Season 72 - Week 3

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Palace teams report, Day 8 - Sunday...

Palace Casuals were up at the butt-crack of dawn for an away Cup match in Thailand, and escaped from a difficult match with a precious away goal from a 1-1 draw. Central midfielder Mario Dinamarca had an eventful match, being booked, scoring the equalising goal and awarded MoM...

Still in Thailand mid-afternoon, the jet-lag obviously took effect as Casuals drowsed their way though their League match, but seemed to hold their own, conceding just one goal from a free-kick as they lost 0-1.



Early evening saw Palace Terriers first outing for the day, a home match in the Cup and they drew 1-1 against a slightly stronger team. Right-winger Julien van der Plas scored in the 26th minute, but the visitors equalised five minutes before the break. Left-back Cesar Oltra made his 50th appearance.



Nearly 4 hours later, Terriers played a home League match, and the visitors had the temerity to score the opening goal in the 5th minute. After getting over the shock, the Terriers took them to the cleaners, Carlos Pineda scoring a hat-trick, Rui Pinhal (2), Tony Meikle and Julien van der Plas being the other scorers in a 7-1 win. Attacking midfielder Zdenek Krajca made his 50th appearance.