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MGBSFL Matchday 14 review
HMH kept up the pressure on Hendon United with a 3-2 win over Oakwood, while Brook Farm Rovers scored a last-minute goal to draw with Division One leaders North London Galaxy.
December 8, 2019 13:12
HMH kept up the pressure on Hendon United with a 3-2 win over Oakwood, while Brook Farm Rovers scored a last-minute goal to draw with Division One leaders North London Galaxy.
December 8, 2019 13:12VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: FC TEAM vs CLUB de CHIGWELL
PHOTOGALLERY: FC TEAM vs CLUB de CHIGWELL
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DANNY CARO'S MATCHDAY 14 AWARDS
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Gav Nussbaum (Brook Farm Rovers)
MANAGER OF THE WEEK: Dan Cohen, Tomer Tricot, Ben Pollins (Brook Farm Rovers)
GOAL OF THE WEEK: Dovi Diamant (MLFC Red)
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Jake Sanders (Fairlop FC)
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MATCHDAY 14 RESULTS
MGBSFL PREM DIV
HMH 3 Oakwood 2 (MATCH REPORT)
MLFC Blue 3 Fairlop FC 0 (MATCH REPORT)
DIV 1
Brook Farm Rovers 2 North London Galaxy 2 (MATCH REPORT)
Hertswood Vale 3 MLFC Red 1 (MATCH REPORT)
Jewdinese 3 Redbridge Jewish Care 0 (MATCH REPORT)
North London Raiders 9 Mill Hill Dons 1 (MATCH REPORT)
DIV 2
FC Team 3 Club de Chigwell 0 (MATCH REPORT)
Paris Saint-Jewmain 7 Hampstead Ducks 1 (MATCH REPORT)
Scrabble 3 North West London Bears 3 (MATCH REPORT)
West Hamdillah 1 Borussia Barnet 9 (MATCH REPORT)
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JC HAT-TRICK HEROES
PREM DIV - Charlie Ezra (MLFC Blue)
DIV 1 - Aron Gale (North London Raiders)
DIV 2 - Oron Sheldon (Borussia Barnet), Michael Kenley (Borussia Barnet), Amit Shabtai (Paris Saint-Jewmain)
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JC TEAM OF THE WEEK: CONTENDERS
GK Ben Brown (Hertswood Vale), David Gordon (FC Team)
DEFENDERS Gav Nussbaum (Brook Farm Rovers), Adam Shafron (FC Team), Gideon Moss (FC Team), Grant Reingold (Jewdinese)
MIDFIELDERS Dan Reuben (Hertswood Vale), Charlie Becker (Hertswood Vale), Gavin Fox (North London Raiders), Charlie Cohen (North London Raiders), Joel Citron (Paris Saint-Jewmain), Hadley Silver (Scrabble), Oli Gotkine (North West London Bears), Dave Cohen (FC Team)
STRIKERS Oron Sheldon (Borussia Barnet), Michael Kenley (Borussia Barnet), Charlie Ezra (MLFC Blue), Aron Gale (North London Raiders), Harry Graham (Hertswood Vale), Amit Shabtai (Paris Saint-Jewmain), Simon Lousky (North West London Bears), Richard Salmon (FC Team)
MANAGER Dan Cohen (Brook Farm Rovers)
REFEREE
Email nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK: CONTENDERS
HARRY GRAHAM (Hertswood Vale) - Dan Reuben chased down a loose ball into the far corner of the pitch, he picked up the ball and absolutely sold their defender before playing an inch-perfect ball into the box for Graham to head home
DOVI DIAMANT (MLFC Red) - a brilliantly worked goal. Alec Ezra broke free down the right and hits cross was superbly met by Diamant who glided the ball into the corner of the net
ZACH COHEN (Mill Hill Dons) - scored a delightful free-kick that left Dan Lipman stranded in the Raiders net
AMIT SHABTAI (Paris Saint-Jewmain) - a brilliant piece of individual play against the Ducks
HADLEY SILVER (Scrabble) - a superb free-kick against the Bears
ORON SHELDON (Borussia Barnet) - scored direct from a corner against West Hamdillah
DAN SELWYN (Oakwood) - another pile-driver - second week running. When he hits them, they stay hit
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JC SAVE OF THE WEEK: CONTENDERS
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK: CONTENDERS
JAKE SANDERS (FAIRLOP FC) - "The referee threatened to call the game off in the first-half because of a kit clash and I wish he'd gone through with it!"
