The visit to Cambridge United's ground on 8th February, saw the Hammers include two triallists in their lineup. Tom Weston is an Under-16 County player, whilst Lee McRobert is a 22-years-old midfielder from Sittingbourne. The recent rain had made the pitch very soggy, but generally conditions were not too bad. During the first-half, we had one goal disallowed and hit the bar and crossbar on two other occasions. Then after all that West Ham pressure it was Cambridge who took the lead in the 38th minute. Eight minutes into the second-half, Lee Hodges levelled the score when he got in behind the home defence, as they pushed up, and scored with a fine shot. Two goals in four minutes by Danny Shipp then eased us ahead.
In the 67th minute Danny cut in from the right-wing hit his shot home and then made it 3-1 four minutes later when he headed home a Steven Blaney cross from the right.
With 14 minutes of the match remaining, Lee Hodges scored his second goal of the game when he cut in from the left-wing and hit a 25 yard effort into the top corner of the net. Although we had taken a convincing lead, Cambridge nevertheless had not been without opportunities to score and a couple of times our defenders were forced to clear off our goal-line and then seen another effort hit the crossbar. 
with nine minutes to go Cambridge reduced the deficit to two goals and then five minutes later scored again to make it 4-3. The young Hammers held out or the remaining few minutes to record a welcome victory, but one gained with a disappointing team performance, according to team-manager Paul Hilton.