The long trip to Spalding was worthwhile as CSouth came away with a precious point, that had looked unlikely until late in the game. The first half was very even. Both sides had lots of opportunities. Cambridge had a few breakaways but didn't come out with a goal. The defence was solid, with James Lee sending good passes up to debutant David Doupe on the left, Ian Evans and Neil Snead communicating well with the defence to retain structure - and Ian even tried to encourage Andy Lewis to stick to his right midfield position. No easy task. Simon Jelley slotted in to right back , keeping his position and linking well with the mid-field pairing of Dave Aston and debutant DMck.

At half time the score was 0-0. Spalding took the lead almost immediately after the restart. It was a short corner; out to the top of the D and a quick hit that dipped over Shabhaz, who had quickly got into the logging position to defend the set piece. The ball was sent flying into the backboard. Spalding had made advantage of substitutes whereas Cambridge had only 11 players. Because of this, Cambridge were starting to tire, not helped by injuries to the rampaging Dom Nelson (knee), David Aston (cramp), and skipper John Greaves (upended by the keeper, and landing on his head).

Spalding were a physical, robust team and were pushing the boundaries of legal play. At one stage Andy Lewis was on the edge of the D and was sent flying by a defender who was lucky to be only green carded. Cambridge then got a few short corners, one of which with 10 minutes to go, won by Andy Lewis, saw a sweet example of the old GreavesLewis routine from which Lewis smashed the ball past the keeper into the back of the goal.

This gave CSouth renewed spirit, and the game heated up. With two minutes to go a miracle happened.. Neil Snead hit the ball down the centre to Dom Nelson who got tracked down by a defender. Andy Lewis came from deep and Dom Nelson laid the ball off to him. He took the ball to the edge of the D; dummy stepped back and hammered the ball into the bottom corner. THE FAN WENT WILD!!! Full time 2-2! A draw from the jaws of defeat.

The (new astro) pitch was very slippery, changing rooms were ...er...basic, but the post match tea was good, and the new shirts were slinky

Written mainly by the 3rd team's loyal fan, Jake Davis.