Jack Alhadeff

biography

A highly-talented, left-footed forward, Jack is an individual both on and off the pitch. Capable of playing on either wing or as a mobile forward, he is quick, direct and plays on instinct.

Principally a rugby player at school, he has made the switch to the beautiful game and possesses excellent technique and a deadly strike. He is also capable of a trick or two and takes great delight in gaining the better of his man - often letting him know he is doing so during the game!

He joined the club in the 2015/16 season, making his debut in the 2s' unhappy 4-0 defeat away to Brentwoods 2s at the end of September. The following week he scored his first OHAFC goal, finishing into the bottom corner as the 2s won their first game of the season 4-2 at home to Old Epsomians. The side struggled in the first half of the season, but Jack impressed with his skilful, energetic displays and he was soon improving his goals tally with three in three consecutive games either side of the Christmas break.

The highlight had to wait until the final game of the season however, when he fired in a superb first-half hat-trick away to Salopians 2s in Chiswick. The goals took his tally for the season to 8 from just 12 2nd XI appearances, earning him the 2s' Golden Boot award in the process. Jack then made his debut for the 1s, playing the whole ninety minutes in the disappointing 4-3 defeat at home to Radleians in April.

The following season Jack excelled in the 2s' promotion push, ending the season with 13 goals from twelve 2nd XI appearances, all but one of the strikes coming in the League. The quality of his finishing all season was of the highest order, with numerous efforts almost laser-guided into the bottom corners of goals around the League. He scored both goals in the superb win over leaders Alleynians on the Sunley Field that clinched promotion and the opener in the hard-fought 2-2 draw away to Chigwell 2s. But it was in the home game against Chigs that he really grabbed the headlines, scoring with a first-half header before tunring the game on its head in the second half with four goals in the space of twenty minutes. He even scored with his right foot from nearly forty yards out!

Jack was deservedly awarded the Bert Worthy Young Player of the Year for 2017 following his stellar 18 months with the club. And he was to collect further accolades at Easter when, again deservedly, he finished top of the OHAFC Easter Tour Weird List in Lisbon, his use of Harry Potter spells in everyday life marking him out as a wrong'un to his fellow tourists.

The 2017/18 season saw Jack struggle to replicate his goalscoring form against the better organised defences of Division Two, managing three strikes in his first dozen appearances of the season.

  • Nickname
    Doif
  • Age
    30
  • Birth place
    London
  • Height
    5'10"
  • Weight
    74 kg
  • House at Harrow
    The Grove
  • Main position
    Left wing
  • Other position
    Forward
  • Favourite foot
    Left
  • Debut season
    2015/2016
  • Easter tours
    1
  • Highest level played
    OHAFC 2nd XI

q&a's

1) Which football team do you support?
Liverpool
2) Who was your favourite player growing up?
Michael Owen
3) Which boots do you wear?
Nike Magista
4) What is your usual pre-match meal?
Waitrose all day brekfast sandwich and doritos
5) Best moment on a football pitch? (OHAFC or otherwise)
First half hatrick vs Salopians
6) Any football superstitions?
None
7) Family ties in football?
Dad went to school with Bruce Grobbelar in Zimbabwe
8) On a good day you play like who? On a bad day you play like who?
Good day: Robben. Bad day: Bebé
9) 3 words your teammates would use to describe you?
Weird, confident, attack-minded
10) One thing you would change about football?
People going down like they've been shot when they get touched
11) If you could be anyone else for a day who would it be?
Chris Gayle
12) Other sports you enjoy playing or watching?
Darts, snooker, bowls and curling
13) Your go-to karaoke song?
Don't Look Back in Anger, Oasis
14) Your last meal request?
Dolmades lemon chicken and rice
15) Three guests to invite to your fantasy dinner party? (Dead or alive, real or fictional)
John Lennon, Pablo Escobar, Jurgen Klopp
16) Favourite and least favourite TV programmes?
S.A.S, Who Dares Wins and Two and a Half Men
17) Pet hate?
Dirty kitchen
18) One place you’ve always wanted to visit but haven’t yet?
Whistler, Canada
19) Something on your bucket list?
Vegas
20) One thing not a lot of people know about you?
I have 3 passports