34 year-old Irish striker, now officially surplus to requirements at the Birds, put himself firmly in the shop window with four goals in a 7-0 dismantling of Swiss Division Six competitors Resani United. It took him just half an hour too, before Heng Dong Chu, Vikram Mudaliar and Chan Ze Han completed the rout at their leisure.

Egan, whom sources have the club seeking somewhere over S$5 million for, admitted that he hoped to stay on if at all possible. "I'm prepared to be a rotation option, if it comes to that." the former international said.

Grilled are certainly not short on firepower regardless, as their 5-1 victory over KC UNITED of Worcestershire showed. The English fifth divisioners had levelled Moey's opener through Fritz Welkner, but the Birds captain would go on to complete a brace, as did Douglas Carapaica. Bilal Mohammad Harun poked one home in the middle, which meant that Grilled would finish 493rd with a 6-0-2 record in the tournament, their poorest showing in six seasons.

Bakhtiar was fine with it, noting that Grilled's previous success in the Trophy of Legends had come amidst close failure in the league and cup. "This is a fun sideshow, when it comes down to it."

The Farmer Bunnies finished 881st with a 3-3-2 record, drawing Spanish V.27 side R.B. Golden Dwarfs 3-3, before losing 0-2 to Canadian Division Four winners Kaslo Wanderers FC. Nurlan Ablaev left the fans some memories with a neat brace in the former tie, only to be denied a parting win by Ariel Marcinowicz's diving header.

There would be a hasty departure as Ablaev left on a plane right after the Dwarfs game, which left the Buns with no reply to Joel Arozena and Barry Flockhart's strikes for Wanderers. Djoko Tambusai and Nguyễn Văn Chương weren't all that far away from their respective first-half counters, but Norwegian goalkeeper Hans Stenerud was ready and waiting both times.

Grilled International would have to settle for a negative 2-2-4 overall, despite a for-once convincing 7-1 over English V.105 team McDirty to start their day. Hardi bin Besar shone brightest at right attack with two goals then, as McDirty were forced wholly on the defensive, after Sadettin Kopuz's seventh minute equalizer against the run of play.

It was all going quite well against Czech Division Six champions FC Kubesáci too, with Safari bin Hj Jali blasting International into a two-goal lead, with just fifteen minutes left. They somehow managed to lose it from that position, sadly, as Kubesáci rallied to score four times in the last nine minutes, to prevail 7-6 despite a heroic Ragib Banović effort.

Head coach Didi Reidenbach declined comment, which perhaps said it all.