An almost flawless victory for Cambridge South M5s’ team this week, with Andi Caddy kindly volunteering to be in goal.

Having played the game as a race to see who would score first, both teams were neck and neck until towards the final moments of the first half when a short corner was awarded. Howard Steed pushed the ball with pinpoint accuracy to Captain Creed, who whacked the ball with might, hitting the backboard with a satisfying ‘clunk’ so thunderous that it sent a shiver down one’s spine. One-nil, and half time.

With South emboldened and energised, more goals came in quick succession after the break:

Nick Georgiadis made a quick pass to Stuart Creed, who made a fast sniping pass to Peter Creed, who, upon seeing an opening to Shahbaz Ali, sent him a cross inside the D. Shahbaz skillfully lifted the ball above the players’ sticks and keeper’s limbs into the high parts of the net. In contrast to the previous goal, there was no sound to be heard, which took even the umpires by surprise as they took a few seconds to gather their confidence and award the goal. Two-nil.

We made quite a few break-throughs towards the opposition D, thanks to a partnership between Alex West and Oliver Weston on the right, and Simon Kitchen on the left, paired with Adrian Granger Brown, who menaced the opposition at both ends of the field. There were a number of shots on goal, but the opposition’s goalkeeper did a great job of keeping them out. Shortly after, Adrian positioned himself superbly, finding a wide space inside the opposition D with a good shooting angle. Received a cross, he hammered the ball across the ground into the opposition goal, making it look effortless. Three-nil.

Winning another short corner meant that Mr Steed got to show off his push-out skills once again - this time towards Stuart Creed waiting with his stick across the ground, ready to perform a dead-stop, with Shahbaz Ali poised beside him for his signature-special drag flick. Ball pushed out, Stuart stops it dead. Shahbaz runs up, lifts and drags the ball into the air across the flat of his stick and slings it into the corner of the opposition net. Once again, complete silence mixed with awe, while the umpires took a few seconds to compose themselves after wondering what the heck just happened. Four-nil.

The M5s’ final goal comes as Peter Creed receives the ball at top D, dribbles it around a player and skillfully shoots it at a surprising angle straight into the bottom corner - How did…? What? When?… No-one knows; well done lad! Five-nil.

The opposition did break through the front lines on a number of occasion, but Garth Wells and Man of the Match, James Piper, skillfully put a stop to most incursions. Such was the strength of the duo that through the entire game, goal keeper Andi Caddy only had three touches of the ball. On one such encounter, a ball was unfortunately deflected by one of our players into our goal. A simple spot of bad luck. Five-one.

The tremendous win contributed to a great atmosphere during teas, where sandwiches, crisps and chocolates were gulped down in celebration.