Plymouth Argyle v Leyton Orient, 12 August 2000

Score1-0 to Leyton Orient
CompetitionLeague Division 3
VenueHome Park
Attendance5,649
As Plymouth have retained their unbeaten 1999/2000 home record until the last game of the season, Leyton had to wait until November for their first away win and Argyle won last term's corresponding fixture 5-0, there was a certain unlikely inevitability about the Os' opening day success at Home Park. The visitors repelled early Pilgrim pressure to take the lead against the run of play. New boy Richard Garcia raced down the right flank; his cross to the near post saw veteran striker Carl Griffiths convert when his close range shot went in off the underside of the bar. Garcia and fellow teenage debutant Chris Dorrian earned lavish from Tommy Taylor. The Orient boss can't have been so happy with David McGhee. The big defender was sent-off in the tense closing stages when he kicked the ball away following the award of a free kick. He had earlier been cautioned for a foul.

Goals:

Goals:

Carl Griffiths 28 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jon Sheffield
Defender Wayne O'Sullivan
Defender/Centre back Adam Barrett
Defender/Midfielder Paul Wotton
Defender/Left back Jon Beswetherick
Midfielder Martin Barlow
Midfielder Terry Fleming
Midfielder Jason Peake
Forward Steve Guinan
Forward Sean McCarthy
Forward Ian Stonebridge

Starting lineup:

Ashley Bayes Goalkeeper
Chris Dorrian Defender
Dean Smith Defender/Centre back
Andy Harris Defender/Midfielder
David McGhee Defender/Midfielder
Matt Lockwood Defender/Left back
Ahmet Brkovic Midfielder
Richard Garcia Midfielder
Johnny Martin Midfielder
Wim Walschaerts Midfielder
Carl Griffiths Forward

Substitutions:

Martin Phillips for Jason Peake 46
Lee Phillips for Ian Stonebridge 70

Substitutions:

Jason Brissett for Ahmet Brkovic 77
Simon Downer for Chris Dorrian 87
Steve Watts for Johnny Martin 90

Cards:

Paul Wotton 90 Y

Cards:

David McGhee 22 Y
David McGhee 88 Y
David McGhee 88 R

On the bench:

Midfielder Martin Phillips
Forward Lee Phillips

On the bench:

Defender/Centre back Simon Downer
Forward Jason Brissett
Forward Steve Watts

Comments:

Terry Fleming, Jason Peake and Martin Phillips were the new Pilgrim faces as Argyle kicked off their third season under the stewardship of Kevin Hodges.

Comments:

Summer signing Jason Brissett made his Os debut, as well as Richard Garcia (on loan from West Ham United) and Chris Dorrian (the latest graduate from Leyton's impressive youth ranks).

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jon Sheffield
Defender Wayne O'Sullivan
Defender/Centre back Adam Barrett
Defender/Midfielder Paul Wotton
Defender/Left back Jon Beswetherick
Midfielder Martin Barlow
Midfielder Terry Fleming
Midfielder Jason Peake
Forward Steve Guinan
Forward Sean McCarthy
Forward Ian Stonebridge

Substitutions:

Martin Phillips for Jason Peake 46
Lee Phillips for Ian Stonebridge 70

Cards:

Paul Wotton 90 Y

On the bench:

Midfielder Martin Phillips
Forward Lee Phillips

Comments:

Terry Fleming, Jason Peake and Martin Phillips were the new Pilgrim faces as Argyle kicked off their third season under the stewardship of Kevin Hodges.

Goals:

Carl Griffiths 28 G

Starting lineup:

Ashley Bayes Goalkeeper
Chris Dorrian Defender
Dean Smith Defender/Centre back
Andy Harris Defender/Midfielder
David McGhee Defender/Midfielder
Matt Lockwood Defender/Left back
Ahmet Brkovic Midfielder
Richard Garcia Midfielder
Johnny Martin Midfielder
Wim Walschaerts Midfielder
Carl Griffiths Forward

Substitutions:

Jason Brissett for Ahmet Brkovic 77
Simon Downer for Chris Dorrian 87
Steve Watts for Johnny Martin 90

Cards:

David McGhee 22 Y
David McGhee 88 Y
David McGhee 88 R

On the bench:

Defender/Centre back Simon Downer
Forward Jason Brissett
Forward Steve Watts

Comments:

Summer signing Jason Brissett made his Os debut, as well as Richard Garcia (on loan from West Ham United) and Chris Dorrian (the latest graduate from Leyton's impressive youth ranks).