Fleet Spurs travelled to the John Madjeski Academy on Saturday to play local rivals Eversley who ply their trade in the Combined Counties division one.
Again missing numeorus players for various reasons including striker Sam Knowles wedding to childhhod sweetheart Suzanne, it was always going to be a tough ask, especially with a bare minimum 13 players.
On a hot summers morning, Spurs were to take the lead possibly against the run of play, when a long throw from Jon Tanfield was flicked on to Ben Edwards who made no mistake from close range to score his 6th goal of pre season.
Eversley were to get back on an even keel when a through ball confused the Spurs defence, and the Eversley stiker nipped in to take the ball past Sam Tufts and pass into an empty net.
Missing Sam Knowles, Tom Chillery, Phil Boddy, Mark Appleby, Adam Crittenden, Jack Chambers and Matt Moore, this was another good opportunity to see the depth of the squad.
The game was quite scrappy from a Fleet Spurs point of view, and Eversley on the day were clearly the better side, although the Spurs may feel a few key decisions went against them.
In the second half Eversley continued their dominance, and scored 2 late goals, when maybe a little bit of fatigue was setting in amongst the away team, but all in all Eversley deserved their win.
Squad: Sam Tufts, Pete Hibbert, Jon Tanfield, Neil Baker, Dan Sleet, George Short, Luke Thorn, Ben Edwards, Luke Walsh, Stuart Tanfield, Ben Clisby, Armartey Armar, Nick Russo.

Next up is Ascot United on Tuesday the 27th at Southwood 7.45pm