Hendon A and Oakwood A progressed in the Peter Morrison Trophy, while Scrabble FC were pushed all the way by promotion rivals North London Raiders C but in the end they managed to extend their perfect record and close in on the title.
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PETER MORRISON TROPHY QUARTER-FINAL DRAW
North London Raiders C vs Heaton Park Rovers
North London Raiders A vs Oakwood B
Oakwood A vs Maccabi London Lions A
Harmen or Redbridge JC A vs Hendon Utd SC A
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WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS:
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: RAIDERS C vs SCRABBLE FC
PHOTOGALLERY: RAIDERS C vs SCRABBLE FC
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RESULTS
MORRISON
Hendon A 5 SPEC FC 2
Leeds Maccabi 1 Oakwood A 2
Harmen A Redbridge A (MATCH ABANDONED AFTER 30 MINUTES DUE TO INJURY AT 1-1)
Heaton Park Rovers P FC Team A P (Heaton Park awarded tie)
Blizzard Storm 0 ML Lions A 4 (played midweek)
DIVISION ONE
Faithfold B 1 NL Raiders B 1
Real Sosobad 2 Brady Maccabi 2
Redbridge JC B 3 FC Team B 1
DIVISION TWO
Raiders C 3 Scrabble FC 4
Athletic Bilbaum 3 L'Equipe 1
ML Lions B 5 FC Team C 1
Real Hendon 3 Catford & Bromley 1
Temple Fortune 2 Hendon B 2
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DANNY CARO'S MATCHDAY 22 AWARDS
GOAL OF THE WEEK: JAMIE CRAWFORD
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: KYLE BENTWOOD
MANAGERS OF THE WEEK: SAM RANK & RICHIE CAPLIN
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JC TEAM OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
GK - Scott Shear (Redbridge JC B), Ben Law (Scrabble FC), Nicky Stone (Temple Fortune)
DEFENDERS - Glenn Turner (Hendon B), Adam Kristall (Leeds Maccabi), Yoni Cohen (Real Hendon), Jonathan Peters, Josh Tiano (both Scrabble FC), Eddie Manson, David Cohen (both Oakwood A), Ben Cantopher (Athletic Bilbaum)
MIDFIELDERS - Ari Last (Hendon A), Lolu Hibbert (Real Hendon), Jamie Crawford (Real Sosobad), Alex Chernoff, Ben Chernoff, Brad Gayer, Adam Noble (all Redbridge JC B), Elliott Espinoza, Zac McLeod (both Scrabble FC), Ari Last (Hendon Utd SC A), Aron Barnes (Temple Fortune), Dan Stock (Faithfold B), Dan Rose, Kyle Bentwood (both Oakwood A), Jacob Brunner (Athletic Bilbaum)
STRIKERS - Danny Sherman (Scrabble FC), Adam Lenz (Temple Fortune), David Woolman (Oakwood A)
MANAGER - Sam Rank, Richie Caplin (Redbridge JC B) Dan Shafron (Real Sosobad)
REFEREE - Martin Fox (Faithfold B vs NL Raiders B), Martin Lavender (Athletic Bilbaum vs L'Equipe), David Lazarus (Real Sosobad vs Brady Maccabi), Elliot Mayer (Hendon Utd vs SPEC)
Email nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- DANNY SHERMAN (Scrabble FC) - created his goal-scoring chance by dummying the goalkeeper before firing home a low shot
- JAMIE CRAWFORD (Real Sosobad) - scored one of the goals of season with a clever and intricate lob from inside the area
- DAN 'FLASH' GORDON (Faithfold Masters) - sublime piece of skill on edge of Waldaf Town box saw him turn his marker inside out before curling a Dalglish-esque into the top corner
- ADAM LENZ (Temple Fortune) - GOAL 1 - edge of the area, left of the goal, left foot laces strike into the fair corner side netting. The keeper didn’t even move
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- JONATHAN COHEN (Temple Fortune) - "We were superb for over an hour of that game and honestly I think Adam Glekin and his team were surprised by our performance. "They dominated us a few months ago but this was anything but one-way traffic"
- ADAM GLEKIN (Hendon Utd B) - “It’s fair to say that despite it being Valentine’s Day, I didn’t show much love towards my team at half-time"
- RIC BLANK (Oakwood A) - "Our philosophy is that we want to play games every Sunday on good pitches against good sides. If we get beat then so be it, maybe we’ll learn something. Years ago we learnt a lot from taking a beating from Winston’s Lions side and from Jamie Cole’s Neasden team. It made us stronger I’m certain of it"
