Maccabi London Lions A and North London Raiders A reached the semi-finals of the Peter Morrison Trophy, while Catford & Bromley Maccabi claimed one of the results of the weekend after becoming only the second team to beat runaway leaders Scrabble FC in Division Two of the MGBSFL.
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PETER MORRISON TROPHY SEMI-FINAL DRAW
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WEEKEND COVERAGE:
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: OAKWOOD vs LIONS
PHOTOS: NL RAIDERS C vs HEATON PARK ROVERS
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RESULTS
PETER MORRISON TROPHY
Raiders A 6 Oakwood B 1
Oakwood A 1 Lions A 3
PREMIER DIVISION
Hendon A 2 Redbridge A 3
FC Team A 1 Blizzard Storm 0
DIVISION 1
Woodford 4 Brady 1
Faithfold B 0 Redbridge B 2
FC Team B 2 Los Blancos 1
Real Sosobad 2 SPEC FC 4
DIVISION 2
Scrabble 1 Catford & Bromley 3
Boca Jewniors 2 L'Equipe 7
Real Hendon 2 Athletic Bilbaum 5
JC HAT-TRICK HERO
Division 1 - Zack Neiman (SPEC FC)
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DANNY CARO'S MATCHDAY 26 AWARDS
PLAYER OF THE WEEK - RUSSELL CORIN
MANAGER OF THE WEEK - JEFF GOTCH
QUOTE OF THE WEEK - ZACK GOTHELF
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JC TEAM OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
GK - Russell Corin (Hendon A), Adam Simon (Catford & Bromley), James Harpin (ML Lions A), Dan Cohen (Oakwood A)
DEFENDERS - Ryan Cole, Adam Hakimi, Darren Brown (all Redbridge JC A), Anthony Goodmaker (Scrabble FC), Josh Lewis (L'Equipe), Nick Landesburg (ML Lions A), Liam Stein (NL Raiders C)
MIDFIELDERS - Aaron Searle (Oakwood B), Zack Lewis (Hendon A), Daniel Garfinkle (Redbridge JC A), Adam Newman, Josh Flax (both Scrabble FC), Richard Adams (Catford & Bromley), Sam Moss (Redbridge JC B), Andy Glynne (ML Lions A), Avi Korman (Hendon A), Ben Bell, Josh Pugh (both Athletic Bilbaum), Charles Braunstein (NL Raiders C), Mark Singer, James Bell (both L'Equipe)
STRIKERS - Steve Summers (Redbridge JC A), Zack Neiman (SPEC FC), Richard Salmon (FC Team B), Tom Alexander (Woodford Wanderers), Max Kyte (ML Lions A), Matt Stock, Josh Green (both NL Raiders A)
MANAGER - Jeff Gotch (Catford & Bromley), Daryl Kay & Jerome Marks (Woodford Wanderers), Andy Landesberg (ML Lions A), Nick Shinder (Athletic Bilbaum), Jon Jacobs (Redbridge JC A), Sam Rank (Redbridge JC B), Zack Gothelf (NL Raiders C)
REFEREE - Paul Dobkin (Scrabble vs Catford & Bromley), Daniel Fox (Woodford Wanderers vs Brady Maccabi), Martin Lavender (Hendon United A vs Redbridge JC A)
Email nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- DANIEL GARFINKLE (Redbridge JC A) - a driving inside run by Daniel Garfinkle saw three Hendon defenders trailing in his wake and he scored with a low driven shot into the corner
- TOM PREVEZER (Scrabble FC) - his looping corner was hit with power and direction and went straight into the net with Catford defence and goalkeeper stranded and set up a tense last few minutes
- ZACK NEIMAN (SPEC FC) - a lethal strike from a free-kick from 25 yards was not only a fantastic goal but important too to put us 3-2 up
- TOM ALEXANDER (Woodford Wanderers) - headed in an Aviram free-kick in style – Think Messi in the Champions League Final vs Man United
- SIMON BUCHLER (NL Raiders B) - a lovely long-range strike from the skipper to open the scoring midway through the first half
- JOSH GOLDSTEIN (NL Raiders B) - a peach of a team goal - quick one-touch pass and move between Scott Waissel, Buchler and Dan Lovatt - with Goldstein nipping in to flick a composed finish to Lovatt's delicious reverse pass
- BAR HARIELY (FC Team A) - the ball was laid off to Hariely on the corner of the box, and with his right-foot curled the ball into the top right hand corner of the goal. A Beautiful finish!
