Raiders A and Oakwood progressed in the Anekstein, Neasden and Blancos claimed important victories and that man Avi Markiewicz made it 12 in four with yet another hat-trick. Danny Caro reflects on the MGBSFL on Matchday 12 of the season.
MATCHDAY 12 HEADLINES
CAC - Five-star Oaks crush Faith, Raiders A are six-hitters
Prem Div - Neasden show Lions what four
Div 1 - Moses leads Blancos to Promised Land
Div 2 - FC Team C do it again
Div 3 - Boca boys turn on their Sunday best
JC HAT-TRICK HEROES
Div 1 - Simon Moses (Los Blancos)
Div 3 - Avi Markiewicz (London Rovers)
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MATCH PHOTOS: OAKWOOD A vs FAITHFOLD A
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DANNY CARO'S PREM DIV TEAM OF THE WEEK
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THE CONTENDERS
GK - Steve Murad (NW Neasden), Matt Davis (FC Team C)
DEFENDERS - Aron Luftig, Aryeh Goldring (both London Rovers), Dave Cohen (Blizzard Storm), Dan Andrews, Craig Edwards, Josh Tiano, Rob Caplin (all NW Neasden), Ben Gardner, Dale Bradman (both Boca Jewniors), Dan Tann (NL Raiders C)
MIDFIELDERS - Adam Kay, Yisroel Lewis (both London Rovers), Adam Waters, Svi Freedman (both Los Blancos), Joe Brooks, Adam Arnold, Michael Field (all NW Neasden), Brad Wine, Josh Rose (both Oakwood A), Dan Alfreds (FC Team C), Callion McGregor (Boca Jewniors), Yoel Deal (King Crown), Jarred Rudman, Marc Woolfe, Alex Goodman (all NL Raiders C)
STRIKERS - Simon Moses (Los Blancos), Avi Markiewicz (London Rovers), Philippe Auret (AC Whetstone), Dean Shaw (Blizzard Storm), Danny Sherman (NW Neasden), Matt Stock, Josh Green (both NL Raiders A), Daniel Stanton (FC Team C), Jamie Weinrich (Boca Jewniors), Phil Braham (King Crown)
MANAGER - David Gordon (FC Team C), Stirling Kay (NW Neasden), Jonathan Ison (Los Blancos)
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DANNY CARO'S GOAL OF THE WEEK: PHILIPPE AURET
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
1. PHILIPPE AURET (AC Whetstone) - After stopping an Oakwood B attack, Dan Weisselberg calmly passed out to the right back Tomer Tricot with Oakwood strikers right in his face. He played an inside ball to Alex Woffenden who passed it back to him taking the move to the halfway line. His passed it first time back inside again to the left winger, Sam Leader, who had shuffled across to the middle. Sam put a ball inside to put Ethan Davies (right wing) away and chasing to the byeline where he put a cross in just behind the striker. Auret rose and stretched his head back and with an incredible header was able to steer the ball firmly past the keeper. An amazing goal finishing off a scrappy game on a freeezing wet morning
2. YISROEL LEWIS (London Rovers) - scored a great goal from 25 yards
3. ADAM WATERS (Los Blancos) - scored the first goal with a beautifully taken instinct header
4. SIMON MOSES (Los Blancos) - GOAL 2 - a smashing dipping half volley from 25 yards out
5. ZVI FREEDMAN (Los Blancos - an empathic volley
6. ADAM ARNOLD (NW Neasden) - scored a beauty after beating two players and crashing home a superb low drive
7. DAN STANTON (FC Team C) - a wonder strike in the inter-club derby
8. BRAD WINE (Oakwood A) - GOAL 1 - harried the Faithfold defence into an error before burying it from 25 yards with the last kick of normal time
9. GUY HELMAN (Oakwood A) - capitalised on excellent play from super-sub Jonny Quinn to to smash home from 20-odd yards
10. SIMON BUCHLER (NL Raiders B) - a lovely team goal, with Buchler himself winning a header, setting up neat combination play from Jake Gilbert and Jacob Gold before the latter squared to Buchler to fire home having ghosted in to the box with a trademark late run
11. JACK GOLDSMITH (Boca Jewniors) - 25-yard left-foot free-kick arrowed into the top corner
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DANNY CARO'S MISS OF THE WEEK
JONATHAN GREEN (NL Raiders A) - somehow found a way to miss a practically open goal from four yards out. "Not my finest moment!"
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DANNY CARO'S QUOTE OF THE WEEK - JASON STEIN
THE CONTENDERS
MATT DAVIS (FC Team C) - saved a penalty from Jon Breger with the game goalless
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
1. JEREMY BROWN (London Rovers) - "Another hat-trick for Avi - four in a row. I'm not quite sure what else I can say about that other than well done to him and the rest of the team for giving him such superb service"
2. SIMON LINDEN (Blizzard Storm) - "We're in advanced talks to sign London Rovers centre forward Avi Markiewicz – who has scored four hat-tricks in four games". Linden declined to comment on leaving Brunel, the car window went down but only to sign autographs. Chairman Nick Rubin mentioned that a deal could be confirmed this week, Viv Emmanuel needs the money!
