It was musical chairs at Sports Road yesterday as Wanderers moved from second to first place after hammering Colloids 8-0, Albion moved from third to second place after winning 3-0 against a Colts team who dropped from pole position to third place as a result and with Colts and Wanderers playing each other in round 20 and Albion having to play both GAS and Squadron this three-way tussle for glory could have a few more twists and turns before 30 April, Squadron look as though they may finish in the top half of the table after edging Spartans by the odd goal in three after Dragons went down 1-3 to a French Kiss team who are now, more or less, assured of safety and Swiss’ 2-4 defeat to Knights (Knights’ first win of the season under coach Monty) means the men from the Alps will be looking over their shoulders in the run in, after what was a dress-rehearsal for the cup semi-final match in a fortnight.
Boca and Azzurri remain in the top two positions in the second tier after 1-0 and 5-1 wins over IES and CSOB respectively - Azzurri have a game in hand and are just a point behind, Frank Brown’s GGs moved into third spot after hitting White Youth for six as HKU70s shared the points and two goals with Wah Yan’s Class of ’06, Hearts leapfrogged Dynamo into fifth place after beating them 2-1 and ANP look safe after prevailing over Grasshoppers with the only goal of the game.
Maccabi’s second league defeat of the season to Antonhill, this time a 1-2 reverse, means the title race is now wide open with the gap to just three points and Antonhill having a game in hand, Yan Po are not far behind after their 3-1 win over HOB, University stay fourth after a 4-2 victory over Darts, Power 22 went down 0-2 to HKSS, Goal Visio’s 4-1 win over OBA put more daylight between themselves and the relegation places and Scorpions 4-1 win over FOB gave them three much needed points and moved the Bankers closer to the relegation zone.
Corinthians chances of going up as champions of division four were enhanced after they shaded Skyline 2-0 and second placed Green Cypress went down by the same score-line to new boys, Bank of China, Gurkha Intl came away 3-0 winner in their game with Standard Chartered, WYFC84 went down to the only goal scored in their game with CAPS and Hung Art won 5-3 against Bapcoll in the match of the day.