Cambridge South L1s had an early start this week for a match against the Spalding first team. Our opposition were second in the league with a good track record at home, so a final outcome of 4-0 is perhaps not surprising, though disappointing. The South team worked hard in defence, doing well to close down the majority of Spalding's attacking play and earning Lou Cantwell the man of the match award for her consistently calm head and strong skills as the last line of defence (and nominations for the keeper and the rest of the defensive line).

Three of the Spalding goals came from short corners and one from open play, again exposing our weakness under sustained defensive pressure.

We struggled to consistently clear the ball through the midfield but did maintain some great periods of pressure in the opposition 25, sadly without managing to convert that into goals either from open play or several shorts. The result leaves the L1s 6th from a league of 9 at the season's half way point. There's much to do after Christmas but lots of positives given that this is a team which lost around half its regular players at the end of last season so are new at working together.