Plymouth Argyle striker Bim Pepple overcame a nasty looking injury to score in his side's impressive 4-0 victory away at Blackpool. Canadian Pepple was deemed available for the Blackpool match after passing the EFL's head injury protocols. "I asked during the [Lincoln] game, because I felt good, 'can I just play with one eye? "But the rules don't allow you to do it so my next focus was just get the swelling down, get the eye opening up and icing it. "I got it checked – there was no damage in the eye – it looks bad but I felt good.

Source: BBC February 17, 2026 06:46 UTC