By Longsider
December 7 2004

Burnley were beaten by a very late goal at Home Park. A penalty was given against the Clarets in the 90th minute and Paul Wotton scored from the spot to give the Pilgrims the points.

John McGreal made the journey to Plymouth and started the game from the bench with Steve Cotterill sticking with the side that beat Millwall. The side lined up roughly as follows......

Jensen

Duff Sinclair Cahill Camara

Roche O'Connor Grant Branch Moore

Blake

Burnley were put under a lot of pressure throughout the game. Mickey Evans had several good chances in the first half and had a penalty appeal turned down. Robbie Blake had the best chance for Burnley but he fired wide in the 18th minute.

Plymouth continued their pressure in the second half and were awarded the penalty when Gary Cahill handballed in the box. Wotton sent the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal to seal the game.

Steve Cotterill had this to say after the game......

"To be fair, they were the better side throughout,"said Cotterill, "I have no grumbles or complaints and we have got no qualms about the result. "

"They were better than us today, they deserved their win fair and square."

"It was a good team performance from Plymouth and they looked a good side from the start."

"It all started from the first ten minutes really, I thought it was a penalty in the first half and they had earned the one in the last minute."

"It was a tactical change bringing on John McGreal but I didn't want to bring him on."