Redbridge Jewish Care enjoyed another memorable weekend, with their respective A, B and C team winning, while L'Equipe registered eight goals in an action-packed Matchday 6 in the MGBSFL.
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DANNY CARO'S MONTHLY AWARDS: SEPTEMBER
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MATCHDAY 6 RESULTS
LFASCC Round One
NL Raiders A 6 Anorthotis 2
MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
FC Team A 6 Woodford Wanderers 3
Hendon A 4 ML Lions A 1
Oakwood A 2 Brady Maccabi 0
Redbridge JC A 3 Camden Park 0
DIVISION 1
Finchley City 1 ML Lions B 6
Hendon Utd SC B 3 Athletic Bilbaum 0
Los Blancos 1 Redbridge JC B 2
NL Raiders B 8 Faithfold A 1
DIVISION 2
Boca Jewniors 1 Redbridge JC C 4
Faithfold B 2 Catford & Bromley 1
Hertswood Vale 0 NL Raiders C 3
L'Equipe 8 Mill Hill Dons 2
Temple Fortune 3 FC Team B 1
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JC HAT-TRICK HEROES
LSFACC - Liron Mannie 4 (NL Raiders A)
Prem Div - Yoav Kestenbaum (Hendon A)
Div 1 - Nick Woolf (NL Raiders B)
Div 2 - Aaron Goldberg (Redbridge JC C), James Mandell (L'Equipe)
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DANNY CARO'S MATCHDAY 6 AWARDS
SAVE OF THE WEEK: Scott Shear (Redbridge Jewish Care B)
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Nick Gross (Los Blancos)
REFEREE OF THE WEEK: Richard Jaye (FC Team A vs Woodford Wanderers)
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JC TEAM OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
GK - Marc Woolfe (NL Raiders B), Jonny Blain (Oakwood A)
DEFENDERS - Tomer Wieder (Faithfold B). James Korn (FC Team A), Joe Cohen (NL Raiders A), Max Clynes, Ilan Scorah (both Oakwood A)
MIDFIELDERS - Ben Sollosi, Russell Goldstein (both Redbridge A), Avi Korman (Hendon A), Dan Abrams (Faithfold B), Gid Barth, Saul Cohen (both Hendon B), Jason Wood (FC Team A), Liron Mannie, David Dinkin (NL Raiders A), Sam Rank (Redbridge JC B), James Mandell (L'Equipe), Eyal Samovich (NL Raiders C), Alex Koslover (Oakwood A)
STRIKERS - Aaron Goldberg (Redbridge JC C), Yoav Kestenbaum (Hendon A), Nicky Woolf (NL Raiders B), Dean Nyman (Redbridge JC A), Chaim Bordon (Faithfold B), Adam Ellis (Hendon B), Richard Salmon (FC Team A), Matt Stock (NL Raiders A), Nick Haringman (NL Raiders C), Sam Cantor (Oakwood A)
MANAGER - David Garson & James Stanton (Faithfold B), Dan Kristall & Ric Blank (Oakwood A), Sam Marchant (ML Lions B)
REFEREE - Robert Benardout (NL Raiders B vs Faithfold A), Darryl Colmans (Faithfold B vs Catford & Bromley), Richard Jaye (FC Team A vs Woodford Wanderers)
Email nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- DEAN NYMAN (Redbridge A) - Russell Goldstein was sent clear on an overlap and after sending over a delicious clipped cross, the ball was met perfectly by the onrushing Dean Nyman for an excellent flicked finish
- WILL UFLAND (NL Raiders B) - Nicky Woolf sliding in Ufland on the right-hand side of the box and he hammered a low shot back across the keeper and just inside the far post
- JOSH BARNETT - standing inside his own half, he spotted the keeper off his line and it bounced over the keeper into the top corner
- LIRON MANNIE (NL Raiders A) - a perfect counter-attack saw Jake Doffman clear a corner finding Matt Stock on the left. Stocky turned the advancing Anorthosis player and made a darting run down the left side. He passed in to Liron who smashed one in to the top corner from 25 yards
- JORDAN SHARIFIA (Temple Fortune) - an overhead kick from 20 yards has to be goal of the week - a contender for goal of the season, unbelievable effort
- JAMES MANDELL (L'Equipe) - capped off his hat-trick with a stunning 25-yard free-kick into the top corner of the net. Simply unstoppable
- ROB SAMUELSON (NL Raiders C) - a fine volley from just outside the box
- BENJI WEINBERGER (ML Lions B) - picking up the ball 30 yards out, he unleashed a rocket shot into the top corner past the Finchley goalkeeper
