SUMMERFIELD on a winter pitch. A week before Christmas, he was still plying his trade at Leyton Orient, albeit temporarily. Ten days later, Luke lined-up alongside Carl Fletcher for his second game in a row to show the new establishment what he can do in the Championship.

And if the reports of his loan spell at the League One team are anything to go by, the majority of Green Army fans were looking forward to seeing the midfielder in action at Home Park again. Mariner was probably excited, too, after Luke's superb channel-feeding performance at Cardiff City on Boxing Day.

I'm a new addition to the Argyle media team today. The head of communications has given me eight hours to see behind the scenes. Due to living in London, I don't get chance to visit Home Park that often. My nearest club is Chelsea, but I can still hear Home Park roaring on a Saturday afternoon from my flat in Fulham - or so I like to think. Instead, it's the sound of Gordon Sparks on the Argyle Player.

I'm too old to have a young persons rail card, which means a trip to Home Park can be the best part of £100 - about the same price as a Tuesday night Carling Cup game at Stamford Bridge (or "The Bridge", as Sky Sports' Richard Keys likes to call it, along with other shortened names for grounds, such as "The Lane" at Spurs). So today, I'm at "The Park".

So, back to Luke Summerfield. If I was to describe him to any non-Argyle supporting person (there are quite a few of them in London), the following adjectives would spring to mind: honest, grafter, intelligent and resilient.

And within five minutes, his contribution was felt around Home Park. As the ball bounced back to Summerfield by the halfway line, he played the ball to the other side of the field for Chris Clark to ping a lovely cross into the six-yard area, which Rory and Jamie Mackie couldn't quite reach.

Incidentally, the last time Argyle played Reading at Home Park, Jamie Mackie demonstrated one of his many talents to the Argyle faithful - with a 25-yard super-strike past the arms of Australian goalkeeper Adam Federici - possibly the goal of last season at Home Park.

And as Reading have repeated the same scoreline (1-1) in their last three league encounters, I was hoping repetition may rub off onto Mackie. And it didn't take long either. Just 13 minutes into the first half, Mackie's pace was cut short by a Reading defender, who didn't touch the ball. Penalty to Argyle. Thanks Jamie.

A progressive first-half for Argyle, as they played the game more in Reading's half, than their own. Summerfield quietened towards the end of the half, but so did Reading's chances in front of goal. 

Ten minutes into the second half and young Summerfield gave Mackie the chance to double the lead, with a clever ball up and over the Reading defence, which Mackie ran on to. No goal though.

Summerfield shares at least one boast today. His name is 11 letters long, which awards him with having the longest surname on the pitch - along with Reading's Ivar Ingimarsson. But it was his the Icelandic's counterpart who spared Reading's blushes in the 62nd minute, when Gylfi Sigurdsson slotted home after Summerfield cleared off the line.

Rumblings from various members of the press suggested that Chris Clark was having his best ever game in Argyle colours. And their inkling was confirmed on 63 minutes, when Clark played a lovely ball into the penalty area for Judge to power past goalkeeper Federici.

The over-the-top balls from Summerfield became habit-forming in the final 45 minutes. With Argyle already 3-1 ahead, Summerfield repeated what he did a few minutes earlier - with another up-and-over for Mackie to run onto. Effective and neat.

Midway through the second half, a standing ovation from the crowd was awarded to Luke Summerfield, as he was replaced by Yoann Folly. The on-field changes didn't slow Argyle's dominance. Whilst Summerfield was taking an early bath, Ashley Barnes got onto the end of the ball to take us into 4-1 dreamland.

Everyone claims to be a lucky charm for their team when they win matches, but I genuinely feel I must be. On the rare occasions I come to Home Park, we win. Today, we won. I haven't seen this sort of inflated score line at Home Park since....well, since.

The rumblings in the Press box sparked up again when someone asked who should be the man of the match. Kari Arnason, Chris Clark, Reda Johnson and Alan Judge were all muttered. Arnason got award from the sponsors. I considered deleting this blog and starting again - with devotion to the Icelandic midfielder/defender. But I reminded myself of Summerfield's deserved recognition.

Two wins in two games. Summerfield featuring in both. Summer loving.

Ben Walton