Maccabi London Lions secured a 2-1 win over title rivals Redbridge Jewish Care B courtesy of an injury-time winner to boost their title hopes in MGBSFL Division One, while Redbridge Jewish Care A registered the perfect 10 to boost their title hopes.
February 26, 2017 12:20
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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: REDBRIDGE B vs LIONS B
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MATCHDAY 23 RESULTS
PREM DIV
FC Team A 1 Redbridge JC A 10
Hendon A 2 Brady 0
ML Lions A 1 SPEC FC 1
Woodford 2 Camden 2
DIV ONE
Athletic Bilbaum 1 Oakwood B 3
Finchley City 6 Faithfold A 4
Los Blancos 5 Hendon B 0
Redbridge JC C 1 ML Lions B 2
DIV TWO
Catford & Bromley 1 Hertswood Vale 5
Mill Hill Dons 5 RC UK FC 4
NL Raiders C 1 Redbridge JC C 1
Temple Fortune 5 Faithfold B 0
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JC HAT-TRICK HEROES
Div 1 - Jono Gaon (Finchley City), Louie Libbert (Los Blancos)
Div 2 - Jordan Sharifian (Temple Fortune)
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DANNY CARO'S MATCHDAY 23 AWARDS
GOAL OF THE WEEK: Nate Kashket (Redbridge JC C)
SAVE OF THE WEEK: Adam Hakimi (Redbridge JC A)
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Josh Hambling (Redbridge JC C)
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JC TEAM OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
GK – Josh Alswang (NL Raiders C), Jack Shulman (Hertswood Vale), James Harpin (ML Lions B)
DEFENDERS – Dani Dennison (Oakwood B), Adam Speck (Temple Fortune), Ricky Zeiderman (NL Raiders C), Nathan Anders (ML Lions B), Ben Davis, Danny Feuer, Bailey Snow (all Hertswood Vale), Zack Neiman, Darryl Rubin (both Redbridge A),Nick Wallis, Sam Roth, Laurence Rosenthal, Simon Bagel (all SPEC FC), Sam Zartz, Lee Cutler (both Redbridge C), Josh Cramer, Joel Barnett (both Los Blancos)
MIDFIELDERS – Daniel Selwyn (Oakwood B), Brett Stead (Temple Fortune), James Miller (Hertswood Vale), Adam Isaacs, Nick Phillips (both Mill Hill Dons), James Berkley (Redbridge A), Nate Kashket (Redbridge C), Rafi Kon (Finchley City)
STRIKERS – Jordan Sharifian (Temple Fortune), Jono Gaon (Finchley City), Harry Graham (Hertswood Vale), Louie Libbert (Los Blancos)
MANAGER – Sam Marchant (ML Lions B), Ricky Lawrence (SPEC FC), Jacob Emanuel & Jack Shulman (Hertswood Vale), Brandon Hamme (Mill Hill Dons)
REFEREE –
Email nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- JAMES ABRAMS (Oakwood B) - wonderful one-two with Ben Buck and hit the ball well across the goal to score the third
- NATE KASHKET (Redbridge C) - collected the ball on the halfway line, raced past four NLR players before sweeping the ball home
- DANIEL GARFINKLE (Redbridge A) - a goal full of frustrated power came from Garfinkle with a power volley from 20 yards
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JC SAVE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- JAMES HARPIN (ML Lions B) - only 17 years old and outstanding every week, made a terrific save from a bullet Redbridge shot from the edge of the area in the second half, their only attempt on goal that half
- JACK SHULMAN (Hertswood Vale) - tipped a stunning shot on to the bar - a stunning save
- ADAM HAKIMI (Redbridge A) - delivered a world-class palm away that kept the status quo
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- JASON STEIN (Oakwood B) - "Pleased to get the job done on a pitch not fit for farm animals"
- SIMON LINDEN (Temple Fortune) - "In the build-up to today's game we spoke about the importance of going about our business correctly, controlling games and picking up maximum points from our remaining fixtures - today was a fantastic win, I can't fault anyone. It was a great win and it's important we take this into next week's game against Catford"
- SAM ROSE (NL Raiders C) - "That’s our season over and I think we can be very pleased with how we acquitted ourselves. The team is in a far better place than it was at the start of the season and we’ll look to push on into next for promotion"
- RICKY LAWRENCE (SPEC FC) - "We've on the receiving end of some bad results in recent weeks, so to defend like we did against a talented Lions side show was brilliant"
- SAM RANK (Redbridge JC B) - "It is devastating to concede in the last minute in any type of football match, but the league title is still in our hands massively"
- JOSH HAMBLING (Redbridge JC C) - "We pressed well and used the space on a big Wembley pitch, unfortunately not the one under the arch though!"
