Down but certainly not out

If you'd have said there were no Jewish athletes on the shortlist for the top honours at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year a couple of years ago, you may have got a raised eyebrow at best.

But now, the response is a little closer to 'are you serious'?

It's good to see so many punching their weight on the world stage.

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Take it from me, Neasden's new signing is different gravy

Every once in a while, you see a player who has a certain wow factor about him. At North London Raiders, there are Alex Olcot and Jamie Wolfson, while in recent times, striker Richard Salmon has taken FC Team to another level.

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Good refs and good sports. You get it all in Jewish football

I've received several glowing reports about referees and teams in the MSFL and Maccabi Masters League over the past few days.

Richard Jaye took the morning off reporting to officiate at the Peter Morrison Trophy tie between Temple Fortune A and Camden Park. Fortune assistant-manager Jack Morris said: "Richard was superb. He handled the game incredibly well.

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Hendon ticked all the boxes

'It's not that we under-estimated them.

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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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