Men's 3rds claim an honourable draw away at league leaders St Ives

An even game between teams battling for the lead positions in 5NW saw the points shared. St Ives took the lead through a scrambled effort that the brilliant-as -always Shabhaz Ali in goal was unlucky to see coming back past him having saved well from the initial effort.

CSouth immediately equalised with a classy Paul South flick just inside the far post directly from a short corner. CSouth's short corner routine worked well with shots on goal on each occasion, but sadly no more scores. The away team had numerous efforts throughout the game, with Tristan Knight, Dom Nelson and John Greaves all going close. The multitude of opportunities arose from great attacking play, using the wings, early passing to split the opposition defence, movement off the ball, and many good crosses into the danger area

Rupert Espley and Wiclo Dijkstra both went further than the call of duty, incurring injuries to wrist and head respectively. . It wasnt a dirty game, although there did appear to be 12 umpires on the pitch at times. CSouth managed to stay calm in spite of this, and finished the game still pressing for the win

The thirds must have made considerable progress if we come off the pitch disappointed to only draw against the Div 5NW league leaders on their pitch

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James Hodge
Player of the Match

..pressed into service at right back. It was as if he was born to it...and he followed the example of the master marauding wing back, Ian G, to make some telling runs up the wing to contribute to the attack