By, Danny Caro
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ByDanny Caro, Danny Caro
League leaders Norstar London Raiders A drew 2-2 against defending champions Hendon in the Premier, while NLR B claimed one of the results of the day at first division table-toppers Camden Park on Matchday 11 of the MGBSFL season.
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BREAKING NEWS: In the wake of the terror attack in Jerusalem on Tuesday, Maccabi GB have announced that all Maccabi football leagues have agreed to hold a minutes silence as a moment of respect, remembrance and reflection before all games this Sunday.
These will include the Maccabi GB Southern Football League (MGBSFL), Maccabi Junior Football League (MJFL), Maccabi Masters Football League (MMFL) and the Manchester Jewish Soccer League (MJSL).
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MATCHDAY 11 HEADLINES
Prem Div - Kestenbaum keeps Raiders at bay
Div 1 - Camden undone by NLR
Div 2 - Five-star Team in charge
Div 3 - Magic man Markeweicz does it again
JC HAT-TRICK HEROES
Div 1 - Daniel Garfinkle (Redbridge JC B)
Div 3 - Avi Markeweicz (London Rovers)
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MATCH PHOTOS: CAMDEN PARK vs NL RAIDERS B
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DANNY CARO'S PREM DIV TEAM OF THE WEEK
DANNY CARO'S DIV ONE TEAM OF THE WEEK
DANNY CARO'S DIV TWO TEAM OF THE WEEK
DANNY CARO'S DIV 3 TEAM OF THE WEEK
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TOTW CONTENDERS
GK - Michael Casson (ML Lions Blue), Avidan Last (Hendon A), Richard Cooper (Temple Fortune), Dan Kosky (Faithfold B)
DEFENDERS - Gideon Caller, Ezekiel Jacob (both Hendon B), Danny Moss (FC Team B), Aron Luftig, David Brown (both London Rovers), Ben Kon (Hendon A), Jeremy Kaminsky (King Crown), Danny Ailion (Oakwood A), Matt Smith (Faithfold B), Rob Sanford, Eitan Ben-Zion (both FC Team A), Dan Grossman (NL Raiders B)
MIDFIELDERS - Joel Lassman (AC Mill Hill), Jon Breger, Lorian Madanes (both FC Team B), Sam Rank (Redbridge B), Ben Joseph (NLR A), Rick Jacobson (ML Lions Blue), Yoel Deal, Josh Aziz, Dominic Cheniart (all King Crown), Josh Rose, Brad Wine (Oakwood A), Sean Preston, Dan Green (both Catford & Bromley), Alon Hirshkorn, Yoav Lebens (both FC Team A), Adam Posner, Ben Sheldon, Danny Bloom (all NL Raiders B)
STRIKERS - Avi Markeweicz (London Rovers), Daniel Garfinkle (Redbridge JC B), Benni Sluckis (Hendon B), Yoav Kestenbaum (Hendon A), Andrew Charles (Catford & Bromley), Daniel Amram (SPEC FC)
MANAGER - Jonathan Adelman (NL Raiders B)
REFEREE - Andy Myerson, Tony McEvoy
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DANNY CARO'S GOAL OF THE WEEK - DARREN BLOOM
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GOTW: THE CONTENDERS
1. GAB SAUL (Hendon B) - broke the deadlock with a stunning free-kick, cracking left foot strike into the corner from 25 yards
2. BENNI SLUCKIS (Hendon B) - a wonderful individual goal, turning the defender inside out and then cracking a sweet left-foot strike arrowing into the top corner
3. JACK GOLDSMITH (Boca Jewniors) - bent a delightful left-footed free-kick around the wall into the left-hand corner
4. YOAV KESTENBAUM (Hendon A) - a 85th-minute great strike from outside the box to earn a point against NLR
5. BEN JOSEPH (NLR A) - Scored an outstanding free-kick against Hendon
6. DARREN BLOOM (AC Mill Hill) - hit the ball from pretty much his own penalty area, bounced over the keeper and hit the back of the net
7. BRAD WINE (Oakwood A) - a tremendous strike that owed everything to a wonderful first-time pass from Josh Rose
8. MATT DAVIS (FC Team C) - GOAL 2 - returned the goalkeeper’s kick with a half-volley over him
9. GUY MARKS (Camden Park) - a fantastic long-range effort with his weaker right foot, cutting inside from the left, which flew past the Raiders keeper into the top left corner
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DANNY CARO'S SAVE OF THE WEEK - JAMES MILLMAN
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SOTW CONTENDERS
1. AVIDAN LAST (Hendon A) - replaced the injured Russ Corin in goal and pulled off a brilliant save to deny Matt Stock
2. DAN KOSKY (Faithfold B) - SAVE 1 - dived at the feet of the Shacharit striker in a one-on-one
3. DAN KOSKY (Faithfold B) - SAVE 2 - a strong left arm save from a long-range bullet effort
4. JAMES MILLMAN (FC Team C) - (centre-back playing in goal) made a breath-taking save when he managed to turn away a deflected shot with his outstretched foot when going the wrong way
5. WILL CASTLE (Camden Park) - flung himself bravely at Jacob Gold’s feet as the striker was set to score
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DANNY CARO'S GOAL OF THE WEEK - JONATHAN ADELMAN
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QOTW CONTENDERS
1. HENRY ZIFF (Brady) - tweeted: "Boom. Had Mogilner as fantasy captain too. #1T1D"
2. JEREMY BROWN (London Rovers) - "Congratulations to Avi for scoring his third consecutive hat-trick, I can't remember when that was last achieved so I hope he gets the credit he deserves"
3. JON JACOBS (Redbridge B) - "Daniel Garfinkle scores so many goals. Think what he could actually achieve if he had a left foot!"
