Hendon United Sports Club A hit double figures in the inter-club cup derby as they put their B-team to the sword, while Catford & Bromley Maccabi registered the result of the day in the MGBSFL after blowing Maccabi London Lions B away at Rowley Lane.
MATCHDAY 10 HEADLINES
CAC – Hendon A register perfect dozen
Prem Div – Lions edge past Blizzard
Div 1 – Super SPEC FC put Redbridge to the sword
Div 2 – Cats cage Lions
JC HAT-TRICK HEROES
CAC - Dovi Fehler, Zack Lewis, Simon Peterman (all Hendon A), James Gershfield (Harmen)
Div 1 - Harrison Midda (Woodford Wanderers)
Div 3 - Andy Smith 4 (L'Equipe)
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WEEKEND PHOTOGALLERIES
REDBRIDGE JC A vs BRADY MACCABI
WOODFORD WANDERERS vs BRIXTON OLD BOYS
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DANNY CARO'S MATCHDAY 10 AWARDS
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: JAMES GERSHFIELD
MANAGER OF THE WEEK: JEFF GOTCH
GOAL OF THE WEEK: STEVE SUMMERS
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JC TEAM OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
GK - Grant Waissel (NL Raiders C), Ben Law (Scrabble FC)
DEFENDERS - Jonathan Peters (Scrabble FC), Ethan Zone (Hendon Utd SC A), Dan Lassman, Josh Cohen (Real Sosbad), Ben Portnoi (Faithfold C), Dan King (Oakwood B)
MIDFIELDERS - James Ryan (Woodford Wanderers), Jonti Aremband (Blizzard Storm), Elliot Espinoza (Scrabble FC), Simon Peterman (Hendon Utd SC A), Scott Kay, James Law, James Rubin (all Real Sosobad), Luke Brookner (Camden Park), Jonny Gahan, Leor Harel (both Faithfold C), Aaron Searle (Oakwood B), Marc Woolfe, Alex Goodman (both NL Raiders C)
STRIKERS - Dovi Fehler, Zack Lewis (both Hendon A), James Gershfield, Sam Castle (both Harmen), Andy Smith (L'Equipe), Harrison Midda (Woodford Wanderers), Danny Sherman (Scrabble FC), Josh Marks (Camden Park)
MANAGER - Jeff Gotch (Catford & Bromley Maccabi), Ricky Lawrence (SPEC FC)
REFEREE - Laurie Benson (Faithfold B vs Camden Park), David Lazarus (Redbridge JC A vs Brady Maccabi), Martin Lavender (Real Sosobad vs Harmen)
Email nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- JAMES RYAN (Woodford Wanderers) - amazing one- touch passing from our own half at speed – definitely a goal of the week contender at any level!
- ADAM PEARLMAN (Scrabble FC) - diving in where it hurts to score Scrabble's first
- ZAC LEWIS (Hendon A) - stunning shot from 22 yards into top corner
- SIMON PETERMAN (Hendon A) - great left-foot curler into top corner to cap a fine performance
- JAMES MANDELL (L'Equipe) - GOAL 2 - sealed the deal with an absolute humdinger, almost impossibly curling one into the far corner from outside the box
- ANDY SMITH (L'Equipe) - GOAL 4 - turning a Fortune defender inside out before dispatching the finish with such force that he may have decapitated the Fortune goalkeeper had he managed to get anywhere near it
- MICHAEL KHALASTCHI (Camden Park) - stunning 30-yard thunderbolt free-kick against Faithfold
-STEVE SUMMERS (Redbridge JC A) - picked up the ball about 40 yards out and drove into the penalty area using pace and strength and with his slight of movement, beat a few Brady defenders before caressing the ball into the net - a brilliant finish worthy of winning any match
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- ADAM GLEKIN (Hendon B) - "In possession, we were like a rabbit caught in the headlights and we've given them quite a few early Chanukah presents with the goals we've gifted"
- DAN SHAFRON (Real Sosobad) - "It's frustrating conceding three goals in the last five minutes, two of which could have been prevented but I really can't fault my boys. They worked tirelessly, competed for every ball, played some excellent football and showed real desire and belief. It was a performance collectively and individually to be proud of"
- JASON STEIN (Oakwood B) - "We're absolutely delighted to be in the last eight of the Anekstein and even prouder given we're the only non-Premier Division side. It means we'll have a hard tie no matter what, but we'll be buzzing for it. I can't wait to test ourselves against a side in the division above. Although I do hope we avoid Oakwood A"
- DAVID GARBACZ (Hendon A) - "Today was important for us to regain belief and our confidence and the swagger was definitely back"
- JOE MARSH (Harmen) - "The partnership between Gersh and Castle worked very well on Sunday looking like the 90’s partnership of Cole and Yorke"
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PETER MORRISON TROPHY ROUND 2 DRAW
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP ROUND THREE
THREE CHEERS FOR CAMDEN
FAITHFOLD B 1 CAMDEN PARK 3
Premier Division class told as Camden Park safely negotiated their trip to first division Faithfold with a 3-1 success at the Hive.
