Redbridge Jewish Care ended the year in style with their respective A, B and C teams registering impressive victories over Lions A, Raiders B and Temple Fortune on Matchday 4 of the MGBSFL.
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Wishing all MGBSFL players, managers and officials and JC readers a happy, healthy and sweet New Year.
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JC MATCHDAY 4 COVERAGE
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS - L'EQUIPE vs HERTWOOD VALE
PHOTOGALLERY - L'EQUIPE vs HERTWOOD VALE
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MATCHDAY 4 RESULTS
CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP
Boca Jewniors 0 FC Team B 2
PREMIER DIVISION
Brady Maccabi 8 FC Team A 2
Hendon Utd A 3 Camden Park 1
Redbridge A 5 Lions A 0
Woodford 0 Raiders 6
DIVISION 1
Brixton 1 Hendon B 6
Finchley City 5 Athletic Bilbaum 1
Los Blancos 1 Scrabble FC 2
ML Lions B 3 Faithfold A 1
NL Raiders B 0 Redbridge JC B 4
DIVISION 2
Catford & Bromley 4 RCUK FC 1
Faithfold B 8 Mill Hill Dons 0
L'Equipe 3 Hertswood Vale 0
Real Hendon 3 NL Raiders C 1
Temple Fortune 2 Redbridge JC C 5
JC HAT-TRICK HEROES
Prem Div - Russell Goldstein (Redbridge A)
Div 1 - Adam Ellis 5 (Hendon United SC B), Daniel Polak (Finchley City FC)
Div 2 - Richard Fogelman 7 (Faithfold B), Jimmy Castle (Redbridge C)
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DANNY CARO'S MATCHDAY 4 AWARDS
PLAYER OF THE WEEK - RICHARD FOGELMAN
GOAL OF THE WEEK - JAKE SAUNDERS
SAVE OF THE WEEK: Scott Shear (Redbridge Jewish Care B)
REFEREE OF THE WEEK: David Lazarus (Redbridge JC A vs Maccabi Lions A)
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: James Stanton (Faithfold B)
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JC TEAM OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
GK - Scott Shear (Redbridge B)
DEFENDERS - Glenn Turner (Hendon B), Josh Bentley, Dan Stock (both Scrabble FC), Ryan Cole (Redbridge A), Nathan Schindler (ML Lions B), Josh Edjelbaum (Boca Jewniors), Adam Noble (Redbridge B), Richard Adam (Catford & Bromley), Rafi Addlestone (Real Hendon)
MIDFIELDERS - Gid Barth (Hendon B), Josh Bharier, Josh Pugh (both Scrabble FC), Russell Goldstein (Redbridge A), Carl Dobin (Redbridge B), Joel Lassman (Catford & Bromley), Yossi Goldberg, Yomi Cohen (both Real Hendon), Eli Davila (Finchley City FC), Rob Cohen (Brady Maccabi)
STRIKERS - Richard Fogelman (Faithfold B), Adam Ellis (Hendon B), Danny Sherman (Scrabble FC), Daniel Garfinkle (Redbridge A), Dean Ben Yosef (Redbridge B), Benny Goldberg (Real Hendon), Adam Ellis (Hendon United SC B), Daniel Polak (Finchley City FC)
MANAGER - Jon Jacobs (Redbridge A), Sam Rank (Redbridge B), Josh Hambling (Redbridge C), Jeff Gotch (Catford & Bromley), Chaim Gothold (Real Hendon)
REFEREE - Robert Benardout (Catford & Bromley vs RC UK), Callum Foster (Finchley City vs Athletic Bilbaum), Paul Gelernter NL Raiders B vs Redbridge JC B), Martin Lavender (Los Blancos vs Scrabble), David Lazarus (Redbridge JC A vs Maccabi Lions A)
Email nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- RICHARD FOGELMAN (Faithfold B) - Dele Alli-esque flicked over a man and volleyed into the top corner from the edge of the box
- RICHARD FOGELMAN (Faithfold B) - Louis Taylor on the right hooked the ball in with his left foot right in the danger area and found Fogelman who cleverly got clear of his marker and headed it across the goal leaving the keeper stranded
- JEFF GOTCH (Catford & Bromley) - played a one two with Jason Shoffman and hit an unstoppable shot top corner from just outside the box
- JAKE SAUNDERS (Camden Park) - scored one of the finest goals ever seen in Sunday league football with a brilliant swerving shot from 35 yards out
- ADAM ELLIS (Hendon B) - An audacious chip by Adam Ellis from about 40-45 yards out that had the keeper rooted to the spot who watched it sail over his head
- ADAM ABADI (Lions B) - flicked the ball up to himself with his back toward goal, on the edge of the box, turned and volleyed it into the net, keeper didn’t move. Wonder goal
- JOSH BLOOM (Lions B) - Abadi played a neat ball in to him which he back heeled first time into the corner. Cheeky!
