Palace Terriers

**talisman** · 07-26-2015

League Round 26, home vs BursaSpor of Ankara, Turkey. Level 1, AQ -3.8
Palace Terriers went into this game needing to win to maximise their chances of winning the Championship, and they went all out their visitors in for a 4-1 win, extending their unbeaten run to 11 games. The newly completed seating upgrade made the new seating capacity 600, and every seat was occupied as Terriers kicked off. On the half-hour, Luis Omar Soto got his name in the referee's book for a foul tackle which left his opposite number limping, but it wasn't until the dying seconds of the half was either goal breached. Striker Ben Atkins chanced his arm from range and the visitors' 'keeper parried the ball out for a corner. Attacking midfielder Xabier Moran swung the corner over and Atkins dived in for the goal. Immediately after the break, the visitors got back on level terms, Canikli heading home a corner. Ten minutes later, central midfielder Ondrej Kadlec rifled home a 25 yard shot to put the home side back into the lead, before the Management decided on a formation change which brought striker Edward Armstrong-Ford on instead of Nathan Masegela, and moved Moran to a central position. Moran's open play certainly benefitted from the change, and with a quarter-hour to go, he netted a 20 yard shot to increase Terriers' lead. A final round of substitutions in the last ten minutes brought defender Tom Clare on in a straight swap for Gonzalo Scornaienchi and central midfielder Craig Powell on for Kadlec. Powell's first touch of the ball was a 30 yard screamer which took a slight deflection on its way into the back of the net, an wonderful way of scoring a first goal of the season, and Palace Terriers had won the game convincingly. Unfortunately, the news came through that Bunga had also won, so retained the lead and won the Championship on goal difference.