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JC SAVE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- SCOTT SHEAR (Redbridge JC B) - one-on-one with the Los Bloncos striker and made a great save
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK: THE CONTENDERS
- SAM MARCHANT (Lions B) - "The lads have now set a new benchmark for the level of performance and they know what is required of them. I would say it was our most conniving performance of the season so far"
- JONO NESBITT (Hendon B) - "We've now won two and lost two in the league which is probably fair as we have turned up for two of the games and been away with the fairies for the other two. Lets just hope the fairies don't make a return this season"
- NICK GROSSE (Los Blancos) - "I am very upset with myself, I hate to let the team down, even more so now I am manager, but goalkeeping mistakes are always fatal - I still don't know why I picked that position!"
- NICK STERN (L'Equipe) - QUOTE 1 - "Let me also start by saying I was very impressed with Mill Hill Dons. They showed great fight, especially in the first half, are a really good bunch of lads and I hope their fortunes turn around quickly as I am sure they will"
- NICK STERN (L'Equipe) - QUOTE 2 - "Now what more can I say about my team on top of what has already been said. Four wins from four, eight more goals scored this weekend and a team that continues to enjoy playing football together, turning up week in, week out wanting to win, wanting to do their shirt proud and most importantly each and every one of them wants to do their jobs, win their battles an come together so that L'Equipe can win as a team"
- SAM ROSE (NL Raiders C) - "What was most pleasing was the attractive football we began to play in difficult conditions and the solidity with which the defence performed. Raiders are really starting to gel as a team and I think you can expect great things from us for the rest of the season"
- SAM RANK (Redbridge JC B) - "I must say, not getting onto the pitch till 10am, for a kick off for 10.15 is not always perfect"
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW BEGINS HERE:
LONDON FA SUNDAY CHALLENGE CUP
MAJESTIC MANNIE SENDS RAIDERS THROUGH
NORTH LONDON RAIDERS A 6 ANORTHOSIS 2
LIRON MANNIE maintained his imperious start to the season with a four-goal blitz from easing Raiders into the next round as they hit Anorthosis for six.
Further strikes from David Dinkin and Jordan Marks added the gloss as NLR marched into the next round.
NLR boss Dan Shafron told JC Sport: "Our performance today was once again excellent all round. We were up against a side we knew nothing about but we took the game to them and got the goals that our attacking play deserved.
"We got in to some great positions and when the chances game, we finished them off superbly. Liron and Stocky linked brilliantly for each of our four first half goals we played with confidence and urgency.
"We did gift them a goal after 20 seconds but credit to the boys because they showed great character to keep their heads, turn things back around quickly and then at that point, we went on to win the game comfortably."
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MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
DANNY CARO'S PREM DIV TEAM OF THE WEEK
TOP-SCORERS
8 - Liron Mannie (NL Raiders A), Reiss Mogilner (Brady Maccabi)
7 - Zack Lewis (Hendon Utd SC A)
REJUVEANTED TEAM BACK IN BUSINESS
FC TEAM A 6 WOODFORD WANDERERS 3
Lorian Madanes and Richard Salmon bagged braces as FC Team A secured their first win of the season, mauling Woodford 6-3.
Team's other two strikes came via two own goals on a morning to forget for the Essex men.
Andy Levy and Harrison Midda (2) replied for Woodford.
Delighted FC Team boss Mitch Young told JC Sport: "It has been an extremely tough start to the season having nine players out through injuries, however we welcomed one or two defenders back today as well as Ed Bloom in goal and our two new signings slotted in nicely."
