Hendon United Sports Club A moved into the semi-finals of the Cyril Anekstein Cup after beat Redbridge Jewish Care A in a dramatic penalty shoot-out after the teams shared 12 goals, while there Maccabi London Lions A climbed into second place in the MGBSFL Premier and Scrabble FC extended their winning run to 15 matches.
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PHOTOS OF THE "GREATEST MACCABI MATCH EVER" - HENDON vs REDBRIDGE
JC PODCAST - DANNY CARO TALKS TO TONY GOLD ABOUT THE DECLINE OF JEWISH & GRASS-ROOTS FOOTBALL
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MATCHDAY 20 RESULTS
CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP
Hendon A 6 Redbridge A 6 AET (Hendon won 4-3 on penalties)
PREMIER DIVISION
Lions 4 Harmen 1
Oakwood 4 Camden 1
DIVISION 1
Brady 4 FC Team B 4
Brixton 3 SPEC FC 1
Soosbad 6 Faithfold B 0
Redbridge B 5 Blancos 1
Woodford 4 Oakwood B 2
DIVISION 2
Catford 1 Lions B 1
Raiders C 5 Temple Fortune 0
Real Hendon 4 Faithfold C 2
Scrabble 3 L'Equipe 0
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MATCHDAY 20 HEADLINES
CAC – Hendon reach semis after shoot-out epic
Prem Div – Lions climb into second
Div 1 – Woodford crush Oaks
Div 2 - Scrabble notch up 15th win
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JC HAT-TRICK HEROES
CAC - Zac Lewis (Hendon)
Div 1 - Reiss Mogilner (Brady), Daniel Kuber (Brixton)
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DANNY CARO'S MATCHDAY 20 AWARDS
GOAL OF THE WEEK - HADLEY SILVER
DANNY CARO'S QUOTE OF THE WEEK - DAVID GARBACZ
SAVE OF THE WEEK: WINNER: - JAMES HARPIN (ML Lions B)
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JC TEAM OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
GK - Ben Law (Scrabble FC), Russell Corin (Hendon A), Dean Caplin (Oakwood B), James Harpin (ML Lions B), Adam Simon (Catford & Bromley Maccabi), Mark Glucksman (L'Equipe), Jeremy Barnet (Temple Fortune)
DEFENDERS - Adam Waters (Scrabble FC), David Cohen, Scott McKenzie (both Redbridge JC B), Ed Brafman (ML Lions B), Joel Isaacs (Catford & Bromley Maccabi), Rich Sternberg (FC Team B), David Prager (L'Equipe), Johnny Borchardt (Brixton Old Boys)
MIDFIELDERS - Dan Green, Elliot Espinoza (Scrabble FC), Simon Peterman (Hendon A), Daniel Bean, Richie Caplin, Sam Moss (all Redbridge JC B), James Ryan (Woodford), Daniel Behar (ML Lions B), Richard Rosenthal, Sam McCarthy (both Real Sosobad), Jordan Grant (Catford & Bromley Maccabi), Hadley Silver (London Lions Vets), Ben Sollosi (Redbridge Jewish Care A), Alex Sherr, Oli Nathan (both NL Raiders C)
STRIKERS - Reiss Mogilner (Brady), Lloyd Kuber (Brixton), Jonathan Peters, Danny Sherman (both Scrabble FC), Zac Lewis (Hendon A), David Dobrin, David Fialka (both Redbridge JC B), Andy Sheena (FC Team B)
MANAGER - Daryl Kay & Jerome Colmans (Woodford Wanderers), Robert Silverman (Brixton Old Boys), Jeff Gotch (Catford & Bromley Maccabi), David Pollock & Adam Klein (ML Lions A), Sam Rank & Richie Cohen (Redbridge JC B)
REFEREE - Keith Gooodman (Redbridge JC B vs Los Blancos), Neil Cooper (Oakwood A vs Camden Park), Andy Myerson (Brady Maccabi vs FC Team B), Martin de la Fuente (ML Lions A vs Harmen), Richard Jaye (Hendon Utd A vs Redbridge A)
Email nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- ZAC LEWIS (Hendon A) - a brilliant free-kick
- JAMES RYAN (Woodford) - Alex Aviram whipped in yet another free-kick that Ryan audaciously flicked behind him and into the top corner
- HADLEY SILVER (London Lions Vets) - Max Radford's crossfield pass was expertly taken on the run by Silver, whose outrageous dummy of the keeper and covering defender (he sold it to all watching too!) was a skill to behold, opening up the goal for him to tap home before being mobbed by his team mates. Sheer class – as good a finish as you’ll see
- ALEX ELF (NL Raiders C) - the striker didn't need long to impose himself on this game. Just shy of 15 minutes he curled a screamer into the top corner from 25 yards
- OLIVER TELVI (NL Raiders C) - GOAL 1 - lifted a strike from range over the keeper less than a minute into the second half
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SAVE OF THE WEEK
WINNER: - JAMES HARPIN (ML Lions B) - stopped what appeared to be an open goal as he appeared from nowhere to get his fingers to the ball and tip it round the post
