boboafc Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 (edited) jewish newspaperSomeone asked me the other day, ‘which is the best Jewish football club?’ Spurs, Arsenal, West Ham, Chelsea, Watford, Barnet, Wingate & Finchley or even London Maccabi Lions would be likely answers, but my choice would not be one of them. While the first five have large Jewish fan-bases and/or key players at boardroom level, it is in fact League One outfit Oldham Athletic. Lying eighth in the table, the Latics have four members of the faith charged with running the club. At board level, you have chairman Simon Blitz, managing director Simon Corney, vice-president Chaim Beniaker and director Danny Gazal. In terms of playing personnel, former Rangers star Dean Furman, 21, has been earning rave reviews as he looks to catch the eye of South Africa manager Joel Santana ahead of next year’s World Cup finals. Full-back Joe Jacobson, the former Wales Under 21 captain, has yet to play since moving from Bristol Rovers due to injury. The club also has striker Nick Blackman, 19, on its books. The former King David pupil, who is on loan from Blackburn Rovers, scored a long-range strike against Brentford. He has a Jewish mother and has played in a Maccabiah. Corney is delighted by the kosher connection. “Each one of those boys is there on merit,” he told me. “Agent Matt Kleinman begged me to take Dean, who coincidentally was the first target of new manager Dave Penney. He’s been outstanding in the last few games. “Joe has had a good career at our level and hopefully we’ll see how good he is. I didn’t know about Nick’s Jewish connection until Dave Nadler jokingly asked if I was trying to get a minyan.” The Jewish roots do not stop there. Since Corney, Blitz and Gazal took over the club, they have had mezuzot dotted around the ground and kosher food is available in the boardroom for midweek games. Like Corney, Jacobson and Furman fasted and did not train on Yom Kippur. The following day, Furman was man-of-the-match against the MK Dons. “Maybe we should get the team to fast before every game,” Corney joked. Edited October 28, 2009 by boboafc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another fan Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 jewish newspaperSomeone asked me the other day, ‘which is the best Jewish football club?’ Spurs, Arsenal, West Ham, Chelsea, Watford, Barnet, Wingate & Finchley or even London Maccabi Lions would be likely answers, but my choice would not be one of them. While the first five have large Jewish fan-bases and/or key players at boardroom level, it is in fact League One outfit Oldham Athletic. Lying eighth in the table, the Latics have four members of the faith charged with running the club. At board level, you have chairman Simon Blitz, managing director Simon Corney, vice-president Chaim Beniaker and director Danny Gazal. In terms of playing personnel, former Rangers star Dean Furman, 21, has been earning rave reviews as he looks to catch the eye of South Africa manager Joel Santana ahead of next year’s World Cup finals. Full-back Joe Jacobson, the former Wales Under 21 captain, has yet to play since moving from Bristol Rovers due to injury. The club also has striker Nick Blackman, 19, on its books. The former King David pupil, who is on loan from Blackburn Rovers, scored a long-range strike against Brentford. He has a Jewish mother and has played in a Maccabiah. Corney is delighted by the kosher connection. “Each one of those boys is there on merit,” he told me. “Agent Matt Kleinman begged me to take Dean, who coincidentally was the first target of new manager Dave Penney. He’s been outstanding in the last few games. “Joe has had a good career at our level and hopefully we’ll see how good he is. I didn’t know about Nick’s Jewish connection until Dave Nadler jokingly asked if I was trying to get a minyan.” The Jewish roots do not stop there. Since Corney, Blitz and Gazal took over the club, they have had mezuzot dotted around the ground and kosher food is available in the boardroom for midweek games. Like Corney, Jacobson and Furman fasted and did not train on Yom Kippur. The following day, Furman was man-of-the-match against the MK Dons. “Maybe we should get the team to fast before every game,” Corney joked. Definately time to "Keep the Faith" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barryowen Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Nice post Bob Barry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Like Corney, Jacobson and Furman fasted and did not train on Yom Kippur. The following day, Furman was man-of-the-match against the MK Dons. “Maybe we should get the team to fast before every game,” Corney joked. Maybe we should try to get Gregan to convert.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snookmeister Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Maybe we should try to get Gregan to convert.... Beat me to it, Rosa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fittonhillbilly Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 What are these mezuzot that are dotted around the ground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmonkey Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Super-secret inside information from the halls of BP... yesterday I heard Mike Platt offer Simon one of the Ham Butties which was going to waste after the Youth Team's game got called off at short notice. The best comedy is accidental folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Is Mike Newton not Jewish then? Not that I had any great reason to think he is but I think he was heavily involved in trading with Israel so I think maybe he was. Interesting about the food, as someone who doesn’t eat pork and finds the smell of it disgusting I would be very much in favour of them making all the catering outlets at BP kosher. Does anyone else agree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrro Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Does anyone else agree? I reckon Max Damage might. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Interesting about the food, as someone who doesn’t eat pork and finds the smell of it disgusting I would be very much in favour of them making all the catering outlets at BP kosher. Does anyone else agree? You're a very bad man leeslover. But I like you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Becketts Anchor Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Am I the only person here who's never heard of the VP before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corporal_Jones Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Am I the only person here who's never heard of the VP before? No. New one on me as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 What are these mezuzot that are dotted around the ground? pieces of sacred Hebrew parchment I believe...???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboafc Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 pieces of sacred Hebrew parchment I believe...???? mezuzah until reading this i never really knew that was inside one , i thought it was to protect a house from evil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 mezuzah until reading this i never really knew that was inside one , i thought it was to protect a house from evil not protecting BP from the evils of crap defending and finishing as well as frankly some scarily :censored: goalkeeping... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoafc Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 not protecting BP from the evils of crap defending and finishing as well as frankly some scarily :censored: goalkeeping... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Becketts Anchor Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 No. New one on me as well. Oh well. Just us then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueJazzer Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Oh well. Just us then... Who's Boboafc? Never heard of him? And who's this Prozac bloke? And what the hell are u lot doing in my bathroom!!!!!????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 mezuzah until reading this i never really knew that was inside one , i thought it was to protect a house from evil Sort of like a Hebrew, "No junk mail," sign on your front door then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corporal_Jones Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Who's Boboafc? Never heard of him? And who's this Prozac bloke? And what the hell are u lot doing in my bathroom!!!!!????? None of us are club officials, however. Isn't it unusual that some fans at least can't remember one club official ever having been mentioned before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsleftfoot Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 None of us are club officials, however. Isn't it unusual that some fans at least can't remember one club official ever having been mentioned before? Never heard of him but he is on the clubs web site as being the VP. However, we don't have a president. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny punkster Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 anyone know anything about Chaim (Ben) Beniaker..vice chairman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 anyone know anything about Chaim (Ben) Beniaker..vice chairman? A google search didn't help one bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny punkster Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 well he's our vice chairman...since when? http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/page/ClubO...,,10337,00.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 well he's our vice chairman...since when? http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/page/ClubO...,,10337,00.html Very strange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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