North London Raiders A took a major step towards retaining the title after Player of the Year Liron Mannie fired a hat-trick to win the top-of-the-table clash against nearest rivals Redbridge Jewish Care A.
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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: RAIDERS A vs REDBRIDGE A
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RESULTS
PREM DIV
Raiders A 4 Redbridge A 2
FC Team 5 Harmen 0
Blizzard P Oakwood P (Blizzard forfeited)
DIV 1
FC Team B 1 Redbridge B 3
Woodford 3 Brixton 0
DIV 2
Faithfold C 2 Lions B 6
Hendon B 2 L’Equipe 2
Raiders C 1 Catford & Bromley 1
Athletic Bilbaum A FC Team C A (Match abandoned at half-time due to injury, with Bilbaum leading 3-0)
Real Hendon A Boca Jewniors A (Match abandoned at half-time due to hail, with Real leading 5-0)
JC HAT-TRICK HERO
Prem Div - Liron Mannie (NL Raiders A), Jeremy Julius (FC Team A)
Div 2 - Charlie Cohen (ML Lions B)
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DANNY CARO'S MATCHDAY 28 AWARDS
PLAYER OF THE WEEK - LIRON MANNIE
SAVE OF THE WEEK: Richie Caplin (Redbridge JC B)
SAVE OF THE WEEK: Mark Glucksman (L'Equipe)
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Rob Richman (North London Raiders A) - "Redbridge, along with Oakwood, are our closest competitors and we have great respect for both sides. Redbridge have a lot of talented players and I am not surprised to see them fighting right at the top of the table. We knew we'd have to be somewhere close to our best today to get a result and our first half performance was really top quality"
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JC TEAM OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
GK - Mark Glucksman (L'Equipe)
DEFENDERS - Ezekiel Jacob (Hendon B), Jake Yudelowitz (NL Raiders C), Ed Weisz, Rob Sanford, Alon Hershkorn (all FC Team A)
MIDFIELDERS - Gavriel Krieger (Hendon B), Danny Bennaroch, Jordan Grant (both Catford & Bromley), Scott Waissel, David Domb (both NL Raiders C), Charlie Cohen (ML Lions B), Ricky Engleman, Jonny Kay (both NL Raiders A), Yoav Lebens, Jeremy Julius, David Gance (all FC Team A)
STRIKERS - Liron Mannie (NL Raiders A), Alex Elf (NL Raiders C), Jeremy Julius (FC Team A)
MANAGER - Sam Rank, Richie Caplin and Johan Simberg (Redbridge JC B), Rob Richman (NL Raiders A), Jeff Gotch (Catford & Bromley Maccabi), Ben Gilbey (FC Team A)
REFEREE - Steve Russell (NL Raiders C vs Catford & Bromley Maccabi)
Email nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- DANIEL FATTAL (ML Lions B) - his goal last week was good, but this was even better. He picked the ball up wide on the left, jinked in and out to beat three defenders and smash the ball past the keeper from 25 yards. Stunning
- RICHIE CAPLIN (Redbridge JC B) - Wonder goal 40 yards half-volley - struck into the top left-hand corner, unsavable! Probably one of the best goals he will ever score in his career
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- ADAM GLEKIN (Hendon B) - "many thanks to the referee for blowing the full-time whistle about 10 minutes early and sparing us all from the thunderstorm"
- DARYL KAY (Woodford) - "As bad as we were, Brixton were worse, and that's saying something because we were terrible!"
- ROB RICHMAN (North London Raiders A) - "Redbridge, along with Oakwood, are our closest competitors and we have great respect for both sides. Redbridge have a lot of talented players and I am not surprised to see them fighting right at the top of the table. We knew we'd have to be somewhere close to our best today to get a result and our first half performance was really top quality"
- JON JACOBS (Redbridge Jewish Care A) - "I have no doubt that my strongest team would have given Raiders a good run for their money but am proud of the achievements we have attained this season. We are an exciting and developing side and just need some more depth in the squad to challenge over a sustained period"
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CUP DRAWS
CYRIL ANEKSTEIN FINAL
North London Raiders A vs Oakwood A
Wingate & Finchley FC
April 17, 2.30pm KO
PETER MORRISON TROPHY SEMI-FINAL DRAW
FINAL: May 8, 2.30pm KO at Wingate & Finchley
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
TOP-SCORERS
23 - Daniel Garfinkle (Redbridge JC A – including 3 for RJC B)
22 - Dovi Fehler (Hendon A)
NORTH LONDON RAIDERS A 4 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE A 2
LIRON MANNIE was the hat-trick hero as Raiders moved five points clear at the summit with victory against nearest rivals Redbridge.
Top-scorer Jordan Marks added the gloss as the defending champions registered their 11th win in 12 matches.
Redbridge's goals came via top-scorer Sam Sollosi and Daniel Garfinkle.
