Hendon United Sports Club A completed a cup double over Redbridge to set up a semi-final showdown against North London Raiders C, while Oakwood A exacted revenge on the Lions and SPEC FC and Oakwood B maintained their Division One promotion hopes with important victories.
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WEEKEND PHOTOGALLERY
REDBRIDGE JC A vs HENDON UTD SC A
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RESULTS
MORRISON QUARTER-FINALS
Redbridge A 0 Hendon A 4
PREMIER DIVISION
FC Team A 3 Camden Park 1
Harmen Blizzard 4 Storm 1
Oakwood A 6 Lions A 0
DIVISION 1
Brixton 3 Real Sosobad 2
Los Blancos 0 Oakwood B 1
SPEC FC 3 North London Raiders B 1
DIVISION 2
Athletic Bilbaum 11 Boca Jewniors 0
Faithfold 3 Catford & Bromley Maccabi 0
L'Equipe 4 FC Team C 1
Lions B 5 Hendon B 1
JC HAT-TRICK HERO
PMT - Dovi Fehler (Hendon A)
Division 2 - Ben Bell, Edward Green (both Athletic Bilbaum)
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DANNY CARO'S MATCHDAY 27 AWARDS
GOAL OF THE WEEK - BENJI WEINBERGER
SAVE OF THE WEEK - DEAN CAPLIN (Oakwood A) - made a superb one-handed penalty save low down to his right to keep Lions at bay
QUOTE OF THE WEEK - JON JACOBS (Redbridge A) - "No excuses offered , we were not good enough today and hope Hendon can keep the Maccabi Southern Football League flag alive in the Peter Morrison Sunday National Cup if and when they inevitably face the Lions Saturday team at Wingate"
REFEREE OF THE WEEK: Martin de la Fuente (Brixton Old Boys vs Real Sosobad)
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JC TEAM OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
GK - Dean Caplin (Oakwood A), Harris Kersh (Oakwood B)
DEFENDERS - Danni Dennison (Oakwood B), Richard Jaffe (Faithfold C), Daniel Madgidson (Athletic Bilbaum)
MIDFIELDERS - Yoav Kestenbaum, Avi Korman (both Hendon Utd SC A), Adam Lipman (ML Lions B), Mark Singer (L'Equipe), Josh Rose (Oakwood A), Aaron Searle (Oakwood B), Ben Bell, Rob Rodney, Seb Silverman (all Athletic Bilbaum)
STRIKERS - Dovi Fehler (Hendon Utd SC A), Jon Kay (L'Equipe), Brad Wine, Alex Lee (both Oakwood A), Ed Green (Athletic Bilbaum)
MANAGER - David Garbacz (Hendon A), Dan Kristall, Ric Blank, Alex Schock (Oakwood A)
REFEREE - Martin de la Fuente (Brixton Old Boys vs Real Sosobad), Paul Dobkin (Faithfold C vs Catford & Bromley Maccabi), Martin Fox (Oakwood A vs Maccabi London Lions A), Richard Jaye (FC Team A vs Camden Park),
Neil Cooper (Redbridge A vs Hendon A)
Email nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- BENJI WEINBERGER - picked the ball up five yards outside of our own box from a misplaced Hendon free-kick, and took it upon himself to run the whole pitch, beat multiple Hendon players with his silky dribbling and finished cooly into the bottom right hand corner
- DANIEL FATTAL (ML Lions B) - stunning strike from 25 yards
- GIDEON BARTH (Hendon B) - brought down a high ball with a brilliant first touch, played a neat one-two with Benni Sluckis and then finished clinically into the top corner
- BAR HARIELY (FC Team A) - a 25-yard screamer into the top left-hand corner. Two goalkeepers would still not have been able to stop it!
