HMH closed the gap at the top of the Premier Division following an impressive victory over Lions on Matchday 19 of the MGBSFL, while Fairlop FC won the promotion six-pointer against North London Galaxy in Division One.
February 3, 2019 15:17
DANNY CARO'S MATCHDAY 19 AWARDS
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Tom Prais (HMH)
MANAGER OF THE WEEK: Avi Goldberg (HMH)
GOAL OF THE WEEK: Oscar Wagner (HMH)
SAVE OF THE WEEK: James Hiller (Oakwood A)
REFEREE OF THE WEEK: Barry David
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PETER MORRISON TROPHY QUARTER-FINAL DRAW
HMH vs Oakwood A
Mill Hill Dons vs Redbridge Jewish Care A
Haroldeans vs Manchester Maccabi 1st
Maccabi London Lions vs Los Camden A
Ties have been provisionally set for February 24. The semi finals are then due to be played March 31
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CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP QUARTER-FINALS
Oakwood A vs Jewdinese
Hendon United Sports vs Brady Maccabi
Bayern Mincha vs ML Lions
Los Camden A vs Redbridge JC A
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MATCHDAY 19 RESULTS
PETER MORRISON TROPHY ROUND TWO
Jewdinese 1 Oakwood A 2 (MATCH REPORT)
MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
ML Lions 1 HMH 4 (MATCH REPORT)
DIVISION ONE
Fairlop FC 2 North London Galaxy 1 (MATCH REPORT)
DIVISION TWO
Hertswood Vale 3 North London Raiders Masters 4 (SEE MATCH REPORT)
Mill Hill Dons 4 Faithfold Doc MM B 0 (SEE MATCH REPORT)
Temple Fortune 2 Redbridge Jewish Care B 6 (SEE MATCH REPORT)
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JC TEAM OF THE WEEK: CONTENDERS
GK Nathan Mehlman (Fairlop FC), James Hillier (Oakwood A)
DEFENDERS Tom Prais (HMH), Sammy Kingston (HMH), Josh Goldstein (HMH),Andy Bloom (NL Raiders Masters), Tony Plaskow (NL Raiders Masters), David Fox (NL Raiders Masters), Marc Charles (Mill Hill Dons), Josh Cinna (Mill Hill Dons), Jamie Nagioff (Mill Hill Dons), Harvey Kaye (Oakwood A)
MIDFIELDERS Brad Gayer (Fairlop FC), Alex Moss (HMH), Eli Wegrzyn (HMH), Aron Gale (NL Raiders Masters), Adam Freedman (Mill Hill Dons), Billy Lee (Jewdinese)
STRIKERS Oscar Wagner (HMH)
MANAGER James Cartmell (NL Raiders Masters), Avi Goldberg (HMH), Aaron Dias (Fairlop FC)
REFEREE
Email nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK: CONTENDERS
- OSCAR WAGNER (HMH) - outrageous volley into the top corner - he took the ball waist height first time and with outside of the boot buried the ball in the top corner from 30 yards
- BRAD GAYER (Fairlop FC) - another worldie to his ever-growing collection – arrowing a wonderful strike into the top right-hand corner
- AVIEL SCHWARZ (NL Raiders Masters) - trademark free-kick into the top corner
- ZACH COHEN (Mill Hill Dons) - sensational curling free-kick
- ISAAC VIRCHIS (Mill Hill Dons) - a superb solo goal from Isaac Virchis, that was reminiscent of Ricky Villa’s famous FA Cup. He glided past the Faithfold defence as if they didn’t exist and it was if the ball was stuck to his foot, superb goal
- DAN GORDON (Redbridge JC B) - a move straight from the Nou Camp where the one-touch football was delightful, the ball played up to Steve Summers who did what he does best and held off two Fortune defenders, at this point he backheeled it and the move was finished with a delicate chip from Flash with the onrushing keeper coming to narrow angles
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JC SAVE OF THE WEEK: CONTENDERS
- JAMES HILLER (Oakwood A) - crucial penalty save in the 80th minute in the 2-1 win over Jewdinese
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK: CONTENDERS
- JAKE SANDERS (FAIRLOP FC) - "Galaxy are a well-drilled, organised and competitive side. And I have no doubts they’ll be playing in the top league next season. But our big players proved the difference and earned us a deserved victory"
- AVI GOLDBERG (HMH) - "Not for the first time this season VAR at the Hive would have helped!"
