Hendon United stormed into the semi-finals of the Cyril Anekstein Cup after winning an eight-goal thriller against Lions White, while North London Raiders A found their shooting boots to put a major dent into Redbridge Jewish Care's MGBSFL title hopes.
January 7, 2018 15:24
CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP SEMI-FINAL DRAW
Los Blancos or Camden Park vs Oakwood A
Brady Maccabi vs Hendon United Sports
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DANNY CARO'S MATCHDAY 17 AWARDS
GOAL OF THE WEEK: Moses Seitler (Hendon United Sports)
SAVE OF THE WEEK: Russell Corin (Hendon United Sports)
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Moses Seitler (Hendon United Sports)
MANAGER OF THE WEEK: Dan Shafron (NL Raiders A)
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Avi Markiewicz (Faithfold A)
REFEREE OF THE WEEK: Darryl Colmans (Real Hendon vs NL Raiders C)
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MATCHDAY 17 RESULTS
CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP QUARTER-FINALS
Hendon Utd SC 5 ML Lions White 3
(Match highlights on When Sunday Comes - MATCH PHOTOS
MGBSFL PREM DIV
ML Lions Blue 2 Oakwood A 3
NL Raiders A 8 Redbridge JC A 4
DIVISION ONE
Faithfold A 4 Temple Fortune 0
NL Raiders B 5 Los Blancos 0
Redbridge JC B 4 Scrabble FC 0
DIVISION TWO
Bayern Mincha 3 Hertswood Vale 0
FC Team 1 Fairlop FC 4
Mill Hill Dons 2 Straw Hat Pirates 0
Real Hendon 5 NL Raiders C 1
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JC HAT-TRICK HEROES
CAC - Moses Seitler (Hendon United)
PREM DIV - Alex Moss 4 (NL Raiders A)
DIV 2 - Gav Noe (Real Hendon)
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JC TEAM OF THE WEEK CONTENDERS
GK - Oliver Burchell (Mill Hill Dons), Joe Nyman (Bayern Mincha), David Garson (Faithfold A), Russ Corin (Hendon Utd)
DEFENDERS - Josh Cinna, Adam Lisberg (Mill Hill Dons), Pierce Prince (Fairlop FC), Dovi Vogel, Aaron Luftig, Yossi Gordon (all Faithfold A), Sam Kanter (Bayern Mincha), Brandon Sassoon, Anthony Goodmaker, Elad Hertshten (all NL Raiders B), Ben Lauffer (Hendon Utd), Alex Lee (Oakwood A)
MIDFIELDERS - Harry Moss (Mill Hill Dons), Adam Goldman, James Jaconelli (both Fairlop FC), Rafi Terespolsky (Bayern Mincha), David Esterkin, Danny Bloom, Mark Leader (all NL Raiders B), Avi Garson (Faithfold A), Ari Last (Hendon Utd), Alex Moss (NL Raiders A), Kyle Bentwood, Toby Levy, Josh Cuby (all Oakwood A)
STRIKERS - Moses Seitler (Hendon United), Gav Noe (Real Hendon), Adam Ellis (Bayern Mincha), David Dinkin, Jake Gilbert (both NL Raiders B)
MANAGER - Greg Corin (Hendon United), Dan Shafron (NL Raiders A), Aaron Dias (Fairlop FC)
REFEREE - Phil Peters (Faithfold A vs Temple Fortune A), Darryl Colmans (Real Hendon vs NL Raiders C), Robert Benardout (Redbridge JC B vs Scrabble FC)
Email nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK CONTENDERS
- JORDAN ALEX (Real Hendon) - completed the 5-1 rout, picking up the ball near the halfway line, powering past three defenders and dinking it over the keeper with a sublime finish
- DAVID NEZRI (ML Lions Blue) - a wonderful volley from just inside the box from a high ball, rifled into the roof of the net
- GAV LEWIS (Faithfold A) - shifting the ball back and forth across the pitch, with the whole team involved, after careful passing things sprung to life with Yossi Gordon finding space down the left, he surged forward and fed David Leiwy who cut in and found Lewis on the edge of the area. The 17-year-old shimmied inside and curled a beautiful shot into the far corner to seal the win
- ZAC LEWIS (Hendon Utd) - controlled a high ball on his chest and brought it down in one superb movement on the edge of the box which beat the entire defence and then a cool finish into the corner of the net
- MOSES SEITLER (Hendon Utd) - GOAL 3 - with the game tightly poised late on, Seitler picked up the ball just inside the opposition half and beat three defenders and finished into the far corner. A great goal from a great player to secure his hat-trick
