FORTUNETELLER
News, views and everything TFFC by Nigel Kyte
Welcome to issue 22 of the newsletter
The Second Team returned to winning ways by defeating Jewventus 3-1 at Gosling Sports Park in Welwyn Garden City. Adam Glekin has emailed the following match report: Fortune got back to winning ways with a comfortable 3-1 victory over 10 man Jewventus at Gosling Sports Park. Fortune dominated the early procedings but were made to wait until the half hour mark to finally break down the stubborn Jewve defence. Player-manager Terry Jefferies provided the assist, swinging in a perfect free kick which was headed in by Gideon Wetrin, having timed his late run into the box to perfection. The home side continued to boss the game but their final ball was often found lacking, until David Sawyer produced a moment of magic to bag the crucial second. With his back to goal on the edge of the box, Sawyer turned, swivelled and with his weaker left foot curled a beauty into the corner which gave the keeper no chance. More Fortune chances came and went as the game opened up, and top scorer Jeffries added a third with another cracking left foot strike into the top corner. Jewve netted a late consolation but the result was never in doubt.
Second Team assistant manager Adam Glekin said: "It's never easy to play against 10 men, but I thought it was a very good team performance, we totally dominated the game and if anything should've won by more. We've got a tough run of games coming up so it was an important win, and keeps us in the thick of things at the top of the division."
The OLD BOYS TEAM played MARSHSIDE at the Thomas Parmiters Sports Centre and lost 4-0 in a Masters Division 2 fixture. Said manager David Goldberg: "As good as we were against Clayhall, we were so poor today. The majority of the team just didn't turn up and it was an extremely disappointing performance."
INTER-CLUB QUIZ: ROUND THREE STARTS TODAY
Round Three of this season's TENTH QUIZ competition starts today. Full results can be found here, whilst the main Quiz page is on here. The Round Three pairings are as follows. Please make every effort to take part if your name appears below! The deadline date is midnight on TUESDAY 6TH DECEMBER and not the one on the quiz email.
ALAN HAROUNOFF v JEREMY FESS
BRYAN SILVER v NICK WAITSMAN
MARTIN COLLINS v PHIL FRIEND
DAVID GOLDBERG v TONY HIRSCHSTEIN
MARIE KELLY v JACK MORRIS
LEE FEGAN v JAMES RYAN
DEAN INGRAM v GARY BURNS
TERRY JEFFRIES v JONATHAN COHEN
EIGHT MSFL TEAMS MAKE THE PMT LAST 16
The First Team were the first team to reach the Last 16 of the Peter Morrison Trophy last Sunday after defeating Southgate Harmen 'B' at Ashmole School. Here are the eight MSFL teams left in the competition who will join eight teams from the Northern section in Round 4. Redbridge Jewish Care 'A', Hendon United Sports Club 'A', North West Neasden 'A', Brady Maccabi 'A', North London Raiders 'B', Chigwell Athletic 'A', Temple Fortune 'A', London Maccabi Lions 'B'.
BROKEN WRIST INJURY HITS MONTY
ANDY MONTLAKE, one of our double centurions, has suffered a nasty broken wrist injury duing last week's Old Boys fixture against Clayhall Park Casuals. Said Andy: "I've broken my right wrist badly but played on though. I fell awkwardly in a tackle (goal saving tackle, of course!) My right hand so a real pain though and in plaster for 6 to 8 weeks. Brilliant!" We wish Monty a speedy recovery from his injury and look forward to him returning next year.
PUNCTUALITY ESSENTIAL
Another reminder that you are requested to be at the venue NO LATER than 30 minutes before the kick-off. Anything after that is LATE. This applies to all three of our teams and fines will be imposed on repeated late-comers. Please take the time to click here and read the information carefully. LATE PLAYERS will continue to be named and shamed on this page in future and fines/suspensions will be imposed as necessary.
'THE FORTUNE NEWS' BACK ISSUES
A reminder that you can read back issues of this season's newsletter if you have missed any. At the bottom of the second column on the right you will find links for all 20 previous issues. Please let me know if any do not open.
TFFC TRAINING ON TUESDAY: PLEASE ATTEND!
MIDWEEK TRAINING CONTINUES ON TUESDAY AT LONDON MACCABI LIONS SPORTS GROUND, ROWLEY LANE, BARNET, AT 9PM. As you know, the Club has booked a third of the excellent London Maccabi Lions 3G pitch on Tuesday evenings at 9pm for an hour so please make every effort to attend. There will be a separate fee for training which can be paid in two installments or as 'pay and play' on the night (which will a dearer way of paying). Please email Jack Morris to confirm your attendance and to arrange your installment payment. The 3G takes moulded boots or astro trainers but not screw-in studs. If you are attending, please be there ON TIME.
NEW DISCIPLINARY PAGE ON WEBSITE
To maintain a record of suspensions, I have introduced a new feature on the website which is as clear-cut to follow as anything. The disciplinary table will show each player sent off and suspended alongside a week-by-week calendar, with suspensions clearly marked in addition to fines, yellow cards, payments received or outstanding. And Club fines will be logged as well. The table provides a very useful reference for Team Secretaries monitoring a player's availability when suspended. To get to the page, click on any of the Team Page links shown above in the 'Fortune Pre-Seasons' panel, and then click on 'DISCIPLINARY TABLE'.
ABUSE THE REF MEANS A FOUR MATCH BAN
The Club will be making a point of drumming into all our players that abusing a match official will NOT be tolerated and will earn any offender a ban of FOUR MATCHES. A reminder will be emailed from time to time to everyone in the shape of examples of things you could say to a referee and be sent off. Some of the jpegs you will find amusing but the serious message is always the same ABUSE THE REF = FOUR MATCH BAN.
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MACCABI FOOTBALL REVIEW
MSFL review by Danny Caro, www.thejc.com/msfl
MSFL FIRST DIVISION
REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE 'B' 10 (TEN), NORTH WEST NEASDEN 'B' 1
A brilliant five-goal salvo from Dan Orgel steered Redbridge four points clear at the top of the table after they outclassed Neasden B at Fairlop. There was also a hat-trick for Joel Faugh as the east Londoners went goal crazy. Further strikes from Oliver Brooks and Josh Orgel completed the rout.
MSFL FOURTH DIVISION
BRIXTON OLD BOYS 'B' 6, BOCA JEWNIORS 2
Goals from Martin (3), Sherman (2) and Lee set up Brixton's biggest win of the season as they hit Boca for six. Boca replied with efforts from Newman and Handelaar.
NORTH LONDON RAIDERS 'C' 0, ATHLETIC BILBAUM 2
Athletic Bilbaum became the first team to beat leaders North London Raiders C in the league this season with goals from joint-manager Ed Green and Greibach earning them a memorable win in Hatfield.
TEMPLE FORTUNE 'B' 3, JEWVENTUS 1
Temple Fortune put themselves back in the mix with a hard earned victory over Jewventus.
MASTERS SECOND DIVISION
Awaiting Masters report.
TWITTER AWAY WITH TFFC!
For regularly updated news on anything 'official' about the TFFC worth sharing with Club Members, you will now find the Club 'tweeting' on http://twitter.com/YellowsAndReds! Please connect with TFFC because next season this is where you will find access to breaking Club news, such as fixtures, results and anything else going on.

LIST OF OFFICERS EMAIL ADDRESSES
For a list of all Management Committee Officers' email addresses, scroll to the bottom of this newsletter.
NEWSLETTER BACK ISSUES
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Regards,
Nigel
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