- RAY ABRAHAMS (Scrabble FC) - "What a fantastic game of football between two fantastic sides who gave everything in a hard-fought battle yet ended the game embracing each other in admiration of each other's determination to win the game"
- DAN SHAFRON (Real Sosobad) - "I must say it felt like we turned a corner today, the boys showed a lot of camaraderie and positivity on and off the pitch. If we keep this up, we will enjoy our final few games of the season"
- RIC BLANK (Oakwood A) - "The Leeds assistant manager said that they won the moral victory yesterday. For that we salute them and wish them all the best in the next round of the Peter Moral Trophy"
- DAN KRISTALL (Oakwood A) - "In all seriousness, good luck to my former team in their quest to retain the MJSL and Shonn trophies - a double to follow last year's treble. If they hit the heights of Sunday’s battling performance, I see no reason why they won’t achieve this and I look forward to going back to Leeds and watching them pick up silverware in May"
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JC PODCAST - DANNY CARO TALKS TO TONY GOLD ABOUT THE DECLINE OF JEWISH & GRASS-ROOTS FOOTBALL
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SEE MORE MGBSFL PHOTOGALLERIES
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CUP DRAWS
PETER MORRISON TROPHY QUARTER-FINAL DRAW
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MIDWEEK REVIEW
PETER MORRISON TROPHY ROUND THREE
KING KASLER BLOWS BLIZZARD AWAY
BLIZZARD STORM 0 MACCABI LONDON LIONS A 4
CHARLIE KASLER (3) and Josh Kennet helped the Lions eased into round four at the expense of Blizzard Storm.
DC Prediction: Lions 3 Blizzard 0
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
PETER MORRISON TROPHY ROUND THREE
FIVE-STAR HENDON CRUISE THROUGH
HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB A 5 SPEC FC 2
A deadly double from captain Ari Last inspired Hendon to a comfortable win over first division SPEC FC at Hadley FC.
Further strikes from Zac Lewis, Ethan Zone and Avi Korman sealed the tie on a day when Premier Division class told.
Ashley Burns and Marc Cohen netted for SPEC.
Hendon boss David Garbacz told JC Sport: "We are proud holders of this cup it will take a very good performance to knock us out."
SPEC FC player-manager Ricky Lawrence told JC Sport: "We rallied in the second half, despite them making it 4-0 very early, and with 10 minutes to go Russell Corin has made a triple save to prevent it being 4-3."
DC Prediction: Hendon 2 SPEC 0
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WOOLMAN COMES BACK TO HAUNT LEEDS
LEEDS MACCABI 1 OAKWOOD A 2
Dave Woolman came back to haunt his former club with the goal that sent Oakwood into round four.
The Oaks forged ahead after 20 minutes before Richard Black set up a grandstand finish with an equaliser for Leeds 15 minutes from time.
Oakwood joint-manager Ric Blank told JC Sport: "We know that Leeds really did not want to play us on a good surface and we have no issue with that. There was no grudge between the players as everyone just got stuck into the task at hand."
DC Prediction: Leeds 0 Oakwood 1
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HARMEN A REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE A A (Game abandoned after 30 minutes with the score 1 -1 due to an injury)
Harmen will play Redbridge again after the tie was abandoned after 30 minutes following a serious injury to a Harmen player who dislocated his shoulder.
DC Prediction: Harmen 1 RJC 2
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MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
TOP-SCORERS
16 - James Gershfield (Harmen)
13 - Daniel Garfinkle (Redbridge JC A – including 3 for RJC B)
No matches scheduled
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MGBSFL DIVISION ONE
TOP-SCORERS
27 - Reiss Mogilner (Brady Maccabi)
17 - Jacob Richler Kleiman (Oakwood B)
FAITH MAKE THEIR POINT
FAITHFOLD B 1 NORTH LONDON RAIDERS B 1
Marc Charles earned Faithfold B a share of the spoils after a 1-1 draw against Raiders B at the Hive.
