A skilful St Neots team, bearing little resemblance to the one that appeared for the early season fixture, started the way they intended to continue with a simple, but effective short corner move to take the lead. Cambridge South 3rds, sponsored by PwC, played with great resolve and putting together good passing moves, got an equaliser, as midfield dynamo Stuart Creed took the ball upfield, and shot towards the far corner of the net, where newcomer Alex Scally was lurking to help it into goal.

This only encouraged St Neots to retake the lead from another short corner just before half time.

The best goal of the game was the second CSouth equaliser, which showed that the home team could do short corner routines too. Greaves to Creed to Espley for the latter to flick the ball calmly over the keeper. Espley and Greaves were combining well in attack, but the excellent and robust St Neots defence prevented them from getting too close to goal. The home team had chances, from Paul South, Stuart Creed and the forwards, but it was St Neots who got the winner, from a cross which was turned into goal at shoulder height, surprising everyone around.

CSouth played well, but St Neots had the aces, and a resolute (and once more reshaped) home defence coupled with battling midfield and purposeful attack were not enough to get CSouth 3rds back to winning ways. It seems that other 6NW teams are getting stronger for the run in at the end of the season, and the CSouth lead at the top of the league is down to 2 points, with 2 games to go.