If a stranger came up to you and said “Yesterday, I saw Stoke play Spurs”, you might be tempted to go to the BBC football website in case you had remembered the fixtures wrongly. If this was followed by “....and I saw Stoke win 6-0”, you would start to ask the stranger whether he had taken any illegal substances or needed some help.

In fact, you could be mistaken, as Stoke Gabriel beat Newton Abbot Spurs by 6-0 in the Carlsberg South West Peninsula Division 1 East. This league is only spoilt by the fact that, it should be called Division 1 North East, so that it contained all four compass points.

Of course, Newton Abbot Spurs are one of two Spurs in England. The other? Well, it’s Fleet Spurs. In fact, there is no team with Spurs in their name – it is Tottenham Hotspur.

Stoke Gabriel are disappointingly not managed by Jim Gabriel, the old Southampton player, but the nearest name they could find is Pete Gartrell. Known as The Railwaymen, Stoke Gabriel are doing well in their league and currently hold second spot. Despite other wins of 5-1 and 13-0 at home, they are still second to high-flying St. Blazey. Let’s hope they march on even though it’s hard not to support their wonderfully named rivals, Galmpton Gents.

However, the big news at Stoke Gabriel according to their website is the work on the new car park, as you can see.