Sunday, 18 May 2008
London United 2-0 Druids
HMV Park, Essex, England
A weakened London United side beat the Dublin Druids 2-0 with goals from Ian Guthrie and Adam Stockwell.
Bobby Hutchinson played Steven Knott in goal, Ian Parker at right-back, Dean Whitley and Sammy Stockwell at centre-half, Gerald Turpijn at left-back, Jean Croussant, Adam Stockwell, Guthrie and debutant Dan Greenwood - who United signed from MLF2's Wolverines - in midfield and Lionel Nunez and newcomer Joe Phillips - from the Wigan Comets - in attack.
Saturday, 17 May 2008
Geordies 0-0 Mighty Mice
St. James' Park, Newcastle, England
The Geordies and the Mighty Mice drew 0-0 on Tyneside.
Magic 1-0 Dragons
Old Trafford, Manchester, England
Freddy Sanchez' strike gave the Manchester Magic a 1-0 win over the Cardiff Dragons
Eagles 1-0 Ajax London
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland
A sensational 30-yard corker from Ryan McQueen gave Edinburgh a much needed win over Ajax London.
Real Birmingham 2-0 Lightning
Muller Park, Birmingham, England
Two top drawer goals from Ryan Roberts and Dan Doblado gave Real Birmingham a 2-0 win over the struggling Leeds Lightning.
Pirates 2-0 Strikers
Pirates Park, Bristol, England
Bristol Pirates won 2-0 over the Sheffield Strikers with goals from Andrew Powell and Billy Burnheart.
FC London 0-0 Glasgow FC
T-Mobile Stadium, London
A reserve FC London side failed to capitalize against Glasgow FC as they warmed up for Wednesday's CSA Champions League final against London United with 0-0 draw.
Fire 5-0 Monsters
The City Ground, Nottingham, England
CSA Cup winners Middlesbrough Monsters came back to MLF action with a shocking 5-0 defeat at the hands of strugglers Nottingham Fire in today's lunchtime kick-off.
Seba Lacroix scored a hat-trick while Enrico Pagilani and Bruno Palladino scored other two goals.
Friday, 16 May 2008
Ruckus 1-0 Knights
Madejski Stadium, Reading, Berkshire
The Reading Ruckus beat the East Anglia Knights 1-0 on Friday Night Football.
After the Reading Football Club's relegation from the Premier League last week, the Ruckus showed why they might be the new talk of the town with attractive, attacking football.
And they were rewarded in the 66th minute when César Escobar threaded a pass for Stefan Shanahan, who made no mistake in firing home.
Thursday, 15 May 2008
FCL reveal one-off kit
Craig Wisniewski (left), James Douglas (centre) and Bradley Hatfield (right) model the kit
After London United revealed their CSA Champions League Final kit, it was time for their opponents FC London to follow suit with their kit manufactured by Adidas and sponsored by Bwin.
The golden CCL Champions logo appears on the right sleeve and the words "21.05.08 LONDON UNITED v FC LONDON" appears on the right breast of the shirt as the Superhoops look for their third CL title in a row.
White shorts make a return to this FCL kit following the successful run-out last year, alongside white socks. FCL boss García believes white is lucky.
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
London United reveal one-off Final kit
Edward Redwood, Craig Cohen and Lionel Nunez model the kit
London United have revealed their CSA Champions League Final one-off kit manufactured by Adidas and sponsored by Kit Kat Chunky.
The CCL logo appears on the right sleeve and the words "21.05.08 LONDON UNITED v FC LONDON" appears on the right breast of the shirt.
The one-off kit is worn with the shorts from the away kit and black socks.
Krzystofski and Trujillo 'will be fit'
Karlo Krzystofski says he and FC London team-mate Juan Trujillo will be fit for the CSA Champions League Final against London United in Milan.
Both were injured in Saturday's 5-0 thumping victory at Cardiff Dragons, with Krzystofski hurting his knee and Trujillo dislocating his elbow.
But the Wales CSA striker told SCORE! Magazine there was "nothing serious" about his injury.
And of Trujillo, he said: "I've spoken to him. He will play in Milan. No-one wants to miss this gigantic match."Krzystofski confirmed that the knee he hurt in Cardiff (just seconds after he came on for Craig Wisniewski) was the same one that had been operated on last November, but said: "I put ice on it immediately. I will be at training this week."
He called the Milan showdown so important that it was regarded in the FC London locker-room as "the match of our careers".
FC London go to Milan looking for a hat-trick of Champions League triumphs.However, United will go to the San Siro looking to become CSA football's premier club, but Krzystofski said: "This Champions League match is different.
"It will play itself out over 90 or 120 minutes.
"We know that we can beat United, we proved it again in the league a fortnight ago."
The game itself will be a lot of heat with some of the players who were apart of the first two Champions League-winning FCL teams now on the other side (such as Kevin Warhurst, Neil Boyle, Simon Herding, Edward Redwood, etc).Sunday, 11 May 2008
Canon Cup to be scrapped
The East Anglia Knights were the last team to win it after beating London United in late February.
