▁room ▁to ▁cross ▁on ▁the ▁V ale ' s ▁left ▁on ▁ 7 7 ▁minutes . ▁On ▁ 1 4 ▁September , ▁V ale ▁suffered ▁three ▁first - half ▁inj uries ▁at ▁home ▁to ▁pre - season ▁promotion ▁favour ites ▁P ly mouth ▁Arg yle , ▁but ▁r al lied ▁to ▁a ▁ 1 – 0 ▁victory ▁after ▁Nathan ▁Smith ▁scored ▁the ▁game ' s ▁only ▁goal ▁on ▁ 7 6 ▁minutes . ▁Another ▁t ough ▁fi xture ▁saw ▁them ▁travel ▁to ▁league ▁leaders ▁Ex eter ▁City ▁just ▁three ▁days ▁later , ▁and ▁they ▁managed ▁to ▁hold ▁their ▁hosts ▁up ▁until ▁the ▁ 8 1 st - min ute , ▁when ▁Ryan ▁Bow man ▁n ett ed ▁the ▁opening ▁goal ▁of ▁a ▁ 2 – 0 ▁loss . ▁As key ▁experiment ed ▁with ▁two ▁strik ers ▁at ▁home ▁to ▁a ▁strong ▁Mans field ▁Town ▁out fit , ▁though ▁his ▁team ▁were ▁fort un ate ▁to ▁grab ▁a ▁ 2 – 2 ▁draw ▁after ▁Smith ▁scored ▁a ▁sto pp age - time ▁equal iser ; ▁As key ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁bem o an ▁the ▁officials ▁and ▁the ▁Mans field ▁stri ker ▁D anny ▁Rose ▁for ▁winning ▁a ▁penalty ▁with ▁a ▁d ive . ▁The ▁next ▁trip ▁was ▁to ▁National ▁League ▁champions ▁Ley ton ▁Orient ▁and ▁had ▁to ▁sett le ▁for ▁a ▁points ▁after ▁sharing ▁six ▁goals , ▁coming ▁from ▁behind ▁to ▁domin ate ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁but ▁then ▁lose ▁the ▁lead ▁twice ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half . ▁ ▁V ale ▁launched ▁a ▁controvers ial