Cambridge South 3rds' period of unimpressive results continued with a generally lacklustre performance against Peterborough Town 5ths resulting in a 1-1 draw. To be fair, Peterborough, the division's bottom side, played to a level that belied their league position.

The tone for the match was set early on when a normally harmless through ball was ignored completely by South and nearly resulted in a Peterborough forward being clean through on goal. Only a timely intervention by the keeper prevented the worst possible start to the game.

After this initial distraction however South dominated possession for the remainder of the half, without really taking controlling the game as expected. Even without dominating the game the defence of Daniel Raffle, John Benedikz and Andrew Pounce, supported by defensive links Ali Blake and David Bridge, never really looked troubled and certainly didn't look as if they would concede a goal. At the other end of the pitch the forward line of Finn Johnson, new recruit Andy Kennedy and Wilco Dijkstra, with midfield attacks from James Bridge and Rory Johnson won a series of short corners, which though well struck by Messrs Bridge and Dijkstra failed to find the final touch into the net.

During one of South's sustained periods of attack Rory Johnson was caught across the knee which gave rise to injury worries and held up the game. Despite having to leave the field for a short while Rory made a good return to play.

South's frustrations were summed up when an attack down the right was squared perfectly across the front of the goal past Peterborough's keeper, only for South's frontline to slice the ball wide of an open goal. The half-time whistle provided a perfect opportunity for South to re-group and revise their strategy.

The second half opened with Peterborough playing more aggressively. They pushed forward much more and made use of substitutes by replaced their young forward line with a pair of very competent adults. Ironically this aggressive stance gave South the advantage as it was from the breakdown of one of the Peterborough attacks that South finally managed to score from one of the best counterattacks of the season. Making use of the pace down the right side of the pitch South entered the circle and Rory Johnson was able to smash home a powerful shot.

With their noses in front South looked a more settled but Peterborough were far from beaten. South attacked well down both wings but Peterborough were using experienced players across the defence and forward line whilst making little use of their midfield. Each time a South movement broke down Peterborough took a quick ball and were on the offensive immediately. The South defence stood firm and were well supported from midfield although it was obvious that the lack of substitutes meant fatigue had set in early.

With under ten minutes to play, South finally broke. Peterborough, sensing they were far from being pushed over, increased the intensity of their attacks and scrambled an equaliser. Their centre forward shook off several tackles and shot, however a poor clearance by keeper Will Benedikz went out to another attacker. The second shot was also saved. However the Peterborough forward collected the ball and forced the ball over the line. This was achieved despite the best efforts of Daniel Raffle on the goal line who stopped the ball crossing the line twice before being beaten.

On the final whistle the draw felt like a defeat.