Cambridge South 3rds saw their run of four victories from the start of the season brought to a halt against a well-organised St Ives side at the Perse School.

An evenly matched contest saw action at both ends in the first half. Good passing from a well-organised St Ives side put pressure on the Cambridge goal, while quick breakaways and strong midfield play gave South chances of their own. Lacking some of their previous fluidity in their play, South were finding it difficult to get their game going but hard work from Wilco and James P in central midfield did bring some reward, with James C having a shot go narrowly wide. Despite several decent chances for both sides, the game reached the half time interval without score.

In the second half, St Ives stepped up the pressure on the South goal, with only a spectacular one-handed reaction save, low down to his right, from South goalkeeper Jon Price keeping the scores level. St Ives's pressure was eventually rewarded, with a hectic passage of play in the South goal area ending with the ball being scrambled into the goal.

South responded and the St Ives goalkeeper was forced to make saves from all three of the Cambridge forwards, Simon Ta, James Cobbe and John Horsley. At the back, South sweeper Phil Le Gouais made several crucial interceptions in his first game of the season. Despite the pressure from the home team the equaliser wouldn't come, leaving St Ives to take a hard-earned victory.