ARGYLE head north to Macclesfield Town with Carl Fletcher hoping his team can land a first league double against the team where he kicked off his managerial career.

Macclesfield provided the opposition for Fletcher's first match in charge of the Home Park hot-seat on September 24.

Argyle won 2-0 with goals courtesy of Warren Feeney's first-half header and Robbie Williams' free-kick shortly after the break.

That welcome victory brought a halt to a 10-match losing run for the Pilgrims which had cost previous incumbent, Peter Reid, his job as manager.

Fletcher remembers his first-match in charge fondly, naturally enough, but the former Wales international captain is more concerned with coming away with the points from tomorrow's League Two fixture at Moss Rose (3pm).

Argyle remain in the bottom two relegation places with 23 points, seven behind out-of-form Town.

Injury-hit Macclesfield have been in Tenerife this week enjoying warm weather training after last Saturday's match at bottom-side Northampton was postponed due to bad weather.

The Pilgrims are buoyed by last Saturday's stunning comeback in a 2-2 draw against promotion-chasing Southend United at Home Park.

Despite Town's poor form, having lost five league matches in a row, Fletcher insists Argyle will have to be on their mettle to bag the three points and suck the Silkmen into the League Two relegation dog-fight.

He said: "It (a win) would be nice as we beat them in the first game.

"But any away game in this league is going to be tough, as we know what a good job the manager (Gary Simpson) does up there.

"We're going to be ready for it and looking forward to the match.

"They (Macclesfield) have had it hard and been hit with a lot of injuries, which means a number of their first-team have been out.

"But for us going into the game, we just look at it from our point of view and that we need to get a result.

"That's what we're going there to do and working hard to make sure we do the right things."

Fletcher said that first-team training had been hampered by the cold snap in Plymouth which he admitted had been 'testing at times'.

But he said they had adapted their training programme in order to let the surface thaw.

He said the fitness in the squad was pleasing and borne out by their two goals in the last five minutes to deny Southend.

Fletcher said: "I was pleased with how we did against Southend as we have done a few times this season.

"Again with the goals coming past the 80th minute it shows the lads' fitness levels are right where they should be.

"We need to take that second-half performance into this game."