Daniel Shafron breathed a sigh of relief after guiding defending champions North London Raiders to their first win while there were also victories for Hendon United and Oakwood on Matchday 3 of the MGBSFL.
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MATCHDAY 3 COVERAGE
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS - TEMPLE FORTUNE vs RCUK FC
PHOTOGALLERY - TEMPLE FORTUNE vs RCUK FC
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MATCHDAY 3 RESULTS
COUNTY CUP
Maccabi London Lions A 6 Weston FC 3
PREM DIV
Camden Park 2 Oakwood A 4
Raiders 6 FC Team A 2
SPEC FC 1 Hendon Utd SC A 5
Woodford 1 Brady 1
DIVISION 1
Athletic Bilbaum 1 Los Blancos 3
Faithfold A 3 NL Raiders B 7
Scrabble FC 2 Finchley City FC 1
Oakwood B P Hendon B P
DIVISION 2
FC Team B 0 L'Equipe 5
Mill Hill Dons 0 Catford & Bromley Maccabi 7
NL Raiders C 9 Boca Jewniors 1
Redbridge JC 4 Faithfold B 2
RCUK FC 2 Temple Fortune 2
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JC HAT-TRICK HEROES
HSCC - James Gershfield 5 (ML Lions A)
Prem Div - Liron Mannie (NL Raiders A)
Div 2 - Max Martin (L'Equipe), Liam Stein, Alex Sher (both NL Raiders C)
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DANNY CARO'S MATCHDAY 3 AWARDS
PLAYER OF THE WEEK - LIRON MANNIE
MANAGER OF THE WEEK - DANIEL SHAFRON
GOAL OF THE WEEK - WILL UFLAND
SAVE OF THE WEEK: David Garson (Faithfold B)
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Avi Markiewicz (RCUK FC)
REFEREE OF THE WEEK: David Lazarus (Redbridge C vs Faithfold B)
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JC TEAM OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
GK - Adam Zaidman (Scrabble FC), David Dinkin (NL Raiders A)
DEFENDERS - Gab Stone, Gideon Wetrin (both Temple Fortune), Harvey Kaye (Oakwood A), Dan Stock, Adam Newman, Adam Waters (all Scrabble FC), Alex Lewis (Los Blancos), Dan Adleman, Jimmy Castle (both Redbridge C)
MIDFIELDERS - Alex Sher, Liam Stein (both NL Raiders C), Dudi Edreyi, Leor Harel (RCUK FC), Josh Rose (Oakwood A), Yarden Sharon (Catford & Bromley), Alex Goodman, Marc Woolfe (both NL Raiders B), Adam Joselyn, Nick Lewis (both NL Raiders A)
STRIKERS - Liron Mannie (NL Raiders A), Zack Rich (Temple Fortune), David Woolman (Oakwood A), Alex Goodman, Will Ufland (NL Raiders B), James Gershfield (Maccabi London Lions A)
MANAGER - Dan Shafron (NL Raiders A), Jonathan Adelman & Zack Gothelf (NL Raiders B)
REFEREE - Martin Fox (Athletic Bilbaum vs Los Blancos), David Lazarus (Redbridge C vs Faithfold B)
Email nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- ALEX SHER (NL Raiders C) - GOAL 1 - skipped past five challenges to round a fantastic move and open his account for the season
- ASH STOKES (Catford & Bromley) - GOAL 2 - probably the best goal Jeff Gotch has seen this season. A Cross from Jamie down the right to the far post, Gotch heads it back to edge of the box and Stokes volleys in an unstoppable shot
- JOSH BHARIER (Scrabble FC) - a powerful run into the Finchley penalty box saw him hold off several challenges before planting the ball low into the Finchley net to give Scrabble a well deserved lead
- DANNY BLOOM (NL Raiders B) - stunning 25-yard direct free-kick curled deliciously into the net
- WILL UFLAND (NL Raiders B) - a sweeping end to end move for the 7th. Marc Woolfe clearing a corner with a smart ball out to Nicky Woolf whose first-time cushioned volley released Ufland, who slid a ball wide to centre back Charles Braunstein who'd charged up the right wing, Charles' square pass was flicked on by Alex Goodman to Ufland who picked his spot and whipped a 25 yard shot in to the top corner
- TOM ALEXANDER (Woodford Wanderers) - smashed in a volley on the turn from the edge of the box that flew into the top corner. It was an amazing goal, one of the best Daryl Kaye has seen at Sunday league level!
- JONNY KAYE (SPEC FC) - stunning strike whistled into the top corner against Hendon
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JC SAVE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- DAVID GARSON (Faithfold B) - sublime save after the RJC winger cut in on the left-hand side outside the box and curled it right into the top corner but Garson at full-stretch managed to get a strong hand to it forcing out for a corner
- ADAM LEVESON (NL Raiders C) - stand-in No. 1 pulled out a top save to deny Boca
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- SIMON LINDEN (Temple Fortune) - "I said to the team after the game, that we just watched the team that are supposed to be favourites for the title celebrate a 2-2 draw...can't be bad!"
