport County AFC Retweeted

   The second round of the [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] reaches its conclusion tonight. The prize? A third-round trip to @LFC!

Newport County AFC ‏@NewportCounty 1h1 hour ago

Tickets continue to sell well for tonight's game. We advise supporters to arrive as early as possible to get tickets.

All im seeing is complaints about the pitch, is this a case of ' making excuses before the inevitable'

Think you're getting Argyle confused with Man U

As we enter the final few hours before our FA Cup Second Round Replay against Plymouth Argyle we would like to encourage supporters who have yet to purchase tickets to do so well in advance of kick off.

We have now sold over 4,000 tickets  for the game and the ticket office will be open from 10am this morning up until kick off.


Parking

Car parking will be limited within the ground due to the match being televised along with other equipment required to support the game.

No vehicles will be granted access to the stadium from 6.15pm and all vehicles  will need to be on the list to gain entry.

If you have any doubt about parking tonight please contact James Watts at [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]


Pre - match entertainment

We are opening the We Fight Any Claim Marquee from 5pm with local band Anthem playing from 6.30pm.

Please note that Rodney Hall will not be open and there is no charge to enter the marquee.


Pitch

Overnight we have had the pitch covered and it will remain so as close to kick off as possible to protect the playing surface.

(From Newport media this afternoon)

Loving the "We fight any claim marquee "

I have a reasonable stream, PM with an HD please xxx

just put the Argyle onesie on, hopefully that'll liven up this shitefest

To all you fcukers watching this shite on tv, spare a thought for us poor saps who have to watch it for real every week.

Not watching it at all. Was listening on 5 live extra but lost the will to live. Utter shite.

Czar, you have my deepest sympathy, Klopp must be shitting himself.

Was full on for first 20 minutes, now turned into league two dross. As freathy would say glad I'm not there.
coyg

Lacking cutting edge, look vulnerable to quick breakaway, fortunate so far that Newport are so shit.
Don't think here Klopp has much to worry about whoever wins.

Just got in from the pub and watched for 10 mins.

Feckin rubbish. win or lose.

Brent, Hallet Wrathall and all the small time janner wankers................just feck off.

Worst team in the football league v the second worst. I'll leave you to work out which is which.

Embarrassing. Hope we lose, so the shareholders can't cut their investment costs on buying the decaying stadium, hoping for a miracle and thousands of idiots to turn up to sing the janner song.. Just feck off now................
Village people being led by the nose...................