Faithfold A and Neasden A maintained their perfect starts while Southgate Harmen A started the new year in style, claiming their first win of the season. Temple Fortune B were the top scorers on the day with player-manager Terry Jeffries smashing five in an 11-2 demolition of Brixton B. Danny Caro rounds up Matchday Five of the JC MSFL.
JC MSFL MATCHDAY 5 HEADLINES
JC CAC - Brixton progress
Prem Div - Three cheers for Harmen
Div 1 - Five-star Chigwell march on
Div 2 - Redbridge claim east London bragging rights
Div 3 - Neasden show UJIA what four
Div 4 - Legs 11 for Temple Fortune B, Brady hit Finchley for six
JC HAT-TRICK HEROES
Div 1 - Glenn Michaels (Chigwell Athletic)
Div 4 - Terry Jeffries (Temple Fortune B), Joey Glynne (Temple Fortune B), James Joseph 4 (Brady B), Julius Judah (Athletic Bilbaum)
JC SAVE OF THE WEEK
Max Shields (NW Neasden A) - crucial penalty save against Raiders B
REFEREE OF THE WEEK
Robert Benardout (Faithfold B vs London Maccabi Lions B)
JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Dan Gordon (Redbridge JC C) - "I think the 48-hour post yom tov drinks ban worked perfectly"
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JC MSFL PREMIER DIVISION
TOP-SCORER
5 - Jamie Wolfson (NL Raiders A)
THREE CHEERS AT NEW HOME FOR HARMEN
SOUTHGATE HARMEN A 3 NORTH LONDON RAIDERS A 1
Strikes from Ben Murrell, Zack White and Lee Greenfield helped Harmen register their first win of the season as they beat winless Raiders at their new home at Southbury Leisure Centre in Enfield.
DC Prediction: Southgate Harmen A 2 NL Raiders A 3
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PERKINS HELPS FAITHFOLD POWER ON
BRADY MACCABI 0 FAITHFOLD A 1
A solitary effort from Dan Perkins was enough to give Faithfold maximum points as Zuriel Solomons' men made it three out of three at Rowley Lane.
DC Prediction: Brady Maccabi 1 Faithfold A 3
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POINTS SHARED AFTER EIGHT-GOAL THRILLER
LONDON MACCABI LIONS A 4 FC TEAM A 4
A last-minute wonder goal from Dan Cohen helped FC Team come away from Rowley Lane with a hard-earned point following an eight-goal thriller.
Joe Zender, Ollie Craig, Pete Lazard and captain Ben Joseph registered for the Lions.
FC Team's goals came through Craig Edwards, Richard Salmon, Dan Cohen and James Korn.
DC Prediction: LM Lions A 2 FC Team A 1
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CASH BONANZA FOR NEASDEN
NORTH LONDON RAIDERS B 0 NORTH WEST NEASDEN A 1
Lee Cash scored the only goal as Neasden made it three out of three with a hard-fought win over Raiders B at Brunel.
DC Prediction: NL Raiders B 1 NW Neasden A 2
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DIVISION ONE
TOP-SCORER
7 - Glenn Michaels (Chigwell Athletic)
FIVE-STAR CHIGWELL MARCH ON
CHIGWELL ATHLETIC 5 NORTH WEST NEASDEN B 1
Chigwell hit five goals for the second week in a row to run out worthy winners in Walthamstow.
A free-kick from Anthony Mendel plus one from Jamie Fox sealed the victory.
DC Prediction: Chigwell Athletic 3 NW Neasden B 1
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STARS WIN FIVE-GOAL THRILLER
OAKWOOD 2 NORSTAR A 3
Norstar claimed one of the results of the day with goals from Josh Green and Jeremy Elster (2) giving them the points at Parmiters.
Dan Geey bagged a brace for the Oaks.
DC Prediction: Oakwood 3 Norstar A 1
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SUPER STEIN HELPS HARMEN MAKE THEIR POINT
TEMPLE FORTUNE A 2 SOUTHGATE HARMEN B 2
A Paul Stein double helped Harmen B make it two games without defeat as they came away from Gosling Park with a point against Fortune.
Rob Benson and Matt Gilbery were on target for the hosts.
DC Prediction: Southgate Harmen B 3 Temple Fortune A 2
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FOUR-MIDABLE MONTANA EASE PAST WANDERERS
WOODFORD WANDERERS 0 MONTANA BOCA UNITED 4
Montana claimed one of the results of the day with Josh Marlow, Gary Cohen, James Sandler and Simon Lindall on target in a surprisingly one-sided contest at Redbridge Sports Centre.
DC Prediction: Woodford 1 Montana 1
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DIVISION TWO
TOP-SCORERS
5 - Ben Simons (Faithfold C)
FAITHFOLD TWO GOOD FOR LIONS
FAITHFOLD B 2 LONDON MACCABI LIONS B 0
Strikes from Dan Hilderbrand and Adam Grossman helped Faithfold make it two out of two with a battling victory against Lions B at the Hive.