4. DAVID GARBACZ (Hendon A) - "This year's title winners will be one of these two teams and we have to make sure we match them stride for stride and pip them again at the post as we did last time around"
5. ROB RICHMAN (NLR A) - "I think it only right to mention the performance of Hendon's Avidan Last. Hendon's goalkeeper Russ Corin went off after an hour with a back injury and Avidan stepped into the breach. In my view he won his side a point today, doing absolutely superbly to stop Stock scoring a third which I think would have been a goal too many for Hendon to come back from"
6. SIMON LINDEN (Blizzard Storm) - "If Brady can keep that team together, I can't see anyone getting near them in our division"
7. JONATHAN ADELMAN (NL Raiders B) - "Yeah, I gather the win puts us top, but November is way too early to look at the league table. Lots of teams have games in hand and we know its what the table looks like in April/May that counts"
8. MAX SAUNDERS (Camden Park) - "To go from our performance the week before against Harmen, where we outplayed a top Premier team for the majority of the game, to what we displayed on Sunday, is mind-boggling"
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PHOTOGALLERIES FROM THE SEASON
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SEASON
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PETER MORRISON TROPHY ROUND THREE DRAW
CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP ROUND 3 DRAW
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
DANNY CARO'S PREM DIV TEAM OF THE WEEK
TOP-SCORERS
17 - James Gershfield (Harmen)
12 - Dave Woolman (Oakwood A)
RAIDERS MAKE THEIR POINT
NORSTAR LONDON RAIDERS A 2 HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB A 2
An 85th-minute strike from Yoav Kestenbaum earned defending champions Hendon a hard-earned point against league leaders NLR A in Willesden.
Hendon had taken a deserved lead through Avidan Last, who later went in goal, before NLR hit back in the second half through Ben Joseph and Matt Stock.
Hendon boss David Garbacz told JC Sport: "This was a magnificent advert for our league in what was a top quality match between undoubtedly the league's two best teams."
NLR boss Rob Richman told JC Sport: "While we are disappointed that we didn't win the game we all accept the draw was a fair result."
DC Prediction: NLR 2 Hendon 1
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TEAM TWO GOOD FOR WANDERERS
FC TEAM A 2 WOODFORD WANDERERS 0
A brace from David Joseph Cohen ensured FC Team A maintained their good run of form with a hard-fought win over Woodford in Mill Hill.
Team head coach Ben Gilbey told JC Sport: "Next week we come up against Hendon and with confidence high in the team, don't be too surprised to see an upset!"
DC Prediction: Team 3 Woodford 2
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LIONS FRUSTRATE REDBRIDGE
REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE A 1 MACCABI LONDON LIONS BLUE 1
Lions Blue returned from Essex with a battling point, with Brad Gayer on target for the home side.
RJC's Danny Berg told JC Sport: "Another two points dropped, but our all round play was very good again."
Lions boss Jamie Kyte told JC Sport: "We left it late on Sunday and the draw felt more like a win."
DC Prediction: RJC 0 MLL 1
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OAKS HALT HARMEN
OAKWOOD A 3 HARMEN 3
High-flying Harmen were forced to settle for a share of the spoils after Brad Wine, Dave Woolman and Josh Rose registered for Oakwood in a six-goal thriller.
