Palace Casuals report, Season 28, Day 1, Sunday...

Like Palace Terriers, Casuals had a player announce his retirement last season. Another player who wasn't at the club for long, but has contributed to past successes:

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Season 28/Level 26 playing squad with career stats:

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The new season started with a Cup Preliminary Round 1st leg at home against a similarly rated Level 26 team, and Casuals look to be breaking their usual first round hoodoo. The match started evenly, but Casuals had a player injured and a substitute on the field by the half-hour mark, attacking right-winger Soheil-Vosough Gholam suffering a broken foot (6 days) and defensive right-winger Jorge Contera making his debut playing out of position at AMR. The visitors incurred an injury of their own in the second half, and eventually took the lead just before the hour, leaving the home side struggling to find a response. Into the last 20 minutes, and left-winger Martin Kozak finally got the ball in the net with the assistance of Contera, and added a second nine minutes later. Contera himself added a solo debut goal with a minute to go to seal the 3-1 win.