- GAV KRIEGER (Finchley City FC) - 25-yard free-kick against Bilbaum on his Finchley debut
- DANIEL HARROD (Brady Maccabi) - started by nutmegging the FC Team defender on the left around 25 yards out before bending the ball into the top right corner leaving the GK stranded. Absolute worldie from the Brady captain
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JC SAVE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- BEN LAW (Scrabble FC) - made a fantastic blocked save with his feet 30 seconds from the end of the game to keep the score at 2-1
- SCOTT SHEAR (Redbridge B) - an unbelievable penalty save, going down to his right and holding onto the ball
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- JAMES STANTON (Faithfold B) - "Yes we are delighted with the three points and we can definitely draw many positives from today but we don't want get ahead of ourselves, the fact I could've done all my Rosh Hashana shopping mid-game is an indicator of how busy I was in goal"
- DAVID GARBACZ (Hendon A) - "We'd like to take this opportunity to wish all our fans a happy new year, a year where we will be looking to deliver them some title silver wear to go with their Apple and honey"
- MAX SAUNDERS (Camden Park) - "It was a great performance where we dominated the best footballing team in the league for the majority of the game. Although credit to Hendon, they showed their class in being clinical enough to win games where they were not on top for large parts of the game"
- JOSH HAMBLING (Redbridge JC C) - "Firstly, I want to quash any rumours of paparazzi spotting the manager stumbling out of Stratford casino at 4am singing Frank Sinatra greatest hits!"
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP ROUND ONE
BOCA JEWNIORS 0 FC TEAM B 2
FC Team B will host Hertswood Vale in round two after Eitan Ben Zion and Eddie Sternberg masterminded a 2-0 victory over Boca Jewniors.
Boca co-boss Elliot Grant told JC Sport: "We lacked the attacking prowess needed to score the first goal in the first half despite playing some wonderful football down the wings. The defence we excellent and held a high line and every ball the opposition played through were being caught on the offside trap. The second half was played with high intensity and we were disappointed with the award of both goals - one for offside, the other for an injury."
DC Prediction: Boca 1 FC Team 2
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MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE A 5 MACCABI LONDON LIONS A 0
RUSSELL GOLDSTEIN was the hat-trick hero as Redbridge A made it three out of three in a ruthless performance against previously unbeaten Lions A.
Further strikes from Daniel Garfinkle and James Berkley completed the rout.
DC Prediction: RJC 1 Lions 1
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HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB A 3 CAMDEN PARK 1
Dovi Fehler was back among the goals, along with Ari Last and Zack Lewis as Hendon made it four wins out of four against Camden Park.
Hendon manager David Garbacz told JC Sport: "We were no where near our best today but it was very encouraging that we still managed to grind out a very important win against a well organised and skillful Camden team."
Proud Camden boss Max Saunders told JC Sport: "It was a great performance where we dominated the best footballing team in the league for the majority of the game. Credit to Hendon, they showed their class in being clinical enough to win games where they were not on top for large parts of the game."
DC Prediction: Hendon 4 Camden 1
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BRADY MACCABI 8 FC TEAM A 2
Brady Maccabi were the top-scorers of the day as Reiss Mogilner (2), Dan Cohen (2), Rob Cohen, Dan Harrod, Ben Kohler and Marc Rister registered in the 8-2 annihilation of FC Team.
Brady joint-manager Eli Dagul told JC Sport: "Obviously we are very happy with the result. Once again we played with great attacking freedom and are proving our worth in the top division."
DC Prediction: Brady 2 FC Team 1
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NORTH LONDON RAIDERS A 6 WOODFORD WANDERERS 0
Raiders A made it two wins on the spin thanks to two more goals from Liron Mannie plus one apiece from David Dinkin, Dave Cohen, Ben Ellis and an own goal in the battle of the champions against Woodford.
NLR boss Dan Shafron told JC Sport: "Today was a really dominant performance from us. We attacked with pace and fluidity and created plenty of chances while defensively we were solid and never troubled."
Woodford joint-manager Daryl Kay told JC Sport: "We had severely depleted team, with four key first teamers unavailable and although we didn’t concede until around the 40th minute or so, the Raiders front-line was too much for us."
DC Prediction: Raiders 3 Woodford 1
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DIVISION ONE
DANNY CARO'S DIVISION ONE TEAM OF THE WEEK
BRIXTON OLD BOYS 1 HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB B 6
Hendon B recorded their first win of the season after hitting Brixton for six at Clowes.
DC Prediction: Brixton 0 Hendon 3
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FINCHLEY CITY FC 5 ATHLETIC BILBAUM 1
DANIEL POLAK was the hat-trick hero as Finchley City FC returned to winning ways, over-powering Athletic Bilbaum 5-1. A cracker from Gav Krieger plus one from Alon Pinhas secured the points.
Finchley boss Joel Holder told JC Sport: "We got the reaction I was looking for after last week's defeat to Scrabble. The boys know that this is the standard we must replicate to win the title this season.
