Southbank took a break from league action for this Industrial Cup first round tie versus Division 1 East side AFC Woodley. 

Player/Manager Holton made just one change to the side from last week as Steve Woodrow replaced Nader Gehawi after his return to Libya.  The bench was strengthened by the return of Allan Kemp and Bryce Bellman who joined Hyslop and Holton on the sidelines.

With the wind picking up and the pitch still rock hard it was difficult for both sides to play any decent football.  The first twenty minutes was a scrappy affair in which neither side managed to take control or create any dangerous openings.  With Woodley perhaps marginally on top it was left to a moment of magic from Woodrow to open the scoring.  A ball over the top allowed Steve to use his pace to meet the ball and hit a dipping volley over the head of the Woodley keeper from twenty-five yards.  A classic Woodrow strike and a fine way to mark his return to the starting line-up.

For the remainder of the first half clear cut chances where at a premium as both defences remained on top.  Woodley proved hard to break down as their deep lying centre midfielder dominated the first half by winning all the headers and distributing well.  Browner and Towner really had their work cut out but Brown was at the heart of most of Southbanks good

football as his quick footwork and tricky looked the most potent danger for The 'Bank.  When he wasn't getting the hump about taking corners this was possibly Browns best game of the season so far.  It was from a Brown/Woodrow combination on a corner that Southbank nicked a second goal. A short corner from Brown to Woodrow was then crossed to the far post and alluded the suspect Woodley keeper.  It fell to a Woodley player on the goaline, and with Blue and White hoops surrounding him, it was all the unfortunate defender could do to put the ball in to his own net!  With the security of the second goal Southbank got a hold of the game.  The hard working Broomfield and Thurgood got more in possession and both looked a threat going forward as half time approached.

During the interval Holton asked for a repeat performance from his side with a continued display of work rate and commitment.  His troops delivered as Woodley were reduced to long range efforts and corners whilst Southbank opened Woodley up more and more as the game wore on.  With Woodley pushing for a way back in to the game Holton sent on Bellman for the impressive Broomfield.  Broomie had once again worked his socks off down the left hand side and has given Holton another option in midfield with his sterling performances over the last two games.  With the game opening up a little Ricky Gale was sent one-on-one with the keeper.  As he tried to round the keeper he was bought down for a penalty which saw the keeper sympathetically booked.  Gale dusted himself down and took the penalty himself.  However, the keeper, who was lucky to still be on the pitch, guessed the right way and stopped the Generals spot kick. Thankfully Bryce was on hand to bundle the ball over the line for his second goal of the season.  The goal made up for Bryce's earlier miss when his team mates were queuing up in the box and, with the keeper beaten, he completely missed the ball and fell over his own bandy legs!  The trick was repeated by Gale as he fell in the box attempting to get on the end of a right wing cross.  Questions must be aimed at their pre-match preparations as both seemed to be suffering from less than perfect balance.

With a 3-0 lead Southbank now concerned themselves with keeping a third consecutive clean sheet.  The biggest danger to Spokes' goal seemed to come from corners.  Woodley were a big side and coupled with good delivery they were always a threat to a Southbank defence missing Hightowers aerial ability.  Holton threw on Kemp and Hyslop to help shore things up and it looked like it had worked until it all went wrong in last minute as a long range effort bounced up in front of Spokes.  Spokes managed to clear the danger, albeit only for a corner.  The Woodley pressure told and the ball dropped in the box and was slammed home through a crowd of players as Woodley scored with almost the last kick of the game.

The win, which marked the first outing of The 'Banks new kit - kindly sponsored by Elite Wheels & Tyres - puts Southbank in to Round 2 of the cup,  a tie against Calcot CA, and just 3 wins from a first ever Southbank cup final appearance!