London United 2-2 Fire

Saturday 1st May

HMV Park, London. Att: 46,493.

London United were stunned by a late comeback by Nottingham Fire, with keeper Mehdi Kaziri getting on the scoresheet.

United were in control of the game from the first minute and they were rewarded with a goal with CraiCo's 20-yard free kick.

Carlos Torres-Pizarro doubled the score, and it appeared there was no way back for the Fire.

However, totally against the run of play, they won a corner. Morocco international keeper Kaziri came up for the corner which was taken by Ben Judd. Simon Herding came out but only punched it to the oncoming Kaziri who let a left foot shot into the empty net.

The goal fired up the visitors, and shortly afterwards the Fire began to attack with great force. Stig Gunnar Sundevahl played a great through-ball for Hugo Watson after John Macdonald played him onside and the striker put one through Herding's legs.

The London United stopper's form will worry England manager Marco Garibaldi, but Herding always seems to get back to his best after off-days.

Goals

London United: CraiCo 18', Torres-Pizarro 56'.

Fire: Kaziri 89', Watson 90'.

Glasgow FC 2-1 Fire

Friday 2nd April

Hampden Park, Glasgow. Att: 35,695.

Glasgow won against Nottingham in an Good Friday special at Hampden.

Scott MacRae put the home side in front after 12 minutes.

The Weegies kept onto the lead until the 70th minute, when Dutch international Jason van Appelen headed in his first BritLeague to level the scores.

But MacRae hit a stunning winner three minutes from time to give Glasgow an important win.

Goals

Glasgow FC: S. MacRae 12', 87'.

Fire: van Appelen 70'.

Fire 2-0 Pirates

Saturday 27th March

City Ground, Nottingham. Att: 26,960.

A Hugo Watson double gave Nottingham Fire a confidence-boosting win over the Bristol Pirates.

Goals

Fire: Watson 43', 90'.

Pirates: none.

Mighty Rats 0-1 Fire

Saturday 20th March

Mighty Cheese Arena, Kirkby. Att: 23,405.

Merseysider Hugo Watson came back to his local region to help his Nottingham Fire beat the Mighty Rats 1-0 with a crisp finish.

Goals

Mighty Rats: none.

Fire: Watson 76'.

Fire 0-1 Real Birmingham

Tuesday 16th March

The City Ground, Nottingham. Att: 24,569.

Mark Strickland's header won the game for Real Birmingham in a highly intense Midlands Derby against Nottingham Fire.

The former England skipper rose above everyone else after Cris Costa's wonderful corner and he headed home past a stunned Mehdi Kaziri.

Goals

Fire: none.

Real Birmingham: Strickland 76'.

Phantoms 1-0 Fire

Sunday 14th March

Walkers Stadium, Leicester. Att: 28,690

Leicester Phantoms recorded their first win in club history with a 1-0 victory over East Midlands rivals Nottingham Fire.

Shane Howard scored the Phantoms' first ever goal to give them their first ever win.

Goals

Phantoms: Howard 35'.

Fire: none.

Ruckus 5-2 Fire

Saturday 6th March

Ruckus Park, Hampshire. Att: 28,763.

Garry Stretford's first professional hat-trick helped the South Coast Ruckus tear through the Nottingham Fire as the home club celebrated their first ever game at purposely-built Ruckus Park.

The team in yellow, green and grey thrashed the Fire 5-2 with Martin King and Michael Heany also joining in Stretford's party with goals of their own.

The young 21-year-old midfielder Stretford also had a solid performance for England in the second half of the 5-0 friendly thrashing of South Africa on Wednesday, setting up the final two goals, and winning the Vodafone Man of the Match award.

He has been linked with a move away from Southern England, with clubs like Monsters, London Town and London United reportedly interested in the London-born midfielder.

But that did not stop him from scoring a perfect hat-trick against Nottingham - the first goal came from a sweet left-footed volley, the second from a right-footed curling free-kick and the third from a header from King's cross (no pun intended).

With the Ruckus leading 5-0 with ten minutes remaining, the Fire did their best to start a mini comeback with goals from Ben Judd and Erik Lyngstad.

Goals

Ruckus: Stretford 4', 31', 66', Heany 46', King 76'.

Fire: Judd 81', Lyngstad 85'.

Fire 5-0 Monsters

Saturday 17th May - MLF Round 10
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.

Lightning 2-0 Fire

Saturday 10th May - MLF Round 9
Elland Road, Leeds, England

Goals from Daniele Rivera and David Tomlinson handed the Lightning an important win over their fellow strugglers Nottingham Fire.

Eagles 2-2 Fire

Monday 5th May - MLF Round 8
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.

Fire 1-0 Knights

Saturday 3rd May - MLF Round 7
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.

Fire 1-0 Ruckus

Saturday 26th April - MLF Round 6
The City Ground, Nottingham

The Nottingham Fire got their first win of the season with a Sebastien Lacroix goal.

Reading Ruckus striker Stefan Shanahan returned back to his old place, where he played from 2000-01 and 2007.

The Fire were looking for their first point of the season after having their worst-ever start losing all five of their first games and under-fire manager Dick Thomas, who only took the hotseat preseason, got three points to keep his job alive.

Fire chairman keeps faith in boss Thomas

Nottingham Fire chairman Bob Adams has backed under-fire manager Dick Thomas to turn the club's season around after suffering their worst ever start in their 11-year history.

The Fire lost all of their first five games of the season, but Adams still believes that Thomas can turn their season around.

"I think it's still way too early to sack him," said Adams.

"We'll keep an eye on our performance for the next few games, then we'll see what happens."

Travelling Fire fans held banners up saying "Thomas Out" and "Sack Dicky Tom" during the Fire's Friday night 1-0 loss at the Bristol Pirates.

But Thomas himself has reassured fans that he would get results quickly.

"The fans shouldn't worry," he said.

"I've had a few bad starts like this in my 10 years of managerial experience but I turned things around dramatically."

Pirates 1-0 Fire

Friday 18th April - MLF Round 5
Pirates Park, Bristol

Andrew Powell's fine finish won the game for the Bristol Pirates against the Nottingham Fire.

Fire 0-3 Real Birmingham

Saturday 12th April - MLF Round 4: The Midlands Derby
The City Ground, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

The Nottingham Fire and Real Birmingham contested the Midlands Derby: the first MLF derby of the season.

And it was Real who won the battle 3-0 with goals from Steve Tillman, Dicky-Dayve Johnson and Joey Robinson.

London United 6-0 Fire

Sunday 6th April - MLF Round 3
HMV Park, Essex

London United ran riot over Nottingham Fire today with a resounding 6-0 win on Super Sunday.

The scorers were CraiCo, Kevin Warhurst, Neil Boyle, Ian Parker, Lionel Nunez and Rodrigo Santos with latter three strikes assisted by Edward Redwood.

The Fire's best opportunity came from Sébastien Lacroix who shoot straight at Michael da Silva, covering for the injured Simon Herding.

Glasgow FC 1-0 Fire

Wednesday 2nd April - MLF Round 2
Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland

A John Bengtsson header was enough for Glasgow to get their first win of the season.

The Sweden CSA captain headed past fellow compatriot Jonas Pasmark after Eddo Campbell's corner.

Fire 0-2 FC London

Saturday 29th March - MLF First Kick
The City Ground, Nottingham

FC London got their season off to a flying start as the Superhoops won 2-0 at Nottingham Fire.

James Douglas headed in the first goal after 24 minutes after a Bradley Hatfield cross.

And then Umit Kubilay finished off the Fire with a trademark free-kick ten minutes from time.