Palms Ground Explained

Stadium Name:Palms Ground
Hebrew: מגרש הדקלים
Coordinates:32.0569°N 34.7653°W
Built:1920s
Closed:1941
Former Names:Maccabi Ground (1923-1926)
Hapoel Ground (1929-1941)
Tenants:Maccabi Tel Aviv (1923-1926)
Hapoel Tel Aviv (1929-1941)

The Palms Ground (Hebrew: מגרש הדקלים) was a football ground in the Florentin neighborhood of Tel Aviv, Israel. The ground was first known as Maccabi Ground and later as Hapoel Ground, but was nicknamed Palms Ground after the palms surrounding it.

History

The ground was built in the early 1920s for use of Maccabi Tel Aviv, which played in the ground until its lease was over and the club built a new ground in south-east Tel Aviv.[1] In 1929 Hapoel Tel Aviv, recently merged with Allenby football club, moved to play at the ground. However, due to security concerns, arising from the proximity of the ground to Jaffa, Hapoel moved to a new ground in 1941,[2] after which the ground was abandoned and was built over.[3]

Notable matches

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://jpress.org.il/olive/apa/nli_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=DHY%2F1926%2F09%2F21&id=Ar00307&sk=D44011AB In The Maccabi Tel Aviv Society
  2. https://sites.google.com/a/tlv100.net/tlv100/old_east/tanks Hapoel's Tin Plates Ground
  3. http://uriyoeli.com/2013/07/24/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8/ Desert Generation
  4. https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/dhy/1923/05/11/01/article/7 The Football Hebrew Cup
  5. https://sites.google.com/a/tlv100.net/tlv100/florentin/dkalim The Palms Stadium/Droyanov School (Artists Workshops)
  6. https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/dhy/1925/01/14/01/article/13 The Maccabi and Hakoah Competition
  7. https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/dhy/1930/05/07/01/article/26 The Maccabi in the Cup Final
  8. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/how-egypt-doubly-thrashed-israel-in-a-world-cup-play-off-1.40925 How Egypt doubly thrashed Israel in a World Cup play-off
  9. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/isra-intres30.html British Mandate of Palestine Official Games 1934-1948