- DAVID GARBACZ (Hendon A) - "Without kicking a ball ,Oakwood have seen a seven-point lead being reduced to one and any one of three teams can find themselves as title favourites after next week’s games depending on the results"
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CUP DRAWS
PETER MORRISON TROPHY QUARTER-FINAL DRAW (Revised)
MJSL Rep Team vs South Manchester Sports Club 1st
Maccabi London Lions A vs Maccabi London Lions U21s
Maccabi London Lions Masters vs RC UK FC
North London Raiders A vs North London Raiders B
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CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP FINAL SEMI-FINAL DRAW
ML Lions B vs ML Lions A
CUP FINAL DATES
Anekstein - April 23 – Wingate & Finchley FC
Morrison - early May (date and venue TBC)
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
FC TEAM A 1 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE A 10
Redbridge A gained their biggest win of the season, with James Berkley (2), Nathan Sollosi (2), Dean Nyman (2) helping them destroy FC Team 10-1.
Further strikes from Matt Berkley, Zack Neiman, Daniel Garfinkle and Sam Sollosi added the gloss for Jon Jacobs's title chasers.
Richard Salmon snatched a consolation for a well-beaten FC Team.
Redbridge boss Jon Jacobs told JC Sport: "This was a great game for our goal difference and confidence. There is an embarrassment of riches in the attacking positions which is so exciting to see and a very solid back four to keep things tight so a nice selection headache for once."
DC Prediction: FC Team 1 Redbridge 3
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HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB A 2 BRADY MACCABI 0
Top-scorer Zac Lewis and Moses Seitler fired Hendon United to within a point of table-toppers Oakwood A - who also have three games remaining - following a hard-earned 2-0 win over Brady Maccabi.
Hendon boss David Garbacz told JC Sport; "This was a vital win however, we knew nothing less than three points would do and overall we were more than happy with the win. It sets up a real super Sunday next week. Redbridge vs Hendon and Oakwood vs Raiders. Without kicking a ball ,Oakwood have seen a seven-point lead being reduced to one and any one of three teams can find themselves as title favourites after next week’s games depending on the results."
DC Prediction: Hendon 3 Brady 0
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MACCABI LONDON LIONS A 1 SPEC FC 1
Ben Kaye was on the mark as SPEC FC produced the coupon spoiler of the weekend as they halted in-form Lions A's charge with a brilliant all-round team performance at Rowley Lane, with Adam Arnold earning Lions a point.
Proud SPEC FC player-manager Ricky Lawrence told JC Sport; "It was a great performance from the whole team. We've on the receiving end of some bad results in recent weeks, so to defend like we did against a talented Lions side show was brilliant. Lions may have had all of the ball but I think they'd be fair and say we deserved our point due to how we defended."
A Lions spokesman commented: Perhaps this was a much-needed wake-up call for a Lions side that after some good results prior to the weekend now go into the business end of the season with all still to play for in both cup competitions, where a much-improved performance is required."
DC Prediction: Lions 4 SPEC 0
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WOODFORD WANDERERS 2 CAMDEN PARK 2
Stirling Kay guided Camden Park to a battling 2-2 draw in his first game as their new manager, thanks to efforts from Dan Baneth and David Khalatschi.
Woodford's goals came via Mitch Hahn and Harrison Midda.
Kay told JC Sport: "With the game being played with total commitment from both teams, referee Brandon Peters handled the game very well, allowing the game to flow. Unfortunately for us we had a perfectly good goal disallowed when the ball went over the line, but the referee does’nt have a camera to help him, another time we will get it go our way."
More details to follow ...
DC Prediction: Woodford 1 Camden 2
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DIVISION ONE
REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE B 1 MACCABI LONDON LIONS B 2
An injury-time effort from super-sub Daniel Fattal saw Maccabi London Lions secured a 2-1 win over title rivals Redbridge Jewish Care B courtesy of an injury-time winner to boost their title hopes in MGBSFL Division One.
Benji Weinberger also found the net as Lions claimed their 11th win of the season, while Richie Caplin registered for Redbridge.
Lions boss Sam Marchant commented: "Today was a massive game for us and there is no other way to put it. We had to win to keep our promotion hopes alive and we’ve done just that in a fantastic manner."
RJC boss Sam Rank told JC Sport: "It is devastating to concede in the last minute in any type of football match, but the league title is still in our hands massively."
DC Prediction: Redbridge 1 Lions 1
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ATHLETIC BILBAUM 1 OAKWOOD B 3
Strikes from Sam Modlin, Kyle Bentwood and James Abrams earned Oakwood B their sixth win of the season as they won 3-1 at Bilbaum.