JOEL NATHAN (MLFC RED) - "Having to deal with late withdrawals was not the best prep but we still fielded 12 players with both the club chairman, 61, and vice chairman, 50, putting their boots back on to help the club and with two other over-40’s in the team, we were glad to have a 16-year-old in the team to bring the average ages down"
JACOB EMANUEL (Hertswood Vale) - "I would also like to say a big shout-out to Joel Nathan and Andy Landesberg for going out of their way to field a team and ensure today’s game went ahead"
DAVID ISAACS (NL Raiders) - "Each week we are getting better and better and I can see everything that we are doing in training is really paying off ... however I do believe we still have another few gears to get to which is very exciting. We move on to next weeks game which will be a big test against Vale"
ELIO ELIA (Paris Saint-Jewmain) - "A special mention has to go to our Israeli debutant Amit Shabtai who scored a superb hat-trick and was a constant threat all game. The Ducks defence simply couldn't handle him. Not a bad start to English football"
BRAD PAPIER (Borussia Barnet) - "It was a very easy day at the office for the boys and now a nice break to look forward to before we come back in 2020. 22/27 points and quarter-final of the Morrison, not a bad start"
DAN COHEN (Brook Farm Rovers) - "We can be proud of the fact that we’ve taken points off most teams so far this season and are unbeaten in the league since September. We now look forward to a much needed Chanukah break to get the squad back to full health and rest assured we’ll be raring to go come January"
JAMES HARPIN (North West London Bears) - "There was nothing we can do when someone sticks a free-kick into the top corner. I got a slight finger on it but the ball was so far in the top corner"
MITCH YOUNG (FC Team) - "Throughout the season you will have games where you can play nice football and score lots of goals but today was about who wanted it more"
LUKE LEWIS (North London Galaxy) - "We need to be gracious in both defeat and victory - fair play to BFR they showed great resilience to get back into the game but we let ourselves down. Unfortunately, if you want to make two mistakes in a game against an opposition who are hungry to beat you then you're going to struggle to win leagues. We have a winter break now which we'll use to get fitter and stronger, tackling the new year as a fresh slate"
DARREN LAWRENCE (Jewdinese) - "It’s nice to be going in at Chanukah on the back off a good run of form"
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
LEAGUE TABLE (TOP 3)
1. HMH Pl. 8, W. 5, Pts. 16
2. Hendon Utd Sports Pl. 6, W. 5, Pts. 15
3. MLFC Blue Pl. 8, W. 3, Pts. 12
TOP-SCORERS 12 - Josh Cuby (Oakwood A), 8 - Oscar Wagner (HMH), 7 - Avi Markiewicz (Faithfold DocMM White), Chaim Korman (Hendon Utd Sports)
HMH 3 OAKWOOD 2
HMH boosted their title hopes with a thrilling 3-2 win over Oakwood, thanks to strikes from Nate Kashket, Oscar Wagner and an own goal.
Oakwood's goals came through top-scorer Josh Cuby and Dan Selwyn.
HMH boss Avi Goldberg told JC Sport: “This was by no means a vintage performance today. We found it hard to play our game and for that credit must go to Oakwood, but we made our chances and secured the points.”
Oaks Director of Football Dan Kristall told JC Sport: "It was a tough game in which a draw would have been a fair result. We battled well after going a goal down early to an unfortunate own goal and dominated for large parts."
