TheJewish Guildis a social and sporting club in suburbanJohannesburg,South Africa, founded in the late 19th century. They once fielded a football side that was runner-up in the South African cup competition and fielded the playerGeorge Best.[2][3]
| Full name | Jewish Guild | |||
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| Founded | 1897[1] | |||
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History
editIn 1960, the Old Arcs (founded 1897) asked Jewish Guild to run their football team. From then on the club – now renamed Jewish Guild – went from strength to strength, reaching theCastle Cupfinal in 1964 while still playing in the provincial league. When South Africa'sNational Football Leaguevoted to establish a national second division to start in 1969, Jewish Guild were among the 10 clubs admitted. The first season, they ended in fifth place. The following season, 1970, they ran away with the championship with a nine-point margin over runners-up Durban Celtic in the era of two points for a win. Thus Jewish Guild were promoted to the highest level of South African association football in the days ofapartheidin the whites-only league.[citation needed]
Their best season in the top division was 1975, when they placed sixth in a 15-team league. After that, the club merged withJohannesburg Corinthiansto form Guild Apollo, which in turn played as Roodepoort Guild in 1977, the final NFL season, before finally closing.[4]Today, the Jewish Guild is located inLinksfield,a suburb ofJohannesburgand participates inlawn bowlingcompetitions.[citation needed]
Honours
edit- NFL Second Division League Champions 1970[citation needed]
- Castle Cup[5]
References
edit- Weiner, Rebecca."The Virtual Jewish History Tour South Africa".Jewish Virtual Library.Retrieved3 June2009.
Footnotes
edit- ^"The South African Jewish Board of Deputies".SAJBD. Archived fromthe originalon 16 April 2009.Retrieved3 June2009.
- ^"George Best Factfile".The Guardian.13 July 2003.Retrieved3 June2009.
- ^Raath, Peter (November 2007). "Our Blood Is Also Red-ish".Sports Illustrated (South Africa)(119). Touchline Media: 107.
- ^King, Ian (13 December 2003)."South Africa 1975".RSSSF.Retrieved3 June2009.
- ^"South Africa 1964".RSSSF.Retrieved3 June2009.