Carlsberg South West Peninsula division one East

Newton Abbot Spurs 5

Okehampton Argyle 2

THIS was a bad day at the office for Argyle as in-form Spurs played them off the pitch at Newton Abbot.

Argyle's defence and midfield struggled to get to terms with the opposition and Newton Abbot's Mark Dyson posed a threat down the left all afternoon, constantly opening up Argyle's defence.

The game was seven minutes old when Argyle's defence was drawn out of position after a poor clearance. A cross from the right saw Adam Dyson run through unchallenged and drive the ball against the crossbar before following up to fire home the rebound with the Okehampton defence looking on.

At this stage, Argyle were still in the game and they equalised on 25 minutes when Steve Kinsey fired home from the edge of the box. This recovery was short lived as the defence was drawn out of position on a quick break two minutes later and that allowed Mark Dyson to finish from the edge of the area.

In the 32nd minute, the visiting defence was caught far square and a simple wall pass set Adam Dyson free to run through and score his second.

Then minutes before half-time, the game was put to bed when Newton Abbot's James Clarke scored with a tap in.

After the break, Argyle, to their credit, fought back and put in a much better performance. Substitutes Dale Chadwick and Rob Clarke revitalised the team and raised the spirits of the players. However, Spurs increased their lead to 5-1 ten minutes into the second half when Mark Dyson again broke through on the left and fired home an unstoppable shot.

Argyle should be praised for trying to get something out of the game and began to take the game to Spurs with Luke Alden posing them problems on the left. With 15 minutes left, Alden was brought down as he broke wide on the left and Dale Chadwick's long free kick eluded everyone to creep into the corner of the net.

This was a match where the home side just wanted the win more and on the day they were by far the better side.

Few Okehampton players had good games but no-one could fault Matt Mortimer who did his best to marshall a defence that went missing all afternoon.