AIFF has given one year grace period to all the i league div 1 teams to meet the AFC criteria at the same time they are saying that div 2 toppers who does not meet the AFC criteria will not be promoted. Why these restrictions? Can somebody explain?
Good point...but probably the grace period is more deserved by the PSU's for their contribution in Indian football for years
So PSU's are the pampered child of the AIFF <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt="" title="Laughing" /><!-- s --> (or is it the amount of money they can pump in is considered by AIFF <!-- s:?: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_question.gif" alt=":?:" title="Question" /><!-- s:?: --> )
Its very surprising how he passed away. Complete negligence on the part of the club! he apparently broke his shin bone and the docs suspect fat from the bone mixed in the blood and went upto heart to block the valve. How can they allow so much time b4 treatment?? Disgusting!
Its very surprising how he passed away. Complete negligence on the part of the club! he apparently broke his shin bone and the docs suspect fat from the bone mixed in the blood and went upto heart to block the valve. How can they allow so much time b4 treatment?? Disgusting!
Now there is news circulating that MB will help EB go their i-league title chase by defeating Salgaoncar in their next i-league match. I wonder if MB Will be able to do this favour to EB as Salgaoncar is like a wounded tiger who will come hard on MB & secondly the MB players will always have this on their mind that their victory will benefit their hardcore rivals EB which will be impossible for them to digest even if they speak the contrary. <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->
Now there is news circulating that MB will help EB go their i-league title chase by defeating Salgaoncar in their next i-league match. I wonder if MB Will be able to do this favour to EB as Salgaoncar is like a wounded tiger who will come hard on MB & secondly the MB players will always have this on their mind that their victory will benefit their hardcore rivals EB which will be impossible for them to digest even if they speak the contrary. <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->
They would do it for their own sake as many clubs are breathing down their necks
I league div 2 attendance level have been really good in Northeast.. hope 2 teams from that region qualify
posting this article here hoping next year they will be part of I league
“This is a football jam,” smiles Jo-Paul Ancheri. “Even IM (Vijayan) would have found it hard to dribble past it,” he bursts into laughter. “I have seen bigger crowds in Kolkata. But Shillong is different. Look at the number of ladies who turn out for a match. It’s an inspiring story,” Jo-Paul says, even as a middle-aged lady, in an elegant long-coat, clicks Jo-Paul on her snazzy mobile.
There are schoolgirls, college-girls with their boyfriends, newly-married couples, leave aside the middle-aged and the elderly ones. All, in the crowd for a cause.
India’s I-League: Quartet charge towards finish line
With just two rounds remaining Salgaocar surrendered top spot after drawing 2-2 at Mohun Bagan, allowing fellow Goan-based side Churchill Brothers to move top by virtue of goals scored, thanks to a convincing 3-0 win over Hindustan Aeronautics. However the 2009 champions have played one game more than Salgaocar, and three more than East Bengal and Dempo, both of whom sit just three points shy of the pinnacle.
Big game: The visit of Churchill Brothers to relegation haunted Hindustan Aeronautics was crucial to both teams for differing reasons. Churchill secured maximum points in a one-sided contest to move top of the standings, while the home side were left three points away from safety at the other end of the table. Headline-grabber: A double from prolific Nigerian striker Chidi Edeh helped Mohun Bagan hold leaders Salgaocar to a share of the points. The point consolidates sixth for the Kolkata-based side in what has been a modest season for one of the league’s elite.
With Dempo
having recovered well after their
9-0 thrashing at the hands of
Nasaf to be one of the two
teams to progress into the next
round from Group A of AFC Cup
as they downed Al Ansar 2-1
the I-League fixtures will now
have to be rescheduled.
The Indian champions next face
Iraq ’s Duhok in a one-legged
away tie on May 24 and this has
left the All India Football
Federation (AIFF) with little
choice but to consider
postponement of the final round
of I-League.
As per the current fixture list,
Dempo are to play against East
Bengal on May 15 and thereafter
face Mumbai FC (May 19), HAL
(May 23), Pune FC (May 26) and
Air India (May 29).
With Dempo being involved in
the title race and the relegation
battle hotting up as well, the AIFF
will have to ensure that the
matches of Round 26 are to be
played on the same day.