DC Prediction: Faithfold B 1 LM Lions B 1
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A GREAT TEAM EFFORT
FC TEAM B 3 FAITHFOLD C 2
FC Team B claimed their second league win with David Silver, Adam Goldsmith and Emile Ben-Atar on target in a hard-fought win over Faithfold C.
Ben Simons bagged a brace for the visitors.
DC Prediction: FC Team B 2 Faithfold C 2
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BRIDGE BOYS WIN EAST LONDON DERBY
GLENTHORNE UNITED A 1 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE C 2
Player-manager Dan Gordon and Doron Weinstein found the net as Redbridge won the east London derby.
Jon Lessern found the net for the Thornes.
DC Prediction: Glenthorne Utd A 2 Redbridge JC C 2
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DIVISION THREE
TOP-SCORER
8 - Saul Conway (Shirley Park)
LASSMAN WONDER GOAL SINKS CATS
CATFORD & BROMLEY MACCABI 2 GLENTHORNE UNITED B 3
The JC cameras witnessed a five-goal thriller of the highest quality as the Thornes' maintained their winning formula at Norsemen FC in Edmonton.
Player-manager Craig Sandford, James Rubin and a wonder strike from Dan Lassman clinched the points for Glenthorne.
Rafi Marom and Yonni Bord netted for the Cats.
DC Prediction: Catford & Bromley 1 Glenthorne Utd B 3
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NEASDEN SHOW UJIA WHAT FOUR
UJIA 1 NORTH WEST NEASDEN C 4
Neasden recorded their second win of the season with an impressive display against UJIA at the Hive. Elliott Setyon (2), Louis Taylor and supersub Elliott Bloom were the goal men.
Ben Nassim grabbed a consolation for the U's.
DC Prediction: UJIA 1 NW Neasden C 2
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CLASSY CONWAY INSPIRES SHIRLEY
SHIRLEY PARK 4 BLIZZARD STORM 2
Title hopefuls Shirley Park heaped more misery on Blizzard with top-scorer Saul Conway (2), Shai Shojat and Stefan Benfredj on the mark.
Shirley scored two goal of the week contenders with Nicky Plotnek keeping Blizzard debutante Aron Barnes quiet.
DC Prediction: Shirley Park 2 Blizzard Storm 1
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DIVISION FOUR
TOP-SCORER
9 - Terry Jeffries (Temple Fortune B)
BURNS IS SPEC-TACULAR
SPEC 2 FC TEAM C 0
Two goals from captain marvel Ashley Burns steered injury-hampered SPEC to victory over FC Team C.
DC Prediction: SPEC 2 FC Team C 2
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RAIDERS C HIT HIGH FIVES
NORTH LONDON RAIDERS C 5 JEWVENTUS 0
Efforts from Darren Russell, Toby Katz, Hart Sandrove and Matt Keston enabled the rampant Raiders to make it three out of three with a five-star display against Jewve.
DC Prediction: NL Raiders C 3 Jewventus 2
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BAUMS IN 7TH HEAVEN
ATHLETIC BILBAUM 7 BOCA JEWNIORS 1
The Baums were in seventh heaven as they maintained their promotion charge with an impressive win over Boca.
A treble from JULIUS JUDAH plus two from Edward Green and one apiece from player-manager Mark Pasha and Eli Lew finished the job.
Boca's consolation came through Levitt.
DC Prediction: Athletic Bilbaum 4 Boca Jewniors 2
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BRADY HIT FINCHLEY FOR SIX
ATHLETICO FINCHLEY 2 BRADY MACCABI B 6
A fab four-goal salvo from JAMES JOSEPH boosted Brady B's title hopes as they hit Finchley for six.
Reiss Mogilner completed the rout with a quality double as the Brady bunch fought back from a goal down to win in style.
Finchley's goals came through Harley Goulding and Dan Goodman.
DC Prediction: Athletico Finchley 1 Brady Maccabi B 3
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IT'S LEGS 11 FOR TEMPLE FORTUNE B
BRIXTON OLD BOYS B 2 TEMPLE FORTUNE B 11 (ELEVEN)
A sensational five-goal haul from player-manager TERRY JEFFRIES plus four from newcomer JOEY GLYNNE steered Temple Fortune B towards double figures as they ripped Brixton B to shreds.
Ben David and David Sawyer put the icing on the cake for table-topping Fortune.
Dan Sherman hit a couple of consolations for Brixton.
DC Prediction: Brixton B 1 Temple Fortune B 3
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JC CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP ROUND ONE
BRIXTON PROGRESS
L’EQUIPE 0 BRIXTON OLD BOYS A 3
Brixton maintained their winning habit with Jamie Kent, Rob Hershkorn and James Kaye on target at L'Equipe.
John Nitka, the Brixton boss, told JC Sport: "We made hard work of the game in this hot weather however class showed - Jamie Kent opened the scoring on 35 mins and we had to wait until a 60 minute penalty that was neatly tucked away by Rob Hershkorn and finally a screamer from James Kaye from just outside the box on 79 minutes.
"Onto the next round and back to the league programme next week against Chigwell which will be a totally different game."
DC Prediction: L’Equipe 0 Brixton A 5
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