Cambridge South, proudly sponsored by PwC, secured a straightforward victory over bottom-of-the-league Spalding 2nds. Spalding have only three points to their name this season, those coming in the opening game of the season in the reverse fixture against South.

South side were keen to make amends for all the various things that had gone wrong in that match (absent players, the car skippered by the skipper getting lost en route and only arriving five minutes before push-back, passing straight to the opposition centre-forward, that sort of thing), and they never looked like losing this game.

Spalding started brightly, but struggled to create clear opportunities. In contrast, South exhibited a ruthless cutting edge in attack. Cheggers continued his good scoring run with two in the first half, one direct from a short corner, and Forrest ended his scoring drought with a reverse stick finish to make it 3-0 at half-time.

Forrest added another in the second period and was then denied a hat-trick when a further effort was surprisingly disallowed. South controlled the game throughout this period, but spoiled things slightly by allowing the visitors a last minute consolation when a clean sheet should have been secured [Ed - vague reports of defenders in the opposition circle looking for personal glory, leading to a counter which found us with only two men in our own half against a posse of visitors!].

The three points completed a generally satisfactory opening half of the season, on South’s latest return to 3NW. Thirteen points from twelve games sees the team in seventh spot for Christmas, and though safety will require a few more wins yet (it’s quite tight at the bottom end of the table) it’s a distinctly realistic hope. More points have been secured already than were accumulated in the two previous twenty-two game attempts at this league…