By Danny Caro
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By Danny Caro
It's been a busy summer for most clubs ahead of season 2014/15, now it's time for Danny Caro brings you the low-down on the big movers and shakers.
PREMIER DIVISION
FAITHFOLD A
Competitions entered: All including London Sunday FA
Hopes for the season: To be competitive in all competitions
Players out: Dan Perkins, Roie Spitzer
Manager: Zuriel Solomon
Captain: Alex Taylor
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FC TEAM A
Competitions entered: Premier Division, Peter Morrison Trophy, Cyril Anekstein Cup and London FA County Cup
Hopes for the season: To maintain a solid league position and to have a good cup run
Players in: Yoav Lebens, Alon Hershkorn
Players out: No
Manager: Ben Gilbey
Captain: Jamie Breslaw - lives, breathes, eats and drinks FC Team
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HARMEN
Competitions entered: Cyril Anekstein Cup, Peter Morrison and the Premier Division of the MGBSFL
Hopes for the season: We have been working hard in pre-season to gel the new boys and if we can get everyone playing the way we have been in our pre-season games there is no reason why we can’t be towards the top of the table come the end of the season
Players in: George Fierstone, James Gershfield, Bradley Dryer, Bradley Sharp, David Ronson, Joey Lazare, Josh Brooks, Marc Foster, Ollie Craig, Jake Gottlieb, Rob Blackman, Marc Lazare
Players out: James Sandler, Adam Osper, Bradley Fox, Jordan Segal, Mitch Green
Managers: Joseph Marsh, Oliver Leslie, Samuel Castle, Joel Alterman
Captain: Ben Weinberg
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HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB A
Competitions entered: All the usual ones plus the Sunday FA Challenge Cup
Hopes for the season: We will be there to be shot at but we are confident we can successfully defend our league championship
Players in: Ethan Zone, Michael Kenley, Dovi Fehler
Players out: Yishai Last, Danny Kon, Yehuda Korman, Jacob Gold, Yoav Lebens
Manager: David Garbacz
Captain: Ari Last
Sponsor: CMC Markets
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NORTH WEST NEASDEN
Competitions entered: All the Jewish competitions and London Cup
Hopes for the season: To be competitive in every game, to finish in the top half of the league and have a good run in the cups
Players in: Sam Franks, Steve Green, Josh Wiener
Players out: Jamie Kent
Manager: Stirling Kay
Captain: Craig Edwards
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NORTH LONDON RAIDERS A
Competitions entered: MSFL Prem, Anekstein, Peter Morrison Trophy, London Sunday Challenge Cup
Hopes for the season: To continue the fine work of last season
Players in: Ben Joseph, Liron Mannie
Players out: Rob Blackman, Oli Henry
Manager: Rob Richman
Captain: David Rhodes - now in his 10th season with the club
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OAKWOOD
Competitions entered: Premier Division, Morrison and Anekstein
Hopes for the season: The boys at Oakwood know they have something special – and we’re only going to get stronger. I’ve challenged everyone to be part of something big – something they can look back on with pride
Players in: Lee Warner, Simon ‘Skip’ Davies, and we have have Eddie Manson, Josh Rubin and Adam Levine back from injury
Players out: None
Managers: Ric Blank, Alex Schock
Captain: Adam Levine
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REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE A
Competitions entered: Premier Division, Anekstein and Morrison
Hopes for the season: Going for league and cups
Players in: We've taken four boys off of Chigwell - Steve Summers and Craig Sandford rejoin
Players out: Adam Stolerman
Manager: Sam Rosenthal
Captain: TBC
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WOODFORD WANDERERS
Competitions entered: Peter Morrison, Cyril Anekstein Cup and Premier Division
Hopes for the season: To fulfil all of our fixtures with possibly the smallest squad in the league
Players in: Antony Costa, Aviel Schwarz, Glenn Michaels, James Powell
Players out: James Ryan, Ashley Stanton, Jason Goldstein
Manager: Toby Charles
Captain: Elliot Gold
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Maccabi London Lions complete the division
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DIVISION ONE
ATHLETIC BILBAUM
Hopes for the season: To consolidate our position and become a household name of the League
Players in: TBC
Players out: Jake Gilbert
Managers: Julius Judah and Nick Shinder
Captain: Eli Lew
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BLIZZARD STORM
Competitions entered: Morrison, Anekstein and Division One
Hopes for the season: It's going to be a tough league with a lot of sides capable of pushing for promotion. The first couple of months are crucial, we can be up there - the target is promotion and with the squad we have I want to see us in the mix
Players in: 10 - including Ben Ellis, Oli Henry, Brad Cohen, Conor Brand
Players out: Dan Simons, Oli Simons
Manager: Simon Linden
Captain: Eli Lew
Sponsor: Ready Steady Fit - www.readysteadyfit.co.uk
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BRADY MACCABI
Competitions entered: Division One and both cups
Hopes for the season: To build on last season's impressive league campaign, and make some waves in the cups, maybe sneaking into Europe. Brady have real aspirations of winning some more silverware this year.