NLR boss Rob Richman told JC Sport: "We knew we'd have to be somewhere close to our best today to get a result and our first half performance was really top quality."
RJC manager Jon Jacobs told JC Sport: "Raiders are now nailed-on for the League and deservedly so. "They have quality all over the park and are well drilled by Rob."
DC Prediction: Raiders 3 Redbridge 1
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FC TEAM A 6 HARMEN 0
JEREMY JULIUS fired a treble as FC Team produced one of their finest performances of the season to thrash Harmen 5-0.
Further strikes from Shim Bensoor, David Gance and Yoav Lebens added the gloss.
Team head coach Ben Gilbey told JC Sport: "Great result today for FC Team, we absolutely played Harmen off the pitch. We are now up in to 6th matching our finish last year, which was not the aim at the start of the year, but given how the season has gone, it is pleasing."
DC Prediction: FC Team 2 Harmen 1
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BLIZZARD STORM P OAKWOOD A P
Match postponed - Blizzard forfeited
Oakwood joint-manager Dan Kristall told JC Sport: "It's disappointing but we'll take the points and move on to a massive few weeks starting with Harmen next Sunday."
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DIVISION ONE
TOP-SCORERS
27 - Reiss Mogilner (Brady Maccabi)
17 - Jacob Richler Kleiman (Oakwood B)
FC TEAM B 1 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE B 3
FC Team's title hopes were dealt a major blow as they were beaten 3-1 by Redbridge B, with David Fialka, Brad Gayer and Richie Caplin finding the net.
RJC joint-manager Sam Rank told JC Sport: "The boys finished the season with an action-packed performance. They have been brilliant in the second half of the season and work for each other all over the pitch."
DC Prediction: Team 2 Redbridge 1
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WANDERERS ALMOST THERE, SAYS KAY
WOODFORD WANDERERS 3 BRIXTON OLD BOYS 0
Tom Alexander, Elliott Gold and an own goal took Woodford Wanderers a big step towards the title as they eased past Brixton 3-0 at Fairlop.
Woodford joint-manager Daryl Kay told JC Sport: "It was an awful game in shocking wind and in truth, the result was never in danger. As bad as we were, Brixton were worse, and that's saying something because we were terrible! We go into the next game against Brady knowing that we're almost there."
DC Prediction: Woodford 3 Brixton 0
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DIVISION TWO
TOP-SCORERS
8 - Zak McLeod (Scrabble FC), Josh Bloom (ML Lions B)
17 - Danny Sherman (Scrabble FC)
FAITHFOLD C 2 MACCABI LONDON LIONS B 6
CHARLIE COHEN was the hat-trick hero as Lions B hit Faithfold C for six to close in on promotion.
Further strikes from Daniel Fattal (2) and Sam Shooter added the gloss.
Lions boss Sam Marchant told JC Sport: “It was a tough game today and Faithfold put up a real fight. We scored our first against the run of play but this really settled us down and got the wheels in motion."
DC Prediction: Faithfold 2 Lions 4
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HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB B 2 L’EQUIPE 2
L'Equipe continued their strong run with Mark Smith and Grant Bates on target in the 2-2 draw at Hendon.
Benni Sluckis and Jono Nesbitt registered for Hendon.
Hendon boss Adam Glekin told JC Sport: "It was a tough game against a big, battling side - their direct football caused us problems and I'm sure they also probably feel they had the chances to win the game."
DC Prediction: Hendon 2 L’Equipe 2
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DAN WAS THE MAN AGAINST RAIDERS, SAYS GOTCH
NORTH LONDON RAIDERS C 1 CATFORD & BROMLEY MACCABI 1
Jeff Gotch praised the influence of Spanish ace Danny Bennaroch as Catford & Bromley Maccabi maintained their excellent record against big teams this season with a deserved point against Raiders C.
Gotch told JC Sport: "We deserved three points and I'm pretty sure David Domb would agree. Raiders know they got lucky."
NLR's David Domb told JC Sport: "You can see why Catford have taken points off everyone at the top this season. They really put up a battle and probably will feel they should have taken more from the game."
DC Prediction: NLR 3 Catford 1
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REAL HENDON A BOCA JEWNIORS A
(Match abandoned at half-time due to hail, with Real leading 5-0)
Boca's Anton Nyman told JC Sport: "The players all got the memo about the clocks going forwards, unfortunately the ref didn't - so the friends and family committee stepped in and played ref for the first half hour. It's a shame we couldn't restart the game at that point from. 2-0 down. The score did us no justice in the howling wind and rain; and silly mistakes cost us dearly. They caught us on the counter attack on numerous occasions and we couldn't capitalise on the attacks we had."
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ATHLETIC BILBAUM A FC TEAM C A
Match abandoned at half-time due to injury, with Bilbaum leading 3-0 via a Jacob Brunner hat-trick
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