If Lord Admiral and Henry V of Monmouth had been as effective in attack as the football teams named after them, then we'd all be waking up this morning and greeting each other with a hearty hybrid of 'buenos dias' and 'bonjour'.
Luckily, they had a little bit more about them but in fairness there was enough rapier finishing on show to put the Kingfishers into the Welsh Cup first round for the first time in living memory.
That they made the usual hard work of it made for a more interesting game which should have been all over after six minutes as Town converted a chance through Barker and contrived to miss three simple opportunities that set the scene for a further 84 minutes of attempting to bankrupt Nelson by losing as many footballs as they could in the undergrowth that surrounded the pitch.
However, there was enough superb football from the Kingfishers, particularly from Bowen, Elliot Ford, Andrew Smith fresh from his honeymoon and Will Barker, to provide hope for the season and if any of the front six get their shooting boots on and their eye to foot co-ordination right then we'll be in for another treat in 2010/11.
Nelson pulled one back on the half hour as they tried to make a game of it by fair means or foul, capitalising on some Monmouth complacency, but two goals either side of half time by the marauding Jack Alderdice settled any nerves that were beginning to fray in the Caerphilly sunshine.
A further strike by Ashley Ford made it four before a comedy of errors gifted Nelson a lifeline when really a comeback of Lazarus proportions was what should have been required.
So Town march into the next round and commence their league programme at Newport Civil Service on Wednesday (1st September), taking good pre-season form and a cup run with them.
This Saturday (4th September), Town's reserves are at home with a first game against Cwmbran Town (2.30pm).