North London Raiders secured the Division One title after putting five past Hertswood Vale, Borussia Barnet registered double figures against West Hamdillah as their pursuit of the MGBSFL Division Two title gathered momentum while Jewdinese beat North London Galaxy on penalties to progress in the David Wolff Cup.
March 15, 2020 12:36
ByDanny Caro, Danny Caro
LATEST NEWS: All grass-roots football, including the MGBSFL, in England has been suspended indefinitely following new guidelines from the government regarding Coronavirus, from Monday, March 16, 2020.
MGBSFL chairman David Wolff said: “The Management Committee have suspended the Maccabi GB Southern Football League with immediate effect until further notice.
“We will keep a constant watch on developments and advise you of updates. I strongly recommend that you read the London Football Association website. We obviously can’t say when (or even if) there will be a resumption of play for this season.”
PHOTOGALLERY: NORTH LONDON RAIDERS vs HERTSWOOD VALE
JC TEAM OF THE WEEK NOMINATIONS
GK Ben Halmer (Jewdinese)
DEFENDERS Justin Mullem (Hertswood Vale), Josh Bloom (NL Raiders), Ed Brafman (NL Raiders), Benjy Israel (Faithfold DocMM Green)
MIDFIELDERS Jordan Nathan (NL Raiders), Ash Diamond (NL Raiders), Mitchell Gerber (Borussia Barnet)
STRIKERS Tyler Smith (NL Galaxy)
MANAGERS Gideon Gale & David Isaacs (NL Raiders)
Send nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK CONTENDERS
JORDAN NATHAN (NL Raiders) - GOAL 1 - there are moments in football where there isn’t really much you can do - Nathan spanked an equaliser top bins from 30 yards on the stroke of half time. Definitely the best goal Vale have conceded all season and again, nothing anyone could‘ve done about that
TYLER SMITH (NL Galaxy) - breathtaking 40 yard free kick. Identical to Payet at Old Trafford - honestly sensational goal.
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK CONTENDERS
GIDEON GALE (NL Raiders) - QUOTE 1 - Goal for the season achieved and couldn’t be prouder of the boys! True grit and determination got us through today and think it’s safe to say that the shoreline doesn’t reflect the way the game flowed! Credit to Vale who made it difficult.
GIDEON GALE (NL Raiders) - QUOTE 2 - "For myself and Isaacs, it’s now about building a team which we think is good enough to challenge the Top 2 in the prem next year which we know were more than capable of!"
LUKE LEWIS (NL Galaxy) - ''Our hopes of 2 seasons 2 trophies ends there, but we’ll learn from this season and be sure to come back stronger. Congratulations to Raiders for their league trophy, deserved winners and been stand out this season''
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
LEAGUE TABLE (TOP 3)
1. Hendon United Sports Pl. 10, W. 8, Pts. 25
2. Faithfold DocMM White Pl. 13, W. 7, Pts. 23
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)
No matches played ...
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DIVISION ONE
LEAGUE TABLE (TOP 3)
1. NL Raiders Pl. 12, W. 10, Pts. 31 (CHAMPIONS)
2. NL Galaxy Pl. 12, W. 8, Pts. 27
3. Jewdinese Pl. 11, W. 7, Pts. 22
TOP-SCORERS 20 - Zach Cohen (Mill Hill Dons), 19 - Aron Gale (North London Raiders), 18 - James Millet (Hertswood Vale), 15 - Reiss Mogilner (Jewdinese)
NORTH LONDON RAIDERS 5 HERTSWOOD VALE 1
A four-goal bonanza from JORDAN NATHAN ensures North London Raiders will be playing Premier Division football next season after securing the Division One title with a 5-1 win over Hertswood Vale in Wembley.
Josh Bloom added the gloss for Raiders, with Daniel Reuben grabbing a consolation for Vale.