3. VIV EMANUEL (London Rovers) - "I will tell Simon Linden, to put his money where his mouth is ... my house could do with a loft extension"
4. RICKY LAWRENCE (SPEC FC) - "We'd like to thank Oli Henry of Blizzard Storm who was great with helping Simon Bagel who suffered a bad head injury towards the end of the game"
5. RIC BLANK (Oakwood A) - "It was a roller-coaster of a game - the sort of incident filled, see-saw of a game you only get in the cup. How we didn't settle the issue in normal time I'll never know"
6. JONATHAN ADELMAN (NL Raiders A) - "The outstanding player on the pitch was Matt Stock, he was in irresistible form and at times completely unplayable"
7. DAVID GORDON (FC Team C) - "I’m not sorry that this is the last time we will face our B-team this season!"
8. JASON STEIN (Oakwood B) - QUOTE 1 - "This was a bit of a case of fur coat and no knickers against AC Whetstone and I fully understand why the fans were so aggrieved at the end of the came. They pay their tzedakah and they are fully entitled to their opinions"
9. JASON STEIN (Oakwood B) - QUOTE 2 - "I know social media was abuzz last night after one or two players were spotted in Whitehouse 'celebrating', but the players are allowed a life and I encourage them to switch off after the match. I'm assured they were only drinking mango juice and nothing stronger"
10. ZACK GOTHELF (NLR C) - "Although the pressure had been starting to build, everyone at the club knew we'd been performing well enough to not be too disheartened, but this was a big big win and well deserved"
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DANNY CARO'S REFEREE OF THE WEEK
John Nitka (King Crown vs Maccabi London Lions Green)
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PHOTOGALLERIES FROM THE SEASON
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SEASON
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PETER MORRISON TROPHY ROUND THREE DRAW
CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP ROUND 3 DRAW
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP ROUND THREE
RAIDERS A SHOW OFF THEIR SIX PACKS
NORSTAR LONDON RAIDERS A 6 NORSTAR LONDON RAIDERS B 1
Premier Division class told as Raiders A maintained their pursuit of the treble with a handsome victory over their B-team in Willesden.
Matt Stock (2), Josh Green (2), Ben Joseph and David Rhodes fired NLR A into the last eight of the competition.
Simon Buchler fired a quality consolation goal for the B's.
NLR A's Jonathan Green told JC Sport: "Thankfully we continued our recent habit of really going through the gears in the second half and once we got going some of the football from the boys was a joy to watch."
NLR B boss Jonathan Adelman told JC Sport: "The final scoreline is a little harsh on us given how well we competed, especially in the first half where we matched a great side every step of the way."
DC Prediction: NLR A 2 NLR B 1
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FIVE-STAR OAKS SINK FAITH
OAKWOOD A 5 FAITHFOLD A 2 AET
Brad Wine produced his Sunday best as Oakwood moved into round four at the expense of Faithfold A in extra-time.
Further strikes from David Woolman, Josh Rose and Guy Helman completed a memorable win for an Oakwood team who played with 10 men for an hour following an injury to Dave Cohen.
Oaks joint-manager Ric Blank told JC Sport: "How we didn't settle the issue in normal time I'll never know."
DC Prediction: Oakwood 2 Faithfold 0
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MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
DANNY CARO'S PREM DIV TEAM OF THE WEEK
TOP-SCORERS
17 - James Gershfield (Harmen)
13 - Dave Woolman (Oakwood A)
10 - David Joseph Cohen (FC Team A)
NEASDEN SHOW LIONS WHAT FOUR
MACCABI LONDON LIONS BLUE 0 NORTH WEST NEASDEN 4
Neasden produced one of the results of the day after claiming their first win, with a crushing 4-0 success over Lions at Rowley Lane.
Two goals from Michael Field, plus further efforts from Danny Sherman and Adam Arnold put a big smile on the face of travelling fans, and boss Stirling Kay.
He told JC Sport: "The result was even more impressive with so many players out, but we really rolled up our sleeves and put in a very good team performance to earn three very valuable points."
DC Prediction: MLL 1 NWN 0
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DIVISION ONE
TOP-SCORERS
14 - Jake Gilbert (NL Raiders B)
10 - Julius Judah (Athletic Bilbaum)
HEROIC HENRY GOES DOWN A STORM
SPEC FC 0 BLIZZARD STORM 1
Oli Henry ensured Blizzard returned to winning ways at the expense of SPEC.
Blizzard boss Simon Linden told JC Sport: "It was a much-needed win for us - we had to get it right today and I couldn't have asked any more from my team."
SPEC FC'S Ricky Lawrence told JC Sport: "It was a very even game but unlike Blizzard, we were unable to create the chances necessary to turn the game."
DC Prediction: SPEC FC 1 Blizzard 1
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BLANCOS WIN 11-GOAL THRILLER
LOS BLANCOS 6 CAMDEN PARK 5
Los Blancos produced one of the performances of the day with victory in an 11-goal thriller against promotion-chasing Camden.
