Round 3 started with saw Spain's Palma Bay CF taking on England's Whangdoodles. Both teams were on debut and, at the start of the day, had a blank canvas on which to paint their footballing artistry. How had they done?

Well, both had taken a little time adjusting to life in eurofootballfives.com competition as they occupied 5th and 6th spot in the table. Both teams were looking for their first goals and first points of the day. It would be fair to say that the teams had not been outclassed though with goal difference of 0-3 and 0-4 showing they had been reasonably competitive. This was an ideal opportunity to claim a victory and push on up the table.

With the match under starters orders it was Palma Bay who made the initial breakthrough. The goal was credited to Miguel Gonzalez Barbe and it proved to be a crucial strike. Palma Bay CF held onto the lead until half-time and then until full-time. They took all 3 points with the 1-0 win – could this be the turning point for them?

It was another narrow loss for the Whangdoodles whose wait to get off the mark would have to wait a little longer.

Due to a fixture mix-up we had a postponement of The Funky Shepherds versus Shergold's Hairline Harriers game. Pitch B was running 7-8 minutes late and so The Funky Shepherds turned up for their 11.30 game and Whiteley FC turned up for their 11.45 game. The referee said he had showed the fixture card to the teams and all was good so they kicked off. The mix-up was only noticed at the end of the game and so all The Funky Shepherd's good work in securing a 2-0 win (both goals to Luke Pearson) was to no avail. They'd effectively played a friendly. We can only apologise for the error.

The match versus Shergold's Hairline Harriers would be postponed until the end of the group.

At the start of the day, Melee FC versus Mallorca Look was one of the stand out fixtures due to their past records. Their records today were impeccable with both teams boasting a 100% record of 6 points from 6 games.

We mentioned Melee FC's overall group record in Round 2 and it is hugely impressive, They had a win ratio of 63% at the start of the day that had now risen to 67%. Mallorca Look's record is stellar – 80% at the start of the day, now 85%. We have to point out that this is from a smaller sample size of 7 games compared to 21 for Melee FC.

As we expected with two evenly matched teams this was a close contest and the two teams went into the break level at 0-0. In the second half Mallorca Look edged it by the odd goal in three. Goalkeeper Jose Miguel Vera and Antonio Torres were on target for Mallorca Look – the first goals that Melee FC had conceded. David Stothard scored the goal for Melee FC – his second in as many games.

Mallorca Look opened up a 3 point lead at the top but Melee FC were still well placed in second position.