A game that could have ended 4 - 4 saw plenty of excellent attacking play on both sides, many chances, and some tired legs by the end. CSouth had the best of the first half, and went ahead from an incisive through pass by the returning warrior Bridge (J) to the skipper John Greaves lurking on the penalty spot, who deftly turned it into the net banmboozling the Stortford defence. Unfortunately they soon equalised by sheer weight of numbers in the D from a short corner. The shot only just got past the reach of the excellent new keeper Chris Collinson, who made a number of confident saves and kicks through the game.

CSouth went ahead after half time with one of the best moves of the match, as midfield dynamo (A) - Paul South found midfield dynamo (B) - Jonny Deacon in space. Deacon slotted the ball calmly across to that man Greaves who made no mistake placing the ball into the net in from his unmarked position in the D.

After this it was Stortford who seemed to have the most fuel in the tank and they attacked for most of the half, but were only able to score from an unstoppable direct shot off a short corner, CSouth defence otherwise stood firm, and scrambled the ball away, with new player Tom Watson prominent turning defence into attack up the right, and man mountain John Benedikz allowing nothing past.

The home team did have attacks often via Dominic Nelson, and Eric Critchley, constant threats throughout, but we were unable to capitalise. A combination of Stortford's powerful central defence and some lucky deflections preventing passes finding a green shirt thwarted us.

A decent performance for a scratch 3rds / 4ths team that never gave up and tried always to play as a team and to attack.

Not forgetting that the Red Bull, and chef Atti did a brilliant job on the teas