Kick 'Jew goal' into touch now

Just when you think you've heard every expression in football, a new one pops up. Well, it was certainly new to me.

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It’s time to get back to basics

There comes a point every season when someone needs to step up and say – hey lads, cool it.

The number of red cards and acts of indiscipline are slowly mounting up, both north and south, and it appears that the early season feel-good-factor is starting to evaporate. I’ve noticed a particular lapse in player behaviour since Yom Kippur, so the message from me is ‘calm down’.

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Cup still half full for Lions

The rachmanus spirit is regularly talked about in Jewish sport. There was first-hand evidence of it last weekend when London Maccabi Lions took part in the prestigious Sunday FA Cup.

With joint-managers Josh and Malcolm Newman unavailable, it was left to the wise, old heads of David Kyte and Jon Green to lead the team.

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Who said management was a walk in the park?

After two seasons of great success, I find myself in the midst of my first managerial crisis.

It was Adam Fegan who got me into MSFL management after injuries cut short my playing career.

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The Bernstein-factor would go down a treat

FA chairman David Bernstein told me earlier this week that he's planning to visit Rowley Lane.

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Melikson could be Israel's saviour

The phrase 'one-man team' is over-used and over-hyped. However, in the case of Maor Melikson, he faces a big decision over the next few days that could shape the future of Israel football.

Last week Melikson said that he would turn his back on the Israel national team after he was snubbed for two important Euro 2012 qualifiers against Greece and Croatia.

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Wonder kids are flying the flag

The array of talent lining up at Sunday's Maccabi GB Sports Awards is quite staggering.

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It's all systems go as leagues are up and running, like me

September is traditionally one of the busiest months on the Jewish sports calendar. My phone hasn't stopped ringing and, as my wife will support, there is hardly a spare date in my diary.

With the MJSL and MSFL well under the way, the Maccabi Junior and Maccabi Masters Leagues have just kicked-off, while there is also the annual crossover with the end of the cricket season.

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Israel's golden generation well short in the end

And, yet again, we are left to reflect on another abysmal qualifying campaign as Israel proved incapable of mixing it with Europe's finest.

Much like England, their golden generation has failed to deliver with the Israel FA needing to decide whether or not to dispense with the manager and start all over again.

Following victories over Latvia and Georgia, the glass looked half full.

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Hoddle was the cherry on the cake

I've returned just in time for the start of the JC MSFL season following two sun-soaked weeks in the Costa del Sol.

There were lots of familiar faces in and around Marbella, including Laurence Swerner, the Team GB Masters and London Maccabi Lions striker, and Team GB golfer Stephen Schindler.

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