HMH and Mill Hill Dons reached the semi-finals of this season's Peter Morrison Trophy after edging out Oakwood A and Redbridge Jewish Care A respectively, while Hertswood Vale clinched promotion from Division Two in the MGBSFL.
February 24, 2019 13:34
DANNY CARO'S MATCHDAY 21 AWARDS
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Sam Singer (Mill Hill Dons)
MANAGER OF THE WEEK: Brandon Hamme (Mill Hill Dons)
GOAL OF THE WEEK: Jordan Aspis (ML Lions)
SAVE OF THE WEEK: James Hiller (Oakwood A)
REFEREE OF THE WEEK Barry David (FC Team vs Redbridge JC B),
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MATCHDAY 21 RESULTS
PETER MORRISON TROPHY QUARTER-FINALS
HMH 2 Oakwood A 2 (AET - HMH won 5-4 on penalties) (MATCH REPORT)
Mill Hill Dons 0 Redbridge JC A 0 (AET - HMH won 5-4 on penalties) (MATCH REPORT)
ML Lions 2 Los Camden A 1 (MATCH REPORT)
MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
Hendon Utd 3 Brady Maccabi 0 (MATCH REPORT)
DIVISION ONE
NL Raiders 2 Oakwood B 2
DIVISION TWO
Faithfold Doc MM B 0 Hertswood Vale 2 (MATCH REPORT)
FC Team 6 Redbridge JC B 3 (MATCH REPORT)
BARRY GOLDSTEIN TROPHY ROUND ONE
SPEC FC 5 Fairlop FC 1
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JC HAT-TRICK HERO
BGT - Zack Neiman (SPEC FC)
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JC TEAM OF THE WEEK: CONTENDERS
GK Sam Singer (Mill Hill Dons), Jake Doffman (HMH)
DEFENDERS Ed Brafman (ML Lions), Jordan Aspis (ML Lions), Zac Garbacz (Hendon Utd), Ari Nevies (Hendon Utd), Sammy Kingston (HMH), Adam Freedman (Mill Hill Dons), Adam Lisberg (Mill Hill Dons), Jamie Nagioff (Mill Hill Dons), James Neidle (Hertswood Vale), Ashley Hirschberger (Hertswood Vale), Mike Khalatschi (Los Camden A), Guy Fenton (Los Camden A), Harvey Kaye (Oakwood A)
MIDFIELDERS Will Beresford (ML Lions), Adam Arnold (ML Lions), George Goldberg (HMH), Jordan Harris (Hertswood Vale), Josh Gorb (Hertswood Vale), Jonny Kaye (Hertswood Vale), Oli Brooks (Los Camden A), David Cohen (FC Team), Luke Brookner (Oakwood A), Kyle Bentwood (Oakwood A), Brad Wine (Oakwood A)
STRIKERS Zack Neiman (SPEC FC), Aron Gale (NL Raiders), Ethan Krell (HMH), Oscar Wagner (HMH), Kane Gilbery (Los Camden A), Josh Bharier (Oakwood A)
MANAGER - Brandon Hammé (Mill Hill Dons), Ricky Lawrence (SPEC FC)
REFEREE Barry David (FC Team vs Redbridge JC B), Phil Peters (MH Dons v RJC A)
Email nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK: CONTENDERS
- JORDAN ASPIS (ML Lions) - made a darting run with the ball from the halfway line, played a simple pass inside to Adam Arnold. Aspis looked for the one-two but didn’t receive it as Arnold switched the ball to the right back Adam Hassanali. Aspis had stayed up high, Hassanali whipped in a deep 45-yard cross to Aspis who coolly slotted a volley into the bottom corner from the left-hand side of the box. Stunning football and a great finish
- GAV NOE (Hendon Utd) - the move started from the back, with Josh Harris playing a lovely weighted through ball for Noe to run into the ball and chip the keeper with his weaker foot from 20 yards
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JC SAVE OF THE WEEK: CONTENDERS
- JAMES HILLER (Oakwood A) - top-class save in extra-time, dived full-length to tip Alex Moss' thunderbolt, which was heading for top corner, on to the post
- JAKE DOFFMAN (HMH) - gave his team the perfect start to the penalty shoot-out against Oakwood, diving low to his left to save Josh Cuby's penalty
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK: CONTENDERS
- RICHARD BRONZITE (Redbridge JC B ) - QUOTE 1 - "Congrats on baby boy No. 3 to Daniel Lee and mazels to Andy Levy, who also pulled out this morning, as Mrs has given birth to a baby girl
- RICHARD BRONZITE (Redbridge JC B ) - QUOTE 2 - "All credit to fc team who are a good bunch of lads and a credit to the league"
- BRANDON HAMME (Mill Hill Dons) ) - QUOTE 1 - "The desire, the heart and the passion from the boys was just massive and it drove us through the game. I couldn’t have asked for more, all the credit goes to the boys for putting on a great display"
- BRANDON HAMME (Mill Hill Dons) ) - QUOTE 2 - "We were the lowest ranked team left in the competition in the last 16 round and we are still in come the semi-final stage, the boys can feel really proud about what they achieved. There is nothing stopping us going one stage further"
- JACOB EMANUEL (Hertswood Vale) - "It’s difficult to sum up my feelings. It’s been a brilliant season for everyone involved in the club - to be able to clinch promotion is massive, and the least the boys deserve for the season they’ve had"
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
PETER MORRISON TROPHY QUARTER-FINALS
HMH 2 OAKWOOD A 2 (AET - HMH won 5-4 on penalties)
HMH recovered from 0-2 down to beat Oakwood on penalties after a nail-biting encounter at the Hive.
