Title race blown wide open as Borussia Barnet lose thriller
Match of the day saw Hertswood Vale blow the Division One title race wide open as a hat-trick from Harry Graham saw them claim a stunning 5-4 win at the leaders Borussia Barnet. James Millett and Scott Hircombe were also on target for Vale, with joint-manager Jacob Emanuel saying: “I couldn’t be prouder of the boys. We were the better team and thoroughly deserved the points in what is undoubtedly one of the bigger league results in our history.”
London Bears moved to within a point of Barnet following their 2-2 draw with Paris Saint Jewmain, Gabriel Platt’s double cancelled out by strikes from Josh Summerfield and Michael Elia.
Club de Chigwell stay joint-third as two goals each from Jacob Bennett and Stanley Offord helped them to a thrilling 6-4 victory over Faithfold Green.
They’re joined in third by Mill Hill Dons, who claimed two wins over Temple Fortune. Jonny May scored twice, along with Josh Cinna and Elliot Freer in a 4-0 win, before Zach Cohen’s double plus strikes from May, Freer and Sam Stead wrapped up a 5-1 win in the second. FC Team and Brook Farm Rangers shared the points in their double-header. Jonny Haik and an own goal saw Team win the first game 2-0, before Joe Gourgey’s strike saw Rovers claim a 1-0 win in the second.
Stoke Salmon are the new leaders of Division Two — after they thrashed Scrabble 10-0. Harry Goldsmith, Ben Ingram and Jamie Smaje scored two each, with Nick Barnett, David Flax,
Alex Bleetman and James Gordon completing the rout.
SPEC came away from Hampstead Ducks with a 4-2 win thanks to strikes from Dan Cohen, Jeff Gotch, Sam Roth and Raf Neiman.
East London Bees claimed their second win of the season, Jason Goldstein scoring twice, with Liam Stein and Darren Hahn also finding the back of the net. Manager Sam Goldman said: “Trailing 2-0 at the break we knew we could up our levels and did so!”
It’s as you were at the top of the
Premier Division as Maccabi London made it seven wins from seven with a 2-0 win at Oakwood. Charlie Dryer and Max Kyte scored the goals with Kyte saying: “It was definitely the most hard-fought game of the season, but the boys were switched on and worked their socks off for 90 minutes.”
HMH remain two points behind them — as they get set to face the Lions next week, four goals from Oscar Wagner coupled with Alex Moss’ strike seeing them win 5-2 at Fairlop. Manager
Avi Goldberg said: “It was a clinical second half performance as we get set for next weekend’s top-of-the-table clash.”
Elsewhere, Jewdinese hit Faithfold White for six, Reiss Mogilner scored twice, with James Ross, Zack Collins and Zac Brin also amongst the scorers. NL Raiders saw off NL Galaxy 4-1 thanks to Jordan Nathan’s double, plus efforts from Charlie Cohen and Maxim Green. Raiders’ Gideon Gale said: “It was a very disciplined win and I’m delighted with the three points.”