Season 69

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Palace teams report, Monday 25th July...

Casuals Cup 2nd Leg match could very well have been a disaster. In the first half, MC Kamal booked, then the other MC Topalan injured, while I was dealing with the substitution for the injury, Kamal gets a second yellow card! Half-time and I was making a second MC substitution MC Christie for ST Neagu. 3-0 up from the first leg, 0-2 down at HT in the 2nd Leg, SV Ya Man scored again in the second-half and extra-time loomed, then the miracle happened - DC/DMC Zhelev scored twice in the last five minutes to make the score 2-3 and 5-3 on aggregate. Dodged a bullet there, methinks...

Terriers 2nd Leg match was much more straightforward - 3-0 up from the first leg against Level 3 Dinesh FC, goal-less first half - the stats at half-time made interesting reading:



In the second-half, goals from Atkins, Soto and Masegela put Terriers 3-0 up on the day, and in the 80th minute the visitors got their first shot on target, a header from a corner confidently saved by home 'keeper Mateus. Three minutes later, however he couldn't stop the next, which gave Dinesh a consolation goal. Terriers weren't finished, as ST Armstrong-Ford capped a fine display with a solo goal to make the final score 4-1, a 7-1 aggregate win.

Desert Rats FC made a great improvement in their Cup 2nd Leg match away at Rafael FC (the Bot team in the 1st Leg having been taken over by a RL manager), winning 3-1 for a 3-2 aggregate win. Goals from Taylor(2) and Broomes were the scorers.