Sunday, 14 March 2010

London Town 1-2 London United

Sunday 14th March
HMV Park, London. Att: 49,632.

CraiCo's dramatic late winner gave all three points to London United from reigning champions London Town.

John Carey put Town in front after a quarter of an hour gone.

But United equalised shortly after the second half after Edward Redwood capitalised on a rare error from Daniel Perry.

And CraiCo's last-minute goal sent the fans in black roaring.

Goals
London Town: Carey 16'.
London United: Redwood 48', CraiCo 89'.

Shamrocks 0-2 Monsters

Sunday 14th March
RDS Arena, Dublin. Att: 7,065.

Monsters won in Dublin with goals from Gheorghe Pancu and rookie Adam Morgan.

Goals
Shamrocks: none.
Monsters: Pancu 57', Morgan 88'.

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.

Saturday, 13 March 2010

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'.

Burn 1-2 Knights

Saturday 13th March
Windsor Park, Belfast. Att: 9,000.

The East Anglia Knights made it two wins out of two with a 2-1 win in Belfast.

A sell-out crowd turned up for the Burn's first home game since the club's three-year hiatus, but it was the visitors who had the last laugh.

Danny Basingstoke scored a wonder goal on the halfway line just eight minutes into the match after he spotted goalkeeper Mark Kearney-Bleakley off his line.

But Belfast's Slovenian striker Matjaz Krizanovic scored the equaliser on the stroke of half-time.

With a hour gone in a match, Adam Carter struck the ball finely into the net after schoolboy defending from the Burn.

Goals
Burn: Krizanovic 44'
Knights: Basingstoke 8', Carter 60'.

Mighty Rats 1-0 Strikers

Saturday 13th March
Mighty Cheese Arena, Kirkby. Att: 10,675.

The Mighty Rats recorded their first win of the season with a 1-0 over the Sheffield Strikers.

Zak McCracken put Merseyside in front after 70 minutes.

Goals
Mighty Rats: McCracken 70'.
Strikers: none.

Glasgow FC 0-2 Geordies

Saturday 13th March
Hampden Park, Glasgow. Att:

Edinburgh FC 2-0 Rockers

Saturday 13th March
Tynecastle, Edinburgh. Att: 9,237.

Edinburgh pulled off a stunning 2-0 victory over the Manchester Rockers at Tynecastle.

The game was centred on the Rockers' John Jeffries and EFC's Kevin Tennent, after Jeffries allegedly slept with Tennent's wife, leading to Jeffries being stripped of the Scottish captaincy.

And Tennent made his feelings known when he avoided shaking his Scotland CSA colleague Jeffries' hand in the pre-game.

Jeffries was booed every time he touched the ball, and the crowd chanted, "Carefree, wherever you may be, don't leave your wife with John Jeffries" and "Who's the b****** in the beige?" (The Rockers were wearing their beige away kit.)

And Mark Danicoletta headed Edinburgh in front after 23 minutes and in the ensuing celebrations pointed at Tennent in support of his beleaguered teammate. Danicoletta and others were also seen wearing 'Team Tennent" t-shirts in the warm-up.

And a miserable afternoon for Jeffries and the Rockers was complete when the centre-back misplayed it to Keith Morkins, and Edinburgh's young English striker slotted home.

But for the beleaguered former Scotland captain, the misery would not end until after the final whistle when the crowd sang "Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye" as he walked off the pitch.

Goals
Edinburgh FC: Danicoletta 23', Morkins 86'.
Rockers: none.

Pirates 0-1 Lightning

Saturday 13th March
Pirates Park, Bristol. Att: 13,367.

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Friday, 12 March 2010

Dragons 0-2 FC London

Friday 12th March
Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff. Att: 14,685.

FC London swept the Dragons away with a brace from Craig Cinoli.

Goals
Dragons: none.
FC London: Cinoli 45', Cinoli 88'.

Sunday, 7 March 2010

London United 2-0 Burn

Sunday 7th March
HMV Park, London. Att: 46,071.

London United got their campaign off to a great start with a 2-0 win over the returning Belfast Burn.

The Burn were playing their first BritLeague match since 2007, when their squad and staff defected to form a new club - Bristol Pirates.