- AVI MARKIEWICZ (RCUK FC) - "Am I happy with the performance? No, we all needed to be better. Am I happy with the result? No, I want to win every game and I believe that we had enough quality to do so, but I am very happy with the attitude that we showed"
- MITCH YOUNG (FC Team A) - "Credit firstly to Martin de la Fuente for making such a big bold call early on in the game and second to Raiders who weirdly with 10 men were able to play a counter-attacking game which suited their attacking players, and Liron Mannie was unplayable"
- DAN KRISTALL (Oakwood A) - "We now go into the Yom Tov break after a tidy start and look forward to welcoming back some key personnel. We know the areas that we must improve and look forward to the run up to Chanukah where I am sure we will be challenging on all fronts"
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
HERTS SENIOR COUNTY CUP
MACCABI LONDON LIONS 6 WESTON FC 3
A stunning five-goal salvo from striker JAMES GERSHFIELD guided the Lions into the next round of the HSC Cup. He scored the opener before Weston hit back to lead 3-1 at the break. But the second half was the Gershfield show as Lions went goal crazy.
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MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
DANNY CARO'S PREM DIV TEAM OF THE WEEK
TOP-SCORERS
5 - Liron Mannie (NL Raiders A), Zack Lewis (Hendon Utd SC A), Reiss Mogilner (Brady Maccabi)
NORTH LONDON RAIDERS A 6 FC TEAM A 2
LIRON MANNIE was the hat-trick hero as defending champions Raiders recorded their first win under new boss Daniel Shafron.
The former Player of the Year helped NLR recover from an early red card for goalkeeper Jake Doffman to run out handsome winners, with Matt Stock, Joe Cohen and Dave Cohen adding the gloss.
FC Team's goals came via strikers Mike Pearson and Richard Salmon.
NLR manager Daniel Shafron told JC Sport: "There were some super individual performances but today was all about the team as a collective, the result, the performance and the happiness of boys getting that winning feeling back."
FC Team boss Mitch Young told JC Sport: "I am disappointed with certain players in my squad for letting me down last minute meaning we only had 11. But in truth we didn't create enough but did have a lot of players filling in to help out."
DC Prediction: Raiders 2 Team 1
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SPEC FC 1 HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB A 5
A deadly double from Ari Last guided Hendon United to their third consecutive victory as they crushed newly-promoted SPEC FC 5-1.
Further strikes from Zack Lewis and Josh Harris completed the rout, while Yoav Lebens fired his first goal since his return to the club.
Jonny Kaye snatched a consolation for SPEC FC who were condemned to their third loss.
Hendon boss David Garbacz told JC Sport: "We've had the perfect start and now have a couple of weeks break for some cup games. We've put ourselves in a nice early position and the belief in the squad is extremely high."
SPEC FC player-manager Ricky Lawrence told JC Sport: "Hendon are a very good team. Conceding early was exactly what we didn't want to do but we can have no complaints, the better side won."
DC Prediction: SPEC 0 Hendon 4
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WOODFORD WANDERERS 1 BRADY MACCABI 1
Reiss Mogilner was on the mark again as Brady Maccabi extended their unbeaten start in a hard-fought draw against Woodford.
Tom Alexander had put Woodford in front with a stunning goal-of-the-week contender, but Mogilner cancelled it out late on.
Woodford boss Daryl Kay told JC Sport: "We were without key players Harrison Midda and James Ryan and Adam Shaf today, and I'm sure if we'd had had all 3 we'd have won comfortably, but that's football."
Brady joint-manager Josh Dagul told JC Sport: "Brady joint-manager Josh Dagul told JC Sport: "After a frantic opening 20 minutes we felt like we controlled the game, limited them to basically nothing and created several chances. Had it not been for their wonder goal it's a game that we probably would've won."
DC Prediction: Woodford 1 Brady 1
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CAMDEN PARK 1 OAKWOOD A 4
David Woolman bagged a brace as Oakwood returned to winning ways in a six-goal thriller against Camden.
There were also goals for Daniel Seligman and Jonny Quinn as the Oaks sealed their second win.
Camden's consolation came through David Kanzen.
Oaks joint-manager Dan Kristall told JC Sport: "It was a comfortable win against a competitive Camden side. With several key players missing, we dug in deep and played some really nice football."
DC Prediction: Camden 0 Oakwood 2
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DIVISION ONE
TOP-SCORERS
2 - Ben Chernoff (Redbridge JC B), Benji Weinberger (ML Lions B), Sam Modlin (Oakwood B), Avishai Kestenbaum (Los Blancos), Jake Gilbert, Alex Goodman, Will Ufland (all NL Raiders B)
SCRABBLE FC 2 FINCHLEY CITY FC 1
Scrabble FC registered their first win in Division One courtsy of goals from Josh Bharier and Danny Sherman, but they were pushed all the way by new boys Finchley City.
