Sale United Football Club senior men suffered a landslide loss to Moe United on Saturday night.

The Red Devils netted nine goals to one under the lights at Olympic Park in Round 6 action in the Latrobe Valley Soccer League.

It wasn’t all bad news for Sale.

The senior women’s side remains undefeated, following a percentage boosting 13-1 win over Moe, further strengthening the Swanettes’ title charge.

But for the men, Round 6 is surely one Sale will be wanting to forget.

The Red Devils were ahead early doors, putting away their first goal after just three minutes.

The home team dominated possession, their physicality and fast pace throwing Sale United, who were unable to exploit their counterattack opportunities.

Moe did well at cutting out the Swans leading goal scorers, Isaak Jondahl and Charlie Cockell, and capitalised on their domination of possession, netting five goals before the break, sending Sale to the rooms with nothing more than a yellow card.

It wasn’t just the wintery weather and five-nil score warranting an icy Sale United as they retired to the rooms at halftime, malfeasance from a linesman, who was recently barred from refereeing LVSL senior games, and was uninhibited in slandering the travelling team’s players while vocally coaching the home side at his post, added to the frustration.

Moe extended their lead to six within 10 minutes of returning to the pitch, netting their seventh goal at the hour mark, eighth in the 71st minute, and scoring their ninth and final goal in the 81st minute.

Cooper Coleman grabbed a consolation goal for Sale in the 83rd minute.

While a solemn Sale headed home, Moe celebrated a big win, with a goal from Campbell Dastey, four to Connor O’Hanlon and Riley Winlelman falling one short of a double hat-trick.

At the very least, Sale United senior men could rest easy knowing they weren’t the only Sale team returning home with their tails between their legs on Saturday night, following Sale Football-Netball Club’s 132-point senior football loss to Leongatha.

Sale United FC senior women proved that they are deserving of the top-ladder position, with five goals from Hollie Ryan, four from Dani Wilson, three from Anouk Meereboer and a goal from Madelaine Breakspear sealing the Swanettes’ 13-1 win.

While it took Sale some time to get out of first gear, the current ladder leaders killed the game by the half-hour mark, with Wilson scoring the opening goal in the 11th minute, followed by a second in the 15th.

Ryan added a third goal for Sale in the 20th minute, Wilson a fourth in the 23rd minute, with Ryan stretching the Swanettes lead to 5-0 in the 29th minute.

Ryan extended Sale’s lead to 6-0 in the 38th minute, bagging a hat-trick in the process.

Playing coach Breakspear scored a screamer from outside 18-yards in the 41st minute, with Ryan scoring her fourth goal before the break, taking the Swanettes to an 8-0 lead heading into the second half.

Ryan scored her fifth goal to open the second half.

Moe took advantage of a complacent Sale, with Summer Cooper scoring a consolidation goal in the 55th minute.

Sale immediately replied, with SUFC senior men’s coach Meereboer scoring two goals in two minutes just before the hour mark.

Meereboer completed her hat-trick in the 80th minute, while Wilson sealed the Swanettes’ 13-1 win, scoring her fourth goal in the 85th minute.

While the young Moe team fought hard, they were unable to stop Sale’s onslaught of goals, leaving Meereboer tied for top goal scorer with Falcons 2000’s Savannah Lapenta, and Wilson third by the end of Round 6.

Remaining undefeated with five wins from five games, conceding just two goals for a goal difference of 46, Sale United senior women retain their top ladder position in front of Fortuna, second, and Falcons third.

Moe defeated Sale 5-0 in the reserves.

Josh White put a goal on the scoreboard for Sale United Green in second division, but it wasn’t enough, with Moe defeating the visitors 4-1 at the end of 90 minutes.

Sale United White claimed their first win of the season in second division on Sunday, defeating Churchill United 13-0 at home.

Sale United FC senior women and second division teams get a rest this weekend, while the senior men and reserves take on Olympians at home.