Following the previous weeks victory against the same opposition this was an ideal opportunity for Southbank to record their second win of the season.  With Southbank hit by an availability crisis -  Bradbury, Madden, Brown and Rodgers all unavailable - it was a patched up Southbank team that started the game.

With 4 changes to last weeks back four it took a while for Southbank to settle into the game as a disjointed 20 opening twenty minutes saw some dire football from both sides.  However, as in the first game between the sides, Pangbourne managed to take the lead when a long throw caused confusion in the Southbank back four and a Pangbourne shot flew past a helpless Spokes.  Somehow this seemed to settle Southbank down and some neat passing started to get The Bank back into the game.  A deserved equaliser came when Towner played Allan Kemp in down the left.  Allan beat two Pangbourne defenders and slotted past the keeper to spark Southbank into life.

Despite the loss of Steve Patterson, which saw Guppy come on to play left wing with Allan (controversially if you ask Towner?) switching to the centre, Southbank roared into the lead with a goal of the season contender from Ricky Gale.  Gale cut in from the inside right channel, beat two defenders then coolly fired in to the top corner with his left foot.  Some resolute defending held the lead to half time and a chance for the patched up Southbank side to take a breather.

The second half saw some prolonged pressure on the Southbank back four as Pangbourne made the strange tactic of going for an arial bombardment.  What made this strange was that Southbank, with new signing Simon Price, first team debutant Danny Fitzpatrick and an out of position Bryce Bellman, where more than dominant in the air against what was at most an average height Pangboure forward line.  If ever the back four was breeched Spokes came to the rescue in what was perhaps his most accomplished performance for Southbank.  The highlight of Spokes performance was a full stretch finger tip save that pushed a certain goal bound shot on to the cross bar.

With tension growing under the Pangbourne pressure Towner claimed his second assist when he released Gale for a 1-on-1 with the keeper.  Despite having missed a couple of earlier chances The General - back to his commanding best - sat the keeper down and passed in to the empty net to seal the win and claim 3 more points to almost secure Southbanks Division 1 status.

This was well earned victory with fine performances from keeper Spokes, Towner and Gale and tireless display from defender Allan Kemp who scored scored in his second successive game.  Also worthy of note were steadying performances at the back from Fitzpatrick and new signing Simon Price.

Team: Spokes, Price, Booth, Fitzpatrick, Bellman, Thurgood (Holloway), Towner, Patterson (Guppy), Bellman, Holton, Gale