Day 19 - Palace teams report (1/2).

Two steps forward, one back - Palace Casuals' mini-revival came to an abrupt end with a 1-5 beating at 3rd place. Philip Deery scored in the 38th minute to give the Casuals a half-time lead, but the defence collapsed in the second half, shipping five goals without reply.

On the other hand... Palace Terrier's slump was ended in grand style, winning 2-0 away at the League's enigma team - very low quality but pulling impressive results out of matches against higher-rated teams. A couple of visits to the transfer market pulled in a DC/DMC and an ST - new striker Bruno Linares was put in partnership with Ian Kay in a narrow diamond formation and both scored to put the Terriers promotion ship back on course...