Monday 31 August 2009

Perry pens mega deal

London Town captain Daniel Perry has signed new contract with the club - a record-breaking seven-year deal that sees him earn £250,000-a-week, which will make him the highest-paid player in BritLeague history.

The England CSA defender, who only joined Town last year while they were still known as Ajax London, has excelled after the former Barnsworth captain came to the club in July, immediately taking the armband and winning two CSA England Cups and a CSA England Super Cup.

"This club gonna be big for a long time yet," Perry stated in a press conference. "And I want to be apart of it."

"I came here to take this club forward. I want to be apart of the world domination this club's gonna get."

Perry started at Barnsworth since he was 14, and signed as a trainee at 17. With Barnsworth, he won the CSA Cup, two E-League titles and an E-League Cup. Shortly before his departure from Barns Park, then-teammate Adam Carter (who now plies his trade for East Anglia Knights) described him as "Mr. Barnsworth," a nickname that Perry apparently dislikes.

"Yeah, I love Barnsworth, I played for them for a decade, but I'm not Mr. Barnsworth anymore, and I never was. I'm a London Town player now, so why not call me Mr. London Town!" Perry joked.

Friday 28 August 2009

CSA Club Challenge: London United 2-1 East Anglia Knights

London United won the CSA Club Challenge with goals from Craig CraiCo and Adam Stockwell.

CraiCo struck a 40-yard beauty past a bamboozled East Anglia Knights keeper in Mehdi Kaziri.

But East Anglia Knights new boy Peter Flint headed in the equaliser prior to Stockwell's last-gasp winner.

Thursday 27 August 2009

London Town through the CCC group stages

London Town eased through over their Finnish opponents Jyväskylä Warriors in the CSA Club Championship qualifiers with two 5-0 victories, giving them a 10-0 aggregate and a place in the group stages.

Town annihilated the Warriors in Finland, with goals from Scott Bridges, Kemal Kubilay, Shane Macdonald and a brace from Marek Pozanek.

And then Blues followed it up at HMV Park with another spanking of their opponents, with Gary Howard and Yannick Bourgeois scoring along with John Carey who scored the first hat-trick of his career, as the young 20-year-old striker is a serious contender for Newcomer of the Year in both the BritLeague and CSA Football.

To put insult to injury for the young Finnish team - who were only founded in 2005 - they finished the second leg with nine men after Hannanen and Myskaala were sent off.

Ruckus ease through in Tallinn

South Coast Ruckus eased through with a 4-0 aggregate win over Estonian side Tallinn Terror in the European qualifers for the CSA Club Championship.

Twin 2-0 victories in Southampton and Tallinn saw the Ruckus advance to the lucrative group stages.

Ryan Whyte and Michael Heany scored at St. Mary's in the first leg, while Marty King and Gareth Stretford scored at the A. Le Coq Arena.

Wednesday 26 August 2009

Czechia Prague knock out ELF giants

Czech champions Czechia Prague caused a major upset by knocking ELF giants Amsterdam Attack by winning 2-2 on away goals in the CSA Champions League play-offs.

Attack won 2-1 in the first leg in Amsterdam, but Czechia claimed a famous one-nil victory in the 2nd leg, thus taking their place into the Group stage.

CCL Play-Offs 2nd Leg: Newcastle Geordies 4-0 Barnsworth (5-3 agg)

CSA Champions League play-offs 2nd leg
St. James Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

The Geordies crushed Barnsworth with four-goal display at St. James' to comeback from 3-1 to win 5-3 on aggregate.

Argentinian striker Alberto Nunez opened the scoring after 16 minutes, with Kevin "KevCo" Cohen, younger brother of Craig "CraiCo" Cohen, following it up only four mintues later.

And two last minute strikes from French international Sébastien Lacroix secured their place into the Group Stages.

Barnsworth manager Gianpaolo Mozzarella was disappointed in the manner in the way his side lost, stating: "It was a very poor performance. We defended terribly. But all credit to Newcastle for capitalizing on the errors we made."

Last year's Champions League finalists Barnsworth will now have to play in the CSA Club Championship this season but Mozzarella is confident his side will win it.

"We have a trophy-winning side... It's 15 matches, but it's possible we can go all the way," he said.

Tuesday 18 August 2009

CCL Play-Offs 1st Leg: Barnsworth 3-1 Newcastle Geordies

2009-10 CSA Champions League Play-off Round 1st Leg
Barns Park, England

Barnsworth took the advantage in the first leg against Newcastle Geordies with a goal from skipper Johnny Bengtsson and a brace from Kiki Kizu.

Alberto Nunez however put the Geordies in front after 10 minutes.

Swedish defender Bengtsson headed home from a Demitrinho free-kick to put the Blues in front.

And then Croat striker Kizu scored two quick goals to give Barnsworth a good lead coming to the second leg in St James' Park.

Sunday 9 August 2009

CSA England Super Cup: London Town 6-4 London City

CSA England Cup winners London Town defeated E-League champions London City in a high-scoring all-London curtain raiser at the brand new CSA England Stadium.

Billy Bernhardt, John Carey, Andrea Romano, Ashton Reid, Daniel Perry and James Douglas all scored for Town, while City's Matt Collins scored a hat-trick and Chris Chaplow also scored.

City now will look forward to the E-League season which begins next week, as well as preparing for the CSA Champions League next month.

Town will now continue out the BritLeague season, as well as starting their campaign in the re-branded CSA Club Championship later this month.