Elroy Cohen joins Maccabi Petach Tikva

Football:

Elroy Cohen (uefa)

Israeli forward Elroy Cohen signed for Maccabi Petach Tikva yesterday on a 1 year deal. The 24 -year-old, who started his career at Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona, was released by Hapoel Tel Aviv at the end of last season after spending two and a half seasons their in which he helped them to 2 state cups. "I am happy to say that I have signed for Maccabi Petach Tikva for the upcoming season", said Cohen after signing the contract, "I have come to a great club where I can begin to enjoy my football once again. I wish my new team lots of luck and I believe that we can play good football this season". Petach Tikva's next game is against Hapoel Tel Aviv (Cohen's former club) and after a terrible start to their season with 2 losses in 2 games, against Hapoel Ra'anana and Beitar Jerusalem, they will be hoping that that their new attacking player will be able to help them to go away from the game with at least 1 point. "It will be nice to go straight back to Bloomfield", said Cohen of the upcoming game, "but I will still want to win the game like any other".

In other football news the fixtures full fixture list for Week 3 of the 2013/2014 Israeli Premier League season, which is due to be played this weekend, has been released:
Hapoel Akko vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Saturday at 17:30)
Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon vs Hapoel Ra'anana (Saturday at 19:00)
Bmei Yehuda vs Bnei Sakhnin (Saturday at 19:00)
Ironi Kiryat Shmona vs Ashdod (Saturday at 19:00)
Beitar Jerusalem vs Hapoel Haifa (Saturday at 20:15)
Hapoel Tel Aviv vs Macabi Petach Tikva (Sunday at 20:00)
Maccabi Haifa vs Maccabi Tel Aviv  (Monday at 21:00)