RUNNER-UP: - BEN LAW (Scrabble FC) - a brilliant double save with the score at 0-0. Must be the save of the season to deny L'Equipe from close range
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- DAVID GARBACZ (Hendon A) - QUOTE 1 - "I simply don't know where to start with this one - this was without doubt the most amazing game of football I've ever been witness to - not just because of the goals and the drama but the quality from both sides was incredible. It was the game no-one wanted to win but when we eventually did led to the most exhilarating feeling we have ever felt over the years and believe me we've had some good times down the years. If we all retired tomorrow we would retire happy"
- DAVID GARBACZ (Hendon A) - QUOTE 2 - "The JC held a podcast this week about the future of Jewish football - there could never be a better advert than this match as to why we love it it so much and why it simply has to stay. This genuinely was, in my opinion, one of the greatest Sunday league matches of all time and it was an honour and a pleasure to be a part of it even if I was sent off! Redbridge were superb - a fantastic credit to the league who played great attacking football throughout and were very magnanimous in defeat when they must have been absolutely gutted. I think everyone will take quite a while to recover from this one but whatever else happens this year this is a match that will live gloriously forever in the memory"
- JON JACOBS (Redbridge Jewish Care A) - QUOTE 1 - "I am sure Alan Hansen would be having a sleepless night with the defending but it was great entertainment!"
- JON JACOBS (Redbridge Jewish Care A) - QUOTE 2 - "We didn’t go out wondering, we gave it all , it was our first game for 6 weeks and both teams looked shattered so it really could have been any score"
- JASON STEIN (Oakwood B) - "We may be eight behind Woodford, but with us having three games in hand I don't think they'll be spraying the Palwin just yet. There is a lot of football left to be played before the medals are handed out and I'm sure that my boys will respond to this"
- DAN SHAFRON (Real Sosobad) - "It was good to get back to winning ways. Sometimes a poor streak can have a knock on confidence and a result like this has lifted the mood across the squad"
- JEFF GOTCH (Catford & Bromley Maccabi) - "We move on and aim to start moving up the table - it's not a coincidence or luck that we haven't lost in over 267 minutes against Lions"
- MITCH YOUNG (FC Team B) - "A draw was a fair result between two good teams, good players, good guys and it was a good advert for Sunday League"
- NICK STERN (L'Equipe) - "Though I was not there,after reading the match report from Scrabble and speaking to my team it seems like I can be one proud manager this Monday morning. It is getting frustrating but what I am immensely proud of is that attitude shown by my players and the fight that they showed against the ‘best team in the division"
- JONATHAN COHEN (Temple Fortune) - QUOTE 1 - "The scoreline doesn’t reflect the effort that was shown by my team at all. We played for 90 minutes with no recognised keeper and about 60 minutes with just 10 men owing to an injury, but honestly we never ever gave up and the on pitch camaraderie was acknowledged by all"
- JONATHAN COHEN (Temple Fortune) - QUOTE 2 - "Raiders C are a good side and a really nice bunch of lads - their manager made a point of telling me and David Woolf how much respect he had for our team. We wish them well for the rest of the season"
- OLI LESLIE (Harmen) - "Well done to David and his kids- let me emphasise kids. The future looks bright for Lions"
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SEE MORE MGBSFL PHOTOGALLERIES
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CUP DRAWS
PETER MORRISON TROPHY ROUND 3 DRAW
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP QUARTER-FINAL
CORIN MAKES REDBRIDGE PAY THE PENALTY
HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB A 6 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE A 6 (Hendon won 4-3 on penalties)
Hendon won the battle of the former League Cup winners after holding their nerve to win a dramatic penalty shoot-out against Redbridge.