MLF said this was mainly due to a hectic league schedule.
"With our hectic schedule, I'm afraid there is no place anymore for the Canon Cup," said an MLF spokesman.
The CSA International Premier League will now also be held in winter months again due to the tiring schedule.
Glasgow FC 3-2 Eagles
Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow FC won 3-2 in a hotly contested all-Scottish clash with Edinburgh Eagles.
The GFC goals came from Scott MacRae, Steven Weir and Riko.
The Eagles goals were courtesy of Kevin Tennant and Clint van den Bergh.
GFC were dealt a blow when skipper John Jeffries was concussed after a collision with 'keeper Mike McGuire in the dying seconds.
A brawl then started after John Bengtsson allegedly spat at Eagles captain Craig Borchers.
Bengtsson, MacRae and Van den Bergh were shown yellow cards in for their parts in the scuffle - MacRae and Van den Bergh were seen kicking each other but amazingly the Welsh referee - Martyn Watson - did not send them off.
Saturday, 10 May 2008
Dragons 0-5 FC London
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
A Craig Wisniewski double, a thunderbolt from James Douglas, a world-class midfielder's goal from Bradley Hatfield and an absolute fluke from Paolo Lupatelli saw FC London thrash the Cardiff Dragons inside a stunned Millennium Stadium.
Lupatelli attempted to cross but the strong Welsh wind helped the ball fly past a bemused Kevin Jones.
Former Dragons striker Karlo Krzystofski came on in an FCL shirt for Wisniewski late in the game, and got a rousing applause from the Dragons fans, but seconds after he came on he done his knee and is a doubt for the CSA Champions League Final against London United.
And that was minutes after Juan Trujillo displaced his elbow after landing heavily on the Millennium turf.
Monsters 4-2 Magic
Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough, England
A Tim Van den Bergh double, Bobby Bricke free-kick and Darren Watkinson 20-yarder was enough to see the Middlesbrough Monsters beat Manchester Magic 4-2, the vistors scoring through Adam Partridge and Andrew 'Cezza' Corne.
Lightning 2-0 Fire
Elland Road, Leeds, England
Goals from Daniele Rivera and David Tomlinson handed the Lightning an important win over their fellow strugglers Nottingham Fire.
Strikers 0-0 Ruckus
Hillsborough, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Seeing the grass grow seemed to be more interesting as seeing this dreadful nil-nil draw between the Sheffield Strikers and the Reading Ruckus at Hillsborough.
Druids 1-1 Geordies
Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
Steven Tweedy's header cancelled out Steve Berry's opener as the Geordies and Druids drew one-each in Dublin.
Ajax London 0-1 Bristol Pirates
HMV Park, Essex, England
Dougie Strickland made up for his Bank Holiday howler with a precise header to beat Ajax London.
Knights 1-0 Real Birmingham
Portman Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Brian Nixon scored the 1-0 as East Anglia Knights got their revenge over Real Birmingham after being beaten by them 1-0 on Bank Holiday Monday.
Friday, 9 May 2008
Mighty Mice 0-2 London United
Triple M Stadium, Kirkby, Merseyside
London United saw off the challenge of Merseyside with a wonderful 2-0 win Friday night.
Adam Stockwell and Ian Parker were the goalscorers.
Thursday, 8 May 2008
César Wurns-Herrera legally changes name to César Escobar
He is now César Escobar.
The 25-year-old dynamite winger legally changed his name in court today - his third name since the start of his career.
He started his MLF career as César Wurns when he played for Newcastle Geordies in 2002. But he later became Wurns-Herrera after he married Spanish popstar singer Valeria Herrera in July 2006.
But César and Valeria divorced earlier this year, and instead of reverting back to Wurns, he adopted the surname of his great grandfather, who originally hails from Colombia.
His full name is now César Andrés Wurns Escobar, but he will continue to wear his first name on the back of his shirt as he has done it the past.
He can also be known as César Wurns Escobar, and people can now nickname him Esco.
You can even say: "ESCOBAR CAESAR HAS RETURNED!!!"
Tuesday, 6 May 2008
Monsters 2-0 FC London
Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough, England
Middlesbrough Monsters pulled off a stunning 2-0 upset of FC London to stop the Superhoops from getting top spot in the table.
Bobby Bricke scored a delightful free-kick for the one-nil.
And then Quique Sánchez doubled the lead after a great through-ball from Darren Watkinson.
And believe it or not, this was the Monsters' third game in only six days.
Monday, 5 May 2008
Geordies 2-0 London United
St. James' Park, Newcastle, England
Goals from Steven Tweedy and Dick Jackson condemned London United to their second defeat of the season as the Newcastle Geordies stunned their visitors 2-0.
This game was the second part of a St. James' double header with Newcastle United losing 2-0 to the Chelsea Football Club earlier in the day.
