Group D was really hotting up as we entered Round 4 and it was especially tight at the top. Match 10 of the group was €agles 3:36 against Cheesecake FC. If Cheesecake won this game you felt it was a two-horse race for the Group D title. If €agles 3:36 could claim the win then it would make things really interesting in the battle for Cup qualification.

Cheesecake FC were on 9 points, had a 100% win record, had 8 goals to their name and were still to concede a goal. They continued that form again in the opening period here by grabbing the first goal. Clement Barouillet was enjoying a fine morning and it was 3 goals in 3 games for him as his strike put Cheesecake FC in the ascendency.

You felt that if €agles 3:36 were going to win this they would have needed to score the first goal so they could soak up the pressure and take their chances on the break. As it was, €agles 3:36 now had to come out in search of a goal and with limited time available to them that would inevitably lead to space for Cheesecake to operate in. Cheesecake FC were more than capable of taking advantage and they did just that with Wes Armstrong and Clement Barouillet both adding to their tally for the day.

The final score was 3-0 and it effectively sealed qualification for the Cup for both Cheesecake FC and Bubble Football. €agles 3:36 were still in pole position for the Plate competition.

That left us with the final two teams yet to play their fourth fixture – Saga Louts and It's Back. It was becoming crunch time in Group D and with the absence of Casa Amarela it meant there would be just one team from the group going through to the Trophy. This was almost a knock-out tie in terms of whoever won would go to the Plate and the loser would go to the Trophy. Should the game finish in a draw then that would favour Saga Louts as they had a better goal difference and although It's Back would claim their walkover in Round 5, they'd only be able to improve their goal difference by +3.

So, a must win game for It's Back and it was indeed they who broke the deadlock going into half-time courtesy of a Rich Hudson goal. Hudson was on his first It's Back eurofootballfives.com tour and he scored his team's opening goal of the day. Hudson was unfortunate to score an own goal earlier in the day and if, using golfing parlance, that was a bogey then he'd just birdied to get himself back to par.

Would that Rich Hudson goal be enough to claim all 3 points? Alas for the perennial best dressed team on tour (you should see their Saturday night suits!) Saga Louts hit back after the interval and it was Andy Gauld who was the man on the mark. It was a goal that had looked to earn Saga Louts (although not quite guaranteed) a place in the Plate.