Belfast were skippered by local boy Josh Heany, who joined them in the off-season from Nottingham Fire. And the 24-year-old centre-half, who has 16 caps for the all-Irish national team as a solitary cap for Northern Ireland, nearly put them in front, when he headed Neil Harrington's corner off the post.

United were missing key striker Edward Redwood, who suffered a minor knee injury in England's 5-0 friendly win over South Africa.

But that didn't seem to faze them one bit, when the ball fell to Craig CraiCo who belted a wonder goal from 30 yards after Tom Neill-Perry's poor header.

John Macdonald, who was captaining his first league game for London United, attracted much media attention after his controversial new mullet which has "J-MAC" shaved in on each side.

But the England CSA defender's performance overshadowed his haircut, as he headed home the second from a CraiCo corner.

Goals
London United: CraiCo 25', Macdonald 70'.
Burn: none.

Lightning 3-0 Mighty Rats

Sunday 7th March
Elland Road, Leeds. Att: 32,047.

Leeds Lightning got their campaign off to a glorious start with a 3-0 over the Merseyside Mighty Rats at Elland Road.

The Lightning's new American defender Jimmy-Jack Perry only took five minutes to mark his debut with a goal, heading in Diego van den Struijk's free-kick.

Italian whiz-kid Dani Rivera, who has been linked with a move away from West Yorkshire, scored an impressive goal from just outside the 18-yard box to put Leeds 2-0 up after 25 minutes.

And van den Struijk was a nuisance for the Merseyside defence, and one of his crosses led to Rats right-back Colin Price putting it into his own net.

It was miserable afternoon for the Rats, only creating one real chance when Zak McCracken missed a sitter from five yards out.

Goals
Lightning: Perry 5', Rivera 25', Price 76' (o.g.).
Mighty Rats: none.

Saturday, 6 March 2010

Knights 3-1 Shamrocks

Saturday 6th March
Knights Arena, Suffolk. Att: 29,569.

The East Anglia Knights stormed to victory with a 3-1 win over the Dublin Shamrocks in the first game ever played at the Knights' new ground in Suffolk.

Adam Gaffney headed in the 1-0 from a Danny Basingstoke corner.

But fellow centre-half Richard Hately equalised for the Irish side with a header of his own after a Steve Berry corner.

However, it was a Hately error that gifted the lead back to the Knights when the Irishman miscontrolled a pass and England star Adam Carter ran past him with the ball and rounded bemused goalie Shane Murphy.

And Welsh striker Karlo Krzystofski marked his first league appearance since September 2009 after recovering from a serious knee injury with a wonderful chip from 30 yards after he saw Murphy completely off his line.

Goals
Knights: Gaffney 23', Carter 58', Krzystofski 88'.
Shamrocks: Hately 35'.

Geordies 1-1 Pirates

Saturday 6th March
Geordies Park, Newcastle. Att: 31,468.

Newcastle Geordies and Bristol Pirates shared a point with a 1-1 at Geordies Park.

Winger Matthew McEnley put the Geordies in front before Richard Jackson's headed equaliser.

Goals
Geordies: McEnley 23'.
Pirates: Jackson 44'.

Rockers 2-1 Glasgow FC

Saturday 6th March
Rockers Park, Salford, Greater Manchester. Att: 27,013.

Manchester Rockers won 2-1 over Glasgow FC.

Peter Elkins headed the Rockers in front on the beanpole striker's debut for the club, before Scott MacRae equalised for Glasgow.

And Manchester's Glaswegian midfielder Gary McManus scored the winner.

Goals
Rockers: Elkins 15', McManus 71'.
Glasgow FC: Scott MacRae 35'.

FC London 3-0 Edinburgh FC

Saturday 6th March
FC London Stadium, London. Att: 46,037

FC London got their new BritLeague season off to a flying start with an easy win over Edinburgh.

Ryan Welch scored in his first BritLeague appearance, having signed from E-League champions London City.

Craig Palmer scored one of the goals of match-week one, with a mazy solo run through the Edinburgh defence.

And young Australian striker Craig Cinoli scored a fantastic goal from 25 yards, flew into the top corner.

Goals
FC London: Welch 41', Palmer 68', Cinoli 75'.
Edinburgh FC: none.

Saturday's Full-Time Scores