L'Equipe earned congratulations after becoming the first champions of season 2016/17 while Oakwood A and Redbridge Jewish Care A boosted their title hopes as the race for the MGBSFL Premier Division crown hots up.
March 5, 2017 12:30
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MATCHDAY 24 COVERAGE
PHOTOGALLERY: FAITHFOLD vs L'EQUIPE
L'EQUIPE CROWNED CHAMPIONS REPORT
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MATCHDAY 24 RESULTS
PREM DIV
Brady 3 Lions 5
Raiders 0 Oakwood 1
Redbridge 6 Hendon 0
Camden Park A SPEC FC A (Match postponed - waterlogged pitch)
DIV 1
Lions B 4 Oakwood B 2
Hendon B P Scrabble FC P (Match postponed – Hendon defaulted)
Faithfold B P Redbridge B P - (Match postponed – Faithfold defaulted)
DIV 2
Faithfold B 1 L’Equipe 6 (L'EQUIPE ARE CHAMPIONS)
Hertswood Vale 1 MH Dons 4
Real Hendon 0 Boca Jewniors 2
Temple Fortune 3 Catford & Bromley 0
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HAT-TRICK HERO
PREM DIV - Nathan Sollosi (Redbridge JC A)
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DANNY CARO'S MATCHDAY 24 AWARDS
GOAL OF THE WEEK: Josh Bloom (ML Lions B)
SAVE OF THE WEEK: Jake Doffman (NL Raiders A)
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Nick Stern (L'Equipe)
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Nathan Sollosi (Redbridge JC A)
MANAGER OF THE WEEK: Nick Stern (L'Equipe)
REFEREE OF THE WEEK: Steve Russell (Temple Fortune v Catford & Bromley)
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JC TEAM OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
GK – Will Martyn (Boca Jewniors), Jake Doffman (NL Raiders A)
DEFENDERS – Alex Lee, Dale Bradman, Harvey Kaye (all Oakwood B), Josh Cinna (Boca Jewniors), Adam Speck, Rob Jaye (both Temple Fortune), Adam Morrow, Sam Kahn, Joe Reece (all Mill Hill Dons), Alex Bloch (NL Raiders A)
MIDFIELDERS – Nathan Sollosi (Redbridge JC A), Benji Weinberger (ML Lions B), Nick Phillips (Hertswood Vale), Mark Smith (L'Equipe)
STRIKERS – Sam Simon (Boca Jewniors), Adam Burchell (ML Lions A), Andy Smith (L'Equipe), Sam Cantor (Oakwood A), Liron Mannie (NL Raiders A)
MANAGER – Nick Stern (L'Equipe), Jon Jacobs (Redbridge JC A), Dan Kristall & Ric Blank (Oakwood A)
REFEREE - Martin Lavender (Lions B vs Oakwood B), Luke Steele (NL Raiders A vs Oakwood A), Steve Russell (Temple Fortune v Catford & Bromley)
EMAIL NOMINATIONS TO dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- JOSH BLOOM (ML Lions B) - flicked the ball up to himself and volleyed it outside the box with his left foot, looping over the keeper. A true wonder strike
- NATHAN SOLLOSI (Redbridge JC A) - a superb cross by Dean Nyman was met with power and precision by Nathan with his head - a real goal of beauty
- ADAM ARNOLD (ML Lions A) - individual brilliance saw him turn with his back to goal, swivel and fire an effort into the corner from 18 yards.
