Interim Palace teams report for Wednesday...

Casuals went to 3rd place and took it from them after a 3-1 win. At the last moment noticed that their AQ was 3.0 less than Casuals so kept 4-5-1V but went attacking - must keep that in mind for future similar situations... The game has given Omar Hansen his set-piece boots back, after a long drought, he's scored a penalty and a direct free-kick in the previous two games, and opened the scoring by wrong-footing the 'keeper with a free-kick today. Anthony Petrovski, the elder of the two early morning striker signings at the beginning of the season, scored his tenth of the campaign to make the score 2-0 before the break, and in the second-half, after the home side had pulled one back, midfielder Suhail Kamal capped a MoM performance by converting an Emrah Topalan cross for the third goal.

Desert Rats FC were the beneficiaries of the 'defensive formation, attacking orders' tactic when they entertained the basement club and won 3-0, but made heavy weather of it. It seems the game was confused as it looked early on as if the intent was to Troll the Rats badly (missed shots, more attacks by opposition, etc), but in the second-half an opening goal by defensive midfielder Alex Woolley settled the home side and after a couple of substitutions, midfielders Sebastien Valeri and Francisco Pelissier scored two goals in two minutes to complete the scoring. Desert Rats stay in 6th position but have secured promotion for next season. Now to close the 4 point gap to 4th...