We gave Harmen a fright, but the big decisions went against us, says Blank
FOOTBALL Ric Blank believes Harmen got off the hook after Oakwood were forced to settle for a 3-3 draw against the Premier Division high-flyers.
Harmen made the perfect start when their new-look strike-force of James Gershfield and Mike Pearson linked up to put the visitors ahead.
Quickfire strikes from Brad Wine and Dave Woolman put Oakwood in front before Ollie Craig levelled things up with Harmen’s second. Josh Rose scored Oakwood’s third, but a penalty from Gershfield, his second goal of the game, ensured a share of the spoils.
Blanksaid:“I’mproudof theperformance, but very disappointed we didn’t win. We led twice and I expected us to put the game to bed.
“Harmenarealwaysdangerous with Pearson and Gershfield up top so it’d be wrong to say we were miles the better team — we weren’t, it was fairly even. But on chances and performances I thought we edged it.
“We’re bitterly disappointed with some of the major decisions that went against us — not least the softest penalty I have ever seen.”
Harmenjoint-manager Oli Leslie said: “I’m confident that the mistakes made this week will only kick us on to an improved performance at Woodford on Sunday.”
Ben Gilbey claims FC Team A were good value for their 2-0 win over Woodford Wanderers. David Joseph Cohen bagged a brace, with Gilbey commenting: “We’ve ironed out some defensive issues and controlled the entire game.”
JamesGoldrescued MaccabiLondon LionsBlue a point at RedbridgeJewish Care A, forcing an own goal after Brad Gayer had opened the scoring.
Lions boss Jamie Kyte said: “We left it late and the draw felt more like a win.”
J o s h D a g u l breathed a sigh of relief after Brady delivered “a big performance”tocrush Blizzard Storm in Division One. Reiss Mogilner (2), Charlie Kasler (2), Sam Monjack and Matt Frohlich eased them home 6-2.
Dani e l Ga r - finkle was the hat-trick hero as returned to winning ways at the expense of BrixFurther strikes from Adam Goldman (2), James Berkley and Sam Sollosi sealed the win.
Elliot Wallis, Ricky Lawrence and Marc Cohen helped SPEC FC complete back-to-backvictories,beating Athletic
3-1.
moved two points clear in Division Two after Ben Binder (2), Richard Salmon, Jon Breger and Danny Moss wrapped up their sixth win, beating L’Equipe 5-0.
FCTeamC dropped points for the first time, and it could have been worse had it not been for a double from Matt Davis against Jewdinese who led 2-0 through Ollie Smith and an own goal.
Joel Lassman, Jason Shoffman, Darren Bloom, Elliott Bloom and Rob Klienman inspired promotion-chasing Mill Hill to a 5-2 win over Nick Haringman and Marc Woolfe were the marksmen for NLR.
Zak McLeod and Jamie Sinai hit two apiece as Catford & Bromley edged out of the relegation zone with a 6-4 success over Oakwood B. Andrew Charles and Sean Preston added the gloss. Jacob Richler-Kleiman (2), Daniel Selwyn and Hayden Davidson replied for Oakwood.
Dominic Cheniart (2) kept Crown in charge in Division Three as theycamefrom2-1downtobeat Temple Fortune. Yoel Deal and Adam Nusenbaum clinched the points against a spirited Fortune team for whom Zach Rich and Matt Leader were on the scoresheet.
In-form Avi Markeweicz registered his third consecutive hat-trick as crushed 3-0.
extended their unbeaten run,withDanYossman,JoshBarnettand Daniel Gordon finding the net in the 3-1 success over Shacharit Donetsk. Adam Ellis pulled one back.
Hendon C climbed into the top five after Gab Saul, Gideon Caller and Benni Sluckis set up a 3-1 win over Boca Jewniors. Jack Goldsmith grabbed a consolation.
FOOTBALL Jonathan Adelman described Norstar London Raiders B’s 3-1 victory over table-toppers Camden Park as “the consummate team performance” as their Division One title hopes gathered momentum following this big statement of intent.
Raiders found themselves a goal down inside three minutes with what turned out to be Camden’s only effort of note on target. A long ball forward found Guy Marks and
Jake Gilbert
the left winger unleashed a powerful 20 yard drive past Ben Cherkas. The visitors were undeterred and continued t o mix a short one and twotouch passing game through Adam Posner, alongside more direct play to release the pace of Josh Green and Mike Hershman. The pressure told on 35 minutes when adeliciousarcingcrossfromPosner was met by a diving header from Dan Grossman. Raiders started to turn the screw and