Pirates 1-1 Ajax London
Pirates Park, Bristol, England
Defenders' own goals were enough to see the Bristol Pirates and Ajax London draw the game one-one.
Juan Pablo Gonzalez' headed own-goal put the Pirates in the lead, but in stoppage time a howler from Dougie Strickland - who tried to clear the ball but he scuffed it and it landed in the back of the net - cost Bristol two points more than what they actually got.
Magic 0-2 Glasgow FC
Old Trafford, Manchester, England
Goals from Scott MacRae and Steve Van Hefflen won the game for Glasgow FC.
Mighty Mice 1-0 Ruckus
Triple M Stadium, Kirkby, Merseyside, England
Guenther Hessler scored a contender for Goal of the Season after Merseyside beat the in-form Reading Ruckus one-nil.
German Hessler hit a 40 yard belter over the Chris Kolinski - who was already in his net; you might even say it could be a contender for Howler of the Season for the young England CSA back-up keeper.
Real Birmingham 1-0 Knights
Muller Park, Birmingham, England
Real Birmingham opened up Muller Park with a 1-0 win over the East Anglia Knights.
Danny Doblado's volley was enough to see the game off.
Eagles 2-2 Fire
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh Eagles and Nottingham Fire drew 2-2 in a battle of MLF's worst two teams.
Clint van den Bergh got the Eagles' goals while Sebastian Lacroix scored both of the Fire's goals.
Druids 1-0 Dragons
Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
Steve Berry's deflected strike saw Dublin Druids beat Cardiff Dragons one-nil.
Stevie B's free-kick came heavily off John W. Jones and into the net past a bemused Kevin Jones.
Strikers 1-1 Lightning
Hillsborough, Sheffield, England
Sheffield Strikers and Leeds Lightning drew 1-1 at Hillsborough.
Kevin Henderson put Sheffield in the lead before Danny Rivera equalized for the Lightning.
Handbags erupted at the final whistle and a riot between Strikers and Lightning fans soon occured.
Saturday, 3 May 2008
Pirates 1-1 Monsters
Pirates Park, Bristol, England
Bristol Pirates were held 1-1 by Middlesbrough Monsters in Saturday's late kick-off.
Andrew Powell scored the Pirates goal, while Quique Sanchez scored the Monsters equalizer.
FC London 2-0 Mighty Mice
T-Mobile Stadium, London
Jim Douglas and Chris Rhodes scored the two goals that helped FC London beat Merseyside.
Fire 1-0 Knights
Meadow Lane, Nottingham, England
Nottingham Fire completed the surprise of the season so far with a 1-0 win against East Anglia Knights.
Wolfgang Babatz got the only goal of the game.
Eagles 2-0 Dragons
Tynecastle, Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh Eagles got their first points of the season with a 2-0 win over the Cardiff Dragons with goals from Clint van den Bergh and Kevin Tennant.
Ruckus 1-0 Ajax London
Kassam Stadium, Oxford, England
Stefan Shanahan's 30-yard rocket won the game for the Ruckus against Ajax London.
Real Birmingham 2-0 Strikers
St. Andrews, Birmingham, England
Danny Doblado's double won the game for Real Birmingham against Sheffield Strikers.
Magic 3-0 Lightning
Boundary Park, Oldham, Lancashire, England
Lee Ching-Chong, Freddy Sanchez and Stephen Wilkins got the three goals that won the game for the Manchester Magic against Leeds Lightning.
London United 4-1 Geordies
HMV Park, Essex
London United got back to winning ways with a resounding 4-1 bashing against the Newcastle Geordies.
CraiCo scored a double against his old boys, Mark Strickland got a controversial goal that allegedly came off his hand, and there was an own goal from Steven Tweedy before Steven Richards got a consolation for the visitors.
Friday, 2 May 2008
Druids 0-1 Glasgow FC
Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
Ryan McQueen's late-strike gave Glasgow all three points in Dublin.
Thursday, 1 May 2008
London United get monthly awards double
London United picked up two MLF awards - boss Bobby Hutchinson winning Manager of the Month and striker Edward Redwood winning Player of the Month.
Redwood said: "I'm delighted for the myself, I've had a great start to the season and this means a lot to me."
Hutchinson added: "I'm happy with our start. 15 points from the first five games, brilliant."
Meanwhile, Redwood is set to return for his side's MLF match against Newcastle Geordies on Saturday.
The 22-year-old sat out of Tuesday's Champions League win over Harchester with a hip injury but Hutchinson is confident he will return to full fitness.
"We just cancelled him out (against Harchester). He was in a lot of pain," the United boss said.
"He will be a lot better in a few days and involved on Saturday somewhere along the line."Meanwhile, 'keeper Simon Herding says he has fully recovered, after playing the whole 90 minutes of both semi-final legs despite a sore back.
"I don't feel any soreness in my back anymore so I should be OK," he said.