Logica returned to the astroturf with a bump. After the previous weeks great victory, a home defeat, albeit with excuses, was a disappointment. A huge gap (!) had to be filled with the departure of keeper . Last years second string keeper was on holiday and had anyway expressed strong reservations about extending his career between the posts. In the absence of any volunteers, the captain dutifully consented to sacrifice the glory of goals for the good of the team. The decision was aided by the debut of a new forward , who was rumoured by certain wise old sages to be pretty bloody nifty.

All plans were turned on their heads as Logica had only mustered ten players by kick-off time. The Legendary had neglected to respond to his alarm, and slept on peacefully unaware of the unequal numbers preparing to do battle at Battersea. Despite this apparent disadvantage, Logica started well and were by far the better team in the first half. Goals by and the impressive forged a 2-1 lead. However, a minute before half-time a slice of pure luck changed the course of the game. An innocuous cross fell to a POW forward who motioned to volley goalwards. A complete mis-kick sliced the ball upwards and sent it lolloping over , who would have been perfectly positioned for a clean strike.

The second half saw ten gallant black and white striped heros tire quickly. A serious injury to reduced them effectively to nine men. Logica's sharp passing had fallen to pieces and two sharp breaks caught them short at the back, and resulted in two goals for the away side. retired to goal but nothing could be achieved in the final five minutes, which left Logica to contemplate their first league defeat for 18 months.