Cyril Anekstein First Round Review
Bafana were the only casualties in the premier division though there were also some other upsets along the way too.
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CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP – FIRST ROUND:
(NUMBER IN BRACKETS REPRESENTS CLUB’S DIVISION)
Brixton Old Boys (2) 8 Dynamo Hendon (4) 3 (AET)
Brixton ended up comprehensive victors here, though that didn't tell the whole story.
Jamie Bernstein, an Asaf Cohen penalty and Benjamin Peters scored for Jeremy Brown's side, though in the latter's opinion, the scoreline didn't reflect the way the game went.
Brown said: "We didnt play very well alot of the time, but until extra time the game was very even. "We just lost our legs and with no subs and a couple of players hobbling around the pitch it just got silly in the last 15 mins of the game, when we conceded five goals."
Dynamo were also without their new signings Spector, Patterson and Goldsmith due to the 14-day rule.
TJ PREDICTION:
Brixton Old Boys (2) 2 Dynamo Hendon (4) (1) (AET)
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Chigwell Athletic C (4) 1 Oakwood EDRS A (P) 6
A man-of-the-match performance from Kane Swerner, in which he scored a hat-trick helped the O's to this sweeping win.
A Danny Cohen penalty, Bradley Sharp and Neil Marcus on his full debut completed the rout.
O's manager Gavin Stollar said: "Today was about character and getting back the winning habit and we achieved both with aplomb.
"Kane Swerner is carving out a real reputation for himself as a first rate goal scorer at the highest level and Bradley Sharp's thunderbolt left footer today was one for the scrap book. We go into next week full of confidence."
TJ PREDICTION:
Chigwell Athletic C (4) 1 Oakwood EDRS A (P) 3
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Faithfold B (1) 2 Bafana Bafana (P) 1
Bafana were the only premier division casualties on the day as Simon Wax and Yoni Raeburn saw Faithfold progress. Simon Lawrence scored for Bafana.
TJ PREDICTION:
Faithfold B (1) 1 Bafana Bafana (P) 2
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Faithfold C (3) 6 UJIA (4) 2 (AET)
Josh Garson was the Green's hero as he scored four times to help Faithfold into the next round. Jon Marc and Max Wolfson were also on target.
UJIA felt they were the better team throughout and scored through Simon Linden and Simon Stebbing. Steve Wayne should have scored after blasting over from three yards in the 89th minute which would have put them through.
TJ PREDICTION:
Faithfold C (3) 3 UJIA (4) 1
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Golders Green (1) 3 Holy Mount Zion (3) 4 (AET)
A hat-trick from Eddie Walton along with Jamie Goldsmith's strike saw Rob Lerner's side edge a seven-goal thriller. The Zionists had led 3-0 at one stage only to see Golders fight back to 3-3 and take the tie into an extra half-hour.
Tal Stern's double and an Assi Avital strike scored for Yair Spitzer's side.
TJ PREDICTION:
Golders Green (1) 3 Holy Mount Zion (3) 0
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Hampden Square (5) 1 FC Team A (4) 2
A goal ten minutes from time by Matt Kendler was enough to see Team home as they inflicted a first defeat of the season on Hampden.
Mitch Lassman had put them ahead ten minutes after the restart, before a Gideon Gold penalty levelled the scores.
TJ PREDICTION:
Hampden Square (5) 2 FC Team A (4) 4
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Hendon United C (4) 1 Scrabble (2) 6
Although a convincing scoreline at the end, Scrabble scored their last three goals in the last 15 when in the words of Hendon manager Zvi Noe, they were 'all out attack!!!' Noe made it 2-1 at the break.
However, Scrabble won through a Richard Lobb hat-trick, Jacob Kadoch brace and a Paul Gowers effort.
TJ PREDICTION:
Hendon United C (4) 1 Scrabble (2) 3
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Kenton Maccabi (4) 1 Camden Park (1) 6
There weren't too many problems for Justin Rockberger's side though it wasn't until Darren Saffer came on in the second half that the goals started to flow.
Leading 1-0 at half-time thanks to Russell Greenfield's penalty, he then added two more to claim his hat-trick, before Saffer claimed two, with Wesley Matthews completing the rout.
TJ PREDICTION:
Kenton Maccabi (4) 1 Camden Park (1) 4
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Life FC (3) 1 Chigwell Athletic B (1) 3
Chigwell ensured there was no upset here despite their recent league form as they proved to strong for David Tropp's side. Even with just nine men, a Greg Bookman double and Danny Hakimi strike sealed the win. Match Report
TJ PREDICTION:
Life FC (3) 1 Chigwell Athletic B (1) 2
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London Maccabi Lions C (3) 1 North West Neasden C (3) 0
There was just one goal in it, but Laurence Swerener's strike proved enough as it saw off Mel Beresford's side.
