Geordies 2-0 London United

Monday 5th May - MLF Round 8
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

Monday 5th May - MLF Round 8
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

Monday 5th May - MLF Round 8
Old Trafford, Manchester, England

Goals from Scott MacRae and Steve Van Hefflen won the game for Glasgow FC.

Mighty Mice 1-0 Ruckus

Monday 5th May - MLF Round 8
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

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.

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.

Druids 1-0 Dragons

Monday 5th May - MLF Round 8
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

Monday 5th May - MLF Round 8: The Yorkshire Derby
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.

Pirates 1-1 Monsters

Saturday 3rd May - MLF Round 7
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

Saturday 3rd May - MLF Round 7
T-Mobile Stadium, London

Jim Douglas and Chris Rhodes scored the two goals that helped FC London beat Merseyside.

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.

Eagles 2-0 Dragons

Saturday 3rd May - MLF Round 7
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

Saturday 3rd May - MLF Round 7
Kassam Stadium, Oxford, England

Stefan Shanahan's 30-yard rocket won the game for the Ruckus against Ajax London.

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.

Magic 3-0 Lightning

Saturday 3rd May - MLF Round 7
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

Saturday 3rd May - MLF Round 7
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.

Druids 0-1 Glasgow FC

Friday 2nd May - MLF Round 7
Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland

Ryan McQueen's late-strike gave Glasgow all three points in Dublin.

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.