Harmen's goals came via top-scorer James Gershfield (2) and Ollie Craig.
Oaks joint-manager Ric Blank told JC Sport: "It was real ding-dong between two committed sides. I'm proud of the performance but very disappointed we didn't win."
Harmen's Oli Leslie told JC Sport: "Credit to Oakwood who in my opinion gave us our toughest test of the season so far. They are well organised, big and physical and with their pace in attack I am sure that they will test all of top sides in our league."
DC Prediction: Oakwood 1 Harmen 2
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DIVISION ONE
DANNY CARO'S DIV ONE TEAM OF THE WEEK
TOP-SCORERS
14 - Jake Gilbert (NL Raiders B)
10 - Julius Judah (Athletic Bilbaum)
BRADY EXPERIENCE JOYS OF SIX
BLIZZARD STORM 2 BRADY MACCABI 6
Doubles from Reiss Mogilner and Charlie Kasler put Brady back on track as they hit Blizzard for six in Borehamwood. Further efforts frm Sam Monjack and Matt Frohlich completed the rout.
Dean Shaw and Conor Brand replied for Blizzard.
Brady boss Josh Dagul told JC Sport: "Finally a big performance from the boys. We came out the blocks all guns blazing and got the goals our performance warranted. Today l got the reaction I was after following last weeks defeat."
Blizzard boss Simon Linden told JC Sport: "It was a difficult morning for us, Brady dominated and outplayed us."
DC Prediction: Blizzard 2 Brady 1
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RAMPANT RAIDERS IN CHARGE
CAMDEN PARK 1 NORSTAR LONDON RAIDERS B 3
Raiders B claimed one of the results of the day, with Dan Grossman, Ben Sheldon and Jake Gilbert ensuring they finished the weekend at the summit in a high-quality top-of-the-table clash against Camden in Hatfield.
A brilliant strike from Guy Marks had put Camden ahead, but NLR rallied with three goals of the highest quality.
Delighted NLR boss Jonathan Adelman told JC Sport: "It was without doubt our best performance of the season to date. We had a specific game-plan and executed it to perfection in a match I felt we bossed, almost from start to finish."
Camden's Max Saunders told JC Sport: "Sunday was probably one of our worst displays as a team since taking over from the old guard three years ago."
DC Prediction: Camden 2 NLR 2
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DEADLY DAN PUT BRIDGE IN 7-HEAVEN
REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE B 7 BRIXTON OLD BOYS 2
A deadly hat-trick from DANIEL GARFINKLE helped Redbridge B return to winning ways as they finished in seventh heaven against Brixton.
There were also goals from Adam Goldman (2), James Berkley and Sam Sollosi completed an excellent 90 minutes for Jon Jacobs' men.
RJC boss Jon Jacobs told JC Sport: "When the Brixton sub tried to nick our match ball, he simply admitted his crime and said that it would be the only thing they have nicked this morning."
DC Prediction: Redbridge 3 Brixton 1
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SUPER SPEC DO IT AGAIN
SPEC FC 3 ATHLETIC BILBAUM 1
SPEC FC completed back-to-back wins for the first time this season, as Elliot Wallis, Ricky Lawrence and Marc Cohen cemented a 3-1 win over Bilbaum.
Top-scorer Julius Judah grabbed a consolation for the Baums.
SPEC FC joint-manager Ricky Lawrence told JC Sport: ""After a fairly average first half, we picked it up in the second half and got the win we probably deserved. Dan Pike kept us in the game with a couple of important saves but overall I feel we did enough to win the game."
DC Prediction: SPEC FC 3 Bilbaum 1
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DIVISION TWO
DANNY CARO'S DIV TWO TEAM OF THE WEEK
TOP-SCORERS
9 - Adam Stolerman (FC Team C)
7 - Zak McLeod (Catford & Bromley, Jacob Richler-Kleiman (Oakwood B)
MILL HILL HIT HIGH FIVES
AC MILL HILL 5 NORSTAR LONDON RAIDERS C 2
Strikes from Joel Lassman, Jason Shoffman, Darren Bloom, Elliott Bloom and Rob Klienman boosted Mill Hill's promotion hopes as they over-powered Raiders 5-2.
NLR's goals came via Nick Haringman and Marc Woolfe.
Mill Hill boss Dan Beresford told JC Sport: "I thought we played okay today, we're still not quite ticking and playing our best."
