Holton made only two enforced changes to the starting line up as Ben Duncan and Mark Broomfield cam in for the unavailable Hightower and Allan 'Steptoe' Kemp. Broomfield came in at left midfield whilst Latchy moved from left back to centre back to fill Hightowers boots. Budda was then switched to left back with Ben Duncan getting the nod on the right.

In a pretty one sided affair Southbank were again in dominant mood - once they'd woken up AGAIN! Latchy tried to create some excitment at the back with a wayward backpass whilst Budda kicked out at an opponent in an uncharacteristic display of petulance. Apart from this Southbank never looked in any trouble as Spokes kept his second consecutive clean sheet for The 'Bank. Again the Blue and White Hooped wall in front of him performed well, albeit under little pressure, and JS was again reduced to fielding back passes and taking goal kicks.

The 'Bank opened the scoring when Nader burst down the left, beat a couple of Burghfield defenders and squared the ball to Gale 8 yards out. Gale tried to take a touch before shooting but his first touch somehow ended up in the back of the net, alongside a lunging Sports defender! Ricky later blamed his shin pad and not his lack of a first touch....shouldn've know it wasn't The Generals fault. The rest of the half saw Southbank play some good football although at times a turn too many or pass to late showed up a tendancy to over complicate things. However, chances were created and missed but comehow the score remained 1-0 despite Southbanks total control.

The second half saw Southbank continue to dominate preceedings. Brown was controlling the midfield and pulling the strings whilst the back four, led by the impressive Danny Fitzpatrick, proved impassable for the Sports attackers. With half an hour to go Nader Gehawi was replaced by Steve Woodrow. This was Nads' last appearance in the hoops before returning to Libya after completing his time in England. Nads had again proved to be potent threat for Southbank and his trickery and surging runs will be greatly missed. In Steve Woodrow though Southbank have a ready made replacement, and Woody showed his worth with another well taken goal shortly after coming on. A little work on his free kicks wouldn't go amiss though after he almost knocked down a tree dehind the goal with one second half effort.

Woodrows goal proved to be the last as Southbank settled for a 2-0 win. Although this was a satifying performance, Southbank will have to be more ruthless in front of goal against the stronger teams this year. However, if the whole team continue to defend as well as in recent weeks points will continue to flood in as a the new found resiliance is rewarded with a much improved defencive record.