Josh Bharier (2) had given Oakwood a two-goal lead before HMH, who hit the bar twice, pulled one back when Ethan Krell's free-kick was nodded home by George Goldberg. Oakwood then had a golden opportunity to restore their two-goal advantage, but Josh Cuby's penalty hit the crossbar. HMH completed their recovery with an equaliser late in normal time, with Krell's cross allowing top-scorer Oscar Wagner to poke home. With no further goals in extra-time, it went to penalties and HMH goalkeeper Jake Doffman saved Oakwood's first kick. HMH converted all their spot-kicks via Ethan Krell, Adam Abadi, Alex Moss, Sammy Kingston, and it was left to Clark Norton to hold his nerve and send them into the last four.
HMH boss Avi Goldberg told JC Sport: “What a rollercoaster. From 2-0 down then back to 2-2 finally in 93rd minute. Credit to both teams for a fantastic game and to the HMH lads who kept their cool to slot home the penalties after Jake Doffman gave us the advantage."
Oaks joint-manager Dan Kristall told JC Sport: "As a spectacle, the game had everything. Football was definitely the winner ... two of the best teams in Jewish football fighting it out and I wish HMH all the best for the remainder of the competition. They must be favourites now."
DC Prediction: HMH 1 Oakwood 1 (HMH to win on penalties)
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MACCABI LONDON LIONS 2 LOS CAMDEN A 1 AET
Jordan Aspis sent Lions into the last four of the Jewish FA Cup after scoring an extra-time winner as the holders came from a goal down to progress after a thriller at Rowley Lane.
Lions started with great intensity in the first 20 minutes but failed to take their chances, and then fell behind when Camden talisman Gav Krieger opened the scoring. Lions responded superbly, despite going down to 10 men and dug deep to rescue the tie. Lions levelled after being awarded a penalty for a foul on Aspis, which was converted by Benji Weinberger before Adam Hassanali and Aspis combined in for the winner in extra-time.
Lions joint-manager Sam Marchant told JC Sport: "We knew what to expect today from Los Camden A, who since the winter break have been winning games on the bounce. But today we showed an incredible hunger and determination to win the game."
Los Camden chief Stirling Kay told JC Sport: "I'm devastated for the lads in a game that went to extra-time when we were missing eight players due to being cup-tied or injured. the boys battled through a tough game and if we would have been able to convert an open goal in the first half I don’t think they would have come back from 2-0 in normal time. That shows you the fine margins in the top division this season."
DC Prediction: Lions 2 Camden 1
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MILL HILL DONS 0 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE A 0 (AET - Dons won 5-4 on penalties)
Second division Mill Hill Dons reached the semi-finals of the Peter Morrison Trophy for the first time after knocking out Division One leaders Redbridge A on penalties.
Defences dominated in normal time and extra-time, and it was the competition outsiders who held their nerve in the shoot-out to progress, with Sam Stead, Adam Isaacs, Zach Cohen, Nick Phillips and Ryan Kramer all converting, and goalkeeper Sam Singer making the crucial save.
Delighted Dons boss Brandon Hammé told JC Sport: "What an incredible result, just sensational. We yet again proved today that we can go up against anyone on our day."
RJC boss Sam Rank described the result as "very disappointing". He told JC Sport: "The boys defended fine, and we had the better chances and should've won the game in 90 minutes. However, the most disappointing point was the lack of composure from the midfield and attack. Well done to MH Dons, and there keeper Sam Singer, who played very well during the game and penalty shootout. We wish them good luck in the remainder of the competition."
