MLFC Blue knocked HMH off top spot, defending champions Hendon United Sports returned to the summit after beating Oakwood in a seven-goal thriller, North London Galaxy boosted their title hopes with a big win over SPEC FC in Division One, while the JC cameras watched Faithfold DocMM Green take on title hopefuls Borussia Barnet.
November 24, 2019 12:02
MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
Fairlop 3 Camden Park 3
HMH 0 MLFC Blue 1 (MATCH REPORT)
Oakwood 3 Hendon Utd 4 (MATCH REPORT)
DIVISION ONE
Hertswood Vale 1 Jewdinese 2 (MATCH REPORT)
Brook Farm Rovers 4 Mill Hill Dons 3 (MATCH REPORT)
SPEC FC 1 NL Galaxy 4 (MATCH REPORT)
DIVISION TWO
Faithfold DocMM Green 1 Borussia Barnet 2 (MATCH REPORT)
Scrabble 3 Hampstead Ducks 1 (MATCH REPORT)
West Hamdillah 1 PSJ 5 (MATCH REPORT)
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JC TEAM OF THE WEEK: CONTENDERS
GK Jordan Sharifian (MLFC Blue), Zack Nathan (NL Galaxy), Jake Doffman (Hendon Utd Sports)
DEFENDERS Josh Pistol (MLFC Blue), Adam Hassanali (MLFC Blue), Ollie Lewin (Borussia Barnet), Adam Bowman (Borussia Barnet), Dan Brennan (NL Galaxy), Mordy Weiler (Hendon Utd Sports)
MIDFIELDERS Jamie Jackson (MLFC Blue), Mikey Perkins (MLFC Blue), Ricky Rinder (MLFC Blue), Serge Cowan (Scrabble FC), (Scrabble FC), Neil Kochane (Scrabble FC), Ben Levene (Brook Farm Rovers), Josh Shack (NL Galaxy), Nick Barnett (NL Galaxy)
STRIKERS Philippe Auret (Brook Farm Rovers), Josh Cohen (Paris Saint-Jewmain), Harrison Baum (NL Galaxy), Zack Lewis (Hendon Utd Sports)
MANAGER Max Kyte & Laurence Judah (MLFC Blue), Jon Yantin (Scrabble FC)
REFEREE Martin De La Fuente (Hertswood Vale vs Jewdinese)
Email nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK: CONTENDERS
HARRISON BAUM (North London Galaxy) GOAL 2 - "a thing of beauty!" Every Galaxy player touched the ball as they played out from the back with some wonderful one-touch football, unselfish runs and movement off the ball. Dan Brennan and Grundman combined down the left before Brennan whipped "a Kieran Tierney delivery" into Baum to tap in his second of the game
RICHARD REBACK (Mill Hill Dons) - a superb diving header, arriving brilliantly at the back post to meet a whipped free-kick, setting up a grandstand finish
PHILIPPE AURET (Brook Farm Rovers) - controlled a through ball, knocked it past the defender, opened up his body and bent it top bins round the keeper
ADAM BOWMAN (Borussia Barnet) - superb free-kick against Faithfold. Click here to see it!
ZACK LEWIS (Hendon Utd Sports) - the ball was worked carefully by Rocky Spitzer and Moses Seitler in central midfield before Dovi Fehler managed to hold the ball up against defenders twice his size. He set Lewis through, who waited for the killer moment to volley the ball on the up, down into the bottom corner
AVI KORMAN (Hendon Utd Sports) - An inswinging corner from Chaim Korman was whipped into the box and defended well by the Oakwood giants. Falling to Moses Seitler, he chested the ball down and let loose an audacious volley that was again magnificently blocked by Oakwood’s captain, all the way out to a back-tracking Chaim Korman. One touch out his twinkle-toes and a 35-yard cross deep into the penalty area was met by his older brother to mark his return to the side with a towering attacking header down into the ground and into the roof of the net
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JC SAVE OF THE WEEK: CONTENDERS
ZACK NATHAN (North London Galaxy) - got a strong hand to an excellent shot in the six-yard box against SPEC. Insane reflexes.
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK: CONTENDERS
JORDAN SAPLER (Hendon Utd Sports) - "The motivation and desire of the squad is huge and we relish the challenges set to us by other people in the league. We don’t like to do much talking and we get on with our job on the pitch and that showed today. Back to the top of the table after a brief hiatus and it does look good from this perch!"
AVI KORMAN (Hendon Utd Sports) - "On a personal note – its lovely to get three points and an engagement in the space of three days but ultimately if Oakwood had not time-wasted their lead away I would have considered it a less than successful week!"
DAN KRISTALL (Oakwood) - "Leading 3-1 and dominating the game, we looked like the only winners but credit must go to Hendon, they never give up and have a fantastic team spirit. Along with their squad depth, that ultimately got them over the line"
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
TOP-SCORERS 11 - Josh Cuby (Oakwood A), 7 - Oscar Wagner (HMH), Chaim Korman (Hendon Utd Sports)
MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
HMH 0 MLFC BLUE 1
A first-half strike from Mikey Perkins earned MLFC their second - and best - win of the season as they inflicted a second defeat of the season on league leaders HMH at the Hive.
MLFC joint-manager Max Kyte told JC Sport: "The guys came focussed to do a job today against a really good HMH side. We know the way they play, and they have a lot of quality players, so we set up to have a really compact unit and let them have the ball from deep and out wide. The second half was much the same, with HMH struggling to create any clear-cut chances and our team were completely solid."
Disappointed HMH boss Avi Goldberg told JC Sport: "We had an off day in front of goal and on another day it wound have been a cricket score."
