I am guessing it is no one. Right now Indian Football is restarting. Yes Goa has the best I-League team but the criteria for "Mecca" of Indian Football should be MUCH, MUCH broader than that. Grassroots, state league, I-League teams, fan support and more should go into it.
mecca is the place which is considered as best place for pilgrim to worship his religion...<div>so is it about best players interested region/clubs or should be the best fan following???we may need to decide that first</div>
For any player in India, playing in Kolkata esp playing for big two in derby is equivalent of playing in for el clasico. Hence, in that sense it should be Mecca of Indian Football. (Based on the fact every player are interested)<div><br></div><div>But as arsenalfan mentioned, mecca should be defined based on all aspects. Clearly,</div><div>1) Results wise - Goa dominates.</div><div>2) Players intention - Kolkata</div><div>3) Fans support - Kolkata now NE is coming up (debatable)</div><div>4) Media interest - Kolkata</div><div>5) State league - Kolkata/Goa (I would go for Kokata)</div><div>6) Grassroot football - NONE </div><div>7) Football potential - North east</div>
For any player in India, playing in Kolkata esp playing for big two in derby is equivalent of playing in for el clasico. Hence, in that sense it should be Mecca of Indian Football. (Based on the fact every player are interested)</font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">But as arsenalfan mentioned, mecca should be defined based on all aspects. Clearly,</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">1) Results wise - Goa dominates.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">2) Players intention - Kolkata</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">3) Fans support - Kolkata now NE is coming up (debatable)</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">4) Media interest - Kolkata</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">5) State league - Kolkata/Goa (I would go for Kokata)</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">6) Grassroot football - NONE </div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">7) Football potential - North east</div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">
</font><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Grass root - maharashtra where pune fc got good academy, while both mumbai and pune fc got a decent youth setup</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">and also mumbai schools competition which is having tournaments right from u-8 to u-14 which is exceptional as well</font></div>
Youth: Goa wins. They have leagues from Age 8 up and that is state wide<div><br></div><div>State League: Goa wins. The State League is more organized. Its actually a state league not a city league like Mumbai and Kolkata</div>
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</font><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Grass root - maharashtra where pune fc got good academy, while both mumbai and pune fc got a decent youth setup</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">and also mumbai schools competition which is having tournaments right from u-8 to u-14 which is exceptional as well</font></div>