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BY DAVID SAFFER Maccabi London FC won a tight Cyril Anekstein Cup first round clash against Brady FC with a 65th minute Ben Kohler penalty at Rowley Lane.

Both are struggling in the Premier Division so this was an opportunity to advance in the cup.

The hosts dominated the first half but struggled to find a cutting edge against an organised Brady side. Maccabi continued to boss play and eventually got their reward with Kohler’s spot kick.

Maccabi boss Laurence Judah was pleased with the victory and a chance to move forward in the competition.

“We were delighted to get the game on and was unaffected by poor visibility,” he said. “Despite having the majority of possession, we were pretty ineffective and didn’t create clear cut chances. We made some half time changes and while the second half performance wasn’t great, we had enough opportunities to score four or five.” He added, “Our objective for the second half of the season is to have more consistency in team selection and if we can do that we’ll move up the table.”

In other ties, Oakwood A romped into the next stage with a 9-0 drubbing against Straw Hat Pirates.

Basso hit six goals. Mike Cohen, Max Foster and an own goal completed the rout.

O’s manager Daniel Blitz commented, “It’s obviously great to win by such a big margin, but the most important thing is getting our name in the hat for the next round.” He added, “We had a really rocky start to the season but have got some momentum. We go into 2022 with a lot of

Kohler penalty sinks Brady in cup

optimism. We’re in both cups where our ambition is to try win both and will keep battling in the league.” Mill Hill Dons came through a tough clash 2-1 against Club de Chigwell with BY DAVID SAFFER goals from Josh Goldstein and Joseph Reece. Dons boss Brandon Hamme praised Reiss Mogilner scored six goals as Maccabi a superb all round performance. London Lions thumped Scrabble A in the Geez Park Rangers clash with Qarabagel second round of the Cyril Anekstein Cup. was postponed.

Th e Premier League side racked up a 16-0 All league fixtures were postponed at win with Daniel Green and Michael Kenley the weekend including a Premier League both bagging a hat-trick. Ed Brafman, Da- clash between second placed HMH and vid Dinkin, and Adam Hassanali complet- London Bears. In Division One, Redbridge ed the rout in a mismatch of a tie. JC Purple vs Brook Farm Rovers, Hamsp-

Lions could have scored in the opening tead Ducks vs FC East London Bees and minute of the clash but soon opened the NWL Azzurri vs league leaders Stoke Salmscoring and led 9-0 by half time. on were all off. Division Two saw clashes

Th e Division One team, though out- between Real Madreidel vs Boca Chillers classed, battled away to the end. and Temple Fortune B vs Redbridge White

Lions boss was lost for words at full time were postponed. such was the display from his team who Away from the action promotion chasing gave every respect to the opposition. London Athletico have signed Zacki Dou-

“I’m not really sure there’s anything to mou who led London Bears to promotion say, we are happy to make it through to the last season. next round of the cup,” he commented. Doumou was 2020/21 MGBSFL Division

Hendon United Sports ran out 3-1 victors One Player Of The Year for his goal scoring against League One outfi t North London exploits. The sharpshooter was top scorer Raiders. across all three divisions with 25 goals in

Th e Premier side led early in the second just 10 games. half only for Raiders to equalise but struck Teams are now on a mid-season break, two late goals to book a place in round fixtures resume on 9th January 2022. three of the competition.

Hendon now turn their attentions to the league as they travel to Oakwood A for a crucial top of the table clash on Sunday (10am).

Daniel Kristall’s team stunned the league leaders last month when they won 2-0, a victory would move them to within a point of Hendon with a match in hand.

Elsewhere in the latest round of fi xtures, 10-man North London Galaxy made it a three-way title race in the only Division One clash of the day after defeating Oakwood B.

Jamie Murray saw red early on but Galaxy rallied with goals from Josh Cohen and Jacob Leigh to record an important 2-1 away Premier pacesetters Hendon United win. Sports travel to Oakwood, who currently

Galaxy head Redbridge Jewish Care A in sit in third spot just behind HMH. Should the table by just one point after 10 matches, the O’s win it will open up the title race. third place Fairlop FC are fi ve points be- Division One leaders Stoke Salmon hind with two games in hand. travel to Temple Fortune A whilst Division

Rafi Bloom scored for Oakwood. Two leaders Geez Park Rangers host Red-

“It was a fantastic performance in a bridge Jewish Care White in a full round of matches.

must-win game,” commented Galaxy player-manager Luke Lewis.

“We sat back and allowed Oakwood the ball, given the one-man advantage and looked to hit them on the counter attack with pace.

“Both goals came down the right-hand side. Leigh crossed the fi rst one into Cohen to fi nish, before slotting home himself. Up to fi rst we go.”

Th e Division Two title race also took a twist with league leaders Herstwood Vale going down to a 2-1 defeat at Temple Fortune.

Faithfold B have played a game more than Vale but moved level with a 5-3 win at North London Raiders Masters.

Jacob Kalms struck twice for Fortune who scored through leading scorer James Milletwith his 17th goal of the season.

Th e result was all the more remarkable as Temple were down to 11 players with ‘keeper Ben Rebuck dislocating a shoulder in the warm up.

“Th is was a fantastic win given the circumstances,” said delighted Fortune boss Simon Linden.

“We had a number of players out, Rebuck got injured, so I couldn’t have asked any more from the players. We wish Ben a speedy recovery.

“It was a proper old school performance, we battled and defended for the 90 minutes and took our chances. Experience proved to be the winner. It’s a big win, one we will enjoy and we hope to build on it in 2019.”

He added, “Th is win marks 50 years as a football club and will be one Nigel Kyte and everyone associated with the club from day

Sixteen-goal Lions rout Scrabble in Cup “It was a proper old school performance, we battled and defended for the 90 minutes and took our chances. Experience proved to be the winner.”

one will enjoy.” Vale boss Jacob Emanuel was quick to wish Rebuck well following his injury. “First and most importantly, everyone at Vale would like to wish the Fortune ‘keeper a quick recovery, we hope to see him back on the football pitch as soon as possible,” he said. As for the defeat, Emanuel commented, “It doesn’t matter how big a squad you have, you can never account for unavailability or injury. Only fi ve of today’s team played in our recent win over FC Team, a lack of togetherness and poor individual

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