MGBSFL: Sunday football round-up: week 27:

“We stepped it up in the second half but in truth from start to finish this was our weakest performance of the season.”

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OAKWOOD A 6 MACCABI LONDON LIONS A 0
Oakwood got revenge on the Lions for last week’s cup defeat as they also moved to within four points of second place.

Alex Lee, Brad Wine and Josh Rose all scored twice each, for whom joint-manager Daniel Kristall told jewishnews.co.uk: “Revenge was sweet in a game that had a strange start with what must be the quickest goal in the Maccabi league this season. Barely 30 seconds on the clock when Alex Lee opened the scoring and within five minutes we were 2-0 up. Believe it or not, we didn’t start the game well. Lions were made to pay for not being clinical enough. I thought after a shaky spell in the first half, we began to do the basics right and out-passed our opponents, missing several big chances before going in at 2-0 up at half-time.

“Arguably the biggest moment of the match was at 2-0 up and in the opening couple of minutes of the second half where Lions had a chance to get back in to the game from the penalty spot. Dean Caplin made a superb one-handed save low down to his right to keep Lions at bay. We went on to punish Lions for the miss and scored four quick fire goals to improve our goal difference and put the game to bed.

“Although it was a completely different 11 to last week’s Lions cup side (with the same team name), we cruised home to a comfortable victory once we got hold of the ball and used our pace/power down the flanks combined with the strength of Alex Lee in his alternative centre forward position. We move on to Blizzard next Sunday whilst the “Top 2” do battle. Write us off at your Peril!”

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DIVISION ONE:

FIXTURES & RESULTS
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BRIXTON OLD BOYS 3 REAL SOSOBAD 2
Brixton’s bid to avoid the drop is gathering momentum after they won this five-goal thriller against Sosobad.

Josh Kalinsky, Joseph Eskanazy and David Lusman scored for Brixton, with Jamie Shaw and Richard Rosenthal replying for the visitors.

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FAITHFOLD B P BRADY MACCABI P

MATCH POSTPONED

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LOS BLANCOS 0 OAKWOOD B 1
Oakwood maintained their promotion push as Dani Dennison’s first goal for the club proved to be the difference.

O’s manager Jason Stein told jewishnews.co.uk: “All that mattered today was winning and it was certainly an ugly win but they all count. We were our own worst enemy at times today with sloppy passing and some wayward finishing and it looked like the game might end in a very frustrating 0-0 until Dani Dennison popped up with his first goal for Oakwood.

“A few punters have cleaned up on the Dani Dennison 1-0 at 66/1. He took his goal very well putting it into the roof of the net. Special mention must go to new signing Harris Kersh on his debut. He joined us this week from Manchester Maccabi and made a crucial save at 0-0 in a flawless performance.”

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SPEC FC 3 NORTH LONDON RAIDERS B 1
SPEC moved two points clear of Woodford at the top of the table – albeit having played three games more than them – with this win.

Ashley Burns scored twice, with Dan Cohen also on target, for whom player-manager Ricky Lawrence told jewishnews.co.uk: “Raiders started very well and were very unfortunate to be 2-0 down but in the second half we were incredibly wasteful which made for a far nervier last 15 minutes that it should have been.”

Josh Green netted Raiders’ consolation.

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DIVISION TWO:

FIXTURES & TABLES
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ATHLETIC BILBAUM 11 BOCA JEWNIORS 0
Bilbaum were the most emphatic winners on the day as they crushed the Boca boys to consolidate seventh spot.

Ben Bell and Edward Green both helped themselves to hat-tricks, Robert Rodney scored twice, with Seb Silverman, Sam Deaner and Oliver Sharpstone also all on target. Manager Charlie Sassienie told jewishnews.co.uk: “It was a great performance from the team today. We didn’t switch off at any point and stayed focused to ensure we got the cleansheet as well as all the goals. We hope to continue our strong scoring run in our final two games!”

Boca’s Anton Nyman told jewishnews.co.uk: “One word: shambles. We could talk all day about bad ref decisions and missing key players (and finishing the game with less due to injuries and absentees) but it doesn’t change anything – they were the better team 10 fold.”

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FAITHFOLD C 3 CATFORD & BROMLEY 0
The Greens leapfrogged the Cats in the table following this comfortable win.

Ben Portnoi and Dan Gordon were on the scoresheet for the victors, with manager Rob Shooman, who wasn’t at the game, telling jewishnews.co.uk: “We have got to be very pleased with the way we played, especially against the side that inflicted a defeat on the division leaders Scrabble only last week.

“On the back of this result, we intend to have a strong finish to our season, well done to all my boys.”

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L’EQUIPE 4 FC TEAM C 1
L’Equipe moved up to fourth in the table while Team remain third-from-bottom.

James Bell, Nick Stern, David Prager and an own goal seeing them to the points.

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MACCABI LONDON LIONS B 5 HENDON UNITED B 1
The Lions kept alive their mathematical chances of winning the title thanks to this comprehensive win.

Joshua Bloom scored twice, with Daniel Fattal, Daniel Mattey and Ben Weinberger also on target.

Manager Sam Marchant told jewishnews.co.uk: “It was a bit of a strange game for us today, and in honesty, the scoreline flattered us a bit. Weinberger opened the scoring with a true piece of footballing magic, and Mattey got the second on the stroke of half-time which settled us down. However, Hendon were battling well, and made a real game of it. They pulled one back and had chances to equalise. Fortunately, Fattal then scored a stunning strike from 25 yards and it was much more comfortable from then on in.

“We weren’t at our best today, and Hendon made it very difficult at times, but we got the three points and that’s all that matters. Very happy with the result and it puts us one step closer to promotion.”

Gideon Barth scored for Hendon, for whom manager Adam Glekin told jewishnews.co.uk: “I think the scoreline flatters them, there really wasn’t much in the game. We’ve gone in at half time trailing 2-0 despite being the better team thanks to one impressive solo run and then we’ve conceded a sloppy 2nd just before half time.

“The second half we continued to play well and got the goal we deserved, a fine goal after lovely link up play between Gideon Barth and Benni Sluckis before Barth finished superbly. At that point we were right in the game, but then their guy has hit a screamer from 25 yards and that drained the life out of us. To be fair, there were three goals in the game which wouldn’t look out of place on the MOTD goal of the month competition.”

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