JC Team of the Week: the contenders - January 15

Zac Rose (Lions B)

Ed Brafman (Lions B)

Daniel Behar (Lions B)

Jordan Sapler (Redbridge C)

Josh Cohen (Redbridge C)

Dovi Vogel (RC UK FC)

Aron Luftig (RC UK FC)

David Brown (RC UK FC)

Josh Marlow (RC UK FC)

Daniel Sinclair (Finchley City)

Alex Lee (Oakwood A)

Dale Bradman (Oakwood A)

Brandon Sassoon (Scrabble FC)

Dan Stock (Scrabble FC)

MIDFIELDERS

Yossi Goldberg (Real Hendon)

Motty Korman (Real Hendon)

Mike Patterson (Faithfold B)

Nick Landesberg (Lions B)

Benji Weinberger (Lions B)

Jamie Jackson (ML Lions A)

Matt Berkley (Redbridge B)

James Abrams (Oakwood B)

Dan Selwyn (Oakwood B)

Craig Phillips (Redbridge C)

Jacob Kaye (Redbridge C)

Dan Ezra (RC UK FC)

Josh Aziz (Finchley City)

Brad Wine (Oakwood A)

Rafi Stone (Oakwood A)

Ben Lauffer (Oakwood A)

Daniel Harrod (Brady Maccabi)

STRIKERS

Benni Sluckis (Real Hendon)

Joshua Bloom (Lions B)

Michael Kenley (Lions B)

Liam Stein (NL Raiders C)

Sam Castle (Brady Maccabi)

Oli Sade (Finchley City)

Danny Sherman (Scrabble FC)

Adam Arnold (Lions A)

MANAGER

Ryan Springer & Will Beresford (ML Lions A)

Sam Marchant (ML Lions B)

Joel Holder (Finchley City)

REFEREE

Barry David (RC UK FC vs Faithfold B)

 Andy Myerson (Scrabble FC vs Finchley City)

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NOMINATIONS

REAL HENDON

Yossi Goldberg (CM) - won every tackle and header against MH Dons

Motty Korman (CM) - crashed into tackles and set up the winner

Benni Sluckis (S) - worked tirelessly up front. Scored on his return to the team and was a handful for the MHD defence throughout

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MACCABI LONDON LIONS A

Jamie Jackson (M) - bossed the centre midfield in the second half

Adam Arnold (S) - put in an energetic performance, scoring 2 crucial goals to seal the tie against Hendon

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NORTH LONDON RAIDERS C

Liam Stein (S) - an all-round great performance capped off with two brilliant goals to carry Raiders to victory

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REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE B

Matt Berkley (RM) - two very composed finishes. An impressive performance

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OAKWOOD B

James Abrams (CAM) - Playing in his preferred No. 10 position he scored two good goals. One a good hit from outside the area and the other was a close range header.

Dan Selwyn (M) - Some beautiful crossing and passing today. Kept his assist tally ticking over. Mercurial best

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RC UK FC

Dovi Vogel - played CB CM and RB all in the same game, grabbed the first with a deft finish and assisted the second with a lovely ball over the top that was finished from the edge of the box with a pinpoint chip over the GK and into the far top corner

Daniel Ezra (RWB) - was solid from start finish both in defence and attack

Aaron Luftig (CB) - solid performance from Tiggy, tidy in possession and wasn't beaten once

David Brown (CB) - a true warrior, puts in 100 every game and always delivers

Josh Marlow (CB) - improving with every match and had another outstanding game today

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FINCHLEY CITY

Yossi Lanning - (GK - MOTM) saved a penalty and made a couple of other brilliant saves. Was commanding on crosses and displayed one of the best goalkeeping performances we have seen all season.

Oli Sade (S) - magician on the ball. Assisted two goals. Worked extremely hard off the ball and influential in all our attacks.

Daniel Sinclair (D) - rock at the back. Another flawless performance.

Josh Aziz (M) - superb game. Leader on and off the pitch. Covered every blade of grass and dominated the midfield

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OAKWOOD A

Alex Lee (D) – Solid display on his return to the side following a lengthy lay off with a foot injury. Huge player to have back involved.

Dale Bradman (D) – solid and played his part in the best defence in the league. Yet another clean sheet

Brad Wine (LM) – unplayable. The Woodford right back must need a long rest after Brad's powerful and unstoppable display on the right-hand side

Rafi Stone (CM – good performance in central midfield

Ben Lauffer (CAM) – his best performance in an Oaks shirt. 2 goals and a controlled display in the number 10 role behind Leor Sidle

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BRADY MACCABI

Sam Castle (S) - unplayable throughout the game and bagged himself a first half hat-trick

Daniel Harrod (LM) - vintage performance from the Brady captain with 3 assists from the left-hand side of midfield

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SCRABBLE FC

Jonny Mervish (GK) - not having made a competitive start for nearly three years, Mervish came into the side and pulled off some unbelievable quality saves to keep Scrabble in the tie, including a stunning double save a minute from time

Brandon Sassoon (CB) - another top-quality defensive performance from Brandon who also popped up in attack late in the game set up a thrilling finish with Scrabble's second goal

Dan Stock (CB) - playing out of position was like a rock at the heart of the Scrabble defence and along with Brandon coped so well with one of the most pacey and skilful attacking threats in the league from the Finchley strikers

Danny Sherman (S) - top quality show from Danny playing as a lone target man with his back to goal and spent 90 minutes holding up the ball so well and brought his midfielders into the game with his distribution

REFEREE - Andy Myerson - kept the game flowing and controlled the game so well in difficult conditions and spot on with his decisions

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MACCABI LONDON LIONS B

Zac Rose (RB) - fantastic performance at right back, keeping the Raiders excellent wingers extremely quiet

Ed Brafman (CB) - a real big captain's performance on the big day, wins every single challenge

Daniel Behar (LB) - absolutely terrific, up and down the pitch from left back, worked his socks off and got an assist for Bloom's                           second

Nick Landesberg (CM) - protected the back 4 like a true warrior. Would not let anything past.

Benji Weinberger (LM) - a full-hearted committed performance, helping out his left back whilst causing continues problems for the Raiders defence. Got the 4th goal to sew up the game

Joshua Bloom (S) - didn’t start the game, but coming on after 30 mins showed his true quality, class and passion. Scored two goals in 15 mins to put Lions ahead going into half time

Michael Kenley (S) - struggled for chances but worked off the scraps like a professional, making it very hard for the defence to be comfortable and unselfishly based the ball when on a 1v1 situation.