A typical saturday in the life of the 4th team in 2016…

Lots of good, expansive hockey with the team passing well, playing for each other.

Rock Radford and his men, this time bolstered by late night reveller Phil Harvey, repelling all boarders with a combination of in-yer-face hounding and persistent tackling, turning defence into attack whenever possible. And if not, then wanging it off the pitch unceremoniously.

Sufficient chances to get well ahead but thwarted by the excellent Saints keeper (we taught him well as a Southerner, way back when) or the metalwork.

The usual John Greaves long range effort passing the post by millimetres.

A Simon Frampton poachers' goal from two feet out off a Rupert Espley cross; Frampton's 50th goal for Cambridge South. Well played, that man.

A soft one conceded, this time with St Neots' top scorer bobbling one in via various South feet, legs and bodies, past the wrongfooted but otherwise impeccable Matt S-G, who deservedly won Man of the Match for his domination of the goal mouth area.

An injury, this time midfield battler Stu Creed taking a blow from an errant Saints stick, fracturing a finger, necessitating a trip to A&E.

Two disallowed goals from Cambridge South - Ian Marshman's piledriver off a short corner deemed slightly too high, and a flick into the top corner from the effervescent Alex Pashley after a mazy dribble which took him past at least four opponents. Unfortunately, the whistle went just as he was striking the ball, for a foul on him slightly earlier in the move. Ah well.

All this somewhat discombobulated the unbeaten league leaders, St Neots, but they took it with good grace. I guess because they are still the leaders, although South matched them this time and stretched our own unbeaten run to six games.