A home game vs Southgate Olympic was the final match of the 3s season. Having already secured the Championship this game was all about whether or not we could win or draw and in doing so stay unbeaten all season.

With the bare 11 and a number of those players carrying injuries it was always going to be a tough game and the match started fairly evenly. The Eagles defence remained solid bar a Dave O moment of madness where he tried taking on the Southgate forwards in his own box for no apparent reason!

As has been the case for the whole season the 3s always provide a threat at set pieces and the opening goal of the match came from a corner when the ball dropped to Cam who made no mistake in firing home on his right peg. That made it 18 league goals for the season for our Buzzy Rascal who was the only ever present in the team. He also chipped in another 3 in the cup to give him 21 from 26 games - not bad but Dave Jones would have got 30.

The impetus was with us and five minutes later we went two up when our rampaging forward line pressed the oppo into a mistake and the ball broke to Ali Parker-Goals who rifled the ball home to make it two in two matches since his return from paternity leave.

We reached half-time without too much further incident and Ste took the opportunity to have a sit down in his plastic chair and reflect on the enormity of what we could achieve if the final 45 minutes of our season went our way.

The slum lord started the second half refreshed and from kick off gave the perfect example of the 3s style and grace with a 40 yard hoof up the park.

The rest of the half was a fairly turgid affair with the 3s happy to sit back and deal with the Southgate attacks whilst trying to hit them on the counter. Unfortunately we were unable to produce a killer move to get a third but at the other end we were pretty comfortable with MoM Dave O keeping things solid, ably assisted by the full backs Harris and Charles whilst Dave J trotted around and did his tradmark tea pot pose. Horace was superb in claiming a number of long throws and the midfield and forwards all worked hard to press the ball higher up the pitch.

Southgate's goal came via a pen when Si May tangled legs with their player in the box. H went the right way but was beaten by a well struck shot.

With only a few minutes to go there was time for one last Southgate attack but they just about missed and we were celebrating an 18th win and of course an unbeaten season.

Congratulations on a superb achievement lads, this squad of half of the old 4th team and some new friends has gelled into a terrfic unit capable of playing great football but also grinding out a victory and standing up for the fight.

Onwards and upwards for next season but in the meantime let's enjoy our success and reflect on something that will live long in the memory.