- TOBY LEVY (Oakwood A) - brilliant left-foot finish from left-hand edge of the box to level the game at 1-1
- JOSH CUBY (Oakwood A) - hit it like a dart past the impressive James Harpin. Superb effort from 25 yards out
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JC SAVE OF THE WEEK CONTENDERS
- JAMES HARPIN (ML Lions Blue) - a penalty save in the third minute of the game followed by an incredible stop from the follow-up rebound from four yards out
- DAVID GARSON (Faithfold A) - the much-desired clean-sheet was under threat as the ball fell perfectly for the Temple Fortune striker who blasted it goalwards at point-blank range but an incredible strong hand and an outstretched arm by Garson denied Fortune a way back in as he tipped the shot over the bar
- RUSS CORIN (Hendon Utd) - dived backwards and up towards the far corner and clawed away a long-range shot which looked a certain goal. An amazing save and the pick of the bunch after keeping Lions at bay on a couple of other occasions
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK CONTENDERS
- DORON SALOMON (NL Raiders B) - "We played Los Blancos twice in the cups and didn't do ourselves justice in those games. It makes today's result all the more satisfying seeing everything come together in what was an excellent team performance"
- AVI MARKIEWICZ (Faithfold A) - "I was pressing for more goals but remembered Danny Caro's pre-game prediction and decided to settle on four!"
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP QUARTER-FINALS
HENDON UNITED SPORTS 5 MACCABI LONDON LIONS WHITE 3
Cup holders Lions White were victims of a MOSES SEITLER master-class as Hendon United became the first team to secure their passage in this season's semi-finals after a thriller at Hadley FC.
Zac Lewis and Avi Korman also registered in a game that Hendon forged into a 4-1 lead.
The visitors did not let their heads drop and, inspired by Austin Lipman and Adam Burchell, they hauled themselves back into the tie at 4-3 but Hendon scored the game's eighth goal to seal the tie. Adam Arnold, Burchell and James Gold struck for the Lions.
Hendon boss Greg Corin told JC Sport: "It was a huge win today for the team. We played against a good side who drafted in some real quality players but the strength of our team really shone through and we were deserved winners in the end."
Match highlights on When Sunday Comes ...
DC Prediction: Hendon 1 Lions 1 (AET - Hendon to win on penalties)
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MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
LEAGUE TABLE
1. Brady Maccabi Pl. 8, W. 5, Pts. 16
2. Oakwood A Pl. 6, W. 5, Pts. 15
3. Hendon Utd Pl. 5, W. 4, Pts. 13
TOP-SCORERS
15 – Reiss Mogilner (Brady Maccabi)
8 - Kiki Levin (ML Lions White)
MACCABI LONDON LIONS BLUE 2 OAKWOOD 3
Oakwood maintained their merciless march to the title with a hard-earned victory in a five-goal thriller against Lions at Rowley Lane, with Toby Levy, Tom Cantor and Josh Cuby guiding them home.
David Nezri bagged a brace for the Lions and boss Sam Marchant told JC Sport: "We knew today was going to be extremely tough, facing the reigning champions and off the back of a Christmas break and no match played for a month. We certainly were not at our best today but we worked hard."
DC Prediction: Lions 0 Oakwood 2
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NORTH LONDON RAIDERS A 8 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE A 4
ALEX MOSS produced his best display in a Raiders shirt as L'Orange dealt Redbridge's title hopes a major blow, running out 8-4 victors in an extraordinary contest.
Oscar Wagner, Josh Goldstein (2) and Ben Joseph also found the net as Raiders eased their relegation fears.
Ben Sollosi, Calvin Dickson and Elliot Black (2) replied for a shellshocked Redbridge team.
NLR boss Dan Shafron told JC Sport: "This was a great result and an excellent performance. We were playing well pre-Christmas but didn’t get the rub of the green. Today, everything came off offensively and we can now look forward to our remaining six league games as well as our defence of the Morrison."
