March.E2.80.93May 2009–10 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season
bradley wright-phillips returned injury score 3 important goals.
argyle salvaged late point against preston north end @ start of march, remained in serious trouble @ bottom end of table, 7 points adrift of safety 13 matches remaining. 2–0 defeat followed @ queens park rangers, adel taarabt playing part in both of home sides goals. draws @ home park proving achilles heel argyle, secured creditable 1–1 draw @ play-off chasing coventry city, having taken lead through glancing header Árnason. 3 days later, 20-yard strike captain fletcher earned argyle fifth home win of season in 3–2 thriller against bristol city. had taken 2–0 lead through chris clark , overhead kick bradley wright-phillips, first club. however, visitors responded in second-half 2 goals nicky maynard before former welsh international fletcher scored seconds spare. argyle travelled play scunthorpe united looking keep momentum, threw away lead defeated deflected effort martyn woolford.
they on road again 3 days later when faced ipswich town @ portman road. argyle came away 3 points courtesy of goals wright-phillips , mason on special night paul mariner. pretty special , little choked up, said. special night. when moved states 20 years ago, didn t think come fruition tremendous reception fans, , can t thank them enough. bringing plymouth argyle here in present role special occasion. former manager ian holloway returned home park first time since departure in november 2007 in club s next game, , left happy blackpool side claimed 3 points after 2–0 victory, charlie adam @ heart of attacking threat. argyle played out entertaining 0–0 draw @ home barnsley 3 days later, did little in battle against relegation, still 5 points away safety. produced rousing away performance against doncaster rovers earn 2–1 win, coming behind second-half goals mason, , injury time header wright-phillips. in order stay up, argyle knew had make of remaining home games, went down 2–0 on 5 april efficient middlesbrough side, left them 4 points adrift 4 games left. solitary goal watford s heidar helguson dealt argyle s survival hopes fatal blow @ vicarage road, vice-captain karl duguid remained upbeat chances of defeating league leaders in next game. ll upbeat, , ll go win against newcastle next monday.
it night of contrasting emotions @ home park. 2–0 win visitors confirmed argyle s relegation league 1 , newcastle s promotion premier league champions @ first attempt. hours after match, club s board declared remained determined steer top flight of english football. paul mariner reaffirmed commitment club, vowing put things right. feel pain of supporters because club gave me first start, said. reason came here because of vision club can premiership. ve got couple of hurdles before firmly believe can it. argyle s penultimate game of season took place @ city ground against nottingham forest, had qualified play-off s, , secured comfortable 3–0 victory against relegated side. club signed off campaign home defeat against peterborough united on 2 may. argyle took lead in first-half fine individual goal wright-phillips conceded 2 goals after break craig mackail-smith. 4 days later, club announced searching new manager, paul mariner reverting original role head coach. said: disappointed not produce results wanted last season. realist , understand why , how board came conclusion have done. committed club , want regain championship status possible , build on that. work on new state-of-the-art fibrelastic pitch @ home park began following week.
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