AC Mill Hill secured second place after winning a titanic promotion playoff against FC Team C, while Camden Park, Los Blancos, FC Team B and Raiders B reached the semi-finals day of the Barry Goldstein Trophy.
MATCHDAY 31 HEADLINES
BGT - Raiders B, Blancos and Team B reach semis
Prem Div - Three and easy for Harmen
Div 1 - Garfinkle takes RJC home in style
Div 2 - Mill Hill march to promotion
Div 3 - Sosobad are the Real deal
JC HAT-TRICK HEROES
BGT - Simon Moses (Los Blancos)
Div 1 - Daniel Garfinkle (Redbridge JC B)
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PHOTOS: AC MILL HILL vs FC TEAM C
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DANNY CARO'S GOAL OF THE WEEK - NICKY WOOLF
DANNY CARO'S QUOTE OF THE WEEK - BEN GILBEY
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JC TEAM OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
GK - Matt Kemp (Redbridge JC B)
DEEFENDERS - Ed Weisz, Jon Weisz (both FC Team A), Danny Bloom (NL Raiders B), Leo Feldman (Camden Park), Max Clynes (Oakwood B), David Cohen (KS Reunited)
MIDFIELDERS - David James Cohen (FC Team A), Marc Foster (Harmen), Adam Posner (NL Raiders B), Josh Bharier, Yisroel Lewis (both London Rovers), Yehuda Korman (Hendon B)
STRIKERS - Simon Moses (Los Blancos), Daniel Garfinkle (Redbridge JC B), Shim Bensoor (FC Team A), Adam Paris (Camden Park)
MANAGER - Dan Beresford (AC Mill Hill)
REFEREE - Laurie Benson (Woodford vs Harmen), Martin Lavender (Oakwood B vs NL Raiders B), David Lazarus (Real Sosobad vs KS Reunited)
Email nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
1. JOSH HAMBLING (Real Sosobad) - marked his comeback from suspension with a worldie in the win over KS
2. NICKY WOOLF (NL Raiders B) - an absolute screamer from 30 yards against Oakwood
3. JONNY HORWITZ (AC Mill Hill) - a goal with a great left-footed finish against FC Team C
4. ADAM PARIS (Camden Park) - GOAL 1 - a very well taken goal, curling the ball round the keeper from outside the box against SPEC FC
5. GUY MARKS (Camden Park) - stunning solo effort
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DANNY CARO'S SAVE OF THE WEEK
MATT KEMP (Redbridge JC B) - a tremendous reflex save to keep out a point-blank header against Brixton
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
1. BEN GILBEY (FC Team A) - "After reading the Oakwood A managers comments, I fell off my chair! He said they "battered us," the only battering we took was through poorly-timed and savage tackles all game which is why they finished with 10 men!"
2. DAN SHAFRON (Real Sosobad) - "We have come a long way since our inception as a six-a-side team two years ago and I am really proud of how we have grown and what we have achieved as a new club in the MGBSFL"
3. JASON STEIN (Oakwood B) - "At the end of the game we stayed around and reflected on were things went wrong today and the mood was a good one. And so it should be. Our improvement over the course of the season is huge. We're proud of what we have achieved the second half of this season"
4. JON JACOBS (Redbridge JC B) - "Fair play to Brixton -it would have been easy to follow the same route as other teams and pull out but they came and for the first 45 minutes, they were the better team"
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PETER MORRISON TROPHY SEMI-FINAL DRAW
Harmen vs AFC Flixton
Hendon United Sports Club A vs Maccabi London Lions Spartans
Ties scheduled to take place on April 19
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MGBSFL ROLL OF HONOUR
Premier Division: TBC
Division One: Champions - Redbridge JC B, Promoted: NL Raiders B
Division Two: Champions - FC Team B, Promoted: AC Mill Hill
Division Three: Champions - London Rovers
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CUP COMPETITIONS: LATEST
CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP FINAL
Norstar London Raiders A vs Hendon United Sports Club A - May 3, KO - 2.30pm
PETER MORRISON TROPHY
SEMI-FINALS
April 19 - Hendon Utd SC A vs Maccabi London Lions Spartans - Rowley Lane
Harmen vs AFC Flixton - Rowley Lane
Final details TBC
BARRY GOLDSTEIN TROPHY SEMI-FINAL DRAW
Norstar London Raiders B vs FC Team B
Los Blancos vs Camden Park
- Semi-finals to be played April 19
- Final at Wingate & Finchley FC on May 3, KO: 6.30pm
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PHOTOGALLERIES FROM THE SEASON
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SEASON
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
BARRY GOLDSTEIN TROPHY QUARTER-FINALS
FIVE-STAR CAMDEN MAKE SEMIS
CAMDEN PARK 5 SPEC FC 3
Adam Paris (2), Josh Marks, Richard Silver and Guy Marks saw Camden Park booked their place in the final four of the BGT with victory in an eight-goal thriller against Division One rivals SPEC FC.