Players in: Matt Frohlich, Sam Singer, James Joseph
Players out: David Newman
Manager: Josh Dagul
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LOS BLANCOS
Hopes for the season: We are hoping to improve on last season's mid-table finish
Players in: Alon Blitz, Jo Davis, Motty Korman, Martin Smulovitch, Danny Steel, Chaim Gothold
Players out: Jono Gaon, Julian Gertner
Manager: Jon Ison
Captain: Darren Russell
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NORSTAR LONDON RAIDERS B
Hopes for the season: Our new signings should help us step up a level in what I'm sure is going to be an exceptionally competitive division
Players in: David Grossman, Josh Green, Lewis Blitz, Jake Gilbert, Jacob Gold
Players out: Jonny Blain
Manager: Jonathan Adelman
Captain: TBC
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REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE B
Hopes for the season: It's all about consolidation so as long as we are still in Div 1 next season, all is good
Players in: Amir Nathan, Toby Nathan
Players out: All the good ones are at uni!
Manager: Jon Jacobs
Captain: Darren Brown
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SPEC FC
Competitions entered: Division One, Cyril Anekstein Cup, Peter Morrison Trophy
Hopes for the season: To be a lot more competitive in the league and challenging at the right end of the table
Players in: Brothers Brad and Ryan Fox
Players out: Nick Berman and Brad Cohen
Managers: Ricky Lawrence and Michael Rhodes
Captain: Marc Hecht
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Brixton Old Boys and Camden Park complete the division
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DIVISION TWO
AC WHETSTONE
Competitions entered: Division Two, Cyril Anekstein Cup
Hopes for the season: The boys will hopefully be heading off to University next summer having been together as a team since they were six-years-old. It would be great to go out on a high but as we have never placed winning above all else we aren’t going to start now
Players in: N/A
Players out: N/A
Managers: Clive Nathan and Anthony Jacobs
Captain: TBC
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AC MILL HILL
Competitions entered: Division Two, Anekstein, Morrison
Hopes for the season: We're aiming for the title
Players in: Jamie Kent, Joel Lassman, Loz Bloom, Jeff Gotch, Darren Bloom
Players out: N/A
Manager: Daniel Beresford
Captain: Rob Kleinman
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CATFORD & BROMLEY MACCABI
Competitions entered: MSFL, Division Two and the Cyril Anekstein Cup
Hopes for the season: It must be promotion. It hurt everyone to allow a seven point lead slip to finish in fourth place last season. So we’re determined to put that right
Players in: The largest number of signings at one time that LJ can remember - Dan Cohen, Josh Krewne, Andy Charles, Daniel Green, Zak Mcleod
Players out: David Powell (Royal Navy), Gabriel John, Reuben John, Jeff Gotch, Ben Swart, Gidi Matlin
Manager: Lester Jacobs
Captain: Adam Luria
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FC TEAM B
Competitions entered: League, Anekstein and Morrison
Hopes for the season: To win the title
Players in: Ben Binder, Daniel Breger
Players out: Simon Peterman
Manager: Mitch Young
Captain: Jonathan Breger
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FC TEAM C
Competitions entered: All
Hopes for the season: If we can build on last year’s fourth place finish then that would be a bonus
Players in: Five
Players out: Paul Savitz
Manager: David Gordon
Captain: Mitch Lassman
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JEWDINESE
Competitions entered: Division Two, Anekstein and Morrison
Hopes for the season: The title is more than achievable so who knows, you could see the Zebras get back-to-back promotions
Players in: 20 players including Jess Alexander
Players out: Lots have gone to uni
Manager: Jake Erlich
Captain: TBC
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L'EQUIPE
Competitions entered: Division Two and the cups
Hopes for the season: Realistically we can challenge for promotion or the title
Players in: James Mandell
Players out: N/A
