The Beitar Jerusalem Gazette
Squad16 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Luka Gadrani
45 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Beitar Jerusalem lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The step up is real for Roei Alkukin
At 23 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Guy Melamed in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Beitar Jerusalem this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A late step up for Yarden Shua
At 28 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Market16 Aug 2027
Beitar Jerusalem promote Amit Dabbur from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Amit Dabbur has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: Nir Melikson joins the Beitar Jerusalem first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nir Melikson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Aug 2027
Eitan David steps up from the Beitar Jerusalem academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eitan David has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market16 Aug 2027
Beitar Jerusalem promote Sagiv Levy from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sagiv Levy has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Ben Benayoun gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- The dugout Miguel Silva gets picked when it counts
- The dugout A door opens for Adi Yona
- The dugout The manager comes out for Dor Micha