Goals from Bradley Wright-Phillips, Anton Peterlin and Matt Rickard gave Plymouth Argyle a 3-0 victory over Newton Abbot Spurs at the Recreation Ground.
The match, which was staged to mark the unveiling of Spurs' new floodlights, proved to be a useful exercise for the Pilgrims who handed a start to new deadline day signing Stephane Zubar, who featured at right back.
Argyle used the match as an opportunity to give to some of their fringe first teamers, including rookie professional Ryan Leonard whose pass picked out Wright-Phillips for Argyle's first goal of the night on 25 minutes, a taste of first team action.
Wright-Phillips later spurned an opportunity to double his tally for the night on the stroke of half-time when he missed the target from 20-yards.
In the second half, Argyle's extra fitness levels began to make the difference as American midfielder Peterlin scored a second for the Pilgrims in the 54th minute.
On 85th minutes, Argyle extended their lead to three goals when Rickard turned the ball home after Spurs' keeper Neil Comerford had parried his initial effort.
After the match, Plymouth Head Coach Paul Mariner praised the hospitality of Newton Spurs as well the performance of the Pilgrims side.
He said: "The people of Newton Abbot put on a good show for us and they saw some nice football. It could have been difficult game for us, but we were very professional. The development of players was more important than the result, some of the lads have been coming back from injury and needed a run out."