Further strikes from Svi Freedman (2) and Adam Waters secured three precious points for the home side.
Blancos chief Joel Minsky told JC Sport: "Superb performance from #1 to #11 today, especially as we battled through against a strong team in terrible conditions with no subs."
DC Prediction: Blancos 1 Camden 2
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DIVISION TWO
TOP-SCORERS
10 - Adam Stolerman (FC Team C)
7 - Zak McLeod (Catford & Bromley), Jacob Richler-Kleiman (Oakwood B)
PHILIPPE POWERS STONES HOME
AC WHETSTONE 2 OAKWOOD B 1
A deadly double from Philippe Auret helped Whetstone come from behind to claim three points against Oakwood.
Whetstone joint-manager Anthony Cohen told JC Sport: "The boys dug out a win without playing anywhere near their best."
Oaks boss Jason Stein told JC Sport: "From my point of view we were superb for the first hour and took a deserved lead. But there was too much of what I would call 'sterile domination' or 'death by a thousand passes."
DC Prediction: Whetstone 1 Oakwood 3
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C'S WIN NINE-GOAL TEAM THRILLER
FC TEAM C 5 FC TEAM B 4
FC Team C completed an outstanding league double over FC Team B to finish the weekend top of the table.
A brilliant brace from Dan Stanton plus one apiece from Aron Barnes, Dan Alfreds and top-scorer Adam Stolerman did the damage.
Danny Moss, Richard Salmon, Dan Silverman and Adam Rones registered for the B's.
C-team boss David Gordon told JC Sport: "We had a 40-minute period either side of half time where we were devastating and took our chances when they presented themselves."
B-team manager Mitch Young told JC Sport: "We only have ourselves to blame - we were on top for the majority of the first half missing chances including a penalty and only being one goal in front was always a danger."
DC Prediction: Team C 1 Team B 2
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RAIDERS HALT MILL HILL CHARGE
NORSTAR LONDON RAIDERS C 1 AC MILL HILL 0
High-flying Mill Hill were edged out by a single goal as NLR rediscovered their winning formula thanks to a goal from Jarred Rudman.
NLR boss Zack Gothelf told JC Sport: "The most pleasing part of the performance was the clean sheet. We took an early lead and more than held our own."
Mill Hill boss Dan Beresford told JC Sport: "Today we were our own worst enemy - we didn't get going at all and that was down to a very good performance from Raiders."
DC Prediction: NLR 2 Mill Hill 2
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DIVISION THREE
TOP-SCORERS
12 - Avi Markiweicz (London Rovers)
9 - Phil Braham (King Crown)
FOUR-MIDABLE BOCA BOUNCE BACK IN STYLE
BOCA JEWNIORS 4 TEMPLE FORTUNE 0
Boca Jewniors recorded their biggest win of the season, much to the delight of manager Gabriel John.
Callion McGregor, Josh Marlow, Dale Bradman and Jack Goldsmith were the marksmen for Boca.
Fortune boss Jonathan Cohen told JC Sport: "I am very disappointed on a number of fronts. It's best to leave it there."
DC Prediction: Boca 2 Fortune 1
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FAITHFOLD B UP TO THIRD
FAITHFOLD B 1 HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB B 0
Leor Harel's strike ensured Faithfold B finished the weekend in third position as they maintained their unbeaten league record with a hard-fought win over Hendon B.
Hendon boss Adam Glekin told JC Sport: We were very unfortunate not to take something from the game today."
DC Prediction: Faithfold 2 Hendon 1
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CLASSY CROWN REGISTER EIGHTH WIN
KING CROWN 4 MACCABI LONDON LIONS GREEN 2
Table-toppers King Crown extended their unbeaten run, although things were closer than expected against struggling Lions Green.
Strikes from strikers Phil Braham (2), Adam Nusenbaum and Yossi Lanning saw them home.
Ben Winters and Zac Rose accounted for the MLL goals.
Crown boss Jacob Kadoch told JC Sport: "My only criticism in the second half was how we only scored two goals."
DC Prediction: King Crown 4 Lions 0
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RAMPANT ROVERS HIT HIGH FIVES
LONDON ROVERS 5 KS REUNITED 0
AVI MARKIEWICZ continued his amazing run of scoring with yet another hat-trick as London Rovers coasted to victory against KS.
The magical Markiewicz made it 12 goals in four games as Rovers registered their eighth win of the season, with strikes from Yisroel Lewis and Nigel Someck adding the gloss.
Boss Jeremy Brown told JC Sport: "This was our best performance of the season so far."
DC Prediction: Rovers 4 KS 2
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MATCH POSTPONED (Waterlogged pitches)
Prem Div - Hendon A vs FC Team A, Woodford vs Harmen
Div 1 - Brixton vs Brady, Redbrige B vs Athletic Bilbaum
Div 2 - Catford & Bromley vs L'Equipe
Div 3 - Real Sosobad vs Shacharit Donetsk
