Having seen City score 5 goals in 13 games, the stripes faithful have seen City bang in 5 goals in four days!
So it came to pass that four days after vanquishing Darlington, that Cambridge United came to Twerton Park. Cambridge were one of the teams City did the double over last season, with Kaid Mohammed scoring a dramatic and superb last minute winning, before turning them over 4-0 at Twerton and earning their manager the sack in the process.
City lined up with the same 442 which started the game against Darlington, and City definitely seemed full of confidence after the Darlington game and swarmed all over the Cambridge players from the start, however, Cambridge looked the team with more technique and always looked dangerous on the break.
The crowd was poor with few if any of the students that came to the Darlington game in attendance. However, the City masses were bouyed when in the 12th minute a expertly flighted free kick from Marc Canham found Charlie Clough at the back post who neatly turned the ball home.
Twerton erupted again and suddenly this season of overwhelming doom seemed lightened. But true to form Gethin Jones dropped a bollock, completely misjudging a through ball which he jumped under before the advancing Cambridge forward Michael Gash collected the ball well before slotting a cool finish past Glyn Garner.
However, this is not the poor, confidence free City team of recent weeks and the stripes resumed attacking Cambridge with the Sean Canham and Lee Phillips partnership showing continuing signs of flourishing. On 25 minutes Marc Canham (who was having a superb game) crossed from the right and the Cambridge full back inexplicably leapt with his hands above his head, penalty City.
Cue scenes of jubliation on the terraces....apart from those amongst us who have memories....City had up to that moment two penalties this season, both of which were missed by separate takers. So the third time this season City had a different penalty taker...Marc Canham, who against all expectations hammered the ball home. 2-1 City.
Unfortunately we couldn't hold onto the lead until half time and Cambridge equalised after a brilliant turn by their forward. 2-2 and a bit of optimism for once.
The atmosphere in Twerton in the second half was much better as is usually the case when attacking the Bristol End (for anyone not familiar with Twerton Park the Popular Side banks steeply at the Bristol End making the gap from terrace to roof much less and increasing the decibels a hell of a lot) and the roof would have come off if Clough had scored from a pinpoint cross from Canham, Clough should have scored as it was a much better chance than the one he did!
Not long after though Cambridge scored from a corner, as Citys lack of set piece defending cost them dear yet again. However, unbelieveably Citys scoring was not done as minutes later the mighty stripes were awarded another penalty for handball which Canham converted again.
Unfortunately, and as is often the case in football a player who has been superb makes one mistake and it ruins their previous good work and Marc Canham was that man, with a scuffed clearance in the 84th minute that fell to Tom Shaw who executed the most exquiste finish.
So the game finished 3-4 to Cambridge, but given the dross of the Barrow, Kettering, Southport games this was the first time this season I left Twerton after a loss feeling reasonably satisfied, if the stripes can take this attacking verve into the away game at Braintree then we have hope! UTC!
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