The Palms Ground ( he, מגרש הדקלים) was a football ground in the Florentin neighborhood of

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. 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

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, which played in the ground until its lease was over and the club built a new ground in south-east Tel Aviv. 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, after which the ground was abandoned and was built over.

Notable matches

* In 1923 hosted the first Cup competition for Jewish football team, the Magen Shimshon, in which Maccabi Nes Tziona had beaten

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2–0. * In January 1924 the visiting

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played its first match in Palestine, winning over a

5–1. A year later, Hakoah made a second visit to Palestine, this time beating Maccabi 11–2. * The ground hosted the

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finals in

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, in which

had beaten a

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XI 2–1. * In 1934, the

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hosted its first ever home match on the ground, losing 1–4 against

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.British Mandate of Palestine Official Games 1934-1948
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References

{{Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. Defunct football venues in Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. Sports venues in Tel Aviv

History

Notable matches

See also

References