The teams had exchanged chances through Moses and Munday before Palace hit the front when Matthew Hislop turned the ball into his own net. Fifteen year old Victor Moses tore the bandy legged Armel Tchakounte a new one and his shot looked to be going in anyway before the former Arsenal left back intervened.

Rangers were on level terms on the half hour mark when Gallen stepped up to lash a fierce freekick into the Palace net. Palace replied in kind though and re-took the lead thanks to a similar freekick from Ryan Hall.

After the break Jake Cole did his level best to keep the score down as the patchwork defence of Tchakounte, Munday, Milanese and Hislop were breached time and again. With thirteen minutes left it was 3-1 when Cole failed to hold a long range strike from Hall and the moustachioed Lewis Grabban stabbed home.

Romone Rose shaved the Palace bar from long range before Nicky Ward forced the home keeper into a late save to keep the Palace advantage at two goals.

Reports from the game suggest that Waddock was cutting a forlorn figure on the bench as Richard Hill orchestrated proceedings from the touchline.

As always with these games people will say that the results don’t matter but I am sure the players involved wouldn’t say that! This term the stiffs have been pretty poor and this was their third reverse in five games. The older pros will be ok but a run of defeats can dent a youngster’s confidence so they will be hoping for better things when the reserves next turn out…on 14th November! What a shit league this is!