With several of the regular 1st team squad unavailable for the first trip of the season into Fenland proper, it was down to draftees from the 2nd team to prove they could fill the gaps. This they did to a man as Cambridge South ground out their fifth straight league win over bottom of the table March 3rds.

South started poorly with a formation that left them badly exposed at the back, a deep and roaming March centre forward pulling South central defender Jim Thorpe out of his favourite pivotal position. Chris Graveling was enjoying more freedom to push forward than usual but the closest he got was a swing and a miss on the top of the D. Missed, in fact, with such vigour that he ended up on his back, much to the mirth of twenty-one other players and fifteen or twenty travelling supporters.

South were always looking dangerous going forwards with new player Lukas Snetler linking well with Messrs Garrett, Waller and Carey. However, it wasn't until Mark Jackson found some space on the left wing and was able to deliver a superb cross into the waiting right wing that the on-form Kevin “Keith” Rowland was able to bury an almost unbelievable reverse stick first time strike. 1-0 at the break.

The restart saw South revert to their more usual defensive strategy and the extra man at the back allowed Steve Lane and John Benedikz space to move forward and link well with the wingers. March persisted with the long ball to the centre forward approach, which offered little return as the defence generally snuffed out the danger with ease. Once the umpires had been sufficiently softened up by just the right amount of heckling, they eventually saw red and bought out the yellow for a luckless March player guilty of up-ending Chris Graveling, Tana Umaga style.

This bought South some breathing space and at the other end, skipper for the day Rob Garret was lucky enough to be blessed by a Peter Carey special as the "mad Irishman" danced around the March defence to deliver an inch perfect pass to the predatory centre forward to slot home with apparent ease.

Throughout the game the South goalie was keeping the visitors in the match, with a total shut out. Numerous short corners were saved and scrambled March efforts in the D were thwarted with all the control you would expect from the veteran keeper. A good solid performance all round and three points well earned.