- ADAM BURCHELL (ML Lions A) - simply devastating finish off the underside of the bar to cap off a great team move
- ZACH COHEN (Mill Hill Dons) - a very cool placed finish from outside the box found the bottom right corner of the net, the keeper stood no chance. His 17th goal this season and definitely one of his best
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JC SAVE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- JAKE DOFFMAN (NL Raiders A) - wonder save against Oakwood
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- ANTON NYMAN (Boca Jewniors) - "Boca, West Hendon Playing Fields, Rainy Days, Never Won There and Rare Clean Sheets were all phrases that had things in common before today, but history proved to be meaningless"
- SIMON LINDEN (Temple Fortune) - "I would like to say a massive congratulations to the boys at L'Equipe on their title win. Outstanding achievement, well done to Nick and his team. I hope we join them in Division One next season"
- JON JACOBS (Redbridge JC A) - "The Redbridge management and players would like to send their best wishes for aa speedy recovery to Yehuda Korman and also to Simon Peterman after their injuries"
- DAVID GARBACZ (Hendon A) - "Jon Jacobs said to me towards the end that squads win titles and he was dead right – their strength in depth is different class to us and it told in style"
- RIC BLANK (Oakwood A) - "It would be a shock now if Redbridge dropped points elsewhere so we can't rely on anyone else. We've produced a tremendous run to get into this position and I'm immensely proud of the boys just for that. If we win in Essex great, if not we'll know we have come on leaps and bounds this season regardless"
- DAN SHAFRON (NL Raiders A) - "At the end of the day I'm proud of the boys - they battled hard and can take a lot from the performance. As for Oakwood, congratulations to them for a well fought win. They've been brilliant this season and I wish them luck in their run-in"
- NICK STERN (L'Equipe) - "Grown men dropped to their knees as though they’d won and then lost an Oscar, others cried tears of joy. What a day, what a performance, what a team and what a season"
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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
Finchley City vs Redbridge JC 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
TABLE (TOP 3)
1. Oakwood Pl. 16, W. 13, Pts. 41
2. Hendon Pl. 16, W. 12, Pts. 37
3. Redbridge Pl. 12, W. 10, Pts. 30
BRADY MACCABI 3 MACCABI LONDON LIONS A 5
Lions A returned to winning ways by completing a league double over Rowley Lane stablemates Brady Maccabi, with goals from Adam Arnold, Adam Burchell (2), Austin Lipman and James Gold.
Top-scorer Reiss Mogilner (2) and Sam Monjack accounted for the Brady goals.
A Lions spokesman told JC Sport: "It was a great comeback from a Lions side that showed no fear and tremendous character coming back from being two goals behind."
DC Prediction: Brady 1 Lions 2
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NORTH LONDON RAIDERS A 0 OAKWOOD A 1
A 80th minute strike from Dave Woolman earned Oakwood a crucial win over last season's champions to move four points clear at the summit.
Oakwood joint-manager Ric Blank told JC Sport: "It would be a shock now if Redbridge dropped points elsewhere so we can't rely on anyone else. We've produced a tremendous run to get into this position and I'm immensely proud of the boys just for that. If we win in Essex great, if not we'll know we have come on leaps and bounds this season regardless."
Raiders boss Dan Shafron told JC Sport: "At the end of the day I'm proud of the boys - they battled hard and can take a lot from the performance. As for Oakwood, congratulations to them for a well fought win. They've been brilliant this season and I wish them luck in their run-in."
DC Prediction: Raiders 2 Oakwood 2
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REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE A 6 HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB A 0
NATHAN SOLLOSI was the hat-trick hero as Redbridge Jewish Care A boosted their title hopes by hitting arch rivals Hendon United for six.
Further strikes from Dean Nyman, Daniel Garfinkle and Steve Summers added the gloss on a memorable morning for the east Londoners.
Jubilant Redbridge boss Jon Jacobs told JC Sport: "This was a real team performance from Redbridge and a marker of how this team can play when everything clicks into place."
Hendon manager David Garbacz told JC Sport: "We need to regroup and play out the season with some pride but when all is said and done we haven’t been good enough this year, especially in the big games."
DC Prediction: Redbridge 2 Hendon 1
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DIVISION ONE
TABLE (TOP 3)
1. Lions B Pl. 16, W. 12, Pts. 38
2. Redbridge B Pl. 12, W. 10, Pts. 31
3. Scrabble FC Pl. 13, W. 9, Pts. 29
MACCABI LONDON LIONS B 4 OAKWOOD B 2
A deadly double from Benji Weinberger (2) plus one apiece from Josh Bloom and Michael Kenley helped Lions B extend their long, unbeaten run as they overcame Oakwood B 4-2 at Rowley Lane.
Oakwood's goals came via Rafi Bloom and Daniel Seligman.