“We have written to the clubs on
this and are awaiting their
response on the same, ”
informed Sunando Dhar, the I-
League CEO.
However it is learnt that several
clubs haven ’t agreed to the
above proposal given that visas
of foreign players and coaches is
set to expire while the bigger
issue is that the contract signed
by the players ends on May 31.
Given that most of the players
have already decided whether to
stay with a particular club or
move on to some other team, the
question of as to who would pay
the salary for the month of June
has also arisen.
“Would the player be loyal to us
on the field of play when he
knows that some other club is
set to pay his salary for the
month of June? What if he gets
injured in the last match? Are we
expected to pay for his
treatment given that we are
aware of his move to some
other club ?” questioned a club
official.
Meanwhile, Churchill Bros
Administrative Manager Macario
Rodrigues stated that he will be
attending the meeting in New
Delhi on Monday morning. Source: OHERALDO
Comments
**** you. You officials of hal sc cant you guys arrange a proper medical team even after the junior incident
posting this article here hoping next year they will be part of I league
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“This is a football jam,” smiles Jo-Paul Ancheri. “Even IM (Vijayan) would have found it hard to dribble past it,” he bursts into laughter. “I have seen bigger crowds in Kolkata. But Shillong is different. Look at the number of ladies who turn out for a match. It’s an inspiring story,” Jo-Paul says, even as a middle-aged lady, in an elegant long-coat, clicks Jo-Paul on her snazzy mobile.
There are schoolgirls, college-girls with their boyfriends, newly-married couples, leave aside the middle-aged and the elderly ones. All, in the crowd for a cause.
With just two rounds remaining Salgaocar surrendered top spot after drawing 2-2 at Mohun Bagan, allowing fellow Goan-based side Churchill Brothers to move top by virtue of goals scored, thanks to a convincing 3-0 win over Hindustan Aeronautics. However the 2009 champions have played one game more than Salgaocar, and three more than East Bengal and Dempo, both of whom sit just three points shy of the pinnacle.
Big game: The visit of Churchill Brothers to relegation haunted Hindustan Aeronautics was crucial to both teams for differing reasons. Churchill secured maximum points in a one-sided contest to move top of the standings, while the home side were left three points away from safety at the other end of the table.
Headline-grabber: A double from prolific Nigerian striker Chidi Edeh helped Mohun Bagan hold leaders Salgaocar to a share of the points. The point consolidates sixth for the Kolkata-based side in what has been a modest season for one of the league’s elite.
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having recovered well after their
9-0 thrashing at the hands of
Nasaf to be one of the two
teams to progress into the next
round from Group A of AFC Cup
as they downed Al Ansar 2-1
the I-League fixtures will now
have to be rescheduled.
The Indian champions next face
Iraq ’s Duhok in a one-legged
away tie on May 24 and this has
left the All India Football
Federation (AIFF) with little
choice but to consider
postponement of the final round
of I-League.
As per the current fixture list,
Dempo are to play against East
Bengal on May 15 and thereafter
face Mumbai FC (May 19), HAL
(May 23), Pune FC (May 26) and
Air India (May 29).
With Dempo being involved in
the title race and the relegation
battle hotting up as well, the AIFF
will have to ensure that the
matches of Round 26 are to be
played on the same day.
“We have written to the clubs on
this and are awaiting their
response on the same, ”
informed Sunando Dhar, the I-
League CEO.
However it is learnt that several
clubs haven ’t agreed to the
above proposal given that visas
of foreign players and coaches is
set to expire while the bigger
issue is that the contract signed
by the players ends on May 31.
Given that most of the players
have already decided whether to
stay with a particular club or
move on to some other team, the
question of as to who would pay
the salary for the month of June
has also arisen.
“Would the player be loyal to us
on the field of play when he
knows that some other club is
set to pay his salary for the
month of June? What if he gets
injured in the last match? Are we
expected to pay for his
treatment given that we are
aware of his move to some
other club ?” questioned a club
official.
Meanwhile, Churchill Bros
Administrative Manager Macario
Rodrigues stated that he will be
attending the meeting in New
Delhi on Monday morning. Source: OHERALDO