Tudor Corinthians 2 Sun Sports 0                                 1978/79                                      HCL Prem

Palmer halts the Sun rise

Eighteen year old Simon Palmer has a bright future.
But do not ask Sun Sports to comment on the youngster, because it was Palmer's performance at the heart of Tudor Corinthians defence that led to Tudors to victory and ended Sun's chances of taking the championship.
Before Saturday's game, Sun still had an outside chance of the Premier Division title.
They had won their previous eight games and were closing the gap on the top three.
But Tudor's 2-0 victory ended that dream.
And, in particular, it was the form of schoolboy Palmer that denied them the chance of the points.
Palmer had played for his school, Grange Park, in the morning and then dashed over to Baldwins Lane to pull on the red and white stripes of Tudors.
"He had a superb game," said Tudor's boss Terry Simmonds. "Simon is well above County league standard."
After surviving an early penalty miss by Sun's Alan Hall, Tudors continued to grow in confidence and it came as no surprise when Brian Wilson put them in front just after the interval.
The experienced striker added another goal ten minutes later and for Sun the game was over.