WEEK 12 REVIEW: Round-up of all the EAL league & cup action from the weekend

SENIOR CUP

This season’s Senior Cup competition got underway in midweek as Bealonians took on Greengate District in the first round at Parsloes Park. Rhys Clements struck twice for Beals with Lloyd Asamoah equalling that as the game ended 2-2 before Greengate won the shootout 5-3.

SENIOR DIVISION

On Friday evening, it was three points in the bag for Waltham Forest Borough who overcame Newham Wanderers at Parsloes in a 5-2 win. Robertson Morais and Emmanuel Chukwumah goals were overcome by a Luke Dimond hat-trick and efforts from Dean Florence and Louie Cooper.

It was also a five goal winning weekend for another title hopeful as CSM London secured a big 5-0 win at home to FC Petrocub London with Luke McElroy’s hat-trick doing the damage, Cyril Pluche and Junior Milla adding the gloss on the result.

Over at Wadham Lodge, Kulture took home the spoils in a hard fought 2-1 victory at home to Sporting Bengal United Reserves with Henley Wheeler and Aaron Browne both netting to render Steven Bohan’s strike as just consolation.

Just down the road at Broadfields, Fairlop Rovers put another win on the board in their local derby with Ryan, Rovers earning a fourth league victory in a 2-0 success that sees them climb to seventh in the standings.

Two sides couldn’t be separated in the game from Dagenham where Old Barkabbeyans took a point in a 1-1 draw with Barkingside with Franklin Nnodi’s goal equalling that from Bryan Ntueba for the visitors.

PREMIER DIVISION EAST

In Premier Division East, it was victory on the road for Romford Town Flyers as a hat-trick from Christos Mead plus goals from Luke Moore, Ali Rajim, Leonardo Lopes and Ronnie Challis handed them a 7-1 win at APSA.

Tyrell Spencer was the difference between the sides as AFC Newbury racked up a seventh league win of the season, his hat-trick helping his team beat Redbridge Reserves in a 3-1 scoreline at Parsloes.

At the same venue, it was a victory for Condor in their home game against Bakers693, securing a 5-2 derby win with two Bohdan Hnyp goals, Darius Darie, Mohammed-Sahin Abasov and Emis Omurbaev notching the others. Ben Little and Eden Nelson scored for Bakers in reply.

Over at Robert Clack, it was a big win for hosts Something From Nothing who moved off the bottom of the table with victory over high-flying AS Rapid Londra, winning 6-2 despite goals from Vlad Bucur and Andrei Boga.

It took the odd goal in five to separate the sides at The Drive where Frenford Reserves saw off Kit Out London 3-2 courtesy of Arman Uzzaman and Sam Edwards goals, with Imran Gheewala and Charles Ariwa netting in consolation for the visitors.

That same scoreline was reflected in the Barkingside derby as Old Esthameians were up against landlords, Old Parkonians, with Harry Baptist, Luke Powell and Burt Cardy goals handing Parks a 3-2 win.

The final game from the division ended locked in a 2-2 draw as Athletico Redbridge secured an important point against Dagenham United, despite Jason Adonri and Renato Molaudzi strikes for Dagenham.

PREMIER DIVISION WEST

In the West division, there was a win on the road for an in-form Royal Forest team as they secured all three points in a 4-1 victory at second placed Waltham Athletic, despite Amin Benkouiten’s goal.

At Newbury Park, Roberto Carvalho was the star of the show as his four goals helped ACE 05 win 6-3 against West Essex Reserves, Denzil Eghan and Raphael Adeniji also scoring in the game for the hosts.

It was victory for fifth placed Priory Park Rangers who remain unbeaten after a 4-0 win at home to Unitey where Darren Kemoi scored twice, Kai Christie and Alfie Wallis adding the other goals in the win.

Sporting Hackney’s own unbeaten run was put to a halt as they suffered a first defeat at home to Onyx where Gideon Adomakoh, Trey Grant, Ivandro Monteiro and Nathan Freeman goals won it 4-1, rendering Malachy Spratt’s strike as consolation.

Over at Wadham Lodge in the early game, it was a win for hosts Walthamstow Reserves as two Vijay Krishnaraj goals and one from Jordan Neaimi helped them beat FC Baresi Reserves 3-1, Mubaarak Hameed scoring in response.

It was a tight game just across the North Circular where Ocean Pacific were searching for a bit of form in their home clash against Jolof Sports. But it was the visitors who left the happier of the teams, securing a win by the odd goal in a 2-1 scoreline.

Not too far away at the same venue, it was an early goal that made all the difference as Toby Bloomfield’s goal was the only scoring moment as Hackney Wanderers defeated co-tenants, North East Lions, 1-0.

DIVISION ONE EAST

Goals were the order of the day in Division One East, beginning as Bealonians Reserves produced a strong win in beating Ekota 8-0, aided by two George O’Connell goals and one apiece from Daniel Mahoney, Aaron Porter, Ashley Webster, Ehaab Husseini and Rhys Clements.

