Old Suttonians Plymouth 1-2 Okehampton Argyle |
| Venue: Plymouth |
Okehampton took a break from league action to play the first round of the Devon County Premier Cup and
after some difficulty went through to the next round. Argyle's defence of Matty Mortimer, Mark Burdus and
Michael Vernon were supported well by Argyle's keeper Daniel Malcolm ona very tricky pitch. Old
Suttonians played some good football in stages, but when Okehampton got the ball down and played their
passing game they got on top of their opponents.
Stuart Cann sent in a cross to the back post which was
too high for Robbie Miller to make any contact. But Phil Evans anticipated well to race behind to get a
foot in and open the scoring for Argyle. Old Suttonians equalised within five minutes when they split
the Argyle defence, giving Malcolm no chance to save from close range.
Argyle replied on 33 minutes when
Cann flicked the ball over the Suttonians' defence for Adam Mortimer to pick out Robbie Miller, who
finished well from close in, lifting the ball over the keeper. After the interval both sides missed chances
and the game became very scrappy, but Argyle battled well to hold on and progress to the next round.