- JOSH PUGH (Athletic Bilbaum) - Bilbaum were awarded a free-kick about 25 yards from goal, on the angle to the right. Pugh claimed it instantly, eyeing the goal. He hit it perfectly with his left foot, bending it round the wall and just inside the far post, perfectly into the top corner
- BEN BELL (Athletic Bilbaum) - a defender cleared the ball to the left-hand edge of the box, where Bell brought it down with one touch on his right before sending an absolutely unstoppable belter into the far top corner of the net with his other foot. A true worldly
- JOHNNY FRANKS (Heaton Park Rovers) - a fantastic flick up, turn and volley from 25 yards
- MARK SMITH (L'Equipe) - a super volley from 20 yards
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JC SAVE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- RUSSELL CORIN (Hendon A) - his leap to keep out Adam Goldman’s goal-bound header was world-class. He somehow managed to fling himself full stretch to turn round the post – incredible reactions
- DAN COHEN (Oakwood A) - SAVE 1 - produced a stunning save to deny Josh Kennet
- DAN COHEN (Oakwood A) - SAVE 2 - smart bloch to deny Charlie Kasler
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- ROB RICHMAN (NL Raiders A) - "Looking at the bigger picture it was a really great day for the club with our ‘C’ team joining us in the semi finals, an outstanding achievement, and our B team winning an important league game"
- JASON STEIN (Oakwood B) - "David Moyes had his 63 seconds of joy in Munich and I had my 3 minutes of joy this morning when Jacob RK finished well to make it 1-1"
- RAY ABRAHAMS (Scrabble FC) - "Full credit to Jeff Gotch and the Catford boys who have now beaten us and Lions and drawn with Lions and I can't understand why they have struggled to make an impact on the League themselves this season"
- DARYL KAY (Woodford Wanderers) - QUOTE 1 - "I think we showed the league today that we are the team to beat, and if anyone else wants to win the league they’ll have to finish higher than us"
- DARYL KAY (Woodford Wanderers) - QUOTE 2 - "Jason Stein made a comment last week saying that Mitch Hahn only shows up for the big games, well this was a our biggest game of the season (No offence to Oakwood) and we hammered our title rivals again, without Mitch!"
- ANDY LANDESBERG (ML Lions A) - "Oakwood are a good, strong and very competitive team, and I was totally serious when I told the boys in the pre-match talk that I would love to see 2 or 3 of their players in our squad. Oakwood were obviously disappointed, but they should take credit for the fact that I knew I needed our best players to be able to beat them, that is how highly I rated them"
- DAN KRISTALL (Oakwood A) - QUOTE 1 - "We'll be seriously disappointed if Josh Kenent, Austin Lipman Charlie Kassler and Max Kyte aren't available for Raiders Redbridge or whoever"
- DAN KRISTALL (Oakwood A) - QUOTE 2 - "For me, it is a bit of a shame for that they don't show a little more faith in their regular Sunday players who as a result don’t get an opportunity to play in the Jewish FA cup"
- DAVID GARBACZ (Hendon A) - QUOTE 1 - "I could not fault my players for effort or commitment – we really wanted to come out of this game with at least a point but perhaps their extra incentive in needing the points was psychologically a crucial factor"
- DAVID GARBACZ (Hendon A) - QUOTE 2 - "Although we lost today and at times were under the cosh, we still go into next week’s final chapter of these thrillers against Redbridge confident that we can turn this result around and come out on top. Let me assure you – we will not go out wondering that’s for sure"
- ZACK GOTHELF (NL Raiders C) - QUOTE 1 - "Fair play to HPR - they only had 11 and could quite easily have stayed at home. That they came down and fought to the bitter end despite missing key players was a testament to the club and to the management team. Their appearance has kept the magic of the Morrison going strong"
- ZACK GOTHELF (NL Raiders C) - QUOTE 2 - "We're looking forward to the semi final - we know we not expected to do anything but why can't we get to the final? It's one of those seasons - look across the football world, the tides are playing up and here's to hoping for the only north London derby I care about this season"
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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 ROUND FOUR
SIX-HITTING RAIDERS BREEZE THROUGH
NORTH LONDON RAIDERS A 6 OAKWOOD B 1
Josh Green fired a double as the Raiders boosted their treble hopes with a comfortable victory over first division Oakwood B.
