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'.

FC London 1-0 Lightning

Saturday 1st May

T-Mobile Stadium, London. Att: 47,483.

FC London left it late to beat fellow form team Leeds Lightning, 1-0.

Jeremy "Jezza" Constantinidis's 25-yard rocket left Lightning's American keeper Mike Foster bamboozled.

Scott Casey made a fine tackle from Adam Stockwell, and played a lovely through ball for Jezza, who controlled it with the outside of his right foot and in the next motion lobbed the ball over the Foster and into the net.

Goals

FC London: Jezza 87'.

Lightning: none.

Dragons 3-1 Glasgow FC

Friday 30th April 2010

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. Att: 58,493.

The Dragons beat Glasgow FC 3-1 in front of a big crowd at the Millennium Stadium.

Ben Daffy responded to Weegies striker Ryan McQueen's opener by chipping keeper Stuart McDonald two minutes from the break.

Rookie striker Ian Rhys Griffin put the Welsh side in front before Christian Jones netted the insurance goal only two minutes later.

The home club will be happy with the large turnout at the Millennium, even booking a mini-gig at half-time for Welsh mega star Marky Jones. The pre-match and half-time shows also saw the Dragons' cheerleaders performing with TOTV's very own dance team, the Goal Girls.

More importantly though, for the Dragons, they will take three points as they aim to improve after their slow start to the season.

Goals

Dragons: Ben Daffy 43', Griffin 76', C. Jones 78'.

Glasgow FC: McQueen 3'.

Livermore hails "tea time" Parker

TOTV soccer pundit Jim Livermore has hailed Ian Parker for his hat-trick in the Tyne-Tees derby as "one of the best performances I have seen from him for a long time."

"In 2007, he was nicknamed 'Prime Time' because he played well in evening matches," Livermore said on BritLeague Super Sunday straight after the match. "Well, today he was Tea Time." The match between Parker's Monsters and the Newcastle Geordies kicked off at 16:00, which is of course, tea-time.

The hat-trick could reignite Parker's hopes of appearing for England in this summer's CSA World Cup finals, but manager Marco Garibaldi, who saw the game at Monsters Park, has warned the 23-year-old midfielder that he'll have to keep playing the way he did in that game if the Italian is to select him in his squad for the Middle East.

Monsters 4-0 Geordies

Sunday 25th April 2010

Monsters Park, Teesside. Att: 31,495.

Ian Parker's long-awaited comeback game turned out to be one he'll remember for a long time as the England midfielder netted a hat-trick in the Tyne-Tees derby as the Monsters routed the Newcastle Geordies four goals to nil.

23-year-old Parker had finally made his return in the green-and-purple shirt after recovering from a serious knee injury suffered last August which forced him to miss the remainder of last season as well as Monsters' Champions League adventure which continues.

And the Teesside outfit will benefit from his comeback as he stunned the Geordies by hitting a perfect hat-trick.

The auburn-haired speedster linked up very well with Darren Watkinson, and after a one-two with the midfielder, Parker chipped Newcastle stopper Jackie Stackman with the outside of his left foot.

He later scored the second with a superb leaping header, outjumping Geordies' big Swiss centre-back Martin Machler, from Quique's cross.

And for Stackman, whose hopes of making the cut for England's CSA World Cup squad appear to be vanishing week after week, the misery would not end as Spain striker Quique scored the third before Parker completed his treble with a 20-yard rocket with his preferred right foot to give the Monsters a valuable victory over their most hated rivals.

Goals

Monsters: Parker 13', 57', 87', Quique 76'.

Geordies: none.

London Town 0-2 Ruckus

Sunday 25th April 2010

HMV Park, London. Att: 39,948

SCR claimed an amazing win at London Town.

Garry Stratford's 25-yard free-kick had no chance for Marco Schuipers, while Michael Heany scored the second from the penalty spot after Juanpa hauled down Danny Defranco.

To put insult to injury for the champions, striker John Carey was sent off for stamping on SCR's Norwegian centre-half Bjorn Terke.

The England striker misses Town's next three BritLeague matches against Real Birmingham, Merseyside Mighty Rats and Bristol Pirates, but he can return for the Blues' CSA England Cup Final against Barnsworth on 15th May.