Oakwood marched into a 3-0 lead before Bilbaum grabbed a late consolation goal.
Oaks boss Jason Stein told JC Sport: "We're pleased to get the job done on a pitch not fit for farm animals. It was a really hard game to get any sort of momentum for because the pitch was so poor. It's not enjoyable.
"That being said a win is a win and that's three in four for us now. "We've got big challenges around the corner with games against Raiders B and Lions B and we need to use those games to show we're better than our form in the big games suggests."
DC Prediction: Bilbaum 0 Oakwood 2
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FINCHLEY CITY 6 FAITHFOLD A 4
JONO GAON came off the bench to fire a treble as Finchley City returned to winning ways following a 10-goal thriller against Faithfold A in one of the games of the day.
Further strikes from Dan Polak, Eli Davila and top-scorer Oli Sade added the gloss.
Finchley boss Joel Holder told JC Sport: "It was a massive test of character for the boys to win the game at 4-2. Faithfold are a hard team to play against, but I always felt that with the quality we possess, we always had a chance."
DC Prediction: Finchley 3 Faithfold 1
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LOS BLANCOS 5 HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB B 0
LOUIE LIBBERT (3) fired Los Blancos to a thumping 5-0 win as they got back on the win trail by outclassing Hendon B.
There were also goals for Josh Cramer and Avi Kestenbaum as Blancos secured their biggest win of the season.
Blancos boss Nick Grosse told JC Sport: "The boys produced a solid display. It was also good to keep a clean sheet and score a few goals. It's a shame that we have played much better in recent weeks but not had the same results. The league table simply doesn't do us justice so I was pleased that the lads could walk away winners."
DC Prediction: Blancos 2 Hendon 0
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DIVISION TWO
CATFORD & BROMLEY MACCABI 1 HERTSWOOD VALE 5
Two goals apiece from Harry Graham and James Millet in the first half laid the foundations for an impressive victory for rapidly-improving Hertswood Vale over Catford & Bromley.
The Dons roared into a 4-1 lead, with Lioz Tov firing a consolation for Catford, and Josh Gorb added the gloss on a memorable morning with a late tap-in.
Jubilant Hertswood joint-manager Jacob Emanuel told JC Sport: "That's three wins on the spin, another incredible performance and we continue our end of season hype."
Cats player-manager Jeff Gotch conceded: "Herts were much the better team today and deserved the win. Good luck to them for rest of the season."
DC Prediction: Catford 3 Hertswood 2
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MILL HILL DONS 5 RC UK FC 4
Mill Hill Dons won an extraordinary nine-goal thriller at Mill Hill Park thanks to goals from Adam Isaacs (2), Sam Kahn, Joel Sinclair-Horne and Nick Phillips.
The Dons roared into a 4-1 lead before RC UK staged a dramatic comeback to make it 4-4. But Isaacs's second of the morning proved decisive.
RC's scorers were player-manager Avi Markiewicz, Dovi Vogel, Avi Levy and Leor Harel.
DC Prediction: Dons 2 RC UK 4
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NORTH LONDON RAIDERS C 1 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE C 1
Liam Stein ensured North London Raiders C concluded their league campaign with a point following a well-contested 1-1 draw against Redbridge C in Wembley.
Nate Kashket registered for Redbridge with a goal-of-the-week contender.
NLR boss Sam Rose told JC Sport: "That’s our season over and I think we can be very pleased with how we acquitted ourselves. The team is in a far better place than it was at the start of the season and we’ll look to push on into next for promotion. Redbridge caused us problems today that we were equal to at every turn, and although it’s a point, it could so easily have been three on a different day. We’ll be looking to 2017/18 with promotion firmly in our sights.”
RJC manager Josh Hambling told JC Sport: "The season is what it is, the league title is all but gone we just want to enjoy the games we have left and finish as high as possible."
DC Prediction: Raiders 3 Redbridge 2
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TEMPLE FORTUNE 5 FAITHFOLD B 0
JORDAN SHARIFIAN boosted his chances of winning the MGBSFL Golden Boot in his first season after steering Temple Fortune to a handsome 5-0 triumph over Faithfold B.
Fortune boss Simon Linden gave second debuts to the returning Fortune was Ben Isaacs and Jason Lindsey in a real show of attacking intent. And it paid handsome dividends.
Linden told JC Sport: "In the build-up to today's game we spoke about the importance of going about our business correctly, controlling games and picking up maximum points from our remaining fixtures - today was a fantastic win, I can't fault anyone. It was a great win and it's important we take this into next week's game against Catford."
DC Prediction: Fortune 4 Faithfold 2
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