PHOTOS OF THE "GREATEST MACCABI MATCH EVER" - HENDON vs REDBRIDGE
ZAC LEWIS had fired a hat-trick for Hendon, with the other goals coming through Greg Corin, Dovi Fehler and Avi Korman.
Steve Summers (2), Daniel Garfinkle (2), Sam Sollosi and Nathan Sollosi were the marksmen for RJC, but Hendon progressed 4-3 after a shoot-out.
Jubilant Hendon boss David Garbacz told JC Sport: "The JC held a podcast this week about the future of Jewish football - there could never be a better advert than this match as to why we love it it so much and why it simply has to stay."
RJC boss Jon Jacobs told JC Sport: "Sometimes, you have to just say the Football gods aren’t with you.This was the craziest game of football I have ever been involved with. Neither team wanted to win until the very last kick of the shoot-out."
DC Prediction: Hendon 2 RJC 1
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MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
TOP-SCORERS
16 - James Gershfield (Harmen)
12 - Dovi Fehler (Hendon A)
FOUR-MIDABLE LIONS CRUSH HARMEN
MACCABI LONDON LIONS A 4 HARMEN 1
Lions A are up to second after producing a formidable performance against Harmen at Rowley Lane, thanks to a pair of penalty from Max Kyte and a cracker from James Gold.
Harmen joint-manager Oli Leslie told JC Sport: "It's very upsetting how a bunch of 30-year-olds can turn up on a Sunday morning and throw in the towel before the game had even started."
DC Prediction: Lions 1 Harmen 2
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OAKS SHOW CAMDEN WHAT FOUR
OAKWOOD A 4 CAMDEN PARK 1
David Woolman was on target again as Oakwood completed a league double over Camden in St. Albans.
Further goals from Simon Davies, Brad Wine and Josh Rose secured Oakwood's fifth win of the season.
Oaks joint-manager Dan Kristall told JC Sport: "Overall, a good win and even more so with the so many regular first team players missing. It was a true test of our squad and we certainly passed. We are now joint second and still fighting to finish as high as we possibly can."
DC Prediction: Oakwood 2 Camden 0
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DIVISION ONE
TOP-SCORERS
23 - Reiss Mogilner (Brady Maccabi)
17 - Jacob Richler Kleiman (Oakwood B)
TEAM UNABLE TO SHAKE OFF MAGICAL MOGILNER
BRADY MACCABI 4 FC TEAM B 4
REISS MOGILNER fired another hat-trick but it was not enough to secure maximum points for Brady in the promotion six-pointer against FC Team.
Michael Kenley was also on target for the Rowley Lane outfit but the draw did nothing for either side's hopes of going up.
Andy Sheena, James Korn, Richard Salmon and Danny Moss accounted for the FC Team goals.
FC Team boss Mitch Young told JC Sport: "It was a good game in difficult conditions and I think a draw is probably a fair result."
DC Prediction: Brady 1 Team 2
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KUBER CUTS INTO SPEC
BRIXTON OLD BOYS 3 SPEC FC 1
DANIEL KUBER earned Brixton Old Boys their best win of the season as they put high-flying SPEC FC to the sword at Clowes.
Zack Neiman pulled one back for SPEC FC, for whom manager Ricky Lawrence told JC Sport: "Brixton deserved their victory. They rode their luck in the first half and we should have gone into half time with a lead but instead Brixton nicked a goal. The second half they defended very well and hit us on the break too."
DC Prediction: Brixton 1 SPEC 3
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SOSOBAD SHOW OFF THEIR SIX PACKS
REAL SOSOBAD 6 FAITHFOLD B 0
Deadly doubles from Dan Lassman and Ashley Stanton steered Real Sosobad to their biggest win of the season as they outclassed Faithfold in Ilford.