Managers: David Prager and Josh Lewis
Captain: Mark Singer
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LOUGHTON ORIENT
Competitions entered: Division Two and cups
Hopes for the season: To consolidate this year and then kick-on from there. Mid-table would be a good target at this stage, with so many comings and goings over the summer
Players in: Six
Players out: Marc Jacobs
Manager: Adam Conway
Captain: Ryan Kissin
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NORSTAR LONDON RAIDERS C
Competitions entered: All - league, Anekstein and Morrison
Hopes for the season: We are going to build on the great football than won us Division 3 last year and we're hoping to at a minimum cement our place in Division 2
Players in: Jonny Blain, Josh Bloom, Adam Leveson, Marc Woolfe
Players out: Jamie Weinrich
Manager: Zack Gothelf
Captain: Jonny Samuel
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OAKWOOD B
Competitions entered: Division Two, Anekstein, Morrison
Hopes for the season: Unquestionably, we want to achieve promotion
Players in: Six - including Jason Stein, Nicky Harris, Jacob Richler Kleiman and Elliot Jackson
Players out: Ian Tussie
Manager: Marc Conway
Captain: TBC
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DIVISION THREE
BOCA JEWNIORS
Competitions entered: Division Two, Anekstein, Morrison
Hopes for the season: To give a strong account of ourselves in all matches
Players in: Gabriel John, Jamie Weinrich, Josh Webber, Charlie Hollis
Players out: TBC
Manager: Gabriel John
Captain: TBC
Sponsor: RecyclingLondon
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FAITHFOLD B
Competitions entered: All
Hopes for the season: To do really well
Players in: N/A
Players out: N/A
Manager: Rob Shooman
Captain: TBC
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HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB B
Competitions entered: League and cups
Hopes for the season: I would like to hope we will be top 5, and hopefully pushing towards the promotion places
Players in: Benji Silverblatt, Gideon Barth
Players out: N/A
Manager: Adam Glekin
Captain: James Neidle
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KING CROWN
Competitions entered: Division 3 and the cups
Hopes for the season: We're looking to win the league with quality football
Players in: N/A
Players out: N/A
Manager: Jacob Kadoch
Captain: TBC
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KS REUNITED (NEW TEAM)
Competitions entered: Morrison, Anekstein and Division Three
Hopes for the season: We have some great players so we hope that we can push some of the other "stronger" teams for the top few places in the league
Manager: James Lewis
Captain: Zack Gordon
Sponsor: Wonderlease
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LONDON ROVERS (NEW TEAM)
Competitions entered: League and cups
Hopes for the season: We really feel this team that we have put together is very capable of going for the title
Manager: Jeremy Brown
Captain: TBC
Sponsor: Benjamin Steven Estate Agents
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REAL SOSOBAD (NEW TEAM)
Competitions entered: Division Three and cups
Hopes for the season: We are setting out sights on being champions and an exciting cup run
Manager: Dan Shafron
Captain: Joe Grant
Sponsor: Focus Fitness UK
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SHACHARIT DONESTSK (NEW TEAM)
Competitions entered: Division Three and cups
Hopes for the season: We will take none of our opponents lightly. The make-up of the team are very close friends, so the "Team Spirit" should be exemplary
Manager: Elliot Nussbaum
Captain: Gavriel Nussbaum
Sponsor: Lets Meat
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TEMPLE FORTUNE
Competitions entered: Division Three and the cups
Hopes for the season: The objective is to enjoy a much better campaign. If we can challenge towards the upper half of the table then that will be a bonus!
Players in: Several, including Anthony Shaw
Players out: N/A
Manager: Jonathan Cohen
Captain: TBC
Sponsor: Daniel Stewart & Co
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Maccabi London Lions Green complete the division
