Dover Athletic 2-0 Spurs XI

-----------------Cerny----------------
-Stalteri------Lee-----Gardner------Ifil-
Routledge--O'Hara--Huddlestone--Ziegler
------------Barcham--Dixon------------

Goals
Dover: Dryden (81), Daniels o.g. (88)

Dover Athletic: Smith (Knight, 46), Browne, Rogers, Bourne, Cloke, Humphrey, Chapman (Tyne, 57), Spiller (Hogg, 73), Chase (Pame, 66), Spice (Dryden, 58), Walker (Hamshare, 75). Subs: Vallence.

Spurs XI: Cerny, Stalteri (Mills, 57), Ifil, Huddlestone (Lewis, 57), Lee, Gardner (Defendi, 57), Routledge (Riley, 46), O'Hara, Barcham, Dixon (Maghoma, 6), Ziegler (Daniels, 57). Subs: Stroud.

The First and Development teams' joint unbeaten record in preseason finally came to an end against Dover Athletic from the Isthmian League D1 South, essentially the 8th tier of English football.

Ahead of the First team's final pre-season friendly against Real Sociedad on Saturday, those players who had not had a full run out against Dortmund were included in Clive Allen's Spurs XI side. Paul Stalteri made his first start following an ankle injury meaning Phil Ifil played at leftback. Despite the strong starting line up, Dover were the better team for the majority of the game, and indeed the Spurs side only began to play with any level of coherence once the first teamers had departed by the hour mark.

Terry Dixon, pictured, managed only six minutes before being withdrawn nursing a sore knee. It will be a blow for the sixteen year old who was once again named in Steve Staunton's Republic of Ireland squad for their friendly against Holland next Wednesday.