DC Prediction: HMH 2 Oakwood 1
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MLFC BLUE 3 FAIRLOP FC 0
CHARLIE EZRA's first Premier Division hat-trick steered MLFC Blue to a well-polished performance to see off Fairlop FC 3-0 at Rowley Lane.
MLFC joint-manager Max Kyte told JC Sport: "We were very pleased to keep the winning streak going and the buzz in the team is great at the moment. Another clean sheet for the back four and a hat-trick from youngster Charlie Ezra has made Laurence Judah and my weekend. Ezra has been going from strength to strength and has been impressing, so a hat-trick is no less than he has deserved."
Fairlop's Jake Sanders told JC Sport: "The referee threatened to call the game off in the first-half because of a kit clash and I wish he'd gone through with it!"
DC Prediction: MLFC 2 Fairlop 1
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DIVISION ONE
LEAGUE TABLE (TOP 3)
1. NL Raiders Pl. 8, W. 7, Pts. 22
2. Hertswood Vale Pl. 8, W. 5, Pts. 16
3. NL Galaxy Pl. 9, W. 6, Pts. 21
TOP-SCORERS 14 - Aron Gale (North London Raiders), 13 - Reiss Mogilner (Jewdinese), 12 - James Millet (Hertswood Vale), Zach Cohen (Mill Hill Dons), Liron Mannie (North London Raiders)
BROOK FARM ROVERS 2 NORTH LONDON GALAXY 2
A last-minute strike from Gav Nussbaum earned mid-table Brook Farm Rovers against leaders North London Galaxy. Nussbaum was joined on the scoresheet by joint-player-manager Dan Cohen.
Galaxy's goals came via Tyler Smith and player-manager Luke Lewis.
Proud Rovers joint-manager Dan Cohen told JC Sport: "We started very slowly, and credit to Galaxy they came out and showed why they are a top team and are challenging for the title. But we never gave up, and after half-time we showed why we are good enough to be in this division and deservedly got a point which seemed so unlikely after half an hour."
Galaxy player-manager Luke Lewis told JC Sport: "It was a sad one to take to be honest - we dominated the game and should've gone into the half 2-0 up but let BFR back into the game with an error which cost goals."
DC Prediction: Rovers 2 Galaxy 3
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HERTSWOOD VALE 3 MLFC RED 1
Hertswood Vale continued their upwards trajectory after beating MLFC Red 3-1, just as predicted!
MLFC took the lead mid-way through the first half with a brilliant-worked goal. Alec Ezra broke free down the right and hits cross was superbly met by Dovi Diamant who glided the ball into the corner of the net.
It was not until the 60th minute when MLFC back-line was breached and once Vale got one their tails were up and the younger legs took control and MLFC just could not keep up, with Harry Graham, Charlie Becker and an own goal completing the comeback.
Triumphant Vale joint-manager Jacob Emanuel told JC Sport: "Based upon our performance for 70 minutes of the game, we can consider ourselves a little lucky. However, a win is a win not matter how ugly it was. Well played to MLFC, and best of luck for the season."
MLFC boss Joel Nathan told JC Sport: "I was extremely proud of our performance and the wins will come but just not this week."
DC Prediction: Vale 3 MLFC 1
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JEWDINESE 3 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE 0
Reiss Mogilner registered his 11th goal of the season as Jewdinese climbed into the top four following a deserved victory over RJC.
Billy Lee and Sam Stern joined him on the scoresheet as the Zebras sealed their fourth win in five matches.
Zebras boss Darren Lawrence told JC Sport: "Everyone played unbelievably yesterday It was great to see all the boys working for eachother and getting a deserved win as well."
DC Prediction: Vale 3 MLFC 1
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NORTH LONDON RAIDERS 9 MILL HILL DONS 1
Raiders finished the weekend in top spot as ARON GALE (3) led the rampage against Mill Hill Dons.
Liron Mannie and Charlie Cohen fired two apiece, with further strikes from Alex Jacobs and Mikey Fields adding the gloss.
