The reserves were in action at the Abbey Stadium this afternoon, when Millwall were the visitors. United's starting eleven included trialists Adam Willis, a tall 23-year-old central defender from Swindon Town, and Daniel Grieves, a 21-year-old former Watford midfielder who has been playing in Israel, and they were joined in their U's debuts by goalkeeper Jimmy Glass who recently signed on non-contract terms after leaving Swindon Town. Marc Joseph captained the side but a notable absentee was Steve Guinan who looks likely to partner Trevor Benjamin against Wigan in the wake of Martin Butler's departure.

The match ended 1-1 with United's goal coming from Tom Youngs, but the man who dominated the 90 minutes was referee Mr Baker who saw fit to dismiss three players and wreck Grieves' trial by sending him off for a non-existent elbowing offence in the first half. Jamie Cassidy also received his marching orders in the second half for two bookable offences, and Millwall were reduced to ten men during the first half in a refereeing display that left the onlookers wondering how long it would take him to compile his report afterwards.

Youngs' put United ahead when stabbed home the rebound from a Michael Kyd free kick but he was substituted after an hour, apparently as a precaution as reporter Will Jones said he appeared to be holding his groin. He added that Glass looked short of match practice and made a couple of errors, but his kicking was good and he shouted a lot to organise his defence.

Brian Attmore wrote the following report on the match, and the team details are at the bottom of this page:

"This afternoon's reserve match at the Abbey Stadium was notable for yet another amazing refereeing display. The referee Mr Baker held his own version of the Yellow Card protest by brandishing them at every opportunity, interspersed with three red ones, that kept the ''crowd' totally engrossed in a game that provided incident but little goalmouth action right up to the final whistle.

As the players lined up in spring sunlight it was rumoured by fans that Jimmy Glass was pencilled in to play as striker on Saturday against Wigan and it was with some relief that he went in goal. The opening exchanges showed two equal sides and nothing suggested the excitement to come. I apologise to the referee if I missed anything from his performance but it was very hard to keep up with him.

After 23 minutes Grieves was sent-off for 'heading the ball' in a clash that saw the Millwall player receiving treatment. A couple of minutes later the Milllwall no.2 was booked for a foul. After 36 minutes he was booked again and the red card was flourished for the second time. Just before half-time their no.4 was booked.

A clash near the start of the second 45 minutes resulted in Cassidy and the Millwall no.8 being yellow carded. Mr Baker was still attempting to make his mark on the game and in the 65th minute Cassidy was sent-off when he challenged for the ball, won the header, the Millwall no.14 kicked him on the ground (nothing was said to him!!) and this second yellow brought out that red one again. As the game progressed Lamey was also booked to be followed by both the Millwall no.3 and no.11 all in separate incidents before Mr Baker blew for time, had a shower, cup of well-earned tea and allegedly drove to Staples to buy a replacement pencil and notebook ready for his next assignment.

I almost forgot to mention that a football match took place in between all this action. Tom Youngs nipped in to score for United in the 28th minute before Millwall equalised a couple of minutes later with a well-taken goal by their no. 9. A young United team played well and Jimmy Glass pulled off a spectacular save late on in the second half."

Cambridge United: Jimmy Glass, Ben Chenery, Adam Tann, Jamie Cassidy, Marc Joseph (c), Adam Willis, Andy Ingham, Daniel Grieves, Tom Youngs, Michael Kyd, Nathan Lamey.
Subs: Dale Cockrill, James Mercer, Duncan Lockhart, Matty Haniver, David Bridges.

Millwall: Phil Smith, Stephen Reid, Ronnie Bull, Bobby Bowry (c), Leon Cort, Brian Law, Byron Bubb, Leke Odunsi, Tommy Tyne, Kevin Braniff, Andreas Karaiskos.
Subs: Chris Honey, Richard Bernard, Mark Hicks, Paul Robinson, Jamal Campbell-Ryce.