HMH, North London Raiders, North London Galaxy, Brook Farm Rovers FC Team, Borussia Barnet and Faithfold DocMM Green were among the winners on Matchday 23 of the season.
February 23, 2020 13:00
ByDanny Caro, Danny Caro
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DANNY CARO'S MATCHDAY 23 AWARDS
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: David Nezri (NL Raiders)
MANAGERS OF THE WEEK: Gideon Gale & David Isaacs (NL Raiders)
GOAL OF THE WEEK: Luke Lewis (North London Galaxy)
SAVE OF THE WEEK: Ben Pollins (Brook Farm Rovers)
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Ricky Lawrence (SPEC FC)
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MATCHDAY 23 RESULTS
PREM DIV
HMH 5 Fairlop FC 0 (MATCH REPORT)
DIV ONE
Brook Farm Rovers 4 SPEC FC 0
Jewdinese 0 North London Raiders 1
Redbridge Jewish Care 2 North London Galaxy 3 (MATCH REPORT)
DIV TWO
Faithfold DocMM Green 2 Paris Saint-Jewmain 0
FC Team 7 Scrabble 0
Temple Fortune 0 Borussia Barnet 2
(MATCH REPORT) (WATCH HIGHLIGHTS) (PHOTOGALLERY)
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JC HAT-TRICK HEROES
Prem Div - Oscar Wagner (HMH)
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TEAM OF THE WEEK CONTENDERS
GK Joe Botchin (Borussia Barnet), Ben Halmer (Jewdinese), Ben Pollins (Brook Farm Rovers)
DEFENDERS Jake Yudelowitz (NL Raiders), Josh Nagli (NL Raiders), Brad Lander (NL Raiders), Dan Lee (Borussia Barnet), Oliver Lewin (Borussia Barnet)
MIDFIELDERS Scott Greenfield (Borussia Barnet), David Nezri (NL Raiders), Max Bull (HMH), Eli Wegrzyn (HMH), Mitchell Gerber (Borussia Barnet), Jayden Tomlinson (NL Galaxy)
STRIKERS Oscar Wagner (HMH), Richard Salmon (FC Team), Luke Lewis (NL Galaxy), Shloimi Halpern (Reich)
MANAGER Brad Papier (Borussia Barnet), Gideon Gale & David Isaacs (NL Raiders)
REFEREE Marc Rister (Temple Fortune vs Borussia Barnet)
Email nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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GOAL OF THE WEEK CONTENDERS
MITCHELL GERBER (Borussia Barnet) - stunning volley to seal the 2-0 win over Temple Fortune. Showed incredible resilience to cause the mistake and great technique to punish it
MAX BULL (HMH) - rounded off a superb move involving a defence splitting pass from Eli Wegrzyn and a quick low cross from Leo Berger to the onrushing Bull to tuck home
OSCAR WAGNER (HMH) - fired a worldie from 25 yards
JOE GOURGEY (Brook Farm Rovers) - after receiving the ball on the left-hand side of the box, he shifted it onto his right and bent one right knot the top bin, off the underside of the bar into the side-netting
LUKE LEWIS (North London Galaxy) - in the dying embers of the game Jayden Tomlinson had a shot which cannoned off the post, Lewis read where the ball is going to fall and in Chicarito Hernandez-esque fashion he acrobatically fired an overhead kicked it into the net. Limbs in Essex!
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SAVE OF THE WEEK CONTENDERS
JOE BOTCHIN (Borussia Barnet) - SAVE 1 - brilliant instinctive block from a one-on-one with Jordan Sharifian
JOE BOTCHIN (Borussia Barnet) - SAVE 2 - scrambled across his goal and got down well to a low driving heading towards the bottom corner
NICK STERN (Temple Fortune) - heroic goal-line headed clearance
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK CONTENDERS
DARREN LAWRENCE (Jewdinese) - "I said to my players today that we simply weren’t good enough, but I now retract that. We played well and I take full responsibility for today’s result. That’s on me and I will tell my players that"
SIMON LINDEN (Temple Fortune) - "We can’t dwell on this result - Borussia shouldn’t be in our division and I expect them to win the the title and the division above next season. We matched them and that is encouraging and shows how far we have come and the potential we have"
LUKE LEWIS (North London Galaxy) - "It was a tough one as we played the first 20 mins with 10 men - and went 0-1 down - as the last minute decision to put the game on meant a few of our boys were late. Nonetheless, we dug deep and our togetherness got us the all important three points. Given the Jewdinese defeat to Raiders, anything but three points would've been catastrophic for our promotion push and for the morale of the camp"
RICKY LAWRENCE (SPEC FC) - “We weren’t great against 11 men and even worse against 10!"
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
LEAGUE TABLE (TOP 3)
1. Faithfold DocMM White Pl. 12, W. 7, Pts. 23
2. Hendon United Sports Pl. 9, W. 7, Pts. 22
3. HMH Pl. 13, W. 6, Pts. 21
TOP-SCORERS 13 - Oscar Wagner (HMH), 12 - Josh Cuby (Oakwood A), 11 - Akiva Solomon (Faithfold Doc MM White - plus one for Green), Avi Markiewicz (Faithfold DocMM White - plus two for Green)
HMH 5 FAIRLOP FC 0
OSCAR WAGNER was the hat-trick hero as HMH produced a five-star performance against Fairlop at the Hive.
Further strikes from Max Bull and Ethan Krell added the gloss for Avi Goldberg's boys. He told JC Sport: "After 30 minutes I thought it was going to be another one of those days where we played some great football, but a combination of good Fairlop goalkeeping and poor conversion stopped us from scoring double digits. However, our class really shone through in the second half and we won at a canter, even without the likes of Prais, Norton, Moss and Monjack."