Goals

London Town: none.

Ruckus: Stratford 32', Heany 86' p.

Bookings

London Town: Carey 72'.

Ruckus: Peters 61'.

Geordies 1-0 Knights

Sunday 18th April

Geordies Park, Newcastle. Att: ??,???.

An Adam Gaffney own goal was enough to secure three points for the Geordies.

Goals

Geordies: Gaffney 77' o.g.

Knights: none.

CSA England Cup SF: London Town 4-2 Monsters

Saturday 10th April 2010

Vodafone Stadium, London. Att: 68,593.

London Town braved the new, controversial Vodafone Stadium pitch by reaching the CSA England Cup final for the third time in succession with a 4-2 win against Monsters FC.

The pitch was the centre of attention, with its new FieldTurf surface - an artificial type of grass -after previous complaints about the state of pitch.

It had to be tested by the CSA and CSA England, before getting the seal of approval by both federations.

But it was Town who adjusted the best to the new pitch, playing their passing game without a hitch against the Monsters, who decided to abandon their attacking style of play in favour of a long ball game.

That turned out to be a terrible idea for the Team in Green and Purple, and there was no way that the Monsters giant rookie striker Matt Oxley was going to get past the Blues' centre-halves Daniel Perry and Juanpa Gonzalez.

The Anglo-Spanish connection in the heart of the Town defence was so much stronger than the Anglo-Spanish connection up front with Oxley partnering with Quique Gomez.

But it was an Italian that put Town in front with half-an-hour gone, Andrea Romano breaking away from the Monsters defence and slotting it through Igor Kuljman's legs.

John Carey made it two on the stroke of half-time with a powerful header.

When Quique made it 2-1 within 30 seconds of the match, it put the Monsters back in contention as they started to play to attractive style of football, but it was all in vain as Daniel Perry made it 3-1.

Darren Watkinson pulled another back for the Monsters, before Town's Kevin Brickman scored in injury time to win 4-2.

Goals

London Town: Romano 33', Carey 44', Perry 67', Brickman 90'.

Monsters: Quique 46', Watkinson 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'.

London United 0-2 FC London

Sunday 4th April

HMV Park, London. Att: 47,964.

FC London grabbed a priceless win over bitter rivals London United.

Scott Casey grabbed his first BritLeague goal, before Brian Nixon won it for MegaHoops.

Goals

London United: none.

FC London: Casey 36', Nixon 87'.

Knights 3-3 Monsters

Sunday 4th April

Knights Arena, Suffolk. Att: 28,584.

The Knights and Monsters played to an enthralling 3-3 draw.

Goals

Knights: Carter 5', Krzystofski 27', Bourgeois 66'.

Monsters: Quique 21', 48', van den Bergh 87'.

Dragons 0-0 Strikers

Saturday 3rd April

Liberty Stadium, Swansea. Att: 9,485.

The Dragons and Sheffield played to a 0-0 draw in front of a disappointingly low crowd in Swansea.

Goals

Dragons: none.

Strikers: 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'.

Burn 0-1 Geordies

Saturday 3rd April

Windsor Park, Belfast. Att: 7,854.

A Kevin Coleman strike was enough for the Geordies in Belfast.

Goals

Burn: none.

Geordies: Coleman 76'.

London Town 4-0 Rockers

Saturday 3rd April

HMV Park, London. Att: 40,048.

London Town routed Manchester Rockers 4-0 with a brilliant display from the Champions.

After a slow start to the game, Andrea Romano put Town in front five minutes from the break.

John Carey cannot stop scoring, putting fierce shot through Manchester keeper Eddie Wilson's legs.

Daniel Perry headed in the third, after John Jeffries lost the England captain.

And American striker Billy Bernhardt put the icing on the cake in stoppage time with a crisp finish.

Goals

London Town: Romano 40', Carey 60', Perry 72', Bernhardt 90'.

Rockers: none.

Phantoms 0-0 Mighty Rats

Saturday 3rd April

Walkers Stadium, Leicester. Att: 17,480.

Leicester Phantoms and Mighty Rats played to a nil-nil draw at the Walkers.

Goals

Phantoms: none.

Mighty Rats: none.

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'.

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'.