Romano brace buries 'Burgh

Andrea Romano's two-goal performance gave London Town a 3-0 win against Edinburgh at Easter Road.

Zvonimir Markovic also played well, setting up one Romano goal and then scoring a goal himself.

This result for Edinburgh means the Scottish side are still 18th in the table, although they remain ten points clear of relegation-threatened Leicester Phantoms.

Goals
Edinburgh: none.
London Town: Romano 5', 80', Markovic 76'.

Monsters see off Nottingham to reach CSA England Cup Final

Goals from Edward Redwood and Craig Wisniewski were enough for the Monsters to beat FC Nottingham 2-0 in the CSA England Cup semi-final at the Vodafone Stadium, and will return to the ground on 14th May to face London United in the final.

Leeds Lightning 2-1 Bristol Pirates

Leeds Lightning got off to a winning start against Bristol Pirates.

Goals

Leeds Lightning: Stockwell 47', Perry 81'.

Bristol Pirates: Blake 68'.

Mighty Rats 0-6 London Town

Wednesday 5th May

Anfield, Liverpool. Att: 34,403.

London Town pulverised the Mighty Rats 6-0 before a big crowd at Anfield.

The Rats moved the game from their Mighty Cheese Arena in Kirkby to Liverpool FC's famous ground as a big crowd was expected with the champions in town.

The fans unfurled a banner before the game reading "Mighty Rats - Cockneys For A Day" to celebrate the occasion.

But the 30,000+ fans would go home very disappointed indeed as Town gave the struggling Rats a masterclass.

The Blues were still missing star striker John Carey, as the England frontman was serving the second game of his domestic three-match ban, but as they showed against league leaders Real Birmingham on Sunday, they can still give manager Ian Clarke a '%110' performance.

It only took them five minutes to break the deadlock, when a howler from Rats right-back Colin Price gifted the ball to the onrushing Andrea Romano, and the 'Italian Stallion' prodded home past keeper Danny Green.

And then James Douglas hit a 20-yard volley which bounced under the bar and in to make it two.

The Birmingham-born midfielder played a key role in the third goal, hitting a 25-yard diagonal to Romano who volleyed the ball first time into the net, and within only 25 minutes Town were up 3-0, staying that way at half-time.

The Rats started the second half creating chances but constantly thwarted by goalie Marco Schuipers.

Town and England skipper Daniel Perry looked a shadow of his old self, as the centre-back made an unusual number of errors but Schuipers was at his best, denying Zak McCracken twice.

Town were soon four up, Douglas linking up with Billy Bernhardt who fired past Green and into the net.

And they added two more in the final three minutes, Romano completing his hat-trick after lovely play from Douglas and Shane Macdonald, who substituted Perry who went off with a mild ankle injury.

Goals

Mighty Rats: none.

London Town: Romano 5', 25', 87', Douglas 11', Bernhardt 65', Macdonald 89'.

Knights 0-1 Ruckus

Saturday 1st May

Knights Arena, Suffolk. Att: 30,485.

SCR got over their disappointment of being knocked out in CSA Club Championship semi-finals by FC London by beating East Anglia 1-0.

Martin King scored with eight minutes left.

Goals

Knights: none.

Ruckus: King 82'.

Edinburgh FC 1-2 Ruckus

Monday 5th April

Tynecastle, Edinburgh. Att: 8,584.

South Coast grabbed a crucial win against Edinburgh at Tynecastle on Easter Monday.

Ryan Wise made it 1-0 before Mario Dokic doubled their advantage.

But Edinburgh made sure to deny the Ruckus a clean sheet with a header from defender Paul Gray.

Goals

Edinburgh FC: Gray 86'.

Ruckus: Wise 37', Dokic 79'.

Shamrocks 0-3 Lightning

Saturday 3rd April

RDS Arena, Dublin. Att: 8,594.

Leeds Lightning won in Dublin with a goal from Diego van den Struijk and two from Daniele Riviera.

Goals

Shamrocks: none.

Lightning: Riviera 34', 67', van den Struijk 78'.