A sunny day, lovely pancakes at the Sutterton Little Chef en route to Skegness by the sea. Opposition propping up Div 5NW. What could possibly go wrong?

Not a lot, as it happens.

Cambridge South dominated from the start against a patched up Alford side with about fifteen players, including five youngsters fairly new to the game. A Greaves brace started the scoring off; the first with a thumping shot kindly deflected past the keeper into the net, and the second with a neat deflection to wrong foot the defenders from a Jan Brynjolffssen pass into the D. Rasmus Petersen grabbed the third just before half time with a solo effort, wriggling through the defence before smashing it into the net just before poacher Greaves could get a Frampton-esque touch.

South kept up the pressure constantly, with the ball passed swiftly from defence via midfield generals Whittaker and Dijkstra, and wings Shahbaz and Vaughan, who showed the benefits of staying wide to provide options.

A change in formation after half time opened up the game even more. With fewer defenders we had some "moments" but the unbreachable Gibson/Brynjolffssen/Petersen wall, inspired by a faultless goalkeeping display from man-of-the-match Shahzad Ali, stood firm, and managed to chase back on the few occasions when Alford got into our twenty-two.

Shabhaz Ali, now part of a three man attack, decided to show everyone how it is done with a great hatrick: (i) a neat deflection off a Joe Whittaker effort, (ii) a fast-becoming-a-trademark reverse stick stunner, and (iii) a calm pass into the net through the keepers legs.

The best goal of the game though, came via another passing move started by Simon Jelley passing to Greaves, who timed the pass well to Boris Lossy ghosting into the ideal position to accept the ball, and slotting it just inside the far post

We could, and probably should have had a few more goals, as the Alford keeper made a number of point blank saves, and other efforts whistled past the posts.

Nevertheless this was a team performance; everyone played their part, and Alford were gracious in defeat.