Oliver Sade pulled one back for Finchley.
Scrabble boss Ray Abrahams told JC Sport: "The wind made it more difficult after the break but we scored two good goals today and defended very well and I thought on the balance of play we deserved to win."
Finchley chief Joel Holder told JC Sport: "The boys know that if they replicate their second half performance this year, we will challenging for the title at the end of the season. I am expecting a big reaction against Bilbaum next week."
DC Prediction: Scrabble 2 Finchley 1
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ATHLETIC BILBAUM 1 LOS BLANCOS 3
Avi Kestenbaum and Jeff Gross were among the scorers as Los Blancos clinched their second successive win at the expense of Bilbaum.
Blancos boss Nick Grosse told JC Sport: "We deserved to win. My only criticism would be that we didn't look sharp enough at times."
DC Prediction: Bilbaum 1 Blancos 3
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FAITHFOLD A 3 NORTH LONDON RAIDERS B 7
North London Raiders B were indebted to braces from Jake Gilbert and Alex Goodman as they routed Faithfold A 7-3.
David Esterkin, Will Ufland and Danny Bloom joined them on the scoresheet in an outstanding performance in Finchley.
NLR joint-manager Jonathan Adelman told JC Sport: "We're obviously happy with three wins from three but we know that we not as compact and controlled this week as we were against Scrabble. There's plenty for us to improve on."
DC Prediction: Faithfold 2 Raiders 2
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OAKWOOD B P HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB B P
Match postponed
Oakwood boss Jason Stein explained: "For the third week in a row the FA commandeered our home pitch for an FA coaching course. Unfortunately on this occasion there was no alternative pitch. The FA claim to support grass roots football yet everything they do suggests otherwise. I am sure they feel warm and cuddly at night. Would like to extend further apologies to Hendon and the referee."
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DIVISION TWO
TOP-SCORERS
7 – Jonti Aremband (RCUK FC)
5 - Avi Markiewicz (RCUK FC)
REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE C 4 FAITHFOLD B 2
Redbridge C made it two out of two thanks to goals from Daniel Garfinkle, Daniel Lipman, Aaron Goldberg and Jordan Sapler in a 4-2 success over Faithfold.
Josh Garson and Avi Garson struck for Faithfold.
DC Prediction: RJC 3 Faithfold 1
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FC TEAM B 0 L’EQUIPE 5
MAX MARTIN (3) took home the match ball as L'Equipe hit high fives against FC Team B.
Andy Smith and Mark Smith joined the party in a perfect team performance.
Jubilant L'Equipe boss Nick Stern told JC Sport: "Once again a happy manager here as we put in a phenomenal team performance. FC Team gave us a good battle but everyone won their individual battles and we scored some lovely goals."
DC Prediction: Team 1 L’Equipe 3
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RCUK FC 2 TEMPLE FORTUNE 2
RCUK FC came from two goals down to draw 2-2 against fellow high-flyers Temple Fortune in front of the JC cameras.
Zack Rich had given Fortune a 2-0 lead but RCUK maintained their unbeaten start with two goals in the final 15 minutes.
Fortune boss Simon Linden told JC Sport: "I can't fault today's performance. It was frustrating to let a two-goal lead slip but there's so many positives to take from a true performance of grit and determination."
RCUK FC manager Avi Markiewicz told JC Sport: "You often see, especially amongst the better teams who are used to winning, that when things aren't going their way, they tend to turn on each other but we showed a fantastic team spirit, 2-0 down with 15 to go and to come out with a point shows that."
DC Prediction: RCUK 3 Fortune 1
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MILL HILL DONS 0 CATFORD & BROMLEY MACCABI 7
Catford & Bromley finished in seventh heaven after destroying new boys Mill Hill Dons.
Ashley Stokes (2), Craig Edwards (2), Jeff Gotch, Danny Yeshua and Jamie Sinai were the goal men as the Cats made it three out of three.
Cats boss Jeff Gotch told JC Sport: "No doubt the other team will bemoan lack of players like they all do but for first half hour we were unplayable."
DC Prediction: Dons 1 Cats 3
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NORTH LONDON RAIDERS C 9 BOCA JEWNIORS 1
LIAM STEIN and ALEX SHER fired trebles as North London Raiders C got their season up and running in style.
Rob Samuelson maintained his goal-a-game record while Alex Elf netted twice in a one-sided contest.
Sam Simon had netted a glorious equaliser for Boca before NLR stepped up several notches.
NLR co-boss Sam Rose told JC Sport: "It was a really fantastic performance from the whole team."
Boca joint-manager Elliott Grant told JC Sport: "I'm not sure what positives we can take from this but we do know we need to work on our fitness and it's a long season ahead so if your going to lose big then lose big early and we did.
DC Prediction: Raiders 3 Boca 1
