Fleet Spurs made the short journey to the Gibraltar Barracks on Tuesday evening for a game against Knaphill from the Combined Counties One.
Missing Ben Edwards, Adam Crittenden, Stuart Tanfield, Jon Tanfield, Ben Clisby, Sam Knowles and Jack Chambers, this was a perfect opportunity for Neil Baker to see the depth of his squad and also run the rule over a number of players who were making their debuts for Fleet.
Knaphill started much the better on an excellent playing surface, with Ian Savage pulling the strings from the middle of the pitch, and Matt Brunt always looking dangerous on the right wing.
Knaphill had a few half chances, but nothing that really tested Mark Appleby in the Spurs goal.
Fleet started to get the ball down and play, and this created gaps up front for Matt Moore who was excellent on his debut.
George Short also excelled on his debut, and was a key feature in all of Spurs good work, and he quickly built up a good understanding with Luke Thorn in the middle of the park.
The first half finished 0-0 which was somewhat of a surprise as both sides had good opportunites to score.
Knaphill made a few changes at half time, and Fleet made their substitutions 10 minutes into the second half.
Again Knaphill  made the better start to the second half, and only an excellent one handed save from Mark Appleby from a Baker strike kept the scores level.
Dan Sleet was having a really good game at the back, and Phil Boddy was his usual excellent self.
With about 10 minutes remaining, Fleet were to open the scoring when a driving run from Short created space to play in Matt Moore, and the tenacious striker finished off nicely.
We had further chances when both Amartey Armar and Jamil King Olweny came close to increasing the lead.
All in all with the players missing it was a very good performance, and something the Spurs should be looking to build on.
Fleet Spurs – Mark Appleby, Nick Russo, Pat Drage, Neil Baker, Dan Sleet, Phil Boddy (C), Luke Thorn, George Short, Matt Moore, Luke Walsh, Tom Chillery, Glen Mackenzie, Danny Harrison, Amartey Armar, Jamil King Olweny, Ryan Coupland.