Jewdinese are happy to keep on winning the ‘vital’ ugly way
MGBSFL DIVISION ONE
Billy Lee, Zac Brin and Aaron Goldberg helped promotion-chasing Jewdinese make a big statement of intent, beating a strong Raiders team 3-1 in Wembley. Charlie Kasler replied for Raiders. Victorious ’Nese boss Darren Lawrence said: “This was a game in which we perhaps did not dominate or play to the best of our ability, but winning ugly is a vital trait to have. We showed great character and togetherness today.” Raiders joint-manager Jake Yudelowitz said: “It was a poor performance. They had two chances and scored three goals. We had at least 10 shots on target. Same story.”
James Jaconelli (2), Bradley Gayer and Harrison Grant ensured Fairlop FC finished the first half of the season unbeaten as they crushed Los Camden B. Aaron Dias’s men go into 2019 two points off leaders North London Galaxy with a game in hand. Fairlop’s Jake Sanders said: “After having our Christmas party the night before, it was never going to be vintage Fairlop. But after a sloppy opening first 45-minutes, we came alive in the second half and killed off the game with three quick-fire goals. We’re happy to keep our first clean sheet in a while and continue our unbeaten start to the season. We will enjoy the winter break and be hungrier than ever when we return against Scrabble on January 6.”
DIVISION TWO
FC Team manager Mitch Young praised his side’s “ruthless finishing” as they kept their promotion hopes alive with an impressive win over leaders Faithfold. Top-scorer Richard Salmon (2), Jon Breger (2) and David Grossman eased FC Team to victory. “It was our best performance of the season against a strong Faithfold team,” said Young. “We were well balanced and clinical in our finishing. Defensively, I was very happy with our shape and discipline. It would be great if we
SPEC FC player-manager Ricky Lawrence reflected on his team’s “most convincing performance of the season” as they moved to within two points of the summit after crushing Scrabble. Two goals from Josh Green, and others from top-scorer Zack Neiman, Elliott Wallis and Lawrence secured SPEC’s seventh victory. Lawrence explained: “Leading 3-0 at half-time we let Scrabble back into the game on a couple of occasions, but we did enough to secure the points and get the nine out of the nine we targeted from our last three games.”
Scrabble’s goals came through Bradley Lazarus and Lloyd Becker. Boss Jon Yantin said: “We pulled it back to 4-2, only to be left deflated by a harsh penalty decision, which all of SPEC were equally surprised about. This effectively handed them the game. We