It was obvious to see how Milton Keynes won the league last season and are currently at the top again.

The first fifteen minutes were fairly close, with South's efforts mainly led by Steve Fleck. However, apart from a couple of his shots and a flick from Roger Craigen that just sailed over the bar, the MK defence held firm. South battled hard in defence but MK got the upper hand and put three goals past Jim Sutcliffe in the second fifteen minute spell.

Cambridge South got a goal back following a nice move down the right, which resulted in a pass from Keith Davidson across the D for Roger to flick home. Unfortunately, MK scored a fourth goal just before half time and, in spite of South being awarded a short corner as the half time whistle blew, it remained at four-one at the break.

South came out hard in the second half with Steve Fleck, Piyush Jani, Phil Smith and Keith Davidson exerting more control over the midfield. The defence was well organised with Andrew Matthews, Ky Ho, Kevin Pride and Peter Kemp stopping most of MK's attacks. However, Jim was called on on several occasions to make more good saves.

In attack, Ricky Williams and Roger Craigen fought hard but a further goal from MK was answered by a nice goal finished off by Keith.

With Peter Kemp limping off with fifteen minutes remaining and being replaced by another injured player in the form of Steve Riches, the defence started to struggle. To add to South's problems, Keith received a nasty blow on the hand.

MK increased their tally to seven with some lovely skilful moves, but as the final whistle blew Cambridge South were awarded another short. This time the deflection of MK's acrobatic keeper fell to Ricky, who made no mistake from a tight angle.

So 3-7 and a good game against the best team we are likely to come across this season.