ByDanny Caro, Danny Caro
South Manchester rounded off their Accountants League Premier season with their third win on the bounce to finish in the lofty position of fifth.
Missing a host of regulars, a number of players were forced to play out of position but this seemed to encourage quick passing football and within 20 minutes they were two goals to the good.
Dan King, who has played at left back all season, was causing havoc as one of a front three and it was no surprise when he set up Marc Parry for a 20-yard curled finish into the top corner.
King turned provider again when winning a 50-50 challenge with the opposition keeper and squaring for Laurence Newman to tap in from a yard.
South never make things easy for themselves and some over confidence at the back resulted in their lead being halved. However South continued to press forward and King was upended for a penalty, which he took and missed.
Typically in football, teams get punished for this sort of profligacy and within 60 seconds it was 2-2 as a low shot beat keeper Rabbett.
At half time South manager Darryl Lee encouraged the team to revert to their opening style of moving the ball quickly with short passing and as a result a host of chances came and went without success.
The turning point came when an off-the-ball incident saw Jack Rowe hit by an opponent, with the referee taking no action.
South upped their efforts and gained their retribution 15 minutes from time when King squared for Parry to score his second and seal the game.