Palace Terriers

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League Round 13, away at FC Elgorriaga, in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Level 2, AQ -2.8
Palace Terriers kept up their winning streak with a narrow 1-0 win away in the League. On the stroke of half-time, Aad Roemgens struck a sweet free-kick onto the head of Nicky Jones and the glance into the net secured the win for the visitors. Harry Cambridge picked up his second booking in as many matches and will miss the next outing.



Champions League 'Top 16' Round 1st Leg, home vs Leroy FC, of Paramaribo, Suriname. Level 2, AQ +1.8
Eight wins on the trot for Palace Terriers as they take a 1-0 advantage into the 2nd Leg of this tie, thanks to the deadly boot of Xabier Moran. Ruben Gorrano made his 50th appearance (5 goals) for the Terriers.





Player news: The final component in the midfield rebuilding was acquired with this 6T/$690k purchase:



Junior midfielder Craig Powell (age 21, 3*/18Q - 36 appearances, 5 goals 1 assist) moved on, signing for Real Madrid for $358k.

League Round 14, away at FC Mikey, in Wroclaw, Poland. Level 2, AQ -1.3
Palace Terriers incurred their first defeat in 9 games with this 1-2 defeat at FC Mikey. The hosts were two goals up in 25 minutes, but gradually Terriers came back into the game, but only breached the home defence in the 89th minute, Xabier Moran ignoring the direct route for once and opting for the head of Matt Hall for his debut goal in Terriers colours. Moran made his 50th appearance (43 goals, 18 assists) for the Terriers in this game.





Cup Quarter-Final 1st Leg, away at Real Poochie in Buffalo, United States. Level 3, AQ -2.0
Palace Terriers faced higher level but lower quality opponents for the third time, but all but booked their Semi-Final appearance with a 4-2 win away from home. After an early goal by defender Aad Roemgens, finishing a free-kick from fellow defender Ruben Gorrono, the home side equalised before half-time. For Stanislav Dolgoborodov it was third time lucky, as his first two attempts were saved by the 'keeper, but he could do nothing against the debutants 30 yard shot. Ondrej Kadlec completed the Terriers scoring, his brace bracketing a second goal by the home side. Dolgoborodov was awarded Man-of-the-Match for his efforts.