Argyle draw a blank in pre-season Bath friendly
Bath City 0 Plymouth Argyle 0
Pre-Season Friendly, Tuesday 16 July 2013
A goaless draw at Conference South side Bath City provided a testing encounter for Plymouth Argyle as they warm-up for the start of the 2013-14 season.
Bath showed plenty of attacking intent as Pilgrims manager John Sheridan again made a number of half-time changes to give as many of his squad as possible some game time.
Argyle twice hit the woodwork as both sides managed to create attacking openings but on a very warm evening, the goals had dried up.
Argyle's goalkeepers Jake Cole and Luke McCormick both impressed with some good saves and veteran defender Guy Branston made his first pre-season appearance after illness.
This was Plymouth's last away game before the start of the new season on 3 August. Home games against Football League opposition in the shape of the MK Dons and Yeovil Town follow, before the League Two opener at Southend United in a little over two weeks time.
Bath City, first half (4-4-2): 1 Jason Mellor; 2 Sekani Simpson, 5 Mark Preece, 4 Joe Burnell, 3 Aaron Brown (capt); 6 Matt Collins, 7 Chris Allen, 8 Noah Keats, 10 Will Helston; 9 Andy Watkins, 11 Josh Low
Argyle, first half (4-4-2): 1 Jake Cole; 17 Curtis Nelson, 5 Paul Wotton, 8 Guy Branston, 3 Martin John; 11 Luke Young, 6 Conor Hourihane (capt), 4 Dominc Blizzard, 7 Lewis Alessandra; 9 Reuben Reid, 10 Marvin Morgan
Bath City, second half (4-4-2): 1 Jason Mellor (17 Oli Barton); 2 Sekani Simpson (21 Dan Bowman), 16 Andy Gallinagh, 4 Joe Burnell (10 Jim Rollo), 20 Danny Ball; 8 Noah Keats (22 Lewis Shipp), 12 Ben Adelsbury, 7 Chris Allen (17 Alex Russell), 15 Adam Connolly; 18 Ross Stearn, 19 Dave Pratt
Argyle second half (4-4-2): 23 Luke McCormick; 14 Durrell Berry, 17 Curtis Nelson, 15 Max Blanchard, 3 Martin John (2 Matt Lecointe); 7 Lewis Alessandra (20 Ryan Lane), 11 Luke Young, 6 Conor Hourihane (21 Jamie Richards), 18 Isaac Vassell, 19 Warren Feeney, 10 Marvin Morgan (16 Tyler Harvey)
For a full match report, visit the Plymouth Argyle website http://www.pafc.co.uk/news/article/report-bath-city-0-argyle-0-919769.aspx
