PHOTOGALLERY: MLFC BLUE vs MANCHESTER MACCABI 1ST
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DANNY CARO'S MATCHDAY 18 AWARDS
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Toby Levy (Manchester Maccabi 1st)
MANAGER OF THE WEEK: Avi Markiewicz (Faithfold DocMM White)
GOAL OF THE WEEK: Nathan Rosenthal (Borussia Barnet)
SAVE OF THE WEEK: Jack Showman (Manchester Maccabi 1st)
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Dan Kristall (Oakwood)
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MATCHDAY 18 RESULTS
PETER MORRISON TROPHY QUARTER-FINAL
MLFC Blue 2 Manchester Maccabi 1st 4 (MATCH REPORT)
MGBSFL PREM DIV
Fairlop 3 Oakwood 3 (MATCH REPORT)
Faithfold DocMM White 2 HMH 1 (MATCH REPORT)
DIV ONE
Hertswood Vale 3 Redbridge Jewish Care 1 (MATCH REPORT)
SPEC FC 3 Mill Hill Dons 5 (MATCH REPORT)
DIV TWO
Faithfold DocMM 4 Scrabble 0
North West London Bears 6 Hamsptead Ducks 2 (MATCH REPORT)
Paris Saint-Jewmain 1 Borussia Barnet 5 (MATCH REPORT)
West Hamdillah 1 FC Team 3 (MATCH REPORT)
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JC HAT-TRICK HEROES
DIV 1 - Zach Cohen 4 (Mill Hill Dons)
DIV 2 - Zacki Doumou (North West London Bears), Michael Kenley (Borussia Barnet)
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JC TEAM OF THE WEEK CONTENDERS
GOALKEEPERS Adam Brown (Mill Hill Dons), Hayden Pitch (Redbridge Jewish Care), Simeon Tiano (West Hamdillah), Jack Showman (Manchester Maccabi 1st), Tony Plaskow (Faithfold DocMM Green)
DEFENDERS Josh Marks (Mill Hill Dons), Samuel Cohen (West Hamdillah), Alex Lee (Oakwood), Daniel Kingsley (North West London Bears), Hezzie Raymond (Faithfold DocMM Green), Ben Krieger (Faithfold DocMM Green), Joe Cohen (Faithfold DocMM White), Daniel Friedman (Faithfold DocMM White), Martin Smulovitch (Faithfold DocMM White), Alex Rosenthal (Faithfold DocMM White), Zac Mandel (Hertswood Vale)
MIDFIELDERS Marc Rister (Mill Hill Dons), Toby Levy (Manchester Maccabi 1st), Jamie Hatton (Manchester Maccabi 1st), James Gold (Oakwood), Jordan Grant (Hertswood Vale), James Millet (Hertswood Vale), Charlie Becker (Hertswood Vale), Ollie Brill (Hertswood Vale), Alex Rose (North West London Bears), Eli Davila (Faithfold DocMM White)
STRIKERS Zach Cohen (Mill Hill Dons), Zacki Doumou (North West London Bears), Michael Kenley (Borussia Barnet), Sam Hatton (Manchester Maccabi 1st), Mitch Young (FC Team), Jamie Davila (Faithfold DocMM White), James Jaconelli (Fairlop FC)
MANAGER Michael Sacks (Manchester Maccabi 1st), Avi Markiewicz (Faithfold DocMM White), Ben Kfir (Faithfold DocMM Green), Elliot Cukier (West Hamdillah)
REFEREE
Email nominations to dcaro@thejc.com
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JC GOAL OF THE WEEK CONTENDERS
ZACH COHEN (Mill Hill Dons) - a perfectly placed free-kick from distance, finding the top corner and giving the goalkeeper absolutely no chance (check it out on the Dons' twitter!)
