CSouth kept Newmarket out for 50 minutes by a combination of rock solid defending, team interplay, and good use of the width of the pitch. The rapid Newmarket forwards were well marked by LeeEvansWatsonKern with John Benedikz sweeping up when needed. Midfield and attack had many good moments, although once again few chances as that final penetrating ball into the D proved elusive in spite of the best efforts of General CreedSouth in the heart of midfield, and their youthful sidekicks Watson and Critchley..not to mention marginally less youthful battlers Dijkstra and Espley.

The goals only came once Stu Creed had gone off with a nasty back injury, and Newmarket snatched a couple of breakaways, as well as an unlucky rebound off the keeper. On all 3 occasions the home defence was ovestretched, with the rest of the team in enemy territory. 3 nil wasnt a fair reflection of an even game. The scoreline would have been less one-sided if some of the CSouth short corners had been converted, or if some of the decent crosses had found a home stick near goal.

At least CSouth did better than Newmarket's previous opponents, who suffered an 8 - 1 drubbing.

..and Liam the chef at the Corner house did us proud, almost pipping Matt Kern for MoM