NLR joint-manager David Isaacs told JC Sport: "Well what can I say. It was superb all-round, from minute one the boys were on it and we didn’t let the Dons have a minute rest."
Top-scorer Zach Cohen fired a consolation for the visitors. Dons boss Jamie Nagioff told JC Sport: "Today was always going to be tough, playing a side that is by far the best in our division, but we still under-performed. Our injury list is proving a real issue at the moment but credit to Raiders who were very, very good on the ball."
DC Prediction: NLR 3 Dons 1
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DIVISION TWO
LEAGUE TABLE (TOP 3)
1. FC Team Pl. 8, W. 7, Pts. 22
2. Borussia Barnet Pl. 9, W. 7, Pts. 22
3. Temple Fortune Pl. 9, W. 5, Pts. 16
TOP-SCORERS 14 - Jono Gaon (Hampstead Ducks), 12 - Saul Green (Club De Chigwell), 11 - Danny Sherman (Temple Fortune), 10 - Daniel Garfinkle (Club De Chigwell)
FC TEAM 3 CLUB de CHIGWELL 0
Dave Cohen (2) and Adam Shafron helped FC Team boost their title hopes with an impressive 3-0 win over fourth-placed Club de Chigwell at London Academy.
Jubilant FC Team player-boss Mitch Young told JC Sport: ""We have now taken six points off of Chigwell, which is massive, and, of course, we remain undefeated this season. Chigwell are a good side we wish them well and know they will take points off a lot of teams."
CdC joint-manager James Rose told JC Sport: "It wasn’t meant to be today. Personally I’m surprised the referee allowed the game to go ahead today but if I speak I will get a fine by the MGBSFL. We are only half-way through the season so still a long way to go and hopefully the second half the season will be more prosperous for us."
Photogallery to follow ...
DC Prediction: Team 4 CdC 3
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PARIS SAINT-JEWMAIN 7 HAMPSTEAD DUCKS 1
AMIT SHABTAI made a dream debut, scoring a hat-trick as Paris Saint-Jewmain finished in seventh heaven against Hampstead Ducks.
Joel Citron (2), Jack Ottman and Jono Myers were among the scorers in a win which saw PSJ leapfrog the Ducks.
Delighted PSJ boss Elio Elia told JC Sport: "Overall it was a very convincing win and it was a pleasure for me to watch from the sidelines. A special mention has to go to our Israeli debutant Amit Shabtai who scored a superb hat-trick and was a constant threat all game. The Ducks defence simply couldn't handle him. Not a bad start to English football ..."
DC Prediction: PSJ 3 Ducks 2
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SCRABBLE 3 NORTH WEST LONDON BEARS 3
The Bears made it two games without defeat as Matt Davidson, Sam Martin and Simon Lousky were on the mark against Scrabble.
Alex Bourne (2) and Hadley Silver replied for Scrabble in a thrilling encounter in which they trailed 0-3.
Scrabble player-manager Jon Yantin told JC Sport: "The old boys continue their unbeaten run into three games with the feeling it really was two points dropped."
Bears joint-player-manager James Harpin told JC Sport: "Of course it’s disappointing to throw away a 3-0 lead but there are so many positives we can take from our performance."
DC Prediction: Scrabble 2 Bears 1
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WEST HAMDILLAH 1 BORUSSIA BARNET 9
ORON SHELDON (4) and MICHAEL KENLEY (3) led the goal bonanza as joint-leaders Borussia Barnet crushed lowly West Hamdillah.
Further strikes from Sam Lipton and Mitchell Gerber completed the rout.
Borussia joint-manager Brad Papier told JC Sport: "Job done! It was a very easy day at the office for the boys and now a nice break to look forward to before we come back in 2020. 22/27 points and quarter-final of the Morrison, not a bad start."
DC Prediction: Hamdillah 0 Borussia 7
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MATCHES OFF
PREM DIV - Camden Park vs Hendon United Sports - Camden forfeited
DIV 2 - Faithfold DOCMM Green vs Temple Fortune
match postponed - waterlogged pitch