BEN MANDELL (West Hamdillah) - a wonderful free-kick into the top corner against FC Team
ZACKI DOUMOU (North West London Bears) - GOAL 4 - picked the ball up 30 yards out and struck a vicious shot of the underside of the crossbar and into the net. Nothing any keeper could do
ZACKI DOUMOU (North West London Bears) - GOAL 5 - got the ball in a position where there was seemingly no danger. Decided to take on the six players in front of him, beat them and then nutmegged the keeper, before tapping into the empty net. The Ducks' players even applauded this one
NATHAN ROSENTHAL (Borussia Barnet) - If anyone scored a better goal than Nathan Rosenthal this week, Brad Papier will be shocked! He received the ball shifted it away from one, danced passed the other where he fell to the floor and when faced with a one-on-one he decided to drink a standing goalkeeper, ridiculous goal
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JC SAVE OF THE WEEK CONTENDERS
HAYDEN PITCH (Redbridge Jewish Care) - incredible one-handed save down to his very far right hand side to deny James Millet from the penalty spot
JACK SHOWMAN (Manchester Maccabi 1st) - SAVE 1 - superbly-time goal-saving tackle, one-on-one against Mikey Perkins with the tie goalless
JACK SHOWMAN (Manchester Maccabi 1st) - SAVE 2 - wonderful finger-tip save to keep out a free-kick from Benji Weinberger that looked destined for the top corner at 3-1
GIDEON CALLER (Faithfold DocMM White) - excellent stop from a curling effort from outside the area that was heading into the top left-hand corner
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JC QUOTE OF THE WEEK CONTENDERS
JAMIE NAGIOFF (Mill Hill Dons) - "That's two wins from two now for 2020 and we look completely unrecognisable compared to the side that was struggling for points earlier this season"
ELLIOT CUKIER (West Hamdillah) - "We gave the best team in the division a scare and it should show the rest of the league what we mean to do in 2020"
DAN KRISTALL (Oakwood) - QUOTE 1 - "We know our league form hasn't been great but our performances, in patches, have been good as we prepare for the cup games that in reality will define our season"
DAN KRISTALL (Oakwood) - QUOTE 2 - "With the news that Louie Basso joins us from Manchester Maccabi for an undicslosed fee in February, this gives everyone at the club a huge boost as Ric Blank worked tirelessly to make this deal happen. We look forward to welcoming Louie to Oakwood"
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YOUR WEEKEND REVIEW STARTS HERE:
PETER MORRISON TROPHY QUARTER-FINAL
MLFC BLUE 2 MANCHESTER MACCABI 1st 4
Two goals from Sam Hatton saw Manchester Maccabi 1st maintain their push for five trophies this season with a handsome 4-2 win over MLFC Blue at Rowley Lane. Man-of-the-match Toby Levy opened the scoring with a superb free-kick, with Aaron Goldman adding the other.
Michael Sacks's men stormed into a 3-0 lead at half-time before securing their passage into the next round with another in the second half. Mikey Perkins and Sam Hamerton replied for MLFC.
Maccabi player-manager Michael Sacks told JC Sport: "It's not easy spending five hours on a bus and then going straight into an intense game of football, but the boys adapted well and delivered."
MLFC player-manager Max Kyte told JC Sport: "We had a couple of fight back moments, Manchester maintained their dominance and they very much deserved the victory.”
DC Prediction: MLFC 1 Manchester 2
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MGBSFL PREMIER DIVISION
LEAGUE TABLE (TOP 3)
1. Faithfold DocMM White Pl. 11, W. 7, Pts. 23
2. Hendon United Sports Pl. 8, W. 7, Pts. 21
3. HMH Pl. 11, W. 5, Pts. 17
TOP-SCORERS 12 - Josh Cuby (Oakwood A), 11 - Akiva Solomon (Faithfold Doc MM White - plus one for Green)
FAIRLOP FC 3 OAKWOOD 3
A last-ditch goal from James Gold, his second of the game, denied Fairlop a famous win as Oakwood rallied to share the points after a six-goal thriller against Fairlop. Alex Lee scored Oakwood's other goal.
Fairlop's goals came through Daryl Rubin and James Jaconelli (2).
Oakwood Director of Football Dan Kristall told JC Sport: "We experimented with our squad with next weeks cup tie in mind, resting several regulars and so ultimately a point must be seen as a good result from a tricky match."
Fairlop's Jake Sanders told JC Sport: "Ultimately, it's two points dropped given the fact we conceded deep into stoppage-time, but on a positive note, it's two matches unbeaten and four points from a possible six available."
DC Prediction: Fairlop 0 Oakwood 0
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FAITHFOLD DOCMM WHITE 2 HMH 1
Goals from Martin Smulovitch and Avi Markiewicz saw Faithfold DocMM White return to the summit following a hard-fought win over HMH.
Ethan Krell had equalised for HMH who were left to rue a string of missed chances, as well as bad luck, with Sammy Kingston and Dom Feldman striking the post.
Faithfold player-manager Avi Markiewicz told JC Sport: "This was our best performance of the year so far and in fact in quite some time, on par with our 4-1 demotion of Redbridge A a couple of seasons back."
Disappointed HMH boss Avi Goldberg told JC Sport: "We were not at our finest today, and a bit like Pep said, we only have ourselves to blame as yet again we could not turn possession and territory into goals despite all the extra practice at training. Even if we still created enough to win, take no credit away from Faithfold who like Leicester defend deep and counter very well. Let’s hope Faithfold can join us and take some points off Hendon too!"
