Billed as a vital six-pointer against a side on the same number of points, Logica were out of contention by half time as a combination of kamikaze defending and strong winds helped St Augustines to a 4-0 interval advantage. Despite a slight improvement in the second half, the men in red and black ended up suffering the humiliation of a 6-1 drubbing, by far their worst defeat this season. To make matters worse, four of the seven goals were scored by Logica players!

The visitors had a strong diagonal wind in their favour during the first forty-five minutes, and any crosses, corners or throw-ins from the right caused havoc in the Logica rearguard. Richmond set the ball rolling inside ten minutes. St Augustines attacked down the right, and their right-back fired in a breeze-propelled cross. Richmond was unchallenged, but mis-timed his headed clearance which instead bulleted past a stunned Fleming and into the corner of his own net (0-1). In quick time a second goal was added. A beautifully hit corner found a Saint rising alone at the far post to power a header wide of the helpless Fleming (0-2).

Logica were still trying to play some good passing football, but were struggling against sharper opponents and a muddy pitch. Before they had seriously threatened the opposition goalkeeper, Saints scored a third goal which rivalled their '80 yard hoof' goal against Logica on the opening day of the season. From just inside Logica's half, a St Augustines' midfielder hooked a volleyed hoik over his head and goalwards. As the ball caught on the wind, Fleming probably suffered a sharp attack of deja-vu. He advanced nervously and tried to catch the up-and-under. Instead the ball was fumbled, with the result that he merely ended up palming the ball into his own goal (0-3). It was not long before a long throw from the right touch-line by Saints was causing more mayhem. Their centre-forward anticipated the flick-on and was able to side-foot home from six yards (0-4). Suddenly we began to have some sympathy with Tranmere's vanquished opponents.

Logica did not lose heart and could have pulled a goal back via the best move of the half. A chipped pass forward was laid off well by Banoub to his strike partner Abbott, who spotted Craig Taylor making a great run on the blind-side of the defence. Abbott played the ball into Taylor's path, and the debutante's pace took him past the last defender but his left foot shot was inches wide as the keeper advanced. A goal would have been just reward for Taylor who was one of the few Logica players to impress on the day. He showed strong running and astute awareness of his colleagues' positions, and his early and simple passing contributed significantly to Logica's better moments. Taylor also possesses a Challinoresque long throw, but this is somewhat wasted as none of the Logica strikers can head the ball. Still, given that Taylor had not played a game of football for two years, and that he was playing out of position, his performance was even more impressive.

With the wind at their backs in the second half, Logica set out to see what they could do. In fact, they played a bit better but Saints were still the sharper and more alert side, and Logica created few clear-cut chances. Some promising positions were carved out, but the final pass all too often went astray. Indeed it was St Augustines who added to their first half tally with another bizarre goal. Another hopeful punt from distance had Fleming in all kinds of difficulty. He seemed to get a hand to the shot, and palm it onto the angle of post and cross-bar. As he turned on a sixpence to see where the ball had gone, the rebound hit him slap bang on the forehead and thudded into the empty goal (0-5).

Now Fleming had two goals to his name, and Richmond one. Finally Logica managed to score one in the right end, and a well-worked goal it was too. Reevaldo took a corner low into Abbott's feet at the near post. Abbott played the ball straight back to the Walsall Wizard, who immediately arced a dangerous cross into the six yard box. Gow had timed his run to perfection and glanced a well placed header past three defenders on the line (1-5).

It could not really even be termed a consolation, especially as Saints added a sixth within minutes. Their centre-forward turned clumsily and shinned a shot goalwards. The ball ran through Richmond's legs and bobbled right into the corner past the dive of Fleming, a goal that seemed to typify Logica's day (1-6). Indeed, if consolations were being sought, they really only came in the impressive debut of Taylor, and the earlier than predicted return after injury of Spence. The Scotsman came on as a substitute for the last fifteen minutes, and happily was able to report no signs of the knee injury after the game.