Camden's Max Saunders told JC Sport: "It was a good solid win in the end, with some great performances all round, especially offensively and we now look forward to the semis."
Paul Harris (2) and Daniel Amram replied for SPEC FC. Joint-manager Ricky Lawrence told JC Sport: "It's a great shame to go out, but we can be proud of how we played and all in all it wasn't a bad season."
DC Prediction: Camden 3 SPEC FC 1
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RESULT WAS ALL THAT MATTERED, SAYS YOUNG
FC TEAM B 3 HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB B 2
Lorian Madanes, Richard Salmon and an own goal helped FC Team B return to winning ways in a game where they were give a late scare by Hendon.
Young told JC Sport: "I am delighted to progress to the semis and no-one cares how you get there, you just need to get there."
Hendon manager Adam Glekin told JC Sport: "I can't fault the effort of the boys, we could have folded at 3-0 down but we came back brilliantly and gave them a real scare."
DC Prediction: Team 4 Hendon 0
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MOSES GETS BLANCOS OUT OF JAIL
LOS BLANCOS 4 LONDON ROVERS 3 AET
SIMON MOSES was the hat-trick hero as Blancos avoided an upset against Division Three champions London Rovers.
Danny Steel netted LB's other in a thriller settled in extra time. Akiva Zneimer, Josh Bharier and Yosh Silverman found the net for Rovers.
Blancos boss Jonathan Ison told JC Sport: "It was a shame how the game was won, as the majority of main decisions (including penalties to both teams) were all fairly controversial, but we are happy we are in the semis and look forward to hopefully getting to Wingate."
Rovers manager Jeremy Brown told JC Sport: "I want to congratulate my team for outplaying an established Division One One side. We were the better team today and I just can't believe we've lost the game."
DC Prediction: Blancos 2 Rovers 2 (Blancos to win on penalties)
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WONDERFUL WOOLF LEADS NLR INTO SEMIS
OAKWOOD B 2 NORSTAR LONDON RAIDERS B 4
Raiders stormed into the last four as strikes from Josh Green, Simon Buchler, Nick Woolf , with an absolute screamer from 30 yards, and Jacob Gold steering them past Oakwood B.
NLR boss Jonathan Adelman told JC Sport: "With our A's already in the Anekstein final, we want to make it a second season running where both sides run out at Wingate on the same day."
Jacob Richler-Kleiman bagged a brace for Oakwood, and manager Jason Stein told JC Sport: "We're big enough to admit we came up against a better side today in Raiders B. They're going up to the Premier Division for a reason and congratulations to Jonny and his team."