- BEN BELL (Athletic Bilbaum) - opened the scoring when a visionary 50-yard pass from Seb Silverman dropped 20 yards from goal. Bell controlled it with his left as he took it away from the last defender before lobbing the keeper from the edge of the area with his right
- EDWARD GREEN (Athletic Bilbaum) - controlled a goal-kick around the halfway line, turned and ran towards goal. He broke through a few challenges before holding off the final defender and slotting home into the right hand corner of the goal
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JC SAVE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- DEAN CAPLIN (Oakwood A) - made a superb one-handed penalty save low down to his right to keep Lions at bay
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- ADAM GLEKIN (Hendon B) - "To be fair, there were three goals in the game which wouldn't look out of place on the MOTD goal of the month competition"
- DAN KRISTALL (Oakwood A) - "Although it was a completely different 11 to last week’s Lions cup side (with the same team name), we cruised home to a comfortable victory once we got hold of the ball and used our pace/power down the flanks"
- JON JACOBS (Redbridge A) - "No excuses offered , we were not good enough today and hope Hendon can keep the Maccabi Southern Football League flag alive in the Peter Morrison Sunday National Cup if and when they inevitably face the Lions Saturday team at Wingate"
- DAVID GARBACZ (Hendon A) - "Redbridge this year and the final score is two wins apiece which is probably just about right. We wish them all the best in their quest to catch Raiders in the league – I hope they do it"
- JASON STEIN (Oakwood B) - "A few punters have cleaned up on the Dani Dennison 1-0 at 66/1. He took his goal very well putting it into the roof of the net"
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CUP DRAWS
CYRIL ANEKSTEIN FINAL
North London Raiders A vs Oakwood A
Wingate & Finchley FC
April 17, 2.30pm KO
PETER MORRISON TROPHY SEMI-FINAL DRAW
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
PETER MORRISON TROPHY QUARTER-FINAL
FEHLER BLOWS REDBRIDGE AWAY
REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE A 0 HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB A 4
Dovi Fehler was the hat-trick hero as Hendon completed a cup double over Redbridge to keep alive their hopes of silverware alive with a crushing 4-0 success at Fairlop.
Fehler (3) and super-sub Zac Lewis secured the win to set up a semi-final showdown against second division North London Raiders C in a result made easier by the absence of in-form RJC star Sam Sollosi.
Hendon manager David Garbacz told JC Sport: "In what was a true season defining game we turned in easily our best performance of the season; from 1 to 13 everyone was brilliant today – there was a real determination amongst the boys to get the right result today and in the end it was far more comfortable than most people would have predicted and to be honest it could have been more."
RJC boss Jon Jacobs told JC Sport: "We were not good enough today and hope Hendon can keep the Maccabi Southern Football League flag alive in the Peter Morrison Sunday National Cup if and when they inevitably face the Lions Saturday team at Wingate."
DC Prediction: Redbridge 2 Hendon 1
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MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
TOP-SCORERS
22 - Dovi Fehler (Hendon A), Daniel Garfinkle (Redbridge JC A – including 3 for RJC B)
16 - James Gershfield (Harmen)
HARMEN LIMP OVER THE LINE
HARMEN 4 BLIZZARD STORM 1
A deadly double from Daniel Green helped Harmen cruise past Blizzard Storm.
Further strikes from Sam Castle and Brad Sharp added the gloss.
Harmen joint-manager Oli Leslie told JC Sport: "With not much to play for except pride we definitely struggled for motivation and a poor first half saw us level at half time. We stepped it up in the second half, but in truth from start to finish this was our weakest performance of the season."
DC Prediction: Harmen 3 Blizzard 1
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REVENGE IS SWEET FOR SIX-HITTING OAKS
OAKWOOD A 6 MACCABI LONDON LIONS A 0
Oakwood A were indebted to braces from Alex Lee, Brad Wine and Josh Rose as they exacted revenge on the Lions in an outstanding display.
Oaks joint-manager Dan Kristall told JC Sport: "Although it was a completely different 11 to last week’s Lions cup side (with the same team name), we cruised home to a comfortable victory once we got hold of the ball and used our pace and power down the flanks, combined with the strength of Alex Lee in his alternative centre forward position."
An MLL spokesman said: "It was not our day but it looks like we will end up mid-table, and that’s probably what the season deserved."
DC Prediction: Oakwood 3 Lions 1
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FC TEAM GET THE JOB DONE
FC TEAM A 3 CAMDEN PARK 1
Strikes from Bar Hariely, Shim Bensoor and Alon Hershkorn saw FC Team A end their relegation fears once and for all as they ran out 3-1 winners over Camden Park.
Dan Baneth fired a consolation for Camden.
FC Team boss Ben Gilbey told JC Sport: "We dominated the game today and got a deserved win. 1-1 at half-time, we scored twice in the final 20 minutes to complete a good win."
Camden boss Will Castle missed the match but JC Sport caught up with him afterwards. He said: "We put in a spirited performance. Hopefully we will be a bit luckier with injuries next year."