DC Prediction: FC Team 1 Woodford 2
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OAKWOOD WIN AT A CANTOR
OAKWOOD A 2 BRADY MACCABI 0
A deadly double from Sam Cantor saw Oakwood end Brady's 100 per cent record.
Oaks joint-manager Dan Kristall told JC Sport: "This was a big win after last weeks cup disappointment. We needed this win to get our season moving again and we are now well placed in the league to challenge."
Brady joint-manager Josh Dagul told JC Sport: "It was a great test for us to see where we are compared to one of the league heavyweights and we were pleased to see us compete. They were the better team but we managed to keep them quiet for the majority of the game.
DC Prediction: Oakwood 2 Brady 1
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HOME COMFORTS SUIT REDBRIDGE
REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE A 3 CAMDEN PARK 0
A deadly double from Dean Nyman plus one from Sam Sollosi steered Redbridge to their fourth consecutive win of the season.
DC Prediction: Redbridge 3 Camden 1
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KING KESTENBAUM BACK WITH A BANG
HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB A 4 MACCABI LONDON LIONS A 1
Hendon made it five out of five in the league with a crushing 4-1 win over Lions, with YOAV KESTENBAUM helping himself to a treble.
James Gershfield snatched a consolation for Lions but it was Hendon who went marching on, with Yoav Lebens sealing the points.
Jubilant Hendon boss David Garbacz told JC Sport: "From 1-12 we were brilliant today against a pretty strong Lions team. We are playing with lots of confidence at the moment and it will take an extremely good team to stop us this year."
DC Prediction: Hendon 2 Lions 1
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DIVISION ONE
DANNY CARO'S DIVISION ONE TEAM OF THE WEEK
TOP-SCORERS
7 - Adam Ellis (Hendon B)
6 - Nicky Woolf (NL Raiders B)
KING KENLEY BATTERS FINCHLEY
FINCHLEY CITY FC 1 MACCABI LONDON LIONS B 6
Lions B made it four league wins on the spin, with two-goal hero Michael Kenley crushing the hopes of in-form Finchley.
There were also goals for Josh Bloom, Benji Weinberger, Ben Winters and Dom Feldman to cap an outstanding team performance.
Finchley's consolation came via Moshe Fehler.
Lions boss Sam Marchant told JC Sport: "f course winning 4 from 4 is the perfect start we dreamed of. We take each game as it comes and make sure we are focused on the task ahead each weekend."
Finchley manager Joel Holder told JC Sport: "Unfortunately we did not turn up today. There were a lot of unforced errors and I think we gave Lions B too much respect."
DC Prediction: Finchley 1 Lions 2
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WONDERFUL WOOLF DESTROYS FAITHFOLD
NORTH LONDON RAIDERS B 8 FAITHFOLD A 1
Raiders B returned to winning ways, with NICKY WOOLF (3) the star man in the 8-1 destruction of Faithfold.
Simon Buchler (2), Jake Gilbert, Elad Hertschten and Will Ufland also netted in a top-class performance from Jonathan Adelman's boys.
Faithfold pulled one back through Dan Yoss.
Describing hot-shot Woolf as "on fire at the moment," NLR boss Jonathan Adelman told JC Sport: "It was very important for us to get back to winning ways after a couple of poor results. We started fast and were 4-0 up inside the first 15 minutes."
DC Prediction: NLR 2 Faithfold 1
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HENDON CAN STILL IMPROVE, SAYS NESBITT
HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB B 3 ATHLETIC BILBAUM 0
Athletic Bilbaum wait for a win continues after they were well beaten by Hendon B, for whom Adam Ellis, Gid Barth and Saul Cohen were the marksmen.
Hendon joint-manager Jono Nesbitt told JC Sport: "Overall a very pleasing performance, although we did drop off towards the end and arguably could've came away with a few more goals, with some of the boys missing a few sitters, we can't really complain."
DC Prediction: Hendon 4 Bilbaum 1
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JUBLIANT JJ SINKS BLANCOS
LOS BLANCOS 1 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE B 2
Player of the Month Richie Caplin and Joe Jordan were the marksmen as Redbridge B extended their winning league record with a 2-1 win over Blancos, just as predicted!
