The maccabi north caulfield junior football club has a proud history extending well over 75 years. the playing of football was introduced to the melbourne and sydney jewish communities by the european immigrants of the 1920's and 1930's, many of whom had played for the famous hakoah clubs of that era in europe. in both melbourne and sydney the hakoah clubs were popular and successful with good followings and strong junior teams. the sydney team was enhanced by its poker-machine based club-house in bondi and played at a senior level for many years. the melbourne hakoah faded somewhat in the 70's, struggling against aussie rules and lost its south melbourne home base now known as bob jane stadium to hellas. at that time a group of keen boys wanting to play competitive football on sundays formed their own team and played at caulfield park under the maccabi name which was then being adopted by australian jewish sporting clubs. the arrival of more immigrants into the community from the former ussr and from israel, who had grown up with football background, meant that the club would again thrive. in recent years the club has again been boosted by the influx of immigrants from south africa. a decision was made to separate into 2 distinct maccabi football clubsthe senior club catering for the over 16's and veterans, and the junior club catering for the under 16's. in the early 1990's the football authorities directed clubs to become more suburban-based and open up membership to the local suburban community. accordingly, the maccabi clubs became known as north caulfield. the 2 clubs work well together and share resources such as grounds, equipment and coaches. in time, the clubs may again merge if the circumstances are appropriate. The advice button can be selected anytime during a game after the initial cards are dealt and online poker rooms.