Plymouth and West Devon four

Yelverton Villa 3

Plymstock United 2

FROM the first whistle Yelverton looked to control the match, playing composed football and, despite the early loss of injured left back, Kevin Rowe, took the game to Plymstock.

Substitute, Ben Mitchell, playing his first game for Villa, was thrown in at the deep end but coped well with the pressure.

The Plymstock attack was blunted by a dominant Villa defensive performance, and Yelverton looked to expose the United defence by unleashing the pace of Dave Harwood and Josh Vernon which eventually paid dividends.

A snapshot from Jonny Leppert went close, and Harwood saw a fine strike superbly saved before he finally opened the scoring, stroking the ball into an empty net at the second attempt, after his initial shot was saved. Mike Chatfield doubled the lead, with an overhead kick, after the Plymstock goalkeeper spilled the ball from a corner kick. 

Villa wrapped up an impressive first half performance from Josh Vernon, who made a superb run into the Plymstock penalty area before rounding the keeper and squeezing the ball home from an angle.

Yelverton started the second half full of confidence, playing good quality composed passing football, and nearly added to their lead in the 55th minute when Ben Maughan and Harwood got in each other's way and the chance went begging. On the hour Villa conceded two goals in as many minutes but Yelverton were not to be denied and the team quickly regained their composure, comfortably holding on to the lead and creating more chances for Vernon, Maughan, Leppert and Chatfield, before the final whistle.