South 3rds, sponsored by PwC, kept the pressure up on Division 7NW leaders Wisbech 5ths with a comprehensive win over a distinctly youthful Boston side.

Goals came at regular intervals throughout the first half, with one of South's own youngsters, Simon Ta, giving them the lead before James Cobbe and Tim Waller added further strikes, surrounding one back from the hosts. That goal had gone past keeper Jon Price off Ian Evans's stick, but he made up for this by turning in a short at the right end (aka stealing Tim's goal right on the line!) to ease South further in front early in the second half.

Chances were coming regularly for the visitors, as the young Boston keeper was kept busy. He showed his promise on numerous occasions, but could do little with the chances that James C and Simon converted from close-range for their braces in the match. The final goal action was a really good goal by the hosts, a deflection to a driven ball finding the top corner. Give them a couple of years playing together and this Boston side will be extremely competitive in this league.

However, South are competitive now, and Simon came within inches of completing his second hat trick of the season with the last touch of the game. Tim's driven cross from the right found him lurking, unmarked, by the left post, but his sweep into a seemingly open net just didn't find the target. Despite this, Simon remains the sides top scorer with ten goals, seven of them in the league, in six games to his name so far.