North London Raiders continued their barnstorming start to the Maccabi Masters League season with a 5-0 demolition of new boys Chigwell Athletic in Division One.
The defending champions were indebted to strikes from Wayne Davidson (2), Andrew Wolfin, Tony Plaskow and Dan Hodes as they extended their lead at the top of the table.
Elsewhere, Faithfold came from two goals down to draw 3-3 against HMH. Captain James Temple and Mark Ratzger had put HMH on course for their first win with first-half strikes. Faithfold hit back through a penalty from Simon Shelley and a long-range strike from Simon Beresford. Ratzger scored his second and HMH's third, but Faithfold levelled late on when a cross from Ben Simons was headed into the net by an HMH defender.
Maccabi London Lions moved into second place in Division Two following a 3-1 win over Hendon Harriers. David Price and Marc Morris and an own goal accounted for the MLL strikes, with Geoff Isaacs replying from the penalty spot for Hendon.
Zigzag Marshside registered the surprise result of the season so far, beating Glenthorne United in spectacular style to avenge several heavy defeats in previous seasons and move into third place.
The game started well for Glenthorne and they could have gone ahead when a long-range shot was pushed onto the bar early in the first half. However, they struggled to find their rhythm and found themselves two down at the break to a long-range wonder goal from Sam Nourazi and another goal from Danny Cuby.
Zigzag stormed into a 3-0 lead early in the second half when Brian Deal muscled his way forward from the halfway line to shrug off several challenges and stab ball under the Glenthorne ‘keeper. Jason Rich then got himself onto the scoresheet on his Marshside debut goal and the rout was completed when Brian Deal scored his second in injury time to make the final score 5-0.
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