Saints were given a reality check on Saturday as visitors Royston Town stole all the points and ended Saints' unbeaten league run.

The day started well as the rain clouds parted and Danny Edwards was presented with the Premier League Team of the Month award for September. The game began brightly, with Saints dominating early play against a very uncertain Royston defence. Lee Thompson put Saints ahead after 12 minutes rolling the ball home from close range. Everything looked set fine for another win as chances were presented by a defence that was arguing amongst itself right from the start.

The game should have been put to bed by the break but it was just the single goal that separated the sides.

Whether it was a halftime pep talk or whether Royston are just slow starters, the barriers were firmly up and Saints didn't really offer much of the threat in the second period. The visitors were no more of a danger to the well organised home defence but substitutions added some pace to the game and slowly they began to come into the game. Saints failed to respond and it all started to unravel in the last 10 minutes. First a penalty was conceded and Fehmi levelled from the spot. Two minutes from the end, following a missed shot at the other end, Saints lost concentration badly and Royston went quickly to the other end and Lockett scored an angled winner.

Losing is an inevitable part of the game but to lose a game we should have won is frustrating and probably lies behind Danny Edwards' booking for a post game tirade at the officials.

Saints:  Mark Oliver, Lewis Cumber, Jerome Okimo (Luke Brook-Smith), Ed Chemlal, John Carroll, Alan Hedley, Ben Stack, Lee Togwell, Charlie Strutton, Lee Thompson (Mickey Swaysland), Adam Louth.

The reserves drew 3-3 at Camberley Town and are 4th in The Suburban League.