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DIVISION ONE
TOP-SCORERS
27 - Reiss Mogilner (Brady Maccabi)
17 - Jacob Richler Kleiman (Oakwood B)
LUSMAN LEADS BRIXTON OVER THE LINE
BRIXTON OLD BOYS 3 REAL SOSOBAD 2
Brixton won a five-goal thriller at Clowes with efforts from Josh Kalinsky, Joseph Eskinazi and Dave Lusman.
Sosobad's goals came via Jamie Shaw and Richard Rosenthal.
DC Prediction: Brixton 1 Sosobad 2
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DEADLY DENNISON STRIKES IT LUCKY
LOS BLANCOS 0 OAKWOOD B 1
A rare strike from right-back Danni Dennison ensured Oakwood B returned to winning ways as they edged past Los Blancos.
Oaks boss Jason Stein told JC Sport: "We were our own worst enemy at times today with sloppy passing and some wayward finishing and it looked like the game might end in a very frustrating 0-0 until Dani Dennison popped up with his first goal for Oakwood."
DC Prediction: Blancos 1 Oakwood 2
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NERVOUS SPEC GO TOP AGAIN
SPEC FC 3 NORTH LONDON RAIDERS B 1
Ashley Burns scored twice as SPEC FC finished the weekend in top spot with a 3-1 win over Raiders B in their penultimate game of the season.
Dan Cohen secured the points in a game where Josh Green fired a consolation for NLR.
SPEC FC player-manager Ricky Lawrence told JC Sport: "Raiders started very well and were very unfortunate to be 2-0 down but in the second half we were incredibly wasteful which made for a far nervier last 15 minutes that it should have been."
DC Prediction: SPEC 3 Raiders 2
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FAITHFOLD B P BRADY MACCABI P
Match postponed
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DIVISION TWO
TOP-SCORERS
18 - Zak McLeod (Scrabble FC), Josh Bloom (ML Lions B)
17 - Danny Sherman (Scrabble FC)
BLOOM ON FIRE AS LIONS HIT HIGH FIVE
MACCABI LONDON LIONS B 5 HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB B 1
Josh Bloom added another two goals to his tally as Lions B boosted their promotion hopes with a 5-1 mauling of Hendon B.
There were also goals for Daniel Fattal, Daniel Mattey and Benji Weinberger in a ruthless performance, with Gideon Barth fired a spectacular consolation for Hendon.
Lions boss Sam Marchant told JC Sport: "We weren’t at our best today, and Hendon made it very difficult at times, but we got the three points and that’s all that matters. Very happy with the result and it puts us one step closer to promotion."
Hendon manager Adam Glekin told JC Sport: "I think the scoreline flatters them, there really wasn't much in the game"
DC Prediction: Lions 3 Hendon 0
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FAITHFOLD ALWAYS IN CONTROL, SAYS SHOOMAN
FAITHFOLD C 3 CATFORD & BROMLEY MACCABI 0
Faithfold C rediscovered their winning formula as they eased past the Cats with strikes from Ben Portnoi, Leor Harel and Dan Gordon.
Faithfold boss Rob Shooman told JC Sport: "We were expecting a very hard game seeing as they beat Scrabble last week but we controlled most of the game. We played very well and our defence were superb."
DC Prediction: Faithfold 1 Catford 2
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BAUMS STAYED SWITCHED ON, SAYS SASSIENIE
ATHLETIC BILBAUM 11 BOCA JEWNIORS 0
Athletic Bilbaum were at their free-flowing best after crushing Boca Jewniors, with BEN BELL and EDWARD GREEN registering hat-tricks.
Further strikes from Robert Rodney (2), Seb Silverman, Sam Deaner and Oliver Sharpstone completed the rout.
Baums boss Charlie Sassienie told JC Sport: "It was a great performance from the team today. We didn't switch off at any point and stayed focused to ensure we got the cleansheet as well as all the goals. We hope to continue our strong scoring run in our final two games."
Boca's Anton Nyman told JC Sport: "One word: shambles. We could talk all day about bad ref decisions and missing key players (and finishing the game with less due to injuries and absentees) but it doesn't change anything - they were the better team 10 fold."
DC Prediction: Bilbaum 5 Boca 1
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L'EQUIPE HIT TOP GEAR
L’EQUIPE 4 FC TEAM C 1
James Bell, David Prager and player-manager Nick Stern were on the mark as L'Equipe overcame FC Team.
DC Prediction: L’Equipe 3 FC Team 1
