Men's 2nds suffer a disappointing loss away at Wisbech Town

After 3 straight wins, South were brought back to Earth with a second defeat of the campaign on a dark and misty fenny evening.

For the first 15 minutes, South had much the better of play and were unlucky not to take the lead when debutant John Hawkes beat the keeper from a narrow angle only to find his well struck shot flash inches wide. A few minutes later, a Bristowe short corner strike ballooned off the keeper's kicker and McCulloch was in the right place to slam the ball home as it dropped out of the night sky.

Unfortunately taking the lead angered the Fenlanders who proceeded to find three goals of their own. Wisbech's swift movement and accurate passing caused problems throughout and hurried South into several errors. Goalkeeper Buckley was forced on several occasions to lead the charge out to the edge of the D but could do little about any of the goals, all of which were close range strikes, one of which was from a melee after a short corner had been half stopped.

In past seasons, heads would have dropped, but instead Captain Aston, who had earlier claimed he might have had Swine Flu, rallied the troops at half-time and the second half, a rejuvenated South appeared and waves of Fenny attacks were kept at bay largely by the South backline sticking to the task well and by Jack Chalk keeping a close eye on the speedy Wisbech midfielder who had caused havoc in the first half. The Monckausarus, once again, sought to make his presence felt. His victim was later seen with his arm in a sling in the club house.

But, largely aided by a very capable Wisbech sweeper, and on a day where South simply didn't get the rub of the green, South found it difficult to fashion any clear cut opportunities of their own. The best chance of the second half fell to John Hawkes again, who was inches away from connecting with a ball at the far post. Man of the Match Ian Glover put in a particularly impressive performance at right back and constantly asked questions when he pressed forward, despite only been called up at the last minute As the misty night drew on, there was still time for Buckley to try and impress the judges with some celebrity come dancing style footwork which almost presented a Wisbech forward with an opportunity for a 4th, and for a Wisbech forward to almost put the ball out of the cage and into the Wash with a wayward strike.After the game Captain Aston praised the team of digging deep in the second half against a team clearly much stronger than the Wisbech IIIs team which had snatched a 1-0 win in the same fixture last year.Amazingly, this week's Lemon award went to Kev Rowland, presumably for not playing at all. Sometime even giving up the captaincy isn't enough to avoid the shame...

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Ian Glover
Player of the Match

Stepped up from the 3s with a very strong performance.

Kevin Rowland
Lemon of the Match

Didn't play but got Lemon for no reason - now that's harsh!