TJ PREDICTION:
London Maccabi Lions C (3) 2 North West Neasden C (3) 3
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Montana Boca Utd A (1) 5 FC Heath (2) 0
It was a stroll in the park for Marc Zeidman's side as a Simon Hecker hat-trick helped ease Montana into the next round. Simon Peterman and Virgil Levy also got their name to the scoresheet.
TJ PREDICTION:
Montana Boca Utd A (1) 3 FC Heath (2) 1
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Montana Boca B (3) 5 Pinner (5) 1
Pinner's poor start continues and there was nothing they could do about Montana's five-star performance.
Simon Isaacs scored two of them with Jeff Gotch, Jonathan Gilbert and Avi Azzizof completing the rout.
TJ PREDICTION:
Montana Boca B (3) 4Pinner (5) 1
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North London Raiders A (P) 3 L'Equipe (5) 0
There was a routine win for Jonathan Cohen's side as Matt Sheldon, Steven Whiteley and Nick Raphael all got on the scoresheet.
TJ PREDICTION:
North London Raiders A (P) 4 L'Equipe (5) 0
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North London Raiders B (3) 3 FC Team C (5) 0
Team's 100% winning start to the season is over as they fell to this comprehensive defeat to the Raiders. Nicky Woolf scored two of two of them with Joe Tankel claiming the third.
TJ PREDICTION:
North London Raiders B (3) 3 FC Team C (5) 2
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North West Neasden B (1) 3 Real Mal (5) 1
Two goals from Jason Cohen helped put Mark Cowan's side on their way to this win over MAL.
TJ PREDICTION:
North West Neasden B (1) 5 Real Mal (5) 0
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Oakwood EDRS B (2) 4 Hendon Hawks (5) 2
The O's ensured there was no upset here as two goals from Gary Bloch, and one apiece from Anthony Kintish and Daniel Abrahams saw the O's home.
TJ PREDICTION:
Oakwood EDRS B (2) 3 Hendon Hawks (5) 1
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Redbridge J Care B (2) 1 FC Team B (4) 3
Although not totally unexpected, Team still overcame a two-division deficit as goals from John Fisher, Mikey Marks and Emile Ben-Atar saw them claim another impressive win for the season.
TJ PREDICTION:
Redbridge J Care B (2) 2 FC Team B (4) 3
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South Manxs A (2) V South Manx B (5)
TJ PREDICTION:
South Manxs A (2) 4 South Manx B (5) 2
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Southgate Harmen A (1) 4 Catford & Bromley (2) 0
Harmen were no match for Lester Jacobs' side as they strolled to this comfortable win.
TJ PREDICTION:
Southgate Harmen A (1) 2 Catford & Bromley (2) 0
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Southgate Harmen B (2) 0 Rapid Banta (2) 3
Stefan Simons and Daniel Breger and Simon Kaye were on target for Marc Abrahams' side as they came away from Ashmole with this win.
TJ PREDICTION:
Southgate Harmen B (2) 1 Rapid Banta (2) 2
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Team JLGB (5) 3 London Maccabi Lions B (P) 6
JLGB gave as good as they got though were ultimately undone by the quality of the Lions. A Neil Lux double and Ian Levy strike were on target for the home side.
Ben Nassim helped himself to a hat-trick for Adam Fegan's side, with Bradley Lazarus' double and Andy Landsberg also on target.
Match Report
TJ PREDICTION:
Team JLGB (5)1 London Maccabi Lions B (P) 4
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Temple Fortune (2) 0 AC Cricklewood (4) 2
Rob Wilson's men made light work of their task as they easily bridged the two-division gap. Richard Davis and an injury-time Mark Wagman strike doing the damage. Match Report
TJ PREDICTION:
Temple Fortune (2) 2 AC Cricklewood (4) 1
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Zig Zag (3) 1 Brady Maccabi (1) 2
Zig Zag manager wasn't a happy man as he saw Brady come away with the victory. He said: "All i'll say is we outplayed them and were denied victory by the referee not giving us two 100% penalties, and then their manager in the last minute flagging Danny Jacobs offside when he would have scored and was never offside.
"I'm disgusted with the officials and the Brady team, we were robbed of a famous victory and totally outplayed them."
Andrew Shuster and Joel Lassman netted the winning goals for Lynton Stock's side. Zig Zag's goal cam through an own goal.
TJ PREDICTION:
Zig Zag (3) 0 Brady Maccabi (1) 2
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