DC Prediction: Dons 1 RJC 3
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MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
TOP 4
1. Hendon Utd Pl. 12, W. 8, Pts. 26
2. Oakwood A Pl. 12, W. 7, Pts. 22
3. HMH Pl. 11, W. 5, Pts. 19
4. ML Lions Pl. 11, W. 5, Pts. 17
TOP-SCORERS 16 - Reiss Mogilner (ML Lions), 12 - Josh Bharier (Oakwood A - includes 2 for B team)
HENDON UNITED SPORTS 3 BRADY MACCABI 0
Gav Noe, Avi Korman (pen) and Dovi Fehler helped Hendon United take another step towards successfully defending their league title after running out 3-0 winners against Brady at Hadley FC.
Hendon boss Jordan Sapler told JC Sport: "This was another game that wasn’t a classic today, but once again we did what we had to do to move four points clear at the top."
DC Prediction: Hendon 2 Brady 0
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DIVISION ONE
TOP 4
1. Redbridge JC A Pl. 13, W. 9, Pts. 31
2. Fairlop FC Pl. 12, W. 9, Pts. 30
3. NL Galaxy Pl. 12, W. 8, Pts. 25
4. Jewdinese Pl. 11, W. 6, Pts. 22
TOP-SCORERS 18 - Nate Kashket (Redbridge JC A), 12 - James Jaconelli (Fairlop FC), Adam Ellis (Bayern Mincha)
NORTH LONDON RAIDERS 2 OAKWOOD B 2
Mid-table rivals Raiders and Oakwood shared the points after finishing honours even, just as predicted. The result keeps L'Orange a point ahead of the Oaks.
Josh Bloom, with his first goal of the season, and Aron Gale registered for Raiders, David Isaacs told JC Sport: "Overall we are very pleased with how the boys played and are looking forward to next week's cup tie against FC Team."
DC Prediction: Oakwood 2 NLR 2
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DIVISION TWO
TOP 4
1. Hertswood Vale Pl. 18, W. 13, Pts. 40 (PROMOTED)
2. SPEC FC Pl. 16, W. 10, Pts. 32
3. Faithfold Doc MM B Pl. 18, W. 9, Pts. 28
4. Redbridge JC B Pl. 13, W. 8, Pts. 25
TOP-SCORERS 19 - James Millet (Hertswood Vale), Zack Neiman (SPEC FC), 17 - Richard Salmon (FC Team)
FAITHFOLD DOC MM B 0 HERTSWOOD VALE 2
Hertswood Vale completed a memorable league campaign on a high - beating promotion rivals Faithfold B to secure a top two finish.
Josh Gorb and Elio Elia registered in the win that took Vale on to the magical 40 point mark.
Jubilant Vale joint-manager Jacob Emanuel told JC Sport: "It’s difficult to sum up my feelings. It’s been a brilliant season for everyone involved in the club - to be able to clinch promotion is massive, and the least the boys deserve for the season they’ve had."
DC Prediction: Faithfold 1 Vale 3
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FC TEAM 6 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE B 3
FC Team dented Redbridge B's title hopes after hitting the east Londoners for six in Borehamwood, thanks to goals from Richard Salmon (2), Mitch Young, Eitan Ben-Zion, David Cohen and super-sub Eddie Sternberg.
The win takes Mitch Young's men to within a point of RJC, who have three games in hand. Young told JC Sport: "“a positive performance and a superb second half. We would like to wish Richie Caplin well after what looked like a bad injury. The referee (Barry David) was brilliant and great credit to him. It was a good game against two fairly evenly-matched teams and on the day we had a bit of luck and an extra bit of quality to see us through.”
RJC's goals came through Lee Cutler (2) and Steve Summers. Boss Richard Bronzite told JC Sport: "I can’t moan about the way we played as it was a huge improvement to last week. It was just one of those games that we could do nothing about. We tried and I’m grateful to the boys who turned up. All credit to FC Team who are a good bunch of lads and a credit to the league!"
DC Prediction: FC Team 2 RJC 2
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BARRY GOLDSTEIN TROPHY ROUND ONE
SPEC FC 5 FAIRLOP FC 1
ZACK NEIMAN was the hat-trick hero as second division SPEC FC surprised Division One title hopefuls Fairlop FC, romping to a 5-1 victory to book their place in the next round. Further strikes from Ashley Burns and an own goal completed the rout.
Jubilant SPEC boss Ricky Lawrence told JC Sport: "It was an excellent performance this morning from one to 16. Fully deserved the victory.”
Fairlop's consolation came via an own goal. Jake Sanders described the performance as "unacceptable".
DC Prediction: SPEC 1 Fairlop 2
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NORTH LONDON GALAXY P NORTH LONDON RAIDERS MASTERS P
Match postponed – Raiders forfeited
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