Monsters win BritLeague

Real Birmingham 1-2 Monsters

Redwood (left) celebrates his title-clinching goal

The Monsters have won the BritLeague for the second time after a 2-1 win at Real Birmingham in an extraordinary final day title decider.

Michael Heaney put 2010 champions Real in front before Craig Wisniewski equalised after the break.

Edward Redwood then scored eight minutes from time to give the Monsters their first Double, having also won the CSA England Cup earlier this year.

The Monsters are also the first BritLeague champions to win the competition during the home-and-away fixture format.

Goals

Real Birmingham: Heaney 24'.

Monsters: Wisniewski 58', Redwood 82'.

Kick-Off '11: Real Birmingham 3-1 Ulster FC

Reigning BritLeague champions Real Birmingham got off to a winning start against Ulster FC.

Real captain Mark Strickland headed the home side in front, before James Douglas added two more with a penalty and a shot from outside the area.

Dan Lang scored a consolation for Ulster.

Goals

Real Birmingham: Strickland 20', Douglas 43' pen, 71'.

Ulster FC: Lang 76'.

Real Birmingham 2-1 London United

Wednesday 5th May

Muller Park, Birmingham. Att: 32,204.

Real Birmingham got back to winning ways with a 2-1 win over London United.

The first half was a mostly disappointing affair, but the game suddenly exploded into life before the break as former United winger Cristiano Costa scored his first goal against his old employers since his exit in August 2008.

After the break, Real had most of the play, completely outnumbering United at times and Costa and Adam Barry made life difficult for the two centre-halves in black, John Macdonald and Steven Tweed, with their blistering pace and the latter was soon rewarded with a goal to make it 2-0.

United were poor throughout the game. Midfielder Craig CraiCo wasn't allowed the space that he usually gets, and Real's Aussie midfielder Ryan Roberts upstaged the Geordie with two top-class tackles.

But they manage to find a goal, through Kevin Warhurst, but it was too little too late for visitors.

Goals

Real Birmingham: Costa 38', Barry 67'.

London United: Warhurst 89'.

London Town 3-0 Real Birmingham

Sunday 2nd May

HMV Park, London. Att: 48,023.

Real Birmingham's unbeaten run was finally ended by London Town, as the visitors lost 3-0 to the BritLeague Champions.

Town were without the suspended John Carey, but still that didn't falter them as captain Daniel Perry headed them in front after a dull first half.

Croatian rightback Niko Tomic finally put the ball in net in a Blue shirt with a 20-yard strike, his first since joining Town in March 2009.

Real Birmingham pressed for a goal, but were caught on the break and Italian striker Andrea Romano made it 3-0.

Goals

London Town: Perry 48', Tomic 66', Romano 81'.

Real Birmingham: none.

Pirates 0-7 Real Birmingham

Saturday 3rd April

Pirates Park, Bristol. Att: 16,589.

Bristol Pirates fell to their biggest ever defeat at the hands of high-flying Real Birmingham, with the visitors running away with a 7-0 win.

Skipper Mark Strickland headed in the first goal before his brother Craig headed in a corner within a minute of the second half.

Adam Barry made it 3-0, before Cristiano Costa scored a brace to make it five.

With Real leading comfortably, centre-half Mark Strickland decided to join the attack and shot from 20 yards out for his second goal.

And rookie Kyle Johnson scored his first BritLeague goal ever to give Real their biggest victory in their five-year history.

To add insult to injury for the Pirates, skipper Richard Jackson was sent off in stoppage time after picking up his second yellow card.

Goals

Pirates: none.

Real Birmingham: M. Strickland 3', 85', C. Strickland 46', Barry 65', Costa 76', 81', Johnson 87'.

Bookings

Pirates: Jackson 67', Jackson 90', Jackson 90'.

Real Birmingham: Roberts 24', Barry 66', C. Strickland 78'.

Real Birmingham 5-0 Mighty Rats

Saturday 27th March

Muller Park, Birmingham. Att: 25,025.

Real Birmingham kept their undefeated run intact with 5-0 demolition of struggling Merseyside.

