The start of Round 4 promised to be an intriguing encounter. It was the two teams in third and fourth place who were each looking to close the gap on the leaders. We had Wealdstone Raiders who came into the game on the back of a massive win. Following two 0-0 draws they had just won 6-1 so would, no doubt, be brimming with confidence.

AC Motxo International had 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat so far. They were unbeaten in the last two games. They had rescued a point from being a goal down in their previous game which would maybe have given them a little boost too.

After that big win, Wealdstone Raiders were the top scoring team in the group but they were unable to find a way past Isaac Barriguete Franco in the Spanish goal. At the other Wealdstone Raiders had been defensively solid with 2 clean sheets in 3 previous games. That would become 3 clean sheets in 4 games.

As the referee blew the final whistle the two teams would have to settle for a point each. Final score, 0-0.

FC Gymnasium versus AFC Chorltonians was the next game on Campo B and was a battle between the 2nd and 6th placed teams respectively.

FC Gymnasium, the champions from 2015 when they played as Futeboladas, were just beginning to show that title winning form. After a slow and steady 0-0 start in Round 1, they had now won 2 games on the bounce. It was perhaps no surprise then that it was the Portuguese who took the lead in this one. Soares was the man with goal.

AFC Chorltonians were hitherto unbeaten today after three successive draws. They were on level terms when Anthony Hardy bagged his second goal of the day. At 1-1 they were heading for a fourth successive draw. Whilst they clearly didn't want to lose I am sure they would want to avoid the tag of “draw specialists”.

Anthony Hardy made sure they avoided another draw by putting the English team 2-1 up. It marked a superb comeback against the joint league leaders and put their first win on the board. Could this be the catalyst for bigger and better things for AFC Chorltonians?

The 15th game in Group B was Elbersiktas versus Men Behaving Chadli. It was the two teams in 7th and 8th position who really needed a result. At the start of Round 4, these teams were only 3 / 4 points off Cup qualification with 4 games to go so if they could turn their form around it wasn't too late. However, defeat here would make it very difficult.

Men Behaving Chadli came into the game on the back of a harrowing 6-1 defeat and would probably have had that sinking feeling when they went behind again. The goal was credited to Pieter Elbers, CEO of KLM, who Elbersiktas were named after. It was an “I'm Spartacus” moment or a “My name's Brian and so is my wife's” moment.

Tom Marriott scored his team's first European goal in the last game to equalize. He scored his team's second European goal to equalize in this game. That's where the similarities ended though. In the previous game his goal was the pre-cursor to a 6-1 defeat. In this game, his goal was the pre-cursor to a 2-1 win. Matt Hogden was the man who went on to score the winner and bag Men Behaving Chadli's first win of the day. Very well done to them – a great comeback.

It was third versus sixth at kick-off in the final game of Round 4 as AFC Chorltonians met Lacey Green FC. Just two points separated the two teams at kick-off. AFC Chorltonians were the team with the advantage but had played an extra game. They were unbeaten with 1 win and 3 draws so far.

After 2 games, Lacey Green FC were joint top. However, since defeat to FC Gymnasium and the order of fixtures they now found themselves down in sixth at kick-off which very much felt like a false position. Group B was so tight though that a win would give them a share of top spot again.

With top spot the motivation it was Lacey Green FC who hit the front. Captain Tony Shadbolt, leading by example, with the goal that gave his team the lead. Lacey Green should be mindful that in the previous two Group B games the team who took the lead went on to lose 2-1. AFC Chorltonians would dearly love to make that a hat-trick or at the very least grab an equalizer to maintain their unbeaten run.

It was not to be though as Ryan Maguire kept his third clean sheet in four games. Lacey Green FC took all 3 points.