- MAX KYTE (ML Lions) - "Whilst there is much talk of whether VAR should be installed into the various stadiums across the MGBSFL, we believe it wasn’t required for this clear-cut situation"
- LUKE LEWIS (NL Galaxy) - "We had one lapse of concentration in the 85th which cost us a point, but in terms of the effort I couldn’t be prouder of my boys. We play them again in three weeks so will be looking to get the three points as Fairlop are definitely beatable"
- JACOB EMANUEL (Hertswood Vale) - "A huge congratulations to Raiders Masters on the win today, thoroughly deserved. The team that they put out today is not one that deserves to be where they are in the league"
- DAN KRISTALL (OAKWOOD A) - "It was a very tough game against a well-organised, well supported and good Jewdinese side. In truth, and on that showing, they would be fine in the Prem and I am convinced, just as two or three other Division One teams, Jewdinese would cause lots of Prem teams problems"
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
PETER MORRISON TROPHY ROUND TWO
JEWDINESE 1 OAKWOOD A 2
Oakwood will play Premier Division rivals HMH in the last eight after squeezing past first division Jewdinese, with goals from Josh Bharier and Simon Davies.
Billy Lee had drawn 'Nese level but goalkeeper James Hiller, filling in for the injured Joe Botchin, secured the win with a crucial 80th minute penalty save.
Oakwood joint-manager Dan Kristall told JC Sport: "All in all, it's cup football so the result is the main thing and we advance to a very tough quarter-final against HMH. For now, we have a fortnight to recover the walking wounded and prepare for take two against Jewdinese. We will have to be even better to beat them again."
'Nese boss Darren Lawrence told JC Sport: "I'm extremely proud of every single player today. They stuck to the game-plan, made it extremely difficult for Oakwood to create any chances and on another day could’ve come away with the win. We can definitely hold our heads high and take a lot of pride away from our performance. Credit to Oakwood - best of luck to them for the rest of the season and we look forward to doing it all again in a couple of weeks.”
DC Prediction: ‘Nese 0 Oakwood 1
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MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
TOP 3
1. Hendon Utd Pl. 10, W. 7, Pts. 22
2. Oakwood A Pl. 11, W. 6, Pts. 19
3. HMH Pl. 9, W. 4, Pts. 15
TOP-SCORERS 16 - Reiss Mogilner (ML Lions), 12 - Josh Bharier (Oakwood A - includes 2 for B team)
MACCABI LONDON LIONS 1 HMH 4
Two more goals from Oscar Wagner helped HMH leapfrog the Lions and finish the weekend in third place as they scored two goals in each half to win at the Hive.
The in-form Wagner, who has now scored 15 goals in 13 matches, scored the goal of the game with an outragerous long-range volley, with Adam Abadi and Sammy Kingston securing the points.
HMH boss Avi Goldberg told JC Sport: "Today we tamed the lion. The first half was difficult and arguably they were the better team half and perhaps it should have been 2-2 at the break. Not for the first time this season VAR at the hive would have helped. However, there was only one winner in the second half as our imperious midfield of Moss, Wegrzyn and Monjack dominated, backed up by the defence led by Tom Prais, allowing Oscar Wagner to continue his ruthless streak with a truly outrageous technically phenomenal strike from 30 yards. On to Hendon next week.”
MLL joint-manager Max Kyte told JC Sport: "In the end it was a deserved win for HMH on the day, and we hope we can reverse the result at our next meeting."
