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Having safely deposited three points in our somewhat poverty-stricken Division Two account, Logica set about doubling the morning’s income with via a healthy helping of seconds in optimistic mood.

made two changes to his initial starting line-up to fulfil a somewhat foolhardy promise to let have a gallop up front: slotted in at full-back enabling to take over ’s previous central defensive role alongside his brother.

More crucially to the eventual outcome of this second match, Bragança made a tactical switch of their own. Having noted that Logica did not exactly attack in large numbers, they switched to a 3-4-3 formation. This would give them a significant numerical advantage in their opponent’s half, and would find Logica struggling to get the ball past the Bragança midfield and up to their own forwards.

With the hard-work done in the first game, Logica perhaps thought that they could cruise through the second. They were wrong. As well as the clever and bold tactical switch, Bragança's inter-game talk had fired them up and they came out ready to compete. now seemed to be losing the aerial battle in midfield, despite his height advantage. Bragança forced Logica onto the back foot, but the defence held firm.

gave away a dangerous free kick at the edge of his own box after obstructing a marauding run from a Bragançian midfielder. But fortunately the potentially dangerous dead-ball was poorly struck, and the shot hit the foot of the wall and was easily cleared.

Logica had to resort to attacking on the break, but with little pace up front they did well to force some attacking throw-ins and the odd corner. Perhaps their best move came from a lay-off into the path of , who advanced on the last defender before offering the ball into the path of at the edge of the box. The Logica wide-man was able to get a shot in, but couldn't quite dig out the power to trouble the Bragança keeper unduly.

Bragança finally achieved a breakthrough just before half-time. Ironically it stemmed from a Logica corner: the ball was cleared quickly, and some positive distribution cuminated with a well placed pass that beat the despairing slide of Jeff Hatton, and a grateful striker was on hand to slip the ball past [0-1].

A quick change around at half-time saw sacrifice himself in a bid for more goal-threat. entered the fray down the left, whilst slipped into ’s midfield role on the right. was re-deployed as an attacking full-back.

However, as the half progressed Logica had less and less momentum going forward. Their cause was not helped by the misfortune of the outstanding , who was rewarded for his endless running in midfield with a severe attack of cramp – with both substitutes used, he gamely battled on to the end. was now being called into action far too often, but dealt with the Bragança attacks with some aplomb, tipping one shot over the bar, intercepting a low cross across the box, and bravely smothering the ball in 50-50 situations.

With ten minutes to go, frustration was clearly mounting. lunged in late on one of the Bragançian strikers, and earned himself a booking. The resulting 35-yard free-kick was well struck and crashed against the bar, to be gratefully scooped into touch by the back-tracking defenders. But almost inevitably Bragança's perseverance eventually paid off, and another attack at the death found a willing striker able to poke the ball past to seal the game [0-2].

Knowing the re-start would likely be Logica's last kick of the game, attempted an audacious shot from the centre circle. He was as surprised as anyone to see that the shot had enough power and accuracy to cause the keeper to back-pedal furiously towards his own line. But as the crowd collectively held its breath, the Football Gods saw fit to not trip the keeper up, nor to have him flailing miserably at the hopeful punt. Instead the Bragança glove-man easily caught the shot and merely laughed at the Yorkshireman’s audacity.

And so Logica’s equally audacious bid for the full six points went the same way as ’s punt – bold but ultimately unsuccessful. Only time will tell whether a mere three points will be sufficient, but at least ’s men could take some consolation from the fact that many a double-header down the years had yielded far fewer points than this.

Read the report of the first match.