The M6s’ second friendly took place early morning in bright and sunny Culford. South came with a bare eleven, some still sore from a pay and play session just twelve hours before. The opposition kindly lent us two of their players to even out the teams. In terms of number of players, that is.

Much of the first half was spent inside our half of the pitch due to the well-oiled Bury team putting the pressure on from the start, intercepting our passes and frequently invading our D. The defence held out well with our goalie saving many shots, including hard reverse stick shots aimed at top corners, and only letting in two goals before half time.

While we kept fighting hard, improved our passes and pushed up more in the second half, several young Bury players outpaced the now tired midfield and defence and just kept scoring. Substituting most of the midfield into defence didn’t help either. Eventually South broke through, got a short awarded, and we scored our first goal. Or rather one of the guesting Bury players did! Overall it was a good and friendly match.