Bulls 2 FC Holyport 1

The (non-alcoholic) champagne flowed at Farnham Park as the Bulls wrapped up the league title with an epic victory over nearest challengers, FC Holyport.

A large Holyport squad arrived early and were already warming up as the Bulls arrived. As the only team that could still deny the Bulls the title, Holyport were clearly in no mood to go down without a fight.

The first half was a close, hard fought tussle as neither set of players conceded an inch. Time and again, Ollie, Jureme, Jack and Luke worked their way into the Holyport area only to be crowded out by a determined and well-organised defence. At the other end the Bulls were grateful to MOTM Dan for his quick thinking in goal to keep the Holyport strikers at bay.

It was the visitors who eventually made the breakthrough, with a well taken goal that even Dan could do nothing about. The Bulls surged forward after that in pursuit of an equaliser, but found it hard to convert good possession into clear goalscoring opportunities.

Half time : 0-1 to FC Holyport.

As the half-time Jaffa cakes were passed around, the Bulls knew what they need to do to become champions : stop Holyport from scoring again and find a way through the visitors' defence. A draw would be good enough to win the league and confidence was still high. After all, the Bulls had scored at least once in every single game - league and cup - this season!

It was going to take something a bit special to unlock the stubborn Holyport defence. Step forward Oliver Pritchard, with his 29th, most important and most spectacular goal of the season (so far). Collecting the ball near to the halway line, Ollie weaved his way past two, three, four opponents and found himself on the edge of the penalty box. As the pack of Holyport defenders crowded in yet again, Ollie unleashed a scorching shot high into the net. Unstoppable!

The goal seemed to rock the visitors who had been playing with great confidence. Within a few minutes the Bulls were ahead. Fox-in-the-box Luke maintained his impressive scoring record (11 goals, so far), seizing on a half chance to fire a crisp, accurate shot inside the post. 2-1 to the Bulls!

The remaining 15 minutes or so were keenly contested as both teams gave their all. A word in particular for Callum Button who played every one of the 40 minutes in central midfield - no mean feat on such a warm day - and didn't stop running, tackling and encouraging his team-mates from the first minute to the last. A fantastic effort.

The Bulls defence were superb too. Holyport are a good side who fought desperately to salvage a draw, but they hardly had a shot at goal in the second half. Lewis played with discipline and maturity, keeping an eagle eye on the speedy Holyport strikers and always being in the right position; Dan was fast, strong and took no chances. Well done lads.

It was a great performance all round. Jack, Jureme, Josh and Max all made important contributions, showing the strength of the Bulls squad.

Both teams were exhausted at the end. Holyport had pushed the Bulls all the way, but the Bulls had fought back from behind to earn the title of champions.

Well done Bulls. An excellent performance by a team to be proud of. You are the champions.