Ebbsfleet honoured Paul McCarthy in style with an impressive win against Tottenham at Stonebridge Road.

More than 2,000 turned up for McCarthy's memorial match on a day when the gate receipts were donated to the family of Fleet's late captain and assistant manager.

Liam Daish was in the crowd and the club's longest-serving manager - a long-time colleague and great friend of McCarthy - watched Daryl McMahon's side give a terrific account of themselves against Tottenham's classy under-23 squad.

Four of Ebbsfleet's new signings started the game while Luke Coulson, who only joined the club on Thursday, was named on the bench.

The game was arranged as part of the deal which saw academy star Shilow Tracey leave Fleet to join Spurs in January 2016 and the midfielder started for the visitors, who included several youth internationals in their XI.

Myles Weston started behind strikers Darren McQueen and Danny Mills with another summer acquisition, Jack Payne, anchoring the Fleet midfield.

Payne tested Spurs keeper Jonathan de Bie with a 25-yard strike inside the first minute but the visitors were quickly into their passing game.

Shayon Harrison, who made his first-team debut for Tottenham at Anfield last season, had a cross cleared after catching Jack Connors in possession. Tracey then tried his luck and forced a corner when his shot took a deflection.

A low corner from the Spurs left travelled all the way to Harrison, who sent a daisy-cutter just wide from the edge of the box.

The home crowd came to life when McQueen got into a race with Timothy Eyoma, who recovered just in time to clear the danger.

But McQueen converted the first chance which fell his way to give Fleet the lead on 15 minutes.

The goal capped a fine move which saw the home side, under pressure, work the ball neatly across their defence from left to right. Ebbsfleet continued into midfield and Weston spread play accurately to Connors, whose whipped cross from the left was turned in by McQueen, arriving late in the middle.

Samuel Shashoua lofted a free-kick over at the other end although McQueen almost made it 2-0, stretching for a Mills cross after the big striker had done well to hold off his man and turn near the corner flag.

The home side went even closer when Jack Powell rattled the near post with a free-kick from wide on the left, catching keeper Jonathan de Bie unaware.

Joe Pritchard sent a dipping shot just over from 25 yards and Fleet keeper Nathan Ashmore then did well to push a Keanan Bennetts effort round the post.

On the stroke of half-time, Weston surged down the right and crossed for Mills, who rose well but couldn't keep his header down.

McQueen's pace got him in behind the Spurs defence at the start of the second half but de Bie got down well to save.

His opposite number was called into action soon after, Ashmore beating out a powerful Bennetts strike at his near post.

But Coulson, who'd been on the pitch for just six minutes, doubled Fleet's lead from 20 yards with a precise strike which flew into the bottom corner.

Five minutes later though, Spurs were back in it, Harrison thrashing a low shot past Ashmore's left hand from outside the box to make it 2-1.

The game was then swamped by substitutions from both sides although the next chance, which fell to Ebbsfleet, was a golden one.

Danny Kedwell's deft touch sent Coulson haring down the right and into the box but when he unselfishly squared for McLean, the striker blazed his shot high over the crossbar from 12 yards out.

Spurs thought they'd equalised five minutes from time when Jack Roles tapped in after Ashmore had denied Bennetts and Tracey - but he was flagged offside.

An entertaining afternoon was topped off three minutes from time when Japhet Tanganga handled in the area and Kedwell fired his penalty into the bottom left-hand corner.

Coulson, who was named man-of-the-match, tried a shot from 40 yards in the dying seconds and his audacious effort had Charlie Freeman back-pedalling although the substitute keeper got back in time to make the save.

Ebbsfleet: Ashmore, Connors (Shields 72mins), Winfield, Clark (Mambo 72mins), Powell (Rance 64mins), Drury (Coulson 46mins), Weston (Cook 50mins), McQueen (McLean 72mins), Payne, Mills (Kedwell 64mins), Magri (Graham 72mins). Subs not used: McCoy, Miles.

Tottenham: De Bie (Freeman 72mins), Eyoma (Lock 72mins), Bennetts, Amos, Maghoma, Tangana, Harrison, Shashoua (Duncan 46mins), Loft (Hinds 68mins), Pritchard (Roles 60mins), Tracey.

Attendance: 2,130.