DC Prediction: HMH 2 Fairlop 1
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DIVISION ONE
LEAGUE TABLE (TOP 3)
1. NL Raiders Pl. 11, W. 9, Pts. 28
2. NL Galaxy Pl. 12, W. 8, Pts. 27
3. Jewdinese Pl. 10, W. 6, Pts. 19
TOP-SCORERS 20 - Zach Cohen (Mill Hill Dons), 16 - Aron Gale (NL Raiders), 15 - James Millet (Hertswood Vale), 14 - Reiss Mogilner (Jewdinese), 12 - Liron Mannie (NL Raiders)
BROOK FARM ROVERS 4 SPEC FC 0
A deadly double from top-scorer Dan Cohen inspired Brook Farm Rovers to an emphatic 4-0 win over SPEC.
Joe Gourgey and Aaron Benjamin cemented Rovers' third league win.
Rovers player-manager Dan Cohen told JC Sport: "It was a completely dominant performance by us for the whole game, despite playing 50 minutes with only 10 men! Luckily, a 3-0 lead at half-time meant we could control the second half and see it out comfortably. We knew three points was a must and we were up for it from the first whistle, knocked the ball around really nicely and scored some brilliant team and individual goals. A clean sheet was the icing on the cake as well."
SPEC player-manager Ricky Lawrence told JC Sport: “We weren’t great against 11 men, and even worse against 10!"
DC Prediction: Rovers 3 SPEC 1
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JEWDINESE 0 NORTH LONDON RAIDERS 1
A solitary strike from Matt Warner proved decisive as Raiders maintained their lead at the top following a hard-earned win over Jewdinese.
Jubilant NLR joint-manager Gideon Gale told JC Sport: "Where do I even start? Not our most brilliant performance but true grit, hard work and determination saw us home. The wind caused havoc but we tried to play our normal game and in the end got the result we deserved. From the sidelines, it looked like we wanted it more and I am so proud of all the boys today. An enormous step towards the goal we set ourselves at the beginning of the season. With three cup finals left, we know what we need to do and will ensure we do so! We look forward to next weeks game against Lions! It’ll be good to challenge ourselves against a team we’ll be playing against next year."
Disappointed 'Nese boss Darren Lawrence told JC Sport: "It was a bitterly disappointing game today. Some really good chances went begging and ultimately it came down to one set-piece being the difference. Really frustrating and disheartening but we will keep battling. We will finish the league strongly and also look to win the David Wolff Trophy."
DC Prediction: Nese 1 NLR 1
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REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE 2 NORTH LONDON GALAXY 3
Player-manager Luke Lewis was the hero as North London Galaxy kept up the pressure on table-toppers Raiders with a hard-earned win at Redbridge Jewish Care.
Jayden Tomlinson and James Belchak also registered in a game where Galaxy dug deep to secure the points in a contest played in horrendous conditions.
Jack Joseph and Matt Niman replied for RJC.
Galaxy player-manager Luke Lewis told JC Sport: "The pitch was absolutely atrocious in all honesty and was virtually a swamp - we won this game through belief and determination, giving us a vital three points in our efforts to play Prem division football next year. Two games remain, two wins and we'll be playing where we feel as a club we deserve to be playing."
DC Prediction: RJC 1 Galaxy 2
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DIVISION TWO
LEAGUE TABLE (TOP 3)
1. FC Team Pl. 14, W. 11, Pts. 35
2. Borussia Barnet Pl. 12, W. 9, Pts. 29
3. Temple Fortune Pl. 14, W. 9, Pts. 28
TOP-SCORERS 17 - Jono Gaon (Hampstead Ducks), 16 - Daniel Garfinkle (Club De Chigwell), 15 - Danny Sherman (Temple Fortune), 13 - Richard Salmon (FC Team), 12 - Saul Green (Club De Chigwell)
FC TEAM 7 SCRABBLE 0
Doubles from Mitch Young, Richard Salmon and David Cohen saw FC Team maintain their six-point cushion at the top after finishing in seventh heaven against Scrabble. Jonny Haik joined the party as FC Team secured their 11th win.
Delighted player-manager Mitch Young told JC Sport: "We were at our clinical best today. It makes such a difference when we take our chances. We controlled the game for 90 minutes, moved the ball well and scored some nice team goals. Four league games to go and we are still top of the league. We will take each game as it comes and will look forward to the cup semi-final next week."
DC Prediction: Team 5 Scrabble 0
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FAITHFOLD DOCMM GREEN 2 PARIS SAINT-JEWMAIN 0
Faithfold DocMM Green propelled themselves into the top five for the first time, thanks to a 2-0 home win over PSJ.
Details to follow ...
DC Prediction: Faithfold 3 PSJ 2
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TEMPLE FORTUNE 0 BORUSSIA BARNET 2
Second-half strikes from Michael Kenley and a screamer from Mitchell Gerber helped grind down a resilient Fortune team at Silver Jubilee Park to leapfrog the hosts and finish the weekend in second place.
Borussia Barnet Brad Papier told JC Sport: "It was a very commanding performance from us, keeping Temple Fortune to limited chances and a few long shots. We should’ve scored more but we’re delighted with the win to keep us in a great position to continue to challenge for the title."
Fortune boss Simon Linden told JC Sport: "It was a frustrating morning - the first half was very even and, to be honest the opening 15 minutes Barnet looked there for the taking. In the second half they scored very early and took a bit more control of the game but we had our fair share of chances and it could have been a different story."
DC Prediction: Fortune 1 Borussia 3
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MATCHES OFF (waterlogged pitches)
Prem Div - Camden Park vs Oakwood, MLFC Blue vs Hendon Utd Sports