Old Barkabbeyans Reserves continued their winning run in beating Stratford East 11-1. Bilal Naeem and Mohamed Hassan hat-tricks, two from Simon Draper and one each from Ishmael El-Bazar, Xhejson Paqa and Shola Shonibare were more than enough, Tyrese Litchmore responding for East.

There were two big wins on the road, firstly as Eastside Foundation rattled in six in a 6-2 victory at Loughton Town. Lawrie Wiggins and Kian Collins goals were overcome by Marco Asaro and Jahmel Brady doubles, Ryan Wele and Akwasi Junior with the others.

Also winning on the road were FC Alpha who had Denis Musteata, Igor Marmulat and Serghei Scupoi braces to thank, along with Liviu Nistreanu’s strike, for a 7-0 away win over London East in Hainault.

It was just the five goals in the game at Mayesbrook Park as Barking Development ran out 5-0 winners at home to Frenford Development aided by goals from Alpha Conde, Cian Murphy, Karolis Bartkus, Kareece Francis-Myles and Benjamin Fadrowski.

DIVISION ONE WEST

Another division to see a glut of goals was in Division One West including the return to form of Elite Energy who got back to winning ways in some style, notching am emphatic 22-0 home win against St Portland Sau.

Sich London produced a comprehensive 10-1 home win against Leyton City with Vasyl Kovtash and Vladyslav Kyrychenko hat-tricks starting the rout, Mykola Salabai (2), Danylo Buchkovskyi and Orest Stus adding the others, while Joseph Andrews fired in for City.

There was a win on the road for SP United who leapt above hosts, Concord United,  following a 5-1 win for the visitors. Isa Bham’s hat-trick plus Vincent Clifford and Luis Ameny goals were more than enough for the points.

Third placed East London Phoenix saw a first defeat of the campaign as their were undone by a CSM London Under 23s side now just two points behind as Emmanuel Apalata-Mbembe, Aamir Salah and Healing Bussolino goals won it 3-1, Philipp Hermann firing the Phoenix consolation.

That leaves second-placed Saint City Reserves as the only unbeaten side left in the division and they maintained that record with a 4-2 win over UK Moldova via strikes from Khalil Felix, Uchenna Ezeoke, Emmanuel Hammond and Mohamed Attia.

DIVISION TWO

Kulture Under 21s saw a return to winning ways on Saturday, travelling to Haringey United and returning with all three points after a 5-1 victory. Keelan Robinson struck for the hosts but two Mohamed Abubakar goals, along with Frankie Kealy, Archie Millsom and Kyrell John efforts won it for the leaders.

Over in east London, Old Parkonians Reserves secured all three points from their away fixture against Lymore Gardens Under 23s as Lucas Tavares scored two and Maikano Chris one in a 3-0 win.

Jays secured a win by a three goal margin also as they won 4-1 from their short trip across to Castle Green to take on Skyline where Kieran Salek-Taghizadeh, Cain Dash, Anthony Bonsu and Vladimir Ivanov were all on target.

It took the odd goal in five to separate the sides at Bancrofts where Buckhurst Way edged their home clash with Newhall Rangers in a 3-2 scoreline, despite Raheem Mutalaga and Gilroy Chimwemwe goals for the visitors.

At Robert Clack, Fernando Rodrigues and Samuel Olubiyi goals put Dagenham United Reserves into the lead before Huai-Ginn Oliver’s brace helped Chingford Harriers back to level it at 2-2 to share the spoils.

DIVISION THREE

It’s as you were at the top of Division Three where the unbeaten Barking Blues currently lead the way by a point as Rasheed Fasanya’s double and a Robert Lluka goal helped them see off Freetown at Mayesbrook Park.

With a game in hand, JK Silvertown are the side to watch as they kept up the pressure on the leaders with a 13-1 win away at Cobra despite James Mapp’s goal for the hosts, JK keeping their perfect record alive.

Third placed Redbridge Under 23s are the other side amongst the chasing pack, just a couple of points outside of the promotion places after they were 3-1 winners in Hainault against Romford Town Flyers B, for whom Sean Gachara was on target.

London Academics were in strong scoring form in their home fixture against East London Ballers Under 19s as Archangelo Burton scored two, Chrys Tiama, Carlos Vagaroso, Kelvin Sebre and Jordan Dixon-Walker adding the others while Uzair Khan netted for ELB in response.

There were seven goals in the game from east London where Imope were taking on a Chigwell side, the latter leaving 6-2 winners as Sidney Kaye scored two, Jude Pushkin, Blake Butwell and Joseph Middleweek goals overcoming Adam Abdelaziz and Edward Wise efforts.

The league action was completed in the game from Rush Green where it was the visitors, Millwall Albion, heading home with all three points as they secured a 6-2 away win over Thameside Athletic.

COUNTY CUP

It was victory in the BBC Essex Saturday Premier Cup for Ongar Town as their trip to Caton Lane saw them safely into the third round following a 4-1 win against Saffron Walden Town Reserves.

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