Round 3 started with ZVC Indoor Gent “hosting” Shaolin Soccer. We say hosting as ZVC Indoor Gent were the “home” team for the fixture but were the travelling team for the tournament. Shaolin Soccer were the “away” team on the fixture but the local team based in Amsterdam.

ZVC Indoor Gent had so far been drawn in the opening fixture of each round. Each time they had secured victory and put pressure on the teams behind to match them with victories. So far, only Club Atlantico Nationale had been able to match them. Could they win a third game in a row and shift the pressure back on to their rivals and the chasing pack?

Shaolin Soccer would not be an easy game for ZVC to win. The local Dutch team had only lost narrowly to Club Atlantico Nationale in Round 1 and came into this game on the back of a 4-1 win versus Sutton on Tour (who ZVC had beaten 5-1). We expected a close game and that's what we got. It was the Belgians who lead at half-time though thanks to Michael Ingels. He kept up his record of scoring in every game so far.

The goals flowed in the second half but the game remained close. There was four goals with two for each team. Michael Ingels netted again which meant he had now scored twice in every game. There was also a double for Shaolin Soccer's Guus Ter Stege. Senne Morren scored his first goal of the tournament for ZVC Indoor Gent as his team won 3-2.

It was another win for ZVC Indoor Gent who showed they could win big (5-1 v Sutton on Tour) and also the close games (2-1 v Purnell Youth, 3-2 here).

We were now past the half-way stage in Group C and things were starting to take shape at the top and the bottom. The top two had opened up a 6 point gap on the field but BSP FC had the opportunity to close the gap on the leaders if they could claim their second win of the day. Their opponents would be Sutton On Tour.

Sutton On Tour were currently rooted to the foot of the Group C table looking for their first points. The positive for them was that they were scoring (a goal in each game) but they were leaking goals heavily at the other end (9 conceded). BSP FC had scored 9 themselves so far in two games so it looked like this game would be won and lost depending how Sutton On Tour coped with the BSP attack.

BSP FC were amongst the goals from the off as they raced to a 4-0 lead by half-time. They increased the lead after the break to 6-0 as they rounded off a comprehensive win. Alex Richardson added to his brace in Round 1 with a hat-trick here. Zak Sandhu kept up his record of scoring in every game with two as he took his tally for the tournament to 4. Kyle McLellan was also amongst the goals to take him to 5 for the day.

There was a clean sheet for Benjamin Hamlet in goal for BSP FC – remarkably, this would be the only clean sheet kept in all 15 games of Group C.