Raiders co-boss Gideon Gale told JC Sport: "It's a terrific achievement from the lads. Not a single team has got close to us this season and we can all be very proud about the hard work we’ve put in throughout the season."
Vale joint-manager Jacob Emanuel told JC Sport: "It’s a scoreline that really doesn’t tell the full story, and whilst I’m disappointed that we collapsed in the last few minutes, I’m very proud of a strong performance which saw both teams level at 1-1 on 83 minutes."
DC Prediction: NLR 2 Vale 1
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DIVISION TWO
(TOP 3)
1. FC Team Pl. 15, W. 12, Pts. 38
2. Borussia Barnet Pl. 14, W. 11, Pts. 35
3. Temple Fortune Pl. 15, W. 9, Pts. 28
TOP-SCORERS 17 - Jono Gaon (Hampstead Ducks), 16 - Daniel Garfinkle (Club De Chigwell), 15 - Danny Sherman (Temple Fortune), 14 - Michael Kenley (Borussia Barnet)
BORUSSIA BARNET 11 WEST HAMDILLAH 1
Borussia Barnet closed the gap at the top to three points, with a game in hand on leaders FC Team, after securing their biggest ever win.
Ollie Hart (2), Oron Sheldon (2), Danny Shina (2), Mitchell Gerber (2), Adam Bowman, Joe Woolf and Sam Lipton boosted Borussia's goal difference against the basement battlers.
After a good start an early goal came through a tidy finish by Hart. Hamdillah equalised from a corner beforer Hart restored BB's lead and a quick time Shina double saw them lead 4-1 at half-time. BB knew they had to make up goal difference due to their opening day 7-2 defeat to Chigwell. So they couldn’t rest on their laurelts and they ran in a further seven goals.
Borussia joint-manager Brad Papier told JC Sport: "We knew we needed to make up goal difference to put things fully in our favour and we’ve done just that, three wins and a draw will see us crowned champions. Job done today and we’re in a fantastic position to go on, and win the title and that’s exactly what we plan to do. We have a massive game next week away at Chigwell, we’re definitely playing with a chip on the shoulder after the opening day defeat as we want to set the record straight."
DC Prediction: Borussia 5 Hamdillah 0
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SCRABBLE 2 FAITHFOLD DocMM GREEN 3
Josh Weiler, Dovi Vogel (penalty) and Josh Marlow helped Faithfold DocMM Green sealed their eighth victory of the season after winning a five-goal thriller against Scrabble.
Paul Lenchner and Elliott Toffel were the scorers for Scrabble.
DC Prediction: Scrabble 2 Faithfold 3
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DAVID WOLFF DIVISION ONE CUP QUARTER-FINAL
JEWDINESE 1 NORTH LONDON GALAXY 1
Goalkeeper Ben Halmer was the star performer as Jewdinese beat promotion rivals Galaxy on penalties.
The tie finished 1-1 after 90 minutes, with James Ross's opener for 'Nese cancelled out by Tyler Smith.
Nese boss Darren Lawrence told JC Sport: "We're absolutely delighted. A truly superb win today. We may not have been at our best in the second half but we dug in deep and limited Galaxy to playing in front of us. We defended tremendously. And what can I say about Ben Halmer. He single-handedly won us the game. He made two or three superb saves during the game before two penalty saves and scoring the winning penalty - what a day for him! He was outstanding and has been all season. He deserves this and I’m so happy for him. Onto the semis."
Galaxy player-manager Luke Lewis told JC Sport: ''Gutting to have lost the way we did - but ultimately pens are in gods' hands, and we didn’t the rub of the green on the day. Ben Halmer was superb for Nese in the game and took them to victory in the shootout - well done to him.''
DC Prediction: Nese 1 Galaxy 1 (Nese to win on penalties)
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MATCHES OFF
CAC QF - Camden Park vs Hendon Utd Sports
Prem Div - Fairlop FC vs Oakwood, MLFC Blue vs HMH