Boss Mike Barry's son Adam romped to his first professional hat-trick, keeping the striker's hopes to be picked in England's CSA World Cup side well and truly alive.

In-form winger Cristiano Costa and Aussie midfielder Ryan Roberts scored the other goals.

Goals

Real Birmingham: Costa 16', Barry 27', 38', 76', Roberts 54'.

Mighty Rats: none.

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'.

Real Birmingham 2-1 Ruckus

Saturday 13th March

Muller Park, Birmingham. Att: 24,067.

Real Birmingham won 2-1 over South Coast Ruckus.

Goals

Real Birmingham: Costa 16', Barry 76'.

Ruckus: Defranco 40'.

Strikers 1-3 Real Birmingham

Saturday 6th March

Bramall Lane, Sheffield. Att: 15,306.

Cristiano Costa scored a hat-trick as Real Birmingham got off to flying start with a 3-1 win in Sheffield.

The Strikers however made it 1-0 with a goal from Phil van der Vuuren after only two minutes.

But it only fired up Real. Right-back Paolo Baggola upended Costa in the box, and the Portuguese slotted home the penalty.

Adam Barry hit a ferocious volley which Andrea Rossi punched out, only towards the oncoming Costa who tapped it in to make it 2-1.

And Costa completed his treble with a beautiful free-kick that had so much power and swerve on it.

Goals

Strikers: van der Vuuren 2'.

Real Birmingham: Costa 17' p, 55', 79'.

Costa opens Real Brum account in Detroit

Cristiano Costa scored his first goal in a Real Birmingham shirt in an unconvincing 1-0 friendly win over Motown City Gunners at Detroit's Ford Field.

The Portuguese dribbled past many Gunners players rounding the keeper in a fine solo effort.

Real Birmingham 2-0 Lightning

Saturday 17th May - MLF Round 10
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.

Knights 1-0 Real Birmingham

Saturday 10th May - MLF Round 9
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.

Real Birmingham 1-0 Knights

Monday 5th May - MLF Round 8
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.

Real Birmingham 2-0 Strikers

Saturday 3rd May - MLF Round 7
St. Andrews, Birmingham, England

Danny Doblado's double won the game for Real Birmingham against Sheffield Strikers.

Ajax London 3-1 Real Birmingham

Saturday 26th April - MLF Round 6
HMV Park, London

Ajax London cruised to a 3-1 victory over Real Birmingham.

The Ajax goalscorers were Marek Pozanek, Juan Pablo Gonzalez and Peter Elkins, while Real got a goal back with Steve Tillman.

Real Birmingham 0-0 Glasgow FC

Saturday 19th April - MLF Round 5
St Andrews, Birmingham

Real Birmingham and Glasgow FC played out to a drab nil-nil draw.

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.

Real Birmingham 1-0 Dragons

Saturday 5th April - MLF Round 3
St Andrews, Birmingham

Steven Tillman's 30-yard strike won the game 1-0 for Real at St Andrews.

The U.S. striker hit it 1v1 against Cardiff Dragons keeper Kevin Jones.

Eagles 0-2 Real Birmingham

Tuesday 1st April - MLF Round 2
Tynecastle, Edinburgh, Scotland

Real Birmingham got a 2-0 victory at the hands of the Edinburgh Eagles.

Spanish playmaker Juanito, making his first MLF appearance since joining from Madrid Cosmos, got Real off to a fine start with a quality strike after only six minutes play.

And the returning Ryan Roberts scored the 2-0 with a fine finish from just outside the penalty area.

Real Birmingham 0-0 Druids

Saturday 29th March - MLF First Kick
Villa Park, Birmingham

The Dublin Druids marked their MLF début with a 0-0 draw at CSA England Cup holders Real Birmingham.

Real started the season without Ryan Roberts after the Australian midfielder's sending off in last week's Super Cup defeat to London United.

Dublin goalkeeper Shane Murphy made some brilliant stops from Steven Tillman and Marek Pozanek to keep the game deadlocked.