Further strikes from David Dinkin, Jordan Marks, Ricky Engleman and a first of the season for Matt Stock added the gloss.
Raiders manager Rob Richman told JC Sport: "It was a very thorough and professional performance."
Oaks boss Jason Stein told JC Sport: "It was always going to be tough ask today and it turned out that way. Raiders were two levels above what we are used to and I've got nothing to complain about."
DC Prediction: Raiders 3 Oakwood 0
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AUSTIN DRIVES LIONS INTO SEMIS
OAKWOOD A 1 MACCABI LONDON LIONS A 3
A deadly double from former Arsenal star Austin Lipman and one from Josh Kennet guided Lions into the last four of the Jewish FA Cup at the expense of Anekstein finalists Oakwood.
Dave Woolman registered for Oakwood.
Lions boss Andy Landesberg told JC Sport: "Oakwood were obviously disappointed , but they should take credit for the fact that I knew I needed our best players to be able to beat them, that is how highly I rated them."
Oakwood joint-manager Dan Kristall told JC Sport; "The better side certainly won and we wish Lions good luck for the rest of the competition. I'm quite certain that if they play the same team for their remaining games, they will win the competition."
DC Prediction: Oakwood 2 Lions 1 AET
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RAIDERS C ARE EXTRA SPECIAL
NORTH LONDON RAIDERS C 4 HEATON PARK ROVERS 2 (AET)
Raiders C secured a place in the last four of the Peter Morrison Trophy for the first time after coming from behind to beat MJSL outfit HPR in extra-time via a double from Charles Braunstein.
Rovers led 2-1 before the Division Two promotion hopefuls rallied superbly to join their A-team and Lions in the semis. Marc Woolfe and Alex Goodman scored for NLR in normal time, with Alex Swift and Jonathan Franks the goal men for HPR.
NLR boss Zack Gothelf told JC Sport: "This was a game that the Morrison, or any cup for that matter, needed. Both sides desperate to win, good football, aggression when needed and some spectacular goals."
DC Prediction: Raiders 3 HPR 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)
RAMPANT REDBRIDGE PUT PRESSURE ON LEADERS
HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB A 2 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE A 3
Redbridge moved to within two points of leaders Raiders by sealing their ninth league win, courtesy of strikes from Adam Hakimi, Daniel Garfinkle and Dean Nyman.
Rafi Kon and Yoav Kestenbaum registered for Hendon.
RJC boss Jon Jacobs told JC Sport: "This was another pulsating thriller with both sets of players a credit to their clubs."
Hendon manager David Garbacz told JC Sport: "I could not fault my players for effort or commitment – we really wanted to come out of this game with at least a point but perhaps their extra incentive in needing the points was psychologically a crucial factor."
DC Prediction: Hendon 2 RJC 3
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BRAVE BLIZZARD EDGED OUT
FC TEAM A 1 BLIZZARD STORM 0
FC Team A put their recent cup and league double-header defeat to Raiders behind them with a hard-fought victory over lowly Blizzard Storm courtesy of a top-class finish from Bar Hariely.
Team manager Ben Gilbey told JC Sport: "It was a tough game - Blizzard put up a really good fight and arguably deserved a point out of the game."
Blizzard boss Simon Linden told JC Sport: We competed, had plenty of chances but just couldn't convert them and missed out on a great opportunity to pick up a win."
DC Prediction: FC Team 3 Blizzard 1
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DIVISION ONE
TOP-SCORERS
27 - Reiss Mogilner (Brady Maccabi)
17 - Jacob Richler Kleiman (Oakwood B)
WONDERFUL WOODFORD HIT BRADY WHERE IT HURTS
WOODFORD WANDERERS 4 BRADY MACCABI 1
Woodford Wanderers remain a point clear after beating title rivals for the second time in a week as Alex Aviram, James Ryan, Harrison Midda and Tom Alexander cut the Brady defence to shreds.
Matt Frohlich grabbed a consolation for Brady as Woodford sealed their ninth win of the season.
Woodford joint-manager Daryl Kay told JC Sport: "After the first 10 minutes of the game, and going a goal down, we turned it out around to put in our most complete performance of the season."
DC Prediction: Woodford 2 Brady 1
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TEAM KEEP TITLE ASPIRATIONS ALIVE
FC TEAM B 2 LOS BLANCOS 1
FC Team B maintained their title hopes with an important win over Los Blancos, with Adam Rones and Richard Salmon the goal men.
