The final game of the season saw the Ducks looking for at least a point to avoid finishing second bottom of the league and a nervous wait to see if there would be a reprieve from relegation. In fact, by the end of the day, the 3 points gained saw them rise above Leighton Town and North Leigh to finish in 15th place, as they did last season.

A couple of enforced defensive changes, with Derek Feyi and Jake Bewley unavailable, saw David Lynn playing alongside Jack Wood in the heart of the defence and Charley Tuttle at left back; to complete the reshuffle, Max Cavana moved into Lynn’s midfield berth, with Keegan Bloom returning to right back.

After having played 11 games in the last 32 days, Biggleswade FC made wholesale changes to the team that faced the Ducks just 10 days ago, understandably given the amount of football they have played.

As in the reverse fixture, FC started well, playing the ball around confidently, but not really forcing an opening which would threaten the Ducks goal. The closest they came was when Songona-Mory Kone spotted Austin Sparkes breaking into the penalty area, crossing towards him, but it was slightly too high and went out for a goal kick.

Immediately afterwards, Dave Pearce was fouled on the edge of the penalty area; Hayden Beadle stepped up to take the free kick, but it lacked direction and power, allowing Tyler Josephs to make a comfortable save.

In the 24th minute, a good move down the right saw Bloom overlapping and found by Brayden Daniel; he hit a low cross towards the 6-yard box, where Lawrie Marsh got ahead of Kwai Marsh-Brown to clear for a corner.

Just past the half hour, a sweeping move from right to left saw Daniel combine with Ken Feyi and Cavana, before the ball was played to Marsh-Brown whose shot from 20 yards was well saved by Josephs

The next attack saw the Ducks open the scoring; Beadle did very well on half way to win the ball and spot Daniel making a run in from the right wing; the pass was collected well, allowing Daniel to make ground towards the penalty area, holding off the challenge of Jack Dickerson and Luke Oswick, before planting a shot past Josephs from the edge of the penalty area. 1-0 Aylesbury

Good work from Marsh-Brown and Feyi saw the former escape down the left, before playing the ball inside to his team mate, who shot from 25 yards but again Josephs made a good save.

Half-time: Aylesbury 1-0 Biggleswade

The start of the second half saw Tom Cove come on to replace Marsh-Brown. A corner by Pearce on 51 minutes was collected by Daniel and played back to Pearce. He found Beadle on the edge of the penalty area, but his shot flew across goal and out for a goal kick.

Just past the hour, Cove played a good ball down the left flank to Feyi, who crossed low into the 6-yard box, but the ball was just too far ahead of Daniel for him to get a telling touch.

On 71 minutes, Pearce played a good ball through to Feyi, who took the ball past Oswick and shot from a narrow angle, but was unlucky to see his shot cannon off the far post; Bloom was first to the rebound, but his shot was blocked and played out for a throw in.

With 10 minutes left on the clock, Pearce and Feyi combined again; the striker broke into the penalty area, but Josephs was out quickly to save his effort.

A short corner by Pearce to Feyi saw the ball recycled back to Pearce, who picked out Beadle 25 yards from goal, but his shot was too high to trouble Josephs.

The last action of the game in the 90th minute saw a long ball forward by Biggleswade to Marsh, who headed the ball down to Dickerson, who fired a powerful goal bound shot, which Wood did well to block in his inimitable style.

After 4 minutes added on, the referee blew the final whistle to signal the end of the Ducks season, one which has had many challenges, but in the end, there are many good memories to look back on, not least victories at high flying Bedford Town, North Leigh, AFC Dunstable and Waltham Abbey.

If the form in those games had been replicated when playing the teams at the 'wrong end' of the league table, we could have been looking at a far more favourable league position at the end of the season. Regardless of that, step 4 football is assured for another season, which is always the minimum requirement when the season begins.

Onwards to the summer, and a period of reflection, following which we will do it all again, when the pre-season friendlies return. A big thank you to all of our supporters, sponsors, players and management staff for their part in what has been achieved this season and we look forward to seeing you all again next season.