DC Prediction: Oakwood 2 Raiders 3
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MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
CURRENT STANDINGS:
1. Raiders Pl. 15, W. 12, D. 1, L. 2, F. 49, A. 11, Pts. 37 (Raiders to be awarded 3 points following defaulted match vs Woodford)
2. Hendon Pl. 17, W. 11, D. 4, L. 2, F. 48, A. 14, Pts. 37
TOP-SCORERS
27 - James Gershfield (Harmen)
18 - Dave Woolman (Oakwood A)
OAKS THREW IT AWAY, SAYS BLANK
FC TEAM A 3 OAKWOOD A 2
FC Team A eased any lingering relegation fears as they edged past Oakwood 3-2, with two from Shim Bensoor and one from James Cooper.
Guy Helman bagged a brace from the Oaks to make it 2-2.
FC Team head coach Ben Gilbey told JC Sport: "We have been on a great run in 2015; we have five games left of the season still and we will be pushing to finish as high in the league as we possibly can."
Oakwood joint-manager Ric Blank told JC Sport: "It was a strange game. We played a large part with 10 and absolutely battered them. We were our own worst enemies today."
DC Prediction: Team 2 Oakwood 1
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THREE AND EASY FOR HARMEN
WOODFORD WANDERERS 0 HARMEN 3
Harmen warmed-up for next week's Morrison semi-final by moving into third place with a comfortable 3-0 win over relegated Woodford.
A brace from Joey Lazare plus one from Alex Bowman eased Harmen home.
Harmen joint-manager Joel Alterman told JC Sport: "Our last game two weeks ago ended prematurely with the injury and with a week-off before the game against Woodford, we were keen to get back on track with a win."
DC Prediction: Woodford 1 Harmen 3
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DIVISION ONE
TOP-SCORERS
27 - Daniel Garfinkle (Redbridge JC B – including 3 for RJC A)
Simon Moses (Blancos – includes two for Brady)
20 - Jake Gilbert (NL Raiders B)
DEADLY DAN SINKS BRIXTON
BRIXTON OLD BOYS 1 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE B 5
Newly-crowned champions Redbridge B registered their 11th league victory of an outstanding campaign, with star man DANIEL GARFINKLE grabbing a treble against relegated Brixton.
Further strikes from Scott Oldstein and Adam Bernstein helped RJC complete the double over Brixton.
RJC boss Jon Jacobs told JC Sport: "Fair play to Brixton -it would have been easy to follow the same route as other teams and pull out but they came and for the first 45 minutes, they were the better team."
DC Prediction: Brixton 1 RJC 4
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DIVISION TWO
TOP-SCORERS
25 - Adam Stolerman (FC Team C)
23 - Jacob Richler-Kleiman (Oakwood B)
MILL HILL CLINCH PROMOTION
AC MILL HILL 5 FC TEAM C 3
AC Mill Hill secured second place after staging the comeback of the weekend in an eight-goal thriller against FC Team C at Chase Lodge.
It was the tale of the slope as Team marched into a 3-0 lead via Dan Stanton, Adam Stolerman and Aron Barnes, but Dan Beresford's boys hit back in style, running in five goals to leave Team reflecting on what might have been.
Mill Hill boss Dan Beresford told JC Sport: "I have to give a massive thanks to everyone involved In the club for their hard work over the season which has been thoroughly enjoyable."
DC Prediction: Mill Hill 2 FC Team 3
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CATFORD & BROMLEY MACCABI P L'EQUIPE P
Match postponed - Catford forfeited due to a shortage of players
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DIVISION THREE
TOP-SCORERS
29 - Adam Ellis (Shacharit Donetsk)
26 - Avi Markiweicz (London Rovers)
SOSOBAD CLOSE IN ON SECOND PLACE
REAL SOSOBAD 3 KS REUNITED 1
Real Sosobad are now in pole position to clinch the runners-up spot after goals from Barry Green, Josh Hambling and Adam Goodman saw them leapfrog King Crown on goal difference.
KS man-of-the-match David Cohen registered his first of the season for the visitors.
Sosobad boss Dan Shafron told JC Sport; "Overall I am delighted with the win and our league position."
DC Prediction:
