A game of three thirds, and Cambridge South were on top for 2 of them.

Nomads started the best but this didn't last as South absorbed early pressure, driven on by the returning Matt Bailey at the heart of defence. The away team gradually gained the ascendancy, often through James Pope forcing the play up the centre, and deservedly took the lead. A deceptive short corner routine saw Suk Pannu deliver a shorter than expected push to Andy Lewis who managed to find Rob Barton close in to bundle the ball in to goal.

The second half continued in the same vein, and South went further ahead from a 70yd Pope solo dribble, ending in a pass to Barton, whose shot rebounded to the grateful Andy Lewis to slot in.

Towards the end, Nomads got a goal back from a textbook short corner effort, and then bombarded the South danger area, but were kept out by some desperate defending and excellent saves from Jon Price.

Apart from the beginning and end of the game, there was much to commend in South's play, with good use of the width and many attacking options created by intelligent passing to players in space. The best team won, and this enabled South to rise to their highest position of the season, 7th, safe in mid table.