DC Prediction: NLR 1 RJC 2
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DIVISION ONE
LEAGUE TABLE
1. Faithfold A Pl. 7, W. 6, Pts. 19
2. NL Raiders B Pl. 7, W. 5, Pts. 15
3. Oakwood B Pl. 6, W. 4, Pts. 13
TOP-SCORERS
7 - Simon Moses (Los Blancos)
6 - David Leiwy (Faithfold A), Svi Freedman (Los Blancos), Jake Gilbert (NL Raiders B), , Dan Gordon (Redbridge JC B)
FAITHFOLD A 4 TEMPLE FORTUNE A 0
Table-toppers Faithfold A started 2018 where they left off in 2017, with Louis Naghten, Avi Garson, Avi Markiewicz and Gav Lewis the goal men as they marched six points clear.
Faithfold player-manager Avi Markiewicz told JC Sport: "We kicked off where we left off, with a comprehensive victory against a physical Temple Fortune team."
DC Prediction: Faithfold 4 Fortune 0
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NORTH LONDON RAIDERS B 5 LOS BLANCOS 0
A deadly double from Jake Gilbert inspired Raiders B to a crushing five-goal defeat over Los Blancos.
David Dinkin, David Esterkin and summer signing Ricky Lawrence were also on target in NLR's fourth win in six matches to boost their promotion hopes.
Jubilant NLR joint-manager Doron Salmon told JC Sport: "We played Los Blancos twice in the cups and didn't do ourselves justice in those games. It makes today's result all the more satisfying seeing everything come together in what was an excellent team performance."
DC Prediction: NLR 2 Blancos 1
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REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE B 4 SCRABBLE FC 0
Redbridge B leapfrogged Scrabble after a four-midable performance at Fairlop, thanks to goals from Richie Rosenthal, Carl Dobin, Dan Lipman and Jacob Kaye.
Scrabble were missing up to 10 first-team regulars, according to boss Ray Abrahams, and their team featured Masters stars Jon Yantin Jonny Summerfield and Nigel Goldthorpe plus a stand-in goalkeeper.
Abrahams told JC Sport: "I am frustrated to say that in games we would normally expect to take something from points have slipped away because of this, but we will battle on and now turn our attention to the games we have coming up in which we have to turn our recent poor run around and start picking up some points to keep us clear of the relegation zone."
DC Prediction: RJC 2 Scrabble 1
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DIVISION TWO
LEAGUE TABLE
1. Mill Hill Dons Pl. 9, W. 8, Pts. 24
2. Bayern Mincha Pl. 10, W. 7, Pts. 22
3. Catford & Bromley Pl. 10, W. 6, Pts. 21
TOP-SCORERS
19 - Adam Ellis (Bayern Mincha)
16 - Zach Cohen (Mill Hill Dons)
BAYERN MINCHA 3 HERTSWOOD VALE 0
Two more goals from Adam Ellis plus one from Eli Biton completed what joint-manager Daniel Holder described "a very comfortable win" for title chasing Bayern Mincha.
Holder told JC Sport: "In truth, we never really got out of first gear throughout the game, but we were always feeling very comfortable."
DC Prediction: Bayern 3 Hertswood 1
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FC TEAM 1 FAIRLOP FC 4
James Jaconelli bagged a brace as Fairlop FC registered a statement victory with a crushing 4-1 success at promotion rivals FC Team.
Adam Goldman and Daniel Bean were also on target as the east Londoners kept alive their hopes of a top two finish.
Fairlop boss Aaron Dias told JC Sport: "I've challenged the boys at the beginning of Jan to not drop a league point from now until the end of the season , so it's one down 13 to go."
DC Prediction: FC Team 2 Fairlop 2
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MILL HILL DONS 2 STRAW HAT PIRATES 0
Harry Moss (2) was the match-winner as Mill Hill Dons maintained their two-point lead at the top after seeing off Hertswood.
Delighted Dons boss Brandon Hamme told JC Sport: "We picked up where we left off in 2017 with another three points and clean sheet. The windy conditions and the fact that it was our first game since the November 26 made things difficult and made the win more impressive."
DC Prediction: Dons 2 Pirates 1
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REAL HENDON 5 NORTH LONDON RAIDERS C 1
GAV NOE (3) propelled Real Hendon into the top five as they destroyed Raiders C in West Hendon.
Further strikes from Doron Shooter and Jordan Alex added the gloss on Real's fourth league win of the season.
Real's Rafi Addlestone told JC Sport: "It was a very positive performance from the Yellow and Blacks, who will now look to take winning momentum into the next fixture, away to similarly inconsistent Catford and Bromley."
DC Prediction: Real 3 NLR 3