A Thursday evening match? Whoever came up with that idea I do not know, but it made a refreshing change to the traditional Saturday afternoon slot which is needed for so many other things, like washing the car, mowing the lawn, and sanding and bees-waxing the dining table that I had planned for this weekend (which later all got postponed to the Sunday as I was made aware we then also had a second game of the week on said Saturday afternoon).

We were warned that there were going to be parking issues at Wilberforce Road due to another event (not because we had a massive crowd in attendance), but this was fake news as the car park was empty. It was however a very good method to make sure the team was punctual.

Right, I had better get on with talking about the game (however as this report is three days late and has been knocked off the front of the website by our game yesterday at Bishop’s Stortford I doubt many people will be reading this, surely? Either way I had better get my facts straight).

We started off superbly and smashed in a couple of early goals. Then we had a bit of a lapse in concentration (quite a long one in fact) and found ourselves behind at half time (from two-nil to two-three). The most memorable bit of that first half for me was dealing with an aerial, missing it, getting nut-megged at the same time and then their centre-forward scoring.

We stepped up a gear in the second half, got organised and also took advantage of a lack of subs that Newmarket didn’t bring with them to turn the game around and win it seven-four. To quote a couple of extracts from emails since the game:

Jan B – “A whacky 7-4 win over Newmarket that had lots of good elements and, er, some things to work on. Yes, let’s put it like that.”

Captain James – “The squad look worryingly lean, mean, fit and fast; words rarely associated with the Men’s 2s.”

Hang on a second, I’ve just read some more of Jan’s email and he has pretty much written a detailed and accurate match report for this, so I’ll cut and paste it and go to bed: