Logica's Division Two survival would depend to a large extent on being able to win at least one of these double-header matches against bottom placed Welham Athletic. That was not as easy as it sounded: the team had lost all four of its double-header fixtures so far this season, had not played for a month, and were missing a large swathe of superstar talent. Deciding to go for broke in the first game, Logica held their nerve, and with a little woodwork-related fortune, earned a vital three points courtesy of a 2-0 win that my well make the difference come May.

It was stand-in keeper Mark Abbott who stole the headlines and the electorate's votes with some theatrical heroics. Allegedly still suffering from a thigh injury, the old man never the less agreed to don the gloves in the absense of the suspended Mad Dog. Some important saves in each half kept Logica level, before a big hoof from the sixth choice number one set up Hoyzone's brilliant strike for undoubtedly Logica's most important goal of the season (although the judges are not exactly spoiled for choice). Then in the final minute, after Noobie's sublime turn had won a penalty, Abbott belied his injured status by sprinting the full length of the pitch to grab the ball and the glory, netting the spot-kick that secured victory.

It had the ring of a Roy of the Rovers script: aging has-been goes in goal in an emergency, and emerges with an assist, a goal, and Logica's first clean sheet of the season. But such headlines should not disguise a gutsy team display in that first game, which also produced some good football on a difficult surface. Indeed Abbott's narrow victory at the polls tells its own story, with plenty of other heroes on the day polling votes: Buck, for an accomplished debut at centre-half, ably supported by Vin Ramdeen; Gautam and Reevaldo for pulling the strings in midfield; and last, but by no means least, Hoyzone, for that brilliant and vital strike plus another goal in the second match.