The Group B table had a two tier look to it with three teams on 6 points and three teams on 0 points. Game 7 of Group B would see the first meeting between teams in the top 3 of the table as Hurting Berlin were back in action against Rayford Athletic. We had two teams with 100% records thus far – one, maybe both, of those records would be extinct at the end of this game.

We asked at the start of Group B if Hurting Berlin could recapture their 2012 Valencia Fives form – so far the answer was a resounding yes! They started well, got stronger in Round 2 and were now absolutely flying. Rayford Athletic were clearly no mugs with a good win last time out to their name already. However, they were powerless to stop the Hurting Berlin onslaught. 0-0 at kick-off became 2-0 at half-time. 2-0 at half-time became 5-0 at full time and Hurting Berlin were making a clear statement of intent.

There were goals for Lorcan Bannon (2), Shane Murphy (2) and Emmet Egan. Rayford Athletic were unable to respond but they still had two games to go in Group B to re-ignite their tournament challenge.

Tinniedad & Tobacco had the chance to join Hurting Berlin at the top of Group B if they could find a way to see off the challenge of Fail Madrid. With a win under their belts against Southgate County followed by the walkover win they would be eager to get playing again and earn their points on the pitch. Fail Madrid had secured their first goal of the day in Round 2 and were now looking to register their first points of the day – they had a difficult opponent to achieve this against though.

Tinniedad & Tobacco had never lost a game in normal time in our tournaments and so would be favourites. On the pitch though Tinniedad & Tobacco did not have it all their own way and they had to work very hard due to the diligence of Fail Madrid. However, when Mike Wilkes opened the scoring for Tinniedad & Tobacco it looked as if the game was going as most onlookers would have thought. There was to be no further addition to the score in the opening period.

In the second half Fail Madrid really took to their task well and battled hard. The defence remained strong and ensured Tinniedad & Tobacco would not add to their goal and if they could just find the net at the other end they'd have their first point of the day. Alas, for Fail Madrid, it was not to be on this occasion. They could take a lot from a very good performance and maybe this was the turning point in their fortunes today.