Stand-in striker Josh Marks, Michael Khalastchi and DJ Kanzen sealed the tie for Camden.
Camden boss Will Castle told JC Sport: "Thankfully we did enough for the win but not the best Camden performance I have ever seen."
DC Prediction: Faithfold 1 Camden 2
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A-TEAM HIT DEADLY DOZEN
HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB A 12 HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB B 1
DOVI FEHLER, SIMON PETERMAN and ZACK LEWIS helped themselves to hat-trick as Hendon A ended their blip with a big win over Hendon B in the inter-club derby.
Further strikes from Yoav Kestenbaum and Ethan Zone (2) completed the rout. Hendon B managed to keep it tight for the opening 15 minutes, but when the first goal did come the floodgates opened and the A's were 7-0 ahead at half time.
Hendon A boss David Garbacz told JC Sport: "We enjoyed ourselves this morning - we played some good pacy exciting stuff scored some excellent goals and very nearly even managed to keep a clean sheet. We've had our bad patch now this season and it's full steam ahead from here on in."
Hendon B manager Adam Glekin told JC Sport: "I can't fault the effort we put in, but the gulf in class was just far too big to bridge."
DC Prediction: Hendon A 3 Hendon B 1
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SMOULDERING ASH SINKS RAIDERS
OAKWOOD B 1 NORTH LONDON RAIDERS C 0
Dan Ash was Oakwood's match-winner as they overcame a resilient challenge from second division Raiders B.
Oaks boss Jason Stein told JC Sport: "We're absolutely delighted to be in the last eight of the Anekstein and even prouder given we're the only non-Premier Division side. It means we'll have a hard tie no matter what, but we'll be buzzing for it. I can't wait to test ourselves against a side in the division above. Although I do hope we avoid Oakwood A.
"We were below par on Sunday, but a win in the cup is all that matters. It's now back to the league for a winnable game against Redbridge B and we want to keep this unbeaten run going. In all competitions it's only ourselves and Raiders A who have yet to lose."
Raiders boss Zack Gothelf told JC Sport: "Defensively we were very solid, only conceding to a late deflected effort, this was a much better performance from Raiders. Onwards and upwards, starting with Boca on Sunday."
DC Prediction: Oakwood 3 Raiders 1
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GERSHFIELD GETS HARMEN OUT OF JAIL
REAL SOSOBAD 2 HARMEN 5
JAMES GERSHFIELD got Harmen out of jail following an almighty battle against first division promotion hopefuls Real Sosobad. He fired a late hat-trick, with strike partner Sam Castle grabbing the other two in a thriller.
Dan Lassman and Scott Kay had put Sosobad 2-1 up and they had a goal chalked off before Harmen battled back to take the game away from them.
Harmen joint-manager Joe Marsh told JC Sport: "Respect to the Sosobad for putting up a valiant fight but our class finally prevailed; as a squad we are getting stronger and stronger each week with some of the boys stepping up there came to put on some key performances which has seen us go six unbeaten."
Sosobad boss Dan Shafron told JC Sport: "Unfortunately the result on paper doesn't do our performance justice. We were excellent and pushed Harmen all the way. At 2-1 up, I thought we could have gone on to win but lack of concentration from a set-piece allowed them back in the game."
DC Prediction: Sosobad 1 Harmen 3
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RAMPANT REDBRIDGE MARCH ON
REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE A 4 BRADY MACCABI 1
Premier Division leaders Redbridge came from a goal down to beat first division table-toppers Brady at Fairlop, with goals from Steve Summers, Nathan Sollosi, Sam Sollosi and Scott Oldstein easing them through.
There was no hat-trick this week for Reiss Mogilner as the JC Player of the Month was restricted to just the one in a game Brady led 1-0 at the break.
RJC boss Jon Jacobs told JC Sport: "It was a good win in the end but Brady made it very difficult for Redbridge, especially in the first half."
Brady boss Josh Dagul told JC Sport: "Our legs tired in the second half as Redbridge continued their passing football and once they equalised it was always going to be tough to recover."
DC Prediction: RJC 2 Brady 1
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MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
TOP-SCORERS
12 - James Gershfield (Harmen)
11 - Dovi Fehler (Hendon A)
LIONS PASS BLIZZARD TEST
BLIZZARD STORM 0 MACCABI LONDON LIONS A 1
A second-half strike from Adam Abadi helped Lions A secured only their second win of the season to climb out of the relegation at the expense of Blizzard in Borehamwood.
Disappointed Blizzard boss Simon Linden told JC Sport: "We let ourselves down in the second half and didn't create enough in the final third in a game where Lions were there for the taking."
