There were big wins for Faithfold A, Glenthorne United A and Athletic Bilbaum on the opening weekend of the 2012/13 JC MSFL season. Danny Caro looks back on all the action.
Email details of your match, including team of the week nominations and post-match reaction to dcaro@thejc.com
JC MSFL MATCHDAY 1 HEADLINES
Prem Div - Red-hot Raeburn inspires fabulous Faithfold
Div 1 - Three cheers for Glenthorne
Div 2 - Supersub Setyon lifts Neasden
Div 3 - Fogelman back with a bang
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PHOTOGALLERIES
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JC HAT-TRICK HEROES
Prem Div - Yoni Raeburn (Faithfold A), Jamie Wolfson (NL Raiders A)
Div 1 - Jamie Kent (Shirley Park)
Div 2 - Jake Gilbert 4 (Athletic Bilbaum), Jamie Sinai (Catford & Bromley Maccabi)
Div 3 - Ben Zloof (AC Mill Hill)
JC CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP ROUND ONE DRAW
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DANNY CARO'S MATCHDAY ONE OSCARS
JC GOAL OF THE WEEK
Nicky Plotnek (Shirley Park)
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JC SAVE OF THE WEEK
Josh Cohen (Los Blancos) - crucial penalty save earned his team a point at Glenthorne B
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JC SUPERSUB OF THE WEEK
Elliot Setyon (NW Neasden B)
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
PREMIER DIVISION
TOP-SCORERS
3 - Yoni Raeburn (Faithfold A), Jamie Wolfson (NL Raiders A)
RED-HOT RAEBURN INSPIRES FABULOUS FAITHFOLD
FAITHFOLD A 5 BRIXTON OLD BOYS A 1
YONI RAEBURN was the star man with a sensational hat-trick as Faithfold hammered Brixton at Chase Lodge.
Further efforts from the returning Jonny Haik and Dan Perkins put the icing on the cake for Zuriel Solomons' troops.
Sam Franks snatched a consolation for Brixton.
DC Prediction: Faithfold A 2 Brixton A 1
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NEW BOYS FINISH ALL SQUARE
OAKWOOD A 1 NORSTAR A 1
Newly-promoted Oakwood and Norstar went away with a share of the points following a well-contested match at Parmiters.
Bobby Cousins registered for the Oaks, with Sammy Kalms on target for Norstar.
DC Prediction: Oakwood 3 Norstar 1
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POINTS SHARED AFTER SIX-GOAL THRILLER
NORTH LONDON RAIDERS A 3 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE A 3
A hat-trick from JAMIE WOLFSON earned Raiders a share of the spoils following a six-goal thriller against Redbridge A at Brunel.
Jack Van Gelder, Ben Sollosi and Adam Stolerman were the goal men for RJC.
DC Prediction: North London Raiders A 3 Redbridge Jewish Care A 2
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DIVISION ONE
TOP-SCORERS
3 - Jamie Kent (Shirley Park)
THORNES OFF TO A FLYER
NORTH WEST NEASDEN A 0 GLENTHORNE UNITED A 3
Glenthorne A claimed a mightily impressive 3-0 victory at title rivals Neasden A with strikes from Scott Jay, Fabio Riveccio and Adam Bernstein doing the damage in north-west London.
Glenthorne manager Sam Rosenthal told JC Sport: "We defended very well throughout, with the only disappointment being we didn't finish more of the many chances we created."
DC Prediction: Neasden 0 Glenthorne 1
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JAMIE HAS SHIRLEY JUMPING FOR JOY
SHIRLEY PARK 6 UJIA 3
A treble from new signing JAMIE KENT helped Shirley Park hit UJIA for six in a goal extravaganza.
Ex-West Brom star Nicky Plotnek got the ball rolling with the goal of the game - a wonder strike into the top corner from 40 yards with Gideon Gold chipping in with a brace.
Matty Radstone and Assi Avital registered for UJIA.
DC Prediction: Shirley Park 3 UJIA 1
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HARMEN MAKE THEIR POINT
SOUTHGATE HARMEN 1 FAITHFOLD B 1
Harmen felt hard done by by a refereeing decision as they got their season off to a solid start with a draw at home to Faithfold B in Southgate.
Alex Bull was the goal-scorer for Harmen with a stunning goal-of-the-week contender, with Faithfold's goal coming through Guy Benahron.