Jubilant Lions boss Sam Marchant told JC Sport: "Having lost away at Oakwood earlier in the season we knew this would be a tough affair. Knowing how huge this game was for us and knowing that nothing other than a victory would do, we had to dig in deep. Football can be very strange, however we managed to pull through and take ourselves one step closer to promotion.”
Disappointed Oakwood manager Jason Stein told JC Sport: "It was quite a tough defeat to take really because for large parts of the game the two sides were evenly matched. So many times this season those errors have been the story of our game and I'm afraid to say it was the case again today. We'll pick ourselves up for a big game against Raiders next week."
DC Prediction: Lions 3 Oakwood 1
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DIVISION TWO
TABLE (TOP 3)
1. L'Equipe (CHAMPIONS) Pl. 16, W. 14, Pts. 44
2. Temple Fortune Pl. 16, W. 8, Pts. 30
3. Redbridge C Pl. 16, W. 8, Pts. 28
FAITHFOLD B 1 L’EQUIPE 6 (L'EQUIPE ARE CHAMPIONS)
The champagne was flowing at the Hive after L’Equipe became the first champions of season 2016/17 – capped their 10th anniversary since joining the league in magnificent style.
Braces from brothers Andy Smith and Mark Smith plus two own goals started the celebrations for Nick Stern's men.
Delighted L'Equipe player-manager Nick Stern told JC Sport: "Grown men dropped to their knees as though they’d won and then lost an Oscar, others cried tears of joy. What a day, what a performance, what a team and what a season!"
DC Prediction: Faithfold 2 L’Equipe 3
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HERTSWOOD VALE 1 MILL HILL DONS 4
Mill Hill Dons climbed into the top five after mauling Hertswood Vale 4-1 - as the JC Manager of the Month curse struck again.
Leading marksman Josh Cohen fired a consolation for Hertswood.
Dons boss Brandon Hamme told JC Sport: "We are playing some very attractive football now as well, which has really gone down well with the fans. Hertswood Vale gave us a good game once again, not really sure how they are that far down the table, I'm sure they will continue to pick up some results."
Hertswood joint-manager Jacob Emanuel told JC Sport: "We were absolutely diabolical today. Nothing clicked - we had a number of key players missing and we made it far too easy for the Dons. It really wasn't our day."
DC Prediction: Hertswood 3 Dons 3
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REAL HENDON 0 BOCA JEWNIORS 2
Sam Simon and Josh Cinna steered Boca Jewniors to their fourth win of the season as they claimed an impressive win at Real.
Boca's Anton Nyman told JC Sport: "Boca, West Hendon Playing Fields, Rainy Days, Never Won There and Rare Clean Sheets were all phrases that had things in common before today, but history proved to be meaningless."
DC Prediction: Real 4 Boca 1
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TEMPLE FORTUNE 3 CATFORD & BROMLEY MACCABI 0
Jordan Sharifian fired his 24th goal of the season as Temple Fortune finished the weekend in second position after beating the Cats 3-0.
Gab Stone and Michael Goldberg added the gloss as Simon Linden's men secured their eighth league triumph.
Delighted Fortune boss Simon Linden told JC Sport: "We have come along way, teams like Faithfold and Catford caused us problems earlier on in the season but we have improved, the two clean sheets are to be mentioned, my back five was excellent today. Job done, onto the next in our push for automatic promotion."
Paying trible to the newly-crowned champions, Linden went on to say: "I would like to say a massive congratulations to the boys at L'Equipe on their title win. Outstanding achievement, well done to Nick and his team. I hope we join them in Division One next season."
Cats player-manager Jeff Gotch told JC Sport: "I'm proud of how my XI performed and with four players carrying major injuries we showed true Catford fight.
"Big mazels to my Nick and all the lads at L'Equipe - well deserved and wish them luck in Division One."
DC Prediction: Fortune 3 Catford 1
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MATCHES OFF
Prem Div - Camden Park vs SPEC FC - waterlogged pitch
Div 1 - Hendon B vs Scrabble FC - Hendon defaulted
Faithfold B vs Redbridge B - Faithfold defaulted