Men's 4ths draw with St Neots

On a sunny if a little chilly morning, South found ourselves started with 10 men and 'wife going into labour' could only be the reason why our 11th player didn't turn up. St Neots then didn't have a goal keeper and ended up playing with 11 out field players.

Despite only starting with 10 men, South started brightly and were certainly on top for the first 20 minutes and it was St Neots that looked more like the team with 1 player short. Rupert Espley controlled the mid-field with Ian Glover stepping out of the defence to help out and Nishant was dominant of the left hand side. A number of chances were created and South just couldn't find the finishing touch. St Neots, numerically superior finished the half stronger, but Chris Collinson was equal to the task

Both sides played to win in the second half and once again South didn't look like 1 man short as the good team work kept St Neots out and again had chances of our own. St Neots went ahead after about 15 mins in the second half after some persistent pressure. South came under a fair amount of pressure after the goal, but the team's confidence was boosted by 2 outstanding saves from Chris Collinson and from that platform the team attacked and equalised about 10 minutes later after winning a penalty from a deliberate 'foot'. Shahbaz put it away calmly to make the score 1:1.

South went for the win, but the final touch for the winning goal never came. South finished with a feel-good 1:1 draw in a game which everyone played a part and played as a team.

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Chris Collinson
Player of the Match

Played a major part with some amazing saves.