Wayne Rooney's Plymouth are bottom of the Championship with the worst defensive record in two decades but Frank Lampard is backing his former team-mate to come good

Frank Lampard showed sympathy for Wayne Rooney after Coventry thrashed Plymouth 4-0 to increase the pressure on his former England teammate.

Plymouth’s problems went from bad to worse as Wayne Rooney’s side shipped FOUR goals in the first half at Coventry. The Pilgrims, who are winless in their last nine, remain bottom of

Frank Lampard's Coventry City side host Wayne Rooney's struggling Plymouth Argyle on Boxing Day, with both of the England legends in desperate need of a victory

WAYNE ROONEY has been left clinging onto his job after Frank Lampard’s Coventry thrashed Plymouth 4-0. Argyle are now rock bottom of the Championship following the drubbing. Tatsuhiro

Wayne Rooney suffered a damaging defeat at the hands of former England team-mate Frank Lampard as the Championship’s bottom club Plymouth suffered a first-half collapse at Coventry.

Frank Lampard is relishing the prospect of a Boxing Day clash with his former England team-mate Wayne Rooney as Coventry City prepare to face Plymouth Argyle. Rooney’s Plymouth, sitting rock bottom in the Championship, travel to the Midlands on Thursday to take on Lampard’s Coventry.