Zack Gothelf of North London Raiders C hit the nail firmly on the head in his post-match press conference with JC Sport after his team's epic Peter Morrison Trophy win over Heaton Park Rovers.
"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."
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BEST OF THE REST
- 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 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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