DC Prediction: HMH 2 MLFC 1
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OAKWOOD 3 HENDON UNITED SPORTS 4
Defending champions Hendon United Sports returned to top spot after winning a seven-goal thriller against third-placed Oakwood in Wembley, with strikes from Avi Korman, Chaim Korman, Moses Seitler and Zack Lewis.
Hendon stand-in joint-manager Avi Korman told JC Sport: ‘It is always good to play Oakwood and test an element of our side that we are not renowned for. We are happy to pass through and around you and look forward to doing so again on the plains of Hadley."
Oakwood Director of Football Dan Kristall told JC Sport: "It was a great advert for the league. We should have seen the game out but unfortunately Hendon's squad depth ended up being the difference in a game that strangely went on for well over 100 minutes."
DC Prediction: Oakwood 0 Hendon 1
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FAIRLOP FC 3 CAMDEN PARK 3
Fairlop and Camden - the bottom two teams in the division - shared the points after a six-goal thriller at 7 Kings, with Daryl Rubin, Bradley Porter and Ryan Cole registering for the home side.
Camden's goals came via Mike Khalatschi (2) and Kane Gilbery.
DC Prediction: Fairlop 1 Camden 1
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DIVISION ONE
TOP-SCORERS 12 - James Millet (Hertswood Vale), 11 - Zach Cohen (Mill Hill Dons), Aron Gale (North London Raiders)
HERTSWOOD VALE 1 JEWDINESE 2
Sim Cohen and Adam Gold earned Jewdinese their third league win of the season as they moved on to ten points following a hard-fought win over third-placed Hertswood Vale.
After a goalless first half, 'Nese made the breakthrough after a free-kick was cleared only as far as Cohen, who struck a volley that was deflected into the corner. Captain Gold doubled the lead 15 minutes later, with his second in two games when he headed in from a Joe Meisel corner. A late penalty from Vale talisman James Millet set up a nervy finish however 'Nese dug in and defended well to ensure that they came away with the points.
Jubilant 'Nese boss Darren Lawrence told JC Sport: "It was a decent performance today. We know we’re probably capable of more but it was enough to get the win today. Vale are a good side and they caused us a few problems, but our quality shone through."
DC Prediction: Vale 1 ‘Nese 2
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BROOK FARM ROVERS 4 MILL HILL DONS 3
Brook Farm Rovers won a seven-goal thriller against mid-table rivals Mill Hill Dons, who rallied from 4-1 down, but couldn't quite manage an equaliser.
Philippe Auret (2), Alex Wolfenden and leading marksman Dan Cohen registered for Rovers who moved to within a point of fourth-placed SPEC. A penalty from top-scorer Zach Cohen and a double from Richard Reback accounted for the Dons goals.
BFR joint-manager Dan Cohen told JC Sport: "Thankfully we managed to hold on for the victory we deserved. We now look forward to a cup tie at Rowley Lane next week."
Dons manager Jamie Nagioff told JC Sport: "I'm happy enough with our attitude today and we started to get used to our shape, growing into the game as it went on. There are plenty of positives to take forward into next week."
DC Prediction: Rovers 2 Dons 1
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SPEC FC 1 NORTH LONDON GALAXY 4
A deadly double from Harrison Baum helped table-toppers Galaxy destroy SPEC FC, with Josh Shack and Jordan Grundman completing the rout as Luke Lewis's men moved four points clear.
Galaxy player-manager Luke Lewis told JC Sport: "It was cruise control from the off. I'm so proud of the boys for the football on display today. Watching the game was an absolute pleasure and we all can’t wait for the game next week."
Top-scorer Zack Neiman scored a consolation for SPEC, for whom player-manager Ricky Lawrence told JC Sport: "Another tough game, another defeat. HMH be warned!"
DC Prediction: SPEC 2 Galaxy 3
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MLFC RED P BAYERN MINCHA P
Match postponed - Bayern are suspended
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DIVISION TWO
TOP-SCORERS 14 - Jono Gaon (Hampstead Ducks), 11 - Danny Sherman (Temple Fortune), 10 - Simon Cohen (Temple Fortune)
FAITHFOLD DOCMM GREEN 1 BORUSSIA BARNET 2
Adam Bowman and Oliver Lewin struck as Borussia Barnet beat Faithfold DocMM Green 2-1 in front of the JC cameras to go joint-top alongside FC Team.
Akiva Solomon registered for Faithfold whose good recent run of form was halted.
Borussia joint-manager Brad Papier told JC Sport: "Faithfold then threw everything at us, and we did really well to hold on and win 2-1, really was a game of two halves but we’re delighted with the three points."
DC Prediction: Faithfold 1 Borussia 3
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SCRABBLE FC 3 HAMPSTEAD DUCKS 1
Scrabble returned to winning ways thanks to goals from Alex Bourne, Dan Ruckin and Lloyd Becker in a 3-1 win over Hamsptead Ducks.
Sam Goldberg pulled one back for the Ducks who remain two points ahead of Scrabble with a game in hand.
Proud Scrabble boss Jon Yantin told JC Sport: "The old boys avenged ducks recent 6-0 mauling with a tactical master-class to lock out the young guns."
DC Prediction: Scrabble 2 Ducks 4
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WEST HAMDILLAH 1 PARIS SAINT-JEWMAIN 5
Paris Saint-Jewmain were far from their best but they did enough to overcome winless West Hamdillah in what was their fourth league win of the season. Josh Cohen (2), Aaron Spalter, Jack Ottman and an own goal guided PSJ home.
Delighted PSJ boss Elio Elia told JC Sport: "Our form is extremely promising going into a busy winter period and we are looking to put together some big performances over the next few weeks in order to climb up the table going into the new year."
DC Prediction: Hamdillah 0 PSJ 5
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NORTH WEST LONDON BEARS P FC TEAM P
Match postponed - waterlogged pitch
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