It was only three minutes … but it’s a start. Scott Kashket’s cameo appearance for Leyton Orient in the defeat against Preston North End saw him join the likes of Dean Furman and Joe Jacobson as Jews playing in the Football League.
Having warmed the bench for several matches, there was a concern that young Scott could drop down the pecking order at Brisbane Road following Russell Slade’s move to Cardiff. But new boss Mauro Milanese gave the Chigwell teenager his big chance. Let’s hope it’s the first of many.
The Orient web reporter gave him a decent review, saying “the forward didn’t really have enough time on the field to effect the game, but his energy and strong finishing could be a real asset to the side as the season progresses”.
* A big feature of last season’s title race was the feud between then Norstar London Raiders A boss Phil Peters and David Garbacz. In the end, the Hendon manager won that battle after his team finished with the treble, but now there’s a new man in town.
All that was missing in Sunday’s spat between Redbridge’s Jon Jacobs and Garbacz was some flying pizza, or bagel, as the case may be.
It’s amazing how these things kick-off post-Yom Kippur. The slate had been cleaned and things were rolling along pretty smoothly until Jacobs was riled by several incidents that took place on Sunday.
The judges were unable to separate the respective managers after round one, but I’m already looking forward to part two, when Jacobs has promised the holders “real east London welcome".
No-one accused Hendon of lacking class last season, when they blew away all before them, but it’s something that was also thrown at the great North West Neasden team of the noughties.
Jamie Cole’s troops won few friends with how they conducted themselves, but I think it’s dangerous to tar Hendon with the same brush.
There’s a fine line between being gracious winners and good losers and I’m pretty sure Redbridge caught Hendon on a day off. Garbacz admits they “won ugly,” but it’s important for Redbridge’s sake that they focus solely on revenge, play the game and not the occasion in the forthcoming Morrison clash.
* Ric Blank believes November will be a “season-defining month” for his Oakwood team. The joint-boss is currently preparing his squad for the match against Woodford, missing Adam Levine, Antony Kintish and Sam Jacobson.
Blank said: "We have four huge league games, including Harmen twice in two weeks, a huge Morrison game against Lions Seniors and, somewhere along the line, we’ll be playing Faithfold at home in the last 16 of the Anekstein. It’s all to play for.”
* Mitch Young piled the praise on FC Team C ahead of Sunday’s inter-club derby in Division Two. The B-team boss said: “I hate FC Team derbies and now I have to contend with three in the space of four weeks.
"David Gordon has done a brilliant job and we fully respect him and all the players of the C-team. I’m proud of the two squads we have assembled and look forward to testing ourselves against the best player in the MGBSFL in Daniel Stanton."
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