The goals flew in from all direction on the opening weekend of the MGBSFL season, with Hendon A and B registering big victories while London Rovers completed comeback of the day and Scrabble marked their return to the league with a handsome victory.
MATCHDAY ONE HEADLINES
Premier Division - Hendon in 7th heaven
Division One - Richler Kleiman puts Blancos to the sword
Division Two - Scrabble up and running
HAT-TRICK HEROES
Prem Div - Ari Last, Dovi Fehler (both Hendon )
Div 1 - Dan Orgel (Real Sosobad), Jacob Richler Kleiman (Oakwood B)
PETER MORRISON TROPHY ROUND ONE DRAW
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TEAM OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
GK - Ricky Zeiderman (London Rovers), Adam Solomons (Scrabble)
DEFENDERS - Gideon Caller (Hendon B), Sam Ruback (Scrabble), Dan King (Oakwood B), Callion McGregor (Catford)
MIDFIELDERS - Ari Last (Hendon A), Jono Nesbitt, Gideon Barth, Ben Blackston (all Hendon B), Richard Adams (Catford), Lee Goldberg, Adam Kay (both London Rovers), Kyle Bentwood (Oakwood A), Joshua Flax, Jonathan Peters (both Scrabble)
STRIKERS - Dovi Fehler (Hendon A), Dan Orgel (Real Sosobad), Jacob Richler Kleiman (Oakwood B)
MANAGER - Jeremy Brown (London Rovers), Dan Shafron (Real Sosobad), Jason Stein (Oakwood B), Dan Kristall, Ric Blank, Alex Schock (Oakwood B)
REFEREE - Andy Myerson (SPEC FC vs London Rovers)
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DANNY CARO'S TEAM OF THE WEEK
GIDEON BARTH (Hendon B) ) - surged his way through the entire Boca defence and finished clinically to top off an excellent day's work
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DANNY CARO'S QUOTE OF THE WEEK
JASON STEIN (Oakwood B) - "In some ways it's a shame that the simcha break has come when it has, but I know my apple and honey will taste better after that performance"
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DANNY CARO'S QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Andy Myerson (SPEC FC vs London Rovers)
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
HENDON IN SEVENTH HEAVEN
HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB A 7 FAITHFOLD A 2
Hendon made a big statement of intent with captain marvel ARI LAST and European Maccabi Games star DOVI FEHLER firing hat-tricks in the 7-2 destruction of Faithfold. Yehuda Nevies completed the rout.
Marc Charles and Dan Cohen replied for Faithfold who had taken an early lead.
Hendon boss David Garbacz told JC Sport: "Faithfold seem to be a much-changed outfit this season but could still surprise a few teams in this league. For us the important thing was getting off to a winning start - we achieved that and more so no complaints."
DC PREDICTION: Hendon 3 Faithfold 0
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OAKS TWO GOOD FOR LIONS
MACCABI LONDON LIONS A 0 OAKWOOD A 2
Guy Helman and Dave Woolman found the net at Rowley Lane as Oakwood made a roaring start against the Lions.
Oakwood joint-manager Dan Kristall told JC Sport: "It was a great all round performance against a decent Lions team and delighted to keep a clean sheet. It gives a good platform to build on going into the Yom Tov break."
DC PREDICTION: Lions 0 Oakwood 1
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DIVISION ONE
DANGEROUS DAN SINKS FAITHFOLD
FAITHFOLD B 2 REAL SOSOBAD 5
New boy DAN ORGEL registered a debut on hat-trick as Real Sosobad made a resounding start to life in Division One, cruising home 5-2 against Faithfold.
Further strikes from James Law and Adam Goodman completed a good morning's work.
Ben Zloof was among the scorers for Faithfold.
Sosobad boss Dan Shafron told JC Sport: "This was the start we wanted as it was important to hit the ground running. The team played very well and worked hard for each other. The new signings have integrated well in to the squad and have given us more depth, diversity and impetus all over the pitch. This is only the beginning and now we must prepare for next week's game against Los Blancos."
Faithfold manager Elliot Bloom told JC Sport: "We're a work in progress but I'm confident we'll turn into a decent outfit."
DC PREDICTION: Faithfold 1 Sosobad 1
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FOUR-MIDABLE JACOB BATTERS BLANCOS
OAKWOOD B 4 LOS BLANCOS 1
JACOB RICHLER KLEIMAN scored all four goals as newly-promoted Oakwood B overpowered Los Blancos.
Darren Russell grabbed a consolation for the visitors.
Oaks boss Jason Stein told JC Sport: "I'm absolutely delighted with the win in what was arguably the best performance of my tenure at the club."
DC PREDICTION: Oakwood 2 Blancos 1
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ROVERS OFF TO A FLYER
SPEC FC 2 LONDON ROVERS 3
Division Three champions London Rovers carried on where they left off as Lee Goldberg, Adam Kay and Josh Bharier netted in a five-goal thriller against SPEC FC.
Paul Harris and Zack Neiman were on target for the home side who had a one-man advantage for the final 20 minutes following a straight red for a professional foul for Rovers' Alex Weiler.
Rovers boss Jeremy Brown told JC Sport: "Being 2-0 down at half-time, I still believed we could win the game. We showed so much character in the second half, not only to get it back to 2-2 but finding a winner after we had gone down to 10 men."
SPEC FC player-manager Ricky Lawrence told JC Sport: "It was a match we never should have lost. Fair play to London Rovers who really stepped up their game in the second half. For us though, it's three points thrown away."
DC PREDICTION: SPEC FC 1 Rovers 1
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DIVISION TWO
SUPER SINAI GETS CATS OUT OF JAIL
CATFORD & BROMLEY MACCABI 2 FAITHFOLD C 2
A goal from Jamie Sinai denied Faithfold an opening day win as Catford claimed their first point under new boss Jeff Gotch.
It was Gotch who put the hosts ahead with a stunning free-kick before Faithfold turned the game on its head with strikes from Dave Sherman and Dan Gordon.
Gotch told JC Sport: "All in all fair result. Either team could have won it. On to next week Temple Fortune where I hope we can continue to improve."
DC PREDICTION: Catford & Bromley 2 Faithfold 1
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HENDON PRODUCE FIVE-STAR SHOW
HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB B 5 BOCA JEWNIORS 0
Jono Nesbitt, James Neidle, Ben David and Gideon Barth were among the scorers as Hendon B finished the weekend top of the division after blitzing Boca 5-0.
Delighted Hendon boss Adam Glekin told JC Sport: "No disrespect to Boca but I'm sure there will be tougher tests ahead so we won't be getting too carried away - although I'll enjoy being top of the league for a week!"
Boca boss Gabriel John kept things short but sweet in his pre-match press conference. "They played well. We didn't. End of story."
DC PREDICTION: Hendon 3 Boca 1
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THREE AND EASY FOR SCRABBLE
SCRABBLE 3 ATHLETIC BILBAUM 0
Scrabble marked their return from a 10-year sabbatical by turning on the style with a 3-0 victory over Athletic Bilbaum.
Zak McLeod, Adam Pearlman and Mitch Green were the goal men for Scrabble.
Scrabble manager Ray Abrahams told JC Sport: "We're delighted to have got off to a winning start against tricky opposition who made it hard for us."
DC PREDICTION: Scrabble 2 Bilbaum 0
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FRIENDLY
Brixton Old Boys 3 Maccabi London Lions B 4
