Early on a frosty November morning Cambridge South Fourths, sponsored by PwC, travelled across country to Rutland to try and put their league campaign back on track after a disappointing outing the previous week.

They faced a Rutland team with the usual mix of youthful speed and steady experience found in this league. Early exchanges were cagey with few clear chances at either end. Gradually South were able to apply more pressure and Andy Lewis, John Greaves and James Raikes were all unfortunate not to score on several occasions, denied by a combination of misfortune, good goalkeeping and final touches not quite finding their mark. At the other end Rutland were not fashioning as many chances but still had moments that stretched the South defence into scrambled clearances or good saves from Shahbaz Ali.

As the second half started South continued to keep the pressure on but were still unable to convert. It was beginning to look like a scoreless draw was on the cards but with ten minutes remaining James Raikes picked up the ball just inside the Rutland half, slipped it to Ian Glover running up the centre who managed to draw the keeper before slipping to Andy Lewis to hammer home.

Unfortunately it was a lead that South couldn't maintain as their opposition pushed forward with renewed vigour. A short corner shot was parried but couldn't be cleared before falling to the injector who fired in from short range. Despite a helter-skelter last few minutes the one-one scoreline stood at the end. A frustrating draw against a team that South had chances to put away.