RJC player-manager Sam Rank told JC Sport: "Overall, I feel the boys deserved the points, due to the second-half performance, but they also know they can play a lot better."
Joe Davis had equalised from penalty spot for LB and player-manager Nick Grosse told JC Sport: "I am very upset with myself, I hate to let the team down, even more so now I am manager, but goalkeeping mistakes are always fatal - I still don't know why I picked that position!
DC Prediction: Blancos 1 RJC 2
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BRIXTON OLD BOYS P SCRABBLE FC P
Match postponed - Brixton forfeited
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DIVISION TWO
TOP-SCORERS
13 - Richard Fogelman (Faithfold B)
9 – Jonti Aremband (RCUK FC)
AARON STRIKES GOLD FOR REDBRIDGE
BOCA JEWNIORS 1 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE C 4
AARON GOLDBERG was the hat-trick hero as Redbridge C returned to winning ways with a classy 4-1 win over Boca, just as predicted!
Benjamin Lederman salvaged a consolation for Boca.
DC Prediction: Boca 1 RJC 4
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BRILLIANT BORDON CAGES CATS
FAITHFOLD C 2 CATFORD & BROMLEY MACCABI 1
Faithfold B claimed one of the results of the day courtesy of strikes from Josh Barnett and Chaim Bordon against leaders Catford.
Jamie Sinai pulled one back for Catford who finished with 10 men after a red card.
Faithfold co-manager James Stanton told JC Sport: "We are on a good run of form and we fully deserved the win today against the league leaders. All 13 of us put in a massive shift and we worked for each other all game long. Absolutely nothing went through our back-line and we created a handful of clear-cut chances"
DC Prediction: Faithfold 1 Catford 4
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RUTHLESS RAIDERS DESTROY VALE
HERTSWOOD VALE 0 NORTH LONDON RAIDERS C 3
Raiders C remain in seventh position after a comfortable 3-0 success over winless Hertswood Vale. A deadly double from Nick Haringman plus one from Rob Samuelson secured the points in a polished performance.
Commending his team for "a fine performance," NLR joint-manager Sam Rose told JC Sport: "What was most pleasing was the attractive football we began to play in difficult conditions and the solidity with which the defence performed. Raiders are really starting to gel as a team and I think you can expect great things from us for the rest of the season."
DC Prediction: Vale 2 NLR 2
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MAGICAL MANDELL MAULS DONS
L’EQUIPE 8 MILL HILL DONS 2
JAMES MANDELL was the chief tormentor of MH Dons as L'Equipe recovered from last week's cup reverse to win 8-2.
Max Martin, Andy Smith, James Bell, Matt Gilbery and an own goal eased L'Equipe to their four consecutive victory and put them joint-top with Catford and Redbridge.
Richard Hayim and Harry Moss registered for the Dons.
L'Equipe boss Nick Stern told JC Sport: "While I am extremely proud its only four games in and we know full well this is a marathon not a sprint and we must take each game one week at a time. I couldn’t have asked for a better start but our attention immediately turns to the cup game next week where we hope to keep the momentum up.
Dons boss Brandon Hamme told JC Sport: "We will improve as the weeks go on and I'm fully confident the results will start come. Fair play to L'Equipe, they played very well throughout, especially in the second half. Fully expecting them to be strongly challenging for promotion this season."
DC Prediction: L'Equipe 3 Dons 1
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SHARAFIA STUNNER PUTS FORTUNE BACK ON TRACK
TEMPLE FORTUNE 3 FC TEAM B 1
Brett Stead, Jordan Sharafia and Adam Lenz helped Temple Fortune end a two-match losing streak as they beat FC Team 3-1.
Fortune boss Simon Linden told JC Sport: "It's good to get back to winning ways. It should have really been more comfortable. I'm happy with our first five results. The boys are all looking forward to Catford next, massive game! As for Jordan's goal, you won't see any better, unbelievable."
DC Prediction: Fortune 2 Team 1
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