DC Prediction: Finchley 2 Bilbaum 1
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MACCABI LONDON LIONS B 3 FAITHFOLD A 1
Adam Abadi, Josh Bloom and Daniel Mattey ensured Lions B extended their winning run to three in a 3-1 success over Faithfold.
Lions boss Sam Marchant told JC Sport: "A third win in a row in the league is very positive, couldn’t have asked for more."
DC Prediction: Lions 3 Faithfold 1
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NORTH LONDON RAIDERS B 0 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE B 4
Division One leaders Raiders B were knocked off top spot after they were crushed 4-0 by promotion rivals Redbridge B, courtesy of goals from Dean Ben Yosef, Richie Caplin. Anthony Cope and Carl Dobrin.
RJC boss Sam Rank told JC Sport: "The scoreline could have been even more emphatic, but the boys were fantastic today. They worked as a team, worked for each other and was just brilliant to watch."
NLR boss Jonathan Adelman told JC Sport: "As expected we lost this one. I'm just pleased we were able to fulfil the fixture given the number of players away this week."
DC Prediction: NLR 2 RJC 2
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LOS BLANCOS 1 SCRABBLE FC 2
Goals from Josh Bharier and Danny Sherman saw Scrabble FC claimed their second win in three matches as they edged past Los Blancos in a hard-fought win.
Scrabble manager Ray Abrahams told JC Sport; "That's back to back league wins now and our season is up and running. I thought we controlled the game well today and our defence was so solid."
Blancos boss Nick Grosse told JC Sport: "We are all extremely disappointed. We were completely off the pace all over the pitch, particularly in the first half, which was in stark contrast to our victory last week."
DC Prediction: Blancos 2 Scrabble 3
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DIVISION TWO
CATFORD & BROMLEY MACCABI 4 RCUK FC 1
Catford & Bromley completed one of the comebacks of the day as new boys RCUK tasted defeat for the first time this season.
The Cats were not behind for long following an Avi Markiewicz opener, forcing an equaliser via an own goal following a dangerous cross from Laurence Bloom.
After a tactical reshuffle, the second half was one-way traffic, with Joel Lassman, Callion McGregor and Jeff Gotch guiding them home.
Player-manager Gotch told JC Sport: "All in all a great send-off for our captain Richard Adams who is off tomorrow to LA to start a new chapter with his fiancé. We wish him well and will miss ha presence greatly."
RCUK player-boss Avi Markiewicz told JC Sport; "We domintated the game and were the better team. We just weren't effective enough in the final third. Unfortunately individual errors were punished and cost us the game."
DC Prediction: Catford 2 RCUK 1
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REAL HENDON 3 NORTH LONDON RAIDERS C 1
A deadly double from player-manager Chaim Gothold and one from Gav Noe earned Real Hendon an impressive 3-1 win over Raiders C.
Real player-manager Chaim Gotheld told JC Sport: "It was an excellent performance and result for us to end the year. We didn't do ourselves justice in our first two games of the season, but today we took our chances and defended resolutely."
DC Prediction: Real 1 Raiders 3
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FAITHFOLD B 8 MILL HILL DONS 0
A sensational seven-goal salvo from RICHARD FOGELMAN steered Faithfold B to their second win of the season as they destroyed Mill Hill Dons 8-0.
Louis Taylor added the gloss in a polished performance at the Hive.
Faithfold co-manager James Stanton tried to calm things down, "Yes we are delighted with the three points and we can definitely draw many positives from today but we don't want get ahead of ourselves, the fact I could've done all my Rosh Hashana shopping mid-game is an indicator of how busy I was in goal."
Dons boss Brandon Hamme told JC Sport: "It was a very disappointing result. I believe the score flattered them but they were definitely the better team on the day."
DC Prediction: Faithfold 2 MHD 3
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L’EQUIPE 3 HERTSWOOD VALE 0
Max Martin, Andy Smith and James Mandell found the net as L'Equipe started life at their new Old Finchleians home with a handsome 3-0 victory over Vale.
L'Equipe boss Nick Stern told JC Sport; "It was a 3-0 win but it shows how far we have come when we came off the pitch a bit disappointed with ourselves."
DC Prediction: L'Equipe 5 Vale 0
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TEMPLE FORTUNE 2 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE C 5
Redbridge C completed a win treble for the club as JIMMY CASTLE (3), Rafe Neiman and Daniel Jacobs sealed an impressive 5-2 win over Temple Fortune.
Jordan Sharafia and Gab Stone replied for Fortune.
RJC manager Josh Hambling told JC Sport: "I think our season is well and truly under way after that display and I know the boys don't fear anyone in this league."
TFFC boss Simon Linden said: "Our first-half performance cost us - it was no way near good enough and to be honest we were lucky to only be 2-1 down. The second half was much better and at 2-2 with 20 minutes to go I faniced us to go for the win. But RJC were the better team on the day - it's how we bounce back next week that now matters and I'm confident we will."
DC Prediction: Fortune 2 RJC 2
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