DC Prediction: Southgate Harmen 0 Faithfold B 0
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DIVISION TWO
TOP-SCORER
4 - Jake Gilbert (Athletic Bilbaum)
2 - Elliot Setyon (NW Neasden B)
1 - Louis Taylor (NW Neasden B), Adam Speck (Blizzard Storm), Jordan Sapler (Glenthorne B), Adam Hersh (Los Blancos)
SUPERSUB SETYON LIFTS NEASDEN B
BLIZZARD STORM 1 NORTH WEST NEASDEN B 3
Two goals from supersub Elliot Setyon helped Louis Taylor's Neasden B make an excellent start against a Blizzard team that finished the match with 10 men.
Neasden opened the scoring only for Adam Speck to make it 1-1 from the penalty spot, but the visitors went on to score two further goals from Louis Taylor and Setyon again.
Blizzard's misery was completed in the dying minutes when Oli Simons was dismissed.
NWN player-manager Adam Levene told JC Sport: "It was a tough match. We improved in the second half and created more chances to deserve the win."
Blizzard boss Simon Linden told JC Sport: "We dominated the first half, hitting the bar twice and also scoring a disallowed goal. We played some great football.
"The second half was a different story - we took our eye of the ball a bit and let Neasden back in. They took there chances, fair play.
"Next week is massive, we have to bounce back against Norstar."
DC Prediction: Blizzard Storm 1 NW Neasden B 1
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TOP CAT COHEN SAVES BLANCOS
GLENTHORNE UNITED B 1 LOS BLANCOS 1
As predicted, Division Four champions Glenthorne B drew 1-1 with Los Blancos in what was described as a competitive game in Essex, with some good football on show from both teams on a lovely pitch at Fairlop.
The home side started the brightest, creating some good chances and having most of the possession in the first 15 minutes. After that Blancos had the better of the first half and they were rewarded. A goal kick from Josh Cohen sent player-manager Adam Hersh through on goal and a delicious chip over the on-rushing keeper gave Blancos a deserved 1-0 lead at the break.
The Thornes started brightly again in the second half and were soon awarded a penalty after a handball from a corner. The penalty just beat Cohen in the Blancos goal to level the game.
Glenthorne joint-manager Liam Stein told JC Sport: "All in all a good start to the season, but there is definite improvements to make in the coming weeks.
"Los Blancos are definitely a team that will take points off other teams in our division and it was vital not to lose the game. Saying that we probably should have taken all three points but it's something we know we need to work on."
Blancos boss Adam Hersh praised his defence. "We expect Cohen to make saves and stop penalties but Eddy Nathan performance was superb and he would have walked into any team this Sunday!
"Ultimately we are happy with a draw away to tough opposition and we look forward to the reverse fixture."
DC Prediction: Glenthorne B 1 Los Blancos 1
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JACOBS CRACKS NORSTAR B
NORSTAR B 2 CATFORD & BROMLEY MACCABI 4
JAMIE SINAI filled his boots as Lester Jacobs made a winning start in his latest spell as manager of the Cats, with a memorable 4-2 victory against Norstar B.
The Catford hotshot scored all four goals on what was a memorable day for the club.
DC Prediction: Norstar B 2 Catford & Bromley 1
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FOUR-MIDABLE GILBERT TAKES SPEC TO THE CLEANERS
SPEC FC 2 ATHLETIC BILBAUM 5
A fantastic four-goal salvo from JAKE GILBERT saw Athletic Bilbaum cruis to victory in the battle of the two newly-promoted teams.
Ben Bell completed the scoring for the Baums.
Ricky Lawrence, with a penalty, and Daniel Pike netted for SPEC.
SPEC FC's Ricky Lawrence told JC Sport: "Unfortunately we didn't even begin to play until we were 5-0 down and on the day it just seemed like Bilbaum wanted it more.
"Jake Gilbert supplied 4 outstanding finishes and they were definitely worth of their win. It sounds like sour grapes but the ref turned down what was a stonewall penalty at 2-0 and who knows if that would have changed the game or not?"
DC Prediction: SPEC FC 2 Athletic Bilbaum 1
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DIVISION THREE
FOGELMAN BACK WITH A BANG
JEWVENTUS 2 OAKWOOD B 2
A Richard Fogelman double earned Jewventus a hard-earned point following a thriller against new boys Oakwood B at Chase Lodge.
Oakwood's goals came through Victor Librae and Ben Myers.
DC Prediction: Jewventus 2 Oakwood B 2
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ZLOOF DESTROYS NORSTAR C
NORSTAR C 0 AC MILL HILL 6
A fab four-goal salvo from BEN ZLOOF helped AC Mill Hill win the battle of the new boys as they hit Norstar C for six.
Player-manager Joe Levy finished the job with a quality double.
DC Prediction: Norstar C 1 AC Mill Hill 3
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HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB C P L'EQUIPE P
Match postponed
DC Prediction: Hendon Utd SC C 2 L'Equipe 2
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