Grilled Birds returned to winning ways on the third and last day of the Supporter Week Trophy, sweeping all three teams placed before them, although it came far too late for any hope at making the last sixty-four; the Birds would end the tournament 877th amongst all participants, their third-best finish in seventeen editions, with a 7-1-2 record. This also made them Singapore's top performers, ahead of double winners Sarcastic Fringeheads and fellow S-League promotees The EV in the three-thousands - though of course neither might have deployed their full might.

Anyhow, Grilled began with Comoros III.2 side SD Ombaomba, and barely exerted themselves in an 8-0 massacre. German sixth division club Torpedo Brambauer 05 were likewise trounced 5-0, and then it got more interesting. Vikram Mudaliar, who scored the last two at Brambauer, would carry on in like vein against Bosnia and Herzegovina II.2 representatives Horizonte da ti suzim. The former bavarac_Vinnie kup winners then snatched one back through Sandro Frahm, but a Cyril Künzler penalty conversion put it out of their reach for a 3-2 final outcome.

Head coach Hovaness Noubaryan was most puzzled about the Birds not having managed to score a single hat-trick after all that, despite having a gaggle of braces. "It's not bad that the goals are getting spread out, but it just seems unlikely. Eh, there are bigger fish to fry."

Farmer Bunnies were, in contrast, indifferent, as they didn't manage victory on this last day. Icelandic second divisioners SV Pukki 1987 got their measure in the first challenge of the day, with Spanish forward Abdelwarith Sayegh wriggling free of Namdar Zarar to pot the first goal, in the 17th minute. It wasn't coming together for the Buns at all, and Jaco Berkelman's bullet header over Brendan Leung after 49 minutes went unanswered too.

Two 2-2 draws followed, first against Bulgarian IV.6 side emlevgart, who justly went 2-0 up thanks to Polish hitman Paweł Sielicki. It was beginning to look like a repeat, when Nurlan Ablaev and Mushtag Al-Nameeri stole it in injury time. Sofian Azfar would then slot in for Kwek Yun Jie at rightback after Kwek picked up his third yellow of the tournament, and he did about adequately as the Buns shared the points with The Blue Planet of the Kenyan II.2.

A 5-2-3 record for 6806th place had to be considered underwhelming for Dalibor Kostadinović's proud squad, as skipper Tham Leng Teck confessed. "There are some very hard questions that we have to confront as a team." he said. "Where we are, and what we want to attain."

Grilled International seemed to just want to get it over with, as they concluded in 17322nd place, with a below-water 4-0-6 finish not helped by three defeats today. Now, their opposition wasn't the easiest, with Kyrgyz II.1 contenders Lions on Fire Cacho City rightly hammering them 2-5; there was no respite as the New South Wales-based Trump 2020 then whipped them 2-6, with Artur Orav and Paride Porcarelli claiming two each, as the third division club showed up International's unbalanced setup.

If Roar Olaisen had been hoping to end on a high note, there were not many teams worse to get matched up against, than newly-promoted Pakistan Premier League members Ready For The Victory. This wouldn't even be particularly fair, even though Ragib Banović did poach an opener, made by Wang Chu Chi's considerable pace. It wouldn't last, and French striker Jean-Gabriel Koch led his side to a 5-1 winning margin.

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