League Two
March 12, 2013
Plymouth Argyle
0 - 0
Bradford City
League Two
19:45 +00:00, March 12, 2013
Home Park, England
Referee: A Davies
Pilgrims off the bottom
Scoring Summary
| Plymouth Argyle | Bradford City |
|---|
Teams
| Plymouth Argyle | Bradford City |
|---|---|
| 1 Jake Cole | 12 Matt Duke |
| 5 Guy Branston | 23 Rory McArdle |
| 14 Onismor Bhasera | 2 Stephen Darby |
| 4 Maximo Blanchard | 5 Andrew Davies |
| 18 Joe Bryan | 16 Carl McHugh |
| 15 Paul Wotton | 4 Richard Ravenhill |
| 10 Lee Cox | 11 Garry Thompson |
| 6 Conor Hourihane | 24 Nathan Doyle |
| 19 Jason Banton | 7 Kyel Reid |
| 27 Andres Gurrieri | 10 Andy Gray |
| 24 Reuben Reid | 20 Zavon Hines |
| Substitutes | |
| 13 Ollie Chenoweth | Jon McLaughlan 1 |
| 2 Durrell Berry | Michael Nelson 22 |
| 8 Luke Young | Gary Jones 18 |
| 9 Nick Chadwick | Will Atkinson 14 |
| 28 Ronan Murray | Alan Connell 17 |
| 7 Paris Cowan Hall | James Hanson 9 |
| 29 Tyler Harvey | Nahki Wells 21 |
| Substitutions | |
| Nick Chadwick for Reuben Reid (69) | James Hanson for Andy Gray (67) |
| Tyler Harvey for Joe Bryan (86) | Will Atkinson for Zavon Hines (78) |
| Paris Cowan Hall for Andres Gurrieri (86) | Alan Connell for Garry Thompson (80) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Guy Branston (45) | Richard Ravenhill (65) |
| Maximo Blanchard (68) | |
| · Squads: Plymouth Argyle | Bradford City | |
Relegation-haunted Plymouth moved off the foot of the Football League with a battling goalless home draw against mid-table Bradford.
Argyle started brightly with Andres Gurrieri going close from Reuben Reid's cross from the right but it was thanks to keeper Jake Cole they were still level after eight minutes.
Plymouth's number one made a brilliant one-on-one save to deny Garry Thompson after the Bradford striker skipped the home side's offside trap.
The save spurred Argyle on and on-loan Crystal Palace striker Jason Banton forced City keeper Matt Duke into a full length stop to keep out his 24th minute angled drive.
Duke found the shot too hot to hold and Gurrieri's follow-up strike needed to be cleared off the goal-line by Bradford left back Carl McHugh.
Cole made a routine save to keep out Kyel Reid's free kick but Banton was by far the liveliest forward and came closest to breaking the deadlock early in the second half.
Banton beat Duke with a thumping angled drive from the left but watched his 10-yard strike smash off the upright.
It was then Thompson's turn to rattle the woodwork with a thumping volley from 20 yards with time running out as both sides had to settle for a point.