Plymouth 3-0 Sheff Utd
Plymouth claimed their first win of the year with goals from Graham Coughlan, Paul Wotton and Dexter Blackstock.
However, Sheffield United’s cause was not helped when they were forced to replace injured keeper Paddy Kenny with midfielder Phil Jagielka on 28 minutes. By that stage the visitors were already one down, Coughlan converting Tony Capaldi’s cross with a fierce volley. Wotton beat Jagielka from 25 yards out after the break before Blackstock headed home Peter Gilbert’s cross.
– Plymouth manager Bobby Williamson said: “We had our luck tonight because their keeper got injured which was unfortunate for them. “But we’d also got an early goal while he was on and that lifted everybody. “I’m delighted that we bounced back from Saturday and our heavy defeat at West Ham and that our sequence without a win is now over.”
– Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock said: “We expected a tough match and it wasn’t pretty. “Plymouth are fighting for their lives, and we knew they would come at us from the off and then to lose your goalkeeper is a blow to any team. “We hung on till half-time but Plymouth scored early in the second half.” Plymouth: McCormick, Connolly, Coughlan, Aljofree, Gilbert, Norris, Wotton, Buzsaky, Capaldi, Chadwick, Evans (Blackstock 82). Subs Not Used: Lasley, Gudjonsson, Adams, Taylor. Booked: Wotton. Goals: Coughlan 3, Wotton 47, Blackstock 88. Sheff Utd: Kenny (Thirlwell 28), Geary, Bromby, Jagielka, Harley, Liddell, Tonge (Quinn 59), Montgomery, Cullip, Shaw (Forte 59), Gray. Subs Not Used: Francis, Johnson. Booked: Tonge, Quinn. Att: 13,953. Ref: S Tanner (S Gloucestershire).