BRADLEY Wright-Phillips' return to full fitness is on track and a long-awaited appearance in the first-team is drawing close.

Wright-Phillips, who joined in the summer, has been plagued by a knee injury that he picked up before the beginning of the season.

The injury has limited the forward to just two substitute appearances in five months, but this could all change as Head Coach Paul Mariner eyes a return to the first-team in the next couple of weeks.

"If all goes to plan he'll have a day off tomorrow and then we will be back at it on Thursday, we don't want to rush him," said Mariner. 

"It's tempting, he maybe on the plane up to Newcastle next week, but that's still maybe a little early. The temptation is to push too hard, which we will try and resist."

Recently, Argyle and Bradley have had to deal with wintry conditions that have made training on grass impossible, but help was at hand.

Mariner said: "It has disrupted things but we have some good friends in this area and Ivybridge College have been really looking after us. We are really thankful to them because they've got a super little 3G all-weather, so we were there yesterday and we are going to be down there today."

There was the possibility that Bradley could have got some much needed football with a possible 45 minutes in the Devon Bowl game against Buckland Athletic tonight but the January weather forced a cancellation.

"They [Buckland] wanted to play and obviously we wanted them to play, but we've just got to be patient," concluded Mariner.

Liam McGrath