Tal goes to Sunderland

Tal Ben Haim will seek to revive his Premier League career after joining Sunderland on loan from Manchester City until the end of the season.

We can reveal that City boss Mark Hughes had told Ben Haim that he would never play for the club again after hearing that the Israeli met executive chairman Garry Cooke and criticised his methods.

Ben Haim, who joined City from Chelsea in a £5 million deal last summer, had previously heard similar sentiments from the then boss Avram Grant for condemning him in an interview.

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Lions master Charlton to reach final

LFA Vets Cup, Sunday section Semi-Final - Charlton Rangers 1 London Maccabi Lions Masters 2

Goals from Adam Brand and Warren Leader put Lions into the LFA Vets Cup final after they beat Charlton Rangers 2-1.

Some say it was -2 degrees, others say it was -5 degrees, in any event it was a mighty cold morning in Swanley, which is rather a long way from Rowley Lane and surely the furthest that Lions have travelled to play in the London Vets Cup (the ground is actually in Kent!).

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Lions make it unlucky 13 for Knebworth

HSCL Reserve Division One: London Lions Res. 13 Knebworth 1

David Dinkin took centre stage as Lions reserves claimed their best win of the season.

With their ground not available this week, bottom of the league Knebworth switched the fixture to Rowley Lane, but with several players ruled out for them last minute with illness it was a trip they weren’t to relish for long.

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Village people inflict Lions' second defeat

HSCL Prem Div: London Lions 1 Park Street Village 2

The title race was blown wide open on Saturday as Park Street Village inflicted only the second defeat on London Lions this season.

The 2-1 defeat, the first Lions have suffered at home all season didn’t tell the whole story. With 85 per cent of the game, the Lions failed to convert a number chances which would have more then won them the game.

Two defensive schoolboy errors were to prove costly as Lions lead at the top was cut to just two points as Met Police whooped Bedmond 21-1.

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Ben Haim joins Sunderland on loan

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London Lions: nothing in reserve

Codicote Res. 2
London Lions Res. 0

London Lions reserves earned warm praise from Adam Fisher, manager of Codicote reserves, after the league leaders were made to sweat in the Herts Senior County League Reserve Division One contest at Rowley Lane.

Nick Goodman and Daryl Phillips spurned Lions’ best two chances in a first half they enjoyed the better of, in a game where Adam Joselyn was man of the match.

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Juniors given lifeline but it’s the end of the road for Brady

There was good news and bad news in the world of Jewish sport this week. The good news is that the future of junior football has been secured by the Maccabi (Southern) Primary Football League after coming up with a rescue package to take in teams from the AJY next season.

The fact that it has taken just a week to put plans into place does not surprise me as I know that there are many key players around who realise the importance of the issue.

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