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We’re tipping Oakwood, L’Equipe and Fairlop to be celebrating in May NEW MGBSFL SEASON By Andrew Sherwood andrews@thejngroup.com @JewishNewsUK
Sunday sees the start of the Maccabi GB (Southern) Football League season as 29 teams do battle over the next nine months. Ahead of the big kick-off, we’re giving our predictions as to who will be popping the champagne in May. Tipping Oakwood A to make it back-to-back Premier Division titles, we’re predicting L’Equipe to claim a second consecutive title to become Division One champions and are putting our money
on Fairlop FC to claim the Division Two title. League chairman David Wolff is backing London Lions White to lift the Premier Division, is putting his faith in North Raiders London B becoming Division One champions, and new boys Bayern Mincha to get their hands on the Division Two title. Speaking about his hopes for the forthcoming campaign, he said: “We have 29 teams, which is down on last season and is disappointing,. But we have a new development officer in place, whose first objective is to keep that number in place and then look at ways of improving on that number.”
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EMIER D Oakwood IVISION A DIVISION ONE L’Equipe DIVISION T Fairlop FC WO
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Israel set for crunch World Cup double-header WORLD CUP Israel’s hopes of qualifying for next year’s World Cup will be determined over the next five days when they face must-win games against Macedonia and Italy. Hosting the former on Saturday before travelling to Reggio Emilia on Tuesday, they currently sit joint-third in the table, with only the top two standing a chance of qualifying for Russia. Going into the games on the back of a 3-0 home defeat by Albania, manager Elisha Levy said: “We were all very disappointed after that game, and hope to restore the confidence in our supporters.”
Israel celebrate a 2-1 win over Macedonia
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PREMIER D London L IVISION ions Whit e DIVISION O NL Raide NE rs B DIVISION T Bayern M WO incha