A JAKE Navarro double and the cool head of Alex Read saw the Northern Fury seal a comfortable 3-0 win against Western Pride at the Townsville Sports Reserve yesterday.

Navarro scored his brace of goals in the first half of yesterday's National Premier League match, which was the first home game of the Fury's NPL history and its second win of the season.

Missed opportunities late in the game denied the Fury a bigger score margin, but player-coach Gareth Edds said the performance was his team's most promising to date.

"We obviously could have got more (goals) if we had taken all our chances, but the boys followed our game plan - especially in the first half," he said.

"We've got a few areas to work on and late in the game we were fatiguing a little bit.

"But Jake scored a pair of fantastic goals and overall we are very happy with the result," he said.

The home side threatened for most of the first half, but it wasn't until 15 minutes before halftime that Navarro struck his first, thanks to a well-timed ball from the Fury debutant Mick Eisenhut.

Navarro than unleashed a shot just inside the box five minutes later to score his second, which handed the Fury a 2-0 half-time buffer.

The Fury missed two golden chances to score after the break, with the first coming from Ari Isman unmarked in front of goal.

Isman had another chance saved from Pride goalkeeper Steve Purdy, who could do nothing soon after when Read calmly slotted home a pass that landed at his feet following a superb Eisenhut pass.

The Pride began muscling up in defence to resist the Fury's growing pressure, which resulted in two more near misses that would have added to their vital for and against. But the Fury's grim defence allowed the Western Pride just one genuine scoring chance after half-time.

"They (the Pride) didn't have many opportunities and we just shut them down before they knew what they were doing," Fury captain Jared Stanley said.

"We had that many opportunities that we are a little disappointed with the final scoreline, but we got the win and that's what matters." More than 2500 spectators crammed into the Sports Reserve yesterday afternoon to watch the Fury play in Townsville since the club's A League demise in 2011. "It was absolutely unreal to be playing in the Fury home colours and I never thought I'd get this opportunity, so for us to score a win in our first home game is pretty special," Stanley said.

NORTHERN FURY 3 (Navarro 2, Read) WESTERN PRIDE 0