Cambridge South were superior in most departments and should have capitalised on this earlier. Intense pressure from the start (none of those slow starts we used to suffer from), led to chances, but sadly none converted as the Boston keeper earned his keep.

Eventually Rob Barton broke the deadlock as Stuart Creed slipped the ball to him in a wide position. Barton made space for himself and his shot cracked into the backboard for a deserved lead going in to half time.

Boston came back in the second half, but Ian Evans kept them out with a string of fine saves. John Greaves and Andy Lewis both had shots go narrowly wide or saved, and Rob Barton was unlucky to have a goal disallowed for dangerous play as an Andy Lewis shot rebounded to him. Barton, with his usual deft reverse stick, hooked the ball into the net, which surprised the defender in front of him.

The "Ajax" formation worked OK for South, with lots of space and options in attack, coupled to a solid defence. The main limitations were caused by the hold-on-to-the-ball-too-long-instead-of-make-the-easy-early-pass-to-open-up-the-attack tactic, but this result moves the South seconds close to safety, and (almost) the mid-table league position which our current level of play warrants.