DC Prediction: Blizzard 1 Lions 1
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DIVISION ONE
TOP-SCORERS
13 - Jacob Richler Kleiman (Oakwood B)
11 - Reiss Mogilner (Brady Maccabi)
SUPER SPEC FIND THEIR SHOOTING BOOTS AT LAST
REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE B 1 SPEC FC 4
Zack Neiman, Alex Hershman, Craig Cohen and Elliot Wallis inspired SPEC FC to a famous win over improving Redbridge B at Fairlop.
Yoni Fialka grabbed a consolation for RJC.
SPEC FC joint-player-manager Ricky Lawrence told JC Sport: "It was a hard-fought victory and a vital three points. Hopefully we can begin to build on this now."
RJC's Sam Rank told JC Sport: "It was a very disappointing performance. We hope to learn from this defeat and show stronger character in our next game against Oakwood."
DC Prediction: RJC 2 SPEC 1
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WOODFORD SHOW OFF THEIR SIX PACKS
WOODFORD WANDERERS 6 BRIXTON OLD BOYS 0
HARRISON MIDDA marked his first appearance in nine months with a hat-trick as Woodford moved on to 10 points after outclassing Brixton on a memorable morning at Fairlop.
James Ryan, Tom Alexander and Paul Biller added the gloss as Woodford climbed to fourth in the table.
Woodford joint-manager Daryl Kay told JC Sport: "To be honest it was men against boys from minute one. I told the team that today was about scoring goals and keeping a clean sheet and they did just that."
DC Prediction: Woodford 4 Brixton 0
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DIVISION TWO
DANNY CARO'S DIVISION 2 TEAM OF THE WEEK
TOP-SCORERS
8 - Andy Smith (L’Equipe), Dan Gordon (Faithfold B)
7 - Dean Rosenthal (ML Lions B)
HAREL THE HERO FOR FAITHFOLD
BOCA JEWNIORS 0 FAITHFOLD C 1
A solitary goal from Leor Harel earned Faithfold C maximum points at Boca.
Faithfold boss Rob Shooman told JC Sport: "We basically dominated for most of the game but could not convert our many chances - this was down to some very resolute defending where Boca were working very hard and some wayward finishing by us."
Boca's Anton Nyman told JC Sport: "This was another frustrating game for Boca - we were very much in it, and are just lacking that killer instinct to score the vital goals."
DC Prediction: Boca 1 Faithfold 4
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CATS SHOW LIONS WHAT FOUR
MACCABI LONDON LIONS B 1 CATFORD & BROMLEY MACCABI 4
Catford & Bromley Maccabi earned the result of the day as they put a huge dent in Lions B's title hopes at Rowley Lane.
They came from a goal down after Elias Cohen struck for the Lions, with efforts from player-manager Jeff Gotch, Joel Isaacs, Ashley Stokes and super-sub Danny Yeshua.
A delighted Gotch told JC Sport: "The boys were immense today and we're bouncing now."
Lions joint-manager Samuel Marchant told JC Sport: "We are disappointed by the result as we know we are a team capable of much more than what was on show today."
DC Prediction: Lions 3 Catford 1
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SCRABBLE REVEL IN THE JOYS OF SIX
SCRABBLE FC 3 FC TEAM C 1
Scrabble FC moved to within a point of leaders Hendon B with two games in hand thanks to strikes from Adam Pearlman, Jonathan Peters and Zak McLeod in a hard-fought win over FC Team C - their sixth consecutive success of the league season.
Substitute Nicky Sugarman pulled one back for FC Team.
Scrabble boss Ray Abrahams told JC Sport: "It's the points that count and we are glad to have taken all three today to keep our 100 per cent record in the league in tact with six wins in six outings."
FC Team's David Gordon told JC Sport: "We know we need to score more goals but, if we keep playing like we have been then we will win games against the teams around us."
DC Prediction: Scrabble 2 Team 0
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FOUR-MIDABLE SMITH HITS THE JACKPOT
TEMPLE FORTUNE 2 L’EQUIPE 6
ANDY SMITH was the four-goal hero as L'Equipe maintained their promotion hopes by hitting Temple Fortune for six at Roger Bannister.
There were also another two goals from the in-form James Mandell.
Adam Lenz and Mike Byers registered for Fortune.
L'Equipe's Mark Singer told JC Sport: "We're delighted with the start we’ve had to the season. We can’t do more than beat the team in front of us and keep ourselves in contention at the top of the table."
Fortune boss Jonathan Cohen told JC Sport: "At 2-1 we were well in the game but I made the wrong substitutions – I took the wrong players off – and we never recovered."
DC Prediction: Fortune 1 L’Equipe 3
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MATCHES POSTPONED
CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP
ATHLETIC BILBAUM P FC TEAM A P
Bilbaum defaulted
NORTH LONDON RAIDERS B P OAKWOOD A P
Raiders defaulted
FAITHFOLD A P NORTH LONDON RAIDERS A P
Faithfold defaulted
DIVISION ONE
FC TEAM B P LOS BLANCOS P
Match postponed - waterlogged pitch
