Steve Coppel realised that there is nothing for him or his staff to do in Tatanagar. The team will be based in Kolkata and travel to Jamshedpur for its home games. This ensures that they minimise the travel for the away games. Good thinking by the Coach....
Just goes to show how short term the logic of playing in a place that is 3hours away from a nearest airport. ( they would fail AFC Cup licencing criteria )
My uncle lives in Tatanagar(as he is a Tata employee). I have visited the town on numerous occasions. I felt it was better to have the franchise from Ranchi. Tatanagar is not a big city enough to host an ISL franchise. Add to this, keeping the name Jamshedpur was yet another blunder from marketing point of view.
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Steve Coppel realised that there is nothing for him or his staff to do in Tatanagar.
The team will be based in Kolkata and travel to Jamshedpur for its home games.
This ensures that they minimise the travel for the away games.
Good thinking by the Coach....
Just goes to show how short term the logic of playing in a place that is 3hours away from a nearest airport. ( they would fail AFC Cup licencing criteria )
I have visited the town on numerous occasions.
I felt it was better to have the franchise from Ranchi.
Tatanagar is not a big city enough to host an ISL franchise.
Add to this, keeping the name Jamshedpur was yet another blunder from marketing point of view.