However, after persuading Shaun Lugo to take the gloves and juggling the players around to fit a 4-4-2 as best as possible, those parents that did travel along with manager Weavers and stand-in sidekick Frost, ended up being treated to a gutsy and spirited display from a very young Woodbridge side that did the club and themselves proud. Although that opening paragraph may portray a backs against the wall game, it was far from it and in the end Woodbridge thoroughly deserved to take all 3 points from the game. Whilst the more senior Diss side had strength, height and presence about it, our young lads had the advantage over the grass in speed of thought and turn of foot and actually played the better football over the course of the game. A lively opening to the game saw last weeks hat-trick hero Baldry have the 1st chance but he dragged his shot wide when placed well and although he ended the game not on the scoresheet , his self-less running and workrate at the top end of the pitch kept the Diss backline on their toes. They also had to contend with the speed and direct running of Callum Smith who looked dangerous every time he was found in the wide areas and it was from such a run and shot from Smith that Woodbridge took the lead when the keeper failed to hold onto his stinging drive and Hammond ghosted in to follow up to score. Diss should have levelled soon after, on at least 2 occasions, when balls from the left managed to go across crowded penalty areas with no one able to put a touch to force it home, but in the main Diss were restricted to shots from outside the area which failed to trouble Lugo in the goal, although I am sure he would have liked more urgency in closing those down. As the 1st half wore on, our young lads looked ever dangerous coming forward but were guilty if anything of picking the wrong final ball and several promising positions were wasted but deserved the half-time lead they came in with. A sloppy start to the 2nd half saw Diss have early pressure but this was more a result of us handing possession back on a plate with some rather erratic passing at times but the defence again shut many a door with young Thickitt showing good signs already at this level winning a number of tackles and headers in the air alongside the composed Clouting. Both were supported well by Balaam at left back and Culf stuck to his task at right-back well in an encouraging display from him. Ahead of them the tireless work from Barton and Nicklin proved invaluable and both should take great credit from the game as they stood up to a lot in the centre of the park and linked well at times to release the pace of Smith or the trickery of Hammond down the right whose great touch and footwork saw him ghost into some good positions. None more so than when he controlled a long flighted ball from Thickitt only to blaze over when well placed and then shortly after twisting free to give space to Baldry who this time lifted his shot over rather than wide. It looked as though we were made to pay when Diss levelled from a free-kick given away by Thickitt who had got the wrong side of the attacker in the build-up. The flighted ball came back off a Woodbridge head to the Diss player who forced it home from a yard out and it has to be said we had to dig deep in the following 10 minutes or so as Diss took the game to us. Lugo saved well at the feet of the striker after kicking the ball straight to him but we were struggling to get out at times and at this stage we could have done with making a sub or two as by now some were visibly tiring with the effort and running that they had done on the big Diss pitch. However we always had that threat going forward and with about 7 minutes remaining a lovely through ball sent Smith clear who could not be caught to finish well. The game could have been wrapped up a few minutes later as we counter-attacked with Smith being bundled down in the box but his spot-kick was excellently pushed aside but the final whistle came soon after and the youngsters could feel satisfied with their days work in the circumstances. Team: Lugo, Balaam, Thickitt, Clouting, Culf, Smith, Barton, Nicklin, Hammond, Baldry and Roots.