PHONES will be banned in the Wanderers dressing room on Sunday, at least until after the final whistle has sounded.

Ian Evatt plans to give his players plenty of time to get acquainted with the Wembley surroundings the day before the game, following a similar blueprint to his previous play-off final successes with Blackpool.

The squad will be taken around the dressing rooms and on to the pitch by stadium staff in the hope some familiarity will help ease nerves when 75,000 people pour in on Sunday.

From the moment his players eat breakfast together at the team hotel on Sunday morning, Evatt is keen to ensure they follow their normal away day routine, and so pre-match snaps and social media will be vetoed until the job is done.

“I have been to Wembley many times and I certainly benefitted from going there the day before to unleash some emotion and get the tourist stuff out of the way,” Evatt said. “I think it is important they get a chance to do that and enjoy that side of things.

“But as I have said before, when we turn up there are no phones, no selfies, no pictures. All of that can be done post-game provided we won but before that it is strictly business, trying to win a football match and doing this town proud.”

Evatt has found Plymouth a tough nut to crack in management thus far, taking one point from four games against the Devon men since the club returned to League One level.

Both encounters this season have been close-fought affairs and only a late save from Pilgrims keeper Michael Cooper – injured for the final – prevented Elias Kachunga from netting an acrobatic winner seconds from the end at the University of Bolton Stadium at the start of January.

Against the odds, Plymouth have maintained their push for automatic promotion against some of the division’s bigger budgets, based mainly on superb home form which has seen them win 17 of their 19 games at Home Park.

With two similar footballing styles on show, Evatt anticipates another 90 minutes with little between the teams.

“I think the game will be tight because when you come up against the best teams that is usually the case,” he said. “It is decided on moments, and we have to take ours, hoping they don’t take theirs. It is that simple.

“It will be tight but I don’t think that means it will necessarily lack quality. Perhaps in terms of goalmouth action but in general play and moving the ball I would imagine the game will be of a very high standard.”

The appointment of Blackburn referee Ben Toner may have raised a few eyebrows on this side of the hills but Bolton’s record with him in charge – four wins and a draw from five contests – at least gives them some reason for cheer.

There will be goal-line technology to aid the officials but no VAR. A keen advocate for technology in the game and full-time officials in the lower leagues, Evatt hopes only that Toner is not left to regret the lack of video assistance.

He said: “Myself and Steven (Schumacher) will just want the best team to win on the day and for it to be a fair result.

“Whatever way that is, I am happy and at peace with it, that is what is right for football.

“The last thing we want is for a trophy to be handed out on controversy.

“Fingers crossed the referee gets the decisions right – I know Ben is a very good referee, we have had him already this season and it is a great occasion for him too, so may the best team win and hopefully that’s us.”