<p style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The following formal petition was submitted in person at the Delhi AIFF office this morning by a couple Delhi based MB fans on behalf of the entire fraternity. The AIFF officials suggested that a letter on the club letterhead be also mailed to them</span><font size="4">To, Date- 14</font><sup><font size="4">th</font></sup><font size="4">
May, 2013</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"> <font size="4">The Secretary,</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"> <font size="4">All India Football
Federation,</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"><br><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"><font size="4">Dear Sir,</font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"> <font size="4">This
is to bring to your notice, an incident that took place in the match
between Churchill Brothers and Mohun Bagan Athletic Club at Tilak
Maidan on 7</font><sup><font size="4">th</font></sup><font size="4"> May,
2013. We find that as football fans, while it is our duty to
congratulate the Churchill Brothers football team on their 2</font><sup><font size="4">nd</font></sup><font size="4">
I-league title, it is also our responsibility to voice our anger at
how our (Mohun Bagan Athletic Club’s) supporters were treated
during the match.</font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"><font size="4">Gourav
Roy and Deepanjan Mullick traveled all the way from Bengaluru to
Vasco to watch our beloved team in action. The duo went inside the
ground with the team and since there’s generally no separate stands
for supporters of the visiting team they sat behind the Mohun Bagan
reserve bench. They had a huge green and maroon flag with them with
Mohun Bagan Club’s symbol, National Club of India and
Mariners@Bangalore printed on it. According to the instructions, they
tied the flag to the railing of the stand and also tied the lower
end to the dressing room windows. It might be noted that no one,
other than the organizers have access to this area. Suddenly a few
organizers untied the flag from the windows of the dressing room and
we saw the flag being pulled up towards the stand. They ran towards
them and protested but only got abuses hurled at them in return. When
they requested the organizers that they should at least return the
flag they were threatened that they would get thrown out of the
stadium.</font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"><font size="4">Arindam
Bhattacharyaa who played for Churchill Brothers last season and team
manager Sanjoy Ghosh intervened and they were allowed to sit with the
reserve bench players only after they took off our club jerseys. As
soon as Sabeeth scored, 3-4 of the match organizers came near us and
started abusing us. After Churchill equalized Karim Bencherifa got
hit by a bottle of water and got hurt. Gourav and Deepanjan left
right at the time the added minutes were announced due to security
reasons.</font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"><font size="4">We can
understand that Churchill Brothers wanted to cover the entire stadium
with small flags and felt a bit insecure and intimidated upon seeing
our 15 feet by 6 feet flag. Even Alemao Churchill, the patron saint
of Churchill Brothers Club, noticed our flag and pointed towards it.
We don’t know whether the flag was taken down and stolen on his
instructions or not, but this behaviour is unbecoming of any
self-respecting football club.</font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"><font size="4">I am just
humbly asking you, Mr. Secretary, that how can the organizers of an
I-league match go scot free after doing something which is so
manifestly unfair? Let the AIFF then tell the football clubs outside
Goa to request their fans around the country not to travel to Goa to
shout for their favourite clubs, because our supporters had similar
experiences in the Sporting Clube de Goa match. Gourav had intimated
the vice-president of AIFF Mr. Subrata Dutta about his concerns, but
that apparently has fallen on deaf ears. </font>
</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"><font size="4">I am sure
that football in India will thrive like this under the able
guardianship of AIFF.</font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm">
There's a big chance that Nabi won't be with Bagan next season, the way it's looking with every passing day.<div><br></div><div>1. Nabi spoke up against Odafa when he started blaming players after the churchill (or pune ) game, don't remember the exact game.</div><div><br></div><div>2. Nabi gave tickets to MB fans who abused Debasish Dutta after one of the games MB lost in the I league in the recent past.</div><div><br></div><div>3. Nabi lead the player's protest against non payment of player salaries for the last four months.</div><div><br></div><div>He is being seen as a bad influence on the team by Debasish Dutta who is leaving no stone unturned to keep him out next season. A few other exec comm members are opposing this, so time will tell. Meanwhile Nabi had quite a few rounds of discussions with MDS</div>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The following formal petition was submitted in person at the Delhi AIFF office this morning by a couple Delhi based MB fans on behalf of the entire fraternity. The AIFF officials suggested that a letter on the club letterhead be also mailed to them</span><font size="4">To, Date- 14</font><sup><font size="4">th</font></sup><font size="4">
May, 2013</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"> <font size="4">The Secretary,</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"> <font size="4">All India Football
Federation,</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"><br><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"><font size="4">Dear Sir,</font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"> <font size="4">This
is to bring to your notice, an incident that took place in the match
between Churchill Brothers and Mohun Bagan Athletic Club at Tilak
Maidan on 7</font><sup><font size="4">th</font></sup><font size="4"> May,
2013. We find that as football fans, while it is our duty to
congratulate the Churchill Brothers football team on their 2</font><sup><font size="4">nd</font></sup><font size="4">
I-league title, it is also our responsibility to voice our anger at
how our (Mohun Bagan Athletic Club’s) supporters were treated
during the match.</font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"><font size="4">Gourav
Roy and Deepanjan Mullick traveled all the way from Bengaluru to
Vasco to watch our beloved team in action. The duo went inside the
ground with the team and since there’s generally no separate stands
for supporters of the visiting team they sat behind the Mohun Bagan
reserve bench. They had a huge green and maroon flag with them with
Mohun Bagan Club’s symbol, National Club of India and
Mariners@Bangalore printed on it. According to the instructions, they
tied the flag to the railing of the stand and also tied the lower
end to the dressing room windows. It might be noted that no one,
other than the organizers have access to this area. Suddenly a few
organizers untied the flag from the windows of the dressing room and
we saw the flag being pulled up towards the stand. They ran towards
them and protested but only got abuses hurled at them in return. When
they requested the organizers that they should at least return the
flag they were threatened that they would get thrown out of the
stadium.</font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"><font size="4">Arindam
Bhattacharyaa who played for Churchill Brothers last season and team
manager Sanjoy Ghosh intervened and they were allowed to sit with the
reserve bench players only after they took off our club jerseys. As
soon as Sabeeth scored, 3-4 of the match organizers came near us and
started abusing us. After Churchill equalized Karim Bencherifa got
hit by a bottle of water and got hurt. Gourav and Deepanjan left
right at the time the added minutes were announced due to security
reasons.</font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"><font size="4">We can
understand that Churchill Brothers wanted to cover the entire stadium
with small flags and felt a bit insecure and intimidated upon seeing
our 15 feet by 6 feet flag. Even Alemao Churchill, the patron saint
of Churchill Brothers Club, noticed our flag and pointed towards it.
We don’t know whether the flag was taken down and stolen on his
instructions or not, but this behaviour is unbecoming of any
self-respecting football club.</font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"><font size="4">I am just
humbly asking you, Mr. Secretary, that how can the organizers of an
I-league match go scot free after doing something which is so
manifestly unfair? Let the AIFF then tell the football clubs outside
Goa to request their fans around the country not to travel to Goa to
shout for their favourite clubs, because our supporters had similar
experiences in the Sporting Clube de Goa match. Gourav had intimated
the vice-president of AIFF Mr. Subrata Dutta about his concerns, but
that apparently has fallen on deaf ears. </font>
</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"><font size="4">I am sure
that football in India will thrive like this under the able
guardianship of AIFF.</font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm">
<font size="4">Thanking you,</font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm"><br><br>
</p>
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