DC Prediction: Faithfold 1 HMH 1
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DIVISION ONE
LEAGUE TABLE (TOP 3)
1. NL Raiders Pl. 10, W. 8, Pts. 25
2. Hertswood Vale Pl. 12, W. 7, Pts. 22
3. NL Galaxy Pl. 9, W. 6, Pts. 21
TOP-SCORERS 17 - Aron Gale (North London Raiders), 16 - James Millet (Hertswood Vale), 15 - Zach Cohen (Mill Hill Dons), 14 - Reiss Mogilner (Jewdinese), 12 - Liron Mannie (North London Raiders)
HERTSWOOD VALE 3 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE 1
James Millet (2) and Charlie Becker were the goal men as Hertswood Vale returned to winning ways - coming from a goal down to beat RJC.
Vale joint-manager Jacob Emanuel told JC Sport: "Fair play to Redbridge - it was a very even game in the first half and they deserved their lead. They made it difficult for us throughout, and I have absolutely no doubt that they'll pick up points off a number of teams in our division this season.
DC Prediction: Vale 2 RJC 0
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SPEC FC 3 MILL HILL DONS 5
ZACK COHEN scored four times, including a stunning free-kick, as Mill Hill Dons made it two wins out of two in an eight-goal thriller against SPEC. Jordan Rinsler capped a memorable morning for the Dons, scoring his first goal for the club in a five-star display.
Zack Neiman, Jamie Smaje and Josh Green replied for SPEC.
Dons manager, Jamie Nagioff, said: "That's two wins from two now for 2020 and we look completely unrecognisable compared to the side that was struggling for points earlier this season. It was a well-fought game but our early lead, coupled with a constant threat going forward, meant we never looked like losing the game."
SPEC player-manager Ricky Lawrence told JC Sport: "It was a disappointing day at the office.”
DC Prediction: SPEC 3 Dons 2
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DIVISION TWO
LEAGUE TABLE (TOP 3)
1. FC Team Pl. 12, W. 9, Pts. 29
2. Borussia Barnet Pl. 11, W. 8, Pts. 26
3. Temple Fortune Pl. 12, W. 8, Pts. 25
TOP-SCORERS 17 - Jono Gaon (Hampstead Ducks), 16 - Daniel Garfinkle (Club De Chigwell), 12 - Saul Green (Club De Chigwell), Danny Sherman (Temple Fortune), 11 - Simon Cohen (Temple Fortune), 10 - Richard Salmon (FC Team), Zacki Doumou (North West London Bears), Alex Bourne (Scrabble)
FAITHFOLD DOCMM GREEN 4 SCRABBLE 0
Faithfold DocMM Green ended Scrabble's good run with a handsome 4-0 victory, with Jamie Rodney and Zalmy Cohen featuring on the scoresheet. Hezzie Raymond scored his first goal in six seasons, with Ben Bowers completing the rout.
Faithfold player-manager Ben Kfir told JC Sport: "Our fitness enabled us to out-run the opposition and control the game. Our passing was very good and it enabled us to stretch the game and create chances."
DC Prediction: Faithfold 1 Scrabble 2
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NORTH WEST LONDON BEARS 6 HAMPSTEAD DUCKS 2
A five-goal blitz from ZACKI DOUMOU inspired the in-form Bears to another big win, at the expense of Hampstead Ducks, with Sam Martin adding the gloss.
Bears' joint-player-manager James Harpin told JC Sport: "We worked extremely hard and created many opportunities for our attacking players. Our midfield looked a class above in the first half and I am proud of the work rate we put into the game."
DC Prediction: Bears 3 Ducks 1
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WEST HAMDILLAH 1 FC TEAM 3
A deadly double from player-manager Mitch Young boosted FC Team's title hopes as they beat West Hamdillah. The visitors also benefitted from an own goal in a hard-fought win.
Hamdillah captain Ben Mandell had equalised with a wonderful free-kick to the top corner.
FC Team player-manager Mitch Young told JC Sport: “We are happy to get the win first and foremost. Hamdilllah put in a committed performance and the players never gave up we wish them well."
Hamdillah manager Elliot Cukier told JC Sport: "We gave the best team in the division a scare and it should show the rest of the league what we mean to do in 2020. Only upwards from here."
DC Prediction: Hamdillah 1 Team 4
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PARIS SAINT-JEWMAIN 1 BORUSSIA BARNET 5
MICHAEL KENLEY (3) produced his Sunday best as Borussia Barnet kept up the pressure on leaders FC Team with a powerful 5-1 win at PSJ.
Further strikes from Ollie Hart and Nathan Rosenthal ensured Borussia made it eight wins out of 11.
DC Prediction: PSJ 0 Borussia 3
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MATCHES OFF
Prem Div - Hendon Utd vs Camden Park - waterlogged pitch
Div 1 - MLFC Red vs Brook Farm Rovers - frozen pitch