James Law and Sam McCarthy sealed Sosobad's fourth league win of the campaign.
Sosobad boss Dan Shafron told JC Sport: ""It was good to get back to winning ways. Sometimes a poor streak can have a knock on confidence and a result like this has lifted the mood across the squad."
DC Prediction: Sosobad 4 Faithfold 1
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RAMPANT REDBRIDGE HIT HIGH FIVES
REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE B 5 LOS BLANCOS 1
David Fialka (2), Sam Moss (2) and Richie Caplin eased Redbridge B's relegation fears as they claimed their third and arguably best win of the season against Blancos.
Simon Moses grabbed a consolation for Blancos at Fairlop, but it was RJC's day.
RJC boss Sam Rank told JC Sport: "The boys were fantastic today. All their hard work in last six weeks at training was rewarded."
DC Prediction: RJC 2 Blancos 2
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WOODFORD DO IT RYAN'S WAY
WOODFORD WANDERERS 4 OAKWOOD B 2
Woodford Wanderers saw off the challenge of title rivals Oakwood B to do their hopes of returning to the top-flight a whole load of good, with strikes from Adam Poole, Mitch Hahn and a brace from James Ryan.
James Abrams bagged a brace for Oakwood.
Woodford joint-manager Daryl Kay told JC Sport: "We were brilliant today and we showed the league that we are the team to beat."
Despondent Oaks boss Jason Stein told JC Sport: "I don't feel there was much between the sides but once again we were undone by our own weaknesses from set-pieces."
DC Prediction: Woodford 1 Oakwood 2
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DIVISION TWO
TOP-SCORERS
16 - Zak McLeod (Scrabble FC)
13 - Josh Bloom (ML Lions B), Danny Sherman (Scrabble FC)
DAN THE MAN FRUSTRATES LIONS
CATFORD & BROMLEY MACCABI 1 MACCABI LONDON LIONS B 1
Catford blew a massive dent in MLL's promotion hopes as the teams finished deadlocked at 1-1, thanks to a strike from Danny Yeshua.
Daniel Fattal ensured a point for the Lions, with manager Sam Marchant telling JC Sport: "Of course a win today would’ve been lovely, but we are still poised well for a promotion battle and we stay positive after a solid performance."
Cats boss Jeff Gotch told JC Sport: "Our position in table doesn't tell the whole story and we can be happy with how we played today."
DC Prediction: Catford 1 Lions 2
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ONWARDS AND UPWARDS FOR RAIDERS C
NORTH LONDON RAIDERS C 5 TEMPLE FORTUNE 0
Raiders C moved into joint-third place after outclassing Temple Fortune.
Fortune boss Jonathan Cohen said "The boys produced a valiant effort and actually some decent football but we had 10 men for 60 minutes because of an injury to Ollie Squires."
DC Prediction: NLR 5 Fortune 0
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FOUR-MIDABLE REAL BLOW FAITHFOLD AWAY
REAL HENDON 4 FAITHFOLD C 2
Real Hendon consolidated second place with victory in a six-goal thriller against Faithfold C.
Dan Gordon and Ashley Ilsen netted for Faithfold.
DC Prediction: Real 2 Faithfold 3
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THREE BUT FAR FROM EASY FOR SCRABBLE
SCRABBLE FC 3 L’EQUIPE 0
Danny Sherman, Elliott Espinoza and Zak McLeod found the net as Scrabble FC clinched their 15th straight victory with a hard-fought win over L'Equipe.
Scrabble boss Ray Abrahams told JC Sport: "Todays game was tough and physical as L'Equipe are a big side and dangerous at set-pieces. We really had to battle for the win and the three points but there is still a long way to go and we've got some tough games coming up in the next few weeks."
L'Equipe gaffer Nick Stern told JC Sport: "It is getting frustrating but what I am immensely proud of is that attitude shown by my players and the fight that they showed against the ‘best team in the division."
DC Prediction: Scrabble 4 L’Equipe 1
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MATCH POSTPONED
Prem Div - FC Team A vs NL Raiders
Div 2 - Boca Jewniors vs Athletic Bilbaum
BOCA JEWNIORS P ATHLETIC BILBAUM P
Match postponed
