Easter holidays and other late call-offs meant that Woodbridge Town U12’s started their crucial April programme with only 9 players for their league fixture against Felixstowe & Walton at Melton.

However, the nine players were determined that lack of numbers would not stop them getting the win that they wanted to keep their hopes of a top-two finish alive and rose to the challenge magnificently.

A hat-trick from Ross Tennant, a thunderous free-kick from Alex Hardwick and Scott Clarke’s 38^th goal of the season proved too much for the visitors, but it wasn’t just the goal scorers who won this game for Woodbridge, it was the belief, commitment, skill and genuine hard work of every Woodbridge player on the field that turned a potential defeat into a famous and hugely deserved victory.

A delighted Ed Mellamphy said after the game “…and players on holiday or still a-bed, shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their playing positions cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Melton playing field today" he went on to add “…never on the field of football at Melton, has so much been owed by so many to so few.”

The nine players who will now take their place in legend and become the subject of many footballing ballads were:

Thomas Anderson, Scott Clarke, Conor Clements, Thomas Debenham, Alex Hardwick, William Mellamphy, Jack Spurling, Ross Tennant and Luke Wright.