Jono Gaon was on target for Blancos.
FC Team boss Mitch Young told JC Sport: "We showed great character in this performance. Blancos were well-organised and battled hard but in the end our extra bit of quality shone through."
DC Prediction: FC Team 5 Blancos 1
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SPEC SHOW REAL WHAT FOUR
REAL SOSOBAD 2 SPEC FC 4
A fabulous four-goal salvo from ZACK NEIMAN helped SPEC FC keep up the pressure on leaders Woodford with a handsome 4-2 victory over Sosobad.
Fabio Revieccio and Richard Rosenthal struck for Sosobad.
SPEC FC player-manager Ricky Lawrence told JC Sport; "It was another good performance from us though we were far too wasteful in front of goal in the second half."
Sosobad boss Dan Shafron told JC Sport: "It was very disappointing result. We found ourselves with much of the possession for the first 60 minutes but didn’t make it count when we needed to."
DC Prediction: Sosobad 1 SPEC 2
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RAIDERS TWO GOOD FOR BRIXTON
BRIXTON OLD BOYS 0 NORTH LONDON RAIDERS B 2
Raiders B gave their fans some much-needed cheer as Simon Buchler and Josh Goldstein added to Brixton's relegation fears with a 2-0 win at Clowes.
Raiders boss Jonathan Adelman told JC Sport: "It was a comfortable win that should secure our first division status after a season where it's been a real struggle to get an XI on the pitch each week."
DC Prediction: Brixton 3 Raiders 2
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RED-HOT REDBRIDGE STING FAITH
FAITHFOLD B 0 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE B 2
David Fialka and Ben Chernoff were the marksmen as Redbridge B ended Faithfold's good run at the Hive.
RJC joint-boss Sam Rank told JC Sport: "This performance was very professional and organised and just shows how far the boys have come since December. A real pleasure to manage."
DC Prediction: Faithfold 1 Redbridge 1
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DIVISION TWO
TOP-SCORERS
18 - Zak McLeod (Scrabble FC)
17 - Danny Sherman (Scrabble FC)
CATS SCRATCH SCRABBLE
SCRABBLE FC 1 CATFORD & BROMLEY MACCABI 3
Runaway leaders Scrabble FC were beaten for only the second time this season after an inspired Catford & Bromley Maccabi put them to the sword at Capital City with goals from Jamie Sinai, Richard Adams and Ben David.
Tom Prevezer pulled one back for Scrabble direct from a corner.
Scrabble boss Ray Abrahams told JC Sport: "The title is still there for us to win and it's in our own hands. You can be sure that we will react positively to this result when we next play and I'm so proud of the way everyone has given us all a season to remember whatever the outcome in the final few games."
DC Prediction: Scrabble 3 Catford 1
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SMITH PUTS L'EQUIPE IN SEVENTH HEAVEN
BOCA JEWNIORS 2 L’EQUIPE 7
Mark Smith put L'Equipe on their way to their eighth win of the season as they overpowered Boca 7-2.
Grant Bates, Andy Smith, Josh Lewis, Jon Kay and James Bell added the gloss for a rampant L'Equipe.
Boca's goals came via Simon Englander and an own goal.
Boca's Anton Nyman told JC Sport: "It was always going to be a tough game with the injuries we had in the squad. The scoreline definitely wasn't a real reflection of the closeness of the game but hopefully we'll get a few players to go again with next week."
DC Prediction: Boca 1 L’Equipe 4
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BRILLIANT BAUMS HIT HIGH FIVES
REAL HENDON 2 ATHLETIC BILBAUM 5
Athletic Bilbaum secured their biggest and arguably best win of the season as they destroyed high-flying Real Hendon 5-2.
The Baums scored some top-notch goals, with Jacob Brunner, Josh Pugh, Seb Silverman, Rob Rodney and Ben Bell finding the net. Real's goals came through Chaim Gothold and RA Noe.
Baums boss Nick Shinder told JC Sport: "It was a great reaction from the team after the blip at Lions. We controlled the game and look forward to continuing our strong 2016."
DC Prediction: Real 2 Bilbaum 2
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MATCH POSTPONED
Div 2 - Temple Fortune vs FC Team C (Fortune unable to raise a team), Lions C vs Faithfold C (Faithfold unable to fulfil the fixture)
