Kevin Whitworth / Jacurutu

I hear on the grapevine that Jesmond beat Durham last week, which, according to my calculations, meant that if York A beat Jesmond, we'd still be in the running for winning the league. So with high hopes and the home advantage (a real one this time), we were all looking forward to the game.

From the start it was obvious it was going to be a hard fought game. York started well, and in fact I got the first goal - one of the Jesmond players turned the puck behind him - straight in front of me, so I helped myself to the puck, and headed up the pool. There seemed to be a large gap, and no obvious support, so I kept going all the way into the goal. However, from there on it, Jesmond didn't make it easy for us, and play moved up and down the pool. One minor hiccup was Joe (from York) playing with a black bat - no one had explained to him that the cap should be the same colour as the bat, and when he subbed in, no one spotted he had the wrong colour. Gareth didn't seem too impressed, unsurprisingly, and had some choice (if not actually obscene) words to say. Sorry!

At the end of the first half, it looked like York had the advantage, and at the restart, I managed to repeat my start to the first half, but then it started going down hill. Defending the deep end started to take its toll, and Jesmond swam in a series of 4 or 5 goals in a row. Towards the end, York started to pull it together again, although we nearly conceded one last goal as I got mixed up with the timings. Andy, who was timekeeping, said there was something like a minute to go, and by the time he'd counted down to the restart, I figured there wasn't much time at all. I knew the scoreline was close, so I figured we needed to try for one last goal, and decided with very little time, the best approach was simply to sprint for the puck and try and hammer up through Jesmond's attack and defence. If it all went wrong, I reckoned there wasn't enough time for them to get the puck back to our goal (which, given I was playing centre back, might not be too difficult, as there's be a gaping hole in our defence) - in fact it was questionable as to whether there was enough time for me to score. It turned out there was more time left than I thought, and Jesmond very sensibly relieved me of the puck before I hit their goal, but Sam and Tom did a good job filling in at the back until time was called.

And the final score? 10-7 to Jesmond. Ali's got the score sheet (titled "Geordies v Yorkies" - not by me I hasten to add!), so more details to follow (probably on the One League pages - see below) on who actually scored. As I said, it was a close and hard fought game. If it wasn't for the lapse in the middle, it could have gone York's way. Still, it didn't, so congratulations to Jesmond, who now look set to win the One League (although it may yet depend on whether the One Cup counts as part of the league, or a separate competition).

With all of York A's games played, the table looks like this (although without the Jesmond v Durham score, I can't confirm the actual goal difference):

Full official results tables and scores are available on the One League pages:

• One League Fixtures & Results
• One League Match Reports

The Student Nationals are coming up in 2 weeks time. Everything looks sorted (provided I remember to book the minibus tomorrow), and we should have a strong team.