DC Prediction: Mill Hill 2 NLR 1
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CATS SHOW OFF THEIR SIX PACKS
CATFORD & BROMLEY MACCABI 6 OAKWOOD B 4
Zak McLeod and Jamie Sinai fired two apiece as Catford & Bromley found their shooting boots to claim an impressive win against the Oaks i Edmonton.
Further strikes from Andrew Charles and Sean Preston wrapped up the points.
Oakwood's goals came through Jacob Richler-Kleiman (2), Daniel Selwyn and Hayden Davidson.
Cats captain Adam Luria told JC Sport: "We should have put the game out of sight on more than one occasion but kept letting Oakwood back in the game, before we finally made it safe with 10 to go."
DC Prediction: CABMA 2 Oakwood 3
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DAVIS AT THE DOUBLE FOR TEAM
JEWDINESE 2 FC TEAM C 2
A brace from Matt Davis ensured high-flying FC Team C finished honours even following an entertaining contest against Jewdinese in London Colney.
Ollie Smith and an own goals accounted for the 'Nese goals in a game Team finished with 10 men following the dismissal of Blake Buckman.
Team player-manager David Gordon told JC Sport: "It was not our best performance, but I’m pleased with how we responded to being two down."
'Nese chairman Jake Erlich told JC Sport: "It was a well-fought point against a team who have had a 100 per cebnt record as of yet in the league."
DC Prediction: Jewdinese 1 Team 2
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TEAM HIT HIGH FIVES
L’EQUIPE 0 FC TEAM B 5
Two-goal hero Ben Binder led the way as FC Team B returned to winning ways in the league to pull clear of their C-team.
Richard Salmon, Jon Breger and the flying Danny Moss sealed the win.
A delighted Team boss Mitch Young told JC Sport: "An extremely comfortable performance from my side, you can only beat what is put in front of you and played well for the majority of the game."
DC Prediction: L’Equipe 1 Team 3
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DIVISION THREE
DANNY CARO'S DIV 3 TEAM OF THE WEEK
TOP-SCORERS
9 - Avi Markiweicz (London Rovers)
8 - Adam Ellis (Shacharit Donetsk)
THIRD WIN FOR HENDON
HENDON UNITED SPORTS CLUB B 3 BOCA JEWNIORS 1
Goals from Gab Saul, Gideon Caller and Benni Sluckis saw Hendon B move up to ninth points after claiming their third win of the campaign at the expense of Boca.
Jack Goldsmith had earlier levelled for Boca with a stunning free-kick.
Hendon boss Adam Glekin told JC Sport: "All three goals we scored were top notch in very different ways... long may it continue."
Stand-in Boca boss Anton Nyman told JC Sport: "We played some great football today but yet again this season against Hendon we lost the game in the last five minutes."
DC Prediction: Hendon 2 Boca 3
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MAGIC MAN MARKEWEICZ DOES IT AGAIN
MACCABI LONDON LIONS GREEN 0 LONDON ROVERS 3
AVI MARKEWEICZ made it an incredible nine goals in his last three appearances, with a third consective hat-trick boosting Rovers's title hopes against Lions Green at Rowley Lane.
Rovers boss Jeremy Brown told JC Sport: "Lions have certainly improved since the last game and they really gave us a fight today."
DC Prediction: MLL 1 Rovers 4
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FOUR-MIDABLE CROWN MARCH ON
TEMPLE FORTUNE 2 KING CROWN 4
King Crown completed a quickfire double over struggling Temple Fortune with another 4-2 victory.
A double from Dominic Cheniart, plus one apiece from Yoel Deal and Adam Nusenbaum steered KC to their seventh win.
Fortune's goals came from Matt Leader and Zack Rich.
Crown boss Jacob Kadoch told JC Sport: "Fair play to Fortune; if they stick to their game-plan they may win a game this season."
TFFC manager Jonathan Cohen said: "We had an excellent first half, and I do mean excellent. Unfortunately, it was an average second half."
DC Prediction: TFFC 0 Crown 5
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FAITHFOLD GO FOURTH & CONQUER
SHACHARIT DONETSK 1 FAITHFOLD B 3
Dan Yossman, Josh Barnett and Dan Gordon helped Faithfold make it four wins out of five as they earned a hard-fought victory over Shacharit.
Faithfold's James Stanton told JC Sport: "The feeling in the camp is fantastic and we honestly believe we can compete with anyone in our league."
Adam Ellis registered for Shacharit, with boss Elliot Nussbaum telling JC Sport: "I felt we contributed to a great game."
DC Prediction: Shacharit 1 Faithfold 3
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