The final league fixture of the season for Cambridge South Men's 3rds, sponsored by PwC, was a melancholic-tinged affair. Against a team they had already beaten three times this season, South were confident of achieving a result while also aware that their promotion destiny was dependent on other results.

From the start however, St Neots made it clear that they were determined to overturn the prior form book and finally take something off South this season. The early exchanges were evenly matched, with both teams probing the other's defence while failing to create any clear-cut chances. In the latter part of the first half South began to gain the upper hand, with strong play from Colin Singleton and 'Action' Jackson in the centre of midfield and excellent running and crossing down the right wing by Michael Woolley driving the game forward. The pressure resulted in a succession of short corners for South as St Neots were pressed back inside their own 25 but South weren't able to make them count.

At half time the match was still goalless, with South aware that nothing less than a win would do. South captain Neil Sneade exhorted the team to keep playing good hockey and to exploit the width, confident that the pressure would tell in the end. He was proved right shortly after the break, when a hard strike from Action was heading just wide until a clip off a St Neots foot deflected it into the goal.

Having got the breakthrough, South upped the pressure again. Within two minutes, South had doubled their lead through John Horsley, who proceeded to add a further brace to complete his hatrick. St Neots' heads had dropped and leading scorer Simon Ta got in on the action with two goals from a short corner and close range to seal the win, followed by an attempt at a celebratory cartwheel that was more Alan Pardew than Lua Lua.

There was just time for St Neots to grab a consolation goal with literally the last hit of the game, a short corner crisply struck into the bottom corner of the South goal, but South had already secured their eighth victory in a row. A fine end to the league season but even with a gap of more than 20 points back to the fourth placed team, it still may not be enough to secure promotion.