DC Prediction: Lions 1 HMH 1
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DIVISION ONE
TOP 3
1. Redbridge JC A Pl. 13, W. 9, Pts. 31
2. Fairlop FC Pl. 11, W. 8, Pts. 27
3. NL Galaxy Pl. 12, W. 8, Pts. 25
TOP-SCORERS 18 - Nate Kashket (Redbridge JC A), 12 - James Jaconelli (Fairlop FC), Adam Ellis (Bayern Mincha)
FAIRLOP FC 2 NORTH LONDON GALAXY 1
Strikes from Bradley Gayer and Ryan Cole saw Fairlop boost their title hopes as they returned to winning ways, and second place, with a hard-fought win over Galaxy in Ilford.
The win saw Fairlop close the gap on leaders Redbridge and they have two games in hand.
Fairlop's Jake Sanders told JC Sport: "After two disappointing cup exits in the previous two weeks, our injury-hit showed exactly what they’re made of by producing a monumental performance when it mattered most."
NLR player-manager Luke Lewis told JC Sport: "Unfortunately we had one lapse of concentration in the 85th which cost us a point, but in terms of the effort I couldn’t be prouder of my boys. We play them again in three weeks so will be looking to get the three points as Fairlop are definitely beatable."
DC Prediction: Fairlop 1 NLG 1
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DIVISION TWO
TOP 3
1. SPEC FC Pl. 16, W. 9, Pts. 29
2. Hertswood Vale Pl. 14, W. 9, Pts. 28
3. Faithfold Doc MM B Pl. 17, W. 9, Pts. 28
TOP-SCORERS 19 - James Millet (Hertswood Vale), Zack Neiman (SPEC FC), 13 - Richard Salmon (FC Team)
HERTSWOOD VALE 3 NORTH LONDON RAIDERS MASTERS 4
Braces from Aron Gale and Aviel Schwarz earned Raiders a shock win in a game Hertswood Vale led 2-0, as they missed the chance to return to the summit against a Raiders team who claimed their first win since November 11.
Josh Gorb and James Millet (2) registered Vale. Joint-manager Jacob Emanuel told JC Sport: "A huge congratulations to Raiders Masters on the win today, thoroughly deserved. The team that they put out today is not one that deserves to be where they are in the league."
DC Prediction: Vale 4 NLRM 1
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MILL HILL DONS 4 FAITHFOLD DOC MM B 0
Strikes from Richard Reback, Zach Cohen, Isaac Virchis and Joseph Reece saw Mill Hill Dons register their third win on the spin as they dented Faithfold B's promotion hopes with an impressive 4-0 win.
Delighted Dons boss Brandon Hamme told JC Sport; "This was another great performance from the boys, I’m really happy with what I saw. I thought we were extremely solid, especially at the back. Everything is now coming together for us and we are now fulfilling our potential. We are taking each game as it comes and are working hard to make sure that complacency and arrogance is a thing of the past."
DC Prediction: Dons 3 Faithfold 2
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TEMPLE FORTUNE 2 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE B 6
A deadly double from Dan Gordon plus one apiece from Steve Summers, Andy Levy, Sam McCarthy and an own goal earned Redbridge B their sixth league win of the season as they crushed Temple Fortune at Silver Jubilee Park.
Jon Kay and Gab Saul replied for Fortune.
RJC boss Richard Bronzite told JC Sport: "We were at our best in the first half and stormed into a 4-0 lead. The game was as good as won at this point but we became lazy and complacent in the second half, which was disappointing. We need to be more professional but I'm delighted with the win in a game played in a beautiful and impressive stadium on a lovely winters' day."
DC Prediction: TFFC 1 RJC 3
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MATCHES OFF
Prem Div - Brady Maccabi vs Los Camden - frozen pitch
Hendon Utd vs Faithfold A - frozen pitch
Div One
NL Raiders vs Los Camden B - Camden defaulted due to a shortage of players