DC Prediction: Faithfold 1 NLR 3
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BRADY GOT OFF THE HOOK, SAYS SHAFRON
REAL SOSOBAD 2 BRADY MACCABI 2
Fabio Revieccio and Jamie Crawford were the marksmen as Real Sosobad dented Brady's promotion hopes in a four-goal thriller.
Brady's goals came through Reiss Mogilner, who extended his extraordinary recent goal-scoring run, and Oli Leigh.
Sosobad boss Dan Shafron told JC Sport: "I thought we played really well. We gave away a silly penalty very soon after going 2-0 up and being in cruise control, allowing Brady back in to the game."
DC Prediction: Real 1 Brady 3
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NEW FORMATION WORKS A TREAT FOR RJC
REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE B 3 FC TEAM B 1
Carl Dobrin, Brad Gayer and David Fialka earned Redbridge B one of the results of the day as they dented FC Team's promotion hopes at Fairlop.
Richard Salmon pulled one back for Team.
Jubilant joint-manager Sam Rank told JC Sport: "It was fantastic performance today from the boys. All 1-14 were outstanding. The squad have brought into the style of play and new formation this week and did not disappoint."
FC Team boss Mitch Young told JC Sport: "This was our worst performance of the season. Missing players did not help, however Redbridge deserved the win and we hope to do a lot better next time we play them."
DC Prediction: RJC 2 Team 4
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DIVISION TWO
DANNY CARO'S DIVISION 2 TEAM OF THE WEEK
TOP-SCORERS
17 - Zak McLeod (Scrabble FC)
14 - Danny Sherman (Scrabble FC)
ESPINOZA GETS SCRABBLE OVER THE LINE
NORTH LONDON RAIDERS C 3 SCRABBLE FC 4
Scrabble FC extended their winning run, but only after a thriller against Raiders C, with Danny Sherman, Zak McLeod and Elliott Espinoza (2).
Will Ufland, Nick Haringman and Oliver Telvi found the net for Raiders.
Scrabble boss Ray Abrahams told JC Sport: "We've come through two of our toughest games against them this season and not many teams will take six points off of them. I hope that they are there in the mix at the end of the season for a promotion place."
DC Prediction: Raiders 1 Scrabble 2
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BAUMS DO THE BUSINESS
ATHLETIC BILBAUM 3 L’EQUIPE 1
Athletic Bilbaum completed back-to-back wins for the second time this season as they beat L'Equipe 3-1, as predicted, with strikes from Ed Green, Jacob Brunner and Robert Rodney.
Jon Kay scored for L'Equipe.
Baums manager Nick Shinder told JC Sport: "It was a dominating, determined and well-drilled performance. We created lots of chances and were unlucky to concede. Now we focus on Faithfold C to continue our unbeaten 2016."
DC Prediction: Bilbaum 3 L’Equipe 1
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LIONS LOOK GOOD FOR TOP TWO FINISH
MACCABI LONDON LIONS B 5 FC TEAM C 1
Lions B boosted their promotion hopes with an emphatic 5-1 win over FC Team C at Rowley Lane.
Strikes from Josh Bloom (2), Aron Keller, Elias Cohen and Sammy Kingston eased them home.
DC Prediction: Lions 3 Team 1
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REAL SHOW TRUE STEEL
REAL HENDON 3 CATFORD & BROMLEY MACCABI 1
Real Hendon continue to fly high after they handed Catford a 3-1 defeat, with Lolu Hibbert (2) and Danny Steel on the scoresheet.
Catford player-manager and scorer Jeff Gotch told JC Sport: "That's now 10 out of 13 league games we have been ahead – and we've gone on to lose eight of them."
DC Prediction: Real 2 Catford 2
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BENSON DENIES FORMER CLUB
TEMPLE FORTUNE 2 HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB B 2
Temple Fortune ended a run of defeats with an excellent performance earning them a point against high-flying Hendon.
Fortune flew into a two-goal lead via Adam Lenz but the visitors hit back through Fortune old boy Rob Benson and a late leveller from Benni Sluckis.
Fortune boss Jonathan Cohen told JC Sport: "Hendon might argue that they weren’t at their best and were worthy of a point, but I feel if any team was going to nick it we were probably more deserving."
DC Prediction: Fortune 1 Hendon 3
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MATCHES POSTPONED
Morrison - Heaton Park Rovers vs FC Team A (tie awarded to Heaton Park)
Div 1 - Brixton vs Woodford
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