The 2008/2009 season will go down in the history books as the season in which Legoland United's starlet Mathew Edile decided both meetings between the nation's two most prestigious clubs in his debut season. Again coming on as a substitute, Somalian Edile netted twice in nine minutes to turn around a game in which up until the 61st minute Legoland FC lead United 2-1. Edile, a 2008 graduate of the Reds' youth academy, has seen his value soar and the minifig is now rumoured to be a £10m January transfer target for relegation threatened giants Lion Lakers.

The Derby kicked off with LFC lying in second place, a point adrift of surprise league leaders Ajax Skerries, whilst United lay in fourth position, four behind the Helmets. In a typically dirty affair referee Ferocious Corpus was kept busy dishing out the yellow cards but the tie sprunge to life in 38th minute as LFC forward Adrian Mutu connected to a cross from Marco Materazzi to volley home from 8 yards and claim his first goal of the season since his move from Fiorentina. LFC went into the half-time break all smiles leading 0-1 in the San Siro whilst United's minifigs endured a barrage of insults and missiles from the Blues' supporters.

The second period began well for the reigning champions as their own impressive youth player Geoffrey Macintyre pounced in the 49th minute and placed the ball under United custodian Francesco Antonioli to make it 0-2 to the visitors. The goal sparked wild celebrations amongst the LFC fans who expressed their joy by hurling bricks dug up from the San Siro stands at the security forces. Yet their high spirits did not last long when 2 minutes later United's prodigal son Alex Taribello headed past LFC 'keeper Francesco Toldo reducing the deficit. Then on came Edile and LFC saw a crucial three points slip from their grasp as the striker first restored parity and then gave Mr United's minifigs the lead.

Despite desperate attempts by LFC in the latter stages of the game to draw level the Blues could not break down the United defence and were not helped in the 82nd minute when "Cashley" Cole received his marching orders for punching the referee's assistant. Cole now faces a lengthy league ban and more infuriatingly for him, a possible fine. When the final whistle blew United supporters and players alike celebrated as if they had won the league title. Coupled with other results, United's win sees the Old Rule tied on 44 points, 2 behind leaders Ajax Skerries and United ahead of LFC on goal difference. Minutes after the game LFC released an official club statement confirming that manager Sir Alex Ferguson's had been sacked despite only 4 games in charge. "Although Sir Alex Ferguson was not responsible for the first league loss to United, and the Derby Cup final loss to United which both occured under the watch of Mr Jose Mourinho, Sir Ferguson is soley responsible for the third consecutive defeat".

Other games in the SuperLeague saw Parma record their first league win since early December with a 1-0 victory over the Emperor's Juventus. Parma, whose manager Mario Beretta is rumoured to be replaced by Jose Mourinho in the coming days, have given the under pressure minifig a potential life-line. Elsewhere Napoli recorded their first back-to-back win in Serie A since November 1997 with a 2-1 home win over Lazio. Fiorentina also claimed a fine scalp beating high-flying Republic 2-0. At the bottom of the table Celebs fell to 18th position after losing 1-0 to Port Villa. As one of the pre-season favourite for the title, the Slobs have admitted they are in crisis but club owner and media mogul Mr Prints again publicly expressed his faith in coach Giovanni Trapattoni. "We have won 3 Studetti with Trap and I think blaming him for the current woes would be a bit extreme and short-sighted. I'll admit our chances of winning the league this season are gone but we'll plan for next season with Trap in charge. We are not LFC and I believe strongly in the United philosphy of showing faith in the manager".

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