- Fallon (41)
- Date:2008-09-27
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:Home Park
- Attendance:12594
- Referee:Wright, K
Live Commentary
90mins
The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
90mins
It's red. He's off. Wes Morgan has been sent off.
90mins
The referee has booked Andrew Cole.
90mins
Chris Clark is being taken off, Yoann Folly has come on in his place.
88mins
Marcel Seip is booked for unsporting behaviour.
72mins
Plymouth are replacing Jamie Mackie with Nicolas Marin.
72mins
Wes Morgan goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
67mins
Lee Martin is replaced by Arron Davies.
54mins
Craig Cathcart is replaced by Krisztian Timar.
46mins
The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.
46mins
Nottm Forest are replacing James Perch with Garath McCleary.
45mins
The ref has blown his whistle for half time.
41mins
Goal!! Plymouth have scored with Rory Fallon putting it in the back of the net.
16mins
The referee has booked James Perch.
0mins
The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.
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Match Report
Rory Fallon's fluke five minutes before half-time gave Plymouth Argyle their first home win of the season and lifted the Pilgrims into the top half of the Championship table.
Fallon charged down Wes Morgan's clearance after Paul Gallagher had caused panic in the Forest box, and saw the ball bounce off his shins and past goalkeeper Paul Smith.
The victory completed a total turnaround for Argyle, who two weeks earlier had slumped to the very bottom of the table after a second successive home defeat, with just two points from their first five fixtures.
Since then, victories on the road at Watford and Crystal Palace have transformed the Pilgrims' season.
Forest will count themselves unlucky not to grab a share of the spoils, with veteran striker Andy Cole twice being thwarted by goalkeeper Romain Larrieu at the start of the first half and seeing another shot roll agonizingly wide of the goalpost.
Chris Cohen was also denied by the Pilgrims' French goalkeeper, making his 200th league start for his only English club, while a late shout for a penalty to the visitors was also turned down.
Argyle will point to a penalty shout of their own, when Julian Bennett appeared to impede Jamie Mackie as the Argyle midfielder jostled to get on the end of Chris Clark's cross.
Mackie also hit the crossbar during a second half in which Argyle spent a majority of the time defending.
The game ended in uproar as Morgan was dismissed deep into injury-time for a second yellow card from referee Kevin Wright after fouling Yoann Folly.
Forest players were incensed at the harshness of the decision, with Wright blowing for full-time as soon as Argyle took the subsequent free-kick. Cole and Nathan Tyson were booked.
Plymouth Argyle Team
Nottingham Forest Team
Plymouth Argyle | Nottingham Forest |
Corners
| 2 | 6 |
Fouls
| 20 | 22 |
Goal attempts
| 12 | 12 |
Shots off target
| 6 | 4 |
Offsides
| 3 | 4 |